Da RUB

[1337-pI4aNi_t]

Hahaha, diz mofo muzt haf been truly legendary. I wish I cud have attended some of hiz “historical recitals”:

“Die Mammutprogramme seiner “Historischen Konzerte”, mit denen Rubinstein 1885 / 86 seine Konzertkarriere zu einem triumphalen Abschluss brachte, würde sich heutzutage kein Pianist mehr zutrauen - aus Rücksicht auf sich selbst wie auf das Publikum. An sieben aufeinanderfolgenden Abenden spielte der Komponist-Pianist: I.) Werke von Byrd, Bull, Couperin d.Ä. und d.J., Rameau, Scarlatti, J.S. Bach, Händel, C.Ph.E. Bach, Haydn und Mozart, II.) acht (!) Sonaten von Beethoven, darunter die Appassionata und op. 111, III.) Werke von Schubert (Wandererfantasie, Moments Musicaux, Menuett, Impromptus), Weber (Sonate As-Dur, Einladung zum Tanz, Polacca, Momento capriccioso), Mendelssohn (Variations sérieuses, Lieder ohne Worte, Capriccio, Presto), IV.) Werke von Schumann, darunter die gesamte Fantasie C-Dur, die gesamte Kreisleriana, alle Etudes symphoniques, Fantasiestücke, den ganzen Carneval, V.) Werke von Clementi, Field, Hummel, Moscheles, Henselt, Thalberg (darunter die Don-Juan-Fantasie), Liszt (Consolations, Ungarische Rhapsodien, Schubert-Transkriptionen, Fantasie über Robert le diable), VI.) Werke von Chopin: die f-moll-Fantasie, alle Balladen, die Sonate b-moll, dazu Préludes, Barcarolle, Walzer, Nocturnes, Polonaisen etc. etc., VII.) endlich zu den Etüden von Chopin Rubinsteins eigene Sonate F-Dur und Werke seiner russischen Zeitgenossen Glinka, Balakirew, Cui, Tschaikowsky, Rimsky-Korssakow, Liadow und seines Bruders Nikolai. Keines dieser Konzerte kann viel weniger als vier Stunden gedauert haben - es wundert kaum, dass “Van II”, wie Rubinstein wegen seiner äußeren Ähnlichkeit mit Beethoven genannt wurde, bei einer dieser Tasten-Orgien in Paris über der Klaviatur ohnmächtig zusammenbrach.”

Legendary sheeyat!

[1337-pI4aNi_t]

i c da average sdc reader iz a bit illiterate in German

Tha bottom line iz dat da RUB played 7 concerts on 4 consecutive evenings, each concert lazting at leazt 4 hours. He played different works on each evening; together deze 7 concerts were a kind of “history of piano m*zic”. At one occasion he fainted during one of deze concertz

I wonder whether dere iz any peniszt alive today who could unleazh 30 hours of fury in one week

I think da RUB dezervez hiz own SDC icon fo diz!

[1337-pI4aNi_t]

btw, I iz talking about ANTON and not ARTHUR of courze…

[opus_22]

Haha Da Hairy One…

He iz one wif Da Brotha

[Brewtality]

yea I read something like diz in schonbergz book. Hiz american recital schedule was just insane, something like 200 recitals in 200 days o sum sheeyat.

[1337-pI4aNi_t]

haha, I am just reading some more:

“as a first encore he played Chopin’s b-flat minor Sonata; as a second the seven pieces of Mendelssohn’s Characterstücke”.

[1337-pI4aNi_t]

since nobody iz interezted in diz topic I haf to keep diz thread alive myself.

If u want something done u do it yourself

[Brewtality]

haha well what to say? he wuz a mofo tru. and hiz work ethic wuz instilled in hofmann.

[opus_22]

there’s so much things to be said about the RUB. he was insane, he started the Russian school of peniz, he instilled his legacy in the legions of Russian mofos, he was the Great-Godfather of all the Luganskys and Berezovskys, he mother-fucked his way through the hearts of every old and young.

so who’s gonna emulate his work ethic next? this generation?

[krittyot]

I remembah Paderewski used practice da 88 18 hrs consecutively at one point in time. according to him, it was pozzibly one of da worst moment in hiz life. he didn’t even have time to eat breafast or take a nap and sometimes eating dinner on da 88 bench iz required. his tight schedule with many unlearned pieces forced him to practice like sheeyat. a bit insane!

[Mephisto]

@opus 22

there’s so much things to be said about the RUB. he was insane, he started the Russian school of peniz, he instilled his legacy in the legions of Russian mofos, he was the Great-Godfather of all the Luganskys and Berezovskys, he mother-fucked his way through the hearts of every old and young.

No, it was John Field the Irish pianist who started the russian style of pianism. Seriously.

[VOLODYA]

@Mephisto

@opus 22

there’s so much things to be said about the RUB. he was insane, he started the Russian school of peniz, he instilled his legacy in the legions of Russian mofos, he was the Great-Godfather of all the Luganskys and Berezovskys, he mother-fucked his way through the hearts of every old and young.

No, it was John Field the Irish pianist who started the russian style of pianism. Seriously.

No.

twuz tha play zo fazt i travel thru tym ztylee that ztart tha ruzzian zkool

[1337-pI4aNi_t]

@opus 22

there’s so much things to be said about the RUB. he was insane, he started the Russian school of peniz, he instilled his legacy in the legions of Russian mofos, he was the Great-Godfather of all the Luganskys and Berezovskys, he mother-fucked his way through the hearts of every old and young.

Dat’s tru. But - from what I read - I also haf da impression dat da RUB wuz in a way a perfect INCARNATION of da SDC principles; not in da strict sense of zpeed but in da wider sense of furiouz committment to da 88.

Datz why I think he deservez an icon!

[musicsdarkangel]

yeah I believe (but don’t remember) that he was the first to perform all of Beethoven’s sonatas in a series of concerts (in a week)

[Ashley_Tervort]

@krittyot

I remembah Paderewski used practice da 88 18 hrs consecutively at one point in time. according to him, it was pozzibly one of da worst moment in hiz life. he didn’t even have time to eat breafast or take a nap and sometimes eating dinner on da 88 bench iz required. his tight schedule with many unlearned pieces forced him to practice like sheeyat. a bit insane!

hahaha but hiz tech wuz

[k-nar]

I dun underztand diz uze of da whale icon

[gruffalo]

tiz fo sho worthy of an icon.