Marvelous! Each time I listen to it, it seems to reveal more and more not only about Novaes, with whom I've had a lifelong love affair, but about the very soul of Chopin, himself. "Everyone" plays wonderfully well these days,but there's a certain "je ne sais quoi" about Novaes' approach that makes one feel, "Yes! Of course. THAT's the way it's MEANT to sound."
OMG ! I haven't heard this for years! Guiomar was my mother's mentor and long time teacher who urged her to move to NY at a very young age to pursue her studies as a prodigy. This yanks at my heart strings since I met Novaes on several occasions in DC and NY when she was on tour from her home in Brazil. What I remember most outside of the tremendous performances was all of the fuss and drama surrounding her arrivals with much powder dust and perfumes filing the surrounding air back stage - hah! Her pianissimos were incomparable which of course made her fortissimos that much grander. Brava !
Guiomar Novaes é um paradigma incomparável. Tudo em sua versão é preciso e lindo. Sei fraseado é soberbo. Creio que o próprio Chopin tocaria assim. Força e delicadeza, paixão e serenidade, Guiomar e perfeita 🎉.
Marvellous playing! Her tasteful rubato, her legato, the cantabile and phrasing, the pedaling and expressive full tone, everything is so balanced! Great post, one of the best versions I have ever heard.
enchanting, historic in the pure sense: Chopin's pedale indications employed scrupulously, the duet characterized with ecstasy, and rubato long lost today.......
So glad I came to TH-cam. I attended USC (now Thornton) School of Music as piano performance major and NEVER heard of Guiomar Novaes. I certainly hope some of teachers were aware of her. She is brilliant!!
In some ways, I find the Novaes approach to Chopin to be the most euphonious. She has such an ear for the most polished sound and sonority. A superb performance! Moiseiwitsch is king for me in this piece, but I think I have found my new queen.
I do not think she played this piece in public much, if ever (?). Nevertheless, superb playing, most probably the best version of the piece, one could imagine Chopin himself playing it like this...Rubinstein, Horowitz and so many other great pianists never had an easy time with this piece, that in their hands sounds always overdone: or too much sound, too much contrast, too much rubato...difficult to point out exactlly why, but Novaes sails with much, much more tranquility through this Barcarolle!
Guiomar Novaes is one of the greatest of ever!!!!!
She was the first artist I heard playing Chopin and her sound will always be in my mind as "the right one".
Marvelous! Each time I listen to it, it seems to reveal more and more not only about Novaes, with whom I've had a lifelong love affair, but about the very soul of Chopin, himself. "Everyone" plays wonderfully well these days,but there's a certain "je ne sais quoi" about Novaes' approach that makes one feel, "Yes! Of course. THAT's the way it's MEANT to sound."
OMG ! I haven't heard this for years! Guiomar was my mother's mentor and long time teacher who urged her to move to NY at a very young age to pursue her studies as a prodigy.
This yanks at my heart strings since I met Novaes on several occasions in DC and NY when she was on tour from her home in Brazil. What I remember most outside of the tremendous performances was all of the fuss and drama surrounding her arrivals with much powder dust and perfumes filing the surrounding air back stage - hah!
Her pianissimos were incomparable which of course made her fortissimos that much grander. Brava !
Guiomar Novaes é um paradigma incomparável. Tudo em sua versão é preciso e lindo. Sei fraseado é soberbo. Creio que o próprio Chopin tocaria assim. Força e delicadeza, paixão e serenidade, Guiomar e perfeita 🎉.
Marvellous playing! Her tasteful rubato, her legato, the cantabile and phrasing, the pedaling and expressive full tone, everything is so balanced! Great post, one of the best versions I have ever heard.
Divinely beautiful playing. that singing tone.. and so perfectly matched in the thirds and sixths, like two gorgeous voices in perfect ensemble.
I've been waiting to hear this again for literally decades!! Now I'm in heaven!!!
enchanting, historic in the pure sense: Chopin's pedale indications employed scrupulously, the duet characterized with ecstasy, and rubato long lost today.......
magnificent performance - it has everything. And now I want to hear every note Novaes recorded!
So glad I came to TH-cam. I attended USC (now Thornton) School of Music as piano performance major and NEVER heard of Guiomar Novaes. I certainly hope some of teachers were aware of her. She is brilliant!!
A perfect pianist. What depth of tone!
Que maravilha!!!! Guiomar, nossa pianista brasileira com mãos que tocam o coração da gente...Que orgulho!
Beautiful playing!
So lovely. Thank you for uploading this.
Brilliant!
In some ways, I find the Novaes approach to Chopin to be the most euphonious. She has such an ear for the most polished sound and sonority. A superb performance! Moiseiwitsch is king for me in this piece, but I think I have found my new queen.
Antoine Garth don’t you find Moiseiwitsch just a bit rushed?
@@joelkatz8729 No. I find Novaes a tad stiff.
She was the only modern pianist that sincerely made me feel as though I could actually hear Chopin playing his own music.
Fantastic!
Adorável
Fantástica!
inspired performance
Chopin voltou!!!
Excelente
Very nice indeed
I do not think she played this piece in public much, if ever (?). Nevertheless, superb playing, most probably the best version of the piece, one could imagine Chopin himself playing it like this...Rubinstein, Horowitz and so many other great pianists never had an easy time with this piece, that in their hands sounds always overdone: or too much sound, too much contrast, too much rubato...difficult to point out exactlly why, but Novaes sails with much, much more tranquility through this Barcarolle!
The Rubenstein version was very restrained. I wouldn’t use overdone to describe it. I don’t have any favorite version.
Wonderful! Ditto everything Erwin said.
Why is there a picture of Cortot?
The photo at the beginning is of Chopin.