Josef Hofmann plays Moszkowski Caprice Espagnol, op. 37

Moritz Moszkowski: Caprice Espagnol, op. 37

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• espagnol
• piano
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[davidrds]

For non-French speakers: the title of the piece is Caprice Espagnol, not Caprice EspagnolE.

Best, David

[truecrypt]

@davidrds

Thank you for noticing that!

[coolchampagne]

Lang Lang has nothing on Hofmann

[paulostroff99]

Absolutely astounding! Cannot be played any better,or even as good for that matter

for that mater.

Bravo! TY.

[wesmusic56]

How did he manage such breathtaking speed? And he made it sound so effortless! He must have been relaxed at the stage. What a maestro!

[jiggsuhhh]

@BalticJesuits I agree, sounds a bit dittyish at this speed. But still very exciting and technically superb performance.

[ReturnOfTheStienway]

what would this sound like without time constraints?

[BalticJesuits]

too fast, starts losing character at this speed

[pghagen]

Indeed a great interpretation of this piece. I knew it from a record of Hoffmann's star-

pupil: Shura Cherkassky. Now i can hear that Shura learned a lot of his teacher. Shura was a one of the greates pianists of the 20th century, but unfortunately he was not a household name, although his repertoire was tremendously large, and he performed for more than 75 years on the concert stage. His tone and legato were insurpassed. One one of his Decca records he plays this Caprice Espanol

[MrRicksStudio]

@coolchampagne No one "has nothing" on Hofmann. On the other hand, it might be argued that Lang Lang has nothing on... Liberace.

[greenmillhd]

Lang Lang's hot, but it'll take a lot more than hair gel and some flashy stage mannerisms before you can even think about putting him in the same category as Hoffman, Bolet, Horowitz, Arrau, and the other truly great pianists.

[1fattyfatman]

@sukangeong Pretty sure your right now that I compare the even more pop out and high you clarity of the 1916 Tarantella repeated notes .. !