Alfred Cortot (1877-1962) Schumann: Der Dichter Spricht (Kinderszenen, Op15) Paris, 1953 www.naxos.com/p... fischer.hosting...
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@TJFNYC2128 жыл бұрын
What he says is almost as beautiful as the music itself
@peregrinusabsoluti23024 жыл бұрын
TJFNYC212 and believe me because I’m French, the translation is rather modest, in that it translates in simple words ideas which are certainly so, but expressed with much more poetry in French.
@edwardbak4459 Жыл бұрын
Even in English translation his words are poetic, but it is hard to imagine anyone speaking with such beauty as when Cortot spoke French. Truly humbling.
@TheFourteenthWard6 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite video on youtube
@VladVexler3 жыл бұрын
Yes, Cortot the great master of characterisation.
@dovic863 жыл бұрын
you can tell from his eyes that he's actually visualising the music as he plays, that's rêverie indeed
@bennoamatti3921 Жыл бұрын
This is sublime! The man sits to show how it can be beautifully done and what we hear is simply SUBLIME MUSIC! And the sweetness of his voice, the precision of his diction, the choicest words of descriptive poetry coming effortlessly out of his mind tempered by the lighflames burning in his eyes! Thank you so much for sharing this piece of a treasure!
@hhll64427 жыл бұрын
I dont have words to describe how i feel after seeing cortot play this piece . His commentary and understanding of this piece is extraordinarily deep and sensible.
@ganjamozart14358 жыл бұрын
Cortot to me is the most profound interpreter on the piano.
@rrrrrr-kb9sbАй бұрын
Agreed …. Yet he sounds like a student compared to Hofmann
@epicaunleashed876416 күн бұрын
@@rrrrrr-kb9sb What are you on about? Both were great, but Cortot will be immortal. Hofmann wont.
@rrrrrr-kb9sb16 күн бұрын
@@epicaunleashed8764 among anyone who knows anything about pianism, Hofmann certainly will. And it’s not even open for debate.
@epicaunleashed876416 күн бұрын
@@rrrrrr-kb9sb Weirdly of all, its Cortot that is universally respected among pianists. Confirm for yourself! Not Hofmann
@kaleidoscopio57 жыл бұрын
The understanding and the love that Cortot shows in this piece is really touching. THIS IS MUSIC.
@rubbertoe862 жыл бұрын
A fascinating peak into the profound genius of one of the most transcendent artists of all time. Hauntingly beautiful, chills all over.
@Romanacer7 жыл бұрын
The single fact that Cortot takes his glasses *off* for playing the piano is his whole genius in a nutshell.
@chantalbalestri143410 ай бұрын
Well, I do it all thd time while teaching piano too but I am not a genius 😂
@robertjamesstove2 жыл бұрын
If Cortot had not been an outstanding pianist he could have been an outstanding orator.
@davids20009 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful human being. It is an honor to be in the same field of study as this man. The art of the piano continues to astound me.
@FilipSandecomposer10 жыл бұрын
Very moving!!!....in our time, when music like very much else is turned very superficial and anonymous....this is a very good reminder of what music really is about....thanks for posting!
9 жыл бұрын
Filip Sande Well said, absolutely agree!
@buckingham19487 жыл бұрын
Wow... what emotion .. feeling .. so blessed to witness this. thanks for posting.
@darnfirefingers Жыл бұрын
What a gift it is to capture a well-poised spiritual moment in music. This is so moving!
@Palestrina-us8sv3 жыл бұрын
I love that the only filmed cortot masterclass is about the short sequence that is my favourite composition of all compositions.
@DTailzMedia6 жыл бұрын
I love it how he gives his own twist to it.. I think I haven't heard a better version yet. Even the bad sound quality, along with him explaining (which is also amazing, he talks and plays blindly at the same time), adds to this. I wonder what it had to sound like when you'd be standing in that room.
@travelingxavier2 жыл бұрын
This is beautiful. After listening to all of the other pieces in kinderszenen. The poet speaks is the last piece. that’s the piece that the poet is telling you his final thoughts about his childhood memories that you have just experienced with him. Nostalgic but not completely sad. Bittersweet. “Damn, I remember when everythig was so easy when i was a child. I miss those days” type of vibe. that’s how i take this last piece
@metteholm48337 жыл бұрын
Absolutely breathtaking! The filming itself is art.
@gushadowx8911 жыл бұрын
A brilliant explanation and sense of emotion. A lot of emotion and ideas can be extracted from such a small and tender piece.
@MusicalMaryFly9 жыл бұрын
beautiful voice too !
@BWV846 Жыл бұрын
I love Cortot. This video is touched my heart.. It's an honor to be able to see the video...
@gabrielgabriel80962 ай бұрын
"This" is comparable to any masterclass by any youtuber of today... Same level. In terms of musical depth and thinking, above all.
@snakeeplayz1010 Жыл бұрын
I love how deep Arthur Cortot goes with this piece of music. It reminds me of what we have lost in music throughout the years. Also is that Theirry de Brunhoff? I remember he was a student of Cortot. It makes since of course because Brunhoff has the most elegant interpretation of Chopins Nocturne that I have ever heard.
@robertmillar336411 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this remarkable video. It combines examples of both effective teaching and inspired (as well as inspiring) musicianship. I have referred readers of my blog to this page as an ideal video to illustrate one of my blog entries. Cortot takes us right into the inner world of a true interpretive musician, if we will just listen to the music, watch his face, and follow his words.
@Latarniczka2 жыл бұрын
Haunting and aiming at eternity--A. Cortot immortalized this piece and this moment! Favorite pianist of all times.
@infinitonica23626 жыл бұрын
Speechless.
@guitargalleryseoul62793 жыл бұрын
thanks for this beautiful masterclass..."dreaming" during play piano....
@hxyjdn3 жыл бұрын
What’s most astonishing is his ability to perform this while turning his head 90 degree.Imagine when he’s playing this in a concert with his eyes looking at the audience.It is as if saying”Look,it’s Schumann.It’s easy”.
@walterprossnitz347110 ай бұрын
This is not a difficult piece, any advanced student can play this without looking:-) But can anyone play Kinderszenen with the intensity of Cortot? Of the performances I have heard, I think only Horowitz comes close?
@nihilatak2 жыл бұрын
This girl is İdil Biret by the way =)
@TheModicaLiszt Жыл бұрын
No way!
@holmespianotuning3 жыл бұрын
Cortot’s playing makes the true romantic style of performance worth it.
@lucas__machado3 жыл бұрын
I love Alfred Cortot, he may have some imperfections in his technique in the most challenging works. But who cares, he add the most powerful sense of music I ever heard, his Chopin and Schumann are beyond any comparison. He had to be a great great teacher as well, his pupils all inherited an absolutely magnificent approach of music, where the melodic line and sense of recreating the piece as it's played, was perefectly conveyed. Samson François, Jacqueline Blancard, Éric Heidsieck, Dinu Lipatti and many others... They all received a teaching from Alfred Cortot and it is always incredible
@kaleidoscopio53 жыл бұрын
Imperfections? Sometimes was a disaster, but a unique one. To the hell the wrong notes if he could showed us all the beauties in music 😁
@tobiolopainto2 ай бұрын
@@kaleidoscopio5 If you want to hear Cortot at his best technically, listen to his Etude in the form of a waltz by Saint=Saens from 1919. It's blisteringly good with all kinds of difficulties that Cortot tosses off. All the rest of his recordings demonstrate technical mastery, too. Who cares about wrong notes? As Hofmann said to a student who complained that Godowsky made mistakes, "why look for spots on the Sun." And this was before the scientific world knew the function of sun spots.
@ADGO8 жыл бұрын
Part of this was used in a great contemporary Danish film -- Dark Horse by Dagur Kari. Totally recommend it
Horowitz's live performance hits different after watching this 😥
@alainspiteri50211 ай бұрын
two opposite great pianists
@ban9nas1777 ай бұрын
why are they opposites? I am curious as to what way. Thank you.@@alainspiteri502
@cameronbaggins97559 ай бұрын
Gotta hand it to the KZfaq team -love the segue!
@bismiksm2 жыл бұрын
Fascinant personnage... Merci pour le partage
@funkycatglasses013 жыл бұрын
This is so beautiful
@bikedawg8 жыл бұрын
wow. extraordinary.
@adautoar2 жыл бұрын
Was it Thierry de Brunhoff in the audience? It looks like him.
@kumoticc5 ай бұрын
It is Thierry de Brunhoff
@LukeZhang113 жыл бұрын
love it
@TomD673 жыл бұрын
This video is extraordinary. Thanks for posting it! But... Are there any more Cortot videos like this? I have not been able to find them in my web search but would love to see them, if they exist.
@hugueshugues15604 жыл бұрын
et merci Avner !
@rravvia Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this wonderful video❤
@teresagomez91203 жыл бұрын
Magistral este maestro es único es poeta
@bloodgrss12 жыл бұрын
Tres bon!!!
@christianlewarth98055 ай бұрын
The Poet speaks.
@user-si5rr1jm2u2 жыл бұрын
Wow
@ningxiabird4 жыл бұрын
Mesmerizing
@TopStarshake11 жыл бұрын
wowww!!!!!!!!!
@LucaCiammarughi10 жыл бұрын
Entre les élèves de Cortot, a 0'48, il me semble de reconnaitre le pianiste Eric Heidsieck (dernier à droite) :)
@marcelmouland49459 жыл бұрын
Et Thierry de Brunhoff au centre?
@lara-fi4ww3 жыл бұрын
can anyone transcribe what he says in french please? i speak a bit myself but not enough to catch every little detail
@dillinger24011 жыл бұрын
cortot plays: y aqui... no ligar estas dos frases, estos son dos elementos diferentes de la misma condicion musical y aqui como un tipo de interrogacion..... y de nuevo el otro..... afectuosamente.... interroga el avenir.............. y a partir de aqui... todo esto se inscribe tan simplemente no en la musica sino a travez... de la inmortalidad y dejen desvanecerse las sonoridades.. que deben desaparecer se apagan... y ustedes se dejan simplemente en la presencia de un sueño que se posa
@janedvinsson3 жыл бұрын
Like Duke Ellington said...music should be beyond categories...you need allwaýs to say something...like Cortot here is going through what's going on and in depth ...the art is in the "cooking", what you make out of it. For me pianotangents are buttons and you need to combine them in speaking phrases to make any sense, like I experience Cortot is doing.
@dillinger24011 жыл бұрын
me parece... que en el ultimo pedazo(parte) el poeta habla.. segun el titulo que schumann a el mismo a dado a esta pagina inmortal deberia transportarte sobre un plano de ensueño mas intimo..... no es asi? no unicamente la bella sonoridad, la relajacion expresiva de la frase sino un sentimiento mas soñador.... la verdad es que hay qeu soñar este ultimo pedazo(parte) no tocarlo me permite usted tomar su lugar?
@teddythemlgcorgi73094 жыл бұрын
0:48 that guy looks like Alban Berg
@nicolasvanpoucke.pianist3 жыл бұрын
He must have had the number of Schumanns dealer.
@lovetosteer10 ай бұрын
Perfect comment. Still laughing.
@user-be2jj7hy2r3 жыл бұрын
0:48
@williamhill22213 жыл бұрын
We must see French people how to evaluate Alfred Cortot fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Cortot
@kaleidoscopio52 жыл бұрын
Cortot attitudes are a mix of patriotism, antisemitism, the intention of developed pedagogy and some kind of regret.....it is hard to judge him in the commodity of these times.....he did what he thought was the right thing and what he could....
@user-be2jj7hy2r2 жыл бұрын
0:49
@opustravels36597 жыл бұрын
Is that Pollini on the left at 0:49?
@zviatocrapo96787 жыл бұрын
This film is from 1953 ... Pollini's born in 1942 ... ;)
@opustravels36597 жыл бұрын
Wow, he aged really fast then ;-)
@williamhill22213 жыл бұрын
Cortot's late life was loneliness and depression.
@zviatocrapo96787 жыл бұрын
who's the lady ?
@-leochutkin41325 жыл бұрын
Et son visage !!
@bluerayden11 жыл бұрын
what is he talking about, I have no frigging Idea, even with the sub titles
@luc37533 жыл бұрын
Poor student. Cortot seems to perform for the camera, utters a few hollow analogies and forgets to teach.
@purpleAiPEy3 жыл бұрын
This lesson follows me every time I play this piece, each time I play it after months and months I understand what he says a little bit more.
@kaleidoscopio53 жыл бұрын
Cortot performed for all future generations, and we should thank him for that 😌