Wittgenstein plays Ravel's Piano concerto for the Left Hand (1)

Bruno Walter conducts the Concertgebouw Orchestra. Paul Wittgenstein, who commissioned this work, is the soloist. Year of recording: 1937.

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• hand
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• concerto
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• wittgenstein
• bruno
• walter

[haruyoi5]

素晴らしい

Wonderful

[ariastoteles]

Wonderful!

[paulybarr]

@jamesaellis yes, he didn't have a right arm, but his left one's not very good- it's shockingly played.Posterity is grateful he commissioned it from Ravel- for it's a wonderful work, but he couldn't play it for shit.

[PianoDaemon]

@jamesaellis True, Wittgenstein had one arm. However, this concerto is written for left hand only - therefore, the fact that he only had one arm is a moot point. That doesn't change the fact that this is a very sloppy performance.

[nigelrugby]

This family, amidst their turmoil, was truly brilliant. Thank you for sharing.

[sofronitzky]

Wittgenstein avait renvoyé à Prokofiev son 4° concerto en disant : "merci beaucoup, mais je n'y comprends rien."

[Leungy12252]

@costep I think during 20th century the technical skills isn't as demanding as post modern technics, the later the concerto is composed the harder it gets, so back in the day performers might find their "contemporary" music harder than we do; just because the techniques are so newly invented back then. Besides that technology is also growing, so recording will always gets edited, mastered before release.

[marian444]

Wonderful!!!

[costep]

Somewhere I read that Wittgenstein did not really like this piano concerto. I am quite surprised listening to this. I have heard this concerto played by contemporary pianists who also used only one hand and I tried some passages myself. It is really not necessary to have this sloppiness in the run. But maybe the whole recording is overshadowed by the technical flaws. However, the technical flaws don't disturb me so much in other recordings.

[jamesaellis]

People HE HAD ONE ARM! Let's see you do better. :P

[595o]

@heidistevenson Huh? Mighty Wittgenstein, the family might have been famous because of Paul and Ludwig but not THAT famous.

[595o]

@omgtkseth Actually there was also a nephew of Ludwig named Paul who too was a philosopher but much less known.