I shiver every single time I listen to this delicacy. The intensity never goes down; the strength of his playing is both deep and soft, even if it seems an oxymoron. An ecstatic catarsis of The Lost Genius' mind. May he rest in peace, but his ability may remain forever.
This is the first recording ive heard when he wasn't a old man....well he was a great talent and pianist,the technique is heroic as well as the temperment...
Numerous observers testify to a tremendous technique when young. He still had elements of it when old - listen to his improvisations on popular tunes or his Dohnanyi g minor etude - staggering.
Impressive indeed, but how reliable a document of his actual performance can it be? There's plenty of convincing rubato, yes, but also some crazy mechanical sounding prestissimo tempi. Hard to know. Certainly more persuasive than so many of his late-in-life tortured elongations.
@@marksmith3947 You raise a good point, the sadness. His later interpretation is shocking, full of missed notes, and also full of sorrow, passion, and romantic spirit. As you know, he had an interesting life story to boot. It takes the listener on a deeply personal emotional journey. IMHO that’s why people ooh and ah over his later recording. Yeah.. I love his later recording more than this.
Dont wanna be a spoilsport but in piano rolls many pianists especially of the golden era sound superhuman. Maybe the speed in reproduction isnt that faithful.
I shiver every single time I listen to this delicacy. The intensity never goes down; the strength of his playing is both deep and soft, even if it seems an oxymoron. An ecstatic catarsis of The Lost Genius' mind. May he rest in peace, but his ability may remain forever.
This is the first recording ive heard when he wasn't a old man....well he was a great talent and pianist,the technique is heroic as well as the temperment...
Here he was 19 years old.
Numerous observers testify to a tremendous technique when young. He still had elements of it when old - listen to his improvisations on popular tunes or his Dohnanyi g minor etude - staggering.
This performance is better than anyone else's, including Michael Ponti's excellent version.
my god.... his piano rolls sound sooo GOOD!!!!
Amazing,truly amazing. Bravo!
@aardvaark069 I love Grainger a lot, but here Erwin really gives a unique interpretation... sounds almost new!
This was recorded in 1922.
So at least we know he already couldn't properly play the piano back then. Not that it'd be a surprise...
Impressive indeed, but how reliable a document of his actual performance can it be? There's plenty of convincing rubato, yes, but also some crazy mechanical sounding prestissimo tempi. Hard to know. Certainly more persuasive than so many of his late-in-life tortured elongations.
WOW!!! there was a time when he sounded like this.. unbelievable..
And yet people ooh and ah over later recordings where his playing was embarrassing and sad
@@marksmith3947 You raise a good point, the sadness.
His later interpretation is shocking, full of missed notes, and also full of sorrow, passion, and romantic spirit.
As you know, he had an interesting life story to boot. It takes the listener on a deeply personal emotional journey.
IMHO that’s why people ooh and ah over his later recording.
Yeah.. I love his later recording more than this.
Dont wanna be a spoilsport but in piano rolls many pianists especially of the golden era sound superhuman. Maybe the speed in reproduction isnt that faithful.
@@nickcy27given what he could do when he was a wreck of a person this is entirely believable.
the only recording (roll) I've liked by this eccentric pianist (so far) and it is pretty good
Try listening to his recording of La Plus Que Lente by Debussy, its great
I now know why this is so short
02:57 04:01 06:05
There's something about an out-of-tune piano that just sounds lush :)