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На злобу дня
"Графиня, желая извлечь как можно больше пользы из духовного авторитета своей нежданной сообщницы, вызвала ее на длинное назидательное толкование нравственной аксиомы: «Цель оправдывает средства». Она задавала ей вопросы:
— Итак, сестра, вы считаете, что бог приемлет все пути и прощает проступок, если побуждение чисто?
— Как можно сомневаться в этом, сударыня? Нередко поступок, сам по себе достойный осуждения, становится похвальным благодаря намерению, которое его вдохновляет.
И они продолжали в этом духе, обсуждая волю господа, предвидя его решения, приписывая ему вмешательство в дела, которые, право, совсем его не касаются. Все это преподносилось замаскированно, ловко, пристойно."
(Ги де Мопассан. Пышка)
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На злобу дня
"Графиня, желая извлечь как можно больше пользы из духовного авторитета своей нежданной сообщницы, вызвала ее на длинное назидательное толкование нравственной аксиомы: «Цель оправдывает средства». Она задавала ей вопросы:
— Итак, сестра, вы считаете, что бог приемлет все пути и прощает проступок, если побуждение чисто?
— Как можно сомневаться в этом, сударыня? Нередко поступок, сам по себе достойный осуждения, становится похвальным благодаря намерению, которое его вдохновляет.
И они продолжали в этом духе, обсуждая волю господа, предвидя его решения, приписывая ему вмешательство в дела, которые, право, совсем его не касаются. Все это преподносилось замаскированно, ловко, пристойно."
(Ги де Мопассан. Пышка)
Sergei Rachmaninov voted greatest pianist of all time
A panel of more than 100 of today’s leading concert pianists chooses the Russian virtuoso.
The poll, carried out by Limelight magazine, asked leading pianists including Grigory Sokolov, András Schiff, Alfred Brendel and Paul Lewis to name who they are most inspired by. Rachmaninov, the Russian pianist and composer who made only a handful of recordings in the first half of the 20th century, was voted first in the poll, by a significant margin. Vladimir Horowitz and Sviatoslav Richter took second and third places respectively.
Australian pianist Leslie Howard, who participated in the poll, believes Rachmaninov is unsurpassed to this day: "What’s remarkable about Rachmaninov’s playing is how honest it is. Nothing gets between his playing and his idea of why the piece of music was worth recording. His playing is never cluttered, it’s never fussy and there’s a complete absence of cheap tricks – quite unusual for the time he was recording. I think he’s the greatest pianist of his age and I’m sure he’s the best pianist who ever made a record."
Francis Merson commented: “It has been fascinating to discover which pianists are popular not just among the listening public, but among those who know the instrument inside out – the concert pianists of today. That Rachmaninov has been chosen as the number one piano hero, based on so few recordings, attests to the extraordinary impact of his playing. Rachmaninov had a composer’s vision of each work, allowing him to make the music of Chopin, Liszt and Schumann seem like his own. Of course, he also had a superlative technique, helped by his famously large hands, but his recordings are always intellectually, as well as technically and emotionally, sublime."
Four of the top five pianists in the list are Russians. All but Canadian pianist Glenn Gould are continental Europeans.
Sergei Rachmaninov voted greatest pianist of all time
A panel of more than 100 of today’s leading concert pianists chooses the Russian virtuoso.
The poll, carried out by Limelight magazine, asked leading pianists including Grigory Sokolov, András Schiff, Alfred Brendel and Paul Lewis to name who they are most inspired by. Rachmaninov, the Russian pianist and composer who made only a handful of recordings in the first half of the 20th century, was voted first in the poll, by a significant margin. Vladimir Horowitz and Sviatoslav Richter took second and third places respectively.
Australian pianist Leslie Howard, who participated in the poll, believes Rachmaninov is unsurpassed to this day: "What’s remarkable about Rachmaninov’s playing is how honest it is. Nothing gets between his playing and his idea of why the piece of music was worth recording. His playing is never cluttered, it’s never fussy and there’s a complete absence of cheap tricks – quite unusual for the time he was recording. I think he’s the greatest pianist of his age and I’m sure he’s the best pianist who ever made a record."
Francis Merson commented: “It has been fascinating to discover which pianists are popular not just among the listening public, but among those who know the instrument inside out – the concert pianists of today. That Rachmaninov has been chosen as the number one piano hero, based on so few recordings, attests to the extraordinary impact of his playing. Rachmaninov had a composer’s vision of each work, allowing him to make the music of Chopin, Liszt and Schumann seem like his own. Of course, he also had a superlative technique, helped by his famously large hands, but his recordings are always intellectually, as well as technically and emotionally, sublime."
Four of the top five pianists in the list are Russians. All but Canadian pianist Glenn Gould are continental Europeans.
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Sir John Everett Millais (1829 – 1896) | Autumn Leaves.
Современники называли Миллеса “падшим ангелом живописи”, но коллекционеры платили за его работы баснословные деньги, а для того, чтобы заказать ему портрет, желающие выстраивались в очередь. Творческий путь художника не был легким и прямолинейным. В молодые годы Джон Миллес был “бунтарем от искусства” и активно боролся с традиционными подходами к живописи, которые отстаивала и пропагандировала Академия художеств. Но к концу жизни взгляды его существенно изменились, и его даже избрали президентом Академии художеств.
