Alexei Volodin: Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 4 Opus 53 "for the left hand" (Valery Gergiev)
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- Опубликовано: 7 май 2015
- From the Mariinsky Concert Hall, Saint Petersburg, on 26 April 2012
Alexei Volodin - piano
Symphony Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg
Valery Gergiev - musical director
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Sergei Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No.4 Opus 53 "for the left hand" (22')
0:20 I. Vivace
4:50 II. Andante
13:04 III. Moderato
20:31 IV. Vivace
The Easter Festival is an internationally renowned event among classical music lovers, traditionally opened in Moscow on Easter Sunday. Each year the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra and its musical director Valery Gergiev travel across Russia - for the past 10 years now!
In 2012 we were given an exceptional musical gift: the Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Valery Gergiev performed the complete cycle of Sergei Prokofiev’s symphonies and piano concerti - a composer with whom Maestro Gergiev and the orchestra seem particularly in tune. 
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A very underrated piece in my view, full of drive and energy, with moments of sublime beauty.
Great Gergiev
This is an exceptional performance of the very difficult 4th concerto.
It is a great classical piece of my music by the great Prokofiev I love it thank you.
Prokofiev = Vivace . The two slower pieces are so full of human spirit and compassion . Very great work .
Ik vind dit concerto echt geweldig . Het is dynamisch , vol echte emotie , speels en met prachtige melodielijnen en het is echt Prokofiev . De technische eisen zijn ook niet mals voor de uitvoerder . Niet voor beginners .
The Andante speaks so much humanity in it's theme's .
Excellent!!!!
What a great piece this is .Full of humor , drama and wit . Just love it !
stupendous the dark foreboding lilting shadow pixies dancing in the sometimes outbursts of radiant sunshine thoroughly prokofiev cheeky with a hint of forbidding as in all his music to titillate the earbuds so to speak moving with a character from the graves in a skeletal charade of overbearing sometimes and sprightly behaviour,
sorry English is not my first language
We're the tickets half price seeing as he's only playing with one hand?
Valery Gergiev a gifted and talented conductor without airs and graces.
His interpretations are always a highlight, precise, musical and thrilling.
It is also visible in the almost reverence that the musicians show him.
Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 4 in B-flat major for the left hand, Op. 53, was commissioned by the one-armed pianist Paul Wittgenstein and completed in 1931.
Wittgenstein did not understand the work, but it is not the case (as has sometimes been claimed) that he refused to play it. He was simply not prepared to play it until such time as he had appreciated its inner logic. That time never came, but Wittgenstein and Prokofiev always remained on friendly terms.
It was the only one of Prokofiev's complete piano concertos that never saw a performance during his lifetime. It was premiered in Berlin on 5 September 1956 by Siegfried Rapp and the West Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Martin Rich. The United States premiere was in 1958, by Rudolf Serkin and the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy. The British premiere was in 1961, by Malcolm Binns.
Prokofiev expressed some interest in making an arrangement for piano two-hands and orchestra, but never went through with this idea.
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super info, thanks
This performance is very definitive. Kudos!
How very informative and thoughtful. Thank you!
The 1st performance of this Concerto in the USSR was made by Anatoly Vedernikov in 1950s.
Sounds like he refused but just euphemism'd his way out of it
Great concert, thank you for uploading
Marvelous!
respect pour Alexei Volodin qui a osé exprimer sa condamnation de la guerre en Ukraine, ce qui n'est pas le cas de Gergiev
This is high-calibre composition, Prokofiev at his best. The musical logic is less immediate than his earlier P.C's., this take some listening to, to absorb, but it's worth it - - I never tire of it. I'd say it's on a whole other level than it's companion, Ravel's P.C. for the Left Hand (also commissioned by Wittgenstein), which has a dashed-off quality to it, but is played more. Thanks for posting a live performance - been looking for one.
Totally agree
the logic is there for one to hear it has a slight shitty quality and arty farty feel i would never listen to it again as it's a waste of time and would rather have a fap on another channel but prok must have been a bit mental he did some good pieces but went a bit weirdy
The problem is that this is about 10 times more technically difficult to play than it's "companion"
WTF are you kidding me, why isn't this concerto known as much as the other ones???
Pros don't wanna play this concerto.
The concertos 4 and 5 of Prokoviev should be played more often.
I Am a huge Rachmaninoff fan and only recently really discovered Prokofiev. Certainly not the easiest music but it broadens my scope. I already suppose that his music is the absolute watershed in tastewise; further atonality I can't handle
Thats what I thought about myself years ago. Look at me now, listening to Sorabji and what not. My musical palate enhanced and opened wide with time. Having a father who is into all sorts of classical music did help, too. Speaking of Rachmaninoff, have you checked Alexander Malofeev's performances? If not, I highly recommend them.
I think that if you like Ravel, its just one step ahead.
@@alanpotter8680sorabji for me is Boring now I like ahgrade
Oh, the 5th concerto is almost another ver. of 4th using both hands. interesting.
with no opportunity for the LH to hide -- and relax -- behind the RH, this 'military' sounding concerto must be difficult and exhausting to perform... (guessing)
Written for Paul Wittgenstein who took one look at it and said "no way" I reckon it was too difficult for him. The premiere, given by Siegfried Rapp, while Wittgenstein was still alive in 1956, took place 3 years after the composer's death, and he never heard it.
Yep, Wittgenstein bottled it alright, just like 95% of today's concert pianists who wouldn't risk their careers playing the Piano Concerto in F minor by Von Henselt for fear of messing it up.
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Masterpiece but this performance is incoherent. The performance by Bronfman is so much more coherent and well balanced. The delicate touches and virtuosity is explicit in his performance and never going astride from the orchestra
I find Gergiev's conducting style very hard to take - so much extraneous quivering - but at least we've spared the sight of the ridiculous toothpick he often uses. Perhaps it's time he learned the scores he conducts too...