Spent some time looking for a not too sweetened version of Chopin Nocturnes and have to say the Tamas Vassary one is with the Nikita Magaloff my favorite choice. One can find the feelings of loneliness and or intimacy without any caramel added, to say so. Both manage to keep elegance and a certain distant outlook that makes them, for me, the best. This does not means do not appreciate the Nelson Freire rendition or the Rubinstein sort of standard approach. It is only that after knowing those, looked for something different. And have to say am glad to have found it in these two. A bit more unknown or cast aside as Chopin interpreters, they rank among the best: they are not cold or too prone to technical mastery, neither, as others. Is just they avoid a sentimental melo kind of approach which after hearing some interpreters have come to hate in Chopin "experts". Do not need someone making me cry to valuate Chopin: one thing is to be melodramatic and another to be sensitive. This stated, enjoy cool Tamas Vassary.
@madlovba03 I saw all the 8 parts uploaded by another user. It wouldn't be an overstatement to say I have devoured and enjoyed watching all those (thank god for the English dub!). I saw him perform twice last month in Bombay, also met him and I have been totally hooked. I straightaway bought some CDs of , compositions he's performed the very next day -- I don't ever usually do that. Right now, I wish I was living in Hungary or Europe and could just hop across to watch him whenever he performed.
@newFranzFerencLiszt I was lazy to do this with score, plus I'm working on other things at the moment :P Have all his Nocturnes been uploaded already?? Wow, I did not know that! Anyway, I still have him playing the Waltzes, Scherzi, Ballades and Preludes - I hope those haven't been posted yet :O Btw, do you like this one (and his other nocturnes)?
@itav29 I see :D Thank God I do live in Hungary and have already had several chances to see him live, both giving lectures and recitals ;) As you noticed, he's a magnificent person and artist. I have many of his CDs, too, as well as few not-commercially-released recitals.
@madlovba03 Yeah, you lucky chap, you! I saw your profile mentions Budapest as your base. He IS a magnificent, large-hearted, magic-inducing person indeed. What touched me most was that he remembered me when I went to see him backstage after his second concerto. He plays in Beijing on Oct 22 (Liszt's 200th birthday) and I would give an arm and a leg to be there! Hey, is there any way I can get those not-commercially-released recitals you mentioned?
Vasant K The more I hear his playing of the Nocturnes the more I like his interpretation. I have become a great fan of Tamas Vasary. So much that have recently gotten his CD of Schumann's Carnaval. Read reviews speaking about his "preciosism" in the way of playing: can not tell if this is so, what think is that his piano sounds as one of the best, nicest have ever heard. Like it so much that will keep getting more of his recordings. Just love the way he plays.
Hey madlovba03, thank you for uploading this! Do you have more video recordings of Tamás Vásáry actually seen playing? I'm referring to the Hungarian Rhapsody (you mentioned he was 63 at the time) you uploaded...
@itav29 Unfortunately I have very few videos of him performing. The video you referred to, however, is from a TV broadcast of one of his lectures on Liszt; I don't have that one in complete form either, but it was uploaded by someone else with English dub: /watch?v=vFk7z2bKyKI It's in 8 parts, but it goes out of sync after a while and is incomplete. I'm gonna fix and upload soon (onto my other channel, madlovba3) his performance of Legend No. 2 he gave there - stay tuned ;)
Friendly comment -- what do other people think about the consistently delayed LH entrances? To me it seems overdone and unnatural. I prefer Rubinstein's edition, as he does this specific type of rubato sometimes but just enough to let it stand out. This playing leaves me frustrated x__x though obviously this pianist is wonderful, and it's just my personal preference.
At least the first 8 sound like 4 eighth notes, rather than a triplet and a quarter note. It's an interesting change, like an exercise for a student to do, but I don't prefer it.
Non mi stancherò mai di ascoltare le interpretazioni di Vasary dei notturni di Chopin
such a beautiful composition, like most of chopin's works
Spent some time looking for a not too sweetened version of Chopin Nocturnes and have to say the Tamas Vassary one is with the Nikita Magaloff my favorite choice. One can find the feelings of loneliness and or intimacy without any caramel added, to say so. Both manage to keep elegance and a certain distant outlook that makes them, for me, the best. This does not means do not appreciate the Nelson Freire rendition or the Rubinstein sort of standard approach. It is only that after knowing those, looked for something different. And have to say am glad to have found it in these two. A bit more unknown or cast aside as Chopin interpreters, they rank among the best: they are not cold or too prone to technical mastery, neither, as others. Is just they avoid a sentimental melo kind of approach which after hearing some interpreters have come to hate in Chopin "experts". Do not need someone making me cry to valuate Chopin: one thing is to be melodramatic and another to be sensitive. This stated, enjoy cool Tamas Vassary.
I would say Cecile Licad may be my favourite.
@madlovba03 I saw all the 8 parts uploaded by another user. It wouldn't be an overstatement to say I have devoured and enjoyed watching all those (thank god for the English dub!). I saw him perform twice last month in Bombay, also met him and I have been totally hooked. I straightaway bought some CDs of , compositions he's performed the very next day -- I don't ever usually do that. Right now, I wish I was living in Hungary or Europe and could just hop across to watch him whenever he performed.
@newFranzFerencLiszt I was lazy to do this with score, plus I'm working on other things at the moment :P Have all his Nocturnes been uploaded already?? Wow, I did not know that! Anyway, I still have him playing the Waltzes, Scherzi, Ballades and Preludes - I hope those haven't been posted yet :O Btw, do you like this one (and his other nocturnes)?
@itav29 I see :D Thank God I do live in Hungary and have already had several chances to see him live, both giving lectures and recitals ;) As you noticed, he's a magnificent person and artist. I have many of his CDs, too, as well as few not-commercially-released recitals.
Tamas. Chopin. Together, one.
@madlovba03 Yeah, you lucky chap, you! I saw your profile mentions Budapest as your base. He IS a magnificent, large-hearted, magic-inducing person indeed. What touched me most was that he remembered me when I went to see him backstage after his second concerto. He plays in Beijing on Oct 22 (Liszt's 200th birthday) and I would give an arm and a leg to be there! Hey, is there any way I can get those not-commercially-released recitals you mentioned?
Vasant K The more I hear his playing of the Nocturnes the more I like his interpretation. I have become a great fan of Tamas Vasary. So much that have recently gotten his CD of Schumann's Carnaval. Read reviews speaking about his "preciosism" in the way of playing: can not tell if this is so, what think is that his piano sounds as one of the best, nicest have ever heard. Like it so much that will keep getting more of his recordings. Just love the way he plays.
Hey madlovba03, thank you for uploading this! Do you have more video recordings of Tamás Vásáry actually seen playing? I'm referring to the Hungarian Rhapsody (you mentioned he was 63 at the time) you uploaded...
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@itav29 Unfortunately I have very few videos of him performing. The video you referred to, however, is from a TV broadcast of one of his lectures on Liszt; I don't have that one in complete form either, but it was uploaded by someone else with English dub: /watch?v=vFk7z2bKyKI It's in 8 parts, but it goes out of sync after a while and is incomplete. I'm gonna fix and upload soon (onto my other channel, madlovba3) his performance of Legend No. 2 he gave there - stay tuned ;)
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Friendly comment -- what do other people think about the consistently delayed LH entrances? To me it seems overdone and unnatural. I prefer Rubinstein's edition, as he does this specific type of rubato sometimes but just enough to let it stand out. This playing leaves me frustrated x__x though obviously this pianist is wonderful, and it's just my personal preference.
At least the first 8 sound like 4 eighth notes, rather than a triplet and a quarter note. It's an interesting change, like an exercise for a student to do, but I don't prefer it.
@itav29 I sent you a PM.