Moiseiwitsch plays Rachmaninov Moment Musical No. 4 Op. 16

Moment Musical No. 4 in E minor, Op. 16.

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• Benno
• Moiseiwitsch
• Rachmaninov
• Moment
• Musical
• minor
• 16
• classical
• piano
• pianist
• composer

[johnnyblue34]

This is a perfect moment 4! what is called for is that unceasing pulse in tone and clr, like a beating heart - and Benno is extraordinary - always!!! (despite bad audio here)

Listen to Jung Lin's moment 4, best since Benno, also gives you those pulsing harmonics, unbelievable clarity and great sensitivity to Rach :-)))

[fionasapple]

i like how he uses less pedal than any other pianist. it makes other parts where he uses pedal stand out more.

[Hervinbalfour]

@mehandas Honestly she uses very little pedal imo.

[Bret6464]

@mehandas I think perhaps it's the sound quality of the recording here on Benno's performance, compared to Jung Lin's live performance from her recital broadcast live on the Chicago PBS station, her video looks to be just the feed from the TV broadcast. The interpretations are different but similar, I like both of them a lot :-)

[mehandas]

@Bret6464 I admit it is a different interpretation, but I don't think it's the same as Bennos 230:243. I have a feeling she uses too much pedal, and it's more 'furious' and louder - both musical lines- and there is less finish - or maybe that's the recording. Maybe I'm just stuck to my old ways - as Benno's was the first one I listened to.

[Bret6464]

@mehandas I like Jung Lin's 2:30 - 2:43 a lot, those are the "bell" sounds" of Rach :-)

She's the only performer of Moment 4 that puts those sounds in besides Benno M., you can also hear them in Rach's playing Moment 2 and Horowitz' Moment 2. IMO Jung is the one pianist today that absolutely plays extraordinary Rach :-)

[mehandas]

@johnnyblue34 Jung Lin' version doesn't have the beauty of 2.30 to 2.43 interpretation here- which for me is the most important part of this piece.

[hophmi]

Agree, but if it's played alone, this is good approach. Moiseiwitsch tended, like Rachmaninoff, to play in an understated way sometimes.

[morvensky]

I am a huge BM fan, but I afraid this tends to the ineffective. It is a very musical interpretation, but it needs to be powerful and dramatic to contrast with the 3rd and 5th moment musicals. This is not bad though.

[libetta]

you are a crazy being you always mention joyce joyce! you remind me of someone insane always calling out to someone, without making sense at all