Michelangeli in Tokyo - Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit (1973, live)

[@spacevspitch4028]

Nearly note perfect in front of an audience. Not just note perfect but the control of texture, balance, and overall vision. Gaht dayum.

[@lucas__machado]

I love the tempo he uses in Scarbo. That really show one doesn't need to be the fastest ever to get the feeling right

[@djmotise]

I'm so tired of hearing all the fastest possible Scarbo performances. Ravel never wrote "fast as possible." And most pianists obliterate all of his pp and ppp markings. Thank you for your comment.

[@lucas__machado]

Wow this rendition is incredible, first time hearing it and I find it to be one of his most amazing recording

[@alessandrodelmonte5765]

Il sommo interprete di Ravel e il più grande pianista di sempre!

[@throxing8865]

The Scarbo was incredible beyond words

[@paulamrod537]

Michelangeli is a very rigorously inventive pianist. His accuracy is amazing. Furthermore, the arpeggios in the first movement, this virtuoso executed marvelously.

[@ludmilakosovich4831]

Какая потрясающая фантазия и звуковые образы!!!

[@doGreatartistsgrowontrees]

Such a difficult work to perform let alone learn! This is magisterial.

[@alfredofranco]

The Ondine treatment has such a deep sense of melancholy that was absent in the renditions of the 60s.

[@josemariaduquelopez5483]

Incredible!

[@paulmetdebbie447]

Thank you for uploading. We listened to it in awe. Both for the composition and for the fantastic performance of ABM. He was a phenomenal pianist indeed. To play this piece live is unbelievable. ❤️👏🙏

[@rravvia]

His slightly slower tempo in Scarbo soooo much better and more musical/lyrical.

[@DarioGallo-y1b]

The best ABM, the color ABM of the seventies! Superlative interpretation! It's a shame he didn't record it with Deutsche Grammphon... but that's fine too! Thanks for sharing! ;-))

[@alfredofranco]

He said that Gaspard didn't work in a studio recording, without the living presence of the public. So he never thought of recording it. Nevertheless this rendition from the Tokyo recital was recorded pretty well.

[@DarioGallo-y1b]

@@alfredofranco In my opinion certain philosophical reasons don't justify certain choices... A studio recording allows for better sound quality, but everyone is free to make the choices they want in life.

[@obiwan88]

@@DarioGallo-y1b Thanks for judging one of the best piano geniuses of recent history, but I'd rather you not. By the way, you sounded like Captain Obvious.

[@liana7102]

I. Ondine 0:03 II. Le gibet 6:22 III. Scarbo 13:00

[@ganjamozart1435]

Staggering...

[@Barbapippo]

Superwonderful, a true wizard.

[@andrearodigari4840]

Il mio mito!

[@weerawanchantanavanich5518]

wow the blunder on left hand at 7.40!!!

[@pianopera]

A-flat instead of B-flat...probably a very temporary memory-lapse.

[@golden-63]

Quite rare for Michelangeli!

[@melissaking6019]

Ondine doesn't have the magical atmosphere, exquisite lyricism, swirl, and glowing shimmer of Michelangeli's 1958 recording, but Le gibet and Scarbo are stunning.

[@alombredeslava2468]

Admirable de virtuosité, mais sans la chaleur, “l’humanité”, le chant profondément ravelien d’un merveilleux Gieseking.

[@EmptyVee00000]

Ashkenazy aussi.

[@djmotise]

Finally, a correct tempo of Ondine. Ravel wrote Lent. But it's still a bit too fast. But so clear. And gorgeous sounding. The fast tempos are not right.

[@alfredofranco]

Lento doesn't mean adagio.

[@OlexiyTykhomyrovTiger]

What do we shell say to support the channel if the interpretation is excellent and we just have to keep silent?

[@rolfschulte4747]

Ondine, note perfect as it is, could be more dreamy at the beginning.... (is this blasphemous for a Michelangeli admirer....?) - it sounds like it was a morning performance, wide awake rather than a midnight one....

[@grouchocatman]

What's the deal with the photo??!!

[@EmptyVee00000]

No magic in Ondine; sounds like a technical exercise.

[@willcrisp4948]

Great as the playing is after multiple listens I must agree. Scarbo fantastic though

[@EmptyVee00000]

@@willcrisp4948 Ashkenazy much, much better.

[@Tom-iv5pw]

This guy always hates on interpretations and recommends Ashkenazy wtf

[@EmptyVee00000]

@@Tom-iv5pw Always?

[@grouchocatman]

@@Tom-iv5pw Couple years ago I saw a documentary on Michelangeli. Ashkenazi was prominently featured. I don't speak Italian or Russian, but judging from the context, expressions and body language, Ashkenazi held Michelangeli in the highest esteem