I intended to have this on in the background while I worked, but I was completely taken immediately...and at 0:40 I realized I wasn't breathing. This is perfectly controlled but overflowing with creativity and passion. I am in awe.
This is really amazing. Not only crisp, cultured and charming with tremendous virtuosity but also a lot of passion! It must come close to Liszt's improvisations on opera's.
yeah besides the fact that this isn't improvisation at all...
But it is sooo fast!!! Like.... I have this on my iPod, the exact same piece, and it lasts 9 minutes... I don't know piano realy much but as a violin player, I'd say what my teacher would say... YOU DON'T BREATH ENOUGH! XD
Fantastic!!!
Jupiterlibertas 4 months ago
As a musician I have always known that Camille Saint-Saens was a truly amazing composer.
However, I was totally unprepared to hear what I just heard.
I think the person who speaks immediately after the piano stops playing is probaly saying the same thing as I said (albeit in another tongue)
FUCKING AMAZING. In awe.
jonpianonelson 5 months ago
Franz Liszt once said that he felt like a small child just learning to play when he was confronted by the incredible talent of Saint Saens.
MrPlanx 10 months ago
Oh my goodness! He was a tremendous pianist!
OrangeSodaKing 1 year ago
This is a fascinating historical recording!
gerardbedecarter 2 years ago
who speaks after he finish the work?saint saens himself?
kaleidoscopio2006 2 years ago
Thank you for posting this. Amazing sound for a 1904 recording.
vvsivakumar 2 years ago
I intended to have this on in the background while I worked, but I was completely taken immediately...and at 0:40 I realized I wasn't breathing. This is perfectly controlled but overflowing with creativity and passion. I am in awe.
candidnt 2 years ago
anyone knows if he recorded his etude in form of waltz?
kaleidoscopio2006 2 years ago
actually, carl reinecke is the oldest pianist to record at all (*1824)
joernbroeker 2 years ago
Reinecke's legacy are piano rolls, not recordings.
d60944 2 years ago
Easily the best early clip by one of the masters. A treasure.
gnolti 2 years ago 2
Absolutely wonderful!
ronanmurray 3 years ago
This is really amazing. Not only crisp, cultured and charming with tremendous virtuosity but also a lot of passion! It must come close to Liszt's improvisations on opera's.
pianopera 3 years ago 6
yeah besides the fact that this isn't improvisation at all...
But it is sooo fast!!! Like.... I have this on my iPod, the exact same piece, and it lasts 9 minutes... I don't know piano realy much but as a violin player, I'd say what my teacher would say... YOU DON'T BREATH ENOUGH! XD
zito22zito22 2 years ago
@zito22zito22
He would propably run out of tape if he played it slower, the recording technology was very limited back then.
SevenCircles 1 year ago