Josef Hofmann plays Rachmaninoff Prelude C Minor Op. 3 No.

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Description: A very rare video, I think. Josef Hofmann playing Rachmaninoff Prelude C Minor Op. 3 No. 2
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heathersma ::: Favorites Wonderful! How I would have loved to hear this giant (small stature notwithstanding) at the height of his powers. Someone please invent a time machine and take me back to 1920's or 30's when pianists were poets instead of scholars! Hofmann, Rachmaninoff, Lhevinne, Moisivitch, Schnabel, those were the days!! 07-09-21 15:36:54 __________________________________________________
DesertFox101 ::: Favorites Thank you for posting this. 07-09-08 13:51:40 __________________________________________________
Bac9I6 ::: Favorites As for me, in hands of Gileles it sounds at least clearly 07-08-21 18:05:01 __________________________________________________
YGYGYGYGYGYGYGYGYGYG ::: Favorites I also love his rubatos. 07-08-15 21:46:00 __________________________________________________
YGYGYGYGYGYGYGYGYGYG ::: Favorites I like how he plays this with such dynamics! Whoa! Very, very nice! I love the way he plays; with authority! BRAVO! So awesome! I never heard it like this before. I really like it (obviously) :0/ ^o^ 07-08-15 21:29:50 __________________________________________________
YGYGYGYGYGYGYGYGYGYG ::: Favorites His hands need to keep up with the music! LOL! ^o^ 07-08-15 11:15:22 __________________________________________________
smithsherman ::: Favorites The greatest piano-tone-production I've ever heard aside....This is pathetique compared to Rachmaninoff's playing of the same.Here is pure primal power played like a machine,steamrolling through every lyrical nuance.With Rachmaninoff the structure was teased deliciously to create an anticipation & fulfillment that buries this in the sand for all eternity. Sincerely,The Old-Maid's Club 07-08-01 20:53:51 __________________________________________________
MoonTribe ::: Favorites I didn't encode it myself. A friend gave me this video and it was already off sync when I watched it the first time. Still, I thought this video was worth uploading, since it's a quite rare video. 07-07-27 00:30:55 __________________________________________________
Noshirm ::: Favorites What a genius Hofmann was! Schoenberg was right in calling Hofmann's detractors "old maid critics". Rachmaninoff himself said Hofmann was the greatest of them all. 07-07-26 23:06:17 __________________________________________________
cheeseclo ::: Favorites yep. 07-07-24 17:53:30 __________________________________________________