Scriabin - Etude op. 42 no. 5 C sharp minor - Neuhaus

Scriabin's Etude no. 5 in C sharp minor from the Opus 42 played by Stanislaw Neuhaus.

[@terencewomble2101]

The hair alone is worth the price of admission.

[@fabiopalma4429]

This isn't a video of wrong notes. This is a video of personality and pure music. Stop judging and comparing badly the great ones . Just feel the differences and enjoy...

[@miltonmoore7898]

D'accord. I hear a few obvious wrong notes, missed notes, & hitting between the keys, but a poor soundtrack causes distortion which can be mis-heard as wrong notes, and it's difficult to sort out which is which when something sounds off. Ergo, I give Neuhaus a pass, given all the enjoyment I received from watching him play. And that's the object behind performance art, is it not?

[@piotr9914]

Some of those missed notes especially during the 2nd time of that romantic melodic part were crucial notes that should not have been missed... It's hard to enjoy when he misses some of the notes to the point where the harmony totally changes. like a chord was supposed to sound like a minor chord then he missed the third to a major chord. People who bring up the issue with him missing notes actaully have a point. If it's someone like Neuhaus or Horowitz I would expect much better than that...

[@iianneill6013]

The same people who criticise Golden Age 20th century pianists for wrong notes would no doubt have criticised the great Anton Rubinstein. No doubt they also believe that a photograph is better than a Michelangelo fresco because it is more realistic.

[@listenmatelisten]

I learned one thing after all these years: People who criticize on the Internet have no talent. :)

[@fabiopalma4429]

@@listenmatelisten That's actually very true...

[@CheekyVimto08]

he's got lovely hair

[@user-mt1rh9gw8y]

@@scriabin2079 nah stop........

[@DorianGriner]

Thanks for posting this video, as my mother was studying both with him and his father, Heinrich Neuhaus in Moscow, from 1961-1964

[@peterjrmoore3941]

Wow !!

[@SCRIABINIST]

Lucky!

[@pianomaly9859]

anything about your mother's study with them would be interresting reading.

[@PetitBlackRose]

Amazing

[@daniloberaldo570]

Excellent performance! How amazing and brilliant!!

[@mayumi328]

Thank you so much for posting this precious film. He is a father of Stanislav Bunin, a sensational pianist who won the Chopin competition in 1985. Would be wonderful if more of Neuhaus' film is posted.

[@musicfromkatarina]

A divine performance! Thank you for posting this!

[@miltonmoore7898]

Is any piece of the piano repertoire played more for an encore than this one? God's angels were really whispering into Scriabin's ears when he was composing this gem! If the great Russian master had written just this one work, his existence on this planet would have been justified 10,000 times over!

[@piotr9914]

not at all similar. They are in the same key though. Scriabin's is much more euphoric and tragic. Chopin's is very innocent sounding.

[@MichaelSayers]

Thanks for sharing this!

[@Highinsight7]

I'll WAY take this kind of BEAUTIFUL... EXPRESSIVE... CONNECTED Playing over all of the robots of today... No matter what less kind comments others would say... I believe Scriabin would have LOVED this performance...

[@Ivan_1791]

Phenomenal performance.

[@Messiaen28]

Génial, j'adore son interprétation.

[@Inidanmusican]

excellent....what a great musician and pianist

[@StevenMassicotte]

A real gem this performance is!

[@tango_doggy]

Beautiful!

[@imacompoza]

I regret it I didn't find this video earlier, it immediately become my second favourite interpretation of this piece after Horowitz

[@uo12345678910]

beautiful performance ! scriabin will be always my favourite composer...

I wish I saw Heirinch playing this...

[@nghiavan8952]

*Heinrich

[@PetitBlackRose]

When wrong notes do not matter and the music is just so good

[@uo12345678910]

awesome!!!,he play it perfectly!

[@Randomnessk]

I can say that I like both interpretations, and for different reasons. I like this one for the clarity of the lower notes, and the changes in speed during some parts. I like Horowitz's interpretation for the unflinching perfection, and the clearer melody line.

[@galimusic7164]

Good unity. The tempo, no exaggerations when you have to go down or up, also in dynamics. Very good

[@AChrisL]

I completely agree with you, crystal130h. Especially in the second go around of the main melody in the soprano register, the part where the melody is actually syncopated. There are two lines to be sung, but he only brings out the top one.

[@heywonyang1708]

WoW….Beautiful……!!!!!!!!

[@SeigneurReefShark]

Such raffinement, elegance...

[@mellraizer]

well i love this interpretation.

[@LisztFranz]

Is he a relative of lugansky? Compare his face and gesture at 2:05 with Luganskys Rach performance (23 5 and 16 4).... :)

[@RosenblattPiano]

Competitions today produce amazingly passionate AND intellectual interpreters such as: Alessio Bax Daniil Trifonov Haochen Zhang Denis Kozhukhin just to name a few that performed at WWU this year...I don't buy the argument at all that people have lost character, but the inundation of pitch-perfect recordings today might make it seem that way

[@xper2xper]

Does anybody have a video of Heinrich Neuhaus? Would be great to see and listen to the master of masters...

[@lovemypiano111]

What imbecile could not like this??? It's absolutely beautiful. Everything Neihaus ever played was ... he was GOD.

[@yellowlght]

@truthkills you're spot on -

[@Difuzion]

perfect... he is God.... Потрясающе! нет слов

[@dawidmysle]

oh and nice performance :)

[@Invisible.Waves.of.Light_]

WOW! that was nice! :D 5/5

[@VeronikaShootPianist]

I completely agree. It is very sad...

[@kx3kx3]

I totally agree! Being a pianist, I understand your point;) I don't care that much about the wrong notes and unclarity of his interpretation, but I still don't like the way he plays it. I'm learning it now...very hard to keep the fifth finger standing out and keep clarity because of the low end "blurriness" in the left hand.

[@emtube9298]

Heinrich Neuhaus (teachers included Godowsky; uncle was Felix Blumenfeld; cousin was Szymanowski) was father of Stanslav Neuhaus. Stanislav Neuhaus is father of Stanislav Bunin. I don't know why his name is "Bunin" instead of "Neuhaus", but one can imagine how difficult it would be to build a career with the same name as your [semi?] well-known father... I thought this Scriabin performance was quite good. Some of the criticism here may simply be due to the atrocious audio quality.

[@donkgated8074]

I feel the same way about Peter Serkin, who obviously has a very different personality and temperament to Rudolf but seem to feel the burden of trying to live up to the name Serkin. I thought Stanislav did quite well in this regard, perhaps better than Peter!

[@rambeiro]

specially at the end

[@victormontielpiano]

Uploaded 16 years ago? Damn

[@apug296]

Stanislav and Scriabin are God's excuse for making us self aware.

[@samaritan29]

this video is oldern then most of YT's viewers

[@restif1975]

The earlier Moscow live recording is even better IMO.

[@dawidmysle]

I wish my hair would do that when I play the piano :(

[@Contrappunto]

D'accord!

[@ziegunerweiser]

oh yeah i think i remember in richters book he said that gilels later in life denied neuhaus taught him, he wanted people to think he was self taught if i remember correctly but i read it long ago so im not sure if my memory is correct i seem to also remember neuhaus helped change richters sound

[@andrewkennaugh1065]

scottbos68 That was Heinrich Neuhaus...😊

[@emtube9298]

I agree. Of course, the political situation during Heinrich's and Stanislav's time was not very amenable to creating an international career, while both of them were very active in the Soviet sphere. Bunin's popularity in Japan at least is quite high, but there are so many great pianists coming out of Russia etc. that it is difficult to really distinguish oneself among the shrinking classical fan base, I am afraid...

[@leonardovinci3878]

До сих пор лучше ещё никто не сыграл

[@voolare]

Oh I was shocked to learn that Bunin is son of Stanislav Neuhaus! He actually looks like him a bit! Wow what an incredible blood line! But it's odd how non of them really really boomed as a concertist, despite the incredible talent (especially of Heinrich)

[@DiiDee66]

you can still see the difficulty, but if you try hard enough you can accomplish whatever you want.

[@vatolegato]

you guys should check out Michael Pinnella's (of Symphony X) cover of this same song. He adds some strings in it and it sounds incredible!

[@thomasleguenne8817]

Sorry but his "work" is completely mechanical and a complete non-sense, complete lack of musicality

[@vatolegato]

sorry double post haha

[@DGProDuckshon]

i know his grandson! he's outstanding as well, with genes like that you can't go to far astray. i"ll a video of the guy.

[@danielche2349]

Wait, his son is Stanislav Bunin, so you know Bunin's son??

[@aleshkaemelyanov]

Улица Комиссаржевской . Каштановый град и громадины окон, и сумрак от веток, в побелке стволы, над тропкой отпавший, кружащийся локон, как будто бы помнит дворянства балы, зелёные кущи и красные стены, сухая брусчатка, квадраты земли, вся улица, будто модельная сцена и пир фотографий до полной луны, и жёлто-салатные коврики-листья порой устилают недлинный проспект, виднеются редко кленовые кисти, и тем дополняют оттенками цвет, влюблённые пары и тихие встречи, как будто бы райский проход, уголок, и трогают снова прохожих за плечи ладони, покинувши крон потолок, молочные лица, листы штукатурки, и серые фоны меж лаковых рам, и тут не бывает толпы и окурков, деревья, как своды, скрепившие храм, в жару и осенне таится прохлада, асфальтовой почвы широкая гладь... И этому острову сердце так радо, когда перед взором мифический сад!

[@danielche2349]

Bunin's dad!

[@TheJoyfulPianist]

check out the Horowitz interpretation if you like this. The coloring is unreal with Horowitz, and the texture absolutely perfect

[@tracydee9458]

Handsome!

[@florc6273]

👍

[@joefalchetto94]

You're right, probably piano competitions led to this..

[@ziegunerweiser]

didnt neuhaus teach richter and gilels?

[@pijlenboog23]

My god, gorgeous hair!

[@cenodus]

People - please - What is this: 'Piano Playing VH1' or 'Glamour'? This is a beautiful interpretation! - that is the important thing. Do not turn this into cheesy hollywood!

[@hshshs2007]

The father of Stanislav Bunin,pianist

[@nataliebaidan1445]

the son of Henrych Neuhaus

[@hshshs2007]

Heinrich Neuhaus is the great piano master and teacher as well,he was like a walking piano academy.

[@chopinandliszt]

1966? The year Stanislav Bunin was born? Isn't Neuhaus Bunin's dad?

[@filthysoap]

i liked his hair..

[@ASirensSoliloquy]

He has hair that would scare Conan O'brien away.

[@Scarbo09]

I just tried to post this, hope it doesn't come through twice. I assume that Stanislav Neuhaus is the son of Heinrich Neuhaus. But someone has suggested that Stanislav Neuhaus is the father of Stanislav Bunin, but if this is true why isn't Bunin's name Neuhaus?

[@leecherlarry]

1966 ?? they hadn't inventend TV recording by that time!!

[@messrtwinky]

leonid kuzmin

[@Dchrisanthakopoulos]

OMG - this is bad news for me - Neuhaus is one of the best of the century and even he cannot do it flawlesly. I will have to play this beast in a competition soon.... This is indeed the best interpetation ever but even he does not own it 100%!!!

[@wolfpsx6210]

What? This piece is quite comfortable to play actually.

[@AChrisL]

V.Horowitz has a splendid live recording of this piece along with another from opus 8, number 11, I think. (Bb minor?)

[@Chiewkovsky]

LEONID KUZMIN is the 1 who truly owned it imo.

[@dnephi]

This is my favorite among scriabin. My favorite performances are Richter & Horowitz (From the albums RIchter plays Scriabin & Horowitz plays Scriabin)...

[@jcfbell3001]

to my ears, the rubato here gives it that weird feeling of an out-of-control waltz...like ravel or something...it does look easy for him

[@miltonmoore7898]

Ravel wrote waltzes, or ANY THING, that sounded as if it was out of control? Give me a break!

[@thatnicekid04]

Evgeny Kissin rules this song

[@Robufnoru]

El tempo creo que no es el adecuado

[@plainwain]

This guy's mannerism reminds me of Liberace.

[@giosulfa3725]

Bravissimo , ma che bei capelli anche 👋😜

[@Bulacanos]

I'd give my hands for hair like that. Maybe not

[@Chiu19931993]

I think the matter lies on the soundtrack.

[@miltonmoore7898]

I agree. A poor soundtrack can create what one hears to be wrong notes, when it is actually distortion. I think the pianist did well enough, probably much better than any critics of this video. The pianist has a lot of sheer presence and animal magnetism going for him, like Jorge Bolet and other virtuosi who really looked the part. The old archival black and white film enhances the charm. And the artist had a head of hair to die for!

[@wolfpsx6210]

Ye s Inde ed today's pia nists fo r su re have the traits to perform at high le ve l bu t mas ter s ar e a dif fer ent mat ter and yadi ya pedan tic bab ble

[@AnthonyBockheim]

should music be competitive?

[@vatolegato]

lol, well I like the cover better, but this one is great too

[@b3cmin]

nice hair

[@dnephi]

And likewise, I prefer Horowitz's and Richter's to this, but I am below this. Thanks! Great.

[@chocolateman235]

i agree wit mursum151 there is def sum musical qualities that can b enjoyed in this performance. It is also very childish to compare every performance to horowitz... there is other performers with valid interpretations enjoy the music for wat it is.

[@msl37431]

He looks like skinny Jay Reno

[@otterhouse]

Very nice to hear the "pianistenmacher" himself... Greetings, Rolf, Netherlands On Twitter as @otterhouse

[@vatolegato]

well it sounds great to me! It's not this song wasn't played by someone else.

[@OrienLeePiano]

umm but this IS the son. Unless junior had a son himself I don't know about..

[@Brianjonestown]

Richter does the strongest version, on the Warsaw concert recording.

[@belialah]

@klausknulp I Hate u. lol. All the best.

[@Lanoelle]

The best interpretation is the one of Roberto Scherson, no doubt !

[@dindan4]

handsome gay handsome piece handsome interpretation .. .

[@vboev]

What a fragile, truly Russian performance! Subtle taste and the highest nobility.

[@loveismydestruction]

@sillychad18 woo jewfro! I have one tooo!!!!!!!

[@ziegunerweiser]

haha liberace was a twerp

[@sab3156]

my last comment was at the fool vatolegato by the way. sigh. poor guy probably has no musical knowledge.

[@cynic150]

amazing how easy it seems to him! I prefer less rushed rubato.

[@kojiattwood]

MUCH better pianist than his son.

[@wcsxwcsx]

Someone's jealous ....

[@niklakislakis6557]

Terrible??...not at all.I find an adequate flowing in sentiments and a strong waving sound.If this all about musical expression,then,playing clearly has to be put aside...at least for now..