Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli NY Carnegie Hall 1/21/1966

No copyright infringement is intended, if any still exists . Posted solely for the artistic exposure of this Historical performance by Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. Carnegie Hall New York January 21 1966
Bach/Busoni Chaconne
Beethoven Sonata # 32
Debussy Images BK 1 and BK 2
Chopin Berceuse
Chopin Scherzo # 2
Encores
Mompou Cancion y Danza #1
Mompou Cancion #6
Chopin Waltz # 17
Scarlatti Sonata L 483
Grieg Cradle Song op 68 #5

[@user-vk5jm8mo1v]

Non vi sono parole per esprimere tutta l'ammirazione che provo per questo sommo Artista,che con la sua arte ha raggiunto il Sublime.

[@prinzparsiphal777]

I got reasonable doubt that Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli was born on Earth.

[@alessandrorigobello7551]

he was born in Brescia, Italy. But came from Universe.

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

ABM not The greatest! The greatest pianists of All Time Are really Artur Rubinstein ( The God) Grigory Sokolov ( The Titan The Giant of The piano) Emil Gilels ( The King) Wilhelm Kempff ( The beautiful piano sound Ever) Maurizio Pollini Vladimir Ashkenazy ( The most beautiful volcanic piano sound Ever) Mikhail Pletnev ( The most Powerful Prokoviev piano concerto no 1) Stanislav Igolinsky ( better than Lipatti) Alexei Lubimov ( The Genius) Radu Lupu ( Brahms piano concerto no 1 with The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra video KZbin! Lupu a class of his own playing Brahms) Sviatoslav Richter Maria Grinberg Natalia Trull ( Prokoviev piano concerto no 3!!) ABM played The second-rated concertos like Mozart piano concerto no 15 Haydn concerto G major Liszt piano concerto no 1! ABM never played The Best piano concertos like Chopin 1-2 Brahms 1-2 Rachmaninov 1-3 Mozart piano concerto no 24 Because ABM The Great machine player! ABM The Mechanical King!!

[@ermenegildoluponi3184]

Brescia, Italia ma i suoi genitori erano originari della regione Umbria, Italia

[@ermenegildoluponi3184]

@@RaineriHakkarainen you are crazy

[@Theolonius-ov1ij]

​@@RaineriHakkarainensei un pazzo furioso, oltre che ignorante. Un povero infelice.

[@TheElenabranick]

“Michelangeli ranks among the grandest of all musical autocrats. And when his transcendent mastery is complemented by warmth, wit and charm, such additions are beyond price. This is an issue that all lovers of great artistry will pounce on…”Gramophone Magazine, March 2009

[@paologavini3321]

forse il più grande pianist del 900

[@gongcome]

Incredible that this document even exists. Spectacular playing .

[@Lircking]

document? This is a recording.

[@1937franco]

il genio del pianoforte...espressivo ,geniale...esplosivo....irripetibile...chi come Lui???

[@arturomichelangeli5731]

The most volcanic and fireing recital which Michelangeli played after London 1957

[@metteholm4833]

Total mastery! This is colossal!

[@auerod]

This 2nd Scherzo is the best I've ever heard. Sweet Jesus! --Chaconne: 0:01 --Op111: 13:35 --Debussy: 38:04 --Berceuse: 1:05:00 --Scherzo #2: 1:09:20 --Encores: 1:19:20

[@EmptyVee00000]

auerod Scherzo is so unrhythmical and unmusical, but pianistically “impressive,” I suppose.

[@farahmand4771]

@@EmptyVee00000 well, it's only your little opinion, most people would find it extraordinary. No pianist had such a mastery of the rythme (except Gould maybe, Richter was very close, and Horowitz not far behind also).

[@Kurremkarmerruk1]

I'd say almost every piece in this concert is the best I've ever heard.

[@AlexanderArsov]

@@EmptyVee00000 , you're not deaf, but you're brain dead, I suppose.

[@alessandrodelmonte5765]

Dolcezza infinita l esecuzione del Genio, soprannaturale: appagante.

[@pelegrino791]

After hearing that, how can people say ABM was "cold" as Richter put it ! It's volcanic yet "perfect" in the pianism.

[@jeffsmith1798]

This performance is amazing. The Op 111 second movement @22:12 is absolutely beautiful.

[@JohannaCTjia]

If we coud hear and see him playing this would be fantastic.

[@thepianocornertpc]

I heard him 6 times in the hall.Indeed transcendental. Beyond anything else I ever witnessed live.

[@raffaelefigini367]

Volcanic interpretation of Beethoven op 111! The best ever heard!!

[@claireyoon]

Raffaele Figini ii

[@jimkost2002]

Absolutely astonishing even for ABM....who is always jaw dropping..... but this..... holy sh**!!

[@vurria123]

Thank you for sharing this rare and important document. A strong, physical virtuosistic performance. The combination of his power and speed in the Bach-Busoni must have shocked the audience immediately.

[@richterkleiber]

What a volcanic, white-hot Beethoven 111... just incredible!

[@auerod]

+Zsolt Bognar One of my favorites performances in all of classical music is Richter's Moscow 1975 live recording of op111 which I've listened to nonstop for more than 20 years. I've had a chance to listen to this op111 by ABM a lot over the last few months. Richter has nothing on ABM. Incredible, extraordinary, volcanic...these words don't do justice. There are passages from both movements that I'm having trouble getting out of my head. Damn!

[@JohannaCTjia]

I don't understand. Do you mean you lijke both versions?

[@auerod]

I like both a lot, ABM's a bit more.

[@JohannaCTjia]

Richter and Michelangeli are both amazing. I love their music!!. But I think that ABM is always playing as I like it best. I will listen to Richter's version if I can find one.

[@EmptyVee00000]

Ashkenazy always played the best Op.111.

[@patriziaspinillo7370]

Stupendo!!!!!!

[@65attila]

Musical magic,. Thank you for posting,

[@pat30d]

Thanks you for sharing. Tears. Divine

[@user-vs4ch8kp6h]

Amazingly gorgeous!!! So beautiful!!! What a piano!!!

[@frankromano9064]

Great concert, thank you. The Beethoven was great.

[@mathiasthieme6203]

Here we can say Thank You for one of the most beautiful examples of pianistic art, in my opinion. I've heard ABM 1977 (Augsburg), and later in Munich (incredible solo recitals and, 1992, the Ravel Conertino in G with Celibidache... )The Carnegie-hall-performances are outstanding. So much thanks!!!

[@michelangelomulieri5134]

Beyond comparison...

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

NOT TRUE! The Titan of The piano The Giant of The piano Grigory Sokolov his Chopin piano concerto no 2! Brahms piano concerto no 2! Mozart piano concerto no 24! Saint-Saens piano concerto no 2! After Grigory Sokolov played These concertos then All The others pianists Are really only The DUST ZEROS! Sokolov THE TITAN OF THE PIANO!! ABM played The second-rated concertos like Mozart piano concerto no 15! Haydn concerto G major! Liszt piano concerto no 1! ABM never played The Best piano concertos like Mozart 24 JS Bach 1052 Brahms 1-2 Chopin 1-2 Prokoviev 1-3 Rachmaninov 1-3 Saint-Saens piano concerto no 2! ABM knew that The Best plays These concertos then My ABM art is empty trash awful low art! That is Why ABM i going to bash distroy Grieg concerto With brutal accent after brutal accent after brutal accent! The Best greatest pianists of All Time Are really=Artur Rubinstein ( The GOD) Grigory Sokolov ( The TItan of The piano) Emil Gilels ( The King) Wilhelm Kempff ( The most beautiful piano sound Ever) Sviatoslav Richter Mikhail Pletnev ( The most Powerful Ever) Alexei Lubimov ( The Genius no 1 Mozart piano concerto no 27!) Maurizio Pollini ( The Genius no 2) Solomon Cutner ( The most perfect structure of music! Solomon Cutner The highest IQ points Ever). Proffesor Malinin Said that Mozart playing is The most difficult! The Best greatest Mozart piano concertos players Are really=Mozart 17 Dezo Ranki Mozart 18 Vladimir Ashkenazy Mozart 19 Radu Lupu Mozart 20 Vladimir Ashkenazy Mozart 21 Radu Lupu ( The others The Good=Artur Rubinstein Murray Perahia Maurizio Pollini Stanislav Bunin Vladimir Ashkenazy) Mozart 22 Laura Mikkola Natalia Trull Jörg Demus Robert Casadesus Mozart 23 Solomon Cutner ( The others The Good=Wilhelm Kempff Grigory Sokolov Murray Perahia Maurizio Pollini Vladimir Ashkenazy Vladimir Horowitz Radu Lupu Stanislav Bunin) Mozart 24 Grigory Sokolov Maria Grinberg ( the.good=Wilhelm Kempff Mikhail Pletnev Gina Bachauer) Mozart 25 Murray Perahia Mozart 27 Alexei Lubimov ( The others The Good=Emil Gilels Vladimir Ashkenazy Murray Perahia Stanislav Bunin Natalia Trull)

[@keplergso8369]

Incredible. Superb document ! Thanks a lot !

[@Rudel23]

Both this one as well the other CH recital you've published are amazing , ABM at his best. Thank You

[@brozors]

oh wow, he played Mompou? This is fantastic!

[@DavidClay1206]

Surprised to hear ABM played with such a passion!! His playing usually gives me an impression of control and restrain

[@Kurremkarmerruk1]

I suggest you to listen also these: - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYqWlaeoptSXfZY - kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5yxppxsoK18nZo

[@5SunkenHeights5]

A half step sharp and presumably fast... But that's just a detail. Thanks whoever posted this gem!

[@vantagetheatre]

This is the best Beethoven ever recorded. ABM is one of a handful that LVB would have approved to play his divine piano music.

[@cornelmicut1093]

Maybe , Bach ?

[@laiglevoleseul2142]

The greatest of them all, and he knew it too, absolutely no self doubt with ABM. The Chaccone is staggering in its virtuosity. Is this the famous Carneige Hall recital where Horowitz listened from behind a curtain so as not to be observed, and said he had never heard anything like it?

[@laiglevoleseul2142]

+Yo Shi I think it is a fairly well documented anecdote amongst the cognoscenti. Regarding some of your other comments I heard him in London in his late, very great recitals in the late 80's early 90's and he played the B minor Scherzo and it was volcanic as was his op 111 a year or so later which was sculptured from the most intense piece of granite until finding some respite in the last pages of the Arietta. Unforgettable moments in the life of a concert goer.

[@laiglevoleseul2142]

+provv sor (ovvs) I think it is well known that ABM did not care for the US, I don't think he played there after about 1970. And yes, it is doubtless because the public there and moreover the critics just did not "get" his fastidious European "raffinement' which concealed a demon that he could sometimes barely control. Also his demands regarding pianos and tuners and temperature of concert halls would have been considered wilful to the rather basic American mindset. I think on a simple level the Americans could not contemplate that Michelangeli's incomparable technique and superhuman control left their "idol" Horowitz miles behind. Whatever, he was the very top of the pyramid and he , of course, knew it. Perhaps that is why they did not care for him. He was just too sure of where he stood on the top of he last stone.

[@CanAlternateLostTape]

Ahem, an American here who loves Michelangeli, Lipatti, Kempff and more. We're not all unsophisticated simpletons.

[@talastra]

One non-unsophisticated simpleton doesn't offset a comparatively general unsophisticated simpleton culture.

[@brianandrewleahy1]

do two? nitwit.

[@vyce394]

Merci pour la chaconne de bach en ouverture. Il le joue également dans un tempo diabolique que vous pouvez trouver sur you tube.

[@nadiadesimone9853]

vyce394 Vrai.Merci 🌸🌹🌸

[@ghislainecasaburi5537]

Un géant du piano! Inégalable!

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

Come on Ghislaine! NOT TRUE! ABM not the Greatest! More Genius than ABM=Sviatoslav Richter Solomon Cutner Grigory Sokolov( rhythmic vitalness by Sokolov! ABM=NO Vital Rhythmic beat! ABM =No Flow) Maurizio Pollini Alexei Lubimov Stanislav Igolinsky! More Flow and more colorful piano Sound than ABM=Kempff Rubinstein Gilels Radu Lupu Ashkenazy! MORE POWERFUL Louder than ABM=Mikhail Pletnev the Supernova Explosion Power( Prokofiev piano concerto no 1 by Pletnev!) The Second Loudest was Lazar Berman! Arturo Benedtti Michelangeli played the Second-Rated concertos Like Mozart no 15! Haydn G major! Liszt concerto no 1! ABM never played the Best piano concertos=Mozart no 24 JS Bach 1052 Prokofiev 1-3 Brahms 1-2 Rachmaninov 1-3 Tchaikovsky no 1 Saint-Saens! YES OK ABM i am going to Distroy and Bash The Grieg Concerto with Brutal Accent after Brutal Accent!

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

ABM never played Chopin piano concertos 1-2!!

[@jsb7975]

Michelangeli zal NOOIT geëvenaard worden. Daar is hij te geniaal voor.

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

NOT TRUE! Grigory Sokolov ( The Titan of The piano the Giant of The piano) Sokolov his Chopin piano concerto no 2! Brahms piano concerto no 2! Mozart Piano concerto no 24! Saint-Saens piano concerto no 2 after Sokolov played These concertos then All The others pianists Are really only The DUST ZEROS! Sokolov versus ABM 15000-0! ABM THE CYBORG HUMAN MACHINE KING PIANIST EVER! Sokolov versus Horowitz 100-0! Sokolov versus Marc Andre Hamelin 500-0 Hamelin The ROBOT KING PIANIST EVER! Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli not The greatest pianist! ABM played The second-rated concertos like Mozart piano concerto no 15 Haydn concerto G major Liszt piano concerto no 1! ABM never played The Best piano concertos like Mozart 24 JS Bach Piano Concerto no 1 1052! Rachmaninov 1-3! Brahms 1-2! Chopin 1-2! Saint-Saens piano concerto no 2! ABM knew that The Best plays These concertos! ABM i going to bash distroy Grieg concerto With brutal accent after brutal accent after brutal accent! The Stupid people 99% love The Bashers Distroyers! The greatest pianists of All Time Are really Artur Rubinstein ( The GOD) Grigory Sokolov ( The Titan of The piano The Giant of The piano) Emil Gilels ( The King) Wilhelm Kempff ( The most beautiful piano sound Ever) Sviatoslav Richter Mikhail Pletnev ( The most Powerful Ever! Lazar Berman The second loudest hardest hitter of The keyboard! Lazar Berman The Sledgehammer pianist Ever! Lazar Berman The second-rated player Ever! Pletnev had his moments CPE Bach rondos and sonatas! Pletnev his Haydn piano concerto no 11 The Best ( not his recording! Pletnev live much stronger and better Piano sound sharper) Alexei Lubimov ( The Genius no 1) Maurizio Pollini (. The Genius no 2) Professor Malinin Said that Mozart Is the most difficult! The Best greatest Mozart piano concertos players Are really=Mozart 17 Dezo Ranki Mozart 18 Vladimir Ashkenazy Mozart 19 Radu Lupu Mozart 20 Vladimir Ashkenazy Mozart 21 Radu Lupu ( The others the good=Artur Rubinstein Murray Perahia Maurizio Pollini Vladimir Ashkenazy Stanislav Bunin) Mozart 22 Laura Mikkola Natalia Trull Jörg Demus Robert Casadesus Mozart 23 Solomon Cutner ( The others The Good=Vladimir Horowitz Radu Lupu Grigory Sokolov Murray Perahia Vladimir Ashkenazy Wilhelm Kempff Maurizio Pollini Stanislav Bunin) Mozart 24 Grigory Sokolov Maria Grinberg (. The others The Good=Wilhelm Kempff Mikhail Pletnev Gina Bachauer) Mozart 25 Murray Perahia Mozart 27 Alexei Lubimov ( the others=Emil Gilels Vladimir Ashkenazy Natalia Trull Stanislav Bunin).

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

ABM never played Prokoviev piano concertos 1-3!

[@sirkkastephens8819]

Have you ever heard Olga Scheps?

[@francescaemc2]

Thank you!!!!!!!!

[@vonMohl]

A great gentleman and piano virtuoso.

[@AurasSparsas]

Thank you very mauch!

[@brianandrewleahy1]

op106....you made my week! This is true gem! You are awesome my friend!

[@LotteStarck]

- definately a valuable performance of it's time capsule!

[@elinbal9105]

One of a kind. The truth.

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

ABM not The greatest! The greatest pianists of All Time Are really Artur Rubinstein ( The God) Grigory Sokolov ( the Titan The Giant of The piano) Emil Gilels ( The King) Wilhelm Kempff Maurizio Pollini Vladimir Ashkenazy ( The volcanic piano sound) Stanislav Igolinsky Solomon Cutner Maria Grinberg Natalia Trull Radu Lupu Mikhail Pletnev Sviatoslav Richter ABM played The second-rated concertos like Mozart piano concerto no 15 Haydn concerto G major Liszt piano concerto no 1! ABM The Great machine player! ABM The Mechanical King!!

[@mattia144]

​​@@RaineriHakkarainen perchè vai a dare fastidio sotto ogni video di Michelangeli? Se la tua mente e il tuo orecchio sottosviluppato non ti permettono di apprezzare la vera musica allora vai ad ascoltare Richter e Rubinstein, anche loro tra i più grandi pianisti della storia che apprezzo moltissimo i quali però non arriveranno mai alla perfezione divina del maestro Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

[@canman5060]

Can he record the Beethoven op 106 from heaven and bring it down for us ?

[@TheElenabranick]

Otherwordly.

[@joelrigal4622]

Not opus 106, opus 111,c minor... Awesome!

[@Kurremkarmerruk1]

Qualcuno cognosce una versione restaurata di questa registrazione? Does anyone know a restored version of this recording?

[@hiobaname]

No remastering possible?It is done for much less important concerts,for this outsanding musical monument,nothing?

[@josephhapp9]

Strange recording quality,,,???

[@nadiadesimone9853]

Video of Carnegie whit ABM???

[@josephhapp9]

1966 unfortunately.

[@user-gm1cj1mx3y]

手紙を読む青い衣の女の絵だ。フェルメールの。

[@klausknulp]

Den Ring hatte er wohl von Liberace geschenkt bekommen! Gleicher Ort, gleiches Stück, 34 Jahre später: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHmzo3tugdOhmbs

[@nasherkosm97]

This is absurd , these performances are slightly sped up , not even he could manage to pull some of these stunts off. You can tell by comparing his earlier recordings of works like the Chaconne and Scherzo no.2 , besides , his technique started deteriorating in the sixties.

[@farahmand4771]

Nothing has been sped up my friend... Just hear the slow parts of the scherzo or the arietta of op. 111... He still had this amazing technique in 1966. His technique deteriorated later ; you have some recordings where he plays Ravel concerto or beethoven's 5 concerto, he was old but his technique was still the same, immensely great. In the 70's he had the same powers but simply played slower, he wanted to explore the sound in its whole density (something he had partly in comon with Celibidache). It's in the middle 80's that his great technique indeed wasn't anymore.

[@essenceofswag]

When you say it’s sped up. No. You mind moves to slow.

[@nasherkosm97]

@@essenceofswag My mind certainly moves faster than it did three years ago

[@frederickfrederikfre]

@@farahmand4771 Perhaps not everyone knows that he had health problems, suffered from paralysis in the right side of the body, therefore arm and right hand. He had to resume studying almost from scratch and recover his technical mastery to the maximum. Also, with age he also suffered from arthritis or osteoarthritis, I don't remember. And that definitely affected his performance.

[@farahmand4771]

@@frederickfrederikfre Yeah I know, how sad for a pianist, especially of his level!...

[@lucascriabine5404]

Non corrisponde al vero! Registrazione troppo veloce non reale! Michelangeli non avrebbe mai suonato in questo modo irruento. SI sente lontano mille miglia che non è la velocità originale ma truccata.