Brahms: Piano Concerto n.1 op.15 - Leon Fleisher - 2nd Mvt.
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
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Leon Fleisher plays the Brahms' Piano Concerto n.1
2nd movement: Adagio
Lawrence Foster conducts the OSN Rai
Andrea Corsi, bassoon - Michele Carulli, clarinet - Carlo Romano, oboe
Turin, 1998
One of the most spatial beautiful slow movements in the literature. So gorgeously deliberate and contemplative like that proverbial “stream of oil olive.” It’s also pure gold! PWG
Especially when in the right tempo.
Fleisher was still the master interpreter of this concerto! Wrong notes be damned! His phrasing and dynamics are still far superior to any other performer! I’m so moved that he did this just a few years after he regained sufficient use of his right hand! It was always his favorite concerto, the one that most inspired him to become a world renowned virtuoso! It was his premiere concerto when he began his career, and he and Szell recorded the gold standard for both Brahms concertos back in the late 1960s (along with the Beethoven concertos, which are also definitive). I can vividly imagine his immediate desire to play it again as soon as he was able! BRAVO, LEON!!!!
The PHRASING of Fleisher at 9:28 .... Oh God . . .
Yes, it is amazing!
2:59 puts me in another universe whilst I'm already within another universe.
3:30 and this ... for all victims of crimes, against humanity, or not, or dead young soldiers, infinite pain of this world .........
Brahms loved Clara . This was the tragedy of his entire life . Fleisher couldn't play further because of a terrible disease . Both are making music out of these injustices . A river of sorrow and questionning about human existence .
magnifica interpretazione, bravissimi...
My heart...
Wanderful
Boy, it sounds like Rachmaninoff learned a few things from this movement.
My favourite will remain Katchen's rendition with Monteux but I enjoyed Fleisher's playing!
Who is the conductor, and when was this recorded?
Lawrence Foster 1998
8:30 pretty sure the poor guy almost died
3:08 this is asking the eternal and strange weird question : WHY a women you love, and who is not loving you, is able to destroy your own whole existence ?
Without even to notice it.
Een zalvend middel tegen een vretend onstilbaar wee.
A few mistakes here and there..
So?
So...? It's a live unedited performance (the best kind).
YOU are the mistake.
Because it's not being performed. It's being felt.
Lovely performance but ..try as I may I cannot accept pianists, enjoying worldwide fame and commanding high fees, having the music lying inside the piano as if it was just left there by accident
Do I want to see "Hamlet" with the actor using the script?.
John Faulkner get over it. Myra Hess, one of the greatest pianists of the 20th Century, always had the score present as did Richter in his late years.....................
Close your eyes and listen. That's where the truth exists.
Given what Fleisher had endured and continued to endure physically, I have no problem with him having the music there for security, especially at age 70.
And what have you played from memory, Mr. Fallkner? And with what orchestras and conductors?
John Faulkner, rather you should post-I’m a musical sophisticate, please know that. And although my comment lacks depth, it is not substance I care about; rather I contribute a pretentious thought than be confused with a simpleton. Glad I could help, John. And consider this: despite the pompous fellows abound, genius hasn’t a pretentious thread in its DNA.
Mr. Fleisher "plumbs the depths" of this sublime movement, realizing the harmonic -emotional tensions that translate into true pathos.
Maybe my favorite? The Jazz-Melancholy-Triumph
I used to play ping pong with Maestro Fleischer at Peabody... He was such a mensch, but I knew from his master classes that his brain was big. I was just a singer back then.
Roger Mccracken
Have you read Mr. Fleisher’s book?
Lots of boasting and lots of shade.
Fritz Maisenbacher
Brahms did write this concerto around the time he was by Clara's side, comforting her as Robert had just recently thrown himself into the river and sent himself away to the asylum. He definitely had affection for Robert, and respect also.
I had the fortune of playing this concerto for Maestro Fleisher a few years ago. I still remember to this day how he demonstrated the theme of this movement with his left hand alone - it was unbelieveable, a truly sublime experience that transcends humanity. I think his recording of this with Maestro Szell is the definitive one - or at least right up there with Gilels' and Serkin's.
Yes . But may I ask you why you tell here some elements about Brahms ? Don't you agree with me ?
I find what you wrote rather beautiful. Sometimes in finding such meaning, we perhaps tend to stretch truths. Brahms must have affection for Clara, but at the time the concerto was written, I'm not sure just how much.
donkgated Thank you . But about Brahms , excuse me , I would take the question on the other side . Not looking on Brahms's biography to know what is in this music , but listen to the music to know what was the reality of his life .
And in this perspective , the established fact is terrifying . . ;
I don't want to be arrogant , but I have absolutely no doubt that Brahms was mad about Clara . Obsessed by a constant scorching passionate desire , as much flesh than soul , even more , that kind of longing which made you as a slave of some permanent hallucinations , fictions , fantasies . It hurts . Badly . This is pain . You know you are lost forever because SHE doesn't want , but you have to go on , walking dead with this vivid torture in yourself .
And in order to make it sometimes a little better , writing this beautiful music , subliming the images of HER , cristallizing the obsessions in all these black notes on the paper , in the score , for an audience of no importance to Brahms .
But doing this , the pain can also becoming worse and worse ; the scheme don't work , and SHE is more and more present in HER absence . Delirium . Mental death for some seconds , only a howling soul , calling furiously after HER .... this is pure torture (9:55) , madness . Clara ! ... .... !
Ah yes, Brahms definitely had a special relationship with Clara, and it's not one-sided either probably! And Brahms definitely was a conflicted person - he apparently didn't like his works to be performed in a sentimental manner, but he himself was a sentimental person.
If I may suggest, I think you will absolutely enjoy reading Jan Swafford's biography of Brahms. It's a brilliant book that really gives a personal insight into Brahms' life, as if you are encountering Brahms himself.
donkgated You know , I think that the expression "special relationship with Clara" is rather weak to qualify the brahmsian despair and the complete failure of his crazy desire ... .... and more dramatic is that I very firmly believe , to the strongest point , that this all was TOTALLY ONE-SIDED . Clara had admiration for the music (how wouldn't she not? !) but not for the man .... and so Brahms wrote and wrote always more and more , but she remained indifferent to the lava he was pouring on her fantasied body and soul ... the most tragic life you can have .... this 9:55 ....
Nothing like this has ever or will ever match the depths of this beauty, this tragedy. It’s so personal, it’s almost sacrilegious to listen to it.
The greatest music for one’s unrequited love that forever brings me tears of sorrow!!!
meraviglioso, grazie!
Leon Fleisher obviously a wonderful pianist, stunning sound, phrasing and dynamic range. He can play technical passages impeccably well. The problem is his fingers always curl in and wrist too high, which holds a lot of unnecessary tension and overcompensation in the arm and shoulder. It's very unfortunate he suffered focal dystonia, but obviously he never learned the correct way of releasing the arm and keeping the arm parallel to the keys and aligned, and the fingers should be the extension of the arm and hand like you can fit a small oval inside, maintaining the proper hand arch. His fingers dangle and collapse quite often and that is also an issue.
I suspect he knew quite a bit about the correct way of playing.
Blah blah blah. Parrot like regurgitation of doctrinaire “methods” of playing.
@@psforrest1 That's true, he studied with Artur Schnabel who was one of the most leading pianists of the late 19th - early 20th centuries. Obviously Fleisher had a gold mine of info and will deeply be missed, but I am just stating the facts, he did have technique problems because he developed focal dystonia which disabled his usage of the right hand for almost 30 years. The cause of it is repetitive neuromuscular tension and stress that effects lots of musicians and golfers. Great pianist Gary Graffman also suffered from the same disorder.
@@sirrondis To be honest, I don't like to judge anyone, let alone a great pianist on the calibre of Leon Fleisher, I am just stating facts - Leon Fleisher was tense in his playing, otherwise he wouldn't have developed focal dystonia. He also sought treatment for repetitive strain injury and carpal tunnel syndrome, both that can be avoided with proper usage of the wrist and the arm. I remember a great pianist told me that "you can play piano anyway you want, even with your feet, as long as you get the job done - the sound that you want" - and that made me feel that there really is no specific method of piano playing because what works for one pianist, doesn't work for someone else, and vise versa. It just seems that basic principles of piano playing weren't followed in Leon Fleisher's playing such as maintaining proper body alignment with the instrument and a basic hand arch, usage of the wrist and release of the arm. If you look at his pinky, it always dangled, which is one of the reasons he developed focal dystonia. I have been fortunate to see Leon's performances twice, once at Lincoln Center and once at Carnegie Hall, and I have nothing but respect for what he has done throughout his career, to overcome this disorder and still perform all over the world is remarkable. I just meant to say, had he not been tense, he wouldn't have developed the neurological problem.
Hermoso, bellisimo Fagotes , pianista excepcional BUENISIMOS!!!!!
Pedro Sierra E. ( Fagotista)
Talca - Chile
Pienso igual.
A masterpiece of Brahms.. Great orchestra. Good rendition
E spiritu sancti
3:08 Fleisher playing this ....... its hurts , badly ....
Wonderful Leon Fleisher