Weissenberg - Prokofiev sonata n.3

Alexis Weissenberg plays the 3rd Sonata

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• prokofiev
• prokofieff
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[th3wing3dpaint3r]

@Bret6464 I have no particular interest in insulting Alexis. I was simply pointing out how we're very influenced by "brand names", so to speak, in our judgement of performances. You, being an avid fan, took the comment to heart and thought it necessary to defend an idol of yours...

[Bret6464]

@th3wing3dpaint3r Enough that you are in the small minority - what is the point in your insulting Alexis? Have nothing better to do than post insults to extraordinary artists on the net? 

[th3wing3dpaint3r]

@Bret6464 Well, sadly your opinion weighs very little in proving the falseness of my statement.

[Bret6464]

@th3wing3dpaint3r You are totally wrong! Very few have Weissenberg's technique AND artistry. It is Rachmaninoff, Gilels, Horowitz, Moiseiwitsch, Alexis Weissenberg and Argerich who are the true extraordinary artists.

Alexis was one of the greatest masters ever, he performed with immense pianism and musicality. May he rest in peace.

[th3wing3dpaint3r]

If this exact same performance had been given by an anonymous pianist most people would have said something like "needs more work" or "too many wrong notes"

[darkblueangel1956]

@revorrah

It's true, I totally agree ! Just listen to Gilels, Richter and Ashkenazy!

[Starwalker6978]

@revorrah There's poetry in all great music, and yes, there are many angry POEMS, VERY ANGRY indeed! That includes both music and literature. This sonata is not all just angry, in fact I think that it is more 'maestoso' with a very beautiful sensitive middle part. And this both Argerich and Weissenberg miss!! Yet I like Argerich better than Weissenberg.

[revorrah]

@Starwalker6978 Poetry in Argerich's interpretation!? What?! Argerich is just as fast as Weissenberg on this one except dry and with a narrow dynamic range. Plus, if this Sonata is a poem, it would be a very angry poem and Weissenberg tells the story better than anyone else I've heard.

[darkblueangel1956]

Tanta tecnica, tanta agilità, un cantabile "scolastico" e limitato, dinamica quasi inesistente, il suono è SEMPRE inesorabilmente martellante e spietato. Prokofieff ha scritto opre di stile cubista, espressionista di neorealismo sovietico, ma tutte queste considerazioni non interessano a Weissemberg. La sua inevitabile discesa è cominciata già da molti decenni, dopo un inizio brillante !!!!! Che peccato !!!

[xyaqua]

Alexis is of the mind that the notes belong to the composer, but the tempo is the realm of the performer. How can you argue? This sounds so much more alive than any other performance of this that i have heard. This is genius of a Bach or Scarlatti level, and skill way beyond either. One in a billion. His interpretation is unique, and he is unique in the the fact that he is qualified to interpret the movement as such. I'd follow his teaching anywhere, and always come out the better for it!