The best pianist of all times. I heard him play all three movements of Opus 27, Moonlight Sonata when I was just five years old through the old 78 RPM records my parents had. I knew I wanted to start learning how to play the piano and I did; I did all three movements at my recital at age 13 years old, and later taught it to our son when he was only nine. Yes! Seriously!
@davidabart4 ай бұрын
Agreed! No one did Beethoven better than Rudolf. RIP oh great one.
@silvanelf112 жыл бұрын
My earliest memory of music is of Rudolf Serkin playing this piece. It's almost heartbreaking to hear this performance in retrospect. Rest in piece you beautiful, beautiful artist.
@andreebeauchesne565511 жыл бұрын
He is the perfect pianist for Beethoven. Can't get enough of listening to him.
@edejan11 жыл бұрын
This is the version I grew up listening to. Rudolph Serkin's interpretation is the one I love the most. He dynamism and tempi are to my taste and I think wonderful.
@josefabonettodesuarez19936 жыл бұрын
simplemente sublime!!!.
@gafoster71913 жыл бұрын
I studied at the Philadelphia Conservatory, (now the University of the Arts) in Philadelphia. Rudolf Serkin was Director of Curtis Institute. His son, Peter and I both studied with Allison Drake at the Conservatory. Peter had his lesson ahead of me on Thursday evenings. This is bringing back so much memory. . . . Thank you!
@jochanaan584 жыл бұрын
The master at work. All the intensity this music needs, with exactly the right *rubato* (never too much) and dynamics. A model for today's pianists to emulate.
@vantagetheatre8 жыл бұрын
I have had the great good fortune to see many great artists in live performance (most of them more than once). Serkin, Arrau, Rubinstein, Pollini, DeLaRocha, Watts, Perrahia, and many more). Serkin always seeks the heroic in Beethoven, and I love him for that.
@skylermccloud62306 жыл бұрын
You saw perahia in live concert? Lucky i have always wanted to he is my favorite living pianist what was it like
@EnchantedStarlight6 жыл бұрын
I saw him too, in California when I was about 11 or 12, (1982 or so) and I met him as well. His hand was incredibly soft, he had suede leather gloves which he put on after shaking my hand. Quiet, demure guy.
@jasonguo148510 жыл бұрын
I had Serkin's Moonlight Pathetique and Appassionata recording for almost 20 years and his rendition is absolutely stunning and the music is simply sublime!
@Dernhelmful10 жыл бұрын
I must have the same CD! It's been a staple in my music library. Pop music comes and goes but Serkin's performances will forever be timeless.
@edejan8 жыл бұрын
+Jason Guo I had all three also which I played over and over a thousand times during my youth. He is a true God of music and I judge every other performance of these three sonatas by his performance.
@SarahOstrin16 жыл бұрын
I agree!
@SarahOstrin14 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! Best Beethoven ever!
@stevenvanstaden520810 жыл бұрын
What sincere, heartfelt, passionate playing. It's virtually impossible to play with the qualities he evidences with note-perfection. It's not calculated. It's natural. It's a sensitive human being sharing his innermost feelings arising out of the music.
@princeandrey9 жыл бұрын
Steven van Staden Well said!
@edejan12 жыл бұрын
Rudolph Serkin's Moonlight Sonata has always been my go to recording. I grew up listening to his recording and he brought me to love of Beethoven. A great master and wonderful to see this video. Thanks!!
@TheBobelly6289 жыл бұрын
He's my favorite! The only classical pianist whose music I've actually purchased!
@ohad87539 жыл бұрын
+TheBobelly628 I have to write a whole paper on him
@franksmith5412 ай бұрын
I preferred his son's playing.
@Shotgun93Steve13 жыл бұрын
This video does not have enough views. Give this man every award possible.
@SarahOstrin112 жыл бұрын
Rudolf Serkin's interpretations of Beethoven always felt like it was Beethoven playing his own pieces. BillyDaMountain is correct.
@suu2tube3 жыл бұрын
人生のねんきを感じさてくれる素晴らしいピアニスト
@antoniovisioli446025 күн бұрын
Fantastico Serkin.
@headsweep6711 жыл бұрын
Rudolf Serkin was so gifted. I love to listen to his Beethoven recordings.
@horea.szedlacsek3 жыл бұрын
so few, unfortunately....
@tomrose208611 жыл бұрын
He plays a couple of wrong notes but it doesn't matter. He really understood what Beethoven meant by his piano music and could generate excitement, happiness, abject despair ... whatever the music demanded. Such a shame that he did not record al 32 sonatas.
@lioncrud90962 жыл бұрын
yes he still captures the human spirit behind it and has that emotional impact
@Shadow-jn9yv Жыл бұрын
It's only because he doesn't have sheet music.
@0ga447 жыл бұрын
こんなに力の抜けた月光が聴けるなんて
@princeandrey8 жыл бұрын
To those who think all historical trends are relative and that society "moves on": History, even cultural history, doesn't just "move on." It moves in one direction or another. The Dark Ages, indeed, "moved on" from the Classical era. The further our culture "moves on" from the hugely complex, emotionally deep music of the period that lasted from ca 1600 to the early/med 20th Century, the dumber to culture becomes. Novels, indeed, moved on from Dostoevsky, Proust, Eliot, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, but the better novels of today love and respect that great traditions, the radical import of 19th and 20th Century novelists, even as they perhaps move in a different direction. Read James Agee on Beethoven in his introduction to "A Death in the Family" to read about Beethoven the Radical!
@edejan8 жыл бұрын
+Perry Weiner What a deep and thoughtful commentary. I sense such a loss of involvement and respect for classical music. Although I'm strictly a home pianist, my love of music from that period, including opera, has been the deepest enrichment of my life. I can't understand why it is no longer treasured as it was in my youth.
@maddoc194911 жыл бұрын
As a young boy growing up in Philadelphia, I was reared on Serkin and Ormandy!
@sarahostrinsky4595 Жыл бұрын
Masterful!
@simonecencetti39035 жыл бұрын
Alcune piccoli pasticci sono ben accetti in una interpretazione epica, alla luce di una tecnica trascendente, che rientra comunque perfettamente nei confini di una visione protoromantica. I love Serkin's rendition
@jeanlucchapelon12 жыл бұрын
The best interprétation of this!!!!
@gerardbedecarter14 жыл бұрын
A magnificent performance!!
@kraftpr11 жыл бұрын
You are correct. I am an "oldster" (65) and I stand by my observation. If the popular music of today is for you, great. To each his/her own. I am an avid classical music lover. Have the Obamas invited artists such as Renee Fleming, Evgeny Kissin, Emanuel Ax and others to perform recently? I have not seen them. Perhaps I have missed their performances. As a trained musician, I cannot consider rap to be music in any way. Again, that's my opinion.
@hyperklavier13 жыл бұрын
Master of the universe
@pianotreasures12 жыл бұрын
Fantastic stuff !!
@JD-qd5zp3 жыл бұрын
If you haven’t heard it please check out Mr. Serkin’s recording of the Beethoven ‘Emperor’ piano concerto. It is sublime. No one will ever do a better performance of the Beethoven fifth piano concerto. It’s kind of sad to see him past his prime here.
@RiazRouhani2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant!
@pvonberg15 жыл бұрын
That dope Reagan looked at his watch.
@chipheo2414 жыл бұрын
superbe!
@Gnorz13 жыл бұрын
just great!
@valerieheinderyckx4506 Жыл бұрын
Formidable...
@NB-xq4qt11 жыл бұрын
what's age got to do with,despite age this is wonderful....listen,its not about perfection but feeling.
@BillyDaMountain13 жыл бұрын
@hyperliteBo No, man. It's really cool. I've got some bootleg Beethoven tapes where he really jams. There's a jam with him and Mozart on one of them, even though Mozart was dead! I got 'em from the site StuffThatCouldntPossiblyExist. I'm willing to trade if you have any vids of Washington crossing the Delaware. Seriously, I just wanted to say that Serkin is my favorite interpreter of Beethoven. I simply said it in a massively shitheaded way, and for that I'm sorry. Happy Valentine's Day!
@kraftpr11 жыл бұрын
Just an observation and strictly my own opinion -- KZbinrs may correct me if I am in error. Why are we not seeing and hearing more classical performances of this caliber from the present administration? Seems to me present day events are more from the "pop" culture. I can recall a time when the likes of Horowitz, Isaac Stern etc. were featured regularly.
@SleeperAR Жыл бұрын
The only one play Beethoven that makes me cry.
@picaldishredder14 жыл бұрын
absolut genial!
@judywarner68306 жыл бұрын
A golden moment. Superb pianist, great music, and the Reagan presidency. Nostalgia.
@jtomasik14 жыл бұрын
Dang. That was like getting run over by a freight train. Amazing!!!
@nnarcissminator31938 жыл бұрын
read about this pianist in my Us history textbook. Interesting man.
@MsAppassionata14 жыл бұрын
Get the studio recording of this from the 1960's. It's wonderful, and he was younger then, than here. He makes a few mistakes here.
@daviddemers909310 жыл бұрын
In the front row is Mr. Serkin's wife Irene and next to her is his Grandson Christopher.
@mikelstraus371010 жыл бұрын
muy bien maravilloso
@leoncioviolin11 жыл бұрын
EXCELENTE
@wesbern7 жыл бұрын
Rudolf Serkin, the standard.
@aconde10004 жыл бұрын
Gracias. Nothing else to say
@inclux11 жыл бұрын
I am 18 yrs old and i don't understand how an older person like you fails to see this. People are always curious with new fascinating and strange things that is why population's interests move on to newer concepts. I can draw parallels to individual past-times, 1900s people did crosswords, board games watched the TV - now people surf the internet. People are fascinated with new and the popular - you are selfishly telling us to live in the past. (p.s. i enjoy classical and electric music)
@bronxboy4711 жыл бұрын
Hey, that President and Nancy Regan in the first row! (5:13)
@hyperliteBo13 жыл бұрын
@BillyDaMountain I'm sorry but how the hell could you know how beethoven's version would sound like? I agree that I like Serkins version the best but their is no way you can tell it sounds like beethoven.
@ngaichong56308 жыл бұрын
l love play
@alexyip13693 жыл бұрын
This is great Beethoven playing!
@kraftpr11 жыл бұрын
You are reading much more into my comment than I ever intended. I'm sorry you feel the way you do but your comments, to me, seem to be angry and unjustified. This dialogue is now closed. Thank you and have a nice day.
@jameswarren99022 жыл бұрын
Rudolf Serkin died in 1991. What year was this performance?
@inclux11 жыл бұрын
I don't understand how you are not familiar with this simple concept of life that people are continually fascinated with newer and more interesting things. That is why music has evolved to the pop culture it is today - surely in the future we will see a new form of music. It is the curious of the known which advances humanity. And people seem to not be interested older 'outdated' music no matter which calibre it derives from.
@FrancisAsin-Gioro7 жыл бұрын
A handful of miss hits, and ageing is unforgiving. however he always stands for a great old German school
@zefirowebs12 жыл бұрын
How old was Peter Serkin when he was studying with Allison Drake?
I am not sure if you are serious or not? As time goes on the the popularity in music genre's evolve. Music evolved from its general mainstreams to rock (which many older generations back then thought rock was too 'hardcore'), then to rap/pop and now we see the emergence of techno/electric music. It is the simple fact of life that younger generations urge to break traditions and customs - thus this pop culture. Judging by ur comment 'recall' you seem like an older person, I don't understand...
@kraftpr11 жыл бұрын
Dear young person, I fail to see how you have gleaned from my observation and opinion that I am "selfishly telling" you to live in the past. You are wrong in that assumption. Re-read my comment.
@geroelze17003 жыл бұрын
So Athemlos habe ich den dritten Satz bisher noch nicht gehört! Serkin machte klar: Die Wiederholungen sind Raserei!
@skylermccloud62307 жыл бұрын
this puts valentina lisitsas performance of it to shame
@marksmith3947 Жыл бұрын
It only takes a microphone in a Live performance to do that
@skylermccloud6230 Жыл бұрын
@MARK Smith she's technically amazing but has no emotion she plays everything like she has to take a bad piss or just wants to go home and sleep my personal favorite is murray perahia followed by Daniel barneboim as a close second
@ヒョック4 ай бұрын
満月と共に、光に晒される世界。 観客席にいるのは、レーガン大統領?
@specter29014 жыл бұрын
@pvonberg ahahahahah he needs to know when the russians are going to attack =P
@inclux11 жыл бұрын
Yes you are. You are questioning why society is 'not seeing and hearing more classical performances'. The answer simply is because society moves on - our interests change you cannot question mostly the WHOLE population's interest in pop culture because that is OUR interest. Your opinion stays with you - the Obama invite people from popular culture to their homes because it aligns with society's interest. Your comment, to me, is suggests a tone of mockery towards younger society.
@ghirardellichocolate2013 жыл бұрын
They are all using nail filer. The idea is expressing yourself and some expressions are off. I think if someone is strong at anything they are strong at many things, not just playing. Slackers are not welcome? Basically telling someone get a C cause someone is slacking is not right. On the contrary tixo edish dalshe budesh... Right? Why to show all your cards?
@peachdragon7 Жыл бұрын
ごめん無理。劣化が止まらない。残念というか、悲しい。
@hansw.56158 жыл бұрын
Evil place, but great perfomance.
@larrykatz33339 жыл бұрын
I wonder year this was. It was Reagan in the White House. Talk about pearls before swine.
@gtimny9 жыл бұрын
Nov. 22, 1981 - Mr. Serkin was 78 years old.
@princeandrey9 жыл бұрын
Larry Katz As though Reagan liked the music! He probably slept through it!
@franciscoespinozagamboa64908 жыл бұрын
+Perry Weiner Ofensivos con uno de los mejores presidentes que ha tenido usa
@princeandrey8 жыл бұрын
+Francisco Espinoza Gamboa I assume your being sardonic. He was an empty-minded fool. Perhaps you are serious, in which event you may well be a pro-Pinochet (with whom Reagan had a cozy relationship) Chilean or one of those Spaniards who longs for the return of Francisco Franco--whom Reagan, by the way, admired!
@billtrevon1916 жыл бұрын
There's always some jackass who has to make it political. You're the empy headed fool, Wiener.