Schnabel plays Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15 (6/6)

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Johannes Brahms:
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15
III. Rondo: Allegro non troppo
Piano: Artur Schnabel
Cond. George Szell
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Not only Schnabel recorded a marvelous set of the Beethoven, he recorded the Brahms concertos.

A big thanks to Naxos records for the amazing remasters.

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[billyguns2]

Many, many thanks for restoring this in such great sound to You Tube! I believe the conductor in the photograph is Sir Malcolm Sargent, not George Szell.

[Sinfoniette]

Yes he is - in fact I did not mean to put him to show Szell; its just a nice picture of Schnabel composing his first symphony with Sargent's help. Thanks for clarification!

[uhartchristian]

there are a lot of things which are great in this recordings , but its right there is a lack of technique as he comes out of the old school and would not have recorded a lot of chopin or liszt or rachmaninoff for example. The modern ones like Horowitz Gilels Richter were better in sound and technique.

But pianists like schnabel and edwin Fischer are of quality and represent a certain "german" or whatever called school.... I would put Brendel Gulda Demus also in this school

[junglejim66]

Excellent playing. Shows how Schnabel helped continue the great music that is the backbone of our classical piano literature. The music world was lucky to have such an artist who performed the greatest of music only without playing "down" to the audience.

One of the greatest of pianists.

[TheVieuxchat]

may be !

[berlinzerberus]

na ja,vielleicht sind meine ohren verstimmt,im gegensatz zu deinen! hehe

[TheVieuxchat]

ich möchte hinzufügen : Schnabel hatte zum höchsten Grade

den Sinn für Brahms Musik. Und was Sie auf dem technischen Gebiet behaupten ist ganz falsch.

[berlinzerberus]

...diese adjektive widersprechen nicht meiner kritik! :-)

[TheVieuxchat]

Ich finde ihre Kritik ganz ungerecht : Schnabel war einer unter den besten Interpreten von Brahms, intelligent , poetisch,

kräftig, trâumerisch

[berlinzerberus]

well...this brahms rendition is,what a pity,mostly uninspired and therefore insignificant.

mr.schnabel obviously didnt certainly have any sense or feeling of the brahms-espressivo,manifesting in a pretty hectical and sometimes hysterical approach.one can really have the impression that he might not being up to this mouvement technically and emotionally.

but,sinfoniette,nonetheless thank you for posting this as a part of the legendary pianist´s collection.

berlinzerberus