Dinu Lipatti - Schubert Impromptu in G flat Major

[acharylee77z]

I want this video on my V500 phone.

[RussellK9]

From the sublime to the transcendent~ღ♥

[andias03]

Auténtico, profundo, clarísimo, el fraseo más sublime con la mano izquierda. Tristísimo y a continuación alegre hasta las lágrimas....Si Schubert hubiera podido oir a Lipatti como nosotros ahora ¿cómo gozaría?

True, deep, very clear, the most sublime phrasing with his left hand. Sad and then happy to tears ....

[buddydog1956]

Chuck Norris can whistle this piece~

[magique7771]

Don't make Lipatti into some kind of sainted martyr. It would annoy him. He was a great pianist, and yes, he died young. But let's not make him head of some pianistic pantheon; he would have been embarrassed by such notions.

[fiutare1]

I own the record. Genius.

[KarenBimer]

Like gentle rain falling. Controlled wistfulness. What exquisite playing for the most exquisite music.

[PythagoreanX]

Love it love it love it!

[MsChopinista]

Lipatti plays this so well, I'm moved to tears.

[pomsetay]

One of the shortcomings of the Internet is that it allows any nincompoop to posture anonymously as an "expert" on a variety of subjects to their great anonymous satisfaction. So many comments are incredibly puerile.

[robertslistening]

It was funny. I looked at the side profile of Lipatti and for a second I thought I saw Chopin (from previous drawings). That nose. Lipatti was Romanian. Chopin was Polish. About 370 miles difference.

Love this piece by Schubert when it's in the right hands.

[mikespeir]

This is the way I would play it if I could play it.

[robertslistening]

I realize Dinu is long gone. Too bad they didn't have better recordings in that day. Dinu and Alfred Brendel are my two favorites so far. I've heard Perahia, Rubenstein, Zimmerman. What I like about Lipatti and Brendel are those middle notes in the right hand coming through clear, but still not interrupting the flow. I'm still looking for some better ones, but I would have to favor Brendel best and Lipatti second. Brendel is so clear in his note separation and his dynamics are so expressive.

[drjjpdc]

I have loved almost every note the man played. His Chopin Waltzes are as definitive as Schnabel playing Beethoven Sonatas. Never overdone but with virtuosity aplenty when called for.

[Ferminhuamani]

Una mùsica sencillamente sublime

[MiekMiester123]

genius.



[Erik83474]

David Fray sounds still more vulnerable...

[medmai]

@Erik83474 Fray is a big big bluff. it's a symptom of our time that such mediocre pianists get the carrier fray has. people who take the decissions at orchestras and concert halls are quite unresponsible reagrding tradition or maybe they just have no idea...

[metteholm75]

Simple, sensitive, straight forward, honest, mostly smiling, - are the words, that come to me. One of the best. Do yourself a favor and listen to David Fray also.

[caprifoglioirlandese]

grande,grande,grande,maledetta morte che lo porto' via a soli33 anni

[pomsetay]

Each great artist has his/her unique reality, which may or may not resonate with some people's tastes. Comparisons are really meaningless. They illustrate the relative ignorance of the reviewer, not the flaws of the artist. Most reviewers are untalented hacks riding piggyback on the shoulders of their superiors.

[Ianthe22]

@pomsetay Aren't your comments also not a reflections of the empty ignorance you mention. And by saying most reviewers are untalented hacks.. It doesn't make you more right, it just makes you a pessimist.

[chicorque]

Estoy muy de acuerdo. Nadie como este genio del piano me ha trasmitido tantas sensaciones gratas.

Gracias  Maestro Lipatti !!

[jongoodhew74]

I can't read music but spent most of my time at uni learning to play this piece, thanks to my ever suffering girlfriend. I used to prefer playing at this speed too, the piece has grace admittedly which Horowitz expresses, but there is also life within this tune, and if it doesn't set fire to your fingertips then you simply are not playing it right.

[paradajz13]

Every time i listen to Lipatti's performance i feel purified.

[mark9203]

OMG!!! I know this is not the most important thing, but he had huge hands!!!! he reached easily e flat-d"flat....

[dilibau]

@mark9203 this IS one of the most important things dear, just like Pagannini's humungous hands helped him become a legend

[mark9203]

@dilibau I don't know, how much it matters by the violin players, but the size of the hand doesn't matter, if you are a pianist...

[askdhg]

@mark9203 What????? So he reached two octaves?????? This is impossible!

[mark9203]

@askdhg ooops....I was wrong, sorry :S I didn't see well the buttons on the piano :S so he really didn't reach two octaves....

[philpal69]

ppchak don't be sad and anyway don't hate anybody... this is that kind of artist not for all... i think you must be happy to appriciate dinu... this meens you know music and you are very interesting about...

[Eeli2008]

beautifully played.

[liberalnut]

it is sublime, probably one of the best, what is it about Roumania and pianists, Lupu too, and their poetry scene is awesome, a nation rich in everything but money!

[MCdreamer91]

I see him trying to draw life out of music...absolutely impeccable in all aspects...

[kissin6666]

Simply, the best.

[cfwpiano]

Makes me want to cry... so beautiful!

[mmbmbmbmb]

This wonderful piece of music was composed with a heavy heart by Franz Schubert. Was played with a heavy heart by Dinu Lipatti. And is being listened to with a heavy heart as well. I like, how the beauty of music can unite souls - in a very special way.

[paulostroff99]

Awesome

[MrTonilica]

Multumim!A fost si va ramane cel mai profund pianist pe care secolul 20 l-a dat!

[twangman5]

Out of this world

[lostpebble]

Anguish and eventual acceptance.

Can you feel it ....!?

[nleytman]

@lostpebble yes

[hamabenouta]

I agree with Roy. I believe it is just personal preference. Yes, I also feel that Horowitz is a little bit boring. I like the way this pianist plays. This is my favorite piece.

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[genevieve70]

Lipatti is one of my personal heroes. To quote actress Sarah Miles who chose one of his recordings as a desert island choice, 'If I could do anything as well as he plays the piano, I would be a happy woman.'

[bombergal1]

This is one of the most beautiful piano pieces ever written and I had the priviledge to play this on my grad recital.

[teodorp07]

minunat !

[saltburner2]

And this, the only recording of the piece he left us, comes from the last recital at the Besancon Festival when he was too exhausted to finish the 14 Chopin Waltzes programmed for the second half. He died a couple of months later aged 33.

[dubb1995]

This piece of music is almost life affirming in it's beauty. It's so gorgeous that it can't fail to make the heart soar. Just wonderful.

[jrtrmish]

Horowitz played this so slow at his Vienna concert it seemed as if he were going to sleep. Lupati's timing is perfect--besides which he managed to blow Horowitz away in every which direction, Even when he was dying he proved he was one of the true pianistic greats.

[fortezimo]

he played like nothing around him.

just he and his piano.

[ranjansquave]

murmurings music it is as if no one is playing at all

[marisa2563]

yes, exactly

[camileludwig]

beautiful, maybe a bit fast at the beginning, but after i take the idea :D in comparison of other perfomance :D

[lostpebble]

Others performed !! Dinu's is like engage someone with a sincere, honest conversation ... And it was not an even tempered chat either. ; )

[lostpebble]

How come genius always die young !? Is it because someone up there is jealous !? RIP Dinu.

[musicfanBRA]

@lostpebble Yes... so often. Not to mention that Schubert himself died young , in his early thirties!

[lostpebble]

Just beautiful !!!

[lmrickford]

This should get you through a hard day, or make a good day better.

[PrincessDesert]

yeah, but only if it is played with a certain speech of angels: one of those infinite amounts of possible perfect interpretations, that capture the angels going through Schubert's mind

[advisorC101]

This is one of those performances that I come back to hear every day.

I just wish we could have had the chance to hear him in person.

[dubb1995]

I know very little about classical music, or indeed piano techniques, but i do know that this is one of the most beautiful pieces of music i have ever heard.

[roos08824]

That's all you need to know! People who aren't educated in music often have the capacity to appreciate it even more because they can listen to a piece as a whole without looking for mistakes or nitpicking every detail (though there is absolutely nothing to nitpick in this performance).

Listen to Valentina Lisitsa play Schubert Impromptu 142 No.3, also one of the most beautiful pieces I have heard.

[advisorC101]

I agree, and it is being played by one of the greatest pianists that has ever lived.

He has such a warm sound.

[legopiano]

there is no doubt that Zimmerman produces beautiful tones from the piano

But Lipatti made it sings.....

[kempff95]

he play this impromptu so deep and understanding the music

(beside the magnificent touch!)

excellent!

thank you so much for this extremely good interpretation.

[soami2u]

This Impromptu can't be played more beautifully than this...every bit of beauty, every bit of feeling that Schubert put in the music is here in Lipatti's sublime performance. What a poet was Lipatti! What a poet was Schubert! What a tragedy they were both taken away from us so soon!

[elenanoverde]

I can't help the tears rolling down my face... This man plays miracles. The Besançon recital is a must. No one has ever played with such faith in music an resignation to fate.

[gaiu76]

yes, this recital is a proof for the triumph of spirit over death...:) we can be like gods for a few seconds, but it is like eternity :)

[donthuis]

Schuberts Impromptu's Opus 90 have many notes in the right hand and far less in the left. But those left ones are very supportive to the atmosphere. Lipatti not only sings the sad song Schubert intended, but also interweaves the left hand in a perfect way. And: mellow as his tone is, there's also lot of strength in the expression, much more than Zimmerman. Zimmerman sounds like honey dripping..

[uptilthesky]

I love all 4 versions, but I agree this is the best. unlike Zimmerman, It's beautiful without being sugary, it's more fluid than Brendel's and has more tension than Horowitz. There's a undercurrent of anguish which is heartbreaking.

[skilzorz]

Well said ;)

[werewethere]

I must say I'm partial to this version, particularly because it demonstrates what an incredibly gorgeous work it is. It amazes me that one can have so many radically different yet outstanding performances of a piece, each revealing a different facet of this wonderful jewel.

[ForRoy]

This is the best version ever to me . Please , listen . And feel . Horowitz is good, but ..empty and little bit boring for me. Listen carefully this interpretation : every single detail is telling you... "I love this world but I I have not enough time .."

[teemingup]

This is extremely well put. Thank you.

[harisiadis]

@ForRoy "I love this world but I I have not enough time .."

Oh, how this applies to all of us!

[janvkimm]

@ForRoy

Lipatti is awesome.

I love his playing already for 50 years !

The only thing I like to say to you is:

Horowitz is never empty,but I heard that earlier.......

But is your view

Greetings from

Jan.

[poet13c]

Yes, a very, very beautiful moment.

[pianogus]

Perahia's and Brendel's renditions are way up there with Dinu Lipatti's.

[kempff95]

very good performance,but i agree with gebhardlied.

horowitz version is so hypnotist .

[lyhpcl]

The greatest interpretation ever.

[paradajz13]

yes it is. just divine.

[GebhardLied]

I have to say, it's a little too fast for my taste (still very well played, though). For me, nothing beats the emotionality of Horowitz' version that he played in Vienna.

[pianogus]

This is celestially pristine and delightful. There is a sense of transcendence. Thank you for uploading it. Dinu Lipatti was a rare jewel, just like Schubert. How tragic they both left this world at such a young age.

[feratlavinia]

Am I sitting on a cloud? This is heaven.

[phynesse2000]

Pure Gold. I have to say, I am a Horowitz man - especially on this piece. It seems Lipatti manages to express it the way Brendel and Zimmerman attempt - to me, he is the only one to convince, and by far. Brendel is too mechanical, Zimerman too focused on pleasing through 'beautiful' tone alone. Lipatti is just natural.

[ppchak77]

I hate the fact that so few people know about this great artist.. whatever he made was refined gold.. Bach being an example..

[lingepizda]

@ppchak77 Some of us are lucky to be sharing our few days on earth between the 2 countries with the 2 greatest Bach piano interpreters that ever lived - Lipatti and Gould.I can sit on the bench in Toronto near the seated bronze statue of Gould and dream of Bach played by him and Lipatti and say : Thank You!

[thuztra]

Glorious......

[1341hitoha]

I love this! Thanks.

[chlrldud74]

Sublime!