Artur Schnabel plays Schumann Kinderszenen Op. 15

[@Hyramess]

Every once in a great while Artur Schnabel recorded something that makes me believe he truly deserved the great reputation he enjoyed. This is one of those times. I've never heard such a stunning rendition of Blind Man's Bluff -- a revelation! -- and no one will ever hear a more touchingly eloquent reading of Traumerei. Some of the tempi seem unusually, even unnecessarily, brisk, but he makes them work very well, and frankly the last two have rarely been played so beautifully. Great

[@carterjohnsonpiano]

Most beautiful Kinderszenen I've ever heard...wow.

[@meredith218461]

May I suggest listening to the version by Alfred Cortot, that other iconic figure from the same era. Of course Schnabel brings an uncompromising intelligence to the score as well as sensitivity (His Traumerei is beautiful), yet for me Cortot brings an unworldly sense of story telling to the score that very few before or since have matched.

[@metteholm4833]

True to the character of every note and every idea.

[@larrykatz3333]

The performance is beyond praise. I just want to add thanks for the photographs.

[@MrGer2295]

MOLTO BELLO!!! Thank you for sharing this Wonderful performance of Great Austrian classical pianist ARTUR SCHNABEL(1882-1951).

[@MusicFilmArt_UteNeumerkel]

Artur Schnabel gehört zu den ersten modernen Pianisten mit dem Ideal der Werktreue. [ENGLISH below] Verinnerlicht hat er aber noch das romantische Musizieren: relativ frei, auch im Tempo, immer im Kontakt mit dem spontanen Empfinden, mit wunderschönem singenden Ton. Das macht sein Musizieren bei aller Genauigkeit so reich und lebendig. - Artur Schnabel is one of the first modern pianists with the ideal of faithfulness to the score. But he had internalized the romantic way of playing: quite freely, also in tempo, always in contact to the spontaneous feeling, with wonderful singing tone. This makes his performances, though precise, so rich and lively.

[@thomgeo8073]

Artur Schnabel is Genius!

[@Mozartiano42]

Absolutely.

[@Bampaloudu64]

Le jeu de Schnabel est vivant. Il y a comme un ressenti immédiat : le coeur est là, c'est sincère, on n'en doute pas dès la première seconde.

[@unclejuniorsoprano]

SCHNABEL HAS NEVER BEEN EQUALED. HIS INTERPRETATIONS ARE UNSURPASSED. I'D RATHER LISTEN TO HIS OLD MONO RECORDINGS THAN ANY OTHER PIANIST'S. HE WAS NEVER AFRAID OF HITTING WRONG NOTES & BLAZED THROUGH EACH DIFFICULT PASSAGE WITH A DEVIL MAY CARE ATTITUDE.

[@ewaldsteyn469]

What a great and magnificent version. I dearly love and highly respect the magnificent recordings Clara Haskil and Annie Fischer also made of Kinderszenen. But Schnabel brings special insight two this masterpiece that even these two great ladies cannot quite equal, nor any one else in my opinion.

[@condenao_muchacho]

hermoso

[@nicolaszannin]

Hélas il n' y a plus aujourd'hui d' Artur Schaabel...

[@1123581321345589144V]

Now I know where Argerich copied her dynamics on this one...

[@jasminatramisak2860]

Loša reprodukcija...Žao mi je...

[@Johannes_Brahms65]

Horrible!

[@maandahhan4900]

Why?

[@Johannes_Brahms65]

He plays too loud overall. He has a Beethoven-like tone, which work with rhythm but not with melody. It's just too masculine for these scenes from childhood. Maybe Schnabel was having awful childhood memories - that's what I hear at least.