Arthur Rubinstein was once asked who he thought was the greatest pianist of all time. He replied "Vladimir Horowitz, I think." Then he was asked what about Rachmaninoff. He then replied, "Rachmaninoff wasn't a pianist, he was God!"
@yurigubanov5506 Жыл бұрын
And Rachmaninoff won’t even finish an Art Tatum piece, when tried :)
@agamaz56508 ай бұрын
This. Art Tatum is my favorite by far. He changed everything for me. @@yurigubanov5506
@Alex-oy6ss7 ай бұрын
not "...of all time" but ...of his time
@Alex-oy6ss7 ай бұрын
@@yurigubanov5506Тейтум на ходу придумывал. Арт, в свою очередь, не смог бы исполнить 3й концерт Р. предварительно не выучив. сомневаюсь, что смог бы, если бы даже выучил. многих хороших классич пианистов среди чернокожих мы знаем?
@FrancisAsin-Gioro6 ай бұрын
@@yurigubanov5506it’s ridiculous. Only low level IQ people really believe that shit. Jazz is much easier by all means that’s why most blind people try jazz which is not even a real music. Lower level always keep self deceiving. It’s above their comprehension limit.
@ReflectingRules3 жыл бұрын
9:30 variation 18th has one of the most beautiful melodies ❤️❤️❤️
@srothbardt Жыл бұрын
It’s an inversion of the Pag theme. Down an octave in major. B flat I think.
@ReflectingRules Жыл бұрын
@@srothbardt it is infact, i think like negative harmonies?
@user-md7ig5ir2b Жыл бұрын
@user-md7ig5ir2b 0 секунд назад @twophilosophicalkids9565 Agree with You
@independentpuppy7520 Жыл бұрын
@@srothbardt True. It's beautiful though. Rach was a genius to be able to do that.
@independentpuppy7520 Жыл бұрын
@@ReflectingRules Yes.
@adriancook70785 жыл бұрын
Jesus......unbelievable! the guy had such hands.........enormous and so long, wide and flexible like butter! He just tells them what to do......loud, soft, fast, slow and those hands just do it. No one can play like that.
@danmahler9063 Жыл бұрын
More amazing when you consider he was 5’8” and ~160#.
@WeDoLoveU Жыл бұрын
@danmahler9063 5'8 is above average (5'6). I thought he look like 5'6, but he does look shorter probably because of his big head. Some people with smaller head look taller but look funny. *He definitely one of the Legend.*
@mirkojorgovic Жыл бұрын
He had best hands ; we all others can long time practicing for good playing form; he not need many hours for practicing piano but still plays well. Of course in late phase , 50th-75th year he trained more systematically and loger per day.
@wpoon14 жыл бұрын
Artur Rubinstein is one or even the best of the best pianists in 20C.
@andrewgu4293 жыл бұрын
ever* edit that rn
@jedrzejsteszewski6694 Жыл бұрын
He was not bad in 70 Fahrenheit either ;-)
@danielwinner6394 Жыл бұрын
Why not Horowitz?
@brookelabano Жыл бұрын
@@danielwinner6394 obviously but who is really comparing?? Thank god we experienced both men.
@RB-bj9ms11 ай бұрын
Horowitz may have had the greater technique, but cannot compare to Rubenstein's expression and interpretation. @@danielwinner6394
@drbruce773 ай бұрын
There is no better way to learn how to approach the piano than listening and watching Rubinstein perform. What a delight to be able to hear this. Thank you.
@ulffrey74547 жыл бұрын
Performance jamais égalée, quelle vivacité, quelle tension dans le jeu! Sublimissime
@fiorellabrancacci1921Ай бұрын
Sono incantata dalla magnificenza con cui domina il pianoforte. Il Maestro dà potenza e scolpisce i suoni come fece Michelangelo con il marmo
@demonstain4 жыл бұрын
What a MASTER!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW!!!!!!! SIMPLY AMAZING!!!!
@giuseppemariaperego8937 Жыл бұрын
Fantastico!!! Rest in peace Grande Maestro Artur Rubinstein ❤❤❤❤❤😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉Giuseppe Perego Monza 16.2.1962 Grazie
@trevorchang297311 ай бұрын
In the early 1960s I had the honour of meeting Artur Rubenstein backstage after his concert in Wellington, New Zealand,. Such a quiet spoken gentleman with the softest hands which could express such passion.
@antoniogutierrez84937 жыл бұрын
This must have been amazing to witness, that was the performance of a lifetime!
@zamyrabyrd7 жыл бұрын
Just think decades later we can still enjoy and marvel at it! (This may have been 1950.)
@stevehinnenkamp56257 жыл бұрын
The son of a gun by some higher power did indeed capture the work. I grew up with the record album. It still creates the same magic.
@micaelabonetti94910 ай бұрын
Che meraviglia!!!
@jriquelmem11 ай бұрын
I must confess I just "discovered" Rubinstein last year while looking for Claudio Arrau records . Amazing virtuoso, he makes look "easy and relaxed" even the most intricate pieces. Now I am a fan.
@andrewzhang851210 ай бұрын
how did you discover rubinstein just now great that you're a convert tho
@jriquelmem10 ай бұрын
@@andrewzhang8512 no excuses, just my pure ignorance
@UnknownPascal-sc2nk2 ай бұрын
Grieg Piano Concerto.
@JK-pd7jf2 жыл бұрын
Wow the speed and intensity! Rach must have been one hell of a pianist as well a magnificent composer! And that full piano slur at the end, breath taking ! Now let's hear him play the Rach 2.
@gljm Жыл бұрын
Rachmaninoff was one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century.
@SacvsCA9 жыл бұрын
How is there not a trillion views on this already????
@thestratford519 жыл бұрын
Erik Otis Do you know year, conductor/orchestra ? Thanks in advance.
@thestratford519 жыл бұрын
thestratford51 Ok, I believe this was from 1956, Alfred Wallenstein/Showcase Symphony Orchestra.
@SonyaToole8 жыл бұрын
agreed!
@robertlambert23067 жыл бұрын
because there are more than a Trillion lovers of this type of expression of passion
@studentoftheword61157 жыл бұрын
Yes I agree. You think there'd be about a Trillion Viewers so far on this!
@robertjason688511 ай бұрын
That dry acoustic...unforgiving. Makes an even more exciting performance. Mr Rubenstein's dynamics shadings on great display. The Chopin specialist rocks Rachmaninoff!
@ammbr7 жыл бұрын
what a precious video record! amazing!
@sarahyoon94387 жыл бұрын
magnificent and wonderful and fantastic!!!!!♥♥♥♥♥♥
@charlesbehlen62256 жыл бұрын
Rubenstein's Paganini has been part of my nervous system for fifty years. I once could do it from memory note for note. Not any longer, unfortunately.
@cristinavelazcoamorin5112 жыл бұрын
Desde mis 20 años mi profesora me lo hacía escuchar para que notará la excelencia,en este mundo tal volátil retrotraerse a ese tiempo me llena el corazón de sueños y magia,cuando yo misma trataba verme en su lugar .Magnífico!!
@davidswanson5669 Жыл бұрын
One day you will again
@amerain1729 Жыл бұрын
Did you suffer from a stroke or something?
@stevesumner99887 жыл бұрын
Outstanding. Amazing talent
@germanm.76367 жыл бұрын
El Genio interpretando al Genio...........
@lawrenceclemens84942 жыл бұрын
Artur.... with his gorgeous, customary "fireworks" as he called it. BRAVO! You should read his autobiography, it's terrific.
@danielabosnegeanu10656 жыл бұрын
Wow...amazing !!!..breathtaking !
@FilsdAbrahamHistoire4 жыл бұрын
Who could tell me the concert place and the year of this incredible démonstration of what is : having the piano music in the head (no partition !!) Arthur Rubinstein is simply the Best. Thanks
@roningordon29552 жыл бұрын
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@daxbenton90472 жыл бұрын
@Ronin Gordon Instablaster =)
@karlpage90282 жыл бұрын
I think its either 1950 or 1956 with Walter Susskind and NBC symphony
@matrixgtx26803 жыл бұрын
9:35 the best Variation 18 I've ever listened to
@matrixgtx26803 жыл бұрын
@기기 ikr
@user-yu6zt2bh3y Жыл бұрын
Супер... Гений Рахманинов... Обожаю эту рапсодию... Брависсимо Артур Рубинштейн....
@giuseppemariaperego8937 Жыл бұрын
Non sono ancora passati 5 minuti e sono già senza fiato...❤❤❤Giuseppe
@b.biermann68415 жыл бұрын
Toll. Wie souverän! DANKE❣
@ParleX Жыл бұрын
Pure masterpiece
@CarmenReyes-em9np Жыл бұрын
Divina 🇮🇷❤️🥉 obra perfecta 🙏 Artur Rubistain. 🌹
@dkaymc Жыл бұрын
Fantastic! Absolutely the best!!
@barney68882 жыл бұрын
We all love this work and the 18th variation deserves its fame... but it's the 17th' that sets things up for this moment and is where the deep genius is. The dark, lost in the jungle before the dawn.
@robertjason688511 ай бұрын
Thanks SO much for posting this!
@lorettazaccaria40334 жыл бұрын
Simply outstanding
@zaknews074 жыл бұрын
Rubinstein "The Pianist" no more words...
@klopusiewicz3 жыл бұрын
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@mtcharts6 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite Rachmaninoff pieces.
@meredith2184617 жыл бұрын
I wonder when this performance took place, it looks as though it could have been the early 1960s. Rubinstein gives a sparkling account of this demanding work.
@simonboccanegra38117 жыл бұрын
I believe this is from a "Festival of Music" episode of NBC's series Producers' Showcase, telecast on 30 January 1956. Alfred Wallenstein conducts the Showcase Symphony Orchestra.
@meredith2184617 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the information.
@zamyrabyrd3 жыл бұрын
The orchestra is excellent, very spirited!
@restrepoaparicio5 жыл бұрын
Suena bellísima, muy bella
@drbob20102 жыл бұрын
It doesn't get any better than this ..!!
@emmanuelmassarotti55352 жыл бұрын
Un des plus grands musiciens de tous les temps
@janpanufnik1705 Жыл бұрын
Thank You from Poland ! Great music !
@astronomo165 жыл бұрын
The end magnifique!!!
@Dylonely422 жыл бұрын
I love so much the 18th variation
@konstantin1943 Жыл бұрын
Like everyone does
@CarmenReyes-em9np Жыл бұрын
El más grande de los concertistas. El primer nombre cuando era casi una BB 😂🇮🇷🥇. 👏👏👏👏👏🔥🖐️
@adriannoe98414 жыл бұрын
Maravilloso Rubinstein !!!
@herondelatorre40233 жыл бұрын
When I hear this song from 9:35 to 12:13 it takes me back to Imperial Russia during the reign and life of the last Tsar/Emperor Nicholas II, his wife Empress Alexandra, their son Grand Duke Alexis, and their four daughters Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Marie, and Anastasia. God Bless their memory.
@giuseppemariaperego8937 Жыл бұрын
Grande Rachmaninoff!!!❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉 Giuseppe
@MrInterestingthings5 жыл бұрын
Ive never seen this film of Ruby 8n Rachmaninov! Were lucky there are many performance aling with luve recital inMoscow! Abd of course the many filmed performances from later the Grieg, ChopinNo 2. More and nore the orchestral part of these variations shows he changed in Anerica. Rachmaninov got brassy and crass in a thoroughly modern way! TheVariations on Chopin prelude are such great music .
@docskin2 жыл бұрын
And always such poise. I do dislike all "theatre" modern pianists seem to think is part of "job". Facial expressions, contortions on the piano..... Rubinstein keeps his pose, composure and at one point even adjusts his coat! What performance in every way!
@valerieheinderyckx450611 ай бұрын
The boss... king Artur! ❤
@ronstriebig274910 ай бұрын
Just amazing
@user-vh2my5gx5t7 ай бұрын
Да одно из лучших исполонений.
@isabelprieto94627 жыл бұрын
maravilloso
@christluth Жыл бұрын
Outstanding, really by a 20th century giant !
@user-ws1qe6zt8p11 ай бұрын
Великолепное исполнение!!!
@user-cg5xh4hb4u Жыл бұрын
Brawissimo ! Обожаю !!!
@glennaharris94974 жыл бұрын
Excellent performance.
@ausgoogtube019 ай бұрын
thankyou for sharing this - very important work.
@voraciousreader33412 жыл бұрын
I love so many aspects of the person and musician Rubinstein was, learned over so many years, and one aspect is the absolute command he demonstrates at the piano....no emoting, no swaying, not the least bit of sweating, no huge facial grimacing....all of that energy is funneled into his playing. He’s absolutely marvelous!
@highpeaksphil3 жыл бұрын
Superbly brilliant
@wendylouisehall1924 күн бұрын
The interpretation is simply majestic and exquisitely beautiful ! Wendy Louise Hall (Pianist, Composer a.o ) SA
@oberon59327 жыл бұрын
U nas w Polsce to się mówi na takich Arturek.
2 жыл бұрын
La mejor interpretación de esta pieza. Rubinstein demuestra aquí porqué fue un extraordinario intérprete. Unos pocos afortunados tienen el CD de mediados de los 80's con el sello RED SEAL de RCA.
@anitahuie11456 жыл бұрын
Such a great composer.
@lagaviota733 жыл бұрын
Impresionante esta versión!!
@marcofabela75792 жыл бұрын
Buenas noches desde México Disculpe usted la molestia 20 de DICIEMBRE de 2021 SIMPLEMENTE EXQUISITO !
@zxczxc40405 жыл бұрын
9:25 여기부터..(You may want to listen from here.)
@chul-youngroh10414 жыл бұрын
9:36 부터....
@Samuel-Samuel14 жыл бұрын
0:00 you may want to listen from here
@salmoonp.shaukat4684 жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@kellisuzuki88893 жыл бұрын
it seems most have trouble appreciating all the other variations instead of just the 18th one...
@giuseppemariaperego8937 Жыл бұрын
Artur Rubinstein ovvero il pianoforte ❤❤❤🎉Giuseppe Perego Monza 16.2.1962
@evdanker2 жыл бұрын
excellent posture, excellent performance
@yinyangxperience51372 жыл бұрын
Wow, so fluid!
@williamhopkins432 жыл бұрын
Incredible
@nooneyfinlay6673 Жыл бұрын
Phenomenal ❤️❤️❤️
@ausgoogtube019 ай бұрын
its kind of massive - most are familiar with the rach-esq theme, but there is much more, such heeves against the orchestra, and then consessions... awesome stuff - thankyou.
@cretium8056 жыл бұрын
For the people who are curious, variations VI, VII, XI, and XVI are skipped
@ceciliavargaslizarraga5 жыл бұрын
But this skip is frequently done so, this is not a surprise...
@willemeret23984 жыл бұрын
I was gonna say, soooo short!
@jjonghee70103 жыл бұрын
행복을 주는 영상 고맙습니다
@bonniehoke-scedrov4906 Жыл бұрын
WOW!
@classicalruns1245 Жыл бұрын
Love it! Especially, var 18!
@dutchflats7 жыл бұрын
Nowadays all we get on the major TV networks are Beyonce or Katy Perry? Which makes me wonder how far we have actually come as a species?
@jenmorricone40146 жыл бұрын
Thres a lot of things that make me wonder that too. one step forward in technology, ten steps backward in attention span.
@irmaduranmunoz61266 жыл бұрын
Dutch Flats Beyoncé is an amazing artist. Best of her generation no doubt
@marilynireland88055 жыл бұрын
We haven't.
@tonymccarthy67135 жыл бұрын
I don't know who the 'we' is. I know I certainly don't.
@fernandoserico774 жыл бұрын
Media are made to enslave people
@giorgiofenoglio44146 жыл бұрын
Un pianista straordinario anche per la sua età avanzata. Peccato non ci sia più.
@user-qm7pn2zu7u5 жыл бұрын
흑백의 아름다움이 라흐마니노프 피아노 선율과 절묘하게 어울리네요
@anitahuie11456 жыл бұрын
I would have loved being there.
@cubanm813 жыл бұрын
UNO DE LOS MAS GRANDES.
@naonavel2 жыл бұрын
Is the conductor Alfred Wallenstein? He has the best accompaniment. It is because of his wonderful contribution to this masterpiece. His musicality is also wonderful😊
@danmahler9063 Жыл бұрын
Information hidden just below the video credits, “Peter Joblonsky conducting the Royal Philharmonic.”
@blase18563 жыл бұрын
I Also love how he plays Rachmaninoff's piano concerto in a different way, which i like better than how it should have been played.
@SZ-wb1qb2 жыл бұрын
do you have a video that could show how he plays "differently"
@anamariajannello35653 жыл бұрын
Majestic
@gurtana4 жыл бұрын
9:30 in, until 12m12s, folks - Variation 18. Incredible.
@marcofabela75792 жыл бұрын
Buenas noches desde México 20 de DICIEMBRE de 2021 SIMPLEMENTE EXQUISITO ! Feliz navidad y próspero año nuevo 🌹🌹💐 para todos los que escuchan ESTÁ MÚSICA 😸😸😷😷😷😷😷😷😷😷
@gustavomendoza6187 Жыл бұрын
BRAVISSIMO MAESTRO!!!
@astridschlegel76814 жыл бұрын
A very great artist he is missed
@VDF13258 Жыл бұрын
GREAT!
@carmen6169 Жыл бұрын
Bellísima grabación. con película pantalla pequeña. ♥️🇮🇷🎹. casera de 16 mlimtros.
@carmen6169 Жыл бұрын
El único que habia ,tenía 6 años. 🎹🎹. 🇮🇷. 🙏😍
@militaryandemergencyservic32864 жыл бұрын
My grand dad knew Rachmaninoff well when he lived next door in Beverly Hills and used to bring him his cigarettes at the end of the month. He once took my granddad on his knee and played the famous c sharp minor prelude with just one hand. My granddad said it was the most thrilling thing he had ever heard. But once Horowitz came to ask Rachmaninov a question about how best to interpret the Paganini last variation. Rachmaninov apparently didn't like the tone of Horowitz's question and promptly slammed the piano shut and said, with a heavy Russian accent 'Get out, you jelly-fingered mutt'. Strange story but my granddad always used to tell us all it at dinner time. Of course, it's not true, I just wanted to write a story that would keep Rachmaninov fans glued to my text.
@Pogouldangeliwitz Жыл бұрын
I liked your story. Would gladly listen to more of them.
@militaryandemergencyservic3286 Жыл бұрын
@@Pogouldangeliwitz Here is another story then: with no formal piano training at all, I barged into the queue of preteens lining up for something or other at the famous Gnessin school in Moscow (where Kissin among a host of other starry alumni have studied). Upon witnessing my effrontery, I was immediately introduced to a pupil of Liberman whose pedagogy includes the line back to Beethoven. That pupil became my teacher. Thus my line also goes same way through Liberman, Nikolaev, Lechitizky, Czerny, Beethoven. TRUE STORY.
@Pogouldangeliwitz Жыл бұрын
@@militaryandemergencyservic3286 Did you meet Lola Astanova there, whose line, I think, goes directly back to Miss Jenamy?
@militaryandemergencyservic3286 Жыл бұрын
@@Pogouldangeliwitz no. I thought I met Trifonov, but my teacher said he went to a different school for talented children in Moscow. Anyway, if I did meet him it was at a concert where Elena Richter was playing Beethoven and Prokofiev.
@AndreJorgeOliveira17 жыл бұрын
wonderful
@mahirzara7 жыл бұрын
CHURCHILL
@anitahuie11456 жыл бұрын
Excuse me but the man playing his own music is the famous man Rachmaninoff
@anitahuie11456 жыл бұрын
He is a musical genius.
@Pogouldangeliwitz Жыл бұрын
That is Jamie Oliver playing Quantz' flute concerto, you marmots!!
@ginoprisco22953 жыл бұрын
Meraviglioso
@user-pz3cw4tv9s3 жыл бұрын
Fritz Reiner (Conductor), Chicago Symphony Orchestra
@pelegribernial47417 жыл бұрын
Aquest pianista per mi ha estat un dels millors pianistas de la història....Pelegrí Bernial Mollet del Vallès Barcelona