(Artistic Cameras) Alexis Weissenberg plays Petrouchka - Stravinsky (complete)

[@alexleach6307]

This is the Falck film Karajan requested to view before engaging Weissenberg for some concerts. Unbeknown to him Weissenberg had been told of the screening by the director and insinuated himself into Karajan's screening room after the lights went down and sat in the second row. After the film Karajan expressed his admiration and asked one of his assistants to contact Weissenberg to offer concert engagements - but acknowledging that might be difficult as the reclusive Weissenberg was not aways easy to locate. The assistant responded 'I should be able to track him down - he's sitting right behind you…'. Great hilarity ensued...

[@nabilleal2315]

Great story 👏

[@ムーンウォーク]

素晴らしい演奏と映像。 ワイセンベルクがカムバックする機会となった歴史的映像。 何回見ても感動します! この映像が入ったDVDを手に入れました。 ワイセンベルクの絶頂期の演奏を見ることが出来ます。 本当にワイセンベルクのコンサートは素晴らしかった! あなたの偉大なピアノ芸術は生涯私の心の中にいます。 安らかに❤

[@Erik83474]

This is without any doubt the greatest studio recording in history.

[@null8295]

thing is, it's in playback

[@mpianod9319]

Justin Bieber’s studio of Baby is perfect. A strong rival

[@ciararespect4296]

Sped up

[@ムーンウォーク]

本当に同感です!

[@robertdelisle3502]

Most of the Glenn Gould catalog compares to anything before or since.

[@BThien100]

Rest in Peace, Mr. Alexis Weissenberg

[@AldenHardaway]

This is absolutely incredible cinematography paired with world-class playing (whether it's to your taste or not). Stunning to see and hear.

[@ムーンウォーク]

初めてこの映画を見た時は感動して、こんな不可能と思えるほど難しい曲があるのかと思いました。 しかも、大好きな36歳のワイセンベルクが演奏しているなんて! コンサートでもこのペトルーシュカを弾いていたようですが、私は聴いたことがありません。 見ているだけで、腕が引きつりそうです。 本当に素晴らしい映像です! アップロードしてくださり、ありがとうございます。ワイセンベルクさんの映像を見ることは本当に幸せです❤

[@tomowenpianochannel]

An artistic landmark. Fabulous performance by Weissenberg, still one of the best; wonderful, groundbreaking and forever fresh music by Stravinsky; and experimental cinematography. A classic of the 20th Century.

[@jmealonso]

Weissenberg just blows my mind! What an amazing performance!

[@simonesala]

When a piano plays like an orchestra sounds like this. Thank you Maestro.

[@rickartdefoix1298]

Yeah, he had a fantastic sound. And a perfect digitalization. When it is said he was anti-romantic think they are not expressing properly what went on with Weissenberg. It was not that, consider he was somehow specialised in the romantic repertoire (Chopin, Rachmaninoff, etc.). What happens is that, same as Magaloff and others, he was against "candy coat" sort of Romantic interpretations. One thing is sensitivity and another, sort of crocodile tears way of playing Romantic composers. They avoid manierism, too. Think M. Argerich was and is also in the same line or way of thinking and interpreting. And I suscribe this point of view. We do not hear Chopin to start weeping. Chopin, neither we, need easy tears. Maybe am being too subjective.. 😔🙃

[@ronwalker4849]

THE AMAZING EXPLOSIVE ENERGY OF 1,000 MEGATONS OF NUCLEAR DEVICES GOING OFF AT ONCE. HE HAD NO LIMITS TO HIS EXPANSIVE MUSICAL METEORIC BLASTS OF POWER AND LASER LIKE ACCURACY.

[@1961juanmiguel]

Esta excitante interpretación, una de las mejores habidas de Petroushka -si no es la mejor-, habla de la inconmensurable talla pianística de Weissenberg, a quien siempre recordaremos con emoción y respeto.

[@tedpiano]

Lmao the recording sounds like it's pitched up one half step, but just imagine how insane it would be if you had to play that first movement in C sharp major instead of C major

[@tedchaffman7463]

It’s cool getting to hear this piece transposed a half-step up...but seriously though, I think this might be one of my favorite video piano recordings of all time. Thanks for sharing!

[@tiberivsgracchvs2393]

It’s sped up

[@cynicxloud]

@@tiberivsgracchvs2393no, I think it’s because of the old camera quality. The speed is about normal tempo

[@musicsdarkangel]

First youtube video to make me shit my pants. And I haven't shit my pants watching a video since Jaffar came back as a huge snake in Aladdin when I was 7. This is amazing.

[@jelt110]

This guy is simply peerless- transitions seamless- like Landowska on her Playel- read his bio on his website- surviving wwII- scary stuff- we could have lost this genius for all time..

[@gracewenzel]

I’ve just watched this for the first time and I am stunned. What an exceptional performance. And what captivating cinematography.

[@arthurenzo3075]

Thank you very much for posting this incredible Masterpiece. This recording isn't available on cd. Luckily I have now a digital to analog converter. So I can enjoy it a lot. Bravo!

[@francoisjouachim1064]

Quelle émotion de revoir ce film, que j'ai découvert sur Arte à 12ans, et qui m'a émerveillé par son graphisme saisissant. J'ai depuis lors entrepris de jouer cette oeuvre, et croyez-moi, à mon humble niveau pianistique Petrouchka restera sous mes doigts un fastidieux chantier ! Ce baller est à mon sens une pièce fondamentale de la musique, un conte à la fois magique et sensible composé en cinq actes (trois dans cette version piano seul). L'histoire émouvante de trois marionnettes qui au cours d'une fête foraine vont prendre vie sous la baguette d'un enchanteur, et nous interpréter la joie, l'amour, l'exotisme, la folie, l'affrontement, la mort, et la résurrection.

[@StephenGottPianist]

Thank you this is a gem of a find. I study with one of his students.

[@ellenol1014]

best piano version ever.

[@The1976spirit]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJnMfGqimd-DbdU

[@gerardconte4042]

Magnifique !

[@remsan03]

This is very exciting, added by the fact that the tone is way higher. Like riding a rollercoaster

[@ondinehd6889]

Half tone higher.

[@federicolambeaosuna7949]

I love His tempi,

[@muxant_academy]

Masters at works.

[@paulmayerpiano]

This is really a pinnacle achievement of human piano playing. Amazing stuff. Thank you for uploading :) 3:50-4:00 really? I didn't think that was possible. Guess I learned something new today

[@scottweaverphotovideo]

Spectacular!

[@bluebuzzdog]

Stravinsky famously said the piano is a percussion instrument. I believe THIS is how he intended to be played.

[@alkanista]

I don't know if Stravinsky ever said it, but Bartok was the one who was most famous for asserting that the piano is a percussion instrument. Which is obviously true, but the reason for his insistence about it was his dislike for a certain school of thought that said that the piano should be made to "sing".

[@tsalviat]

virtuosité, mais surtout, quelle intelligence !

[@marcalves6623]

Impressionnant

[@NancyJayABQ]

Thank you for sharing this. Very strange yet lovely. I liked the black and white and the dubbed sound!

[@welliamism]

The performance is actually unedited, kind of. It's just played on a fake piano and set to a recorded version by Weissenberg done a few weeks prior (Weissenberg had to finger-sync himself to his performance, which must have been sooo hard, too). You'll notice there's virtually no micing (save for the microphone that is very far away from the piano, but there's no way in hell that's picking up this quality of recording) or cables, which allows for the odd camera work that makes this film unique.

[@rickartdefoix1298]

Thanks for the info. Heard something alike. Anyway, he appears in another recording and interview in his own house (think) and you can hear and see parts of this with him playing live and there he explains himself quite well about this work. 😉😏

[@RobertoeLilia]

Splendida interpretazione.

[@JaseBach]

A brilliant film, reminding one of Bergman's The Seventh Seal, the most intellectual and perhaps the greatest film of all time. Here, the role of Death was played by Weissenberg, whose steely perfection and cool demeanor was as haunting as the Director could wish. Every generation has a pianist adored by the public but lampooned by the critics. Our generation has Lang Lang, but the frequent negative reviews Lang garners pales into insignificance besides the patronizing reviews Weissenberg routinely got. He inspired critics to write with the sharpest wit and deadliest venom. Mr Weissenberg is remembered for some brilliant recordings and concerts, but he also left behind a catalogue of possibly the worst piano recordings ever made.

[@maurolocatelli3321]

The pitch is of a semitone higher, this means he played this slower and then they sped it up in studio...

[@samuelee.locatelli2429]

Bravissimo... Ma Art Tatum se lo mangia in un boccone senza trucchi... Di lui mi pare Horovitz disse "per fortuna non fa la classica o saremmo tutti disoccupati"...

[@Nouronihar]

This is due to to the so called PAL speed-up. Film is usually recorded at 24 frames per second but the European video standard is 25 frames per second. So during the transfer from film to video the material is sped up by 4%. These days the pitch can be corrected digitally separately from the speed, but until relatively recently all European VHS, DVD etc exhibited this. With actor's voices it's usually not so noticeable, but all sound is a little more than a semi-tone sharp.

[@Yhiith]

@@samuelee.locatelli2429 ti prego, tu non sai cosa dici

[@MrStrav81]

Even if they slowed it to the actual speed, it would still be an incredible performance. The clarity and evenness is jaw-dropping. It's computer-like at some parts.

[@steveegallo3384]

@@MrStrav81 -- I heard that Weissenberg was an "anti-Romanticist" and eschewed flamboyance. That he once said, "You don't see a surgeon preening, emoting and putting on flare, do you?"

[@welliamism]

Funny you say this, given the circumstances of this filming. The piano Weissenberg is playing on is specifically created for this performance: it has no hammers, I think (in any case, it is a deliberately silent piano). He's finger-syncing (incredibly well, I might add) to his own recording. Anyway, it's good to understand that film styles are transient. This film is meant to be market and show off Weissenberg, and back in the 60s, this was how you did it.

[@JRMPO]

Adorei o video Arthur! Obrigada por postar! =)

[@Tizohip]

😮

[@Tizohip]

Wtf............ thissss pieceeeeeeeeee WtF......... very good..

[@UnaMoscaEnLaPared]

I've heard another recording, here on youtube, from him a lot more "spontaneous". This sounds amazing, but a little artificial. I prefer the other version.

[@jean-marieboisbouvier6678]

Sublime. :)

[@mr.hashundredsofprivatepla3711]

An incredible performance by an incredible pianist. It’s a shame that the recording is such low quality, if only it were recorded with better microphones instead of the ones used here. Update: Actually, there is! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZnHpomIga1mfpI This is the same recording, but in better quality, not to mention this version being in the right key.

[@mr.hashundredsofprivatepla3711]

11:27 12:43 13:11

[@jordanperry8015]

No way. Really, no way. I might as well never touch another keyboard in my life, this is generations beyond me. I mean... you have got to be kidding!

[@jazzsmit]

RIP

[@4ubi]

my opinion is that Gilels can't step on the little finger of Weissenberg ..:)

[@ZanesProductions]

He looks and acts like Neo from The Matrix when he learns he is "The One" at the end. That's a good thing :)

[@sak8585]

Wow

[@romeobortolani1907]

Unfortunately... incomprensibilmente... it is not the original speed (and tone), but it is speeded up

[@Tizohip]

13:15

[@elineangelica]

OMG! the swedish commentary is soo funny!! weissenberg is amazing! the only pianist who ever managed to interpret the first rachmaninoff sonata properly! on petruchka i prefer gilels, weissenberg makes it sound a bit too easy, i miss the tension and musical struggle,,,

[@rickartdefoix1298]

Like Gilles, too, but he had not the rich, powerful Weissenberg Sound. Gilles is very good at Beethoven piano Sonatas and also in the piano concerts, which are a landmark. Those of Weissenberg with Karajan are very good too in what concerns him. But as I dislike pompous Karajan... Anyway, they are different enough from the Gilles account as to have both renditions. The recording maybe better in the AW cds. The DG Gilles Beethoven Piano Sonatas are well enough recorded by Deutsche Gramophone. Gilles add a beauty layer with his interpretation, find. 🙄

[@rickartdefoix1298]

Weissenberg had the ability of making everything he played seem effortless, would I say. 👍

[@Taneyev]

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[@jhw406]

dat wrist

[@hadricalifornia]

Ha ha your comment deserves more thumbs up XD

[@oneginee]

no, i really mean it.

[@雪浦瑞城]

凄いを通り越して凄まじい。

[@remsan03]

HAHA that is too funny!!!

[@hugod327]

4:40

[@brugelxencerf]

Would have been better with less of the performers face and more of the amazing arms and fingers which are playing it

[@RysiekMarkowski]

Fenomen 5:10

[@benharmonics]

11:27-13:18

[@brugelxencerf]

The *%$#$ cameraman spends more time on Weissenberg's face than on his hands. Or the weird shots from 40 feet above the piano. He must have been stoned!

[@MARTIN201199]

Piano version of Disney's Fantasia

[@hadricalifornia]

If you don't like the visuals, turn off your screen!

[@FigaroFigaroFoofoo]

All too commonly piano (and other music) videos are uploaded onto KZbin at incorrect speed. This alters not only pitch but tone color, timbre, and expression. It falsifies the musical information and creates a misleading impression out of a historical document. It's as if old masters paintings were uploaded with the wrong tints. There are no excuses for it-- not even lame attempts at humor.

[@alkanista]

I think that happens most often when old films are transferred to digital. I'm not sure that KZbin has anything to do with it.

[@FigaroFigaroFoofoo]

I'm not commenting on Weissenberg's fabulous performance, but this version is useless because it is a semitone high.

[@oneginee]

Stravinsky is no great composer at all in my view. This is one crappy uninspired piece of music. Weissenberg is a great piano master he makes this almost worth listening one time.

[@diegeigergarnele7975]

There's not such a thing in music as an opinion when it comes to quality

[@rickartdefoix1298]

Agree. Think it was only the 2nd mov. I liked in Petrushka. Never thought of Stravinsky as a great composer. Had it not be because of "Le Sacré du Printemps" I would have neglect him. No matter I can appreciate the Rite of Spring, yes. 🙄😔

[@didon8460]

axel fauves yes but your telling us your taste. We don’t give a fuck. Because it’s just the way you listen to it. Have you ever studied music seriously? Stravinsky is a genius like you can’t even imagine. If you say the contrary then I will listen to your expert arguments. In other case your hears and your brain may ignore how full of shit and ignorance they are. If you don’t like it, no problem, I don’t argue with taste. But saying Stravinsky « is no big deal » is like saying « hey i don’t know anything but I can say something, listen to me please!!! I want to exist ».

[@johnnovello1315]

I disagree!!!

[@central9823]

His violin pieces are much better than piano pieces. Overall, he was a great composer