The Golden Age of Piano
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"Treat a piano badly, and it will sulkily lock up its treasures of tone. Treat it lovingly and understandingly, and it is one of the most responsive of instruments; its harp of over two hundred strings, its great sounding board and frame, and its system of pedals are all susceptible to the minutest variations of sound for musical purposes, to such a degree that very slight and apparently unimportant motions at the keyboard affect the tonal mass."
(Ernest Hutcheson, 1871-1951)

By adding "&fmt=18" (without quotation marks) to the end of a video URL the playback quality of some of the older video's will be improved.

If you are interested in (some of) the historical recordings I posted, please buy the ORIGINAL transfers from the best specialist independant labels, such as APR, Arbiter Records, Biddulph, Dante, Marston, Music & Arts, Naxos Historical, Pearl, Testament and VAI Audio. They have the best sound quality.

Enjoy my channel, mainly dedicated to V.S.O.P.
(Very Superior Old Pianists)!
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A part-time Eternal Student...
Hometown:
La Haye
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pianopera commented on Ayşegül Sarıca plays Beethoven Concerto No.4, op.58 (IV) (23 hours ago)
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I liked her performance, maybe a little cold and to the point, but very solid."
 
 
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"Wonderful tone, you can hear the influence of Thibaud!
Thank you, and Merry Christmas!"
 
 
pianopera commented on Schumann Faschingsschwank aus Wien - Intermezzo (1 day ago)
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Channel Comments (206)
RICPOIRIER1 (1 day ago)
Très belle chaîne!
Bons voeux du temps des fêtes!
Succès, santé et le bonheur en prime!
(Montreal, Québec, Canada)
imusiciki (1 day ago)
Greetings Erwin,

Wishing you and your loved ones peace & joy this Christmas & in the coming New Year. Happy Holidays!!

Love,

Amy
salomeRA (1 day ago)
I just posted a trailer of "The Legacy of Rosina Lhevinne." I believe you will appreciate the story of these two outstanding talents (Josef and Rosina Lhevinne). All the Best.
Noshirm (3 days ago)
(:-D) DEZE groet ik gewoon MOEST 'schrijven in het Nederlands! Om Sir E. en zijn hele familie, hartelijke groeten en alle beste wensen voor een gezegend en vrolijk kerst en een stralend gelukkig nieuwjaar. Moge uw kunst groeien nog meer lichtgevend en wordt u gezegend met een overvloed van alle dingen goed. Blijf warm - Ik hoor Europa is een harde begin van de winter ervaren!
Musiciana93 (3 days ago)
May the spirit of Christmas be with you and bring you peace and new suggestion. The gladness give you hope and satisfaction, the warmth grant you love.
Have a great and wonderful Christmas season and a Happy New Year!
Thank you for the great music!
Norina :)
Ellinidara (3 days ago)
My pleasure:) You have always great music.,,I wish you an happy new year with health,happyness,smiles and much love around you:-) Music saves the soul,,,
qobuz (4 days ago)
hello from paris
Very nice channels and thank you for all the wonderful footages of pianists
cheers
Yves
Noshirm (5 days ago)
I've been listening to Gieseking and Schnabel with renewed respect, Sir E. Many thanks for the post of Gieseking's transcription of "Standchen", as well as for Schnabel in Schubert. (:-D)
MagicDonDino (6 days ago)
playlist "Erwin Poelstra plays...." now avaiable (still posting)
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=B5591C08EF42FBE5
xper2xper (6 days ago)
Beautiful posts, remarkable collection, wonderful classification to be admired!!!

Cheers!
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