After taking lessons for just short of a year my teacher and I decided to tackle this piece. That was four months ago, and I'm just now finally reaching the last page of the song. Easily the hardest piece I've tried to learn, but also the most fun. This song leaves a lot of room for expression and has a relentless sound that I just adore. And if it weren't for Ragna Schirmer here, I probably wouldn't have liked the song and would have decided against learning it. No one's interpretation stands up to hers in my eyes. The way she plays it is just perfect and makes it my absolute favorite song, ever. Other pianists I've noticed tend to play this piece in a rather robotic fashion or don't take advantage of this song's expressive nature. They often ignore the crescendos during the ostinato sections or play those sections with very little pedal, leading to a lifeless sound which doesn't flow well during the parts of the song which should make you feel the most emotion. But not this woman. I've listened to this video god knows how many times now over the last four months and the ostinato sections (especially the one after 6:00) always give me chills. Always. Bravo, Ragna Schirmer. Bravo. I dream of one day playing this song like you do.
This particular piece of totally overplayed, and I think that's why so many people have their own opinions about how it should be played. Your performance is astounding, with a lot of touch and feeling. Thumbs up!
I like the interpretation. I used to think this an angry piece of music after hearing some overenthusiastic renderings. She brings out the passion but in a controlled way as already commented.
I love the phrasing, voicing, coloring and flow that Ragna gives this piece. To me she gets all the moments and moods so expertly expressed. The bass parts are so rich and wonderful! Enrapturing!
@@kangchenjunga591 ha ha as I was listening to this I was thinking I would aim (!) for a version in between these two, these are far and away my favourite recordings.
War vor vielen Jahren bei einem Schumann-Konzert von Frau Schirmer, wo ich sofort gespürt habe: Diese Frau hat eine ganz besondere Beziehung zur deutschen Romantik! Anhand ihrer Brahms-Interpretation nun kann ich es erneut bestätigen: Kraftvoll, brillant, gefühlvoll und mit überragender Klangqualität👍👍👍!
Great performance, shows lots of work. Am big time Brahms fantatic with many playlists of just Brahms. Very nice piano also. This is not an easy piece to play this well!!!
Perhaps the reason you are a Brahms fanatic is because he seems to have been the romantic composer who wrote the greatest number of masterpieces for various forms. He only let us down by not composing a cello concerto. (Per- haps he did and de- stroyed it, as he was wont to do with compositions he was dubious about.)
What's not to like about it? Incredible technique, masterful interpretation, artistry off the charts. But let's face it, pianists know Brahms is "difficult" or perhaps I should say "awkward". His style is certainly recognizable but it is ephemeral, hard to pin down. Tha's why Ms. Schirmer's rendition shines - she found her Inner Brahms.
I had dismissed this piece after listening to Argerich's interpretation. Your performance sold me enough to include it in my diploma program. Good job!
Very nice! I'm getting ready to record this, I'll try to do as well as you did. Yours is the best interpretation of the 3 I listened to just now (to my way of thinking about the piece.) Thank you for sharing the video.
was looking for different recording of this Rhapsody for a matter of sound style (I'm a sound engineer). And just stuck with your performance. Even I'm in love with Murray's interpretations of Brahms. Thank you.
This is such an amazing interpretation! It’s so similar to how I interpreted it. I performed this at 17 while attending a performing arts HS-and played for my audition into Hartt School of Music and a grad of. You truly capture the nuances and tonal qualities that so many overplay. Your accents are so incredible that so many people miss. Bravo!!!!
Переслушала множество музыкантов, но это исполнение кажется мне самым сбалансированным, самым убедительныи, и что самое главное- самым волнующим.Настоящий алмаз. Браво!
Ágata No sólo de Clara vivió Brahms. Cuando contaba 25 años (hacía dos que había muerto Schumann y Clara estaba sola y había que apoyarla) se sintió atraído por la hermosa voz de una cantante, Ágata von Siebold. Escribió para ella algunas canciones, comenzaron a verse con frecuencia y los amigos de ambos pronosticaban ya un pronto noviazgo cuando la relación desembocó en un imprevisto enfriamiento. Julie Treinta años después, su asidua presencia en casa de Clara Schumann lo llevó de manera natural a fijar sus ojos en una hija de ésta, Julie, lo que molestó a Clara. Pero Julie casó con otro y Brahms no halló nada mejor que escribirle una canción de bodas, lo que volvió a molestar a Clara. Elisabeth Algo más maduro, en 1863, el compositor de cuarenta años conoció en Viena a una chica que deseaba tomar clases con él. Elisabeth Stockhausen se llamaba y era tal su perturbadora belleza que Brahms no podía enhebrar palabras en su presencia. Menos podía hacerle clases. De modo que la derivó a un colega, Julius Epstein, que según se cuenta sufrió los mismos inconvenientes. Diez años más tarde Elisabeth había casado, precisamente con un compositor, se llamaba ahora Elisabeth von Herzogenberg, y estaba convertida en una notable pianista y compositora. A ella envió Brahms un par de breves obras para piano compuestas durante una estadía en Pörtschach, en el verano de 1879. No bien las terminó, envió el manuscrito a Elisabeth, quien en animosa carta a vuelta de correo recomendaba un nuevo y más justo título para ellas: Rapsodias debían llamarse y no simplemente Klavierstücke (piezas para piano) como las había titulado Brahms. Si difícil era hablar con Elisabeth, más lo era contradecirla, de modo que pese a no estar plenamente convencido del cambio el autor no desoyó su consejo, y así fueron publicadas al año siguiente: Dos Rapsodias para piano, opus 79, dedicadas, como podía preverse, a Elisabeth von Herzogenberg. Colaboración de la página: www.labellezadeescuchar.blogspot.com
Check also Anton Mordasov. the version on youtube is on stage, although he has a minor mistake, it is wonderfully played. This and Anton's are my favorite versions so far.
Using the "F" word undermines everything you said; If you are this loose with foul language; this means that every time you open your mouth during your existence here on earth you are under- mining everything you say, and turning every civilized person off.
Ich fand die Interpretation der Brahms Rhapsodie g-moll sehr gut. Besonders die Stellen 'misterioso' waren sehr überzeugend, und das 'quasi ritardando' am Ende war nicht übertrieben. - Ich habe dieses Stück 1949 mit meiner Lehrerin in Dresden studiert.
Brahms' testosterone level was maxed out when he composed this! One of the finest videos on you tube, and the equal of my long-standing favorite by Morton Estrin on the Connoisseur Society label.(Audio only, but check it out on YT.)
Like Brahms spoke of concerning his mighty second piano concerto: "It is not a piece for young girls!" I wonder if there very many females extant when Brahms composed this piece who could successfully play it?
The tempo overall is inconsistent, sometimes too fast and then slower. She took part in the Unisa International Piano Competition in Pretoria, South Africa, years ago. If I remember correctly, she played the Goldberg Variations by Bach as her main recital.
the most controlled yet expressive version I've seen so far. She clearly loves this piece.
After taking lessons for just short of a year my teacher and I decided to tackle this piece. That was four months ago, and I'm just now finally reaching the last page of the song. Easily the hardest piece I've tried to learn, but also the most fun. This song leaves a lot of room for expression and has a relentless sound that I just adore.
And if it weren't for Ragna Schirmer here, I probably wouldn't have liked the song and would have decided against learning it. No one's interpretation stands up to hers in my eyes. The way she plays it is just perfect and makes it my absolute favorite song, ever. Other pianists I've noticed tend to play this piece in a rather robotic fashion or don't take advantage of this song's expressive nature. They often ignore the crescendos during the ostinato sections or play those sections with very little pedal, leading to a lifeless sound which doesn't flow well during the parts of the song which should make you feel the most emotion.
But not this woman. I've listened to this video god knows how many times now over the last four months and the ostinato sections (especially the one after 6:00) always give me chills. Always.
Bravo, Ragna Schirmer. Bravo. I dream of one day playing this song like you do.
After taking lessons for just six months, I played this song too. Then I picked up La campanella and two long months later, I am on the last page!
Wunderbar; however,
this is not a song;
songs are poems set
to music and are designed to be sung
by vocalists.
Yeah for sure After one year you can play this
le pain au maïs guess what boo some people are more talented than others
Thats fun but i know wath I said 🙃
This particular piece of totally overplayed, and I think that's why so many people have their own opinions about how it should be played. Your performance is astounding, with a lot of touch and feeling. Thumbs up!
I like the interpretation. I used to think this an angry piece of music after hearing some overenthusiastic renderings. She brings out the passion but in a controlled way as already commented.
Love the emotions, love the interpretation ! In my opinion Brahms is made to be rather overplayed and this is perfect !
Yes. This is writing that calls for bold gestures, grand
statements, and
ample flair. No
Haydn/Mozart
"powdered wig"
music allowed
in this house!
@@miltonmoore7898 In the words of Satie... "We should have a music of our own - if possible, without any Sauerkraut."
Rubinstein?
素晴らしい！心が突き動かされる感じ。
ブラームスのラプソディは二つとも大好きです。
I love the phrasing, voicing, coloring and flow that Ragna gives this piece. To me she gets all the moments and moods so expertly expressed. The bass parts are so rich and wonderful! Enrapturing!
This woman is in love with her piano. I play this piece myself. But not this well. Bravo!
How often would it
have been better if
people had fallen in
love with a musical
instrument than an
individual.
That powerful beast of an instrument helps, no doubt. No way can this be played on an upright!
best performance of this piece, ever
I just started this piece and this is probably the version I'm going for, brilliant technique and emotion!!
Emerald Wei Try Radu Lupu first.
@@kangchenjunga591 ha ha as I was listening to this I was thinking I would aim (!) for a version in between these two, these are far and away my favourite recordings.
@@kangchenjunga591and don’t forget Helene Grimaud’s version of this piece. I prefer her timing .
I'm trying to learn this piece and wanted to hear it played. Wonderfully done!! I love it!
War vor vielen Jahren bei einem Schumann-Konzert von Frau Schirmer, wo ich sofort gespürt habe: Diese Frau hat eine ganz besondere Beziehung zur deutschen Romantik! Anhand ihrer Brahms-Interpretation nun kann ich es erneut bestätigen: Kraftvoll, brillant, gefühlvoll und mit überragender Klangqualität👍👍👍!
Great performance, shows lots of work. Am big time Brahms fantatic with many playlists
of just Brahms. Very nice piano also. This is not an easy piece to play this well!!!
Perhaps the reason
you are a Brahms
fanatic is because
he seems to have been the romantic
composer who wrote
the greatest number of masterpieces for
various forms. He
only let us down by
not composing a cello concerto. (Per-
haps he did and de-
stroyed it, as he was
wont to do with compositions he was dubious about.)
Very good playing and a great sounding piano....
Sublime et intemporelle interprétation. La classe absolue : r e s p e c t !
Stunning performance, so passionate and brillian ! Brava !!!
A benchmark performance - I agree with comments that this is the best on RUclips.
What's not to like about it? Incredible technique, masterful interpretation, artistry off the charts. But let's face it, pianists know Brahms is "difficult" or perhaps I should say "awkward". His style is certainly recognizable but it is ephemeral, hard to pin down. Tha's why Ms. Schirmer's rendition shines - she found her Inner Brahms.
I had dismissed this piece after listening to Argerich's interpretation. Your performance sold me enough to include it in my diploma program. Good job!
Wow! I love the way this piece just flows!!
I really like her sound!
Absolute Klasse! Direkt aus der Seele gespielt, und keine Note entgeht ihre Achtsamkeit! BRAVO!🎹💐
Excellent clarity of post,superb pianist.
Beautiful performance! Thank you!
Isso é mto difícil ramPS Lolô lol lool xD
Looks like something R2D2
might have written. In English,
French, German,
Italian, or Spanish,
PLEASE!
Very nice! I'm getting ready to record this, I'll try to do as well as you did. Yours is the best interpretation of the 3 I listened to just now (to my way of thinking about the piece.) Thank you for sharing the video.
Bravo! I played this piece for a recital about 10 years ago. Still trying to pick it back up. Sure is challenging and you make it look simple! ;-)
I love how you can tell exactly how she wants it to sound just by watching her hands
Stunning performance.
*my favourite interpretation, so musical.*
was looking for different recording of this Rhapsody for a matter of sound style (I'm a sound engineer). And just stuck with your performance. Even I'm in love with Murray's interpretations of Brahms. Thank you.
Beautiful, powerful and sublime. What an inspiration! 1000 Dank, Ragna Schirmer!
(On a different note: sickening + disctracting camera work)
This is such an amazing interpretation! It’s so similar to how I interpreted it. I performed this at 17 while attending a performing arts HS-and played for my audition into Hartt School of Music and a grad of. You truly capture the nuances and tonal qualities that so many overplay. Your accents are so incredible that so many people miss. Bravo!!!!
迫力がありますね
Masterfully performed. I'm buying the album!
Great performance!! I really like this song.
Song?
すばらしいのただ一言
She's awesome.She plays it with expressions...
i used to listen to this for days even when i m sleep
"Music so powerful and profound that it
could create a soul under the ribs of death."
John Milton
Переслушала множество музыкантов, но это исполнение кажется мне самым сбалансированным, самым убедительныи, и что самое главное- самым волнующим.Настоящий алмаз. Браво!
Nice performance and beautiful song!
You are a great pianist❤❤
What a great sound!!!
A marvelous pianist
at the height of her
powers!
One needs fingers of steel to play this marvelous piece. Beautiful interpretation.
Maravilhoso!! A interpretação está incrível ! Parabéns. ! :D
響きがとてもきれいですね
Throw flowers on
the stage! If I could play like this
I would command
people to kneel before me!
Incredible interpretation wow
My favorite version
very good recording quality. thanks.
Sehr schön und ausdrucksstark gespielt! Macht Spaß! :-)
Brilliant playing. Thank you
I played this piece when I was 16 years old for my ALCM performers Diploma back in 1960.
So beautiful!!!! My piano teacher wants me to learn this song!
Hope you don't
refer to this as a
"song" around your music teacher. A song is
tune set to lyrics.
This is a PIECE for
piano forte.
So does mine! *Although you've learned and probably performed this six years ago
I hope you heed the sound advice of Milton Moore. Use 'work' or 'piece'; and reserve the word 'song' for songs.
Very nice performance. Thank You !
She feels Brahms. Perfect expression.
best interpretation on youtube!
Ágata
No sólo de Clara vivió Brahms. Cuando contaba 25 años (hacía dos que había muerto Schumann y Clara estaba sola y había que apoyarla) se sintió atraído por la hermosa voz de una cantante, Ágata von Siebold. Escribió para ella algunas canciones, comenzaron a verse con frecuencia y los amigos de ambos pronosticaban ya un pronto noviazgo cuando la relación desembocó en un imprevisto enfriamiento.
Julie
Treinta años después, su asidua presencia en casa de Clara Schumann lo llevó de manera natural a fijar sus ojos en una hija de ésta, Julie, lo que molestó a Clara. Pero Julie casó con otro y Brahms no halló nada mejor que escribirle una canción de bodas, lo que volvió a molestar a Clara.
Elisabeth
Algo más maduro, en 1863, el compositor de cuarenta años conoció en Viena a una chica que deseaba tomar clases con él. Elisabeth Stockhausen se llamaba y era tal su perturbadora belleza que Brahms no podía enhebrar palabras en su presencia. Menos podía hacerle clases. De modo que la derivó a un colega, Julius Epstein, que según se cuenta sufrió los mismos inconvenientes.
Diez años más tarde Elisabeth había casado, precisamente con un compositor, se llamaba ahora Elisabeth von Herzogenberg, y estaba convertida en una notable pianista y compositora.
A ella envió Brahms un par de breves obras para piano compuestas durante una estadía en Pörtschach, en el verano de 1879. No bien las terminó, envió el manuscrito a Elisabeth, quien en animosa carta a vuelta de correo recomendaba un nuevo y más justo título para ellas: Rapsodias debían llamarse y no simplemente Klavierstücke (piezas para piano) como las había titulado Brahms.
Si difícil era hablar con Elisabeth, más lo era contradecirla, de modo que pese a no estar plenamente convencido del cambio el autor no desoyó su consejo, y así fueron publicadas al año siguiente: Dos Rapsodias para piano, opus 79, dedicadas, como podía preverse, a Elisabeth von Herzogenberg.
Colaboración de la página: www.labellezadeescuchar.blogspot.com
+Dagoberto Espinoza Hola!!! Yo habia entendido que Elisabeth von Herzongenberg era una amiga de Brahms. eso yo lo leí en Wikipedia.
Hola. Sí, eso es. Era una amiga, que antes de serlo fue su alumna. Saludos.
Check also Anton Mordasov. the version on youtube is on stage, although he has a minor mistake, it is wonderfully played. This and Anton's are my favorite versions so far.
sameeee
0:29 呈示部 第一主題
1:03 呈示部 第二主題
1:19 呈示部 第三主題
2:58 發展部
5:14 再現部
This is great Brahms playing! Well done!! Yes, it does have the variety in mood whilst being authoritative playing too!
That cadence at the end! My fav. 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Best Brahms playing I've ever listened to! Fucking incredible.
Using the "F" word
undermines everything you said;
If you are this loose
with foul language;
this means that every
time you open your
mouth during your
existence here on
earth you are under-
mining everything you say, and turning
every civilized person
off.
That Steinway tone ❤
Beautiful!!!!!
Ich fand die Interpretation der Brahms Rhapsodie g-moll sehr gut. Besonders die Stellen 'misterioso' waren sehr überzeugend, und das 'quasi ritardando' am Ende war nicht übertrieben. - Ich habe dieses Stück 1949 mit meiner Lehrerin in Dresden studiert.
The rapsody is my love🔥🔥
LOVE Brahms thunderous bass!
Lots of testosterone in
the guy, FOR SURE! Like with
Liszt and Rachmaninoff!
Brahms' testosterone level was maxed out when he composed this! One of the finest videos on
you tube, and the equal of my
long-standing favorite by Morton Estrin on the Connoisseur Society label.(Audio only, but check it out on YT.)
i love her interpretation.. (:
Best one in youtube 👍
Martha Argerich begs to differ. Still a very good interpretation.
Let's just say that
no finer interpretation exists on you tube,
or ANYWHERE ELSE! She has rivals, but no superiors!
Inmensa composición, gran Interpretación
Maravillosa!!Buenasnoches.
Feliz descanso🌿
Many pianists hesitate and over accent this piece. It's meant to have flow, and Ragna nails it seamlessly.
You’ve highlighted what I love best, as well.
Such a wonderful interpretation, usually is either too fast or too slow or the musical intentions are not clear enough.
amazing. i like this vers.
Wonderful!
I have always found this piece to be unusually difficult for some reason, whereas the B minor is far easier. Must be the wide leaps.
♥ ♥ ♥ Thank you very much ♥ Wonderful video!!!! ♥ ♥ ♥
ottima esecuzione
Very beautiful.
fantastic
かっこいい！
Excellent performance. Thank you.
Ragna ... I love you.
flawless!
Sehr schön! Bravo
Simply beauteous!
Passione,vita eterna fiamma che illumini l'universo
Beautifully done.
Que bella
Bravo! Certainly not afraid of the piano.
Like Brahms spoke of concerning his
mighty second
piano concerto:
"It is not a piece for young girls!"
I wonder if there
very many females extant
when Brahms composed this piece who could
successfully play it?
Bravo!
So beautiful. Love it!
Mi piace questa interpretazione
The tempo overall is inconsistent, sometimes too fast and then slower. She took part in the Unisa International Piano Competition in Pretoria, South Africa, years ago. If I remember correctly, she played the Goldberg Variations by Bach as her main recital.
もっとタッチ強めに弾いてこの曲を試験の時にかなりやり過ぎと指摘された私。この位にしてもかえってよかった気がする。
また今になりやりたい気持ちに変わった
I would like to buy her album.
The 3 most brilliant, mature performances of this that I’ve heard belong to Radu Lupu, Volodos and Glenn Gould. Schirmer cuts no ice!
Hard to beat Gould when it's the three Bs