Schubert Wanderer Fantasy I.Part

Julius Katchen plays Schubert 1967
Filmed at the Salle Gaveau Paris

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[Erinnyae]

Sad and too early a loss indeed... The more I hear from his performances the more I get to love them! Thank you for sharing!!!

[EdwardJasiewicz]

Sorry you disagree, but I believe acusing Katchen of having an insufficient technique is the ridiculous part. Deal with it...

[jairevesousleau]

Shut up and listen!

[s1earle]

I grew up with the Katchen performances and seem to judge others by the standards set; whilst he might falter to the technique wizardy of the youth today he more than makes up with his intuitive performances, and the youth of today might listen and learn...Katchen had a fabulous technique and was always at great pains to demonstrate. His Beethoven Concertos and Choral Fantasy are impassable.

[harrykinomoto]

04.43 - 04.52: Ouch! >.<

[superbemaison]

@Haeronthegreat Exactly-this Brahms set is a reference to this day.

As for Katchen's technique I dare say that it equals Richter's-

[PhedraBcn]

@EdwardJasiewicz + 1, you're absolutely right

Katchen had an extraordinary technique. That of a musician with it's own sound. You can recognise Katchen with your eyes closed. Technique and mechanic are two different things. The young generation has great mechanic but no technique at all. Listen to Lang Lang and you will understand. Personally, I would change every hour of Lang Lang playing against seconds of Katchen's interpretation

[Reaper978]

@gabpant I didn't mean that you are describing yourself as a classical musician. I meant others who do.

[gabpant]

@Reaper978 i don't describe me as a classical musican!what the hell are you speakin'about ?

[Reaper978]

@gabpant Well, people who describe themselves as classical musicians tend not to have as great a technique as one might expect. True classical musicianship, virtuosity like Godowsky, Liszt, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Cziffra, or Richter, is all-encompassing.

[josegiraldi]

Great pianist !!!

[Haeronthegreat]

Anyone criticising Katchen's technique needs to buy his Brahms set.