Pascal Nemirovski - Pianist & Pedagogue

Daniil Trifonov, Scriabin: Sonata no. 3 in F-sharp minor, op. 23

2011-10-29T19:58:00.002+01:00

Jonas Kaufmann "Gott! Welch Dunkel hier!" Fidelio

2011-08-17T10:10:00.001+01:00

Farinelli Il Castrato with di Falco's voice:Cara Sposa ( Rinaldo )

2011-08-16T12:25:00.000+01:00

Jonas Kaufmann "E lucevan le stelle" Tosca

2011-08-16T11:45:00.001+01:00

Jonas Kaufman in Lohengrin by Richard Wagner

2011-08-16T11:27:00.000+01:00

Mirella Freni - Io Son L'umille Ancella - Cilea - Adriana Lecouvreur

2011-08-16T10:58:00.001+01:00

2CELLOS (Sulic & Hauser) - Smooth Criminal

2011-07-07T21:50:00.001+01:00

Andreas Scholl - Purcell: The cold genius song

2011-07-05T19:33:00.001+01:00

Klaus Nomi_The Cold Song (live)

2011-07-05T19:32:00.000+01:00

Kleiber Brahms : Symphony No. 4 mvt 1 Bayerische Staatsorchester / Bavarian State Orchestra

2011-02-19T15:36:00.001Z

Kleiber Brahms : Symphony No. 4 mvt 4

2011-02-19T15:32:00.002Z

In this excerpt from a 1966 Bell Telephone Hour TV series, George Szell works with conductors Michael Charry, Stephen Foreman, and James Levine.

2010-10-09T09:19:00.001+01:00

Gulda plays the legendary Beethoven 5th "Emperor" (E flat major op.73) piano concerto, the vienna philharmonic directed by George Szell excerpt of 1.m

2010-10-09T09:02:00.002+01:00

Madame Butterfly.Maria Callas

2010-08-12T22:27:00.000+01:00

Maria Callas

2010-08-12T22:24:00.000+01:00

Carlos Kleiber -Beethoven symphony No.7, Op.92 : mov.4 Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam

2010-01-09T16:36:00.001Z

Benno plays Rachmaninov Concerto no. 2 in C minor (1943)

2009-09-18T09:26:00.001+01:00

Benno Moiseiwitsch plays Rachmaninoff C Minor Concerto with the London Philharmonic under Constant Lambert for the 1943 British war flick "Battle for Music".

Alfred Cortot plays Liszt Etude "La leggierezza"

2009-09-13T08:22:00.001+01:00

Benno Moiseiwitsch plays Liszt Etude "La leggierezza"

2009-09-13T08:10:00.002+01:00

Rowan Atkinson - The Piano Player

2009-09-11T10:11:00.001+01:00

Thanks to one of my students for sending me the link! Have fun!

Tom & Jerry - Cat Concerto

2009-09-11T10:10:00.002+01:00

Thanks to my wife for showing this to me!

Marx Brothers Chico & Harpo

2009-09-11T10:08:00.000+01:00

Leonid Brumberg plays Brahms Fantasies Op.116 (1/3)

2009-08-10T21:43:00.000+01:00

Leonid Brumberg plays Brahms Fantasies Op.116 (2/3)

2009-08-10T21:42:00.000+01:00

Leonid Brumberg plays Brahms Fantasies Op.116 (3/3)

2009-08-10T21:38:00.002+01:00

Maria Yudina

2009-07-14T17:59:00.004+01:00

Mozart-Saltykov - "Lacrimosa" from the Requiem Mass in D minor (K. 626) Live recording, 1954

Bernstein conducts Mahler 9th ending

2009-07-14T12:02:00.001+01:00

A reharsal with Mravinsky...demanding!

2009-04-19T10:37:00.001+01:00

Maria Grinberg plays Liszt Sonata in B minor, S. 178 (1/3) Recorded in 1952

2009-03-01T09:52:00.000Z

Maria Grinberg plays Liszt Sonata in B minor, S. 178 (2/3)

2009-03-01T09:50:00.001Z

Maria Grinberg plays Liszt Sonata in B minor, S. 178 (3/3)

2009-03-01T09:48:00.001Z

Here is Stephen Hough, magnificent pianist!

2009-02-19T07:01:00.002Z

Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle

Strauss Shultz-Evler Blue Danube Lhevinne

2009-02-18T07:48:00.002Z

Thank you Stephen (Hough) for posting it on your blog!

2009-02-18T07:35:00.001Z

J.S. Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971 2. Andante Live recording, Moscow 1953

2008-12-21T10:51:00.000Z

Wanda Landowska performs an excerpt from Bach's Concerto No. 3 for Harpsichord, BWV 1054 at her home in Lakeville, CT

2008-12-21T10:48:00.000Z

Tureck plays Bach WTC II Prelude & Fugue Bb minor

2008-12-21T07:03:00.001Z

Heinrich Neuhaus plays Scriabin Piano Concerto Op. 20

2008-12-21T07:00:00.000Z

Scriabin Vers la flamme, Op.72 (Horowitz)

2008-12-20T18:34:00.000Z

Vladimir Sofronitsky plays Scriabin Vers la flamme, op.72

2008-12-20T18:33:00.001Z

Vladimir Sofronitsky plays Scriabin Fantasie h-moll, Op. 28

2008-12-20T18:30:00.000Z

Vladimir Sofronitsky plays Schubert Sonata B flat major 2. Andante sostenuto Live recording 1960

2008-12-20T18:26:00.002Z

Maria Yudina plays Schubert Sonata in B flat major, D.960 2. Andante sostenuto

2008-12-20T18:19:00.001Z

Sviatoslav Richter in Leipzig - Beethoven op 111 live 1963

2008-12-20T18:16:00.000Z

Beethoven - Piano sonata op 111 movt 1 - Annie Fischer

2008-12-20T18:14:00.001Z

Maria Yudina plays Beethoven Sonata No. 32, Op. 111 (1/2)

2008-12-20T18:12:00.000Z

Artur Schnabel plays Beethoven Sonata #32 in C min Op. 111

2008-12-20T18:09:00.000Z

Beethoven - Sonata N.32 Op.111 (Richter)

2008-12-20T18:07:00.000Z

Glenn Gould - Bach Concerto in D minor BWV1052 (1)

2008-12-14T12:12:00.001Z

Glenn Gould - Bach Concerto in D minor BWV1052 (2)

2008-12-14T12:09:00.000Z

Glenn Gould - Bach Concerto in D minor BWV1052 (3)

2008-12-14T12:07:00.000Z

Glenn Gould with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic [1960]

2008-12-14T12:01:00.001Z

Liszt Venezia e Napoli (abr) Josef Hofmann Rec1916

2008-12-07T09:13:00.000Z

Hofmann: Chopin Nocturne Op. 15 No. 2 (1923)

2008-12-07T08:28:00.001Z

Fischer Annie - Schumann / Piano concerto in A minor Budapesti Filharmóniai Budapesti Filharmóniai dirigent: Paul Kletzki

2008-11-23T08:20:00.001Z

Fischer-Dieskau sings Schubert - "Der Erlkönig", Gerald Moore, piano, Filmed in London, May 14, 1959

2008-11-23T08:08:00.001Z

Maria Callas sings Casta Diva, from Norma by Bellini

2008-11-23T08:00:00.001Z

Richard Wagner, Liebestod Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmoniker, Jessye Norman

2008-11-23T07:04:00.002Z

Kirsten Flagstad - Liebestod - London 1948

2008-11-23T06:49:00.000Z

Furtwangler rehearsals Brahms Symphony No.4 in 1948,London

2008-11-23T06:07:00.002Z

Evgeny Mravinsky Tchaikovsky 5th symphony 1st mov. 1983

2008-11-09T10:56:00.004Z

Schwarzkopf: Frühling & September (R.Strauss - vier letzte)

2008-10-26T11:21:00.001Z

Glenn Gould Goldberg Variations 8-14

2008-08-17T14:55:00.000+01:00

Glenn Gould Goldberg Variations 1-7

2008-08-17T14:54:00.000+01:00

Extracts from "The art of Piano" documentary show Glenn Gould playing J.S.Bach's Partita #2

2008-08-17T14:35:00.000+01:00

I am back. Enjoy!!! Mikhail Pletnev plays Bach Partita 6 Sarabande live

2008-08-17T11:28:00.001+01:00

My wife's recommendation...

2008-04-18T22:40:00.003+01:00

Annie Fischer - Beethoven / Piano Concerto in G major

Annie Fischer - Beethoven Concerto no 5 1/4

Annie Fischer - Beethoven Concerto no 5 2/4

Annie Fischer - Beethoven Concerto no 5 3/4

Annie Fischer - Beethoven Concerto no 5 4/4

Two increadible musicians and women!!! Annie Fisher & Dame Myra Hess

2008-04-18T07:47:00.003+01:00

Beethoven: Piano sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
I. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato
Annie Fischer
Hungaroton HCD31628

Dame Myra Hess in a lunchtime concert at the National Gallery plays the opening movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata in F minor, Op 57.

During the war years, and the blitz, Dame Myra Hess organized over a thousand concerts at the National Gallery. The Gallery had removed all their paintings, keeping just one on display each month as thousands of folks (many not regular concert goers) came to hear, be inspired, and maybe gain a little hope by these wartime concerts.

Andrew Dickson wrote in his blog at the "Guardian": "the monumental Appassionata - always associated in my mind with a wartime film of Myra Hess at the National Gallery, playing those crashing F minor chords at with a stubborn intensity that takes on all the death and mayhem around.

Kathleen Ferrier - Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen

2008-04-16T23:48:00.001+01:00

Kathleen Ferrier sings "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen" (I have lost touch with the world), by Gustav Mahler.

Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen,
Mit der ich sonst viele Zeit verdorben,
Sie hat so lange nichts von mir vernommen,
Sie mag wohl glauben, ich sei gestorben!

Es ist mir auch gar nichts daran gelegen,
Ob sie mich für gestorben hält,
Ich kann auch gar nichts sagen dagegen,
Denn wirklich bin ich gestorben der Welt.

Ich bin gestorben dem Weltgetümmel,
Und ruh' in einem stillen Gebiet!
Ich leb' allein in meinem Himmel,
In meinem Lieben, in meinem Lied!
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I am lost to the world
with which I used to waste so much time,
It has heard nothing from me for so long
that it may very well believe that I am dead!

It is of no consequence to me
Whether it thinks me dead;
I cannot deny it,
for I really am dead to the world.

I am dead to the world's tumult,
And I rest in a quiet realm!
I live alone in my heaven,
In my love and in my song!

Alicia de Larrocha's Rehearsal and Discussion Part 1&2

2008-04-04T07:18:00.002+01:00

Such a great lady... Listen to her also in Spanish music! It is a must...
Alicia de Larrocha plays Beethoven piano concerto no.1 with London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas. This video is the rehearsal and discussion during the recording session, which Dudley Moore introduces.

Prelude in B minor (Bach / Siloti)

2008-04-03T23:30:00.004+01:00

Emil Gilels

Richter practising Schubert, Chopin and Liszt

2008-04-03T22:54:00.002+01:00

What a chance we have to see Richter practicing in this video!
Schubert - Sonata in B major
Chopin - Variations Brillantes Op. 12
Liszt - Sonata in B minor

Prokofiev playing his Piano Concerto No.3...

2008-04-03T22:29:00.003+01:00

What a fantastic document... and energy in his playing!
Piano: Sergey Prokofiev Conductor: Piero Coppola Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

Rachmaninov plays Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 3 (1939)

2008-04-03T22:09:00.002+01:00

We have the immense chance of hearing the way Rachmaninov played his own piece. What can be a better example...?
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 1. Allegro ma non tanto (excerpt) Philadelphia Orchestra Conducted by Eugene Ormandy Sergei Rachmaninov, piano

Beethoven's Tempest Sonata mvt. 1 -- Wilhelm Kempff

2008-04-03T21:58:00.002+01:00

When you study Beethoven, you also have to know Kempff's interpretation!
Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Opus 31 No. 2 (1st Mvt) recorded in Paris, 1968

...Lipatti: an artist filled with divine spirituality." F. Poulenc

2008-04-03T21:22:00.002+01:00

Choral "Jesus bleibet meine Freude" from Cantata "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", BWV 147 (arr. Hess) recorded in Geneva, 1950,
Siciliana from Sonata No. 2 for Flute and Harpsichord, BWV 1031 (arr. Kempff) recorded in Geneva, 1950.

Ginette Neveu Plays Chausson Poème - excerpt (1946)

2008-03-30T18:58:00.002+01:00

Listen to the intensity and the beauty of the sound! It is absolutely unreal...

Pianist Arthur Schnabel Home Movie 1937

2008-03-30T18:37:00.003+01:00

Filmed in 1937 by Karol Liszniewski in Cincinnati, Ohio. When you play Beethoven you have to know Schnabel's interpretation. It is absolutely magnificent...

Alfred Cortot rare videos

2008-03-30T18:19:00.005+01:00

When you study Chopin, you have to know Cortot's interpretation. It is unsurpassable!

Maria Yudina plays Schubert Sonata B-flat Major, D 960

2008-03-30T17:45:00.005+01:00

Listen to this incredible spiritual interpretation... of the Andante sostenuto (second movement)

Weissenberg Strawinsky - Petrouchka

2008-03-29T07:52:00.002Z

This film is still a reference. This is incredibly filmed! I wish directors would have more imagination when they film pianists...

Michelangeli - plays SCARLATTI - Sonata in B minor

2008-03-29T07:29:00.001Z

You have to know this video! No matter what you think, it is a real jewel!

Sofronitsky - Scriabin Sonata N°4

2008-03-29T07:02:00.003Z

When you study Scriabin, you have to know his recordings! He is The reference for Scriabin...

Sviatoslav Richter - Chopin Etude op.10 no.12

2008-03-29T06:38:00.002Z

Listen with how much character and determination he is playing! This is really The "Revolutionary" Etude... Don't you think!

Glenn Gould, fascinating...

2008-03-28T23:17:00.005Z

Bernstein plays with Glenn Gould! Listen to this unbelievable video! His playing is so inspiring...

Martha Argerich Chopin Piano Concerto1 Japan 1996

2008-03-28T23:01:00.003Z

Martha Argerich! What a better example of real gift for the piano! Watch this video to be inspired by her music and natural technique.

Leonard Bernstein, another great conductor...

2008-03-28T22:42:00.006Z

September, 1975, Paris, France. Orchestre National de France. What I like about this video is the fantastic energy Bernstein is giving to the Orchestra! It is very contagious! Everyone should at one point have this kind of experience with Music!

Wilhelm Furtwängler, another Master...

2008-03-25T12:40:00.008Z

A rehearsal of Brahms Symphony No.4 in 1948, London. Listen to the intensity of this orchestra. For German music, Beethoven, Brahms, it is unsurpassable. I always tell my students to listen to the orchestra for this kind of repertoire to have a better idea how it should sound on the piano.

For a start...

2008-03-22T22:13:00.014Z

Horowitz is really my first inspiration. Just watch and listen to him. Everything is there. Polyphony, sound, rhythm, humour, drama, sensuality…intelligence! What do you want more!

Horowitz plays Carmen Fantasie

Horowitz plays Scriabin Vers la Flamme