Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli - Ravel

[cristianilisiu]

Maestre Celibidache unde sunteți? Ne e dor de un Enescu dirijat de Dumneavoastră.

[MDY4utube]

His name is Sergiu Celibidache. Sergio could be an italian name.

en wikipedia org wiki Sergiu_Celibidache

[solispauwels]

heven!

[polyphasicpianist]

Simply Incredible.

[paulostroff99]

Sensational.TY prbmeb.for posting. ABM is incomparable.

[pvares]

Which orchestra is this?

[Kobzar3374]

Qué maravillosa, indiscutible hermosura.

[wildejag]

@Changles Ravel may have been referring to the only "public" love affair. Interesting. He was certainly a genius at orchestration. I think he had some feelings for others however. Wouldn't it be something to travel back in time and spend some time with him? His life was cut short by severe dementia. In the last 5 years he was not even able to communicate. People tell the story of Beethoven...Ravel's life was also tragic. He referred to Beethoven as" the big deaf one". Ponder this.

[MrAkihiros]

@wildejag I like Ravel and its sad that he suffered dementia in the twilight of his years. I guess i have to do some research on this. Thanks for your post.

[MrAkihiros]

@Changles Can you believe the utter simplicity and lush emotion of the melody?

[Changles]

@MrAkihiros Yes.

[regpharvey]

8:45

[giommy1974]

SUBLIME!!!!!!!!!!!!

[raphtx]

Michelangeli probably has the best interpretation of this 2nd movement to date. I listened to many other great pianists playing this, including Argerish whose recording is often cited as a reference, but Michelangeli's just has something more.

[pvares]

@raphtx This is magnificent! You should also listen to Alicia De Larrocha's versions as well... Wonderful! There's one with Leonard Slatkin, another with Jesús López-Cobos and a third I think with Charles Dutoit.... Look for them!

[hymnofashes]

It's tragic that a divine performance like this has such shitty audio quality. It's really getting in the way, but thanks anyway for posting it.

[JJKjaer]

Which orchestra is this??

[mfbferreira]

Sensível e belo esse adágio de Ravel, como todo Ravel é quando quer emocionar e levar nossa alma ao mais profundo sentido de introspecção...sentimento...Be­lo Belo Belo!!!! Esse concerto é parase ouvido por inteiro, por sua delicadeza nesse Adágio e no vigor dos dois movimentos..um antes e o Gran Finale! BELÌSSIMO

[mfbferreira]

Sensível e belo esse adágio de Ravel, como todo Ravel é quando quer emocionar e levar nossa alma ao mais profundo sentido de introspecção...sentimento...Be­lo Belo Belo!!!! Esse concerto é parase ouvido por inteiro, por sua delicadeza nesse Adágio e no vigor dos dois movimentos..um antes e o Gran Finale! BELÌSSIMO

[TheEmmaDarling]

sublime...thank you

[mdg280]

8:44.. Stop... Hey!..... You're an idiot...

[mdg280]

8:38 ...mah....

[stoklund]

One of the most beautiful things I ever heard!!!!

[maxorato66]

Words are not enough to say what can not be said.

Michelangeli makes me think (feel) there's something else...

[bloodyIla]

Sabato scorso ho suonato il mio primo concerto solista su uno dei pianoforti che lui ha suonato quand'è venuto a Venezia. E' stato da brivido.. Mi commuovo.

[valeriobert]

@bloodyIla strano lo abbia suonato...di solito suonava solo con quelli che si portava appresso

[bloodyIla]

@valeriobert Ci sono le foto nel sito del circolo artistico.. Il pianoforte.. ha una tastiera che si suona praticamente da sola! Un Bechstein donato da Hitler (...) a Venezia anni ed anni or sono e splendidamente conservato.

[evifnoskcaj]

In the first few seconds of his performance has has shown more musicality than almost every other performer I've heard.

[evifnoskcaj]

@evifnoskcaj *he has shown

[stoklund]

@evifnoskcaj Yes ABM is SUBLIME!!! The best! Try also Pascal Roge!

watch?v=yKbknKTciGY

[dermann1]

Questo suono riunisce tutta la solitudine del mondo, restiamo ai lati di questa voragine agonizzanti, consapevoli che solo questa bellezza un giorno potrà salvarci. Chi riuscirà a capirne il significato sarà fortunato, poichè gli sarà precluso ogni dannazione in terra, questa musica trova posto accanto agli Dei.

[paolocossato1]

Ero andato ad accogliere Richter per il secondo dei concerti che fece nell'ambito delle nostre stagioni cameristiche. Era il maggio 1985. Durante il tragitto verso l'hotel parlammo di esecuzioni e in particolare del Concerto per pianoforte di Ravel. Richter disse che, dopo l'interpretazione che ne aveva offerto Benedetti Michelangeli, era impossibile tornare su quella partitura. In effetti "Arturo degli Angeli" ci dona, specialmente nel secondo mvimento un saggio della sua immensa musicalità.

[donniecatalano]

My grandmother knew him, she used to say that he was an incredible man

[Olizimm]

@donniecatalano

The horse's mouth! Non è stato solo un uomo incredibile, ma un dono che Dio ha fatto agli uomini.

[marcap1000]

the peak of these geniuses will never be equalled. Never more.

[MrsThana]

magic music and great musicians....

[Edenhyde246]

Michelangeli was a genius

[MsNico43]

@Edenhyde246

Celibidache also.

[williamsmarek]

He often plays with warmth, here he plays with coolness. His wonderful playing never fails to warm my heart, or send shivers down my spine.

Does anyone know whether he was a religious man?

[brianCIM]

he reportedly spent a year in a monk monastery as a young man. he was also a champion race car driver, first-class skier, medical doctor and claimed he was descended from st. francis of assisi. fascinating and enigmatic human being.

[politicopol]

@brianCIM ...great cook as well...

[brianCIM]

@politicopol yes, and his students, who were accepted free of charge, actually had their meals prepared by ABM. They were also given "lessons" in fine wines also.

[politicopol]

@brianCIM ...does Mitsuko cook...or Matrtha...maybe...

[willweeverknow]

@brianCIM

hi again! :-) he had a cat, named Attila (for some reason I cannot post a link here but google for

"Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli" Attila and you'll find it on the top :-)

[frapepsi]

grazie.

[berlinzerberus]

golden hands-------->the best of all,ya!!

[bohemio79]

sublime intimism

[Bautisnemo]

Perfect, sublime, beautiful, incredible, thank you Benedetti and Celibidache, thank you...

[123must]

grazie!

[orannisthedestroyer]

The Master.

[wolkowy1]

Bravi! for both of those 2 great artists.

[rudolfludwig57]

absolutely fascinating; the concert as well as Michelangeli. Probably one of the rarest treats

[billyguns2]

What disturbed Maestro Celibidache so much at 8'45"? He is quite upset!

[EliteG5]

sounds like someone in his orchestra coughed, lol

[theanswer00]

probably the cellos were playing too much forte [ every time i listen to this video, i can't wait to see the celibidache's faces, anyway ahahha ]

[tudoryka79]

the cello entered too loud...

[billyguns2]

The recorded sound is "wavery" and flawed, but no matter when the performance is one of such rare insight and beauty; this is one of the most remarkable videos on YouTube, IMO, and Michelangeli is in my list of "top eleven" favorite all time pianists: Rosenthal, Richter, both Lhevinnes, Schnabel, Horowitz, Gieseking, Kapell, Moiseiwitsch, and Cliburn.

[ilonasteffaglio]

...inarrivabile!!!

[voltra93]

I had t he original recording of this and I foolishly parted with it when I moved.

[oktalp]

What a treat to again hear such magnificent pianism and musicality!

[xxkittosaxx]

mio papà mia veva parlato di uno zio di nome arturo...ma nn pensavo che fosse così famoso...ciao zio!

[amantedipiano]

grande interpretazione...

[RobertoFasciano]

Una delle pagine più belle per pianoforte e orchestra rese stupendamente dal grande controllo tecnico-espressivo di Michelangeli!

[thomasmatus]

Benedetti-Michelangeli takes liberties with tempo & rhythm that you don't hear in the original recording (Ravel conducting, Marguérite Long at the piano). Reason: Ravel wrote both first and second movements to fit into the 8 minutes of two sides of 12-inch shellac disks (the third on one, and as encore, the Pavane on the fourth - two disk album). Thank God for the freedom of later recording - Benedetti- Michelangeli is right as rain in his interpretation!

[thomasmatus]

Sorry - six disk album (2+2+1+1)!

[thomasmatus]

I'm an idiot at math - that's three disks, six sides. It's the music that blows one's mind! By the way, can the original Ravel-Long recording be found anywhere?

[antoniodcz]

I can't believe only 13,000 people have seen this clip of an exquisite performance of one of the most beautiful concertos ever written... have to tell my friends about this.

[ikemaster9]

Don't worry, I recognize how amazing this performance is. And I've been telling my friends about it.

[sultappetovolante]

« Essere un pianista e un musicista non è una professione. E' una filosofia, uno stile di vita che non può basarsi né sulle buone intenzioni né sul talento naturale. Bisogna avere prima di tutto uno spirito di sacrificio inimmaginabile. »

(Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli)

[lorisbugli]

questa non e un opinione di arturo,qui ha semplicemente detto una verita inconfutabile provata sulla propria pelle

[thediamondcrazy]

Questa musica è il principio e la fine di tutta la terra.

[arx68]

Uno dei momenti più alti della storia del pianoforte...

Il concerto di Ravel, dopo Michelangeli non è più lo stesso.

E' giusto riconoscere che il Maestro ha "firmato" alcune pagine della musica in maniera inimitabile, e questa è una delle più commoventi...

[michelonia]

musica non di questo mondo divino

[koncertpianist]

One of my absolute favorite recordings. Especially I like the expression on Mr. Michelangeli´s face. Not to mention the expression on Mr. Celebidache´s face when the cellist is playing to load in a particularly beautiful passage, and his mouth moving, so that one can only imaging the words he is using... The second movement is total beauty. And Michelangelis fingers are also a great pleasure to watch!

[fr4591]

Ottimo davvero

[drugiedrugie]

E' di una dolcezza struggente.

[framaulo]

Absolutely lovely

[maxmoisse]

Incantevole...

[billyguns2]

The best performance of this movement I have ever heard.

[mapomapo4]

the air comes through his spirit, inner performances like this are rare...

[klausknulp]

michelangeli plays like an alien - it doesn't seem that he from the earth!

[goldberg72]

frderick anche io me lo chiedo sempre

[frederickfrederikfre]

Come non piú arrendersi e sciogliersi un cuore davanti tale armonia?

[jnces]

una delos mejores conciertos de piano y una excelente interpretacion.

[rhadamanthes82]

Michelangeli + Celidebache = Mystic performance