Liszt -- Sonata in B Minor -- Alexis Weissenberg -- Live - 1981

[@Legato949]

l think we don't have to discuss only technical aspects,the most important in Music is Music,and nothing else.. his playing is very touchy' feelings witch comes from this music is something we don't' can explain! that's the true music.

[@geertdehoux]

By the way, there are also WONDERFUL moments in this performance!

[@MrGisela64]

Pausen sollten auch ihre Werte haben, maestro!

[@classicalalways]

More gripping? The first commercial recording of Weissenberg is certainly more impressive technically, and hardly has passages like 2:26-2:32 that are a complete bomb. Sure, this has better sound and therefore can create the impression it is more intense. If in mono days they could have such sound, we would know IF that performance was intense. Meanwhile, Weissenberg will unfortunately be better known for the Rachmaninoff 1st Piano Sonata since he is one of few greats to play it.

[@ronwalker4849]

MY COMPLAINT, ABOUT THIS GREAT PIANIST, IS THAT EVEN IN THE FAST PIECES LIKE RACHMANINOFF THERE SHOUL BE MOMENTS OF GREAT GRANDEUR BY PLAYING SLOWLY AND ALLOWING CERTAIN CADENCES TO BLOOM BY BEING GIVEN SPACE. BUT PLAYING EVERYTHING FAST, IS NOT MATURE OR FULFILLING. IT BECOMES A SPORT RATHER THAN AN ART.

[@shelleyschmidt9256]

Born into a Jewish family in Bulgaria, Sofia, Weissenberg began taking piano lessons at the age of three

[@MrGisela64]

ausserdem: solche Werke sollte er lieber im Studio aufnehmen... (Schneidetechniken wären willkommen!!!)

[@geertdehoux]

I just listened to 2:26-2:32: how HORRIBLE!! Nevertheless, I as knew Alexis personally and I am aware of the fact he played SO many concerts a year he could hardly go on practicing, I understand... Weissenberg was a great pianist, but from time to time he also played badly. For myself, not his Rach 1st Sonate, but the Chopin Concertos belong to the most wonderful recordings ever made. Cordially, Geert Dehoux, pianist.