This is playing a 1/2 step too low! This is my favorite recording of this deceptively simple piece after Moriz Rosenthal's; many great pianists completely miss the boat with this, but I feel Rosenthal and dePachmann are right on the money. The hiss makes me think I'm peering back into a far gentler, more beautiful era. I can't stand sanitized, updated Chopin playing; Bellini was his role model!
Pardon me as I will be the philistine of the bunch. The left hand unevenness is overdone and rather phoney. Typical of pianists of that time to take extreme liberties with the music but its possible to do things in bad taste. And this is one of those instances. Again, sorry to interrupt the eulogy shower above...
What are your standards of good music? Pachmann had said in an interview that originality is "nothing more than the interpretation of one's real self instead of the artificial self which traditions, mistaken advisors and our own natural sense of mimicry impose upon us." Would you rather prefer a monotonous and cheap imitation to a truth told from one's "inner voice," as Pachmann called it.
Also, you eulogized yourself by assuming that you can actually INTERRUPT.
The problem is that the piano is playing very quietly and if you remove all the background noise you end up losing far too much of the piano tone itself. Better to just get used to the hiss and let your ears tune it out.
Beautiful. What legato. I love the way he "breaks" his hands, anticipating the descent of the left so that the melody on the right can be heard to sing out perfectly.
Thank you for posting this performance. Above my piano I have an original signed silhouette of de Pachman dated Londres, 1922 together with a ticket from a performance. Such a beautiful sound - veiled and enchanting. I love it!
This is my all-time favorite version of this piece.From the beautifully focused sentimental affect to the fabulously elongated breakings of the chords,or the hushed entire suspensions of the central tempo
to achieve declamatory intensity,I carry this in my heart always,since I 1st heard it 20 some years ago.
GREAT QUALITY !
COPPERTOP926 2 years ago
There are digital filtering programs which can eliminate these annoying low frequency white noise.
freeqwerqwer 2 years ago
Can you post the record playing at the correct speed.
phantom4087 2 years ago
This appears to BE the correct speed. Piano tuning was not standardised in 1915.
d60944 2 years ago
Wonderful! Truly in the same league as Rosenthal and Rachmaninoff....
otto6891 3 years ago
This is playing a 1/2 step too low! This is my favorite recording of this deceptively simple piece after Moriz Rosenthal's; many great pianists completely miss the boat with this, but I feel Rosenthal and dePachmann are right on the money. The hiss makes me think I'm peering back into a far gentler, more beautiful era. I can't stand sanitized, updated Chopin playing; Bellini was his role model!
billyguns2 3 years ago
Pardon me as I will be the philistine of the bunch. The left hand unevenness is overdone and rather phoney. Typical of pianists of that time to take extreme liberties with the music but its possible to do things in bad taste. And this is one of those instances. Again, sorry to interrupt the eulogy shower above...
shilloshillos 3 years ago
What are your standards of good music? Pachmann had said in an interview that originality is "nothing more than the interpretation of one's real self instead of the artificial self which traditions, mistaken advisors and our own natural sense of mimicry impose upon us." Would you rather prefer a monotonous and cheap imitation to a truth told from one's "inner voice," as Pachmann called it.
Also, you eulogized yourself by assuming that you can actually INTERRUPT.
pjioayncoe 3 years ago 5
you said it.
phantom4087 2 years ago
of the endless recordings of this piece, this is the only recording played the way i've always envisioned this song.
i am speechless.
i wish i could get this in a clear mp3 file. i'd listen to it every night before bed.
frgo 3 years ago
right, i prefer this kind of interpretations instead of the non-interesting interpretations of people like richter and even rubinstein...
mombeekmarcel 3 years ago
This very refreshing performance needs to be processed with some modern anti-noise technique.
hidastuu 3 years ago
It has been (!)
The problem is that the piano is playing very quietly and if you remove all the background noise you end up losing far too much of the piano tone itself. Better to just get used to the hiss and let your ears tune it out.
d60944 3 years ago
Wonderful. Such gentle presentation..
ffurgy 3 years ago
Beautiful. What legato. I love the way he "breaks" his hands, anticipating the descent of the left so that the melody on the right can be heard to sing out perfectly.
AulicExclusiva 3 years ago
It is so beautifully played and delicate. Thank you for this audio. (It's strange hearing it in D Major.)
Such a sensitive performance
fredslu 3 years ago
But the harmonies are even more magical in D. And the way he plays the notes.
fredslu 3 years ago
Thank you for posting this performance. Above my piano I have an original signed silhouette of de Pachman dated Londres, 1922 together with a ticket from a performance. Such a beautiful sound - veiled and enchanting. I love it!
PhillipLWilcher 3 years ago
It's like caviar on fresh toast.
suzettegm 3 years ago
This is my all-time favorite version of this piece.From the beautifully focused sentimental affect to the fabulously elongated breakings of the chords,or the hushed entire suspensions of the central tempo
to achieve declamatory intensity,I carry this in my heart always,since I 1st heard it 20 some years ago.
smithsherman 3 years ago