This is pianistc genius at its highest. As he (Busoni) wrote to his wife about hte time of this recording, "I don't play with my hands anymore". This is abundantly clear in these acoustic recordings, which are a joy to listen to and a treasure trove of inspiration for everybody. Thank you, pianopera, for the share!
It happens a few weeks ago! I turned on the radio for listening to a Liszt radio broadcast and there someone was playing the Polonaise in E. I noticed at once that it was not the famous performance of Richter which i knew quite well. So I couldn´t move and had the feeling being hypnotized by such tremendous piano playing full of extravagances and additions. But a strong and great character was playing with an overwhelming technique and sound,it was Ferruccio Busoni on a piano roll,unforgettable!
Ferruccio Busoni met and played for the titan, Anton Rubinstein, when he was 10 years old. He developed a relationship with the great musician and even was deeply influenced by Rubinstein's style of piano performance. After attending a series of recitals by the Master in the mid 1880s, Busoni wrote about his impressions of Rubinstein's interpretation of Chopin's C Minor Nocturne, a performance, he wrote, "...was worth more than a whole course of teaching discoveries." Busoni's recording of Chopin's F# Major Nocturne is of no less value. Utterly astonishing tone, voicing, clarity of long, long lines, and profoundly heartbreaking. Not only is Busoni's pianistic and musical heights on full display, but the reincarnation of Chopin's unique poetry is paid a great homage by this artist.
Sweet upload, my man! His playing is so natural, even informal, the way one plays for oneself, without caring if anyone is listening in. I especially like his interpretation of the final etude (No. 5, e minor): perfect pace, excellent tone and voicing.
It is ironic that in life generally we have a lot more freedoms as to how to conduct ourselves than our ancestors from Busoni's time. With pianisim at the top level it is just the opposite., The constraints of today are perhaps due to the competitions which demand perfection often at the expense of the poetry of romantic music, Which is 'right' is for each of us to decide for ourselves, This is wonderful playing of Chopin.
Still probably my favourite music recording of all time... maybe the only comparable ones are the Beethoven symphonies by Furtwangler, and Caruso's best arias.
@Noshirm Good question. I don't know about those large-scale works, it seems unlikely... I do know that he recorded some works at sessions in 1919 and 1922 that were never published and most probably lost: the Gounod-Liszt Waltz from Faust (heavily abridged) and Weber's Perpetuum mobile.
@Noshirm I heard they were destroyed in a fire. The master discs were kept on file, but not yet available to the public at the time so they were the only copies... destroyed.
hallo, i have a question. is the video here on youtube where busoni plays feux follets real. i mean is it really him and is the tempo original.and what about dynamics and pedal? i think you know that. thank you.
over thousand pianists Chopin is superior to R. or H. That's not difficult, these two were the most overrated pianists ever and we know why.. Try Raoul Koczalski instead or Rachmnanninof's Chopin.
@@oneginee I agree with you. R. and H. are ridiculously overrated. Horowitz puts accents in places where they don't belong, destroying the melodic flow. I think his best performances are actually of the music of Mozart and Czerny. Yes, he was a great Czerny player. -:)
+Sonia Arnal Broto Es cierto, nuestros oidos están acostumbrados a oir otra cadencia de la música de Chopin, quizás con menos lentos y rápidos cambios en la ejecución. Lástima que no podemos hablar con Chopin para preguntarle qué versión era la que él quiso que se ejecute. Personalmente me gusta más interpretando a Bach.
Why so? Have you never heard a real mazurka before? Even so, "he had talent" probably isn't the best description for the greatest pianist since Liszt himself, right?
Ignorance is a beast...Busoni had talent, he's sure, I'm glad, next time I'm going to listen to his recordings I'll keep in mind that it is ok for you, although he's insulting the authors, which is not cool peope, beware.
"an insult to the composer"? Ferruccio Busoni! this is unbelievable. if you decide to write such comment in public, you might at least explain your thoughts convincingly. as such your comment is nothing more than empty fantasies. at least you acknowledge Busoni "had talent"... how insightful...
Busoni was a composer too. It shows in his transcriptions, and in the way he plays. Insulting a composer is what you do by merely mechanically reproducing the notes as stated. We have machines for that. Honouring a composer you do by merging your own musicality with the work played. Busoni was a master at that. And, unfortunately, most modern pianists are not. They either understand not, or they dare not. Some even advocate leaving out any interpretation. As if that is even possible... Pretty depressing, actually.
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Yunchan Lim (also called 'Ferruccio Lim') brought me here 😆.
Very nice and unique 👍. I simply love to hear 'Wrong note'.
Great document, thank you!
This is pianistc genius at its highest. As he (Busoni) wrote to his wife about hte time of this recording, "I don't play with my hands anymore". This is abundantly clear in these acoustic recordings, which are a joy to listen to and a treasure trove of inspiration for everybody. Thank you, pianopera, for the share!
It happens a few weeks ago!
I turned on the radio for listening to a Liszt radio broadcast and there someone was playing the Polonaise in E. I noticed at once that it was not the famous performance of Richter which i knew quite well. So I couldn´t move and had the feeling being hypnotized by such tremendous piano playing full of extravagances and additions. But a strong and great character was playing with an overwhelming technique and sound,it was Ferruccio Busoni on a piano roll,unforgettable!
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Ferruccio Busoni met and played for the titan, Anton Rubinstein, when he was 10 years old. He developed a relationship with the great musician and even was deeply influenced by Rubinstein's style of piano performance. After attending a series of recitals by the Master in the mid 1880s, Busoni wrote about his impressions of Rubinstein's interpretation of Chopin's C Minor Nocturne, a performance, he wrote, "...was worth more than a whole course of teaching discoveries." Busoni's recording of Chopin's F# Major Nocturne is of no less value. Utterly astonishing tone, voicing, clarity of long, long lines, and profoundly heartbreaking. Not only is Busoni's pianistic and musical heights on full display, but the reincarnation of Chopin's unique poetry is paid a great homage by this artist.
1,,,924.cuanta belleza gracias Busoni por mis años de estudios.
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Sweet upload, my man! His playing is so natural, even informal, the way one plays for oneself, without caring if anyone is listening in. I especially like his interpretation of the final etude (No. 5, e minor): perfect pace, excellent tone and voicing.
It is ironic that in life generally we have a lot more freedoms as to how to conduct ourselves than our ancestors from Busoni's time. With pianisim at the top level it is just the opposite., The constraints of today are perhaps due to the competitions which demand perfection often at the expense of the poetry of romantic music, Which is 'right' is for each of us to decide for ourselves, This is wonderful playing of Chopin.
It’s not the competitions, it’s the recordings. Competitions are the symptoms - recordings are the illness.
Very beautiful, free and personal passion.....
Priceless recordings. I did not even know that they existed!
Still probably my favourite music recording of all time... maybe the only comparable ones are the Beethoven symphonies by Furtwangler, and Caruso's best arias.
Absolute magic! Thank you for posting
@Noshirm Good question. I don't know about those large-scale works, it seems unlikely... I do know that he recorded some works at sessions in 1919 and 1922 that were never published and most probably lost: the Gounod-Liszt Waltz from Faust (heavily abridged) and Weber's Perpetuum mobile.
much more the real Busoni than the piano roll ....one hears the effects of his addiction in the Opus 10 nr.5....
MOLTO BELLO!!! Thank you for sharing this Wonderful performance of Great Italian pianist FERRUCIO BUSONI (1866-1924).
It seems like an apparition of a ghost... at any time it may stop, and be overwhelmed by erasing forces and disappearance ...
This is great!
Abby H
Thank you Abby, have you the same impression than me, a fragile apparition, like a ghost ?
*****
Yes believe it or not I do. I understand what you mean
Abby H
Thank you Abby :)
Rudi van der Westhuizen
So much crossing time is almost uncanny! How to play music and listen to the era is worthy of respect and praise !
@Noshirm I heard they were destroyed in a fire. The master discs were kept on file, but not yet available to the public at the time so they were the only copies... destroyed.
A fascinating historical recording!
I would love to hear this using state-of-the-art noise reduction.
Your wish has been granted: ruclips.net/video/yWcJe7CCfT4/видео.html
That Op. 25/5 is amazing, wow!
Why did his recording of the Liszt Sonata get destroyed!!!!! What may have been revealed to us? I love the repeat... it was too short anyways.
Fantastic to hear
@ReturnOfTheStienway That's why they are called HISStorical recordings...;-)
hallo,
i have a question.
is the video here on youtube where busoni plays feux follets real.
i mean is it really him and is the tempo original.and what about dynamics and pedal?
i think you know that.
thank you.
thank you very much.
Pearls rolling of his fingertips.....
Busoni was one of greatest pianists ever!!!His Bach is superior to Gould and his Chopin to Rubinstein or Horowitz!!!
over thousand pianists Chopin is superior to R. or H. That's not difficult, these two were the most overrated pianists ever and we know why.. Try Raoul Koczalski instead or Rachmnanninof's Chopin.
Absolutely not, I have no idea why these two pianists would be overrated,... could you develop?
@@Hermanhub not to mention that they are two completely different pianists ..
@@oneginee I agree with you. R. and H. are ridiculously overrated. Horowitz puts accents in places where they don't belong, destroying the melodic flow. I think his best performances are actually of the music of Mozart and Czerny. Yes, he was a great Czerny player. -:)
@pianopera you have to upload the Rachmaninoff interpretation, I didn´t find the link on youtube! :-(
surely very interesting!!
A Vianna da. Mota tengo sus danzas Portuguesa.
Tiene un punto de libertad, improvisación. Eso casi ya no existe. Raramente.
+Sonia Arnal Broto Es cierto, nuestros oidos están acostumbrados a oir otra cadencia de la música de Chopin, quizás con menos lentos y rápidos cambios en la ejecución. Lástima que no podemos hablar con Chopin para preguntarle qué versión era la que él quiso que se ejecute. Personalmente me gusta más interpretando a Bach.
gods sake hear how he plays etude no. 5.:)..
Not a piano roll at all.
I'm sure he had talent, but I'm afraid not impressed in the slightest with his rendition of prelude no 7....IMHO an insult to the composer
Why so? Have you never heard a real mazurka before?
Even so, "he had talent" probably isn't the best description for the greatest pianist since Liszt himself, right?
Ignorance is a beast...Busoni had talent, he's sure, I'm glad, next time I'm going to listen to his recordings I'll keep in mind that it is ok for you, although he's insulting the authors, which is not cool peope, beware.
"an insult to the composer"? Ferruccio Busoni! this is unbelievable. if you decide to write such comment in public, you might at least explain your thoughts convincingly. as such your comment is nothing more than empty fantasies. at least you acknowledge Busoni "had talent"... how insightful...
Busoni was a composer too. It shows in his transcriptions, and in the way he plays.
Insulting a composer is what you do by merely mechanically reproducing the notes as stated. We have machines for that. Honouring a composer you do by merging your own musicality with the work played. Busoni was a master at that.
And, unfortunately, most modern pianists are not. They either understand not, or they dare not. Some even advocate leaving out any interpretation. As if that is even possible... Pretty depressing, actually.
Your opinion is not humble enough!