Mark Hambourg the 5 Recorded Chopin Etudes 1929

[@davisatdavis1]

You have to remember, this guy was one of the true romantics; the greats we categorize with liszt, chopin, etc. He was one of them. Despite all recordings of him being in his later years it's unbelievable that we could even hear this type of playing. This is the forgotten sound of what we lost after the romantic era.

[@michaelreich2306]

Er war Schüler von Leschetizky, der wiederum Schüler von Czerny war.

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

We lost this marvelous sound because the pianists AND their audience of today wanted it to be lost. The pianists have to make some money, and obey to the stupid crowd, what is normal, but the AUDIENCE OF TODAY, they are the real piece of sh.. , just read the comments on YT, these complete morons, these robots. I hate my time with utter passion.

[@MortyInARobe]

He emphasises unique phrases in an absolutely beautiful way, I’m so glad these recordings exist!

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

0:01 the sheer and pure beauty of his phrasing, inner cantabile and legato, moved by this dancing energy ... a dream .... a dream ... some moments ..; (remembers me to the most precious moments of my life)

[@TB-us7el]

I often see your comments, Fritz and think how wonderful they are in describing what I, too, am hearing. I couldn't have said it better myself.

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

@@TB-us7el Thank you ! (even if english is not my native language and with all faults ....)

[@dora9103]

I feel I unlocked new perception of classical music in my brain after hearing this recording...

[@andreasneumann]

So much liberty for the middle voices, fabulous!

[@3047L-f6m]

thank you so much for your constant posting. I really appreciate the recordings of Hambourg, he was such a genius.

[@kimdoomin]

1:54 Op.25 n.2 3:15 Op.25 N.3 4:55 Op.10 N.6 7:15 Op.10 N.5

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

7:15 each of us knows that in Chopin's Etudes, Lhevinne was Perfect . And the "problem" with perfection , is that you know at every second what will follow ...... Hambourg .... is making it different . Just like a beautiful girl dancing in a meadow , who can tell what will happen in only one second ................ ??

[@adriaencoorte2094]

Lhevinne plays from the existence of the music. Hambourg plays out of its essence. "Perfection" isn't "perfect."

[@MrInterestingthings]

Everytime I hear these the new spontaneous effects have been forgotten and it's a new pleasure. Op.25 in F has never sound so quicksilver!

[@kasyapa]

The always-and-ever-fascinating Hambourg.

[@pianomaly9859]

So fascinating in fact, that I ordered am reading his second book The Eighth Octave. Have watched the three films of him available, too. Six decades after his death, he can still get purist's shorts in a bunch, and he can even twitterpate me sometimes. - MM

[@piano345]

Fascinating 'interpretive touches' and the Black Keys etude is amazingly fleet fingered although he opts out from playing the final octave descent in tempo and as written.

[@tobiolopainto]

Rosenthal plays a glissando in both hands. Friedman adds a couple of octaves to the gliss.

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

The man seems not to play for the glory of the piano in itself ..... there is something MORE ..............

[@shenhe6281]

Most like Anton Rubinstein!

[@angelobonacci461]

Paragonarlo a Liszt mi sembra azzardato,ma comunque molto bravo particolare e leggero,non mi piace l'interpretazione della polacca militare, troppo veloce