Gieseking plays Schumann Fantasie in C opus 17 (1/3)

Robert Schumann (1810-1856): Fantasie in C major, opus 17 (1836) 1. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen. Walter Gieseking, piano From a radio broadcast, 1947. Paintings by the German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840). "Although every truly great pianist has his own tone resulting from his total interpretation, Gieseking perhaps had the most readily recognizable and the longest sustaining tone of all. His was a pure, transparent, nonpercussive tone of a great dynamic range resulting from his phenomenal ear for prolonging vibrations, his masterful pedaling and his panlike inwardly-felt melodic outpouring. Music flowed from him effortlessly and enthusiastically, always colored by his innate sense of the exquistite - a beautiful landscape, the myriad colors of a butterfly wing or a flower. Yet for him tone was uncomplicated: 'I have to hear beautiful sounds from my piano.'" (Dean Elder)

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