L' étude no. 3 ( 2:13 min.) et l' autre ( 17:07 min.) sont, sans doute, des pages les plus belles de Schumann. Interprétation supérieure, d'une richesse, vraiement haut de gamme. Maria Grinberg, une grande découverte .
+Donald Wright Agree completely; this is wonderful playing. There are many fine recordings of the work, but this is certainly one of the very best. Her ability to make the theme sing out clearly amidst much thorny passagework is astonishing. So is the way she paces the entire work. Very great playing here.
I attended her concerts very often was I was young. She came regularly in Tbilisi. I remember her Prokoviev's 6th Sonata (among others), Beethoven's 5th concerto … Undoubtedly, she (was) is! one of the greatest pianists. She possessed a very particular and noble sound as Yudina and Guilels.
This is a great recording of these symphonic variations for piano. It is important to retieve both the global achitecture of each variation, and the fine details that the genius of Schumann put in it. M; Grindberg does it with authority and ina quite successful manner. This is indeed a great recording.
Sublime! ...makes me realise how much work has to be done to do such masterfully crafted compositions justice. A feat, I sorely am made aware, I myself could never have reached... And she makes the notes soar through my mind's heaven, then dipping into the impassioned heat of my blood, and warmed there climb yet again to aural heights, and beyond to angelic sound-clouds and universal harmonies, yet balanced all throughout.
The pure Greatness...! No one OTHER word could come to the light... But..., If anybody could find and publish the Maria Grinberg's recording of the Brahms 1st Piano Concerto in d Minor...? Wow...! This is the truly Very Best one among so TOO MANY other recordings done by so truly TOO MANY "Great Masters", who factually TRULY do NOT know, HOW to manage with this so fantastic music...!!! ;)
My thoughts exactly when I heard her symphonic studies for the first time, after years of cherishing godly interpretations as that of Sofronitzky, Rubinstein, Richter, Gilels, Brendel, of course... there is just something I cannot describe in words which amazes me every time I listen to her.
Это великая интерпретация Шумана, в ней присутствуют все грани его гения: романтический порыв Флорестана и поэтическая задумчивость Эвзебия, смелое величие замысла и эмоциональный нерв!!! Да, были люди в наше время! Не то, что нынешнее племя!
First variation is unbelievable, never heard it like that.. so sutto voce. Sublime. Her balance, voicing, effortless handling of Schumann texture etc. is incredible. thanks for upload.
A magnificent artist. Why did she never tour outside the U.S.S.R? Of course neither did Yudina or Sofronitsky, both of whom I've come to admire greatly, but frankly Grinberg's Chopin, her Schumann Symphonic Etudes and her Liszt Sonata put in the pantheon with the greatest of the greats. A this point I admire her even more than I do the others. I had first heard a few of her Beethoven sonatas, and was not all that impressed. The interpretations struck me as competent, of course, but rather humdrum -- nothing personal or special that i could hear. THEN I heard her G-Minor Ballade and her Liszt Sonata, and realized I was in the presence of greatness. These Symponhic Etudes, which are stupendous, sealed the deal once and for all.
Who was permitted a career outside the USSR was entirely up to the Soviet authorities. ... look at Lazar Berman.... he was, finally, allowed to tour abroad.... then he was found with a proscribed book. It is our loss that the Soviets were poor with their sound engineering and recording capabilities. This woman is quite something else. Yet there are few recordings, production wise, that permit us to really hear what she was doing.
It seems to me that she suffered at least a double penalty: being a soviet artist forbidden to tour outside, and being a woman in a misogynist (to a certain degree) environment. Her political color may have also affected her career.
One of the greatest Russian pianists. Her recording of the entire Beethoven piano sonata cycle is perhaps her greatest work - it is far superior to the cycles of lesser pianists. What a shame that she was impoverished all of that part her life during which Stalin ruled the USSR with bloody hands. This, as with all of her recordings, is gorgeous. Many great pianists published recordings in which they seemingly "took a day off". Maria Grinberg never stooped so low. When she recorded a work she put her soul into it.
+Gerry R Hello Gerry, I have read your comments on various recordings by Maria Grinberg with great pleasure. I would like to know more about her life. Can you direct me to any useful texts? Best wishes, Justine
+pianolady516 Yes! Thanks to RUclips we discover at least one new one every few days. I'm almost 75 years old, have studied music seriously all my life, earned degrees from two top conservatories, but have to say I've learned more about pianists and the piano literature since I discovered RUclips several years ago than in all the years before. The broad range of possible interpretations for works known for decades is at once both eye opening and tremendously liberating. This performance is particularly great.
Quite authoritative performance, where she makes quite evident her technical and musical mastery, her great piano knowledge, with just one blemish, in the last page. She allows herself to do what many pianists also do: to play the last descending line, as if it were written: "doppio movimento subito e accellerando sine al fine (sudden double speed and accellerando till the end)", something that was not written nor intended by Schumann, that completely destroys the rhythmic structure and sense of the last variation, in favor of absolutely nothing. Quite regrettably, for this proceeding contrasts very deeply with everything she did before this last page.
It´s difficult to describe, and properly honor her greatness.
L' étude no. 3 ( 2:13 min.) et l' autre ( 17:07 min.) sont, sans doute, des pages les plus belles de Schumann. Interprétation supérieure, d'une richesse, vraiement haut de gamme. Maria Grinberg, une grande découverte .
An astonishingly great performance--she plays with command and authority, and yet with profound sensitivity and depth of expression.
+Donald Wright Agree completely; this is wonderful playing. There are many fine recordings of the work, but this is certainly one of the very best. Her ability to make the theme sing out clearly amidst much thorny passagework is astonishing. So is the way she paces the entire work. Very great playing here.
One of the best recordings of this piece by one of the greatest of Russian pianists. Thanks for making it better-known.
Approach of what perfection is.
I attended her concerts very often was I was young. She came regularly in Tbilisi. I remember her Prokoviev's 6th Sonata (among others), Beethoven's 5th concerto … Undoubtedly, she (was) is! one of the greatest pianists. She possessed a very particular and noble sound as Yudina and Guilels.
Wie sehr beneide ich Sie, dass Sie die wunderbar Pianistin und Frau noch erleben dürfen 💔
Bellísima interpretación. Llena de contrastes, de fuerza y sutilezas.
Vera e indiscutibile Gigante del pianoforte e dell'intrepretazione musicale. La più misconosciuta tra i grandissimi del pianoforte.
Very beautifully done. What a terrific ear for sonorities connected to a beautiful sense of phrasing. So fine!!!
Also 😍SEHR gut
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This is a great recording of these symphonic variations for piano. It is important to retieve both the global achitecture of each variation, and the fine details that the genius of Schumann put in it. M; Grindberg does it with authority and ina quite successful manner. This is indeed a great recording.
Sublime!
...makes me realise how much work has to be done to do such masterfully crafted compositions justice. A feat, I sorely am made aware, I myself could never have reached...
And she makes the notes soar through my mind's heaven, then dipping into the impassioned heat of my blood, and warmed there climb yet again to aural heights, and beyond to angelic sound-clouds and universal harmonies, yet balanced all throughout.
Совершенно завораживает...
Une belle interprétation, sensible, nuancée et recueillie.
Magnificent sound!
The pure Greatness...! No one OTHER word could come to the light... But..., If anybody could find and publish the Maria Grinberg's recording of the Brahms 1st Piano Concerto in d Minor...? Wow...! This is the truly Very Best one among so TOO MANY other recordings done by so truly TOO MANY "Great Masters", who factually TRULY do NOT know, HOW to manage with this so fantastic music...!!! ;)
My thoughts exactly when I heard her symphonic studies for the first time, after years of cherishing godly interpretations as that of Sofronitzky, Rubinstein, Richter, Gilels, Brendel, of course... there is just something I cannot describe in words which amazes me every time I listen to her.
Это великая интерпретация Шумана, в ней присутствуют все грани его гения: романтический порыв Флорестана и поэтическая задумчивость Эвзебия, смелое величие замысла и эмоциональный нерв!!! Да, были люди в наше время! Не то, что нынешнее племя!
First variation is unbelievable, never heard it like that.. so sutto voce. Sublime.
Her balance, voicing, effortless handling of Schumann texture etc. is incredible.
thanks for upload.
A magnificent artist. Why did she never tour outside the U.S.S.R? Of course neither did Yudina or Sofronitsky, both of whom I've come to admire greatly, but frankly Grinberg's Chopin, her Schumann Symphonic Etudes and her Liszt Sonata put in the pantheon with the greatest of the greats. A this point I admire her even more than I do the others. I had first heard a few of her Beethoven sonatas, and was not all that impressed. The interpretations struck me as competent, of course, but rather humdrum -- nothing personal or special that i could hear. THEN I heard her G-Minor Ballade and her Liszt Sonata, and realized I was in the presence of greatness. These Symponhic Etudes, which are stupendous, sealed the deal once and for all.
Who was permitted a career outside the USSR was entirely up to the Soviet authorities. ... look at Lazar Berman.... he was, finally, allowed to tour abroad.... then he was found with a proscribed book. It is our loss that the Soviets were poor with their sound engineering and recording capabilities. This woman is quite something else. Yet there are few recordings, production wise, that permit us to really hear what she was doing.
It seems to me that she suffered at least a double penalty: being a soviet artist forbidden to tour outside, and being a woman in a misogynist (to a certain degree) environment. Her political color may have also affected her career.
interprétation transcendante de l'étude 9 "Andante espressivo". Une musique qui vient d'ailleurs avec des sonorités uniques.
she was absolutely gorgeous, always! with special fate.I adore her!
The first chords emerge from the silence as if they were born out of it...
+Witold Domeyko You are right, I feel the same.
So true, haunting playing....
Beautiful rendition !
Thanks
One of the greatest Russian pianists. Her recording of the entire Beethoven piano sonata cycle is perhaps her greatest work - it is far superior to the cycles of lesser pianists. What a shame that she was impoverished all of that part her life during which Stalin ruled the USSR with bloody hands. This, as with all of her recordings, is gorgeous. Many great pianists published recordings in which they seemingly "took a day off". Maria Grinberg never stooped so low. When she recorded a work she put her soul into it.
+Gerry R Hello Gerry, I have read your comments on various recordings by Maria Grinberg with great pleasure. I would like to know more about her life. Can you direct me to any useful texts? Best wishes, Justine
Gerry R にそのと
@@justinemcgill5919 You should better look for more serious authorities...for example , Russian ones.
another great pianist
+pianolady516 Yes! Thanks to RUclips we discover at least one new one every few days. I'm almost 75 years old, have studied music seriously all my life, earned degrees from two top conservatories, but have to say I've learned more about pianists and the piano literature since I discovered RUclips several years ago than in all the years before. The broad range of possible interpretations for works known for decades is at once both eye opening and tremendously liberating. This performance is particularly great.
just great!thanks for posting...
Wonderful and thank you!
Magnificent
+Danali45 Indeed!
❤
I'd like to know this lady's story
brutal!
Quite authoritative performance, where she makes quite evident her technical and musical mastery, her great piano knowledge, with just one blemish, in the last page. She allows herself to do what many pianists also do: to play the last descending line, as if it were written: "doppio movimento subito e accellerando sine al fine (sudden double speed and accellerando till the end)", something that was not written nor intended by Schumann, that completely destroys the rhythmic structure and sense of the last variation, in favor of absolutely nothing. Quite regrettably, for this proceeding contrasts very deeply with everything she did before this last page.
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excellent,but sometimes very slow.
Listen to Marcel Dupre play Bach BWV 572 for another slow but mesmerizing performance.