lived in Amsterdam from '74 - '79, and was fortunate (and thrilled) to see Gilels play the Brahms Opus 116 one year and then the Ballades the next year at the Concertgebow. Deeply moving heartbreakingly beautiful performances, and for once Dutch audience stopped coughing. I was in heaven. I saw Gilels one more time, in NYC on October 15 1979; went straight from the airport to Carnegie Hall - but i sensed that he wasn't well, his playing was a bit off... and then 6 years later he was gone... too soon. I have many Gilels recordings, including those made of those Amsterdam performances.
impressive interpretation. : unrushed tempi , but so full of expression and depth . The Ballades are serious music, grave and Gilels has a perfect grasp of their character. And the last one moves , instead of the static tempo we so often hear from reputed pianists. Lovely.
lived in Amsterdam from '74 - '79, and was fortunate (and thrilled) to see Gilels play the Brahms Opus 116 one year and then the Ballades the next year at the Concertgebow. Deeply moving heartbreakingly beautiful performances, and for once Dutch audience stopped coughing. I was in heaven. I saw Gilels one more time, in NYC on October 15 1979; went straight from the airport to Carnegie Hall - but i sensed that he wasn't well, his playing was a bit off... and then 6 years later he was gone... too soon. I have many Gilels recordings, including those made of those Amsterdam performances.
This playing represents Gilels at his best.
impressive interpretation. : unrushed tempi , but so full of expression and depth . The Ballades are serious music, grave and Gilels has a perfect grasp of their character. And the last one moves , instead of the static tempo we so often hear from reputed pianists. Lovely.
神妙的敘事曲,來自上界的鐘聲
Nobody played Brahms like Gilels.
It's good. Glenn Gould played Op. 116 even better in my opinion.
In the last piece of op. 116 a slip of memory...