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Beautiful.

どことなく、ショパンのポロネーズやショパンのボレロの香りがする(ボレロはスペインの様式だけど)😊

This is a masterpiece, the Forte Piano rapreset the demonic nature (the Forte low bass sounds) and the angelic nature (the piano high soprano sounds), so Anton Rubistein that had this ambivalent nature was a master of Pianoforte instrument as Beethoven, moreover there is the romantic melody, and the romance rapresent the Cosmos, that as Dante said "L'amore che move il sole e le altre stelle"(The love that moves the sun and the other stars). Is my opinion in this piano piece there is even the loops of the cosmic discomusic.

_Epic!_

What a mess.

Personally I don’t like this piece. It feels aimless and uninteresting and not unmusical for me. Still I heard you played both the piano and edited them together. And for that you did wonderfully, very impressive bro :)

After playing Brahms' Fantasy in F minor with Clara Schumann, Rubinstein decided to write his own work. Brahms was famously critical of Rubinstein and each detested the other, so Rubinstein's work attempted to explore a very different soundscape. It is certainly a piece which is best appreciated live, containing as it does effects which are lost in a one dimensional recording. It would be very satisfying to hear Lesley Howard (who also appears playing this work on You Tube) and another top quality performer in a good quality studio recording. Although it is wonderful to hear this work at last (there are no recordings) this reading does not perhaps explore the changes in tempi and dynamic which might have given the performance more character and depth. It is still a remarkable achievement in a work which requires the greatest skill in execution.

Highly appreciated. Rubinstein‘s music needs to be played with the fire and energy of his own reported style, which is sadly missed in many recordings of his works - not so in this one! The 3rd mov. Variations are outstanding and would make a brilliant concert piece on their own, certainly among the best of Rubinstein‘s piano works. 2nd mov. is also charming, only 1st mov. is too repetitive and not as strong in melodic invention. To hear a musically and formally entirely convincing work, try 4th piano sonata op100 or the 4-hands sonata op89 - both criminally underrated!

This is very noisy and unmusical; crap,really. Predictable at every turn.

This is very noisy and unmusical; crap,really. Ot only that but predictable at every turn.

I was only familar with Widor as composer of Organ music! Wonderful Lisztian virtuoso fireworks mixed with later French Romantic harmonies and exoticism. Très intéressante et agréable!

Best piece for 2 pianos in the Romantic era! Listened to this 5 times today already, no kidding.

This is so awful. I knew the bar was low for romantic era composers. But this guy somehow managed to limbo under it. What an excrutiating piece to listen to.

The two pianists play so similarly. It's strange it's like it's one person playing.

When the main theme starts, I can't help hearing "Here comes the bride!"

Such compositions must be performed on DIFFERENT instruments so that the sound differs in timbre. For example, use different brands of pianos. Otherwise, it turns out that the same instrument is repeating the same thing. A very interesting work that does not fit into the usual gradations.

Vide sidéral

Une grande œuvre de ce compositeur si cruellement oublié et Bravo à Bradley Berg pour son interprétation aux deux pianos !

Amazing

in the 1860s, people didn't have a movie to go to. This is a movie in sound. Imagine it as a backdrop to something like "Metropolis." Huppertz score is available in a 150 page piano reduction that was probably played during some performances of the silent film. Rather than making snide remarks as someone from a modern era that has endless dazzling visual entertainment, have some imagination & listen more closely. This was the comic book hero movie or Harry Potter movie of the 1860s. That's what you're listening to.

I didn't like Liszt's long, meaningless introductions. After hearing this piece, I begged for liszt

Lmao who changed the tempo to 69?

That is beautiful!!!!!

I knew there would be a lot of Rubinstein hate in the comments. Same old, tired, dismissive remarks. In spite of that, I think this is a brilliant masterpiece for two pianos. This piece has that arcane beauty that elevates the soul and is prevalent in Rubinstein's more mature works. He shows here his mastery of the theme & variations form and the ability to weave intricate, interesting textures using two pianos. I've been aware of this piece via IMSLP; glad to finally hear a great recording. Thanks for sharing!

Sheet music?

Granted, it's a Fantasy, so no rules apply. Nevertheless, it's a brutally repetitive piece that doesn't seem to go anywhere. Seven minutes before the music finally starts. Ugh.

Such an exhausting composition 🥴

That start is slapping on my face

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lovely 🫡

reminds me of a chopin nocturne

What's the piece?

0:45 is very Schumann (novelette no. 8 has almost exactly that in one of the first episodes). As a Schumann fan I love it! Edit: after I posted the comment I research the composer whom I didn’t know and surprise, surprise; he was the brother-in-law of Schumann!

Where can I find a pdf score?

I was waiting for the voice to set in

The harmony in the beginning sounds very modern, would’ve never guessed it’s from 1852. To have the audacity to start the line with an A# and ending on a D# creating a Lydian/ Maj7#11 sound is really interesting.

This is incredible. Super grateful for this video!

Never heard of him before, thank you for posting

what is this?

Great discovery and beautiful ly executed

lovely whimsical nature <3

Sounds like he 'borrowed' this pretty directly from Chopin's C minor prelude. th-cam.com/video/XeX4X_1_lo0/w-d-xo.html

Very nice, thanks!

I have only heard the Suite once before, in a recording by Australian pianist and composer Harold Fabrikant, and here I am reminded of what a superb work this is. Many thanks for bringing this revision to our attention. It cries out for a commercial recording on one of the recognised labels!

Absolutely fascinating stuff!

Wow! Have never heard this before, and I'm loving it!

This would make a superb encore for an enterprising duo! Well done on crafting such a unique take on Alkan's original!

Quite lovely! Love this! ❤

This is so good Im loving this

Wow😮