Arthur De Greef Vidéos
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2024-05-21
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Arthur Greef Greef Grieg Liszt Rosenthal Albéniz Chopin Artur Rubenstein 1862 1922 1940
Arthur de Greef was one of the Liszt pupils from the late 1870s through the 1880s, contemporary with Rosenthal and Albéniz. He is best known for his 30-year association with Grieg, who spoke of de Greef as the finest performer of his works there was. De Greef stands out amongst the Liszt pupils, and indeed from almost everyone of his generation, for the quite modern approach he had to interpretation. His performance is "anti-interventionist" and highly objective, in a non-romantic sort of way. His performances of Chopin prefigure the approach taken by Artur Rubenstein, of great delicacy and a certain cool straightforwardness. His solo piano work has one failing - that of failing to generate the widest range of dynamic levels, and absence of a certain kind of beckoning intimacy. To be quite honest, I am not personally a fan of his solo performance, though it will appeal to many who find the 19th century style of piano too affected. The performances bear repeated hearings though, and my initial negative reaction often softens into one of "I see exactly what you mean, and you do it very well for all that, but I just wouldn't do it that way myself." This is Grieg's Lyric Piece op.71 no.3. The recording dates from 1922.
Greef Corda Artur Pizarro Yannick Nézet Séguin 1725 1862 1940
Arthur De Greef +••.••(...)) Concerto Nº 2 in B minor for Piano and Orchestra #1. Angoisse - Agitato - 00:00 #2. Séparation: lento ma non troppo - 11:53 #3. Sursum Corda: con moto ed energico - 17:25 Artur Pizarro (Piano) Flemish Radio Orchestra Yannick Nézet-Séguin (Conductor) I do not try to profit at all with these videos. I do not want to harm anyone. The composer, the publisher, or the corresponding persons can claim and dispose of their rights of execution at any time or request the elimination of this material. Yo no intento lucrar en absoluto con estos videos. No deseo perjudicar a nadie. El compositor, la editorial, o las personas correspondientes pueden reclamar y disponer de sus derechos de ejecución en cualquier momento o solicitar la eliminación de este material.
Franz Liszt Greef Rachmaninoff 1884 1886 1927
A wonderful 1927 recording by Arthur De Greef - a pupil of Franz Liszt for two years. I very much enjoy this interpretation, I find it has a certain freeness to it - evident by the little deviations from the score - which was quite common in the time this was recorded. Allegedly, Liszt was quite picky with how this piece was to be performed and refused to hear it at his masterclasses (though he did teach it 4 times between 1884 and 1886), as it was "frequently badly played and overplayed". Though, it is frankly quite overplayed, compared to the first polonaise at least. I find it quite unfortunate no.1 didn't become the "popular one". I do wonder if Liszt would have appreciated this interpretation though, but it's near impossible to know. It was recorded 40 years after De Greef met Liszt, so his playing surely changed by then - not to say he played like his teacher to begin with... I do still think it's closer to how the composer might have played his pieces to modern recordings - even when following "The composer's intentions”. In fact, I don't think it was the composer's intention for pianists to follow "The composer's intentions" as they do. When teaching, Liszt wanted to avoid creating copies of himself; he believed in preserving artistic individuality. He may have thought that following the score (or now even manuscript) with such precision as we do now to be un-artistic. I still do think good urtext editions are a good thing; it allows you to make your own interpretation instead of following the one of the editor. Anyway, we all wish to play like the legendary composers or even just to hear them. But do we? Well one of the reasons I uploaded this is to share this historic recording - something close to how Liszt played. But I never hear serious pianists try to replicate these. Even for composers such as Rachmaninoff with recordings of himself playing, no-one tries to replicate him. I even have a teacher who recommended I don't try to play Rachmaninoff like Rachmaninoff; "They did things we're not allowed to do nowadays". I'm starting to think we'd be disappointed listening to the legends play, compared to what we are used to. Basically, to conclude, If you dream of listening to Liszt himself; listen to this, if you don't like it, you likely won't like how Liszt played. If you do like it, we can only imagine...
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