The great Soviet pianists — more than music (part 2)

Pianists of the Soviet era


Vladimir sofronitzki

Vladimir sofronitzki never performed identically the same work. Even playing the song several times in a row, he definitely changed that-то each reading

Vladimir sofronitzki was born in St. Petersburg in an artistic family. His ancestors were the artist-портретист Vladimir Borovikovsky Ukrainian poet Lev Borovikovsky. All the women in the family was musical, played the piano, sang. The father of the pianist Vladimir sofronitzki although he was a mathematics teacher (according to some sources @physics mdas), supported General family interest in the beautiful.

sofronitzki has performed music by many composers: Frederic Chopin and Franz Schubert, Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich. But all his life he was particularly enthralled by the work of Alexander Scriabin. The pianist said that he is precious, each note, each pause.

Robert Schumann Sonata for piano № 1

Alexander Scriabin, Tragic poem si-бемоль major

Pianist Vladimir sofronitzki, was married to the eldest daughter of composer — Elena Alexandrovna Skryabina (1900-1990)

By the end of the Conservatory Vladimir sofronitzki was already a Mature musician with their musical preferences and look at her. Immediately he was invited to the Petrograd Philharmonic society. Across the country concerts with his participation was held with unprecedented success.

“In the Theater. Pushkin was 3 degrees below zero. They had to play in gloves with cut fingertips... But as I listened, I played!“
— Vladimir sofronitzki

the Great Patriotic war found the pianist in Leningrad. He gave concerts in the halls of the icy, half-starved. In the spring of 1942 he was evacuated to Moscow. Hardly having restored forces, he returned to concert activity, and later began studying with students of the Moscow Conservatory.

Franz Schubert,
Sonata in b@major ndashбемоль

sofronitzki was deprived of" star disease" and constantly doubted myself, was extremely volatile performer could move the concert to abandon the second branch, to cancel the speech — but the audience forgave him everything. The pianist Heinrich Neuhaus called the sofronitzki" the unmatched poet of the piano":" Print what-то extraordinary, sometimes almost uncanny, mysterious, unexplained, and power leads to his is always on his game." Sofronitzki was mesmerizing the audience getting up to" nerve", the spirituality of his performance. The memories of the listeners, between the pianist and the audience was set invisible, but all perceive the connection. Often at the end of the concert Director has asked that were leaving the sofronitzki back: mesmerized the audience refused to leave the hall and demanded musician on the next bis.

Sergei Rachmaninoff, Prelude-диез minor

Ludwig van Beethoven, moonlight Sonata

Outstanding pianist Maria Yudina, who graduated from the Conservatory with Vladimir Sofronitsky, said of him:" He"s all — in the quest for endless and complete indifference to worldly sea and the utter helplessness in such".




Lev Oborin

the winner of the First International competition of pianists named after Chopin in Warsaw, 19-летний Soviet pianist Lev Oborin, the main part of the competition program prepared in just three weeks.

One day Vladimir sofronitzki wrote a humorous palindrome:" Great Oborin, he is shy and the lion". It has a fair share of truth: Oborin, as lion, defended in 1927 the honor of the country at the First International competition of pianists named after Chopin. But was modest in the interpretation of musical masterpieces, he never allowed himself a virtuosic prowess.

good performance of Soviet musicians at the international competition was a matter of political prestige of the country. So when I became aware of a sensational victory Oborin, at the Great hall of the Moscow Conservatory stopped the concert to tell the audience the news. The audience stood up.

“His Chopin — crystal clear and bright — completely captured any audience“— Yakov flier

Frederic Chopin Ballads

Peter Tchaikovsky," the seasons". Autumn song. October

preparation for the competition took place in extremely short period of time. Helped perseverance and the fact that the language of Chopin"s works were like family to Lev Oborin.

In the repertoire of Oborin has always included works of Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Sergei Rachmaninoff. Largely thanks to him," the seasons" by Pyotr Tchaikovsky entrenched in the concert repertoire of pianists. He was one of the first referred to the Third piano Concerto of Sergei Prokofiev, was the first interpreter of a Concerto for piano and orchestra by Aram Khachaturian.

Prokofiev. Piano Concerto no. 3, op. 26




Khachaturian.Piano Concerto in D-flat major, Op. 38

Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata No. 5" Spring"

Aram Khachaturian, Toccata

Oborin is often performed together with other musicians, in Duo with the great violinist David Oistrakh, he performed, for example, the sonatas of Schubert. The Oborin and Oistrakh Prokofiev entrusted the premiere of his First Sonata for violin and piano. When they were joined by cellist Svyatoslav has killed the same, born the amazing interpretation of the trio of Beethoven, Schubert, and Shostakovich.

Oborin educated a whole generation of virtuoso musicians of the class of the Conservatory were such vivid personalities as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Mikhail Voskresensky, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Boris Chaikovsky, Tigran Alikhanov.

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Yakov flier

Despite the fact that Yakov flier was one of the best Soviet pianists, he at the age of 50 years became an advocate for border

the path of the flier to musical heights began in the suburban town of Orekhovo-Зуево with spontaneous lessons mother. Regular music lessons insisted his cousin, a student at the Moscow Conservatory, where he soon received the flier. He studied with enthusiasm, diligence, but the real breakthrough in the game James happened in the third year, when he was accepted into the class of Konstantin Igumnov. For the final exam the young pianist chose the Third Concerto by Rachmaninoff. Igumnov was against: he believed that the work under the power of two-трем pianists in the country. Flier was persistent — and won. Music Rachmaninoff became a part of his life.

Frederic Chopin. Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48

Sergei Rachmaninoff, Concerto for piano and orchestra № 1

After triumphs at several major competitions he has played, without stopping play during the war years from 1941, he gave concerts in hospitals, military units, even in the besieged Leningrad. After the war of the musician expecting another test: from-за problems with the right hand he was forced to stop playing. To recover the Flier helped his optimism and teaching at the Moscow Conservatory.

“He was an exceptional lover of life, he still was
interesting. <…> He was not an ascetic, he was antiislam!“— Rodion Shchedrin

“the Positive qualities of the flier especially clearly affected his performance of Chopin, maybe sometimes controversial, but always hot and soulful “— Lev Oborin

Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata № 17

Frederic Chopin Mazurka

In 1970-е years in the life of a flier, a special place was taken by the music of Chopin. The latest musical revelation of the wizard — recording of Chopin"s mazurkas in the Great hall of the Moscow Conservatory. Being too hard on herself, he wanted to rewrite several pieces — but never have time.
Despite the fact that Yakov flier was one of the best Soviet pianists, he at the age of 50 years began to play abroad. From-за this musician remained in the shadow of Sviatoslav Richter and Emil Gilels. In 2017, Large hall of the Moscow Conservatory was a monument to the Flier.

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