Marguerite Long plays Ravel piano concerto in G, Georges Tzipine 1952

[@ondinehd6889]

Margo Beloved: Thank you for the upload! It's wonderful! But you should specify that Maurice Ravel wrote his G major piano concerto FOR Marguerite Long, and dedicated it to her. Marguerite Long worked with Maurice Ravel on the interpretation of this concerto. That is why Marguerite Long premiered the concerto. On the first page of the concerto is written: "A Marguerite Long," (To Marguerite Long). French pianist Monique Duphil, who studied with Marguerite Long for many years, and who worked on this concerto with Long, will be performing this work soon (Sept. 2018), with the Philippines Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Fukumura.

[@3047L-f6m]

she was about 80 years old when this was recorded... incredible!

[@3047L-f6m]

her playing is so elegant, supple, her sense of time unique. such style... it doesn't get any better! and what a beautiful picture!

[@robynsalain]

quel toucher inoubliable,une grande dame du piano

[@RichardASalisbury1]

Such a supple, clear, and flowing performance.

[@robertcohn8858]

Fantastic performance. I've never heard this concerto played better. Thanks so much for posting!

[@НоннаСадуллаева]

Она лучшая!! Бесконечно могу слушать! Вторая часть божественна!

[@zeldiy]

The only interpretation I can ever listen to. Sublime

[@gregoryroscow5846]

Wonderful and truly authentic.

[@BWV846]

Incredible..

[@alskndlaskndal]

I love the interpretation of the first movement. Many modern versions are faster, but I think it swings more at this tempo. The orchestra plays with real feeling.

[@AulicExclusiva]

Recorded 12 March 1952, with the Paris Conservatory Orchestra.

[@BrucknerMotet]

She premiered this concerto. Ravel was too exhausted and asked his friend the accomplished Ms. Long to fill in. Ravel dedicated on of the pieces in Le Tombeau de Couperin to Ms. Long's late husband who died in battle in WWI.

[@ondinehd6889]

Actually, Ravel wrote this concerto FOR Marguerite Long, and dedicated it to her, that is the reason why she premiered this concerto. If you look at the score, on the first page, it says "A Marguerite Long" (To M. Long). I know this first hand, because my mother, pianist Monique Duphil, studied with Long in Paris for many years, and actually learned this concerto under M. Long's tutelage! The very sad thing about Long's husband, is that they got married, and shortly afterwards, he went to war, where he was very soon killed. Marguerite Long therefore lost her husband not long after being married, and she went through a very difficult period overcoming this loss. She remained a widow for the rest of her life...

[@alicksung]

Thank you, it's a treasure

[@3047L-f6m]

today everything is about speed, too hectic... everyone should listen to her elegant style.

[@Allanfearn]

But also in 1932, when (at around 58) she (and de Freitas Branco) olayed this rather faster?

[@josigaita]

Gênios!

[@darwin94]

This may be the closest interpretation that Ravel wanted to since she worked with Ravel personally.

[@daphnedeturgalium4868]

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[@thebigstink7472]

Should the trills not be connected in the cadenza? Most recordings I’ve heard do, but this and perlemuters do not.

[@patrickmacguire1436]

A master piece from Marguerite Long

[@classic4ever780]

comment expliquer que cette interprétation de Marguerite Long qui date de 1952 nous paraît plus proche des désirs de Ravel que d'autres plus récentes, et plus virtuoses, mais qui nous laissent froid ? Entre Lang lang et Marguerite Long il y a ...des siècles de technique et malgré tout je choisis Marguerite....

[@christianguignard9980]

Et nous vous comprenons bien ! c' est tout le paradoxe de notre époque, et le mensonge est universel ! Le coeur et l' engagement étaient premiers en ces temps, et chaque "souffle" venait d' en haut...entre Ravel et marguerite Long, c' était une histoire d' union, de partage, de complicité.... et plus tard entre Samson et Marguerite, ce sera une filiation directe, un certain enfantement pour Marguerite, et un enfantillage génial pour Samson François... Nous n' avons plus le même regard au ciel ni aux hommes, quand vous pensez que Debussy doit sa naissance musicale à un communard...nous en sommes quelques peu éloignés... L' institution musicale qui forme et nourrit les professionnels est bénie, continuons donc, elle n' en reste pas moins hors de la vie, totalement sans vie... ( comme celle du patrimoine en général) Ah, si les français savaient..., l' humanité que les mômes, même des Balkans à la mère Caspienne, en passant par chaque pays de la méditerranée, génèrent en chantant ! Si nos pontes de la culture mondiale avaient su honorer un Liban béni et plein de grâces musicales et culturelles, si nous avions su rester conscients et honnêtes sur un moyen orient qui nous dépasse en tout... Mais les murs de notre indignité, nous ont arasé les sentiments... et la capacité de les transcrire. Le monde est arrogant et faux, et c' est cela que l' on entend à travers le travail des interprètes de nos jours... car d' oeuvre, il n' est plus question ! ite missa est. Oui que marguerite est belle , sur terre comme au ciel...maintenant, excusez moi, je vais écouter les saz et baglamas en Turquie, ils ont plus de légitimité donc de dignité... malgré tout ! c' est peu dire alors de la notre !

[@Herodatticus]

classic4ever alors là je regrette marguerite long avait certainement bien plus te Technique que langue longue

[@alskndlaskndal]

And to think she was in her 70s when this was recorded! Perhaps in Ravel's time her technique was more virtuoso.

[@ondinehd6889]

classic4ever: Oui, cette interprétation de M. Long est "plus proche des désirs de Ravel," car Marguerite Long travailla ce concerto avec Ravel lui-même! Ravel a composé ce concerto POUR Marguerite Long, et sur la première page de la partition de ce concerto est écrit: "A Marguerite Long!" C'est donc bien la voix de Ravel que nous entendons ici, si bien transmise par M. Long!

[@p.a.cthegoldenageofmusic3279]

@@christianguignard9980 You are so right!

[@calebhu6383]

14:50

[@umegghju]

She looks asian and also her surname is asian. Anybody knows about her origins? In any biography i found anything about her father/mother. He was probably from some french part of southern Asia.

[@mathildekgm2382]

Long is a French word that means Long (as lengthy) and both their parents are French. fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite_Long

[@GeorgesDume]

Elle avait pris le melon en s'estimant l'interprete choisie par Debussy mais faut reconnaitre qu'elle savait jouer du Piano, de ce coté là rien à dire..

[@daphnedeturgalium4868]

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