Maria Yudina plays Brahms: 3 Intermezzos, Op. 117 (1/2)

Part I
Brahms: Three Intermezzos, Op. 117
1. Andante moderato
2. Andante non troppo e con molto espressione

Category:

Music

Tags:

• yudina
• brahms
• intermezzo
• piano
• classical

[suzettegm]

Takes some getting used to. But the more I listen to her the more I'm starting to appreciate her. There's something hauntingly beautiful about this Brahms. thanks again, truecrypt!

[palcsi]

This is one of the most unusual interpretations of these works that I have ever heard. Thank you for you frequent postings.

[klizmun1]

But despite all that her playing of the texture in the first one and her displaying the felling of anguish in the second was very touching.

[klizmun1]

I was waiting for her to relax a little and let the music, the melody flow, but she never did. Second one was the same…. I feel that these pieces are more simple( in a wise sense of the word) than she is trying to make of them. I felt that she wanted to prove something, maybe that she is playing them differently, that she found some rhythmical key to them that she was trying to teach us of. (continue...)

[klizmun1]

I listened her interpretation with interest. I cannot say that I enjoyed it. Will try to explain the reasons. First I found her rhythm… rubato (would not call it distortion:) unusual, even intriguing and was ready to follow her in it. But then I felt that she cared about this finding of hers so desperately and tried to show it to us so importunately in every single motif that it became a gimmick for a gimmick’s sake. (continue...)

[pyroprince78]

I wish musicians like this were still alive. Yudina had so much to say.

[takezoaudio]

she makes it her own. i enjoyed it.

[bottegadiarsetlabor]

Grandioso! Grazie!

[wnxg4nd4lf]

Something mutilated/distorted is unpleasant/ugly. For some reason Yudina's version of these intermezzi is anything but unpleasant or ugly. It might be somewhat eccentric but at the same time is intriguing and beautiful. Artists of that caliber have the right to take such initiatives and provide us unusual but enjoyable interpretations. Gould (oh i love him so much!) spoke about this matter. There's a video here with him talking about his interpretation of the A major Mozart sonata. check it!

[organman52]

@palcsi Well I am out of your league here - I cannot tell the difference between cooking wine and a bottle which costs 10K - and I do not want to know.

[palcsi]

@organman52 I'm always reminded of blind wine tastings when there's a dispute about musical interpretation. Someone will say they think the wine is balanced and delicious, and another will say it's out of balance and awful. De gustibus non disputandum est.

[Noshirm]

@truecrypt Oh dear....the organman strikes again...pure invective is all he has to go on. It's always the titans of the keyboard who seem to take the worst possible pounding from these hacks...fortunately, the likes of Yudina have a body of work that speaks for itself. But he does esteem YOUR work, Andre! One of your posts of Schumann has been favorited by the organ grinder! (:-D) That should serve to reduce the severity of the opprobrium he is due for his inanities as scribbled here. No?! (;-D)