One of the most amazing things about the musicianship of the great Menachem Pressler is that he continually finds endless nuances and subtleties that seemingly most, if not all other musicians have missed. What is most amazing about all of these wonderful details is that not one of them is ever arbitrary, but drawn from the music itself. He is almost 90 and he continues, as he has all his life done, practicing three or four hours a day. His sharp and discerning intelligence and his careful listening add up to the performance of not only a world class musician, but a most superior and unique one as well.
I want to play this piece one day, not just at home. I love it. I first fell in love Ravel's trio when I watched the movie 'Un coeur en hiver'. I was taken by its beauty, and I've always, ALWAYS loved Ravel. This is truly a masterpiece. I'm not sure how to describe it, but listening to this, everything goes still and quiet. Even my grandmother paused for a moment to listen.
that people of my home planeta can produce such consumate beauty ...constantly...makes me proud to be an earthling........ the earthlings united will never be defeated!
There is no doubt that these men are relating to each other and the composer's work,on a very high- actually, stratospheric level-that most people either don't (by personal choice or limited response ) perceive.This is not a crime and if all of us resonated to the same thing can you imagine the scene! Everyone has something unique and no one has everything. My favorite folk saying is soothing to recall here "A man can't jump higher than his own head!" Culture by definition takes much time.
i saw these guys live, and they were FABULOUS. it was funny, though- my friend next to me was sleeping, and we were actually onstage, so the pianist and violinist were facing us, and they were shooting him dirty looks the whole time:D
One of the greatest 10 minutes of music you'll ever be priviledged to hear No trio ever played with this artistry and mastery. Great collaborations, like with Oistrakh, Stern, and the rest, but this is a different level of comfort playing with each other. Note: Don't to get the shoulder rest debate going, but the sound is more natural and interesting without one.
I've heard this piece at least a hundred times and I never tire of hearing it. This is the first time I've seen it actually performed however. Too bad the video cuts off the fade out at the end of the piece.
Pressler is one of the greatest pianists for me--he has more nuances between mf e ppp than most people have between ffff e ppp. Such an utter and beautiful musician. And Bernie, missed on this earth for too long, and passionate Izzy..This awake aware playing that takes risks of coming from the heart is too often absent now from many people's playing I hear..et zut!
Hang on to your pants for a second....geez. It was at the IU summer piano academy, and we'd been going to mandatory 2-hour concerts late every night, after already spending hours in master classes, lessons, etc, and everyone was completely wiped out. Most people, myself included, fell asleep during several of the concerts.
Thanks so much for posting this!!!! Has there ever been a trio that comes close to playing this well? Plenty of groups have as good or better players tho they dont really come readily to mind.... But as a trio? From the days when the music mattered most, not who could play most flashily from the youngest age.
I don't think it cheapens anything. Yes, we practice/rehearse for hours but its the ability to create in the moment during a performance that is the mark of a truly great musician. We do all that rehearsing so we can be spontaneous in a performance.
@medievalMoon2 It's true, but that's always been the case. Only a small segment of the (normally educated) population ever listenined to "art music." Don't lose sleep over it! Just enjoy the beauty of Ravel for what it is. Thank god for public arts funding
Hello everyone! I am trying to find a specific video of Bernard Greenhouse and I can't. PLEASE HELP ME. In the video, he is teaching a young student, they are on a stage and there is an audience. The student plays something, and then Bernard plays different versions of it saying "everything is possible but no..." and then he plays back what the student had played that was the same notes without a single emotion. Is anyone able to point to me to the video? PLEASE?
@georgiannanyman It's called practicing and rehearsing. All good musicians do it. It's not as spontaneous as people think. When observers mark it up to pure emotional inspiration, it cheapens the efforts that these people put into crafting this performance.
What is a sense of style when playing Ravel? To make the most of every detail or let the music float in its own dreamy way? Compare Beaux Arts with Rubinstein, Heifetz, Piatigorsky!
jajajajjajajajajaja - ok, now it makes muchh more sense. I thought it was the classic case of dragging friends to events you really want to partake of but they are not that interested in... they tend to culminate in some sort of falling asleep as you related, hence my assumption
@titusbeertsen Now when I refer to the Soul, I don't mean that sentimental humanist rubbish we call "soul" nowadays, even that music had its place at a time, although that expression of human suffering is understood less in today's world of relative comfort for all. Getting back to my point...only Art can in fact improve the soul, the combination of sophistication of Form, Style, and Content, which incline the mind towards considering "Form" itself, "Harmony", and the "Material and Immaterial."
@auerstadt06 who said her comment had anything to do with intellectual snobbery?? back off! Ravel's piece is one of the most beautiful and most don't ever hear it because of the prejudices you wave about here, though I presume you though you were doing the opposite.. think about it, if you really are on the side of clairty and care for others, for giving respect to all due.
@titusbeertsen Now it would be wrong as well to refer to Music as being relegated solely to that which is artistically relevant. Simpler music for the simple act of entertaining the masses has always had a very important place and will continue to have its place, music for festivals, sacred services (simple ones), celebrations, orgies. The important difference comes about only in the consideration of that music which will "improve" the listener's very essence, or soul...
@titusbeertsen Now you can hardly claim that Meshuggah, Tool, or any Rap "Musician" fulfills any of these requirements or has any sense of this purpose in their "music". In that sense, there is a "right" kind of music, and there is also a "wrong" kind of music (although that wouldn't necessarily be rock, metal, or rap themselves as genres, just instances within those genres).
I personally would add some pedal, yet play with staccati in my hands... I think its too dry without pedal, and also harder to get the floating feelings at the beggining.
@titusbeertsen I gave Meshuggah a listen...were you joking when you referred to their music as intelligent metal? It's great that you love "classical" music (a term we use nowadays to refer to everything from chant to the avant-garde), but don't fall into the trap of thinking there aren't in fact things that are "right" and "proper". "Art" can only be that which calls for an extreme sophistication in the creative aspect of the artist's person.
maybe it is. music is the one thing i give myself license to be snobbish about, and if it's snobbish to criticize rap and heavy metal, then i fully intend to continue being a snob.
@wickedismycrack714 There is some very intelligent metal (Listen to Meshuggah or Tool for instance), and the same goes for rapmusic. I love classical too but please don't think it's the only 'right' music, that's just ignorant.
@auerstadt06 No, of course not, ... but what you do with the coment can be...there's the more interesting challenge, no? How much time do we have on this earth? What do you want to do with yours? Hurt or be kind, open doors or self righteously slam them on people's fingers..? That's the real question..answering what you see as snobbishness -- and might just be other things with more snobbishness will not help, anything...
@titusbeertsen Now Titus...is it still possible to say that in consideration of all the problems associated with the very concept of Music, its creation, and performance, that people who have standards about "right" and "proper" music are in fact speaking from a position of ignorance?
This is one of the most beautifully haunting piano trios ever written.
One of the most amazing things about the musicianship of the great Menachem Pressler is that he continually finds endless nuances and subtleties that seemingly most, if not all other musicians have missed. What is most amazing about all of these wonderful details is that not one of them is ever arbitrary, but drawn from the music itself. He is almost 90 and he continues, as he has all his life done, practicing three or four hours a day. His sharp and discerning intelligence and his careful listening add up to the performance of not only a world class musician, but a most superior and unique one as well.
I want to play this piece one day, not just at home. I love it. I first fell in love Ravel's trio when I watched the movie 'Un coeur en hiver'. I was taken by its beauty, and I've always, ALWAYS loved Ravel. This is truly a masterpiece. I'm not sure how to describe it, but listening to this, everything goes still and quiet. Even my grandmother paused for a moment to listen.
that people of my home planeta can produce such consumate beauty ...constantly...makes me proud to be an earthling........ the earthlings united will never be defeated!
So passionate and tender, so furious and peaceful...
Great interpreters!
This performance just simply stands out!
I always go back to this one ! These guys are flawless. They don’t make em like this anymore lol
fantastic musicians like these guys should never retire...
absolutely beautiful
That's a great video with a good quality, I know this trio and it's a very good interpretation, very soft and delicate. I like it a lot!
What a wonderful interpretation!
immense Beaux Arts, best performance of this trio
There is no doubt that these men are relating to each other and the composer's work,on a very high- actually, stratospheric level-that most people either don't (by personal choice or limited response ) perceive.This is not a crime and if all of us resonated to the same thing can you imagine the scene! Everyone has something unique and no one has everything. My favorite folk saying is soothing to recall here "A man can't jump higher than his own head!" Culture by definition takes much time.
Menachem Pressler is a genius.Still performing well in 2016 all over the world .And....he is a charming man.
i saw these guys live, and they were FABULOUS. it was funny, though- my friend next to me was sleeping, and we were actually onstage, so the pianist and violinist were facing us, and they were shooting him dirty looks the whole time:D
One of the greatest 10 minutes of music you'll ever be priviledged to hear
No trio ever played with this artistry and mastery. Great collaborations, like with Oistrakh, Stern, and the rest, but this is a different level of comfort playing with each other. Note: Don't to get the shoulder rest debate going, but the sound is more natural and interesting without one.
Simply magic ...
Wonderful to see chamber musicians take risks like these guys did!
Truly wonderful playing.
They will be missed as a unit.
Just a little (more) legato on the piano and would truly melt into the whole piece.
I've heard this piece at least a hundred times and I never tire of hearing it. This is the first time I've seen it actually performed however. Too bad the video cuts off the fade out at the end of the piece.
It's very worth it to hear the recording of Heifetz, Rubinstein, and Piatigorsky playing this. It can be downloaded from karadar.
WOW. this is so, so good...
perfecto!!!bravoooo!!!
how I love this melody of the beginning!
Pressler is one of the greatest pianists for me--he has more nuances between mf e ppp than most people have between ffff e ppp. Such an utter and beautiful musician. And Bernie, missed on this earth for too long, and passionate Izzy..This awake aware playing that takes risks of coming from the heart is too often absent now from many people's playing I hear..et zut!
Piano intro is to die for!
Oeuvre magnifique!
Beloved Master ISIDOR COHEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At Manhattan School of Music !!!!!!!!!!!!!
... (too beautiful for words)
this is fantastic, its such a pity pressler is retiring
I want to be them when I grow up
Excellent performance and no buffer hiccups. A true needle in RUclips's infinite aystack of detritus.
Molti grazie per la musica
This is great! Both of my professors studied with Pressler.
Pressler scares the crap out of me, but this trio is just absolutely fantastic.
magic..
grandissimo Ravel numero uno!!!
Comme c'est beau...
R.I.P. Mr. Pressler
Hang on to your pants for a second....geez. It was at the IU summer piano academy, and we'd been going to mandatory 2-hour concerts late every night, after already spending hours in master classes, lessons, etc, and everyone was completely wiped out. Most people, myself included, fell asleep during several of the concerts.
Thanks so much for posting this!!!! Has there ever been a trio that comes close to playing this well? Plenty of groups have as good or better players tho they dont really come readily to mind.... But as a trio? From the days when the music mattered most, not who could play most flashily from the youngest age.
mattgres As good or better players ?
I don't think it cheapens anything. Yes, we practice/rehearse for hours but its the ability to create in the moment during a performance that is the mark of a truly great musician. We do all that rehearsing so we can be spontaneous in a performance.
Una lezione di interpretazione e musicalità...
I have the recording with Daniel Guilet....studied with him his last two years in the trio.
ça me rappelle un coeur en hiver
This video inspired me to open up a hair salon called The Beaux Arts Beauty Salon.
No one plays it better
The very last bar is missing! Gah!!!
i agree.... i know how that is personally..those three and four movement sonatas....
@medievalMoon2
It's true, but that's always been the case. Only a small segment of the (normally educated) population ever listenined to "art music."
Don't lose sleep over it! Just enjoy the beauty of Ravel for what it is.
Thank god for public arts funding
Hello everyone! I am trying to find a specific video of Bernard Greenhouse and I can't. PLEASE HELP ME. In the video, he is teaching a young student, they are on a stage and there is an audience. The student plays something, and then Bernard plays different versions of it saying "everything is possible but no..." and then he plays back what the student had played that was the same notes without a single emotion. Is anyone able to point to me to the video? PLEASE?
@georgiannanyman It's called practicing and rehearsing. All good musicians do it. It's not as spontaneous as people think. When observers mark it up to pure emotional inspiration, it cheapens the efforts that these people put into crafting this performance.
What is a sense of style when playing Ravel? To make the most of every detail or let the music float in its own dreamy way? Compare Beaux Arts with Rubinstein, Heifetz, Piatigorsky!
@gwirgalon Is "The great unwashed" a term of respect?
The last chord in the piano part has been cut off as well as the pizzicato in the cello -- very frustrating!
@phljung why, thank you :-)
jajajajjajajajajaja - ok, now it makes muchh more sense. I thought it was the classic case of dragging friends to events you really want to partake of but they are not that interested in... they tend to culminate in some sort of falling asleep as you related, hence my assumption
@titusbeertsen Now when I refer to the Soul, I don't mean that sentimental humanist rubbish we call "soul" nowadays, even that music had its place at a time, although that expression of human suffering is understood less in today's world of relative comfort for all. Getting back to my point...only Art can in fact improve the soul, the combination of sophistication of Form, Style, and Content, which incline the mind towards considering "Form" itself, "Harmony", and the "Material and Immaterial."
@auerstadt06 who said her comment had anything to do with intellectual snobbery?? back off! Ravel's piece is one of the most beautiful and most don't ever hear it because of the prejudices you wave about here, though I presume you though you were doing the opposite.. think about it, if you really are on the side of clairty and care for others, for giving respect to all due.
@titusbeertsen Now it would be wrong as well to refer to Music as being relegated solely to that which is artistically relevant. Simpler music for the simple act of entertaining the masses has always had a very important place and will continue to have its place, music for festivals, sacred services (simple ones), celebrations, orgies. The important difference comes about only in the consideration of that music which will "improve" the listener's very essence, or soul...
@titusbeertsen Now you can hardly claim that Meshuggah, Tool, or any Rap "Musician" fulfills any of these requirements or has any sense of this purpose in their "music". In that sense, there is a "right" kind of music, and there is also a "wrong" kind of music (although that wouldn't necessarily be rock, metal, or rap themselves as genres, just instances within those genres).
I AGREE
I personally would add some pedal, yet play with staccati in my hands... I think its too dry without pedal, and also harder to get the floating feelings at the beggining.
@traceyanimefreak
I'm 14 and I love classical music, too. And I totally agree with you, when you say, that modern music is shit :D
Sorry to be immature, but 6:09: If Animal from The Muppets played violin!
@titusbeertsen I gave Meshuggah a listen...were you joking when you referred to their music as intelligent metal? It's great that you love "classical" music (a term we use nowadays to refer to everything from chant to the avant-garde), but don't fall into the trap of thinking there aren't in fact things that are "right" and "proper". "Art" can only be that which calls for an extreme sophistication in the creative aspect of the artist's person.
@medievalMoon2
*than
Yes, that does tend to happen when we classical musicians try to expose our "normal" friends to GOOD music, rather than the crap that they listen to:D
what the hell is tape mode?
ravel taught r.v.w the blues.......
maybe it is. music is the one thing i give myself license to be snobbish about, and if it's snobbish to criticize rap and heavy metal, then i fully intend to continue being a snob.
how on earth do you fall asleep in something like this, you gotta change your friends buddy, or at least dont take them to this kind of events
@wickedismycrack714 There is some very intelligent metal (Listen to Meshuggah or Tool for instance), and the same goes for rapmusic. I love classical too but please don't think it's the only 'right' music, that's just ignorant.
While I do like biggie and tupac, they musically come close to Ravel or Bach. I admire them more for their poetry and lyricism than their music.
Am i wrong to say that the introduction and allegro is so much better than this trio? I was expecting more.
@auerstadt06 No, of course not, ... but what you do with the coment can be...there's the more interesting challenge, no? How much time do we have on this earth? What do you want to do with yours? Hurt or be kind, open doors or self righteously slam them on people's fingers..? That's the real question..answering what you see as snobbishness -- and might just be other things with more snobbishness will not help, anything...
@titusbeertsen Now Titus...is it still possible to say that in consideration of all the problems associated with the very concept of Music, its creation, and performance, that people who have standards about "right" and "proper" music are in fact speaking from a position of ignorance?
Ravel's soul was a woman.
ravel is the shit
@medievalMoon2 The great unwashed have their place too. Do you think an intellectual snob is going to pick up your trash every week?
@medievalMoon2 "The great unwashed"? Elitist snobbery much?