Varsi, Dinorah - Scriabin étude opus 8 no 12 D sharp min.

My tribute to this truly exceptional pianist, Dinorah Varsi. Born in Uruguay.

[@davidduaneh]

Obviously slower than most, but I heard things I’d never heard before, especially subtleties of Harmony. Ultimately more emotionally satisfying than most recordings I’ve heard.

[@barphoto1663]

In my long life I have heard every significant pianist of the last 50+ years. I spent 30+ years attending all the NYC venues regarding piano playing and of course, in KZbin. I believe I have heard every Scriabin 8-12 interpretation there is. Live and recorded. The first time I heard this pianist (Varsi) play this, I was mesmerized and electrified. She truly plays it transcendentally, as it should be. Poetically, pathetically, with the deepest feeling. Practically all the other pianists play this piece way too fast and rushed and without letting the music 'breathe' (this is a major issue here) so one can hear the subtleties. She does all this with incredible mastery and sensitivity. She was a truly great, great pianist. Dan

[@JohnJohn-zj9pf]

@Barphoto Your summary resonates 100% with me and I could not agree more with what you said! Thank you for stating what needs to be said! In my opinion (of course music is relative and subjective) this piece isn't about hammering away the notes in raw anger to be swiftly met with an introduction to a romantic gesture which I hear with so many pianists old and new, but like @Barphoto worded well, by letting the piece breathe. And I feel her interpretation 'breathes' in an melancholic manner where the battle between anger, sorrow, regret, longing and many more sensitive feelings get to sway back and forth in an sea of bitterness. Dinorah knew what 'Rubato' meant not only in a academical way but mastering it in a way to tell a story with complex feelings. Wish she was still with us. I would have loved to listen to her play Rachmaninoff live.

[@barphoto1663]

@@JohnJohn-zj9pf Yes indeed John John. I truly regret I never saw her live. But we have many videos and recordings from her to cherish.

[@peterrowan9955]

It’s not supposed to breathe.

[@MikeInBeantown]

for me the most poetic reading I've heard - she conveys a passionate longing ... instead of a tempest. I wish she had recorded much more.

[@pianotreasures]

Again, again and again, this seems to me the best performance of this Etude, ever ! I just can't stop watching to it. Thank you very much for posting this real treasure.

[@SchubertDipDab]

Never heard a better version than this to this day. :)

[@alexanderpianos1038]

I just spent a long time looking for this very recording

[@anothercrappypianist]

After 5 years, still my favorite rendition on KZbin.

[@aristotelisalestas6714]

It is the best interpretation in the history. Varsi thank you a lot!!!

[@saintansele]

One of the great pianists of the century. If you could see& hear her "Rappel des Oiseaux" (Rameau) & understand piano tech, you will get an amazing piano lesson whoever you may be. Prodigy, playing in public at age 4, winner of Clara Haskil competition in her 20s, playing with great orchestras & performers world wide, I enjoy her intellect & her command of piano. I have heard that we are all being "dumbed down", I see LA Calif w/o the many piano series we used to attend, they dont exist now. I see the comments that she isnt a beauty queen (she was a very attractive young woman), this tells it all . We should just look at the Grammys & the miniskirts, great art is replaced by amps, strobe lights, vulgarity,.Varsi is immortal. Thanks for posting this.

[@iLoveChopin]

Best interpretation in my humble opinion, it’s so good that I cannot find any other recordings remotely close to it.

[@pablobear4241]

Maybe check out Cortot

[@pablojuancoru]

Maravillosa....Each note sings, speaks: pure sensitivity ...

[@andrewc9643]

When the pianist knows the piece so well, that extremely difficult passages feel calm and understood.. I love this recording!

[@lonewolf604]

Loved this performance. A lot less focus on playing it fast as others tend to do, and creates more of a sombre and emotional mood. Love it.

[@beatricemcnamara7562]

Absolutely!! She brings out the poetic side. Kissin on the other hand interprets the etude as a raging storm. In my opinion both interpretations equal each other. Dinorah Varsi plays it in a melancholy way while Kissin is more on the passionate side.

[@hamoudiOpTCG]

very clear this is music, not battery

[@xartmanx]

I get chills every single time I listen to her performance. Wish there were more videos of her.

[@aalb1970]

Exceptional performance

[@classical.pianist]

Brava! Superb. Heartfelt. Vulnerable. She has loved and lost.

[@alejandrom.4680]

Uruguay! I'm from Uruguay and I glad some trascendental pianist born here ;)

[@waltervogtwuthrich4567]

Alejandro M. And she lived in Switzerland and even became Swiss 😊

[@weltgeist2604]

I was five when this video was uploaded, it's been waiting a long time for me but I have finally found it.

[@wernerstroobants6582]

You should also listen to her recording of Chopin's 1st piano concerto ... that's how I came to know her ... btw check out www.dinorahvarsi.com/

[@ADGO]

Powerful. No comparisons needed. Thanks for sharing it.

[@SchubertDipDab]

Best interpretation on youtube! She is amazing!

[@_Francis]

2'12: She made me understand the profound meaning of the "patetico" that is written on the sheet. A deeply inspiring interpretation, far from Kissin's authority and rage (Which is also impressive), this interpretation is really deep and important!

[@beatricemcnamara7562]

One of the best if not the best version on you tube!! By playing it without rushing she reveals some nuances that go amiss in other "faster" renditions.

[@rc9663]

finalmente un pianista che affronta questo studio con grande musicalità' e intelligenza. Non e' una prova di muscoli, e' Musica!!

[@marcorotondi7613]

È Poesia...Sriabin è un Poeta prima che un Musicista! Marco Rotondi

[@ivancaragia9993]

Assolutamente d’accordo!

[@a24m0l1]

ヘッドホンを着け、KZbinで何回も聴けるのは感激だ。 しかし、この演奏を生で聴くことが出来ていたら、 立ち上がれない程打ちのめされていただろう。 この曲で、これほど解釈に衝撃を受ける演奏は聴いたことがない。 素晴らしい演奏をありがとう！

[@JoelPhippany]

I love her interpretation. I've been trying to emulate it unsuccessfully for weeks, but think I made a breakthrough discovery today. When you compare her to Horowitz and Kissin you might notice that she does not put as much emphasis on the initial octave jumps of the repeated themes as they do. This gives her more room to develop the theme throughout the rest of the phrase.

[@hassansoliman970]

This is definitely the most "different" interpretation of this piece, and to be more accurate, it may be the most interesting of them, the 'frustration' in this interpretation is so clear, very very different indeed.

[@NMPLage]

Maravilhosa pianista !!!!!!!!!

[@cerzule]

She does an outstanding job with this highly challenging etude. Tragically beautiful!

[@montoyaaa42]

Storica esecuzione !!! Superba pianista e musicista!! Thanks

[@xartmanx]

wow, amazing. Perhaps the most poetic performance of Scriabin. Brava.

[@pianotreasures]

Simply exceptional. Best interpretation, ever !

[@BohemianMemeMusic]

This is absolutely the classic performance of this piece~ Bravo pianista!

[@DragosDomnara]

1:48 to the end has to be the most beautiful interpretation I have heard of this piece

[@bubffm]

So much music and emotion in here. Incredible pianist

[@danyto75]

De loin, la meilleure version de cette étude sur le net. Force expressive et sonorités amples. Bravo !

[@marcosviniciosribeirocompo1137]

Beautifull !!!....Very much musical !!!....What an artist !!!

[@theimprovisor]

Exceptional pianist. Wonderful balance between control and emotion.

[@MikeInBeantown]

@JoelPhippany I love this too. She seems more interested in the music, and less interested in proving her virtuosity.

[@Jazzsagrav75]

Exquisita y refinada interpretación.Muy bello.

[@edmearamosdasilva5122]

Maravilhosa interpretação! Estudo dificílimo... Grande pianista!

[@chiekatab]

excellent!! i love you're story😘

[@jsphotos]

Beautiful!

[@cstoreyqc]

What a lovely performance. The hands look so relaxed, and it comes across in the way this very difficult piece is delivered without strain

[@mesrotondi]

cstoreyqc Si....è. la certezza della superiorita tecnica che crea quella sublime impressione di assoluto controllo della tastiera.... Grande, grandissima..... Marco Rotondi

[@yesplease6928]

Maestoso con grande profondità! Lei ha fatto rinascere questo brano che viene suonato troppo velocemente da tanti pianisti.

[@flugelmaniac]

superb performance from pianist. A piece that sounds its best on a good Steinway D and this is an excellent one here.

[@eugeniomuerzamartinez1751]

Clara, romantica y ligeramente apasionada versión escepcional.

[@saintansele]

Something magic happens when I hear this great artist play! Is this "transcendental playing"? As a hobbyist, nothing more, I know enought to understand the gift, the training, the ease, the effortless transmission of her musical feelings thru her fingers. Profound & a style that is perhaps lost today.....the great prodigies of the new generation should reconsider their new pianism......SPEED ONLY. Nuance, phrasing, melodic lines played with beauty. This pianist belongs with the Elite!

[@MariaTeix]

It's my favorite interpretation of this piece on youtube

[@susantachowdhury2194]

BRILLIANT MAM

[@classical.pianist]

This reading is transportational!

[@pipotherium]

Perfection !

[@sshuck]

I love hearing music I love played by people who love it too.

[@jimc1466]

Brilliant, bravo

[@christoperfect]

YAY!!!!!! Amazing!

[@pianotreasures]

Love you Dinorah...

[@ahhh-qr1lk]

Phenomenal

[@AZazaxe]

what a mood and personal interpretation

[@PianistCor]

God doesn't view her as ugly. That is the way he made her. She is a precious jewel to him.

[@Intake33]

By far the most musical version of this I have heard including Horowitz. Absolute class.

[@MikeInBeantown]

beautiful ... MUSICAL ... thank you

[@purkasz]

Dinorah, My heart

[@whorace3]

I have rarely been so affected by a performance as I was just now, with Miss Varsi's execution of this etude. The last performance that stunned me like that was Modigliani Quartet's Verklarte Nacht. (They have it on KZbin.)

[@whorace3]

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[@edgardomartinezlazaro3800]

Grande Dinorah!!!

[@waynespeers]

I agree, a beautiful intepretation of this piece. It's romantic and evil at the same time... and tense. Just waiting for that moment of final absolute resolution to a tonic key... rare indeed for Scriabin

[@thomasbarth4901]

Nicht die virtuoseste, aber wahrlich die weitaus schönste Aufnahme.....

bravo1!!!!

[@amichus]

Haunting music

[@jimc1466]

Brilliant,

[@hermandaviladavila6541]

me encanta Woo

[@chu71]

Amazing, winner of the Clara Haskil Competition in 1967 ... Extraordinaria.

[@supertortoise3000]

GREAT

[@Evert-Kramer]

@alexej1987 Isn't it wonderful if a pianist puts his or her own interpretation in a piece!? I think this is a very nice interpretation of this wonderful piece. Interesting and completely her own.

[@Yadeehoo]

You make it look and sound effortless and sensual

[@sagalat]

Gorgeous! I, too, always preferred the Horowitz. Until now. She has a great scope of the construction of the piece. When she finally hits forte at 1:28, one appreciates her cunning. Very poetic. She found something new here that I'd not heard before. Also, the diminuendo-crescendo just at the end.

[@donthuis]

Of vcourse this is an etude and rightfully played like this. Kissin and Horowitz follow that direction. However Cortot and Varsi go beyond this etude character to find and concentrate more on the melodic development. This is my preferred approach. But anybody defending the other approach is welcome.. Glad to see Dinorah Varsi immortalised on KZbin, I feared she was forgotten already..

[@salisuladze5995]

Oh great....

[@stacelandicus8679]

at 1:25 the bass is a knife in your heart

[@paolofranceschi6874]

Molto interessante.

[@rambeiro]

¡EXCELENTE! Es hasta ahora mi versión favorita de este estudio. Que virtuosismo. Pero virtuosismo del que poco se ve en estos días. Virtuosismo de sonido. Que hermoso fraseo. Que cuidado en cada melodía. Que convincente. ¿Es el único Scriabin que ha grabado? Que bueno sería escucharle una sonata o uno de los últimos preludios.

[@Cellinojo]

Wonderful example of the Pianoschool of Peter Feuchtwanger!

[@chopinandliszt]

yeah, this is the original. I've never heard the 2nd version, and was surprised to hear that this is the 2nd. I checked by going through the score. It was different from the score. This is the original version. If you've seen a performance of the 2nd version on youtube, please let me know.

[@emtube9298]

This is the real stuff! I had never heard of her before (but see www.dinorahvarsi.com). She is truly a pianist who can reach the heart of this piece. Thank you for posting this!

[@professorsuckmah5582]

beautyfull, special! who is this special lady? never heard about her! what a shame!

[@StrivetobeDust]

This reminds me a bit of Cortot's interpretation.

[@shishirth]

And of course, she has beautiful hands - just like her playing!

[@coaxqueen]

what a mature interpretation! maybe I prefer it with a more strict tempo, but very profound tough =)

[@alcarpato]

Dinorah Varsi will play Rachmaninov´s second piano concerto next May 9th. in Burgos (Spain) with the Burgos Symphonic Orchestra and conductor Javier Castro.

[@esprit-critique]

Without any doubt in my mind, the greatest interpretation of that piece. It is marvelous to see the pianist playing with such a natural flowing this difficult piece. Her tempo is ideal and she conveys perfectly the feeling of that piece " patetico ". I am longing to hear more of that pianist that I didn't know before. Thank you twotea22. The sound is a little be scratchy at the beginning. Would it be possible to improve it?

[@shin-i-chikozima]

Scriabin is mysterious

[@eugeniomuerza]

Esta pieza nadie la pudo tocar mejor que esta mujer

[@charmeueueur]

is there anything from her to upload?I loved her!

[@twotea22]

don't worry ;-) somehow the comment(s) was/were somewhat "justified" as she wasn't really aware of her "looks" at the time the ARD recorded this. Nowadays she's fully aware and when you see her photos on her website you would think it's another person. By the ... she has a marvelous recording of the Chopin concertos (was released a long time ago by Philips).. amongst the best i've heard

[@houstonian2000]

@JoelPhippany She has more room to develop the rest of the theme because she is NOT doing the octave jumps. She is catching the lower note of the octave with her left hand, a trick my piano teacher (a Russian concert pianist and Steinway artist) taught me. It makes for a much more even flow of the phrase. Her (Varsi's) interpretation of this piece is very enjoyable.

[@AnnaHuynh100]

@demosj Poor man? Have you played this piece before? Have you played it as beautifully as Varsi?

[@maruohamamaru6839]

凄いね。

[@iamthebirdman888]

@rgpepe his mustache? yes.

[@rambeiro]

La mejor versión (a mi gusto)

[@Pushkin62]

A more restrained interpretation of this famous etude.

[@pedrotaam]

Dis Cziffra played/recorded any Scriabin?

[@vnsn72]

Il miglior interprete di questo studio op 8 n 12 e' Horowitz sentitelo in un recital alla Carnegie Hall......strepitoso