cattleman6420012000 (September 7, 2008 at 11:36 am)

I am an enormous fan of Vladimir Ashkenazy.He has achieved an amazing amount and is a very deep musician. The sound quality is damaged in this recording, but it is lovely to hear it.I heard Ashkenazy live many times and he was fabulous live.

ruse95 (September 4, 2008 at 6:41 pm)

non ho parole...tre....wow!

ibclappin (August 27, 2008 at 5:50 am)

you can say whatever you want, this is basically how Schumann wrote this piece to be played.

rpcjt (August 24, 2008 at 2:16 pm)

This is incredible! Bravo!

KearneyPiano (July 31, 2008 at 5:51 pm)

sheet music fox doesnt have any sheet music at all

BjornPalmen (July 12, 2008 at 10:19 pm)

This is the best Finale I have ever heard. The crescendi are effective, there is unlimited power and the last minute is just fantastic!

theoryjoe (July 6, 2008 at 9:21 pm)

What a treasure. Ashkenazy always sounds beautiful, but his older recordings seem to have a bit more of an edge. Great f-ing video!

cattleman6420012000 (June 28, 2008 at 7:39 pm)

Unfortunately the recording has terrible sound quality.

izorline (May 18, 2008 at 6:21 am)

i just listened to Sofronitsky and this is far superior.

SCHUMANNasaSACRILEGE (April 23, 2008 at 5:00 am)

I AWARD THIS 5 DRESDENS...A pale imitation of a bad Richter version.The phrasing is unrev-alatory & mechanical to the point of despair in spite of some nice shading.After listening to Sofronitsky perform this today my only question is...does he have just a low opinion of this music and or...his audience too?