Natasha Paremski Plays Rachmaninov # 3, Andrew Litton / Bergen Philharmonic
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2015
- Natasha Paremski Plays Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3, Andrew Litton conducting Bergen Philharmonic
September 4, 2015 Grieg Hall, Bergen, Norway 
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Gorgeous range of both tempi & dynamics. I’ve grown weary of the younger players who show how fast they can play. When you play the same tempo or dynamic…you have no place to go. Parenski knows this & uses these changes to spectacular effect, besides being one of the most accurate young interpreters out there. And bravo to both Lutron & the Bergen. I’ve heard this piece so many times & the connection between conductor, orchestra & soloist was astounding. Thanks so much for posting this.
I am writing this and she is still in the first movement. We have an original! How utterly breathtaking! She is indeed aware of the traditions of this great concerto, but when she plays from the same score as everybody else does, she yields a refreshingly new result. How hard this is to do in Rach III, where most people simply try to outdo each other. Litton is aware this is really very special. She bends phrases differently, she breathes differently, and like the great Martha in her day, is a stunningly beautiful lady, but is only there for the music. I find myself bursting into tears as though I were hearing Horowitz for the first time, an occasion I will never forget. By the way, I love the momentary glance she gives when she negotiates the the transition into the third movement. Nailed it! I'm sorry, but I cannot write during the third movement. This is amazing. God bless Natasha Paremski! The music world needs artists like you!
This pianist is way too underrated. This performance is too good.
This tempo is insane, how this is even possible , its magnificent
Had the privilege of seeing Natasha perform Rach 3 with the Seattle Symphony last evening with my wife and 2 daughters! Magnificent performance we won't soon forget! What a talent - watch for her, you won't be disappointed!
Scintillating, authentic and original. The world should know her name.
Hearing this again, I am thrilled by her incredibly wide range of dynamics, her amazing and crisp technique, and her often unique but always logical interpretation. Not only does she actually play the left-hand, double-octaves at the start of the finale, but the speed is amazing. Good orchestra, too. I love Bergen!
Natasha performed the Rach 3 with the Springfield, MA Symphony Orchestra a few years ago. We had the great pleasure to meet her. She is a brilliant and wonderful pianist and she made Sergei R. very proud that lovely evening, and when she hugged me, she stole my heart away ❤
Best interpretation of Rachmaninov I have seen, especially the No. 3. Beautiful Natasha born in Russia. In the early days of the fall of the Soviet Union her family emigrated to the San Francisco Bay Area. Natasha's father, a scientist, landed a job in Silicon Valley and later brought Natasha and her mother. Its a great story
Heard her last night in Raleigh. She was a last minute replacement for Zee Zee. Stunning performance!!!
She's a supervirtuoso, beautiful technique, apparently no effort to play such an intricate score.
Wow.. Just wow. I am in tears. Moved I am. Where do I start? First of all, she broke all the conventions of this concerto. She decided to own it. Props to her. This is not ANOTHER Rach 3 for some pianist to prove his or her technique. She just knocked Volodos out of the top for my personal favorite interpretation. Sorry Arcadi. Secondly, her artistry allowed Litton to play the orchestra in his own artistic way. The collaboration between them appears to have been born out of common respect and admiration, between orchestra and soloist. You can tell by the way the musicians were reacting to her playing when they were at rest. Thirdly, I loved that her playing wasn't littered with pretentious and showy rubato. Every moment, every space, every pause was by design and thoroughly felt out. I was in suspense. It felt like this was my first time hearing the much played work of the Rach 3. Four, the young audience was captivated. They didn't look bored at all. Mesmerized is a good description, much like I was. As a pianist, it's hard for me to appreciate one interpretation from the next because they sound largely the same to me. Five, there's a young blond boy in the violin section who looks like what Prince William SHOULD'VE looked like. WOW, what a hottie. Prince William? Not so.
Natasha is a tried and true virtuoso. Enough said.
She and Olga Kern are exquisit musicians. I consider both of them the best version of this concerto ever played. The way she closes the cadenza and starts the winds solo parts at 13:40 is absolutely genius. I've never heard such pianisimo starting that phrasing, it's gorgeous and touching. Thank you so much for this Natasha.
Yes, I noticed this as well. her pianissimos, if they can be called "thrilling", ARE.
And yet ANOTHER VIEWING. Wishing Ms Paremski the greatest success. What a wonderful collaboration between Pianist, conductor, orchestra...and yes, Composer. A privilege to watch. Please come play for us in Nashville soon!
Extremely gifted pianist.A prodigy
Best rendition I’ve ever seen of this concerto. She did not hold back. Gave it all. Was very daring.
And yet ANOTHER visit. And Horowitz said..."OK, better my octaves." Perhaps a dead heat, but there are so many more endearing, and thrilling moments in this performance, thanks as well to Maestro Litton and a wonderful orchestra. Rehearsals must have been just over the top intense, wonderful, a sharing thing. Thank you Natasha, for publishing this transcendental performance. BTW, the Maestro probably melted from those endearing looks during the final pages!
after this i may not watch the more "famous" pianists play anymore....this was an outrageously good performance!
Absolutely Beautiful Natasha! Thank You for Being You! " Hope you are well. Mike
Wonderful to see this video. I saw Natasha twice in Northern California in 2012, once in a small venue where she gave a recital that included Rachmaninoff Preludes, Corigliano, and Prokofiev Sonatas, and then with a regional orchestra where she performed this concerto. She has a truly warm personality and I knew then that she would excel in her artistry. Brava Natasha! I miss her.
i had Litton's complete Tchaikovsky once. By the way, my grand dad knew Rachmaninoff well when he lived next door in Beverly Hills and used to bring him his cigarettes at the end of the month. He once took my granddad on his knee and played the famous c sharp minor prelude with just one hand. My granddad said it was the most thrilling thing he had ever heard. But once Horowitz came to ask Rachmaninov a question about how best to interpret the 3rd concerto last movement. Rachmaninov apparently didn't like the tone of Horowitz's question and promptly slammed the piano shut and said, with a heavy Russian accent 'Get out, you jelly-fingered mutt'. Strange story but my granddad always used to tell us all it at dinner time. Of course, it's not true, I just wanted to write a story that would keep Rachmaninov fans glued to my text.
Magnificent performance at the highest level. Thank you for posting.
Bravissima. Finale da brivido, gli sguardi fra direttore e pianista sono meravigliosi, si intravede l’enorme emozione, impagabile, che questo concerto fa vivere nel cuore di ogni esecutore.
The Beautiful OSSIA Cadenza it's at 11:17!!! And it's an outstanding rendition!!!
I saw her play this concerto in Elgin IL last month. She was wonderful. A true professional and a real sweetheart.
Интересная трактовка спасибо Наташа
I love this performance so much..and have watched maybe 15 times. It's sort of like watching family. The orchestra loves her...and she them.
Just as marvelous as the previous 4 times I watched. Amazing how that is.
She played the last part at the very end octaves faster than anyone else! I'm in awe
She and Katsaris...of one mind there!. I love how she lingers on the hi D octave on that closing 2nd theme. Super Dramatic..then the subito, and build. Wonderful audio on this as well.
29:18 is the best I have heard of it leading into movement 3... And the way she looks too haha it's perfect
Brilliant, graceful and delightful
We must thank Natasha for this wonderful gift to RUclips. She is a rising star who has already played around the World. She has her own website. With a fine orchestra, a conductor that has led this group for many years, and an attentive audience, this was a time for great music. Paremski uses all the dynamics that this challenging music needs. Try not to compare her with other pianists you have heard play this concerto. This is Paremski, and she is very fine. This is a great video well recorded and well played by all. I will watch this often.
+Bill Sullivan Just returned home from hearing her perform Tchaikovsky's 1st Piano Concerto with Minnesota Orchestra, also Litton conducting. Didn't realize the two had such a history!
+Bill Sullivan For those that want to see more of Paremski, her sky diving video is on RUclips. Pinkus Zukerman paid her the ultimate complement for a musician. He said she was "over the top".
After watching this video many times, i did realize that this may be the finest viewing of the hands during this concerto. The camera is about three feet from the keyboard. You have to observe the movement of the piano at the end of the work. Her musical power, and physical strength, is moving that piano. That must have added another problem to solve during this concerto. The lady has great strength all about her.
I absolutely adore the way that she makes every single note and chord crisp and thunderous. Rachmaninoff would have praise her just as he had praised Horowitz. Bravo.
Have had the distinction of hearing her perform both Rachmaninoff concertos and the Rhapsody with the Columbus Symphony and Rossen Milanov, as well as a solo performance of Balakirov's Islamy. She is an amazing talent and truly nice person.
Bravoooo!
This performance, lush, exciting, totally satisfying in every way should have a half million views. Natasha, you need to kick your agent/management in the seat of the pants. If you've been to Nashville, I must haver missed it somehow. If you've not yet played with our very fine orchestra, I hope that will happen when things get back to some sort of normalcy.
She belongs in Carnegie
25:15 onwards... an angelic chorus joins Ms. Paremski in approval of her sensational rendering of this part...
Exquisite. So emotional, touching depths of humanity.
Ma questa pianista è bravissima! 😱
So brillante!!!!🔥💓
You have a gift 🔥
Still, the most explosive, thrilling final 18 seconds of this concerto on RUclips...in my opinion, of course.
Superb expression and impeccable technique. I wish she would play the shorter cadenza and omit 2 bars at the bottom of page 26 however.
You are magical, passionate, soft , exciting , intricate , honest …. I will never tire to watch you play my friend💕🌷
Natasha Paremski - A miracle!
Великолепно!!! Браво!!!
She plays beautifully
Never heard of her before recently, but this young woman is one hell of a performer. She does the Ossia cadenza -- which many are scared to do in concert -- and her furious tempo at the end is in Horowitz territory. The way she gets the whole damn instrument rocking at 43:11 to the end, one would think Denis "Fred Flintstone" Matsuev was pounding it.
Since I commented on the above, my wife and I were privileged to see Paremski perform this with the Santa Rosa (CA) Symphony in October 2019. Just as jaw-dropping as this performance. Was surprised to hear her absolutely unaccented American English in the pre-concert talk moderated by our very young Music Director Francesco Lecce-Chong. She frankly gave off a hint of a "diva" vibe in that conversation, but hey, as the late Dizzy Dean observed: "It ain't bragging if you can do it."
Haha. Fred Flintstone indeed.
I saw her play this concerto in Elgin, Ill. It was the second time she played there (she did the Rach 2 the first time). A delightful performer, just wonderful.
Wow!! I feel a little guilty for getting to see this for free!! Amazing technical mastery, and very artistic musicianship...tons of power, speed and accuracy, but still allowing the lyrical parts to breathe. I'm looking forward to paying to hear her do this live someday. :) Also great work throughout the orchestra, and excellent work with the video capturing all the key moments as they occurred.
Totally agree with all. I forgot to mention the video quality in my way to long "treatise!" haha
My 2nd viewing. (I have to work, you know). Starting from the end and working my way back...the most thrilling reading of the final pages..even more so than the wonderful Bronfman video (And Kern..so much emotion in that face). That climactic Eb chord locked perfectly to the orchestra...my eyes watered...the final cascading octaves...brilliantly done to the concluding statement of the composer's name..RACH-ma-ni-noff!
I have no idea where my first posting is, but for this one, I agree with another poster who mentions feeling guilty about getting this performance free.
All before those concluding pages was just so emotionally charged, and technically brilliant. AND..What a pleasure to hear a pianist who wields "pianissimo"...and KNOWS HOW TO USE IT. Thanks must go to Maestro Litton and orchestra for honoring those pianissimos with perfect partnership. For me, Ms Paremski is also a joy to watch, so expressive without the often (for me) "overacting" that seems the rage these days.
Again, bravo to all in the making of this video, including the quite wonderful sound coursing through my Sonodyne SRP Studio monitors (running through Sonarworks Systemwide). Tears nearly dry.
Again...those closing octaves.....Horowitz would be smiling.
Wow what a fabulous artist! I just had pleasure of seeing her play Rachmaninov #1 In Sheffield, UK: beautiful playing. Sheer musicality. I've never heard it sound so good.
This performance of #3 is lovely, really looking foward to hearing more!
Ms Paremski, I hope you are doing well, and I wish you the very best in 2020 and beyond. I've enjoyed your solo vids here, which prompts me to click here again...and again. This orchestra certainly loved you, and played their collective tushes off..with thanks to Maestro Litton. A joyous, thrilling, wonderful performance.
Very good
Супер!!!!!!!
Unreal. She ( and Sergei )took my breath away
the best
What luck to have come across this wonderful pianist on a lazy Sunday evening! I looked her up on RUclips after, by chance, reading a rave review of her playing this concerto in Chicago this past weekend. I thought the first movement was a bit lack-luster. But she just killed the second and third movements! I wept off and on, too. The orchestra was terrific and comported themselves beautifully. I mention this because I have seen some sloppy and unprofessional behavior going on by orchestra members during a great artist's performance. What a treat, though. I will be on the lookout for her.
Excellent. She has unbeliveable piano and pianissimo.
That smile, toward the end of the concert, was just gold ... Love it¡ I have to admit that I was a bit ... ´puzzled´ some passages sound different to ´the others´. I will listen to this video again ... Thanks¡ Natasha
Natasha, please come and perform this at Oxford !!!
She is fabulous, saw her do this with the Columbus Symphony.
You are truly one of the best pianists I have ever seen! I just saw your performance of Chopin's great Ballade No. 4 on "Colorado Public Radio" and was nearly blown right out of my chair. BEAUTIFUL!! Seldom does one see such technical mastery combined with true passion from the soul. You have it all!!! You are highly technical, lyrical and play with fervent passion!!! Just fantastic! BRAVO!!! Of course I subscribed! ~Jackie
Lost count if the number of times I’ve watched that performance: always overcome with emotion.
Beautiful playing.
Smashing performance of this devilish piece !
Woooooooow great pianist
Her skill are so good for such speedy performance
Love her finish ending phase
24:18 What an incredible sound! Great playing and wonderful performance!
my eyes are full of water.
So good and effortless it brought tears to my eyes.
Wonderful. You will be performing this piece in Chicago on my birthday!!! I will be there for my present to me :-)
My wife and I saw her perform tonight in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Simply AMAZING. If you get a chance, go see her.
I was there too. I was almost crying after the end of the concert. She's awesome.
Genius
Very, very good.
Three words. Awesome, Love it!!
Magnificent. I wonder what she would do with the 4th concerto.
Unbelievable! - tongue tied!
Brillant!!
Such nice tone colors and great control! Thanks for the post. Loved it.
What a performance! This is so good on so many levels!
BRAVO! Thanks Natasha!
Beautiful performance!
wow this was veryyyy good
I love how Litton gets his Peter Townshend windmill thing going at 30:23. :)
2o Mov. 18:25
3er Mov. 28:59
Nice.
Rachmaninov 3 has always been my favorite.
I had the pleasure of seeing her live yesterday in Guatemala. Truly spectacular, inspiring. A totally different experience.
bravo
cool
Uhm. Amazing!!!!
She has originality!!
3:58 Jajaja... its just funny
good, substantial performance. Always enjoy hearing the "big" cadenza instead of the shorter, filigree one that most pianists play...but a few too many stops and starts. Overall I like this one as well as Olga Kern's, and way better than Yuja's casual butchery
Maybe it's just me, but as someone that studies from a Russian piano teacher, I feel Natasha missed the mark with this one. I can feel the difference between Olga and her, one stayed and grew up most of her adult years in Russia, including her studies; the other moved to the US at a young age of six, it's not even close to me in artistry. There's some very jarring things happening and the huge jerking motion that would not be encouraged so much in a Russian piano school. For an idea about the culture differences, I recommend to check out articles about the "Russian Smile," piano follows a very similar philosophy. You can make genuine music without superficial exaggerations, much like how smiling everyday is considered an attendant's smile, it is seen as disingenuous. Olga of today is very relaxed and efficient, not as bizarre as this.
The polar opposite on the far other side would be Lang Lang, he does a lot of exaggerated motions.
Haxo Angmark ???
Better than Anna Fedorova, better than Yuja Wang, better than anyone I've heard on this piece - and done with such a beautiful, sincere smile. Can't get better than this in my opinion!
HAVE YOU HEARD HOROWITZ?
I knew Natasha was good, but I never knew she was THIS good! This is a performance worthy of a subscription concert with any of the top six professional orchestras in the USA, yet for some reason Natasha seems to be in that warp that Valentina Lisitsa finds herself in...one which I believe drove her from the USA to Europe. A lot of it is name recognition problems, but I listen this performance next to Yuja's and I have to say there are things here Yuja never gets near. Of course each pianist has their own unique fingerprints and I don't say Natasha bests Yuja in the Rach Three, the one that every pro pianist eventually has to test their mettle in, but I do say this performance should put Natasha on top right next to the likes of Helene (who remains the only major female pianist who hasn't done this concerto) Khatia, Yuja, and grand dame, Martha. Time will tell, but I do hope Natasha finds that recognition she deserves as measured by this astonishing performance.
J J Townley Sometime-composer of Piano Concertos Yes, and Martha. Hard to believe, isn't it? Her only weakness is that she might not get quite serious enough
Tom Blancato
She's young yet. Perhaps seriousness will come with maturity.
J J Townley Sometime-composer of Piano Concertos Unlikely. Kissin, Martha, Sgouros all had it early on. Is just a way of being in the music or something. She is not flippant, don't get me wrong, and when she smiles at the conductor is wonderful. But there is this other kind of deep energy I wish she had. I guess Kissin is a good example of it. Even so, I do find her incredible and will likely listen to everything she does.
I notice that most of the glamorous female pianists have this problem...Yuja, Alice Sara, Khatia, Helene, Anna F....they make money and people go to see them but the fact they wear these very revealing dresses especially Yuja and Khatia which often distracts from the music. It's almost like the beautiful females are playing with a chip on their shoulder, "Hey, don't look at my breasts, listen to how I play. That's where your attention should be, not on my cleavage". I once heard DameUchida say that young women pianists should expect their managers to pressure them to reveal more of their body than they'd like if they are going to find a following into today's ultra-competitive market. I'm afraid she's right and looking at Yuja's and Khatia's dresses in some of their concerts seems to bear this out.
Excellent comment, John. You taught me a few things...chief among them about Rachmaninoff getting "to the point" which I now hear in his playing, especially relistening to his performance of the concertos. He plays fast but he doesn't hurry like I used to think. More and more I've become very fond of his interpretation of his 3rd. I knew Natasha had something special when I heard her play the Beethoven 1st at about 8 (maybe the video is still up). I hope she gets that "breakout" performance that every pianist hopes for that puts them in the kind of limelight Yuja and Khatia enjoy. She deserves to be there.
That caaaaaadenzaaaaaa competes with Olga's!
+Michael Clark Yes!!!
Yes, it's a very good one. I prefer the Olga rithm
No.. Sorry I disagree .. Olga's was better ... but the best was Ekatrina ruclips.net/video/HWbwJ78gI24/видео.html
My two favorites are:
ruclips.net/video/aFkAwFDZGHk/видео.html (Yefim Bronfman)
ruclips.net/video/dlrqnlsOBok/видео.html (Lukas Vondracek)
Olga's is obviously amazing as well. Didn't warm up to this one as much even though it did feel original and some of those chords were played insanely fast compared to a lot of performances out there. Impressive, but probably not what I am looking for in that one. Guess that is just personal preference.
Just for the record: Natasha censors all of these comments. Do not say anything negative about her because it will be censored. Watch and see.
She absolutely should censor....you have to be mentally ill to come on here and criticize her playing
I REALLY should break myself of this habit. Truth is, I believe TOO MUCH of Ms Paremski and Rachmaninoff is a GOOD thing. Maestro Litton as well.
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