Alfred Brendel - Schubert - Four Impromptus, D 935

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Franz Schubert
Four Impromptus, D 935, Op posth 142
No 1 in F minor
No 2 in A-flat major
No 3 in B-flat major
No 4 in F minor
Alfred Brendel, piano

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@contraitaly7800 4 ай бұрын

Brendel channels Schubert's spirit like no other. He's on a level of his own.

@pierrejacquart3494 Жыл бұрын

We can only appreciate Schubert, played with such virtuosity. Nothing remains in the shadows, every detail is superbly highlighted with grace, humour and power. Alfre Brendel is for me the greatest pianist.

@Kref3 25 күн бұрын

I agree that Brendel‘s Schubert interpretations are among the best. But just quite recently I discovered a beautiful recording of these four Impromptus by Schiff. Since any link would may YT delete my answer just enter the following to the search bar: „SIR ANDRAS SCHIFF - Schubert - Four Impromptus D. 935 (Audio Only)“ Especially in number two I suddenly discover so many hidden motives and melody fragments, I was astonished. Not being a professional but a rather mediocre hobby pianist, who will never hope to play even this piece of medium technical difficulty anyway as beautiful as Brendel or Schiff, I learned a lot from Schiff‘s recording.

@carolynwheeler8475 Жыл бұрын

I will never in my lifetime tire of viewing and listening to this.

@PatrickBateman191 3 жыл бұрын

I know of no other composer who, with a few simple notes makes you utterly fly away in joy and then suddenly, with the next few notes, makes you want to weep like a baby.

@cedericocosantorini8013 10 ай бұрын

I know of a few other ones : Brahms and Chopin, for instance.

@lionelthiebaud7081 Ай бұрын

Vous oubliez tous l'essentiel plis que n'importe quel autre compositeur, Mozart évidemment

@kinorspielmann4649 Жыл бұрын

Brendel playing Schubert and Beethoven ... he captures the mood of these works so perfectly it's as if he was ordained by the composers themselves to be their spokesman.

@prof.schirmer145 3 ай бұрын

Lieber Herr Brendel: Danke! 🙏

@user-nk2ni8ue5m 2 ай бұрын

There are no words to describe the beauty of these pieces. If you have a portable cd player, just listen to these pieces while talking your morning or evening walk. Eternally satisfying... and if its Brendel playing, all the better.

@robertosterle4957 4 жыл бұрын

After so many years of listening to Schubert's music, for me, Brendel and Schubert are the same person. There is nothing else to add.

@TwoCatsUp 4 жыл бұрын

I feel the same way, starting with my LP of the Moments Musicaux from about 40 yrs ago......

@richardamey3932 4 жыл бұрын

@@TwoCatsUp I remember hearing No 2 in Ab for the first time, on radio, and being transfixed. I hunted down that same album you mean and from then on Brendel had opened up Schubert to me - for 99p! How many other lives did Brendel do that for in those revelatory early years, and how many since? At that emotional time of life, I think I came to regard Schubert in Brendel’s hands, as important as food and laughter!

@TwoCatsUp 4 жыл бұрын

@@richardamey3932 Thanks for the great reply, Richard, made me "chortle"!

@richardamey3932 4 жыл бұрын

@@TwoCatsUp Glad to have conveyed some momentary respite from the current health crisis, Rex! I made sure I got his other Turnabout Schubert recordings, and got one of them signed by him, making sure it was that introductory Moments Musicaux disc - which of course is coupled with the tremendous posthumous three pieces D946 (how thrilling, as I read somewhere below, it would have been to hear him make No 1 his final Proms encore - I missed it!) Maybe it’s me and F minor but thanks to these early Brendel recordings, I have come to like the second set of Impromptus even more than the first. It seemed in the following decade or so many pianists did not ‘get’ D935 deeply enough to perform and record it, or perhaps they or record companies were fearing audiences would find it a slightly more austere set. The Turnabout sleeve note had expressed great disappointment with the music of the D935 No 1 and I wonder if this dampened artistic or commercial policy towards it. But I found myself strongly disagreeing. How the middle section B melts you after the anguish and disquieted resignation of section A! It’s like a sudden new and tender song, taking section A’s hand in compassion. How could this be second-rate Schubert?

@user-bj1pv5tk2r 3 жыл бұрын

You should try to listen Richter's unique playing.

@nicolascouturier9273 9 жыл бұрын

N.1 in F Minor 00:00 N.2 in A-Flat Major 11:30 N.3 in B-Flat Major 17:42 N.4 in F-Minor 27:46

@beateholscher7792 5 жыл бұрын

hello_psycho !l

@konradnibler5024 3 жыл бұрын

Grazie

@idrisbalavakos Жыл бұрын

Cat Meowing 10:44

@cedericocosantorini8013 10 ай бұрын

@@idrisbalavakos fart, I believe.

@RoyBrener 3 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest pianists of all time.

@doreenmillman7963 5 жыл бұрын

Of all the pianists I've heard play the Schubert impromptus, , I think Alfred Brendel's Interpretation is the best by far. Schubert has to" sing" on the piano and Brendel is the only one who brings out this heavenly music to the fullest.He has a ringing sound in the left hand as well as the right. throughout,and and thus transports you into a magical, sublime world that is beauty unimaginable !

@toewomg 3 жыл бұрын

Doreen Millman I felt pretty much the same like you until I heard Radu Lupu !

@PatrickBateman191 3 жыл бұрын

Yes yes yes

@PatrickBateman191 3 жыл бұрын

@@toewomg With greatest respect, I still prefer Brendl.

@joseguillermogonzalez9713 3 жыл бұрын

Yo también creo que la mejor interpretación de los impromptus es la de Brendel, pero junto a la de Radu Lupu. Aunque creo que el no. 4 Brendel lo toca demasiado rápido para mí gusto. Greetings from México.

@NI-un8wr 2 жыл бұрын

Maria Joao Pires

@marklovescadaques 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, God, for Franz Schubert and Alfed Brendel !

@ardarico 6 жыл бұрын

The way he softly flies over the keyboard is absolutely unique.

@deserthillbilly64 4 жыл бұрын

tickle the ivories lol

@silviagil1 6 жыл бұрын

Brendel was my ideal when I was a young piano student. He showed me Shubert and Beethoven. His playing is simply wonderful. Clear and so faithful to the composers. Thanks

@professordodo1 9 жыл бұрын

Marvellous, Brendel doesn't age, infact improves with keeping. It's all here ....poetry, dexterity, tenderness, sentiment, heaven and earth combined. Viva Brendel

@beeble2003 3 жыл бұрын

Brendel looks young here because the performance was recorded in the late 1970s!

@PatrickBateman191 3 жыл бұрын

I have never heard anything so moving, so emotional and so profoundly beautiful as the the few minutes following 1:51 .... absolute genius of a composer meets the greatest Schubert pianist of the 20th century.

@kinorspielmann4649 Жыл бұрын

I recommend reading the score of this first piece (Impromptu no 1, D 935), because in section B (2'55" onwards) there are no fewer than three different voices in conversation with each other! Extraordinary composition.

@maartendas1358 9 жыл бұрын

One man, one instrument - but the whole of life is in there.

@princeandrey 5 жыл бұрын

Yes! Wonderfully said!

@yannitzili8961 4 жыл бұрын

Three men and one instrument: The Composer, The Piano, The Performer and the Listener... It's a quartet!

@ciararespect4296 2 жыл бұрын

@@yannitzili8961 and a woman serving refreshments

@hostlangr 2 жыл бұрын

Meine *EMPFEHLUNG* der EQUALIZER *- Anpassung* *"Caruso"* Einstellung: ©2023 HL, Germany. -10,9 dB (60Hz) -12,6 dB (230Hz) -14,9 dB (910Hz) -15,0 dB (4kHz) +15,0 dB (14kHz) Die Intonation der Instrumente wird *nicht* verändert; da jedoch vor allem die mAn. *eigentlich kaum hörbaren* Obertöne zunehmend verstärkt sind, gewinnt die Wiedergabe merklich an Brillianz. (An der Tonquelle sind zunächst die Obertöne maßgeblich und stark mit-verantwortlich für die "Tonfärbung" des Klanges. Je *weiter entfernt* ein Hörer, umso deutlicher lässt die sehr hochfrequente Signalintensität nach; *schneller* als die tiefere! Für ältere Aufnahmen bereits relevant beim Input in die unterschiedlich im Raum postierten Mikrofone. Dem wird mit neuester Aufnahmetechnik natürlich Rechnung getragen. Bei *früheren* Produktionen wirkt hier mMn. eine moderate Verstärkung der in einer Aufnahme geschwächt vorhandenen obersten Frequenzen diesem Hochtondefizit etwas entgegen; hören Sie selbst! - Erstaunlich - ) Vergleiche die Wiedergabe, z.B. des 1. Impromptus mit und ohne o.a. Equilizer-Einstellung.... Hier wird die 'bessere Akustik' sehr deutlich hörbar.

@TB-us7el 6 ай бұрын

@@ciararespect4296 good to know she's making herself useful.

@joeowens6180 4 жыл бұрын

Thank the Lord that we have these recorded documents to bear witness the artistry of this exemplary artist -- and to help teach the young ones coming up how these Schubert pieces should be played.

@thepianocornertpc 6 жыл бұрын

I love Zimmerman's rendering also very much..but Brendel..that's something else.Gorgeous sound and beautiful shaping and phrasing.Marvelous.

@georgeboateng5738 7 жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant! Impeccable musicality. Great composer + great artist = Great music!

@carolynwheeler8475 5 жыл бұрын

This is the most incredibly beautiful thing I have ever heard.

@dominiqueporteboeuf3404 3 жыл бұрын

On est transporté ici, avec A. Brendel, dans une sorte de féérie, suspendu à ce qu'il nous dit, parfois dans un chuchotement d'une extrême pudeur, tout en offrant une palette de couleurs et d'expression si riche qu'elle tient pour moi du merveilleux... Que de délicatesse et de sensibilité! C'est par lui que j'ai découvert la beauté qui pouvait être celle du piano!

@kimikoyoshida4983 8 жыл бұрын

The way he plays piano always makes me cry.

@fe12rrps 5 жыл бұрын

With Brendel, there’s so much to be thankful for. For me, it is his Schubert and Mozart piano concertos. Utter bliss.

@fadhelalabbar239 9 жыл бұрын

It was one of the luckiest days of my life when I was in San Francisco 1987 with my Dutch wife and attended the piano recital of Alfred Brendel.

@billyves1 5 жыл бұрын

Indeed, I really envy you... must have been a unique moment of sharing with your loved one too, I can imagine so, you lucky guy ;-).

@rhadamanthes82 5 жыл бұрын

It is very rare to see - in a kind of live recording - such combination of subtil touch and - in the same time - the melodic clarity keepted but without emotional aspect. When Brendel meet Schubert, the music is just here in a perfect balance. Bravo.

@Mapesbury100 8 жыл бұрын

Listening to Brendel playing Schubert....utter bliss!

@mariemiller6942 9 жыл бұрын

There will never be another Alfred Brendel - such superb mastery of the instrument and breathtaking interpretation. I am thankful that we have these wonderful recordings. What a wonderful gift for posterity!

@warship000 7 жыл бұрын

Doen't even come from a musical family!

@josephk7946 6 жыл бұрын

i had some lessons with a jazz pianist who quietly mentioned Brendel was his uncle, although I imagine you were talking about in the other direction

@GodSaveDaOs 4 жыл бұрын

Of course there will never be another one... We passed the years of quality, as humanity, at everything. Sorry for my English.

@stuartlumpreiks665 4 жыл бұрын

Nice

@Pete82451 3 жыл бұрын

I agree. For me, Brendel just gets it all so right, and he never loses the rhythm or cadence, where many other pianists do. Exquisite!

@gijsschubert7901 7 жыл бұрын

Wonderful cross-hand playing from 2:53 onwards... And everything played from his head without a sheet of paper, super!

@63Baggies 8 жыл бұрын

I had the privilege of seeing him live before he retired; this and Oscar Peterson's performance about 15 years before are imprinted on my memory forever.

@tarikeld11 2 ай бұрын

Seeing Brendel and Peterson, wow 🙏

@konradnibler5024 3 жыл бұрын

Che bella musica! Grazie, meraviglioso. Grazie Maestro, gratulazione, novanta anni.

@FrancisAsin-Gioro 8 жыл бұрын

In his world, Maestro Brendel is the King.

@ecwerx 8 жыл бұрын

A brilliant pianist - such expression in his playing.

@rolfblum4691 3 жыл бұрын

Mit ganz großer Freude heut an seinem 90. Geburtstag gehört!🎂🎹💐

@ingridenglitsch3840 8 жыл бұрын

Das ist unfassbar toll. Er ist der absolut Größte. Phantastisch!

@MusikPiratCH 5 жыл бұрын

ingrid englitsch So sehr ich Brendel (und seinen Lehrer Edwin Fischer) bei Schubert mag, bekenne ich offen, dass diese Aufnahmen Ihren Meister in Krystian Zimerman (sämtliche 8 Impromptus) gefunden hat. Vor allem das op. 142/4 (D 935) hatte ich sowohl bei Schnabel, E. Fischer und Brendel nie verstanden. Erst Zimerman öffnete mir Ohren (und Augen) für diese Ausnahme-Komposition. Bei Zimerman wird die Nähe dieser Impromptus und Klaviersonaten (D 959 & D 960) zu den Sinfonien (Nr. 8 & 9: "Unvollendete" und "Grosse C-Dur") überdeutlich (zumindest in Furtwänglers Interpretationen)! :D

@pianogus 6 жыл бұрын

Brendel at his peak. And that means an infinite lot. To appreciate with utmost reverence. This is among the very best music making via piano playing ever committed to tape.

@ingvargerardson7334 8 жыл бұрын

Ljuvligt, skönt, härligt, sorgligt.. Vilken pianist!

@Rx-mn5fv 9 жыл бұрын

A sheer joy to be able to hear the young Brendel again. He loves Schubert's music and makes it live.

@davidmoran5431 9 жыл бұрын

Richard Yiengst Not so young, actually. Wonderfully simple withal, yes.

@rockweaver 9 жыл бұрын

this is unspeakably brilliant

@seifenstander508 2 жыл бұрын

never ever anybody has played that better.

@hreader 4 жыл бұрын

There's nothing to beat this music, certainly not in Pop Music Land. A priceless gift from my parents (mostly mother) was being bathed in classical music from an early age. For as long as I can remember there'd often be something on the gramophone (vinyl record player) or the Third Programme or Radio Three as it became in 1967. And instrumental teaching ('cello and piano) with singing in my school's choir.

@artois54 9 жыл бұрын

Brendel was better than I ever could imagine.

@dr.viktoriakerekes8886 6 жыл бұрын

Lebendig und dynamisch. Schubert lässt sich auch so interpretiert werden. Mir gefällt auf jeden Fall.

@chazinko 7 жыл бұрын

Very special indeed! Love Alfred Brendel's playing!

@gerlindekugelstadt1586 Жыл бұрын

❤lichen Dank für die ruhigen Orgelklänge, habe mich wie immer gefreut über die Musik und die schönen Bilder

@francoiseduteis424 2 жыл бұрын

Extraordinaire ... magnifique !! .

@shin-i-chikozima 5 жыл бұрын

Unimpeachable performance . It is impossible for us to imagine regret of the great composer who died at the age of ３１． His works purify our heart and soul .

@treasurethesemom 9 жыл бұрын

Also of note in the fourth Impromptu besides the help from the left hand where it helps bring out the composers intended musical affect are the beautifully played parallel scales and quick right hand thirds and trills with zing and the beautifully modulated slight crescendo and ritardando on the small bridge on the the reprise of the opening theme , all of which aren't easy at all... heard Brendel play this several times in concert and always fantastic like this

@gunmenow 7 жыл бұрын

What a joy to celebrate Schubert's birthday!

@MoonbaseEagle1 9 жыл бұрын

Effortless perfection. Bravo.

@irenenaselli2429 Жыл бұрын

Quizas la version mas pura de los impromptus de F.Schubert un compositor excepcional que aun merece mayor reconocimiento del que obtuvo. Belleza en estado puro.

@albertorinconc 9 жыл бұрын

Grande Schubert. Grande Alfred Brendel. Gracias.

@_seo.nl7 6 жыл бұрын

Good

@denissowitsch5169 6 жыл бұрын

Brendel clearly deeply understands Schubert, it's not just practise (like so many current performers seem to believe..

@francisbuyse640 8 жыл бұрын

Le grand Schubert doit être heureux là où il est de cette merveilleuse interprétation de Alfred Brendel, comme dans toutes ses interprétations de ce merveilleux compositeur, Merci à eux, c'est du vrai bonheur !

@m2m.512 8 жыл бұрын

+francis buyse D'accord avec vous, merveilleux Alfred, je reste scotché en l'écoutant et en le regardant, ça me va loin mais de façon plus que positive, un vraie bonheur!, j'aimerai tellement l'avoir à une master classe (rêver ça apporte un peu de bonheur, alors rêvons :), Bref! j'adore Brendel dans n'importe quel registre

@lorenzorossi6567 6 жыл бұрын

Je suis d'accord, Alfred Brendel incarne parfaitement l'esprit romantique de Schubert. C'est una version merveilleuse pour l'agogique, la délicatesse du toucher, la maintien du temps...

@TwoCatsUp 4 жыл бұрын

Performed by one of the great lyrical pianists to interpret anything classical.

@romahoffman4195 8 жыл бұрын

He plays with plenty of passion!

@meredith218461 4 жыл бұрын

Brendel's musicality, scholarship and sheer artistic integrity shines through every note of these great works. For example the flowing duet episodes of the first impromptu in F minor is simply spellbinding. Finally it is insulting to such an artist as this man to have annoying ads interrupting such a profound listening experience.

@PatrickBateman191 3 жыл бұрын

Fully agree.

@amirmotahari6186 10 ай бұрын

there is also a noise like a car or something right at the end of that Fminor! I guess the studio was nr fully sound proof! lol

@michelpiccoli8166 7 жыл бұрын

Quelle justesse d'execution ! MAGNIFIQUE !

@pauldoralt6301 3 жыл бұрын

Brendel - für mich der unübertroffene Interpret der Klaviermusik von Schubert

@user-no5rg2vv5z 26 күн бұрын

저도 동감입니다.❤

@toewomg 3 жыл бұрын

The only regret I have was at the time when he was having his last recital at Boston, I was so eager to waited in line to buy the ticket at Boston symphony hall, the line were wrapped around the building. But after waited for almost half an hour later only to found tickets were sold out at two persons in front of me!

@titicatfollies6615 3 жыл бұрын

What a disappointment!

@PatrickBateman191 3 жыл бұрын

Omg !

@olafdouwesdekker6056 7 жыл бұрын

I attended during my life several recitals by Brendel, mainly Beethoven, his great musicianship is monumental. Reluctant to give encores I'll never forget how Brendel decided, after finishing opus 111, to conclude the recital with an encore of all encore's: Fur Elise. One could a pin hear drop, inforgettable. Why is it so important to a lot of people to crown a pianist or violinist as the Best, the Greatest, the King or what ever? How to compare Haskil with Lipatti, Pollini or Yuja Wang, Heifetz with Oistrakh or Janine Jansen? They are all gods of a kind of Olympos, but stil vulnerabale and mortal human beings.

@MegaPianogenius 7 жыл бұрын

good comment

@vince644 7 жыл бұрын

Olaf Douwes Dekker

@margotchatterjee5716 7 жыл бұрын

Olaf Douwes Dekker

@margotchatterjee5716 7 жыл бұрын

Olaf Douwes Dekker

@margotchatterjee5716 7 жыл бұрын

Olaf Douwes Dekker

@samye8571 9 жыл бұрын

purity with deep feeling.

@tarcisiobergamelli6789 7 жыл бұрын

Interpretazione sublime! Grandissimo Alfred!

@rivkaslama7978 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic always loved these impromptus

@dimitrissdrolias3568 3 жыл бұрын

Brendel's best pianistic performance 2.53 -4.23

@FuranoMusic 7 жыл бұрын

I clicked on the thumbnail because I thought it was Schubert 😂 My heart nearly stopped!

@deserthillbilly64 4 жыл бұрын

I played guitar for years, and always thought "guitar face" was funny, but piano players have them beat, they can be very dramatic and fluid, expressive. Great video thanks.

@user-jz2sx3ij1x 2 ай бұрын

То ли, волшебный рояль,то ли ,виртуоз исполнитель,а, вернее и то и другое,и ,Шуберт ожил во всем своем великолепии.Браво!!!! я в восхищении....

@thepianocornertpc 6 жыл бұрын

First Impromptu...the way Brendel treats the L.H.is miraculous...meanwhile not a single accent in the r.h. patterns.Divine.

@jonathanveale119 6 жыл бұрын

Intense musicality soaring above the technical brilliance.

@bedenerexhepaj293 8 жыл бұрын

Just exquisite!!! Thank you!!

@benjamincuevaseninde 8 жыл бұрын

-- Prégnante interprétation. Brendel est le meilleur ambassadeur de Schubert. --

@yannitzili8961 4 жыл бұрын

Zimmerman is also good

@get-givetaskforce6922 4 жыл бұрын

Richter and Zimerman are up top with Brendel when it comes to Schubert

@billyves1 5 жыл бұрын

Quelle cadence, quelle extase, quel interprète totalement merveilleux... May he be doing well and even much better than that, in his age which is now starting to be great, great as he is and he's for posterity anyway... We love you Monsieur Brendel ;-)

@henrywasserman3876 3 жыл бұрын

I was not aware until now that the third impromptu of this D935 consists of a theme with variations. Definitively, the best of all this great pianist's interpretation of all Schubert's impromptus including those in D969, as well. It's only my personal opinion. Just wonderful!!

@gabrieleklusch690 6 жыл бұрын

Ein absoluter Genuss, zum Niederknien

@user-tn7rm8uf3x 3 жыл бұрын

アルフレッド。ブレンデルの演奏は緩急と強弱を曲調に合わせて丁寧に演奏している事に尽きる｡シュ－ベルトの即興曲OP142.D935はOP90よりスケ－ルが大きく精神の深部を揺さぶるような強い影響力を持った｡傑作である。

@markuswendelin5448 7 жыл бұрын

Er spielt Schubert traumhaft schön 👏👏👏🎹🎹🎹🎼🎼🎼❤❤❤LG from Austria

@bubba5273 3 жыл бұрын

So good I almost pressed the like button two times

@kathrynmcmorrow7170 4 жыл бұрын

This makes me feel complete content at the moment.

@karlbemesderfer3799 5 жыл бұрын

Brendel ranks with Michelangeli as the perfect combination of musicianship and technique. Marvelous!

@Lady_Barbara 9 жыл бұрын

Just awesome!

@ignatzfatui 3 жыл бұрын

Truly beautiful...genius...and I love how sometimes he arches his eyebrows so they look like antenna on some adorable bug.

@rahkmaninov9692 7 жыл бұрын

Splendid!

@tedgrant2 5 жыл бұрын

He's playing all the right notes in the right order.

@Jeannekm126 8 жыл бұрын

That's a real pianist.

@giuseppeguida9322 Жыл бұрын

Excellent preformance

@oscarpimetelbarrial5839 8 жыл бұрын

Shubert y Brendel , qué grandes que son

@user-fg1vg6wy1q 3 жыл бұрын

고맙습니다. 너무나 아름다워요

@lindakarus4324 6 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!

@herrwarum5969 5 жыл бұрын

D935 n.1, my favourite Schubert's improptu

@notaire2 5 жыл бұрын

Klare und saubere Aufführung dieses romantischen Meisterwerks im angemessenen Tempo mit anmütigem Anschlag und sorgfältig kontrollierter Dynamik ohne überflüssige Agogik. Echt unvergleichlicher Pianist!

@Piflaser 4 жыл бұрын

Der Herr Lobhudler hört auch Schubert.

@notaire2 4 жыл бұрын

Ein Lobhudler ist besser als ein Kritikhudler.