Такое виртуозное исполнение с богатством динамических оттенков не может не понравится,а под музыку двух последних произведений,я танцевала. Правда- сидя на стуле. Учился у Антона Рубинштейна,а одним из его учеников был Черкасский. Спасибо большое и всего доброго!
Absolutely charming exquisitely limpid with all the unique subtleties and precision of a great master from, sadly, a bygone era. Listened to this for the first time while I was working out at the gym. Totally captivated and distracted! haha Don’t hear anything like this from the throngs of cookie cutter superficial competition winners of today. Oh well😩…but thank you for posting! 🤗
Amazing performance!! Too bad he didn't do more recordings forRCA Victor that were issued in the 30's/40s. I understand by the 40's he wasn't performing that oftendue to ill health but in the same period he was director of the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. He did record many Duo-Art reproducing piano rolls inclding the Military Polonaise. The recorded roll has similarities to his RCA test recording especially in terms of phrasing and dynamics.
No explications possible, a part genius (a word I almost never dare to use). Immediately reminds me Michelangelo's fresco in the Cappella Sistina: God's finger touching first humains finger. This must have been Hofmann's gift. 🙏
It sounds to me as if he rolls an added chord on one of the LH sixteenths, to fill out the harmony. It may be a missed note, but if so, it’s a Bob Ross happy mistake.
Don’t understand this kneejerk reverance for these old heroes, just because they are old. Had someone of current generation played this way, they would have been mocked for being mannered, self indulgent, poor taste etc. Move on… things are much better now.
@@76coronet it’s not knee jerk. We just have ears and can hear detail and nuance, real technique. Apparently you can’t. Just listened to a bunch of these competition whores and they were incredibly superficial and total boring 🥱. But they made lots of faces and looked up at the ceiling, so they must be “expressive.”
Well here we go…. using the expression “competition whores” in a context of good taste. Good job! All interpretations are a product of its time and times change. And classical music have survived since it actually lives in/with its time. Listen to Beatrice Rana’s Goldberg variations as one example. To bundle all contemporary pianists as ”competion whores” is a new low.
How much finesse in performance! The Old School gives class to anyone, it's the Golden Age of the Common Sense.
Thank you for posting these invaluable recordings. They are truly fascinating documents and a precious record of Hofmann’s artistic genius.
Amazing recordings, thank you!
Такое виртуозное исполнение с богатством динамических оттенков не может не понравится,а под
музыку двух последних произведений,я танцевала. Правда-
сидя на стуле.
Учился у Антона Рубинштейна,а одним из его учеников был Черкасский.
Спасибо большое и
всего доброго!
THANK YOU for all the effort of putting these recordings together! So important, and much appreciated.
Thanks!
Absolutely charming exquisitely limpid with all the unique subtleties and precision of a great master from, sadly, a bygone era. Listened to this for the first time while I was working out at the gym. Totally captivated and distracted! haha Don’t hear anything like this from the throngs of cookie cutter superficial competition winners of today. Oh well😩…but thank you for posting! 🤗
Love to hear a great artist play op 40 no 1
❤❤ Thank you so much
❤️
👏👏👏🎹🙏
Amazing performance!! Too bad he didn't do more recordings forRCA Victor that were issued in the 30's/40s. I understand by the 40's he wasn't performing that oftendue to ill health but in the same period he was director of the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. He did record many Duo-Art reproducing piano rolls inclding the Military Polonaise. The recorded roll has similarities to his RCA test recording especially in terms of phrasing and dynamics.
3:11 what is even happening here? Can anyone explain it to me haha?
Terrific...💪
AMAZING 🎹🙏
No sustain pedal...!😁🎹
He was a god of the keyboard.
No explications possible, a part genius (a word I almost never dare to use).
Immediately reminds me Michelangelo's fresco in the Cappella Sistina: God's finger touching first humains finger.
This must have been Hofmann's gift. 🙏
It sounds to me as if he rolls an added chord on one of the LH sixteenths, to fill out the harmony. It may be a missed note, but if so, it’s a Bob Ross happy mistake.
Don’t understand this kneejerk reverance for these old heroes, just because they are old. Had someone of current generation played this way, they would have been mocked for being mannered, self indulgent, poor taste etc. Move on… things are much better now.
@@76coronet it’s not knee jerk. We just have ears and can hear detail and nuance, real technique. Apparently you can’t. Just listened to a bunch of these competition whores and they were incredibly superficial and total boring 🥱. But they made lots of faces and looked up at the ceiling, so they must be “expressive.”
Well here we go…. using the expression “competition whores” in a context of good taste. Good job! All interpretations are a product of its time and times change. And classical music have survived since it actually lives in/with its time. Listen to Beatrice Rana’s Goldberg variations as one example. To bundle all contemporary pianists as ”competion whores” is a new low.