Rosa Tamarkina plays Liszt Sonetto 104 del Petrarca

[cabbycab]

Yo truecyrpt I know you always come through with the heaviest performances. So while at first I was disappointed that I preferred Arrau and Jorge Bolet on this one, It's become clear to me they got NOTHING on this here Tamarkina. This is ball-gripping. Your work here is proving educational. keep it up.

[Dankbarkeit1980]

Her sound is amazing! Is this what we call "talent" or she learned to produce this sound in the music schooll or taught correctly by her teacher? I ask that because I noticed in YouTube that generaly the pianists of the "russian" school having a very special and beautiful sound (I mean it in a good way).

[cabbycab]

damn, son

[smudgepots]

Utterly glorious, as fine Liszt playing as I suspect we will ever be priviledged to hear. She turns a tiny, essentially Italianate lyric masterpiece into an epic one, and finds more music and subtely than would have scarcely thought possibile. Piano playing & musicianship of the very highest order!

[annaerl]

Thank you very much !

[PhilPhilUSA]

Thank you!. One of my favorite pieces in all of Liszt and this delivers everything. I think the remark about masculine playing is well taken. The poem is a man's (Petrarca) list of felt contradictions - ending with, "I am this way, my lady, because of you." In that respect the straightforward boldness is my ideal. But to do it like Rosa did it is surely very special! WOW.

[Solopiano55]

Rosa, non solo eri bravissima, ma anche bellissima!

[mombeekmarcel]

you can listen 10 times to this performance, and discover 10 times other things, beautifull and tastefull!! no showing off with technique and and very good phrasing!

[acortot]

what piano is this?

[truecrypt]

I don't know for sure, but sounds like a Steinway...

Bechsteins have softer "initial" impulse of the tone... hope you understand what I mean...

[ClassicalMusicReview]

Yes:her tone production is dry,earthy and very like a pianoforte or guitar would sound in 1830.But also it is the instrument which has quite a bit more perfect 4th in the bracing than is customary to hear in a modern piano and that lends it those qualities as well.I find her playing here very stylistically effective while at the same time it sounds like her heart isn't really in it frequently.Perhaps she had tired of it after having practiced it for so many years.

[antoinezygfryd]

Pour ne pas aimer cela il faut ne pas aimer la musique,voilà tout!

[himitsunosallychan]

Such lean and "masculine" playing from a lady with such a beautiful face. So is her tone, no-nonsense and strong like iron and beautiful.

Thank you for letting me discover this gem.

[chad410]

some of Martha s gives her run 4 her money!

[weikko79]

Great, more Tamarkina! Love her <3