Wow! Thank you for uploading this superb performance of this beautiful, but under appreciated concerto by Saint-Saens. The use of rubato is terrific- urgent, exciting, yet contemplative, with tremendous playing from Lortie and the orchestra, profound thanks to all involved.
@@DemirSezer That's 25min vs 30 min, proportionally quite significant. Maybe the others are taking repeats not written on the score? Are there different versions?
To be fair while doing some other score videos I did notice some conductors outright skipping a few pages, not playing them (Rozhdestvensky with Scriabin's 2nd symphony); so it could be possible this is the case here as well. Possibly not though since it's a concerto
I love how each concerto is an individual experience but at the same time contains Saint Saen's unique blurring of past musical traditions with modern - for the time - structures and exotic harmonies.
Ce concerto vaut le détour et pourrait être présent dans le concert international... Merci infiniment. ❤
Wow! Thank you for uploading this superb performance of this beautiful, but under appreciated concerto by Saint-Saens. The use of rubato is terrific- urgent, exciting, yet contemplative, with tremendous playing from Lortie and the orchestra, profound thanks to all involved.
You're welcome! It's indeed an amazing recording, the clearest of all I've listened through
Beautiful!
Indeed.
Why is this a full 5 min shorter than most other recordings? They omitted some repeats?
Could just as well be the tempo, I'll have to check it but I don't remember coming across any weirdness while making the video
@@DemirSezer That's 25min vs 30 min, proportionally quite significant. Maybe the others are taking repeats not written on the score? Are there different versions?
Stephen Hough’s recording is only 25:51 so very similar!😊
As we can see, there are no repeat marks in the score, so it is simply down to tempo differences between interpretations.
To be fair while doing some other score videos I did notice some conductors outright skipping a few pages, not playing them (Rozhdestvensky with Scriabin's 2nd symphony); so it could be possible this is the case here as well. Possibly not though since it's a concerto
Every piano concerto of Saint-Saens is pretty amazing
I love how each concerto is an individual experience but at the same time contains Saint Saen's unique blurring of past musical traditions with modern - for the time - structures and exotic harmonies.
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