HEINRICH NEUHAUS masterclass piano 1962 MELODIA
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HEINRICH NEUHAUS masterclass piano 1962 MELODIA
This is are rare USSR melodia Lp with the recording of a piano masterclass by Heinrich Neuhaus held on 5 march 1962.
Neuhaus was the teacher of Svyatoslav Richter, among others, and is relatively unknown for he didn't like performing publicly.
This LP is a rare chance to hear Neuhaus at work giving a workshop.
It's a rehearsal of Schumann's symphonic etudes, probably played by (Vasilij?) Lobanov.
Russia 1962, GOST 5289-68, 33D-019959, Melodia sleeve G, record NM
Neuhaus on Richter in his article "Portrait of an Artist" (1960):
"And my taste .. tells me: I know and like, appreciate and respect at least a score of splendid modern pianists,
but my feelings and my reasoning tell me: still, Svyatoslav Richter is the first among his peers.
A happy combination of a mighty (super-mighty!) spirit with depth, purity of soul (chastity!)
and consummate skill, is indeed a unique phenomenon. The popularity he enjoys with both general and "select"
audiences, and the admiration his playing invariably evokes, are well known to all. Allowing that this phenomenon
needs an explanation, how can we explain it? I shall repeat in simpler terms what I have said above. In the first place,
this is explained by his tremendous creative power, by the striking, harmonious combination of those qualities which
are commonly known as "intellect", "soul" and "heart" - and finally by his gigantic virtuoso talent.
In his head, comparable to the majestic domes of Bramante and Michelangelo, all music, all the beautiful music is
cradled as the Child is cradled in the arms of Rafael's Madonna.
Whether he is playing Bach or Shostakovich, Beethoven or Scriabin, Schubert or Debussy, the listener seems to
hear the living, resurrected composer, and becomes completely immersed in his unique, enormous world.
And all of it breathes the "Richter spirit", all of it is infused with his inimitable genius for penetrating the innermost
secrets of the music.
Only a pianist whose genius is a match for the composer's, a pianist who is the composer's brother, comrade and friend,
can play like that. "
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