Arthur Rubinstein - Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16
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Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16
1 Allegro molto moderato
2 Adagio
3 Allegro moderato molto e marcato
Arthur Rubinstein, piano
London Symphony Orchestra
André Previn, conductor - เพลง
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I am from Uruguay. My father, a good amateur pianist, met Mr Rubinstein twice here in Montevideo. The second time dad went to congratulate him after a concert; Mr R. recognized dad (who was very tall) among the crowd and waved hello to him.
OK I looked it up, Rubinstein was 88 when this was done and yes it’s the London Symphony. Aired on PBS in 1977 to celebrate Rubinstein’s 90th birthday. What a total treat for humanity
Thanks !! I was wondering all the answers for the questions you just answered
For those of us who are too lazy to look it up they could bother to actually give the information. But that's okay I found out some interesting things about Arthur including his various illegitimate children and lust for women. Doesn't look like it does he? Who knew! Although you could say he's making love to the piano LOL
@@allonszenfantsjones There's no underestimating the inspiration a beautiful woman can provide. The muse, you know...
No sheet music for Rubenstein. Old master had this entire concerto memorized in his noggin. Just one of many, but oh so expressive.
Age made no difference Rubinstein is a master of the piano
In this performance, Rubinstein is 88 years old. I can't believe it!
He was one of his kind. Artir Rubinstein und the chilean pianist Claudio Arrau they perform until the very end of their lives. Now they are legends ot the piano.
I had a roommate in college in 1978 (we were both music majors) This was his absolute favorite and would play this entire concerto every morning. And he played flawlessly. It brings back bittersweet memories of those days. Such wonderful days.
That’s insane but amazing I wanna play this next year but just the first mvt because I’ve only been playing piano for 3 years and my teachers say I could probably finish it but you’re so lucky I would love to hear this every morning in person
@@davidserrato4738 you can do it! I know you can! Yeah, it was quite lovely to wake up to this. One of my favorite life memories.
I'm fascinated by musicians with that sort of ritual. What was your roommate's name?
When my husband died, I couldn't bear to hear music with words. It tore me up so I went to bed each night listening to this wonderful concerto. When I hear it to this day I still feel the incredible peace that got me through one of the toughest times of my life.
Hope you are doing better now Carol.
My heart is with you.
I understand why you felt such peace when you listened to this. Rubinstein's expression is full of serenity, especially around the 25 minute mark. To find a sense of calm in the midst of grief is an extraordinary gift. I am glad Grieg and Rubinstein and indeed, all of the musicians, were able to work their magic for you.
It's sad, I understand you, I hope it's better now, time and music heals wounds.
How nice
No swaying, wild gyrations, or flying arms. No dramatic facial expressions. The emotion is conveyed totally through the music. This is a top musician at the top of his form.
I detest watching a pianist who acts so dramatically when they play, it's SO UNNECESSARY, the music itself is the star and showpiece. You don't have to raise your hand high over your head, shake your hair and sway your body, let the music speak for itself, and it WILL! Play it emphatically when needed, but just with your hands! You are in a concert hall, not on a movie set!
You do NOT see the great Rubinstein acting, he just plays and it's beautifully sufficient!
Another distasteful action while playing the piano is those to bang down on the keys, like they're slapping a horse's behind that is in the grain trough and shouldn't be there! That is also unnecessary, the well-made piano WILL reflect the sound out and if that is not enough, many sound engineers will put a microphone just inside the piano to balance the orchestra when it has hundreds of members in the orchestra playing in a large concert hall.
I am well aware that some piano teachers today aid and abet in the dramatic actions of their students, but it's detrimental to them and their future as musicians who play brilliantly, not act dramatically!
I saw a young blind boy who was a piano virtuoso, who played beautifully, meaningfully and let his hands produce the music; he couldn't see other performers who made those excessive dramatic movements, and his piano playing was emotional, sensitive and strong when the music required it, all with his hands, not his whole body! He knew how to make his hand produce all the dynamics of sound as necessary!
if you like contained pianists, you will like Benedetti Michelangeli
Absolutely. That is academic approach that gives so much respect to classical music.
int it great?
There you have Lang Lang
In one of his performances, someone from the crowd said “I would give half my life to play like that!” And Arthur replied “Really? Because that’s exactly what I gave…”
sure
I talked to Arthur back in the early seventies after a concert in Utica New York. I said thank you sir for making music. He put his hand on my shoulder, smiled, and walked away.
Rachmaninoff told Rubinstein he considered this to be the best piano concerto ever written. I couldn't agree more.
Meh. The Rach 2 is the best. LOL....Heck, they're ALL the best.
Mozart’s 21st is also good too
1. Grieg's 1st - Rubinstein 2. Rachmaninoff 2nd - Federova 3. Brahms 2nd - Yuja Wang 4. Mozart 24th - Previn 5. Tchaikovsky's 1st - Horowitz
@@beachsideoldman869 You forgot Rachmaninov 3rd !! (performer: I would say Leif Ove Andsnes)
@@beachsideoldman869 I love brahms second piano concerto soooo much. Vastly underrated if you ask me.
This was the first recording I ever heard. My dad played it to me on his record player when I was about 6. Soon after, he took me to see a pianist playing this and we sat right at the front as he held my hand all the way through. I was entranced. He cried. Now I know why.
I then started to learn the piano and now I am a piano teacher. It is thanks to my dad and Edvard Grieg that I have had such a wonderful career. It is still my favourite, having heard and seen many pianists perform it.
It will always be my favourite piano concerto. Grieg only ever needed to compose this one. I never tire of hearing it. The wonderful Artur and Andre. Couldn't be better. Thanks to all concerned for this video.
Glad to hear your story.
Wonderful story, this concerto is indeed absolutely wonderful
Ruth Hamm I don’t know I am crying because of your story or the music or both. Thanks for sharing your beautiful story!
The music already making me cry, your story isn't helping. This is the first time that I've heard this all the way through. I didn't know what the name of it was I only have the beginning until today.
wowo
It is thrilling to see this here. When my mother was just 16 she performed the Grieg concerto in Des Moines with the symphony. She brought down the house! She was a voice AND piano contest winner. And sang for years in the Los Angeles recording studios alongside my Dad who had a legendary behind the scenes recording career. Among other voices he supplied for actors, he sang for Christopher Plummer in The Sound of Music. I grew up blessed in this rich musical environment and went on to have a studio singing career of my own for nearly 60 years. My mother used to play the piano solo portions of the Grieg at home and I treasure those memories. We also had the Rubinstein recording and wore it out. I can’t hear this without shedding a tear, it’s so soulful to me. Mom used to practice a part of the third movement which gave her fits. I loved every minute. Peace and blessings!
i love this kind of stories. blessings from italy
Wow - your dad also sang in South Pacific for John Kerr! Wonderful voice!
Frederico….Mille grazie!I love Italy! I studied Italian for three years in college and got pretty fluent ma non parlo con nessuno, dimentico molto.ahora (I think that’s right, lol)
And to S Mitra, yes he did and thank you very much. I was his biggest fan! Still am
I'd imagine your father knew Marnie Nixon. ?
In the pantheon of great pianists, there is Rubinstein and there is everyone else.
Hoffman? Feinberg? Rachmaninoff? Lhevinne? Cortot? Just a few names you missed
@@DynastieArtistique Kissin?
@@jesusslushies2192 kissin is nowhere near the level of those great masters. keep his name anywhere away from theirs
HOW INCREDIBLE THE GREAT OLD MAN WAS, EVEN NEARLY BLIND AND AT NINETY HE PLAYED EVEN BETTER THAN BEFORE, HOW COULD HE DO IT ??????
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German Cardoso Khatia has her eyes closed half the time playing this.
Wow, how could Beethoven wrote his symphonies with his deaf ears?
Hello popo A guy working with Beethoven on a trio said later that his piano was horribly out of tune.
German Cardoso - cheat codes probably
Rubinstein is astounding here and people have already praised him in rightfully glorious words. But I want to highlight the camera work, which is so good here. Too bad they don't film concertos in this way anymore. It's a pleasure not only to listen, but also to watch.
Previn adds a lot to this video's gravitas.
Yes, The camera work is beautiful
Yes, and I found this similar to Karajan films.
Indeed, this film is an artwork in itself.
@@neil7137 True!
Unbelievably great fluent effortless playing at that age
EVERYONE has to quiet when
ARTHUR RUBENSTEIN Played on TV.. in. The 50's... My
Grandmother loved him.
She had seen great Preformances in Paris and Europe.
Wow,
What a
Wonderful
Story!
Grieg unfortunately composed only ONE Piano Concerto, BUT WHAT A WONDERFUL ONE HE COMPOSED !!! His soul is in it, he gave it his ALL, and the result is a MAGNIFICENT WORK OF ART !! one can never tire of listening to this divine music........so many of the best Solo Pianists have played it, one better than the other......I am in love with Grieg!! Just listen to the end notes, is this not
just ECSTASY ????
Elisabeth C. Dieryckx Grieg recounts that he brought the manuscript of this concerto to Liszt to review. Liszt asked him to play it for him but before Grieg could respond, Liszt took the score and played right through it - solo and orchestra parts at first sight, impeccably.
that ending theme in the 3rd movement really is great
His 1 year old daughter died, so he composed a song for her (memory)
Have the Danes or the Sweedes any like this?? Never.Or Munck and Ibsen. We Norwegians are superior in art..
@Mookie Spindlehurst Except the fact they're all in A minor and that they're both piano concertos?
It is not often spoke of, but the Grieg Concerto was Rachmaninoff's favorite piano concerto, in fact Rachmaninoff modeled his Piano Concerto No. 1 on Grieg's work. There is so much similarity between the two composer's concerti, as both have a breadth of expression and passion (as well as formal details) not heard elsewhere. I'm a huge fan of Grieg!!!
I can see why the piano opening are almost the same
JABULOSO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@celiahaydeemcastilhomoscar7618 ,.
Agree, agree, agree!
Was wondering why I was noticing so many similarities.. Thank you for this interesting bit of information!
0:00 Allegro molto moderato
14:26 Adagio
21:33 Allegro moderato molto e marcato
I am not a musician and I do not have studied music, but this concerto and its performance by Rubinstein goes straight to my heart. God blessed the composer end the pianist to have the gift to create this beauty that lifts the spirit uniquely
Comparto tu comentario. No es necesario ser músico o haber estudiado música, es un placer para mis oídos y como tú dices, eleve el espíritu.
Maravilloso!!❤❤❤❤
If one could only have one piano concerto in a lifetime this would be it.
Rach 3 ah but actually hard to decide because Rachmaninoff himself said he thought this was the best but maybe he was just too humble
Also Rach 2 is what I would call embodiment of beauty,both this concerto you are listening and Rach 3 are reach level of greatness that Rach 2 does not in my opinion
Mine would be Rach 2 or Beethoven 3
Agreed
During the slow movement when the camera stays on Rubinstein during his rest, we can see he is stuck like glue to the orchestra, listening for how they are playing it, though he will have been through the work a hundred times.
Even at 90 he is playing it for the first time.
He is definitely NOT playing this for the first time. There is a legend that says Rubinstein actually heard Greig perform this concerto.
@@cookingprof I think that was a figure of speech, to express how even at his old age Rubenstein still played the piece with as much passion and awe as someone who would have played it for the first time
@@CanofSoda_ didn't know soda cans were that intelligent..
@@csongorolah2360 :P
GRIEG sentito da Rubistein e un dono DIvino, grazie per tanto talento.
Rubinstein is the only one who plays the notes so distinctively from each other. How can you ever listen this concert from another soloist?
He's playing all the right notes... but not necessarily in the right order
What do you mean?
0:18 - The way he plays the second set of chords softer than the first - that is revelatory. It's like an echo in the Norwegian fjords.
Gerbil Jim
I hear the soughing of the wind in the tall trees.
I had the privilege to live and witk in Norway in the 1980's. Forty years later, i frequently bathe in the sound of Grieg, reminiscing of my tine there.
My violin professor often told me to watch Rubinstein play. No facial grimaces or extraneous body movements. Just fabulous playing.
When I was young-young, and he was also young, Rubinstein was my favorite pianist. Fortunately to have heard him live
I agree, Duggie! Some pianists today, think they MUST be dramatic, often raising one hand up higher than their head, pushing out with their elbows and leaning way over the keys, it is superfluous over-acting; let the MUSIC get the attention it deserves, you can take your bows at the end!
@@mjleger4555 sometimes i get hyped and I raise my eyebrows a little too much,
@@mjleger4555 like Daniil Trifonov?
@@surgrus4367 I've never watched that person play.
I watched Rachmaninoff playing Rachmaninoff 2, and this clip came up next. Please....tell me how an 88 year old man can play like this ??? It's astounding. He's astounding. I'm watching all the clips I can find. ❤❤ (And a thumbs up 👍 to TH-cam, how fortunate that we can watch great performances!)
One of the best pieces of music I have ever heard. Magnificent Rubinstein and magnificent Grieg. I will never get tired of listening to this concert. Never.
Yes I was just thinking this is my favorite all time piece. I've been listening to it for 50 years
Taccata and fugue, is top 5. Foggy mountain breakdown, baba Oreiley, and not sure on #5
Amazing Jewish Artur Rubinstein...outstanding.... I listened him first time when I was a small child, maybe 4-5 years old in the beginning of 60-s
I grew up with this concerto, my mother performed it at age 16 with her local symphony in Iowa. She used to play it live at home and this holds so many memories for me. I miss you Mom
Rest in Glorious Peace, Artur Rubinstein and Andre Previn, and thank you endlessly for sharing your brilliance. Endless blessings..
I'm a rich person. Maestro has left me this Crystal Clear interpretation. Thank you.
This man emits a very strong aura of wisdom
Yes wisdom of 32 minutes of music with out any sheet music.
The first time I heard this piece I was 15 years old and how they lived in Cuba I could only enjoy it from time to time when they played it on the radio this song means a lot to me it saved my life when I was in prison.and now I can fully enjoy it thanks to TH-cam you have no idea of the emotions that this musical theme causes in me I feel that I am going to the depths of my soul I find that it brought out the best in me this music is pure gold.
Very nice and sincere comment!! 🎶☺️🍀
Grieg's Piano Concerto in A minor is filled with the golden light of Autumn, the sweet scent of the woods, the quiet babbling of streams, and the earthily-clad mythical creatures of Norse mythology that dart and play amongst the litter of the forest floor and dissapear into hollows amongst the tree roots. Each new melody tells its own story, sets its own mood; the overall effect of the piece is to leave one satisfied as one might be satisfied after inhaling deeply a breath of fresh, cool air. In 60+ years, I have never tired of listening to this piece...each time is as fresh as the first. Thanks to Arthur Rubinstein for giving us his lovely and enduring recordings of Grieg's concerto to fill and refresh our hearts and minds.
Lovely poetic tribute to great work,of art and to,great pianist.
I heard Rubenstein play this concerto in San Antonio, TX under the direction of Alessandro. Isn't this Andre Previn? After Rubenstein completed the concerto, he took requests! Yes! Requests! This was the musical highlight of my life!
One of the greatest piano concertos ever written, performed by one of the world’s greatest pianists.
I never get tired of listening to this beautiful concert, at least sixty years ago I listened to it one afternoon or evening sitting in an armchair in front of a combo (radio and record player) playing an LP with my dearest father, smoking a cigarette. , I am silently enjoying this beautiful music that I instilled in me to listen to and value... today I do it alone in front of the computer watching this video and tearing up at the memory of those days with my old man
Grieg is very underrated, people only know his Hall of the Mountain King and nothing else he did. Rubinstein performed this better than anyone I've heard so far.
And they know Morning Mood, but nobody knows it's by him.
Peer Gynt, String Quartet in G Minor, Holberg Suite, Symphonic Dances,
Indeed, I think Grieg is underrated. Also Mendelssohn and, as of late, Liszt...
Morning Mood and Hall of the Mountain King are what everybody knows but when ask people if they know Grieg they say who's Greg
+O Lobisomem Liszt could never be underrated... He always seems to get a lot of clout around TH-cam.... Respighi and Mahler have fallen into neglect recently... Sadly
La beauté à l'état pur, à fondre en larmes et en redemander encore et encore. Quels génies ont habité ce compositeur et cet interprète !!! Je suis complètement subjugué par ce concerto que j'ai découvert par hasard sur TH-cam. Merci à la personne qui l'a mis en ligne et nous a permis de le découvrir pour le dévorer, le goûter, le déguster et l'écouter encore et encore. C'est du pur bonheur !!!!!
Maestro - Perfecta music-pianisty - Thank You-B.🎹🎶🎵👏🎹🧓🌹
Grieg had an incredible gift for melody, where this showcases this and Rubenstein is so clean and emotional. My dear dad, an amateur pianist, adored and played this piece on the piano and on the record player. It’s what I was raised on. It’s pure joy.
I'm playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order
+Ted Kelly time for you to move into comedy. ha, ha !
same problem here, in a song that has every note from a chromatic scale.
Or the right duration
Andrew Preview! .... "Grieg by Grieg with him and him!"
@@chrystaldark hahaahaha... that was my favourite sketch of Morecambe and Wise with Andre..
He makes it look so damn easy.
It probably was easy to him as he had been playing it for years.
Actually of piano concertos, thus one is relatively rather easy, especially when compared with Tchaikovsky Bb Minor and Rach 3. Even those lesser known such as the Bartok are harder than this... 😂
1950Grendel Rubinstein has been playing this concerto for decades,he is a professional and they nearly always make their repertoires look"easy"the fact that he is so old and still at it is the amazing factor.
The 2nd movement is intoxicating
Arthur Rubinstein represents the DISCIPLINE in its extreme aspect : What a POWER of EXPRESSION in his hands . WOW ! ALL the RESPECT for both : Edward Grieg and Arthur Rubinstein . EARTH gravity has NO POWER on me when I listen to such a GREAT concerto 🤩
At the beginning of the 2nd movement, the facial imagery is striking, as Rubinstein is swaying to the music, I always am stunned by the way he is so engrossed, so entranced, so at one and his eyes are saying how blessed I am to be here, to have this ability all my long life, this is heaven. He is expressing love and respect to Grieg, to the conductor, the orchestra, and to himself. And when he then begins to play it is so at ease, effortless, like the chosen conduit for Grieg,..so perfect. One of the great music videos on TH-cam
+gerard mcnally Gerard, you get it and you say it so eloquently. What a fabulous historic record of Rubinstein playing one of the classical classics. Thumbs up to your observations on the second movement.
Gerard, you're so right on! One sees so much b.s. in these commentaries. It's great to see one that does justice to the subject. And, in the case of Rubinstein the subject is on the highest plane!
Very nicely stated, "gerard mcnally" -- thank you for your thoughts -- I concur 100%. I was honored to audition under Rubinstein and attend several of his concerts, awe inspiring.
His playing style is so effortless that I found myself wondering why I could not just as easily play it myself. Barenboim said that a truly great pianist will make what he is playing seem either unfathomably difficult or profoundly easy, and cited Rubinstein's playing as the latter.
It's an essential part of a live performance I think. Rubenstein had an amazing ability of conveying the easiness that he was playing with. If you watch him, it looks as if he has more in hand, like the piece isn't complex enough to cause him any stress or difficulty. This is why it's so great to watch line concerts in the times of studio recordings.
This has to be one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written - and this performance is excellent.
Absolutely superb. Arthur Rubinstein was playing the piano at a concert at the Royal Albert Hall and my father took me, I was 10 and
after that I never stopped loving classic music we always had records playing at home, one record was Grieg's piano concerto.
this piece is used often in competitions. it ain't easy to play. when you get to this stage in your career you know how to play and express but then arthur does something else here. he puts something into it and you know the music but feel there is something in it that wasn't there before. he puts emphasis on certain notes, plays heavy, hitting hard on some keys differentiating the dramatic quality in a profound way that says his memory has adjusted to the piece with his age. he had genius, age, experience and a deep regard for what grieg wrote and wanted you to hear it as grieg would play it had he had arthur's love of this, another mans music. both men pull your soul from you, hold it, show it to you and say here what are you going to do now. nonplussed !
@Mookie Spindlehurst It really doesn't matter! When the message is so well delivered.
Rubenstein's autobiography of his early career is interesting in this regard. Right from the beginning he was intense, attracted to the piano, had great talent, good teachers, and was not the easiest person to be around. Sheer skill and hard work carried him through and out into the wider world. As usual, that background shows here.
Very true, as for Mookie Spindlehurst I understand you just sent off a quick note. This is a computer concept not known to everyone. Is okay in some situations.
@Mookie Spindlehurst: do you mean “EsattAMente? Touché
@@ohraider 28:54 28:56
There will never be another Artur Rubinstein and the musical world's a poorer place without him.
Beautiful rendition, I do like Rubinstein's slower tempo, every note is so clear and clean. He is gone a long time, but his legacy lives on 🎹🎶🥰🥰🥰
d. 2019
@@tlafleur8433 No. He died quite awhile ago.
@@maryyueil Thx. Article mistake. Other article states 1982. My fav pianist of all. Can recognize his perfection without knowing beforehand.
Thanks to André Previn's arrangement
@@theloganshow3602a remastered masterpiece
one can see his concentration went from brain - fingers - ears, with no showmanship getting in the way , no dramatics at all - just pure genius and it sure comes through
WONDERFUL
Semplicemente un capolavoro immortale del grande maestro norvegese Edvard Grieg ( 1843-1907 ). Una fra le grandi pagine pianistiche di sempre fra le non poche eccelse della letteratura. Ottima l'interpretazione dell'orchestra con il direttore e l'esecuzione superba di Artur Rubistein, uno dei pianisti leggendari del Novecento.
Русская школа фортепьяно.
Rest In Peace Maestro Rubinstein. We are truly blessed that your music is still with us.
"The ministry of the muses does not tolerate fuss , the beautiful shold be majestic " (A.Pushkin) - this is the art of Arthur Rubinstein .
Grieg was not only a Romantic composer but a composer of the country living, as opposed to Chopin who was mostly of the cities, that is what I can recall of my history of music classes. This is trully a beautiful Romantic piano piece. Arthur Rubinstein remains a legend of the piano playing ever. And André Previn also makes the difference. Great to watch too. Fabulous!
Rubinstein is not only a pianist, he is a great interpreter and I dare say that even the composers could have revealed something about their inner selves
while listening to his interpretations.
....ademas el maestro Rubinstein fue un gran ser humano.
I'm with you.
His performance leads my soul into the peaceful river.
This is the first music I heard as a child at age 4. My mother played a record of this on our Zenith record player-console. We lay on the floor, listening to this beautiful music, I still remember the front cover of the record album, and the pianist was Claudio Arrau.
Must have been a good time.
Raphael Venegas pretty amazing
In my home it was this very recording that was my introduction to Grieg. I've yet to hear better.
I've learned to listen classical music with my grandfather, the father of my mother. He passed away in the early 70's, I was a child. My grandmother said I liked to listen Mozart piano concertos and symphonies. I inherited some of my granfather vinyl albums, many by Rubinstein.
@@rogosobe Treasure them...x
Rubinstein is one of the all time piano virtuosos and earns new fans to this day, rightly. Splendid Grieg composition. Bravo. (23-12-14 Thu 1)
Grieg does not have a big catalogue, but his work is always to bring pleasure to anyone ready to listen . He will never disappoint you.
This concerto is my favorite Grieg composition. Peer Gynt is my #2. But all of them are near and dear to my heart such emotion and depth. I never get tired of hearing his music
Rubinstein in my opinion had some very deep spiritual connection to the composers he interpreted. For me there is HIM and then there are all the other great pianists. He seems to have understood and felt every note so he gave each one it's own space and significance. Maybe it's only me and my sensitivity to music, but I totally believe Grieg, Brahms, Beethoven, Saint-Saens, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff etc.....would all have given Rubinstein a standing ovation and asked for a 'da capo'. He moves me so deeply. Thank you for uploading this video footage, watching Rubinstein is such a pleasure.
+GreenEyes Mexico "...would all have given Rubinstein a standing ovation and..." I feel Chopin would have as well ~
Rachmaninoff
might well HAVE GIVEN Rubenstein a standing ovation, as their
lives overlapped and
Rachmaninoff
perhaps had opportunities
to attend his
recitals, as occurred with
Horowitz.
His playing reminds me a bit of Emil Gilels.
Milton Moore In his autobiography, Rubinstein recounts how he brought Rachmaninov and Stravinsky together at his home in Los Angeles and the two composers, who detested one and others music, chatted amiably. He was friends with both men, especially with Stravinsky whom he persuaded to write a simple piano concerto that he himself could play and make money as a concert artist! Rubinstein was a tremendous personality and his autobiography is well worth reading.
"He seems to have understood and felt every note so he gave each one it's own space and significance" This is exactly the explanation that Jerry Garcia, the famous psychedelic lead guitar player for the Grateful Dead said of his improvisational 'golden' lead lines' imitable quality. That he gave every note 'Full Value'. I arrived at this video searching for an example of this work and was immediately impressed with the elderly gentleman at the piano thinking that 'most are young good looking upstarts proving themselves' and how pleasing it was to watch an old hand mastering this piece with utmost reverence and surety. Only to look him up and realize who Rubinstein was. The performance is so good, at first I assumed he wrote it.
I haven't heard a better performance than this. Exceptional.
Eric Morecambe came pretty close.
I agree, as a Norwegian, I see the Norwegian landscape. And as an afterthought, I have been listening to this since I was 17, I am now 72
I’m never thinking that A Minor is easy to play again.
Oh yeah look at galop in a minor by liszt
All white note keys are the most difficult to play.
@@karlriedewald6905 chopin said the c major scale is one of the hardest because of how many different fingerings you can use
@@karlriedewald6905 but black keys are more narrow and difficult for one's fingers not to slip on them...
@무환 황 Guess i need to write a freakin’ black keys etude…
This was one of my mums favourite pieces and played with such precision by a Grand Master such as Rubinstein, the composer Greig and my Mum were related my mum always told us , what a pity I have had to reach nearly 60 years of age to truly appreciate this and other beautiful classical pieces , better late than never I guess !
Bravo. Consider that Edvard Grieg was still alive at Rubinstein young age. When Grieg died in 1907, Rubinstein already a performing pianist...
Previn really understands how to cooperate with legendary interpreter Rubinstein.
... and Andre Previn conducting the orchestra.... wow!
26:13 one of the most beautiful moments I have heard in music.
E eu aos 11:00
Watching Rubinstein's emotions let loose in the beginning of the second movement captures everything we feel. I love watching someone who loves this piece so passionately react authentically to its pure beauty.
Why doesn't this have 25MM views? Iconic rendition. Absolutely stunning!
Because Eric Morecombe isn't in it.
25:00一下去我真的起雞皮疙瘩....
從第一樂章開始每個音符都是畫面，真的太神了......
絕對是最厲害的鋼琴家
Playing all the right notes in the right order !
Filmed in 1975 at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, London. Rubenstein was 90 years old and had only peripheral vision at this point in time.
Thanks for the information. I wondered why there was no sheet music.
thank you for giving us such info!
uklum all pianist don’t use sheet music when playing concertos
@@chunyu4669 OK, thanks, I didn't know. I'm sure I've seen them use it before, maybe just chamber recitals, though. I've just recently been finding out more about classical music.
uklum yup that’s it. when you’re a soloist you don’t have sheet music but when you’re part of an orchestra or you play chamber music you generally have and need sheet music
Love to listen to Grieg’s music. I have listened to it for seventy-two years. Keep playing it! 20:02
Well, my Mother used to direct the orchestra. She was 102 years old and a little bit deaf. She liked very much the piano trill just before the first movement coda and usually she was heard shouting a Good Lord on the exact moment the pianist played the trill. When she was dying, she asked me to sing the trill, but I couldn't because I Lost my voice then. Rubinstein was great. Still is. My Mother was greater.
Entirely from memory!
やっぱり、どんな曲でもルービンシュタインはすごいな。丁寧かつダイナミックな展開。テクニックも超一流だけど、曲の解釈とか一貫性とか、とにかく説得力がある。作曲家、この場合はグリーグだけど、ルービンシュタインの演奏を聴いたら拍手喝采だろうな。
The last minute is the most beautiful music in existence
He’s 88 and played that whole masterpiece from memory 😮 Not a sheet of music in front of him
He was nearly blind and could not see the keys on the piano. He relied heavily on feel and his memory on how he used to play the pieces when he was younger. It goes to show you the high level of preparation he had. This recording is literally a priceless archive of his playing.
That's what pianists do.
Rubenstein is wonderful. So cool.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.. although filmed 40 years ago, it looks like it was yesterday.. Grieg's 1858 Conceto moves me to tears under the brilliant hands of AR - truly an unparalleled master in every respect.. Bravo!..
Grieg's piano concerto dates from 1868, not 1858.
@@nedhopkins897 I’m imagining a 16 year-old Grieg writing this concerto now 🤣
My school music department thought that serious music ended in 1623. Grieg was a name, little more. Decades later, I was wanting a piano vinyl to check out a record player, stored in the loft since younger times, so when a piano concerto came up on the car radio, I stopped and waited until the end to get the title. Home, and on the laptop, I searched for a vinyl. This video came up on the way. A gulp, and then, pausing only long enough to plug in serious headphones, I sat entranced. Forget about the vinyl - this is unbelievable. And, as others have commented, the unknown cameraman is as much a maestro as the legendary pianist, the orchestra, and the composer. Thankyou, TH-cam for letting me watch and hear.
I so agree with everything you said. And You Tube is such a gift to us all.
André Preview had the pleasure of conducting two wonderfully gifted pianists playing the Grieg Piano Concerto in his time. Arthur Rubinstein and Sir Eric Morecambe, OBE.
루빈스타인 pianist 찐 선생님, 완전 영혼과
함께 연주하심, 이러한 피아노 소리가 있읍니다. 표정도 꿈의 세상에 계신듯, 정말
감사합니다.
The sound of the LSO here is beyond incredible. And what a piece. A master like Rubinstein finally reveals to us the transcendental music that lies behind these marvellous notes. What a joy to be alive and to experience this.
Grieg is one of my favourites. His Piano Concert is one of my favourites among his work. And Rubinstein's performance is wonderful
Absolute amazing and fantastic performance of one of the greatest piano concerts of all time.
I come here for Rubenstein. But this has to be one of the greatest piano concertos ever written. Greig! This is pure genius!
Magnifique pianiste... Que de dignité et virtuosité. Ces deux êtres se sont bien trouvés.
André et Arthur mon Dieu un vrai duo, fantastique. Je ne me lasse pas de les regarder... Merci, merci à eux!
Andre died yesterday so I am watching him conduct this quiet Friday evening in March and what I find interesting is that he is not the constant focus of the camera. I am guessing he told the director to forget him and show Rubinstein. That is true modesty and the kind of hallmark of greatness I can truly appreciate. This is, after all, a concerto, and the piano is the star, not the conductor. But I should mention that in this video Previn looks like and dresses like Schumann. In conclusion, a special thanks to Steinway for making such a nice instrument and Grieg for creating such an amazingly beautiful and cantabile composition. One never tires of hearing it. I should add that looking at Rubinstein's face tells you volumes about the performance of great music and why all the ladies were crazy about him.
Sublime. Artur once spoke of many younger pianists being absolutely perfect & correct in their execution…but with no soul in it. He had soul!
I played this number many years ago and still do, and I must remark on the incredible camera work on this video! Superb, catching all of the orchestra members on their instrument at the appropriate places that showcase their instrument! I STILL get goosebumps when I hear Rubinstein on this number! Watch how his face and head stay still but his hand, his strong fingers at the section beginning dramatically at 4:02 is both exciting and astonishing as he brings out all of the feeling Grieg must have felt while composing this number! Rubinstein brings the majesty of sound right out of the piano and into our ears -- what a thrill! It quickens my heart to hear it!
Фантастическое исполнение,,музыка эта-шедевр навсегда! Верх совершенства
Rubinstein was such a workman. Nothing flashy. No large distracting body movements (like so very many younger musicians these days). Only focused precision with deep, deep emotion and feeling. And some of the best interpretations and performances ever.
This should arguably be required listening, from an early age, for anyone who has any ambitions to play the piano beyond 'Chopsticks' level.
He made the piano sing; the notes would just flow when he played. I heard him in person in 1961; a concert I will never forget! I was watching from the wings, because I was in a play in the theatre on the other side of the concert hall. I was in costume; dressed in green as an elf! He was very amused when he saw the two of us.
Рубнштейн всегда на высоте, это высший класс. Исполнение прекрасное , музыка льется полноводной
рекой и возраст не помеха. На лице удивительное спокойствие и уверенность. Так может быть если
произведение ощущается внутренне, а это очень важно. Поэтому и результат прекрасен. Каждый звук
каждый интервал отточен до совершенства. Привет из Киева.
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