Rachmaninov - Six Moment Musicaux Op. 16 - 4. - Berman

[thecollective09]

My god its he's amazing!

[Helen71509]

Dear friends around the world, listen to this perfect structure and amount of emotion portrayed in a right way. When Berman made this piece he felt exactly what this piece was about. There is also pure soul energy in presence. It can't be tought by the snobs in consevatorioums. You have to be born with it and it becomes a life long burden and tremendous responcibility. God Bless you, all the struggling pure hearted musicians, Good luck in your work!

[Axotrotl]

thumbs up for those who agree with me that all respect to lugansky but this version is more emotinal and passsionate...lugansky played it too harsh with NO rubato,while this interpretation satisfies me a lot,LOVE Rachmaninoff!!!

[4321jojoba]

i listened it yesterday ;).. a friend played it :D

[thphaca]

I like the precision but there were no dynamics at all.

[simonshusse]

@thphaca plz post a link to a good example of dynamics - perhaps a vid where you yourself is playing, showing us what you mean.

[thphaca]

@simonshusse Lugansky.

[simonshusse]

@thphaca Really? Ok, we disagree - I'm very found of Lugansky but I find his version very flat and it was actually the reason why I commented on you below since I found Berman to have the dynamics that Lugansky doesn't. thx 4 ur reply though. :-)

[Bret6464]

@simonshusse Best dynamics, tone, color and clarity are in Jung Lin's performance of moment 4, also Benno Moiseiwitsch's moment 4 is extraordinary.

[simonshusse]

@Bret6464 YES! That young womans playing gave me goosebumps throughout the whole piece. It was as she was talking to the gods, telling them - commanding them. Extraordinarily!

[Bret6464]

@simonshusse That, Jung's moment 4 is one of my favorite clips on YouTube...I also have downloaded her playing the full set of Rach's six moment from iTunes (and her website podcast), I listen to that all the time :-))

Happy New Year!

[hybridamerica]

Berman - I feel him like no other.

He is completely into the music and the mind of the composer.

[pokey303]

well overall very nice performance, but he screwed up in the end (no i dont mean the small wrong note errors). He was kinda improvising until he came back to the correct line (2:32-2:38)

[midnighticed89]

un grave tormento...un grande dolore mischiato a passione...ecco cosa provo ogni volta che sento qst pezzo....mi lascia sempre senza fiato...il coinvolgimento è d'obbligo per chi lo ascolta.... OMG!!! lo adoro da impazzire!!! *-*

[ibclappin]

absolutely great.

what's up with the picture though?

[4lchimist4]

i love Berman

[natattack4]

Best version of the piece i've seen on youtube!

[simonshusse]

The "best versions" is most often not cut 4 seconds before the music has ended. I see your point though, Berman is great.

[theTinule1]

@natattack4 i totally agree ! very passionate !

[Denesmanzo]

Pure Poetry!!

Great Berman!!

[leomarmo]

too much mistakes for the great berman!!!!!

[morvensky]

I would give 10 years of my life to play like this

[serloisse737]

I would give all my life to play like this

[SalQrazy]

your comment made me shed a tear

[NormanicusDiabolicus]

@serloisse737

If I could play this it would probably add a few years to my life

[peppersprayinthebutt]

same here:

[sshuck]

@morvensky

"I would give 10 years of my life to play like this"

Mr. Berman gave a lot more than that, my friend.

[Elicgt]

@morvensky Me too.

[lisztbest]

a genius!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrFrenchBulldog]

Berman was laser sharp and intrepid. That's what you need with a piece like this!

[yukyo85]

oh my gosh! shit! what a playing!!!

[teoakinyel]

god damn those russians are special people.

so passionate. he was a titan.

[MrFrenchBulldog]

you are good damn right!

[Axotrotl]

@teoakinyel jewish italian

[danadatz]

@Axotrotl it is not true. jewish russian.