Schubert Impromptu op. 90 No. 1

The German pianist Wolfgang Ellenberger plays this first of 4 Impromptus op. 90 by Franz Schubert on his Bösendorfer Imperial Concert Grand (290 cm/630 kg) recorded in the "Open Channel"-studio Kiel in August 2000.
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Music

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• Schubert
• Impromptu
• bösendorfer
• Ellenberger

[DFDalton1962]

Someone shoot the piano tuner! I know they aren't exactly known to have the rich overtones of a Steinway, but this is one dark and ugly-sounding Bosendorfer.

[WolfgangEllenberger]

Hi,

some months later it got an entire set of new hammers for 6000 Euros, then it was much better. Nevertheless - better listen to the musical process.

[patlibcoast]

there is something wrong

[nadyart]

I thought a piano like this did not play wrongs notes...

[idealhomesrealestate]

Everyone seems to be blaming the piano. Surely it's the pianist that is crap!!

[Takeo1813]

@DFDalton1962 äh you know that Bosendorfer is better for classical music than steinways? Please stop talking shit and just visit a Pianist forum, Bösendorfer Pianos are better for Beethoven & Schubert than Steinway Pianos, on the other hand i would prefer the Steinway for sth like mozart. There are als awesome Fiazoli pianos für 160.000 Euro, which will make every Steinway. Also there are Bösendorfers for Several Millions of Euro, which are better than every Steinway. So please shut up.

[vulcan1429]

All of that time and talent and money to sound like that!!! What a shame.

[LANE211]

@sam0xin screw that. I'm sick and tired of all these pianists disobeying the composer, shifting tempo and waiting hours after each sustained chord, thinking they can infuse the piece with their haggard and undesired "romantic" emotion. This guy makes mistakes, lacks superior technical skills, and gets the volume wrong, but at least he attempts to obey Schubert and plays the piece to tempo. Conflated "master pianists" like Richter and Brendel can learn something from that.

[toolatetobeapianist]

my piano teacher can playthis better .... his username is mozartdonaldyu but he is a composer!

[xGucciNL]

isnt' this suppose to be a romantic piece? where's ma rubatos? >:3 where's ma phrasing :o. oh well.. and why is there soo much base? left hand too loud maybe ?? or is it just youtube ^^

[kop0713]

It is too bad play. I guess he might not like Schubert.

[flyuhud]

This is a rather dry performance, of a lovely piece of music. Where is the heart?

[effeilensucre]

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