Superb performance. Rhapsody is best I've heard other than Katchen. Perfect sense of pace and natural phrasing. It does feel like the music itself speaking directly.
organman52 I disagree with you, sometimes you see musicians do movements like these because they help expressing the music. I play the piano and people tell me I move my mouth when I play but I'm not aware. Also sometimes I hum along with the music just because I find it helps with phrasing and it helps me relax as well. So no I don't think most musicians are pretentious and trying to "impress" people with extra movements. Singers move a lot and have big gestures when they sing, and it's not because they are pretentious. I would rather watch this than watching someone performing like a log, might as well watch a robot play if you do
Whatever. Just look at DeLarrocha or Hamelin, for example. They never move anything but their arms and hands and their playing is absolutely beautiful. It is not about US. It is about the master composers and the reverence we must have for their property.
organman52 I'm not saying musicians who don't move as much sound bad or anything, but if those small movements are just ways for them to express themselves, what's the harm in that?
@@raymondgood6555 He has certainly memorised all these pieces, and performed them many times without the score. If you have performed on world stages then you will know that the pressure of playing with no score can sometimes start to become a distraction from the interpretation of the music itself, and from the pleasure of playing. If such a wonderful and respected pianist as Richard Goode prefers to have the score there in order to relax and put the music first, he has earned that right over decades of performing. (In any case, I believe the tradition of playing from memory only started with the 'show-off culture' of virtuosos such as Liszt. Before then, musicians would never have presumed such arrogance as to play someone else's music without the score! It is so odd that it has become expected now.)
I don’t think anyone knows if he has memorized these pieces except Mr Goode. Richter was such a good sight reader that many of his concerts were sight read- and played as only Richter could!
When the Ego is silent, the music speaks naturally. Wonderful.
Is age the only ego killer?
And humbling?
@@mcrettable Read Jung to understand the unconscious personality that regulates and even displaces the ego.
Richard does a Goode job playing these pieces.
Every time I listen his music, I think this play has more deep touching than any other's op. 119 play. Respekt
First heard him play fifty years ago when I was in college. He was great then and still is.
The best interpretation I've ever heard. Beautiful Steinway.
Absolutely gorgeous. This is real Brahms playing. So rareto have these gifts of pianism and stylistic-interpretive insight.
Superb performance. Rhapsody is best I've heard other than Katchen. Perfect sense of pace and natural phrasing. It does feel like the music itself speaking directly.
No higher compliment.
Beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful. Really enjoy Brahms music - so much feelings BTW the page turner looks a lot like Martha Agerich! LOL
She is his wife. And also a musician, so both things probably explain why she's really into the music @johnstaf
Impresionante interpretación sin trampa ni cartón.
Música sublime, y pianista de los grandes.
Richard Goode was a student of Rudolf Serkin - it shows in his powerful performances of the Beethoven Sonatas
J
Perfect
A Rudolf Serkin recording of Beethoven's Emperor prompted my life-long love of classical piano
Richard is one of the really Good ones.
The page turner looks like she's really into the music.
Enorme pianista!
Very good
Marvellous.
Bellezza purissima!
Genial! Echte Brahms!
So geht Brahms! Nicht wie das hektische Gewühle mancher "Großpianisten"!
hes lookin so trim, nice guy
What is he doing with his mouth? Does that effect the sound of the piano? And did he take enough bows?
That is your contention. Mine is - musicians are mostly pretentious and do what they 'have to' to impress others.
organman52 I disagree with you, sometimes you see musicians do movements like these because they help expressing the music. I play the piano and people tell me I move my mouth when I play but I'm not aware. Also sometimes I hum along with the music just because I find it helps with phrasing and it helps me relax as well. So no I don't think most musicians are pretentious and trying to "impress" people with extra movements. Singers move a lot and have big gestures when they sing, and it's not because they are pretentious.
I would rather watch this than watching someone performing like a log, might as well watch a robot play if you do
Whatever. Just look at DeLarrocha or Hamelin, for example. They never move anything but their arms and hands and their playing is absolutely beautiful. It is not about US. It is about the master composers and the reverence we must have for their property.
organman52 I'm not saying musicians who don't move as much sound bad or anything, but if those small movements are just ways for them to express themselves, what's the harm in that?
It's distracting and obnoxious. Otherwise, it's just fine.
transparent, Hochachtung
Why is he using music?? I could never get away with that
Gregg Michalak Why not?
He has earned that privilege.
Nan Cifani makes him look unprepared although richter did the same many times.
@@raymondgood6555 But does he sound unprepared? That's all that matters.
Ackkk page turner, don't turn with your right hand!!
wonder why he didn't memorize these pieces??
Of course he has memorized it. He just prefers playing with the music. Listen to the results. Superb Brahms!
Carl Riskin if he really had these pieces memorized there would be no need for the score in front of him!
@@raymondgood6555 He has certainly memorised all these pieces, and performed them many times without the score. If you have performed on world stages then you will know that the pressure of playing with no score can sometimes start to become a distraction from the interpretation of the music itself, and from the pleasure of playing. If such a wonderful and respected pianist as Richard Goode prefers to have the score there in order to relax and put the music first, he has earned that right over decades of performing.
(In any case, I believe the tradition of playing from memory only started with the 'show-off culture' of virtuosos such as Liszt. Before then, musicians would never have presumed such arrogance as to play someone else's music without the score! It is so odd that it has become expected now.)
I don’t think anyone knows if he has memorized these pieces except Mr Goode. Richter was such a good sight reader that many of his concerts were sight read- and played as only Richter could!
Why dos he needs a page turner ? Hélène Grimaud can memorize the whole ten pieces of Brahms intermezzi.
Sure, but she can't play them this well.
Héctor Melicoff ridiculous statement
If the result sounds this good, who cares