Arthur Rubinstein - An Interview about Chopin (Part 1)

Arthur Rubinstein - An Interview about Chopin (Part 1)

[@mr.toiletepaper9692]

Chopin will always be best Composer for piano, can't be better than his music !

[@mc3newsmcocconcierge504]

Kingsk01 Beethovens piano pieces are undeniably amazing, incomparable to most and as revolutionary as they are grand. They do not compare however to Chopins. While Beethoven was his own kind, unlike Bach and Mozart, Chopin primarily composed most of his pieces for himself. He took the piano to levels unheard of at the time and never replicated since. The incredibly raw emotion most composers would never display, the beyond virtuouso talent, the depth, the dynamics, the everything. His soul bled from the piano in ways no one will ever be able to match.

[@richdavis9690]

There will never be anyone even remotely close.

[@agamaz5650]

@@richdavis9690 Charles Valentin Alkan

[@themoroccanpianist8953]

@@mc3newsmcocconcierge504 what about Liszt ?

[@tedly10027]

@ArRubMusic as a pianist myself -- i think that the way to describe and remember Rubinstein and Chopin is: "chopin players come and go -- Rubinstein Remains".

[@gregniemczuk]

Wonderful interview!

[@m.a.3322]

"I'm a pole too, I burst!" haha aw, Rubinstein was adorable.

[@schnabelite]

Indeed!

[@serhiyvmusic]

I think he said "by birth"

[@horatiodreamt]

I enjoyed this interview. Rubinstein was such an articulate and well-read man. I love his full-blooded approach to Chopin's music. However, when he said that Polish pianists are better equipped to play Chopin, I slightly disagree. There was Horowitz of Russia whose interpretations of Chopin were inimitable (and sometimes controversial).

[@meredith218461]

AND of course Dinu Lipatti!

[@richdavis9690]

I think Horowitz, alongside Brigitte and Barenboim play Chopin's Nocturnes the best. But it is fact that if you're Polish you have an inherent understanding of Chopin :)

[@waszkreslem9306]

@@richdavis9690 Rubinsteins nocturns are better.

[@horatiodreamt]

@@waszkreslem9306Yes, but I think Horowitz excels at the mazurkas.

[@themoroccanpianist8953]

@@richdavis9690 and why is that ?

[@Lenochka1107]

It's an interesting interview. Thanks for posting!

[@srothbardt]

I’d love to hear him play Bach.

[@frennuk]

From what year is this interview? I can't find it :(

[@Lenochka1107]

I wonder what year the interview was taken?

[@akelofgren9468]

On speak on Bach,Chopin before concerts only played Bach-das Wohltemperierte Klavier

[@ArRubMusic]

@Lenochka1107 I think it is from 1964.

[@napoleonbonaparte45]

Audio sounds great for 1964

[@akelofgren9468]

There is 5 more,op posthum nr1-6,not just the common+op posthum nr1.Walzes a revolt against,when he was in,Austria: Wienerwalze with this beervolklore+wienerdance,even as polish 'nr1'with polish,a revolt often to see : nr1,2,4,5,6, op posthum nr1 that is not to dance at all,special like Mefistowalze

[@kerencanelobendana2981]

What is doing Rubinstein with her hands in the picture?

[@Petermaguire3684]

Flexing them, fingers get tired from playing alot, most pianists as I do, do the same

[@ivancaragia9993]

The interviewer is cheesy and odd)

[@massivelymusic6006]

You are naive to think that polish people understand Chopin’s music more. After all, the sounds are just converted emotions. All humans have emotions. If you have emotions and are musical you can understand Chopin

[@srothbardt]

True. Rubi is a great artist not a historian or philosopher.