Paul Lewis‐Schubert：Klavierstücke in E flat Major D946 no.2

[@josephlaredo5272]

Isn't the second 'episode' just the most breathtaking melody Schubert ever wrote! Beautifully played. Thanks for posting.

[@herodot2]

Together with the Death and the Maiden variation movement, the second movement of the quintet, the second movement of the Wanderer, the andantino of the A major sonata (another 2nd movement), the second movement of the great C major symphony... - thinking about it, it's seems often the second episodes or movements where Schubert is at his most breathtaking.

[@eh8332]

What about the middle section of his f minor impromptu?

[@enriquedario2835]

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[@gerritmvisser]

@@herodot2 yes they are

[@jeromus9996]

5:36 is probably one of the best circle of fifths i've ever heard.

[@saldana7395]

Yep I also say that

[@joeowens6180]

A perfect little Schubert jewel, perfectly played.. Thank you, Paul Lewis!

[@kcbathable]

I think Paul Lewis has an amazing ability to turn a very simple phrase into something warm and touching.

[@eh8332]

The middle section of this piece is beautiful

[@osvaldocapella3135]

Maravilla de Schubert. Toda su música es un gracias por la vida!!!

[@natalivoskresenskaya970]

Maestro Paul! Mille grazie per la Sua musica! Schubert e`meraviglioso!!!

[@malualterthum465]

I love Schubert and Paul Lewis shows me why.

[@claudetepossani1167]

AMAZING get in love with this music! Schubert always brilliant, a jewel of the crown!, perfectly played by the Paul Lewis! Congrats, Thanks for posting, enjoy this wonderful piece!

[@meredith218461]

Paul Lewis along with Stephen Hough are Britains two finest pianists. Here is Schubert playing of great refinement and sensitivity.

[@WGBHMusic]

Paul Lewis is so talented. It was great having him perform in our studio recently. Love his playing.

[@SiavashPiano]

hv been looking for this piece for soooo long. Thanks for the share. Great performance. u made my day!

[@oldionus]

Very fine performance of a work that deserves to be much better known.

[@donnacatliota467]

I love this touching piece with its gentle melodies. Beautifully done here. Grigory Sokolov’s version on you tube is also masterful. I cherish both.

[@tomjung1067]

Lovely, we here you a lot on catalunya radio, living like gipsys with backpack and just a little radio in the nature of spain. ❤️

[@karlmatsumoto9281]

Mr Lewis's interpretation is perfectly balanced and has a gentler tone compared to the definitive Alfred Brendel performance. Agree that this one of the most melancholy and profoundly moving pieces in classical piano music.

[@christofeles63]

'Definitive' is appropriate. 'Articulated' is another descriptor for Brendel. Lewis has a freer way with rhythm, is less precise, more atmospheric and impetuous. His performance of the Wanderer-Fantasy knocked my socks off. I felt like I had been raped.

[@tallbillbassman]

The beautiful, quirky quavers in the left hand in bar 4 deserve to be heard. My only criticism. An excellent performance.

[@remsan03]

05:21 The most lush part of the piece. Schubert weaved this seemingly unending melody.

[@robconnor718]

Surely one of the best pianists of this repertoire, Beethoven-Schubert. Bravo PL!

[@malualterthum465]

I have heard thousand of times Paul Lewis play this piece.

[@thomasmun7596]

This piece is my favorite sonata by Schubert. His music is so eccentric

[@finlybenyunes8385]

It's not a sonata!

[@TheJudgeandtheJury]

Lovely piece.

[@thomaschedalbornu3365]

Magnifique interprétation. De très belles sonates de Schubert et de Beethoven également enregistrées par Paul Lewis.

[@larissayegorova4442]

Версия Григория Соколова - это самая прекрасная, волнующая, передающая именно замымел автора.

[@lyralary]

Un grand pianiste !

[@Frances6889]

Alle schön!

[@laspiano765]

Un grand pianiste ! Amazing. , maravilhoso.-12082018-SegFeir-17:25hs.-LAS.-

[@dexterityhunter]

Hello my beloved Franz, thanks to your genius, this piece almost plays itself and hence is almost always touching. But for a very special experience, you must give Grigory Sokolov's latest version a try - I strongly doubt that even you imagined all these sounds and whispers, shadows and lights, juxtapositions and much more at once when you composed it!

[@stephenhill2404]

Paul Lewis is an extremely fine and sensitive pianist and I enjoy his playing a lot. The problem is that Brendel's shadow is a long one in this repertoire and he may never be bettered.

[@KegPatcha]

Brendel is the go to performer for Schubert. No one like him. I love Lewis playing Beethoven, and for Schubert, the Wonderer is very good.

[@geertdehoux]

Maestro Paul Lewis is an excellent pianist and a Great Artist. Geert Dehoux, pianist. Belgium.

[@jaimeZine]

Beautiful!!!

[@diavolo9242]

Bonsoir monsieur, vous êtes éblouissant. Je n’arrive même pas à me concentrer sur la musique tellement votre visage concentré m’éblouit.

[@sansumida]

Schubert uses contrast to make his musical dramatic point. Check out his String Quintet in C also his String Quartets many of the slow movements have turbulent contrasting middle sections. Basic prinicple of musical form!

[@Jalcolm1]

Wonderfully balanced and beautifully non-committal. You don't have to sell the piece, you just have to play it; because it sells itself. If played too slowly, it is too sugary. Schubert was dying when he wrote this. The pianist should get on with it!

[@sansumida]

Cool, but I give way to the genius of Schubert! That's what a composer means, to put together disparate musical materials. did not know this piece until recently. Do you know the Fantaisie for piano duet in F minor D940? That is hypnotic, sublime, insistent, there is a touch of OCD in Schubert.

[@lindadecker2269]

it seems there is a part missing somewhere in the first five minutes Oo

[@gagovich100]

thank you!

[@metteholm4833]

Pure love.

[@shanshanwang1271]

超级喜欢946的

[@militaryandemergencyservic3286]

at 8:11 he should add a sublime couple of bars then repeat that section! Can anyone suggest why he doesn't play what Schubert wrote, please?

[@clagygulap]

Which hall is this?

[@SviatoslavRichterSpa]

Amazing.

[@geertdehoux]

Can be. Thanks for the idea.

[@geertdehoux]

I know, but it doesn't make this wonderful piece of music better. At least, that's my - humble - opinion. Regards, Geert Dehoux, pianist.

[@bluepool210]

Would anyone know what grade this piece is? Thanks :D

[@Nathan_RdB]

5:36

[@geertdehoux]

PS. What is OCD ?

[@gagovich100]

were can i find the sheet music?

[@gstibgo3751]

Henle

[@vovojka]

охуенно. Мне очень нравится. Это правильный Шуберт

[@Henjow1]

I prefer Brendel's version. That One is just perfect.

[@tteu123]

Don't know the grade, man, but if you tell me what you can play I can tell you if it's accessible or not.

[@MrPaevo]

Running breathlessly headlong into the grave...

[@geertdehoux]

I mean the two 'middle sections': as I don't see why they're here, I suppose I wouldn't play them at all, only the main melody because of its unique beauty.

[@militaryandemergencyservic3286]

At 8:11 he should repeat that section plus he should add another sublime little bridge. For the real version check out Katsaris - or even my version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zl6oeGBnd7CpgMU Did he forget? Or did he consider what Schubert wrote to be unworthy of playing?

[@geertdehoux]

Yes, for me it belongs to the most beautiful music Schubert ever wrote for piano! Only the middle section is a pity...

[@geertdehoux]

Hi Sandor. Thanks for the explanation. No doubt many musicians, artists, scientists etc. have so-called 'personality disorders'. For example, many of them have a kind of autism. Nevertheless, I consider 'normal' people MUCH sicker than we are! As my good friend and excellent pianist/musician Vincent says: "Thanks God I'm NOT normal!" :-) Regards from cold Belgium, Geert.

[@dexterityhunter]

... and Sokolov is God !!!

[@williambunter3311]

SO FRUSTRATING! Beautiful music played by a true Maestro. But who is directing the camera work? Definitely not a piano lover! I want to see his fingers, not his face. Do these producers not realise that a great deal of the pleasure of piano music is visual? One wants to see the magical dexterity of the performer. We know he is seated at the piano - we don't need constant reminding of this fact. I just couldn't stay with this. It was far too frustrating. Schubert would be disgusted, and it is an insult to Paul Lewis also.

[@geertdehoux]

Hi, of course, your opinion or choice isn't worth less than mine. The same about the 3rd movement of Brahms' 1st Piano Concerto, the 5th part of Schubert's so called 'Forelle' Quintet, Mozart's so called 'Turkish March': at least in my opinion, they don't serve the music. Was Schubert himself a genius ? He was probably chanelled by what we would call 'genius'. I really dislike that Fantasy in f, for me it's unbearable and even weak music. I would never play that again. Regards, Geert.

[@davidmoran5431]

What a kinda klutzy opening, an unlyrical long line. It does not get better rhythmically after that, all clunkier than not. Expected better given his ultrasolid Beethoven playing.

[@sandymtz3953]

I am just NOT feelin' it either

[@mistert6631]

Pretty flat.

[@kevinmaestroful]

brendal is better

[@MrPaevo]

Running breathlessly headlong into the grave...