51:39 Benedictus

It's official! This recording makes Richter the second best pianist ever after Josef Lhevinne, passing Grimaud (Grimaldi) and Gould

Superba interpretazione!!!un vero gigante del podio! Grazie

3:14

the third movement is just the best i have heard, wonderfully played!

11:22

fast,but great!

Beethoven wrote this ouverture and several other numbers as stage music for Goethe's drama "Egmont", which has as its subject the uprising of the widely protestant Netherlands against the occupation by the spanish branch of the catholic Habsburgians in the second half of the 16th century, with the Count Egmont as its main hero, who fought heroically against the invaders, but got caught and sentenced to death by being publicly decapitated. This character was based on the historical Count Lamoral de Egmond (1522 - 1568). ( The suddenly abrupting line in the first violins at 7:00, followed by a general pause of the whole orchestra, symbolizes the death of the hero, while the following triumphant coda of the piece foreshadows the uprising and final victory of the people against the Spanish invaders.) On the way to the scaffhold Goethe let him shout a fiery speech at his surrounding folks, in which he motivates them to never give up in fighting the foreign oppressors and encourages them to bring the ultimate sacrifice like himself, if necessary : "Freunde, höheren Mut! Im Rücken habt ihr Eltern, Weiber, Kinder! Und diese treibt ein hohles Wort des Herrschers, nicht ihr Gemüt ! Schützt eure Güter! Und euer Liebstes zu erretten, fallt, freudig, wie ich euch ein Beispiel gebe!" (" Friends, higher courage! You are backed by parents, wives, children ! Whereas those are driven by an empty word of their ruler, not by their souls! Protect your goods! And in coming to rescue your dearest, die, joyfully, as I am about to give you an example !") Beethoven, having himself partly Flamish roots (his name giving it away of course), was naturally deeply moved by this sujet and as an admirer of the poet Goethe also very motivated to compose the music for this stageplay. The subject of the play, the brave fight of a people against a foreign oppressor, was especially relevant at the time, since just shortly before Napoleon and his armies had conquered and occupied Vienna, Beethoven's living place since 1792. So he would give only his very best efforts and at the end he was indeed really satisfied with his work and regarded the music as some of his best and most accomplished. He would also send a copy of the score to Goethe in Weimar, asking him very humbly for his opinion about the composition, but sadly the pretty haughty poet never answered him personally, even though in later years he would praise how perfectly Beethoven had captured his intentions in the so called "melodrame" of the play. ("Süßer Schlaf, du kommst wie ein reines Glück! / "Sweet Sleep, you are coming as a pure bliss! ") While the other numbers of the music are seldomly played in concerts today, the ouverture became a popular concert piece of Beethoven's on its own, and it is widely considered as one of the most brilliant examples of his often so called "Heroic Style" of his middle period as a composer.

18:00

Wonderful piece. Brilliantly played.

IN SOMMA...FARA' DI MELIO...

This is a kind of miracle.

GLORIOSO

4:05 var. 5

Oistrakh...OMG...This Taneyev suite is so wonderfully violinistic. It would be so much fun to play, but so hard to play.

2025년 설날을 앞두고 듣는 이곡은 마치 내 지나온 50여년의 세월을 회고하며, 정화시켜주는것 같은 짙은 감동이 있습니다. 임윤찬 피아니스트 덕에 여기까지 오게되었습니다. 한사람의 피아니스트가 인간의 영혼을 어떻게 더 높은 곳까지 올라갈 수 있도록 끌어올려주는지 깨닫게 해준 명연주에 깊은 감동과 감사를 올립니다. ^^♡♡♡

Perhaps the greatest Debussy performer ever.

For me the Brahms third is my favorite and first love of all Brahms sinfonies and this old and first jochum third from believe 1938 with the hambourgh philharmonic was so great clear organic typical for the great Brahms conductor jochum.the Schellack vinyl was produced for Telefunken on discogs you can buy the old used lp.the cd label Membran copied it from lp to cd.

Ferenc Fricsay died at the age of 49. A great loss for the music world.

Der Poet unter den Pianisten.

Rauhouttava😊

The symphony,beautifully interpreted by Walter,at once heroic,yet tinged with sorrow.The second movement is here a revelation.

21:25 the moment Mozart enters the Paradise before even dying, and Walter just behind, in his footsteps 23:00 26:35 ..................... !!!!!!!!!!!

15:28

The ultimate version. Thank you, it's beautiful.

Es heißt: "Den blauen Himmel, den BLAUEN Himmel."

7:46

本当に劇的です！ドラマです！素晴らしい!

❤

Υπεροχη εκτελεση εξαιρετικος ηχος μπραβο❤❤❤

Among the greatest performances of this piece.

Tuve la suerte de escucharles esta obra en vivo hace ya unos años. Pero fue un concierto de los que no se olvidan.

GLORIOSO

In my opinion a stiff interpretation lacking Mahler's uniquely intimate and personal emotional insights.

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There are some great orchestras around todwy, but I don't think they would make conductors like this any more. Shame

Nous les petits les sans grade plaisir fugace Rosée du matin robe legere sourire sans consequence odeur du temps feuilles sur l'herbe la vie et rien d autre

This is an expression of Mozart's soul and musical repertoire that most people are never exposed to, for whatever reason. The caricature of Mozart most often promoted is not this person, this artist, who has captured such a timeless feeling.

SENZA EGUALI ♡♡♡

El cielo ....

What a powerful sound for a 1957 mono recording, clarity (also because of the playing), a lot of bass, and the strings maybe sound even more brutal, because of the squeezed dynamics. I usually don't listen to mono recordings because of the quality, but this comes through. Awesome interpretation

❤

21:49

I wore out my record of this performance many years ago. It’s wonderful to hear it again. If you’re looking for music to take you to a better world, this is it.

Perfection!

This and the Mozart 40th are two of the most difficult symphonies to get "right." Szell gets this one"right!" Too bad it wasn't captured in better sound.

Beautiful recording!

These variations are among the most charming ever written. I'm especially fond of Patricia Pagny's rendition of them.

Absolutely wonderful🌹

I once found this to be very beautiful. Now it draws too much attention and thereby demands too much patience for my taste. I also completely missunderstand the point of this sentimentality. The trance-like effect surpasses the music sometimes, maybe its this spacelike sphere some are seeking for. - Now i finally remeber. But time goes by and beauty vanishes as fast as the cry of some exotic bird. Or the pigeons secretly shitting next to my window. But the finale is fine. Finito burito.