Leonid Brumberg plays Brahms Fantasies Op.116 (1/3)

Brahms: Fantasies Op.116

No.1 - Capriccio in D minor
No.2 - Intermezzo in A minor
No.3 - Capriccio in G minor

Leonid Brumberg, piano

Leonid Brumberg was born 1925 in Rostow-on-Don. He studied piano at the Moscow Conservatory with Heinrich Neuhaus, instrumentation with Shostakovich and composition with Miaskovsky. Later he became the assistant of Neuhaus at the Gnessin Academy. In 1981 he emigrated to Vienna and has been professor at the Vienna Conservatory. He gave many concerts thoughout Europe, the Near East and Japan. He performed as a soloist with different orchestras under Roshdestvensky, Svetlanov, Kondrashin, Mehta and others.

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• classical
• piano
• Brumberg
• Brahms
• Fantaisies
• op.116

[Messiaen28]

Mais c'est horrible comme Bramhs,il fait plein de rubato,c'est inapproprier

[nikolaimedtner]

rubato "inapproprier" dans Brahms??....

[morvensky]

and people say Brahms is dull!

[nikolaimedtner]

it depends on who plays it :)

[triviummusician]

everyone who says he uses too much rubato, fuck you, its romantic music, you dont play this kind of music like a click track, like baroque, everyone who thinks so doesn't actually feel the music and has no sense of musicianship, only technically created...

[darkblueangel1956]

La tendenza al rubato con una certa variabilità, l'elasticità e l'incertezza "voluta" in certe pause, fanno pensare molto di più a Robert Schumann... oppure i Pezzi op. 116 sono proprio un omaggio ufficiale di Johannes Brahms al suo amico e collega ? Leonid Brumberg è stato strepitoso e innovativo in Liszt e in Liapounov, ma con Brahms ha voluto ... cambiare pagina in fatto di stesura interpretativa ? Mistero !

[TheDuplicityBuster]

@yadro63 Then get a hearing aid, and something that approaches at least adequate musical training. Until then, don't waste your time trying to figure out anything you are incapable of understanding.

[TheDuplicityBuster]

@triviummusician Well said. This great performance rivals that of Walter Klien for its orchestral dimensions, rhythmic flexibility that obliterates bar lines in favor of affective nuance and a cumulative rhythm that moves the hemiolas inexorably forward.

[TheDuplicityBuster]

@Barbapippo And what a pity you're all washed up.

[Barbapippo]

what a pity that it sounds like someone playing under water...

[despina41]

Tempo fluctuations in this period were normal! Playing ths metronomically is much worse. Go listen to Ilona Eibenschütz play 119/2 -- she studied with Clara Schumann and premiered some late Brahms (118 and 119, I think).

[toadswildride]

Funny--I've heard the same! Personally, I have more affinity for his shorter piano works and chamber music. He seems to utilize the individual instruments to their full potential. The choral and orchestral pieces seem long-winded and I lose my interest. Maybe it's just me. Thanks for posting this incredible performance.