Anton Rubinstein - Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 70 (1864)
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
- Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein (Russian: Анто́н Григо́рьевич Рубинште́йн, tr. Anton Grigorevich Rubinshtein; November 28 [O.S. November 16] 1829 - November 20 [O.S. November 8] 1894) was a Russian pianist, composer and conductor who became a pivotal figure in Russian culture when he founded the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. He was the elder brother of Nikolai Rubinstein who founded the Moscow Conservatory.
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Piano Concerto No. 4 in D minor, Op. 70 (1864)
dedicated to Ferdinand David
1. Moderato assai (0:00)
2. Andante (12:08)
3. Allegro (22:00)
Raymond Lewenthal, piano and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eleazar de Carvalho
recording never released on CD
Description by Robert Cummings [-]
Much of Rubinstein's output was quite popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, even rivaling the appeal of Tchaikovsky's works. He preceded Tchaikovsky in the cosmopolitan (as opposed to nationalist) space in Russian music of his time, but infused that space with nowhere near Tchaikovsky's passion. His reputation faded by the middle of the twentieth century, but this D minor effort has remained his most enduring large composition and has hovered near the fringes of the standard repertory. Echoes of the work abound in Tchaikovsky's writing for piano.
The work's relative success is easy to understand; the piano writing is assured and colorful, actually quite dazzling in places, and this half-hour three-movement work offers strong thematic and harmonic appeal, as well as imaginative orchestration. The first movement, marked Moderato assai, features a stately but melancholy main theme of Russian character that is reworked in a lovely, flowing variation form. The powerful cadenza near the end of the movement is quite Lisztian, both in sound and in its technical demands.
The middle panel, marked Andante, features a beautiful, gentle theme in the outer sections that encloses a dramatic, restless central episode. The Allegro finale brims with energy and effervescence, its driving and colorful dance rhythms and rippling piano part yielding only briefly to relatively calmer music. Again the flavors are Russian, and now the mood is mostly joyous. The coda is brilliant, featuring breathtaking piano writing whose dramatic depth and virtuoso acrobatics combine for sonic thrills that never veer toward the bombastic but instead suggest the most satisfying encore before the fact. In sum, this is a fine composition, perhaps a major masterpiece. The composer arranged the concerto for two pianos in 1866. 
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23:08 that passage is just so POWERFUL
A sensational performance of a long -forgotten masterpiece
I wholeheartedly second this opinion. My God what a breathtaking performance this is, and the very embodiment of expressive virtuosity, greater than mere key-pounding bravado.
0:00 Moderato Assai
12:08 Andante
22:00 Allegro
11:45 BADASS ending
I came here after hearing how Rubinstein played at my ancestral cousin's home one evening. They blew out the candles, opened the doors and windows and sat in darkness with the scents of an English summer and moonlight pouring in. It must have been a mind-bowing experience. I'm so glad that I too, have now discovered him.
How did you learn about this?
@@williamguzman7488 The cousin was George Grove, the first Director of the Royal College of Music so his life is well documented and my family still talk of our illustrious ancestor. I found this particular story recently in newspaper archives and as Anton Rubinstein was new to me came looking to hear him. So glad I did, his music is amazing!
Refreshing, powerfully, the starting point, a spring of many famous concertos, rapsodies and pieces of the 19th century and early 20th
Never heard this masterpiece before. Actually, Dostoiévski introduced me Rubistein, and I am speechless.
same.. he mentions his name in Crime & Punishment. glad he did.
I second that
Também descobri Rubinstein ao ler crime e castigo de Dostoievski
Que bom ver que todos nós estamos escutando música boa graças a Dostoiévski e graças a nossa curiosidade.
me too
1:17 Rach 3 cadenza lol
@Carl Schultzbergerstein Could have answered without calling him stupid. Maybe he's about to get a nobel prize in astrophysics, who knows ? lol jk
I recently learned this concerto and realised third movement is technically harder than first one.
You can definitely tell rachmaninoff was inspired by Rubinstein...you can hear the sheer percussivness like rachmaninoff occasionally does, and the harmony as well. Rubinstein is definitely a composer of notoriety.
Also, the intro is very Tchaikovsky-esque I think Tchaikovsky took some inspiration from rubenstein
@@gracieoshannessy7429 Tchaikovsky studied composition with Rubinstein.
@@pattis847 Ah yes that makes sense haha
@@pattis847 also can you give me a source for that? I'm doing an assignment on Tchaikovsky
@@gracieoshannessy7429 complètement d'accord !
Bravo bravo bravo brilliance grandiose genial music concerto
This is the most influential piece in that it opened the door to my deriving at least, if not MORE pleasure from lesser-known composers' symphonies and concerti than from those of the standard repertoire.
Wow! Thank you for this!
2:35 One of the most wonderful melodies I've ever heard in a piano concerto, I can see why Rubinstein was so admired by his peers. Def in my top 3 fav piano concertos.
PRIMUM. Thank you for uploading this gem that I have not heard before. WOW!
This piece was suggested when I listened to a Scharwenka concerto. There's just no comparison. This is masterful writing, both pianistically and as composition.
I agree - this piece is musically much higher quality.
I haven't even listened to this yet, but it's pretty hard to top Scharwenka. Not sure anyone ever has.
edit: yeah, way worse than scharwenka
The marvelous musical composition. This is really famous concerto. Anton Rubinstein are such gifted and disordinary composer. By the way, I listened this concerto with pleasure.
Fantastically beautiful!
Still one of my favorites, after years. The notes by Robert Cummings are excellent. Wish we had some better educated music critics these days.
The name of Anton Rubinstien has appeared to me on the middle of the famous novel “the crime and the punishment “ fortunately thats why I’m here
Same
Very beautiful concerto, as unfairly forgotten as that of Moszkowski (opus 59)
When will we see brave pianists impose these works on their impresarios and, beyond, on the general public?
@bill Bloggs fantastic interpretation too !
I grandi concerti dimenticati dai posteri....
Rubinstein nella piena maturità artistica. Tchaikowsky ne sarà parecchio debitore...
Un plauso a Bartje per questo stupendo post.
When I purchased Oscar Levant's recording, as a kid, back around 1957, I was so emotionally overwhelmed that I made a life's goal to hear the symphonic works of unduly discarded Romantic composers, including, among many others, Raff, Gade, Reinecke. Not to be immodest, I have been influential in that endeavor.
This was on the flip side of a recording of Tchaikovsky concerto no1 i had in 1958..loved the Tchaikovsky and enjoyed the Rubinstein....remember them very well
Oh..thank you..
I definitely like it
@Bartje Bartmans-Thank you so much for posting this electrifying performance of Anton Rubinstein's finest piano concerto. I had forgotten all about this Raymond Lewenthal recording, and in truth, simply did not realize decades ago what a spectacular interpretation this one is, truly. The real beauty here is that one may listen to Josef Hofmann's recording, or Shura Cherkassky's, and Lewenthal's as well, but each one is so utterly unique as to defy selecting a favorite from among them. Thank you, once again...wow!!!
Lord have mercy! This is too awesome.
I had the privilege of hearing Shura Cherkassky play this concerto with the NY Phil ... what a treat... Rubenstein was his piano grandfather... :)
TJFNYC212 Wow! I didn’t know that Cherksssky studied with him! Thanks!
@@Gailrstarr cherkassky studied with hofmann who studied with rubinstein
@@tamer3397 Thank you!
Ohh ggod what a jewel!! Thanks for this jewel. Beautiful energetic hard to describe this level of beauty and mastership 🎶🎵🏛
Vibrante e Majestoso!
The Andante! ❤😊🥰
Rubinstein's music was so great. Can someone tell me why he's not more famous ? Maybe not "Beethoven famous" but at least "Scriabine famous" ?
He used to be extremely famous and this work was played with the frequency that Rach's 2nd is today. I'm not sure why it has fallen out of public favor.
Because as xlnt as he was in his craft,an inspired conventional academic Pianist/composer for sure,his style was for the most part highly evocative and derivative of others.Specifically Beethoven ,Liszt,Chopin,Brahms possibly as well.he did not have the creative genius or inspired individuality of those men.He had a good melodic gift,but not on the order of those men either.Having said that,he had his own stylistic stamps that inspired others like Rachmaninoff etc..Finally,the rise of Tchaikovsky,swamped his Composing star.But certainly his work deserves performance.My two cents.
@@122112guru Thank you for enlightening me. Bless you
@@calebhu6383 I see. I was kind of shocked by the current lack of popularity of his music but when we look deep in it, people like Paderewski, Litolff or Hiller don't get a great amount of attention nowadays neither. Kind of sad but hey, that's life...
@JohnWesleySmithGate @CalebHu You guys are awesome btw, thank you again.
EPIC
ikr
Absolutely amazing
Epic
Très beau concerto, aussi injustement oublié que celui de Moszkowski (opus 59)
Quand verra-t-on des pianistes courageux imposer ces œuvres à leurs impresarii et, au delà, au grand public ?
KNIAZIGOR je suis tout à fait d’accord! Je crois que le problème peut être parce que les dirigeants d’orchestres doivent assurer le vente de billets. On court des risques si l’on a des monceaux qui ne sont pas déjà “connus” par le public.
A composer much mocked by The Five, but really a good one.
es hermoso, cuantos lugares y estilo de conversacion imaginarios me iso tener. algo relacionado con los errores de la vida y ser malvado alguna ves, aliviarse por la venganza y luego hacer las cosas bien y sin malicia de nuevo.
Ваш подбор и публикация музыки русского Антона Рубинштейна - образец изысканности.Спасибо.
It was released on CD in 1999 by Elan Recordings (82284) on a two-disc set called "Raymond Lewenthal: The Concerto Recordings".
Anton Rubinstein era un tipazazazo de primer nivel
Wish i could get hold of the Dekka recording...
29:40
Совсем недавно удалось услышать этот шедевр в зале Санкт-Петербургской филармонии. Как мне сказали люди, которые захватили период в 50, что этот концерт никогда не исполняли.
Меня все восхищало и восхищает, когда русскую музыку исполняют великие мастера Европы. Тогда в полной мере ощущаешь забытую гармонию мира и согласия в нашем мире.
Tony Ruby, wasn't he the one who panned Tchaikovsky's No1 B-flat minor opus dedicated to him in the first place?
That was Nikolai Rubinstein, not Anton. Nikolai was his younger brother.
10:30
Какое великолепие мощи в каждой частичке этого концерта!
Strange forgotten masterpiece. To me it sounds like gothic horror in musical form, perhaps that's why it hasn't been as popular as it might have deserved.
But it was VERY popular until beginning WWI
@@bartjebartmans how
@@bozzigmupp510 It was in the repertoire of Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Sergei Rachmaninov and Josef Hofmann, three of the Olympians of the piano in the first half of the 20th Century. It has been recorded by pianists of the stature of Grigory Ginsburg, Friedrich Wuhrer, Oscar Levant and Raymond Lewenthal. Rubinstein was extremely popular in the salons of those days. If you read the comments here you will have seen the one about Dostoevsky.
How could he write as great a concerto as rgis and then one as atrocious as the 5th????
1:15 Rach 3
If anyone can make the pompous Anton Rubinstein sound good it's the great Ray Lewenthal. This is perhaps Rubinstein's best piece.
I think it'd be hard to make his other concertos sound good, but this one is the exception - this is a masterpiece in my eyes and it doesn't take much for it to sound brilliant.
Pretty mistifying that a usually sub par composer wrote such a great piece. It's probably the fact that it's much more paired back formally than his other works.
The 5th is great too -- suck it up hated!
Боже мой, какая приятненькая еврейская музычка! Какая драматичненькая! Ну просто замечательно! Шедевр! 🤣
This music could be a companion piece from Dostoyevsy;s NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND
Этот великолепный концерт был в репертуаре Падеревского, Рахманинова !
Великий Рубинштейн! 💎
Золотые руки 🙌🏼, бриллиантовый слух 🧏🏻
1:08 Sounds like Rachmaninoff got some inspiration for his 3rd Concerto Cadenza
Please help me to find these notes!!!!
ks.petruccimusiclibrary.org/files/imglnks/usimg/c/cf/IMSLP94001-PMLP08272-rubinstein70fs.pdf
imslp.nl/imglnks/usimg/7/75/IMSLP83308-SIBLEY1802.10452.13c8-39087012927929score.pdf
hz.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/3/3d/IMSLP405246-PMLP08272-ARubinstein_Piano_Concerto_No.4,_Op.70_p4h_Joseffy_LMC1047.pdf
imslp.org/wiki/Piano_Concerto_No.4,_Op.70_(Rubinstein,_Anton)
In free score you can find this score for free
Ear candy
Rachmaninoff Variation after corelli
15:32
That Raymond Lewenthall is able to make this the bst of he Rubinstein concerti is moe a testament tohis musicality . scar Levant does not make anything memorable out f this music .I'd like to see Rubinstein's programmes . Ive seen Godowsky, Lhevinnes many othrs . What awful music beloved of their times did thet play and I assume enjoy , love or admire too. Moscheles and Moskowsky deserve more listens so little else is for me . I cant find a moment in al this man's other 4 concerti that are not low dross. The cello concerto bores on her first hearing the vioin concerto too . Sometimes if a personality is large but different it omes later .Boulez and Webern, Lutoslawsky Wuorinen took 15 years but when their message hit me it changed my life . i compose every minute of the day I dont eat , work , read !
Why!? just why so underated!?
Замечательный концерт! Ничем не хуже концерта Чайковского, но концерт Петруши уже навяз у всех в зубах и чуть ли не из утюга звучит, а концерт Антона Рубинштейна почти неизвестен! И почему так?
Будем возрождать великое наследие Антона Григорьевича Рубинштейна !
Much better than the 2 Liszt concertos
Strange judgement; aside from being critically and musically incorrect, cream rises to the top. There's a reason Liszt's concertos get hundreds of performances to every one of Rubinstein...
@Sorry, but you need an ear transplant. There is a reason Liszt's concertos have lived on, and history hasn't been as kind to Rubinstein's. I'm not saying that I don't enjoy Rubinstein's 1st and 4th concertos, but they are not great music.
@@rawvision6701 Well said...
@@bloodgrss & @Rawvision Gentlemen! the Fella is entitled to his opinion. I happen to think of Liszt as the greatest, but just because Christian is in the minority doesn't mean he is wrong. Every ear is different.
Liszt may be as overrated as Rubinstein is underrated, but Liszt is still better.
Sounds a bit like Harry Potter dark moments
He's clearly influenced by Felix Mendelssohn!!!
Nothing alike this concerto. Not even Dreyschock.
The other two movements aren't needed
Too many notes.
@Paul Sahara the same can be said about 90% of Rubinstein's music, but sometimes he can strike a moment of pure inspiration. His opera The Demon is a good example. His 1st & 4th piano concertos have nice moments, his piano sonatas are very good and also his piano etudes. But most of his music is just notes on paper for no reason whatsoever. There are other neglected 19th century composers much more worthy of attention.
So Rachmaninoff 3rd or eve 2nd concerto , that has even more notes than this are bad concertos ?
29:41
😂😂
9:10