This is the first recording ive heard when he wasn't a old man....well he was a great talent and pianist,the technique is heroic as well as the temperment...
@Pantheismos
10 жыл бұрын
I shiver every single time I listen to this delicacy. The intensity never goes down; the strength of his playing is both deep and soft, even if it seems an oxymoron. An ecstatic catarsis of The Lost Genius' mind. May he rest in peace, but his ability may remain forever.
@AngelicaTross
15 жыл бұрын
Here he was 19 years old.
@ric55
11 жыл бұрын
This performance is better than anyone else's, including Michael Ponti's excellent version.
@kasyapa
4 ай бұрын
Numerous observers testify to a tremendous technique when young. He still had elements of it when old - listen to his improvisations on popular tunes or his Dohnanyi g minor etude - staggering.
@ReturnOfTheStienway
14 жыл бұрын
my god.... his piano rolls sound sooo GOOD!!!!
@paulostroff99
15 жыл бұрын
Amazing,truly amazing. Bravo!
@ReturnOfTheStienway
14 жыл бұрын
@aardvaark069 I love Grainger a lot, but here Erwin really gives a unique interpretation... sounds almost new!
@jero13595
15 жыл бұрын
This was recorded in 1922.
@Pogouldangeliwitz
2 ай бұрын
So at least we know he already couldn't properly play the piano back then. Not that it'd be a surprise...
@mmmmm7435
Жыл бұрын
WOW!!! there was a time when he sounded like this.. unbelievable..
@marksmith3947
Жыл бұрын
And yet people ooh and ah over later recordings where his playing was embarrassing and sad
@mmmmm7435
Жыл бұрын
@@marksmith3947 You raise a good point, the sadness. His later interpretation is shocking, full of missed notes, and also full of sorrow, passion, and romantic spirit. As you know, he had an interesting life story to boot. It takes the listener on a deeply personal emotional journey. IMHO that’s why people ooh and ah over his later recording. Yeah.. I love his later recording more than this.
@nickcy27
Жыл бұрын
Dont wanna be a spoilsport but in piano rolls many pianists especially of the golden era sound superhuman. Maybe the speed in reproduction isnt that faithful.
@zavilov
7 ай бұрын
@@nickcy27given what he could do when he was a wreck of a person this is entirely believable.
@pianoredux7516
6 ай бұрын
Impressive indeed, but how reliable a document of his actual performance can it be? There's plenty of convincing rubato, yes, but also some crazy mechanical sounding prestissimo tempi. Hard to know. Certainly more persuasive than so many of his late-in-life tortured elongations.
@southwestpiano
6 жыл бұрын
the only recording (roll) I've liked by this eccentric pianist (so far) and it is pretty good
@Suplex479
2 жыл бұрын
Try listening to his recording of La Plus Que Lente by Debussy, its great
@MattLamPiano
11 жыл бұрын
I now know why this is so short
@_Lowell
Жыл бұрын
02:57 04:01 06:05
@HotSo0P
13 жыл бұрын
There's something about an out-of-tune piano that just sounds lush :)
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