Lazar Berman plays Rachmaninoff 4 Preludes

[@berlinzerberus]

Glorious B flat! - The enormous size and wideness of the Russian landscape is reflected in Berman's Rachmaninoff, wonderful!

[@jean-louisyoung5086]

Top !!

[@classicalalways]

One of the greatest performers of Rachmaninoff Preludes - pity we have so few of them.

[@inazuma3gou]

The best interpretation of C sharp I've heard.

[@mauriciogomes1466]

I like too. But I prefer g Gilels!

[@JoaoFurtadoCoelho777]

IMHO, next to Rachmaninoff himself, Lazar Berman is the greatest interpreter of Rachmaninoff's piano music. It's just this simple. Thanks for this upload Gullivior, and the photos are fine too.

[@marcorotondi7613]

Sono d'accordo con Te. Il Maestro è il più grande interprete di Rachmaninoff. Non si può ascoltare di meglio al mondo! Solo Berman!

[@cicir423]

Absolutely has been my favorite for decades. As for younger (and living) pianists, I can't stop watching Alexander Malofeev... Rachmaninoff seems to grow from his core.

[@andrewanderson6121]

You need to know R's friend Moiseiwitsch (he even surpasses R at times--especially in the midsummer nights dream scherzo! and the b minor prelude

[@gabribesanzoni7091]

Wunderbar! 💓💓

[@mammonak]

Op. 32 No. 12

[@inraid]

perfect!

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

It is not! Lazar Berman was a boring alwdgehammer! More powerful louder than boring sledgehammer Lazar Berman=Mikhail Pletnev!! The 3rd Loudest was Erwin Nyiregyhazi!)

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

Berman boring sledgehammer!!

[@iianneill6013]

It's like he's taken chamber music and then re-transcribed back down for piano ... every meaningful voice is brought out.

[@HodGabriel]

Best 23/2 I have ever heard

[@emilgilels]

You might also enjoy Richter, here, live in 1969: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXapmaxnnZt4pMU or in one of his other performances of this piece that can be found on KZbin. [Hungary, live, 1969: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZS7gplqhKaKbaM] [kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHqmeKSJZ7qno7c - with the score, I think it's the studio version?]

[@andreyi3233]

@@emilgilels I prefer Gilels. ;-) Richter is too pedantic for this piece and his temperament does not help.

[@JoaoFurtadoCoelho777]

+gullivior Piece nº 3 is: Prelude Op. 32 No. 12 in G sharp minor... and NOT No. 1...

[@busylifemeto]

Lazar Berman only comparable to Richter

[@raymchenry9172]

And Gilels

[@vladimirsafonov9786]

Лучше Рахманинова сыграл до диез минорную прелюдию!

[@0962544]

Neat

[@dorfmanjones]

I was a fan of Berman even before he first toured in the USA. But he's not at his best here. Tubby, congested and generally rhythmically inert.

[@mattklammer5232]

Tubby, congested and generally rhythmically inert??-- Are we listening to the same performances? These interpretations rank amongst the most free flowing and sensitively paced that I know off. Maybe there a few that I don't know, but I don't know many better!

[@dorfmanjones]

@@mattklammer5232 If you want to really hear what Berman could do, listen to the old Melodiya discs. Start with the Rachmaninoff Moments Musicaux.

[@Yluana999]

Мне не нравится( слишком затянуты , вычурные паузы.. пафосно и главное... Те трогает 👎