Arrau plays Schumann Carnaval 2/4

[surfmost]

a study of movement.

[helerota]

beautiful!

[werq34ac]

Schumann is a window into the human soul

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

that coughing reminds me he's human

[Ray0X0]

Everything touched by Claudi Arrau turns to gold ...

[cinquepaolo]

@Ray0X0 This occurs because in his fingers Thinking and Feeling, Thought and Emotion, are only different sides of the same coin: the best conditions for an universal approach to music

[arthurtwoshed]

stunning !!!

[xyzlvb2010]

阿老弹得真不错

[TheCourtwick]

One of the most celebrated pianists of all time and rightly so. Superbe technical achievment and complete sincerity.

[Ray0X0]

Muy hermosa obra de Schumann, lucida magistralmente por Arrau.

[liziiane]

who cares if this is not difficult??? it's beautfiful though.

[josefin2minutos]

el mayor orgullo de chile . que sorprendio al munso con su imprecionante interpretacion . Arrau ponia su alma en cada cancion !!!!

[richclayderman]

@josefin2minutos que orgullo para ustedes chilenos haber tenido a uno de los mejores pianistas del siglo veinte (del mismo nivel de Richter, Horowitz, Cziffra, Bolet, Michelangeli, Cortor, Rubinstein!)

[claudioarrau1903]

@josefin2minutos

Perdóname pero esto no es una canción. Las canciones son las que se cantan con la voz y esta obra no es cantada. Tal vez querías decir "Arrau ponía su alma en cada interpretación"

[nazarian3]

la parte de eusebio es sublime.

[kempff95]

just incredible!!

[Robotman42]

Hmm...I can't quite figure out what Replique is supposed to be (not musically; in other artistic contexts or as in a real person).

[zamyrabyrd]

Interesting quetion, as most commentators just pass over it. Réplique comes after Coquette and repeats its dotted motives. So it may well be a conversation between fragments of Eusebius ("Ich liebe Dich"?) and get a a dismissive wave of the hand as the "reply", i.e., "réplique". Also interesting is the use of French titles, although I don't know if they are from the original

That said, or speculated on, Arrau is really wonderful here.

[carlosr86]

Coquette = Flirting .... Replique = Someone flirting back

[Whiskybar23]

still, as you say in french: Quelle palette! (it means what a sense of color)

[smithsherman]

Another demonstration of pianism that...while more conservative & mechanistic tempo-wise

than the musicians of Schumann's era... IS VASTLY MORE EXPRESSIVE & interesting than the pianists like Richter,Ashkenazy,& Argerich who play this music intensely & beautifully but without interest,individuality or psychological depth.

[Whiskybar23]

i'm very impressed by arrau, though i prefer his debussy's performances... sometimes, in pierrot for example it gets a little agressive with his bass voice, and you can't really hear the "hauptstimme". Anyway a briliant artist in that play. I still prefer Michelangeli in the Carnaval.

[soami2u]

You should hear the Novaes (1950s) if possible. Also Hess (late 1930s) and Moiseiwitsch (early '60s--there may be an earlier one also). Not everyone liked Arrau's Debussy. I loved it--liquid and elegant (I remember his Reflets dans l'eau in a NY recital in 1980) and wonderfully subtle at times

[tranquilasadove]

He makes it look so easy to the point that it's frightening.

[jewish1972]

this is not Schumann´s most diffi. piece

[maestroadam]

@jewish1972 who cares, man

[xmachr3]

kokote..

[philipvanlidth]

@jewish1972  Sometimes the pieces that seem less difficult because they aren't as technically demanding can be the most difficult to perform well, partially because of the complacency that people feel as they play them...

[chilean100]

Chile is a country of many great artists. This is an outstanding video of the Schumann Carnaval. There is another great performance of this piece by the Chilean Patricio Molina, you guys should hear it!

[omarfarahat]

WOW

[wuk89]

why aren't the hands and sound in sync?

[oblifan132]

There are things in the world that are to be left unsolved...