I always love watching his hands, more so than with any other pianist. The sheer efficiency and elegance of his gentle minimalist movement makes his power and precision seem almost supernatural
What a pleasure to have found Explore the score. As a film maker and musician I tried more than 25 years ago to produce such type of videos. It was impossible. I would not find any support even from Arte. I love it.
Endlich kann ich jetzt in einer Musik etwas besser durch dringen, die bis dahin für mich sehr schwer begreiflich war. Vielen Dank, Sir András Schiff 🎼 🎹
Que maravilla ❤️❤️❤️ siempre enseño la música de Bélgica Bartók a mis alumnos, a parte de maravillosa la encuentro imprescindible para la formación musical de los niños. Muchas gracias por su explicación.
I wonder why he plays the left hand before the right in the lament. We expect that from Michelangeli but not Schiff!. That said, Schiff's Bartok playing is unsurpassed. This is one of the most fascinating piano pieces in the repertoire and Schiff's explanations and illustrations are masterly. How wonderful that there are so many clips, performances and talks by Andras Schiff on RUclips. He is justifiably one of the legends of musical performance.
He speaks about this in another video on YT. The title is something like Schiff speaks about Bartok’s style of playing. Funnily enough, he speaks specifically about this passage.
Schiff had spoken of the need to sculpt sound so the listener perceives the intent..the physics of the piano and the space may demand layering sound by playing components of the bass slightly early such that they arrive together in the soundscape
"... a sound effect never before used ..." (describing a tone cluster at 8:13) Ornstein, Ives, and Cowell used tone clusters before Bartok, and they've been sporadically used by other composers for hundreds of years, Mr Schiff.
Probably he meant "never before used by Bartok". It is interesting that Bartok learned about the clusters from Henry Cowell, and asked Cowell's permission to use them in his own music.
I hope Mr Schiff feels the force of your rebuke - it's not as if he were a great pianist sharing in-depth knowledge in a second language or anything...
I love, love, love this element in Bartok's music. But one should be a little restrained with something this precious. It's not Richard Strauss , and it's not "program music". Bartok was very clearly rejecting that sort of literal reading of musical meaning. I enjoy Andras Schiff very much; but I'd warn anyone not to keep these forest images as the boundary of what it's possible to feel from this music.
Completely beg to differ; His hands have always been foreboding and stiff which is akin to most of his musical/esoteric/high-minded and devoid of passionate emotion way of being. The voice has a dead cadence with awkward pauses that -to me- makes him the Hangman or funeral director in a vampire movie.
I always love watching his hands, more so than with any other pianist. The sheer efficiency and elegance of his gentle minimalist movement makes his power and precision seem almost supernatural
What a pleasure to have found Explore the score. As a film maker and musician I tried more than 25 years ago to produce such type of videos. It was impossible. I would not find any support even from Arte. I love it.
Bartok the Impressionist. Magnificent.
Endlich kann ich jetzt in einer Musik etwas besser durch dringen,
die bis dahin für mich sehr schwer begreiflich war.
Vielen Dank, Sir András Schiff 🎼 🎹
Magnifique analyse, Maestro. Merci. Quelle beauté que d'apprendre à écouter vraiment, grâce à vous, cette musique de Bartok!
Goosebumps. This is astonishing.
So interesting with commentary!!! Wonderful!!!
Such valuable insight!
Que maravilla ❤️❤️❤️ siempre enseño la música de Bélgica Bartók a mis alumnos, a parte de maravillosa la encuentro imprescindible para la formación musical de los niños. Muchas gracias por su explicación.
I wonder why he plays the left hand before the right in the lament. We expect that from Michelangeli but not Schiff!. That said, Schiff's Bartok playing is unsurpassed. This is one of the most fascinating piano pieces in the repertoire and Schiff's explanations and illustrations are masterly. How wonderful that there are so many clips, performances and talks by Andras Schiff on RUclips. He is justifiably one of the legends of musical performance.
He speaks about this in another video on YT. The title is something like Schiff speaks about Bartok’s style of playing. Funnily enough, he speaks specifically about this passage.
Schiff had spoken of the need to sculpt sound so the listener perceives the intent..the physics of the piano and the space may demand layering sound by playing components of the bass slightly early such that they arrive together in the soundscape
Koszonom szepen Maestro!! Now I can start studying this amazing piece of Art!❤
I just wish there was a CD of Schiff playing "Out of doors". I wonder why he hasn't recorded it?
Fine introduction to this piece!
All those voices, independently spoken with hands
A wonderful musician
Wonderful.
Thank you.
I wish he played the recording of Bartok playing it.
As far as I know, Bartok never recorded this piece. Have you a recording of Night's Music by Bartok?
Go for Gyorgy Sandor!
I wish Schiff had recorded it! I've never seen a CD of his in which this suite is included
Nice
"... a sound effect never before used ..." (describing a tone cluster at 8:13)
Ornstein, Ives, and Cowell used tone clusters before Bartok, and they've been sporadically used by other composers for hundreds of years, Mr Schiff.
Probably he meant "never before used by Bartok". It is interesting that Bartok learned about the clusters from Henry Cowell, and asked Cowell's permission to use them in his own music.
I hope Mr Schiff feels the force of your rebuke - it's not as if he were a great pianist sharing in-depth knowledge in a second language or anything...
@@johnpowys5755 rebuke?
he was saying about the technique that it is to play with your palm
I love, love, love this element in Bartok's music. But one should be a little restrained with something this precious. It's not Richard Strauss , and it's not "program music". Bartok was very clearly rejecting that sort of literal reading of musical meaning. I enjoy Andras Schiff very much; but I'd warn anyone not to keep these forest images as the boundary of what it's possible to feel from this music.
As time goes by.!?
Completely beg to differ; His hands have always been foreboding and stiff which is akin to most of his musical/esoteric/high-minded and devoid of passionate emotion way of being. The voice has a dead cadence with awkward pauses that -to me- makes him the Hangman or funeral director in a vampire movie.
Stereotype of a Hungarian