Heinrich Neuhaus plays Rachmaninoff
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- Опубликовано: 19 авг 2011
- Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943):
Prelude opus 23 no. 1 in F sharp minor (rec. 1946)
Prelude opus 23 no. 4 in D major (rec. 1946) at 3:25
Etude-tableau opus 39 no. 2 in A minor (rec. 1951) at 7:41
Heinrich Neuhaus (1888-1964), piano
Many thanks to morinoroba for sending the audio files, taken from a Denon CD. This label released the complete recordings of Neuhaus in Japan on eleven discs. Many of these are still not very known in the west, where Neuhaus is mainly remembered as the writer of the book "The Art of Piano Playing" and as the teacher of great pianists such as S. Richter, Gilels, Vedernikov, Virsaladze, Lupu and many others. They deserve wider availability and recognition, e.g. the recording of the Etude-Tableau is hauntingly melancholic and beautiful... 
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very, very beautiful. I hadn't heard Neuhaus play Rachmaninoff until now. Thank you very much
Neuhaus has a very special sound which is very recognizable for me. Outstanding musician. Thanks for upload!
Heartbreaking etude-tableau! Thank you very much!
No words to describe such musicality and deep understanding of the composition...
4:46
Yes, this is absolutely tremendous.
I think, the very core of music, the moment music becomes more of simple sounds, even more than an audible event : a message for soul(s), something ultime, which cannot be surpassed.
Neuhaus giving us that.
This is of such a rarity.
4:46 to 5:48 ........ no words , this is a diamond ............ caressing sadness (my days)
Exquisite tone and rubato!!! Poetry of the highest level!
Thank you very much for this very exquisite and haunting singing / playing!
Simply wonderful! Can't thank you enough..
Such extended lines that reverberate forever!
So much freedom in the phrasing unified in long lines!
Posterity's verdict on Neuhaus as a great teacher is no doubt accurate as far as it goes, but it is unbalanced in that it fails to acknowledge Neuhaus's greatness as a pianist. His sensitive artistry and tonal beauty - easily detectable even through the relatively poor sound on the video - are both wonderful.
I often prefer him to his pupils)
In the Russian old school, he was considered to be the best Scriabin interpreter, together with Sofronitzky (many didn’t get to hear Horowitz)
, Nobody wasn't like him
Much closer to the style of Rachmaninoff's playing than the likes of Richter. It's flow plus plenty of opening up of space when relevant, rather than an overall trudge. All of these works are pretty poorly represented by the mainstream style today. It's ironic that his pupil Richter seems to pioneered the plodding norm that became standard.
You make my day, pianopera!
Some of the most beautiful voicing I ever heard. It's clear for me he practised what he preached.
+happily12345 Agreed!
"Voicing" at a piano ... just some very seldom pianists are able to do that. Neuhaus, Feinberg, Horowitz, ... treasures ....
Beautiful! Thanks.
Marvelous playing! It's no easy feat to bring expressive continuity to the 2 Preludes. Neuhaus does great things with them. In fact, his layered playing, and melody projection are first class.
EXACTLY right! Probably the finest lyrical playing I've meard since a middle aged Horowitz gave us some medtative Scriabin. This man's control of an infinite variety of subtle dynamic gradations in shaping phrases and his great sense of unity and continuity in presenting each piece in its totality is nothi'ng less than marvelous. And he does it incredibly well, despite inferior recording techniques and a less than magnificent instrument. LOVELY!
Great post! Thank you so much!
Прекрасный пианизм! Волшебно...
His 39/2 is a miracle of good taste and “vision”.
OMG! Beautiful
We'll after Richter and gilels, my teacher studied with one of neuhaus students, and now I'm studying with her. So Russian school of piano is still in existence, and I'm loving every moment I get to study with her and I can't believe the lineage I have with neuhaus.
Great Neuhaus!
Lucky! Make the most of it :)
Extraordinarily beautiful playing...the lovely singing tone he achieves is especially wonderful. Wonder what the make(s) of the pianos he was playing was/were....
May be Bechstein ...
Pure beauty.
Thank you Johanna.
WOW, poetic
Grazie maestro!!! Si capisce il genio musicale russo e i suoi straordinari allievi ...!! Una fortuna per loro aver avuto un didatta come lei !!@
Какое прекрасное!
4:46 If we accept, for a moment, to put away the concept of virtuosity, this is simply the greatest way to play a piano.
23/1: A highly emotional and even agitated rendition. I think of this as being rather calmer and more cool, except for the climax. Very musical and well-controlled. 23/4 More emotional than Richter's.
See also story about H. Neuhaus in F. Bruk`s book "Soi maininki hiljainen"
Игра-сплошное Дыхание
4:46 .... always coming here, fearing this uncredible beauty, and asking for mercy for all my sins, .... strange how an only one interpretation is able to move the deepest levels of a soul .....
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Genrikh Neigauz is a brilliant pianist, he educated many famous students, and gave a great contribution to Soviet Music's development ~
HEINRICH NEUHAUS , please .
Непревзойденный мастер звука , который дышит , продолжается и и живет …..
T.Y.
No idea.
Μεγάλος Δάσκαλος Καθηγητής στο διάσημο ωδείο της Μόσχας παιδαγωγός μαζί με την δυάδα KONSTANTIN IGNUMOF kαι COLDEVAISER
5:14 I fear every day that one of the closest member of my family is in suicide mood.
He is showing nothing, but I fear it.
This is destroying my days.
I am so sad, I do not know how I can handle it better.
I am doing all what I can. Being kind and helpful, attentive, loving, but always calm, not distant, but respectful. Sonst ist alles verloren.
It's dramatic, and if it's coming, I 'll be so responsible of being such an idiot.
This occurred 25 years ago, a first time, with my only brother.
I'm sorry for your struggles. Best wishes.
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Thank you.
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Dear David,
It's going better, thank God ....
Thank you too, you were so kind to me.
God may help me, please, this is my son.
No doubt he was Richter's mentor. The ideas are pretty close, and the philosophy is the same. Neuhaus does more rubatos though.
The magic is here in Op.23 no 4...
MARVELOUS! Agree with sirdicaudore below 100%. Too bad Neuhaus and other Russian pianists of this era were sabotaged by tin can pianos.
PS-"Unpleasant and long commercial before they properly introduce Rachmaninoff Prelude...PLEASE!!!
Both Preludes are beautiful in their conception, although I could conceive of more satisfying presentations. The Etude Tableau needs to be far more reflective and
introspective in manner; I sincerely feel that it should not push forward so urgently
as it does here.
This is 'awesome', but English, especially US speaking world overused that keyword to define other simple things. Even with impervection of recording made back in those days (such as high notes are a little dull, but the same is experienced when he plays accords in fff in a-minor edude, so - clearly a recordings inability to bring high range of notes).
Нейгауз, Richter, Gilels died... Do people play like that? No disrespect, Kissin is great, but, this is not the same :(
Sorry for poor English
Kissin ......... poor overgifted boy ......... so rich and so poor at the same time
I don t know if it s the piano but something is putting me off this playing.IT is not in the same league as Richter.
better have your ears checked. This playing of the highest order
+bubffm I totally agree with chad414.
I believe He's musically superior to Richter. I'd like Richter to play with such rubato and romantic feeling. Richter is a modern pianist .. more powerfull technique...he's the King of Prokopiev... but in Chopin I prefer his master)
@Joel Levine not only...
maybe he should stick to teaching.What have I said I ve really poured oil into the fire.He seems to have one tone pallate .one.
+chad414 Agree.
+chad414 Well stated. Exactly. In fact, if you listen to his other recordings, he plays Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Chopin, Scriabin, and others in the same expressive style, as if they were all the same composer. Evidently he was an inspiring teacher.
Игра-сплошное Дыхание
@@pianoredux7516 he had his own force of personality, it shows, he plays beautifully and intellgently, it shows, he was very well regarded in his day, i know people who knew him personally, i wish i had that oppurtunity, he was a great musician for sure.