What a marvel of music. Rachmaninoff is just like himself, with moments of divine lyricism that touch us in our most intimate feelings. The pianist is amazing with a remarkable sensitivity. The direction and orchestra are superb. Thanks for this magnificent recording and the fantastic moments of pleasure provided.
I've heard her play this concerto several times now and of course I've heard many others play it, and what I like about her is she plays it unapologetically from the heart. I hear notes in this concerto that I don't hear w/ other players and it's fresh and original and creative. Some might be aghast at the tempo or other aspects of this performance, but it just reminds me to play what's in your heart and let the beauty in your heart sing and you'll never be wrong.
The beautiful, anonymous and forgotten 4th. Concert is for those who really love Rachmaninoff. It contains great phrases by the composer, but without the initial glow. An end-of-life work, a Rachmaninoff without illusions and dreams, his romanticism turned to heartache, resignation and sweet memories of extinct Russia. The famous bells of the Sarataya Cathedral on the 1st (8:20). movement, reminiscences of Slavic dances.
Very nice performance! In contrast to other performances on youtube and elsewhere this is played more slowly which actually helps hearing the details of this wonderful concerto. Nowadays many musicians play a lot of pieces too fast. The fast parts they play too fast, the slow parts too slowly, the loud parts too loudly and the piano parts so much ppp that you no longer hear the tone. Thereby totally losing the melody. And the worst is when they switch from one extreme to the other in 0 seconds.
So agree on what you have written about the lack of subtlety. For another fine pianist who seems to find the perfect balance in the Rachmaninoff concertos ~ try Anna Fedorova. She too takes care to make the phrases round and bell like, even in the fast passages, avoiding the tinny, rushed harsh result of so many technical pianists. Her concert number 2 is magical.
Perhaps there is something to the phrasing of the performance as well. I have enjoyed this concerto since my early days in Philadelphia. I remember my father complaining, however, that it sounded like a wake, his term for a funeral. Long time ago.
Great pianist. Great conductor. Congratulations to the orchestra, that could follow such an unusual and free performance! I learned a lot about this piece after listening to this interpretation. This is one of my favorite pianists.
When I first heard this concerto, I struggled to get to grips with it. Now, I have at least 4 versions on CD of this beautiful work. One of my great joys with Rachmaninov is the fact that every performance produces a different interpretation, even repeat performances by the same performer. I found this performance quite wonderful. I think that the slower speed greatly enhances the beauty, and gives one time to appreciate the delicacy, which is sometimes missing at the faster speeds. I love most types of music, but I would struggle without Rachmaninov! Quite extraordinary.
18:38..to the end..some of Rachmaninoff's most poignant, emotional music...the original version of this concerto is a revelation...though THIS version is mighty fine. Yes, significantly less driving tempos than other versions, but there is a huge emotional factor in play..and I succumbed., Nicely recorded audio and video is a bonus. I might add, the orchestra and Maestro had their hands full with the sometimes "unusual" interpretive moves from the pianist...and did an admirable job. Kudos also to the various orchestral soloists.
I wonder what Rachmaninoff could have done if he dedicated all his time to composing instead of performing. But maybe that like Sibelius, he was running dry of inspiration past a certain age. Even this 4th piano concerto doesn't have that much fresh material. The 1st movement is from the 1910s, the 2nd movement borrows from Schumann piano concerto and Rachminoff own Etudes Tableaux 33 no 3. I still think it's a great piece, though.
After two listenings, this is the best performance that I have heard of the orginal version of this concerto. If only other musicians would learn from her example, the orginal version would come back into its own. The enigmatic third movement makes perfect sense from start to finish. I prefer the original version to the final third version, when the concerto is played this way. Really wonderful--and age-defying as well.
Respectfully, This is not the original version of the 4th. It’s the highly edited final version. There IS a YT.. not video live.. performance of the 4th which is quite different. It’s worth a listen.
@@robertjason6885 I guess that I did not mean this was the very first version, just that it is an earlier and longer version than the version usually performed. This video to my ears resembles the version performed by Alexander Ghindin and the Helsinki Philharmonic on Ondine, and that recording really is billed as the original version. In any event, we aren’t quizzing each other as to who knows Rachmaninov’s innermost thoughts on this underrated concerto.
To me, it’s exactly the same as the version I’ve heard played by numerous artist here via recent recordings… th so called final version. Its longer due to the somewhat relaxed Tempi. 😅
@@robertjason6885 No: it is a distinct version of the concerto. One expert on this is Vladimir Ashkenazi, who has recorded all of the concerti both as pianist and conductor. The Russian pianist is playing the earlier version, which has 7 minutes more music.
@@JamesAdams-ev6fc I'd love to find the specific Ashkenazy recording of which you speak. I own a boxed set with he as pianist, I believe Previn as conductor. I may have to dig that one up. It's a London set. prolly first released early 70's?
Magnificent. . . the climax in the first movement is played in the best way in my opinion. Slower tempo, meaningfully, magestically, romantically and extra powerfully.
7:33 through 8:31 🌠👍👏🤩😺🌠 One of the most spine-tingling and overwhelming sections of any work ever composed by "The Master of Melancholy and Bard of Intimate Moods!" No coda of ANY of his immortal God-inspired masterworks ever exceeded the power and majesty of this one. "I owe to God the gifts given to me; to God alone. Without Him, I am nothing." Sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninoff Milton Moore Las Vegas. Nevada
Totally agree. So always I do said that the Rachmaninov music comes from the heavens. Shurely the piano playing lady and the gentleman that directs orchestra know it well.
I think this concerto is Rachmaninov at his best. I first began listening to it in about the mid-eighties. I admit it took a few hearings as it’s such a distinct departure from his previous concertos. Yet immediately I was drawn in by the unique dynamic rhythmic verve of the first movement which includes what I call “The Egyptian Oasis theme” highlighted by the flute. I fell in love with this piece and soon it was my favorite! I applaud Rachmaninov for his bold move and adventurous spirit to greatly expand the expressiveness of his genius. After some years of patience this concerto was finally programmed by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; one of my most memorable concerts. His use of the jazz idiom is especially effective throughout this fragrantly lovely work. Though I know it is not as popular; I feel confident that I am in somewhat an exclusive class of music lovers who willingly exert their minds and expectations to receive and acclimate products by “The Masters” that effectively challenge the status quo and transport them to realms of poetic insight and appreciation. Paul Wilson Green
Esta es la unica obra de Rachmaninoff, que no me agrada, despues de escucharla muchas veces. La interprete se equivoca varias veces, le recomiendo al pianista ruso DENIS MATSUEV, en toda obra de piano de Rach., compare y juzgue
I've always found this piece to be Rachmaninov's best. It is incredibly dramatic and daring. Yet it has its deeply felt portions also. Of all composers, I find Rachmaninov to be the most remarkable. Chromaticism at its most intense, its most dramatic, and its most poignant.
Might as well ad when it starts: 0:27 0:35 Such a deep and rich emotion! 1:03 Magic! 2:25 That's what I expect from Rachmaninoff! 2:50 The horns sound like an animal planet soundtrack!
Extraordinary performance. I was actually lucky enough to hear both of them (husband and wife) in 1973. Someone handed tickets to me and despite a raging migraine, I went to hear it because it was all Prokofieff and I love that composer. I still think Rozdezvensky is one of the best conductors I ever heard and I've heard many of the 20th century stars of conducting. At the end of the concert, headache was gone and I was walking on air.
Magnificent performance. This interpretation of Rachmaninoff's concerto is uniqe. I admire the soloist. Her style is very noble and beautifully feminie. The pianist exemplifies modesty that is so scarce among the new generation of female pianists today....
I agree. I think it is in how one allows themselves to be subsumed into the music, versus overpowering it - Rachmaninoff is powerful enough on his own. What you say about a new generation makes me think of Lisitsa. It feels like she is showing off to show off, not in service to the music. Just my humble opinion.
I freely admit that it may be me, and I'm hesitant to breathe a critical word about anyone who can play a Rach piano concerto, but I just don't understand her phrasing at the beginning of this piece. Perhaps it's the orchestra or perhaps she's doing something so advanced that I can't appreciate it yet, but will with time. It just confuses me as I hear it now.
Thank you. You have expressed my feelings about this piece better than I ever could. The beginning sounds confused, as if Rachmaninov could not quite figure out what he wants to talk about and decided to try a little bit of everything...
Prachtig, telkenmale ik dit piano concerto beluisterd trekt de grond onder mijn voeten weg, dit is echte genieten, de emotie die me grijpt tijdens een moment musical zodat ik er koud van word, Rachmaninoff for ever!
Это самое лучшее на мой взгляд исполнение этого произведения! Хвала Рождественскому и Постниковой! Я преклоняюсь перед их гениями! Такое вдумчивое исполнение этого концерта слышу впервые!
I listened to both versions, Postnikova and Lugansky, back to back. If you don't want an "interpretation," then choose Lugansky. His is faster, crisper, and more exact. At 7:45, for example, Postnikova slows the tempo to emphasize the poignant emotion and to raise the tension. I prefer its sensitivity. - But as a whole the Fourth is neither as gripping nor as architecturally solid as the three that preceded it.
What was the clarinetist thinking at 20:23! Suitable chastisement required immediately once offstage. That bleep was soon forgotten with the most poetic and assured interpretation, directly from the soul of Rachmaninov, of what is most often a tawdry imitation of Three Blind Mice. The venerable Rozhdestvensky seemed visibly unhappy or unsure of what would follow with the free rubato at the solo intro of the Largo, and then the free improvisatory solo where he shakes his head, 13:14 and raises his eyebrows,13:24. Fortunately, he came to agree with the correctness of this tempo.
As Raxmaninoff himself said: if my concertos were parked next to each other in my garage in California in the order they were composed, they would be 2 Ford T models on either side of two Rolls Royces...
@Mookie Spindlehurst no - Raxmaninoff did not exist. It's just my bellicose sense of humour. ad thanx for your comment re. op.30. Also re Paganini variations . I have played bits from each (not to brag).
@Mookie Spindlehurst that's ok Mookie! I saw your channel. I like your reply o atheists video (although I havent yet seen it) - maybe yu would like brilliant Oxford professor John Lennox also? Brook Brenton - I appreciate the name Brook. PS I have a song by Rach on my Covid soothing piano video on my channel - no singing but youmight be able to spot the Rach amidsts the apalling playing... :)
yes, here they all are again: the best pianists behind their PC keyboards. Getting pretty tired of it. I, for one, think this lady represents an almost lost noble tradition of the Russian school. She is vulnerable and takes risks like any great artist. A truly great pianist with a truly great conductor.
Bellissimo!! c'è una musica che respira, si sentono con grande trasparenza i diversi temi e giochi tra pianoforte e orchestra. Un'esecuzione di grande intensità interpretativa; per ascoltare con molta attenzione e un bel paio di cuffie
just listened a bit while looking at the score-first time hearing the music, sounds ok but i totally get the responses more or less , i like how she pretty much knows the music and I'm assuming the rubato stuff is allowed with Rachmaninoff?
Grosse Klasse die beiden - Dirigent und Pianistin 😊 Wirklich SEELE. Spannend wie ein Krimi. Mit andern Interpretationen nicht zu vergleichen! Es lebe Iceland !
When Rachmaninoff premiered his concerto in 1927, it met with universal criticism. He scrapped the original and made some modifications in 1928, essentially shortening it, but it continued to have no success. In 1941, he modified and shortened it yet again. That revision was the second-to-last music he penned (his arrangement of Tchaikowsky's Lullabye Op. 16 no. 1 was the last) and it was this version perfomers used in concert for the next 60 years. In 2000, Rachmaninoff's estate released the original (1926) manuscript. It's been performed by various pianists since then. The second version also gets performed now and then. The final version is still the one most performed today. The version in this video appears to be the original, from 1926. I'm not an authority on this concerto; I was never fond of it, and I refused to include it in my repertoire when I performed. But I also didn't include the D minor concerto ---- for a different reason: it was too technically demanding for me to play to my satisfaction (or to just about anybody else's satisfaction, for that matter).
This performance gives a lesson to all, in how to bring out, to---- fulfill--- the Composer's Structure. This is achieved laudably by both Pianist and Conductor. The Orchesyra seems comfortable, secure, with this Composer and fully capable of exe- cuting every command in detail. It is disturbing to read Critics and Musicologists still arguing in favor of a "no non-sense" Litralist approach. The entire Musical Community must come to accept that a Music Score is only a, "detailed blue-print" for the "Sound Experience" which the Com- poser had in her/his mind. Yes, I recognize that performers at- tempting to really fulfill that Cetebral Creation, run the risk of cU6reating a distrted version of what the Com- poser tried to notate on paper. Good notation, "from the Composer's mind, through a medium "interface", onto the paper is a most punishing, exhausting, discouraging task, and then, being at a gnawing doubt as to accuracy to one's mind, of the "notes", one has put down on paper---- an often never-ending torment! The Articulation of the Pianist,the Conductor, and of all individual Orchestra Players, is not only excel- lent, deep, and conscientious, but also exhibits Fine Taste! Above all, performers exhibit a very good command of the Composer, as well INTERPERSONAL COMMUNI- CATION IN AN ENSEMBLE---- NOT AN EASY "!ARTISTIC VIRTUE TO DEVELOP! Thank you all, Thank you, You Tube!
I have never heard a woman play this piece. Of course the interpretation is hers. Her execution of the phrases are gentle even in the loud passages. But unbelievably the slower tempos kind of excuses one from the actual hearing that the Rachmanioff crowd would have listened to.
Gott framtak að setja upptökur hingað inn. Ef ég má koma með ábendingu þá væri mjög hentugt að fá tímasetningar á byrjunum þátta í lýsinguna. Þá er hægt að smella á þær og hoppa beint á þann stað í upptökunni.
Usually the mistakes are hidden in layers (like when arpeggios are being played with orchestra), but they happen most performances. Playing the piano is TRULY difficult.
idk why you would think it's sad. It's such a little detail in the grand scheme of the whole performance that hell, it's a welcomed mistake lol ... just like yowzephyr said...
she hit two adjacent semitones with her pinky at 3:17, ouch!!, an otherwise wonderful concerto performance ruined by her lack of perfection. If I was in the audience and paid $300+ for a seat, I'd have walked out right then and demanded a full refund! #disappointing #getgudlady
What a marvel of music. Rachmaninoff is just like himself, with moments of divine lyricism that touch us in our most intimate feelings. The pianist is amazing with a remarkable sensitivity. The direction and orchestra are superb. Thanks for this magnificent recording and the fantastic moments of pleasure provided.
I've heard her play this concerto several times now and of course I've heard many others play it, and what I like about her is she plays it unapologetically from the heart. I hear notes in this concerto that I don't hear w/ other players and it's fresh and original and creative. Some might be aghast at the tempo or other aspects of this performance, but it just reminds me to play what's in your heart and let the beauty in your heart sing and you'll never be wrong.
The beautiful, anonymous and forgotten 4th. Concert is for those who really love Rachmaninoff. It contains great phrases by the composer, but without the initial glow. An end-of-life work, a Rachmaninoff without illusions and dreams, his romanticism turned to heartache, resignation and sweet memories of extinct Russia. The famous bells of the Sarataya Cathedral on the 1st (8:20). movement, reminiscences of Slavic dances.
23:05 ...... i could listen to that on repeat forever
Oh yeah !! and listen to the same passage with Ashkenazy/Previn ...
Try to listen this passage from Earl Wild :)
Very nice performance! In contrast to other performances on youtube and elsewhere this is played more slowly which actually helps hearing the details of this wonderful concerto. Nowadays many musicians play a lot of pieces too fast. The fast parts they play too fast,
the slow parts too slowly, the loud parts too loudly and the piano parts so much ppp that you no longer hear the tone. Thereby totally losing the melody. And the worst is when they switch from one extreme to the other in 0 seconds.
Rachmaninoff played all of his concertos at a fast speed. Particularly the second.
So agree on what you have written about the lack of subtlety. For another fine pianist who seems to find the perfect balance in the Rachmaninoff concertos ~ try Anna Fedorova. She too takes care to make the phrases round and bell like, even in the fast passages, avoiding the tinny, rushed harsh result of so many technical pianists. Her concert number 2 is magical.
Horowitz with his dynamics would disagree haha
Perhaps there is something to the phrasing of the performance as well. I have enjoyed this concerto since my early days in Philadelphia. I remember my father complaining, however, that it sounded like a wake, his term for a funeral. Long time ago.
So how she interprets this concerto, I can't hear the second part without tears in my eyes. And not only the second part. The whole piece!!
She slows this down from where a lot of performers do this and it's transformative . . . spell-binding in such a wonderful way!
Great pianist. Great conductor. Congratulations to the orchestra, that could follow such an unusual and free performance! I learned a lot about this piece after listening to this interpretation. This is one of my favorite pianists.
Wow--I did not realize she was still performing, and into her 70's, I think. She is very free with the piece. Nice.
Magnificent.I love the slow movement of this concerto and it is a wonderful performance.
A magnificent performance of Rachmaninoff's piano concerto--one which is not performed as often. The pianist performed with great sensitivity..Bravo.
When I first heard this concerto, I struggled to get to grips with it. Now, I have at least 4 versions on CD of this beautiful work. One of my great joys with Rachmaninov is the fact that every performance produces a different interpretation, even repeat performances by the same performer. I found this performance quite wonderful. I think that the slower speed greatly enhances the beauty, and gives one time to appreciate the delicacy, which is sometimes missing at the faster speeds. I love most types of music, but I would struggle without Rachmaninov! Quite extraordinary.
18:38..to the end..some of Rachmaninoff's most poignant, emotional music...the original version of this concerto is a revelation...though THIS version is mighty fine. Yes, significantly less driving tempos than other versions, but there is a huge emotional factor in play..and I succumbed., Nicely recorded audio and video is a bonus. I might add, the orchestra and Maestro had their hands full with the sometimes "unusual" interpretive moves from the pianist...and did an admirable job. Kudos also to the various orchestral soloists.
Great concerto. Absolutely underrated.
And don't forget: The last romantic concerto. Though all the jazz borrowings.
I wonder what Rachmaninoff could have done if he dedicated all his time to composing instead of performing. But maybe that like Sibelius, he was running dry of inspiration past a certain age. Even this 4th piano concerto doesn't have that much fresh material. The 1st movement is from the 1910s, the 2nd movement borrows from Schumann piano concerto and Rachminoff own Etudes Tableaux 33 no 3.
I still think it's a great piece, though.
After two listenings, this is the best performance that I have heard of the orginal version of this concerto. If only other musicians would learn from her example, the orginal version would come back into its own. The enigmatic third movement makes perfect sense from start to finish. I prefer the original version to the final third version, when the concerto is played this way. Really wonderful--and age-defying as well.
Respectfully, This is not the original version of the 4th. It’s the highly edited final version. There IS a YT.. not video live.. performance of the 4th which is quite different. It’s worth a listen.
@@robertjason6885 I guess that I did not mean this was the very first version, just that it is an earlier and longer version than the version usually performed. This video to my ears resembles the version performed by Alexander Ghindin and the Helsinki Philharmonic on Ondine, and that recording really is billed as the original version. In any event, we aren’t quizzing each other as to who knows Rachmaninov’s innermost thoughts on this underrated concerto.
To me, it’s exactly the same as the version I’ve heard played by numerous artist here via recent recordings… th so called final version. Its longer due to the somewhat relaxed Tempi. 😅
@@robertjason6885 No: it is a distinct version of the concerto. One expert on this is Vladimir Ashkenazi, who has recorded all of the concerti both as pianist and conductor. The Russian pianist is playing the earlier version, which has 7 minutes more music.
@@JamesAdams-ev6fc I'd love to find the specific Ashkenazy recording of which you speak. I own a boxed set with he as pianist, I believe Previn as conductor. I may have to dig that one up. It's a London set. prolly first released early 70's?
Magnificent. . . the climax in the first movement is played in the best way in my opinion. Slower tempo, meaningfully, magestically, romantically and extra powerfully.
this lady has the most wonderful phrasing, long lines, very well thought through so to speak . Very beautiful
The best recap of any piece ever from 10:20
Thanks ☺️
Agree, even if Brahms 1 first movement also comes to my mind.
Congratulations to Iceland for such a beautiful performance! Great appreciation to Iceland for this!!
7:33 through 8:31
🌠👍👏🤩😺🌠
One of the most spine-tingling and overwhelming sections of any work ever composed by "The Master of Melancholy and Bard of Intimate Moods!"
No coda of ANY of his immortal God-inspired masterworks ever exceeded the power and majesty of this one.
"I owe to God the gifts given to me; to God alone. Without Him, I am nothing."
Sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninoff
Milton Moore
Las Vegas. Nevada
Totally agree. So always I do said that the Rachmaninov music comes from the heavens. Shurely the piano playing lady and the gentleman that directs orchestra know it well.
I think this concerto is Rachmaninov at his best. I first began listening to it in about the mid-eighties. I admit it took a few hearings as it’s such a distinct departure from his previous concertos. Yet immediately I was drawn in by the unique dynamic rhythmic verve of the first movement which includes what I call “The Egyptian Oasis theme” highlighted by the flute. I fell in love with this piece and soon it was my favorite! I applaud Rachmaninov for his bold move and adventurous spirit to greatly expand the expressiveness of his genius. After some years of patience this concerto was finally programmed by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; one of my most memorable concerts. His use of the jazz idiom is especially effective throughout this fragrantly lovely work. Though I know it is not as popular; I feel confident that I am in somewhat an exclusive class of music lovers who willingly exert their minds and expectations to receive and acclimate products by “The Masters” that effectively challenge the status quo and transport them to realms of poetic insight and appreciation. Paul Wilson Green
Esta es la unica obra de Rachmaninoff, que no me agrada, despues de escucharla muchas veces.
La interprete se equivoca varias veces, le recomiendo al pianista ruso
DENIS MATSUEV, en toda obra de piano de Rach., compare y juzgue
I've always found this piece to be Rachmaninov's best. It is incredibly dramatic and daring. Yet it has its deeply felt portions also.
Of all composers, I find Rachmaninov to be the most remarkable. Chromaticism at its most intense, its most dramatic, and its most poignant.
Might as well ad when it starts: 0:27
0:35 Such a deep and rich emotion!
1:03 Magic!
2:25 That's what I expect from Rachmaninoff!
2:50 The horns sound like an animal planet soundtrack!
Extraordinary performance. I was actually lucky enough to hear both of them (husband and wife) in 1973. Someone handed tickets to me and despite a raging migraine, I went to hear it because it was all Prokofieff and I love that composer. I still think Rozdezvensky is one of the best conductors I ever heard and I've heard many of the 20th century stars of conducting. At the end of the concert, headache was gone and I was walking on air.
Magnificent performance. This interpretation of Rachmaninoff's concerto is uniqe. I admire the soloist. Her style is very noble and beautifully feminie. The pianist exemplifies modesty that is so scarce among the new generation of female pianists today....
Le aconsejo al gran pianista ruso DENIS MATSUEV, es espectacular, en una sesión interpreta primero el concierto nº 2 y a continuación el nº 3
I totally agree!
I agree. I think it is in how one allows themselves to be subsumed into the music, versus overpowering it - Rachmaninoff is powerful enough on his own. What you say about a new generation makes me think of Lisitsa. It feels like she is showing off to show off, not in service to the music. Just my humble opinion.
Just the art shines thru.No drama
When Ms Postikova explodes… it is more dynamic due to her allowing the music to develop prior to the moment she lets her fingers and heart take off.
I freely admit that it may be me, and I'm hesitant to breathe a critical word about anyone who can play a Rach piano concerto, but I just don't understand her phrasing at the beginning of this piece. Perhaps it's the orchestra or perhaps she's doing something so advanced that I can't appreciate it yet, but will with time. It just confuses me as I hear it now.
this is the most sensible and considerate piece of criticism I've ever encountered on youtube
i noticed weird stuff too... idk, i think it is the orchestra. those trumpets are always late with their accentos i quite liked the piano
Thank you. You have expressed my feelings about this piece better than I ever could. The beginning sounds confused, as if Rachmaninov could not quite figure out what he wants to talk about and decided to try a little bit of everything...
That's called "tacky rubato". Some soloists want to play as "co-writers" of the pieces and they change the text of the score.
totally agree
23:18 the most beautiful part of the concerto, so dreamy and rich in emotions, I absolutely love it
Prachtig, telkenmale ik dit piano concerto beluisterd trekt de grond onder mijn voeten weg, dit is echte genieten, de emotie die me grijpt tijdens een moment musical zodat ik er koud van word, Rachmaninoff for ever!
A magical musical night on the magical Ice-land. Rachmaninoff could certainly write concertos of great range and sweep.
This is a first for me. Had not heard this composition performed! Wonderful!
This is my favorite of all Rachmaninov's piano concerti. Just toweringly powerful.
ABSOLUTELY SENSATIONAL! A MUSICIAN/PIANIST OF THE FIRST ORDER!
Это самое лучшее на мой взгляд исполнение этого произведения! Хвала Рождественскому и Постниковой! Я преклоняюсь перед их гениями! Такое вдумчивое исполнение этого концерта слышу впервые!
I listened to both versions, Postnikova and Lugansky, back to back. If you don't want an "interpretation," then choose Lugansky. His is faster, crisper, and more exact. At 7:45, for example, Postnikova slows the tempo to emphasize the poignant emotion and to raise the tension. I prefer its sensitivity. - But as a whole the Fourth is neither as gripping nor as architecturally solid as the three that preceded it.
We will have to agree to disagree.
What a miracle! Far away from the modern technical flawness, What a charme! Pure Magic from another world. ......
Es precioso este concierto para piano y esta interpretación es realmente hermosa, tan llena de sentimiento, que es inevitable no sentirse conmovido.
What was the clarinetist thinking at 20:23! Suitable chastisement required immediately once offstage. That bleep was soon forgotten with the most poetic and assured interpretation, directly from the soul of Rachmaninov, of what is most often a tawdry imitation of Three Blind Mice.
The venerable Rozhdestvensky seemed visibly unhappy or unsure of what would follow with the free rubato at the solo intro of the Largo, and then the free improvisatory solo where he shakes his head, 13:14 and raises his eyebrows,13:24. Fortunately, he came to agree with the correctness of this tempo.
As Raxmaninoff himself said: if my concertos were parked next to each other in my garage in California in the order they were composed, they would be 2 Ford T models on either side of two Rolls Royces...
@Mookie Spindlehurst no - Raxmaninoff did not exist. It's just my bellicose sense of humour. ad thanx for your comment re. op.30. Also re Paganini variations . I have played bits from each (not to brag).
@Mookie Spindlehurst that's ok Mookie! I saw your channel. I like your reply o atheists video (although I havent yet seen it) - maybe yu would like brilliant Oxford professor John Lennox also? Brook Brenton - I appreciate the name Brook. PS I have a song by Rach on my Covid soothing piano video on my channel - no singing but youmight be able to spot the Rach amidsts the apalling playing... :)
And you leave the Rhapsody in the driveway?
@@trevorcorso473 don't be so facile
Господи, какое роскошное исполнение!! Очень русская, тонкая трактовка..Спасибо вам, Виктория, Геннадий, оркестр!
Incredible, unique, incomparable... . She unterstand this interpretative extremely difficult concerto like nobody else!
A revelation! So many exceptional moments of exalted character. No one close on this piece.
yes, here they all are again: the best pianists behind their PC keyboards. Getting pretty tired of it. I, for one, think this lady represents an almost lost noble tradition of the Russian school. She is vulnerable and takes risks like any great artist. A truly great pianist with a truly great conductor.
Actually, I love this pianist. Just fantastic interpretation.
Gorgeous full string section! Really loved the second mvt. Wonderful phrasing throughout. Beautiful performance.
大雑把だけど一つひとつの和音がしっかり聴こえるこの4番は異端な気がするがこれはこれで良い
Une Épure et Profondeur exceptionnelle de Mme Postnikova dans l écrin de cet Orchestre islandais , magique , merci !
this is a crazy good interpretation
Bellissimo!! c'è una musica che respira, si sentono con grande trasparenza i diversi temi e giochi tra pianoforte e orchestra. Un'esecuzione di grande intensità interpretativa; per ascoltare con molta attenzione e un bel paio di cuffie
Rachmaninoff é tão mágico, que faz as
sensações mais íntimas virem à tona!
Intenso, profundo, arrebatador!
Божественное, глубокое исполнение. Лучшее, что можно вообразить..
Highest quality performance of this piece on youtube I could find :)
just listened a bit while looking at the score-first time hearing the music, sounds ok but i totally get the responses more or less , i like how she pretty much knows the music and I'm assuming the rubato stuff is allowed with Rachmaninoff?
Grosse Klasse die beiden -
Dirigent und Pianistin 😊
Wirklich SEELE.
Spannend wie ein Krimi.
Mit andern Interpretationen nicht zu vergleichen!
Es lebe Iceland !
Victoria plays this piece like Rachmaninov wants it to be played and its good.
Amazing concerto and very underrated
When Rachmaninoff premiered his concerto in 1927, it met with universal criticism. He scrapped the original and made some modifications in 1928, essentially shortening it, but it continued to have no success. In 1941, he modified and shortened it yet again. That revision was the second-to-last music he penned (his arrangement of Tchaikowsky's Lullabye Op. 16 no. 1 was the last) and it was this version perfomers used in concert for the next 60 years.
In 2000, Rachmaninoff's estate released the original (1926) manuscript. It's been performed by various pianists since then. The second version also gets performed now and then. The final version is still the one most performed today. The version in this video appears to be the original, from 1926. I'm not an authority on this concerto; I was never fond of it, and I refused to include it in my repertoire when I performed. But I also didn't include the D minor concerto ---- for a different reason: it was too technically demanding for me to play to my satisfaction (or to just about anybody else's satisfaction, for that matter).
Very nice performance by a fine lady who did a great job on this difficult piece well done !!!
The incredible recording by Michelangeli way back when, remains the gold standard.
And the Ravel … as well. That recording was a cherished part of my small collection. I was 21
This performance gives a lesson to all, in how to bring out, to---- fulfill--- the Composer's Structure. This is achieved laudably by both Pianist and Conductor. The Orchesyra seems comfortable, secure, with this Composer and fully capable of exe-
cuting every command in detail.
It is disturbing to read Critics and
Musicologists still arguing in favor
of a "no non-sense" Litralist approach.
The entire Musical Community must
come to accept that a Music Score is only a, "detailed blue-print" for the
"Sound Experience" which the Com-
poser had in her/his mind.
Yes, I recognize that performers at-
tempting to really fulfill that Cetebral
Creation, run the risk of cU6reating a
distrted version of what the Com-
poser tried to notate on paper.
Good notation, "from the Composer's mind, through a medium
"interface", onto the paper is a most
punishing, exhausting, discouraging task, and then, being at a gnawing doubt as to accuracy to one's mind, of the "notes", one has put down on paper---- an often never-ending
torment!
The Articulation of the Pianist,the
Conductor, and of all individual
Orchestra Players, is not only excel-
lent, deep, and conscientious, but also exhibits Fine Taste!
Above all, performers exhibit a very good command of the Composer, as
well INTERPERSONAL COMMUNI-
CATION IN AN ENSEMBLE---- NOT AN EASY "!ARTISTIC VIRTUE TO
DEVELOP!
Thank you all,
Thank you, You Tube!
Absolutely wonderful!
18:38
I have never heard a woman play this piece. Of course the interpretation is hers. Her execution of the phrases are gentle even in the loud passages. But unbelievably the slower tempos kind of excuses one from the actual hearing that the Rachmanioff crowd would have listened to.
I didn't know Berta from 2 and a half men plays piano!
and so beautiful:-)!!
Is this version a composite of the 1926 and 1941?
Magnifico concierto.¡¡¡¡
Excelente esta versão! Destreza mestra.
Triple 'Likes'. Just magnificent.
Fabuleux , Magique 👍🏽 Merci 🙏🏼
Very fine, but Rachmaninoff himself played his pieces faster.
Gott framtak að setja upptökur hingað inn.
Ef ég má koma með ábendingu þá væri mjög hentugt að fá tímasetningar á byrjunum þátta í lýsinguna. Þá er hægt að smella á þær og hoppa beint á þann stað í upptökunni.
I do not understand any word. But for sure you are right. :-))
Uhh....was that a flub at 3:16??
Usually the mistakes are hidden in layers (like when arpeggios are being played with orchestra), but they happen most performances. Playing the piano is TRULY difficult.
4:55
Rachmaninoff would hate how that slow that final tutti was played... but I certainly don't
28:10
a Great pianist....
This is a very difficult concerto-deceptively so, but still, I felt like the tempos for the last mvt were practice tempos.
Who is the Pianist? Thanks
Victoria Postnikova.
@@nickhickson8738 Thank you!!!
Just magnificent !!
Bravo!!!!
In case you don't know, she is married to the conductor.
Sério?
Ela é casada com o maestro?
Not anymore , unfortunately , he died in 2018.
Bravo Viktoria Postnikova, bravo!
10:20 22:33
A read in an outdated style, from the 60s/70s. Slow tempo and very lyrical.
(3:15)
Same!
Shame the video has jumps rather than fades....
21:05 i like it more fast. Like Valentina Lisitsa with LSO from: Some fun clips from recording sessions. Just awesome, so intense. Pure rush. Love it
Not a tempo, but great performance.
Bravissimo
Excelente...
The orchestra and soloist tempo don't match from time to time. That ruins the impression.
Pity that the orchestra drowns out the pianist who is magnificent.
Cool
Go watch the simon Tedashi performance of this works..so much better!!
I believe the conductor is her husband.
Αναγωγή εις ύψος θωπείας
extraordinaire (...)
Marito e moglie
Rip orchestra.
Sounded a bit disjointed.........
The bum note at 3.16 absolutely killed it. Sad.
Yep, I heard that too. Was surprised that didnt show up more in the comments.
@@Johnniew You know how rug makers will purposefully put in a flaw so as not to offend the gods by coming off as doing something perfect.
She goes on playing wonderfully despite, and I go on listening wonderfully.
idk why you would think it's sad. It's such a little detail in the grand scheme of the whole performance that hell, it's a welcomed mistake lol ... just like yowzephyr said...
she is still human. unlike you. you are less. not sad.
l'enregistrement est déplorable, l'orchestre écrase la prestation de la pianiste remarquable...
Pas du tout en rythme
yeah... no
she hit two adjacent semitones with her pinky at 3:17, ouch!!, an otherwise wonderful concerto performance ruined by her lack of perfection. If I was in the audience and paid $300+ for a seat, I'd have walked out right then and demanded a full refund! #disappointing #getgudlady
butter ain't gold. perfection is for nutters.
you are such a loser.