Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83 (Zimerman)
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
- Brahms's massive 2nd piano concerto, in four movements rather than the usual three, opens with a marvelous, mood-setting horn call that seems to gather all the other instruments. The piano responding to its graceful melody with equally graceful arpeggios before embarking on a thorny cadenza that announces the virtuoso nature of the movement in no uncertain terms. But it is a virtuosity neither omnipresent nor strained. Whenever one thinks the drama is on the verge of getting out of hand, the composer reintroduces a placating element, the opening horn theme, played either by that instrument or by different sections of the orchestra.
Although Brahms labeled the second movement a “tiny, tiny little scherzo,” it is in fact the most dramatic and tempestuous of the four movements, at the outset a crashing, battering workout for the piano, followed and contrasted by a yearning, mellow theme for the violins and a noble trio section, prior to the repetition of the opening histrionics.
The exquisitely songful, nocturnal slow movement is based entirely on the solo cello’s eight-measure phrase, which is subsequently passed to the violins and then expanded by the piano - a melody to which Brahms would later return for one of his most haunting songs, “Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer” (Ever gentler grows my slumber).
The initial impression of the rondo finale is one of gracious relaxation, but it is hardly of a single piece or mood, as seen from the increasing brilliance of the solo, the skipping opening theme, and the final orchestral crescendo. By this time the mood has changed from gracious to thunderous, in which vein the concerto ends.
0:00 - Allegro non troppo
18:45 - Allegro appassionato
28:14 - Andante
42:40 - Allegretto grazioso
Performed with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor 
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a top tier concerto for me, because 1. holy shit the piano sounds so good 2. the orchestra has literally a symphony written for them 3. wtf brass is so powerful 4. the transitions omg
A much under-appreciated piano concerto for sure - seems that casual classical listeners don't delve much beyond Rach's 2nd.
its definitely gotten a fair amount attention, especially for brahms, who, at least to me, is somewhat difficult to get into. definitely deserves more though, but the 1st concerto deserves at least as much attention imo. tho its understandable that it probably isnt as well loved as this concerto i guess (at least with audiences, it seems popular with pianists tho), since its harder to understand
The only thing my teacher says I’m top tier at is not practicing
Somehow almost any Zimmerman’s recording I’ve come across can be appreciated for how good the piano sounds.
@@sunnyjim1355 Where have you been?
7:50 my favourite passage of all times
Pas mal
It's very good, and fits so well with F minor
7:10 just gives me chills every time. Those pounding octaves. No one has done this quite like Zimerman.
Sokolov , he did better
I love Sokolov, but his version of this passage was too much louder and heavier, which slowed it down. Zimerman struck a better balance, in my opinion, but both artists are giants.
7:15
24:29 Such a beautiful gem of a passage.
12:27-13:15 Has got to be the most beautiful re-transitions and recapitulations in all piano concerto repertoire. It's like getting the biggest, bestest hug...in ultra-slow-motion.
Agreed. It's one of the most extraordinary inspirations in 19th century music.
Brahms just makes me smile every time I hear his music
@@nicholasfox966 It is extremely Beethovenian.
That's what I love about Brahms, his generosity and humanity.
Pure magic.
24:30 There is nothing better in life than hearing these few bars.
10:27 - amazing technique
22:50 - amazing progression
23:06 - epic
28:14 - amazing orchestration
Hamelin >>>
Grigory Sokolov his Brahms no 2 with Finnish Radio Symphony video from 1987 had the Best piano sound!!
Grigory Sokolov his Brahms no 2 with Finnish Radio Symphony video from 1987 had the Best piano sound for Brahms much better than Hamelin and Zimerman! Sokolov his rhythmic vitalness is unbeatable 4th mvt much better than Hamelin's 4th mvt! Sokolov the most Titanic Brahms no 2! Better than Hamelin and Zimerman Brahms no 2 are Really=Sviatoslav Richter with The Paris Orchestra from 1969 Richter the most monumental and Best structure for music better than Hamelin! Edwin Fischer from 1942 Fischer the big Genius better than Hamelin!!
@@RaineriHakkarainen Dude, Emil Gilels is the god of brahms 2, the others are merely enthusiasts
Am I the only one that LOVE this passage 7:50 - 8:30 ???
You are not. I love it too, it's so percussive. And the piano kind of drives the music forward. It's an intense passage for sure.
I love it too! The bass on Krystian’s piano is unreal. I don’t even play piano and I really want to know how he set it up, he does all of his own work and brings that particular piano to every concert.
Yep, out of the millions of people who have heard this work you are the only one.
Its super hard to play
Same here
12:32 - Goosebumps every time!
Yeah.
I have goosebumps the whole way through, to be honest...
Same here, even after 35 years of first hearing this masterpiece. I have so much respect for Brahms, doesn't get the credit he deserves imo. Guy wrote like 24 string quartets but destroyed all but 3, because he didn't think they were good enough.
It's such a wonderful moment, one of the smoothest transitions into a recapitulation I know.
Yes. But this particular horn section sounds out of tune.
I cannot stop listening to this concerto. It's almost an addiction.
I can't get past the first thirty seconds. Tonic chord, then dominant chord. Brahms starts with the creativity of a neolith. 🥱😴
@@prometheusrex1 but that's how you start a piece? he can't invent new chords can he? wtf is that criticism
@@prometheusrex1 Ur mad cuz bad
True
@@prometheusrex1 Actually that's probably because you have the attention span of a gnat :D.
A good friend of mine got a masters' in piano performance from Peabody, in Baltimore. His masters thesis, if you will, was a performance of this concerto. His comment was, "however hard you think it is, it's harder."
I couldn't agree more to what your good friend said.
Doesn't look so hard. The orchestra interludes give the hands plenty of time to rest. Unlike Rachmaninoff
@@novellmusicmedia6895 Rachmaninov is much less awkward than this one.
Those octave trills in the first mvt look particularly painful
@@novellmusicmedia6895
10:26 (and more later in the Development) leggiero while trying to hold those double notes together?
24:06 this is a different technique not present in Rach's concerti, _sotto voce_ *and* pp octaves with jumps in them. Also, Chopin Etude Op 10/7 done pp and legato, anyone?
49:45 non-chromatic Thirds in 7ths at MM 1/4 (crochet) = 104
And it's a live performance no less. What a rendition of beauty!
This is arguably one of the very greatest piano concertos of the 19th century, and Zimmerman, and VPO, performed this ultimate masterpiece very well. Thank you very much for sharing.
Another anecdote: Out-of-town pianist’s plane is late-just enough time to go the hotel and change, no warmup with the orchestra, with whom he will be playing Brahms Concerto #1. He comes onstage, bows, makes eye contact with conductor who gives a downbeat, and to the pianist’s horror he hears the horn play that opening-and the piano part starts in the very next bar! True? I don’t know. Terrifying? You bet.
I've heard a similar, equally terrifying anectode: Pianist is going on a huge tour, playing one of five concertos. Can't remember which concerto is on the program for this one particular performance, so they figure "I'll just listen to the opening tutti and know from that". Conductor gives the downbeat and it's the opening of the Schuman piano concerto. The pianist barfs in response. LOL
@@tfpp1 There's also the video of Maria João Pires expecting a different Mozart concerto and hearing the tutti for the D minor. Bernard Haitink really was sadistic for going ahead, but she had the piece in memory and played it--or at least the beginning of the first movement, which is where the video ends--beautifully. Speaking of the Schumann, have you heard Jan Lisiecki? everybody's recorded the piece--Argerich, Michelangeli, Arrau etc.--but I think his version deserves to be in such exalted company.
@@rootlesscosmopolite I'll check it out, thanks. Personally, I'm fond of Radu Lupu's recording of it.
@@rootlesscosmopoliteI remember that one. She was breaking down, saying she couldn't play it and he, whilst conducting, assured her she would be fine. No way to treat a soloist, though he was right in the end
@@tfpp1 Lupu recorded a bunch of those late Brahms solo piano pieces--Op. 116, 117 etc. Beautiful playing.
28:14 first cello solo
38:00 second cello solo
I may live a short life but I really enjoyed 51 minutes and 54 seconds of it...did you?
I love the reminder that this is a live performance at 18:40
25:49 My favorite part.
0:00 - 51:53 my favorite part.
You have good taste.
this concerto is so full of breathtaking moments that chosing just one is impossible
At your time stamp it gave me an Old Spice advert
@@watutman LOL
When this piece opens, I imagine just reaching the top of a green hill and seeing the grand, beautiful majesty of a German countryside side the morning sun rising and shining bright, golden and proud. The dew is still glistening and nature is ready to open to bask in the glory of the sunlight.
Oddly specific but so accurate.
Daniel J. Woods Shush
Did you know it opens with the piano pedal down while the french horn plays those six first notes? More reverb, I think.
@@charlesdavis7087 Yep - Brahms is a genius.
@@charlesdavis7087 That is not how it is written in the score above.
8:28 AMAZING!!!!
7:12 my favorite part
How can one not fall in love with Zimerman? Whatever he plays becomes a unique experience for the listener! And in my opinion this concerto is one of the most beautiful masterpieces!
His piano sounds so unique and rich. I’ve never heard a piano sound like that before!
True! Zimerman knows the mechanics of the piano's hardware. He travels with his piano, which he streamlines for each concert. He adjusts it to make the sound reflect what the composer wanted to transmit in his works. This guy is fantastic. Really.
@@antoniosergioritatraveling with piano is incredibly selfish and inconsiderate to the piano!
Each grand, piano, especially Steinway is unique and very sensitive to mechanical stresses and fluctuations of temperature and humidity. I owned Grand Steinway and know, how fragile grand piano is. It is inconsiderate for pianists, be that Zimmerman or Horowitz, to travel like that. Slightest misalignment of the wooden body will create cracks in its brass deca. Tuning will help temporarily. In the end, the life of the instrument will be much shorter.
@@stonefireice6058I think, if there's someone out there that knows how to treat a Grand Piano, it's Zimerman
@@stonefireice6058well are you the owner of Zimmerman's piano? I am sure he spends all his expenses to pay for the maintenance of his piano, not you.
The most stunning hour on RUclips. Thanks a million.
Have been on u tube for the last three hours. Time not wasted.
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I meant to say that the piano and orchestra were in perfect sinc which with this piece would seem almost impossible. But they did it and produced a fabulous recording performance. Dean Brunel
@@deanbrunel7277 ppppñññ/ññpppp
not only a live performance: immediately before this one, they played the first concerto! what a night should have been!
Two of the best concerti in one night
I saw both in one night as well (performed by Yefim Bronfman). I find the first a little more interesting. It's definitely a very heavy and powerful experience hearing both in one night.
7:14 Love this passage
8:11 Very Saint-Saens
9:48 favorite part of the entire concerto
10:27 Battle Hymn
10:27 sounds to me like a church hymn.
I heard some Saint-Saens, but nothing that reminds me him in this peace.
@@minka866 piece*
8:11 That’s something Saint-Saëns would do
what saint-saens piece is similar to 8:11
It's wouldn't be a crazy statement to say that this is the greatest concerto ever written
No it wouldn't; and although all won't agree - I do.
Rachmaninoff's second concerto is better in my opinion
@@musicmaster-pulkit how original
@@orgue2999 there is a reason it's a clichè tho
The crescendo and ulterior explosion from 27:16 to the final of second movement is flabbergasting
7:13 💕
Brahms was a master of Germanic romanticism and the 2 piano concertos are testimony of his genius
20:54 i love the expressivity of the dissonances
I 00:00
II 18:45
III 28:14
IV 42:40
1st movement
0:00 [introduction with horn solo] 0:46 [piano solo] 1:49 [orchestra - very majestetic, becomes lyrical] 3:02 [baroque gesture] 3:35 [piano solo 2] 4:13 [dialogue piano-orchestra] 5:18 [mysterious arpeggios]
6:03 [There is a lot of tension about what might come next.] 6:40 [The whole keyboard wants to be used and played.] 7:14 [piano solo 3 - very pathetic] [fast downward runs] 7:38 [staccatissimo please] [trill madness] 8:27 [orchestra - quite melodramatic] 9:06 [reminiscence to the beginning] 10:28 [mysterious - punctuated motif] 11:11 [downward cascades] 11:28 [arpeggios] 12:28 [Debussy]
12:55 [again a reminiscence to the beginning] 13:52 [reprise: tension - keyboard - pathetic - downwards - staccatissimo - trills - ] 16:41 [very majestetic - coda]
2nd movement
18:45
19:21 [unisono lament motif]
20:39 [repetition]
22:29
3rd movement
28:14
Nice analysis !
What do you mean 7:14 is pathetic? Do you know how hard that is to play? The chord progression is excellent and rare too
@@vitamc1213I think that by saying pathetic they mean pathos (like the Beethoven sonata n.8 or Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphony)
the first movement just never ends, on and on and on
Brahms Symphony for piano and orchestra.
These chords feel so warm and soft at times.
36:00 sounds like somebody departing the earth and climbing a stairway to Heaven. So beautiful.
sounds like somebody departing the earth and climbing a _STEINWAY_ to Heaven. So beautiful.
@@user-jj8kg5ef2t Don't climb a Steinway. That's huge instrument disrespect and may destroy the instrument.
@Trevor Brown Interestingly enough, Liszt's works representing heaven or seeming to represent some form of religiosity were often in F-sharp major (Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude and the happier sections of the Dante Sonata and the B minor Sonata come to mind). So, this may not be a coincidence that Brahms chose this key for one of the most beautiful, heavenly sections of this concerto.
@@19divide53 whoosh
This is a monumentally sublime, standard-bearing performance of this is work. Quite possibly the finest I have ever heard. Thank you so much for posting this. 🌅
34:48 is so beautiful
Brahms is the master of perfection every single detail is carefully taken care of nothing is left to improvisation
Funny you say that. The one recording from Brahms we have he is somewhat improvisorial in. I think people completely underestimate the role of improvisation in classical and romantic music.
I love the coda in the scherzo particularly... it's so powerful.
Pure gold and silver.
This is swoonworthy. The Vienna Phil sound is incredible.
Again Mr.Zimmerman !!!thanks a lot for your great work to uploade ,really he is one of the greatest pianists of our century ❤❤❤❤
OMG Zimerman. Yes. Yes indeed.
Amazing soloist and orchestra for this masterpiece.
I am almost old, still in search for my piano concerto….have I just founded it ? Bravo.
Simply one of the greatest works.
30:55 Oh, my heart..
mine too
How can somebody not possibly love the 4th movement!? Especially starting from 44:30
Because it's the worst movement of the concerto.
it’s so infectious
@@virtuosiproducoes2591:
You spelled "best movement by a wide margin" wrong.
@@virtuosiproducoes2591 Yeah I think it's the worst movement out of 7 in his piano concertos. But it is growing on me.
@@watutman Definitely a low point of this concerto and his other concerti besides the Double. Easily the least of the four movements.
He makes it sound so easy...wonderful performance!!
this was the first time i really listened (and concentrated!) to this piano concerto and i was immediately struck by the simple yet sorrowful melody in the third movement. i was thinking to myself how beautiful it was but i didn't expect myself to start crying uncontrollably halfway through until the very end of the movement. i guess that's a good way to describe the music of brahms: you don't really expect to start crying until you actually do.
Probably the best piano concerto ever written!
Agreed. Much preferable imo to anything by Rachmaninoff and Beethoven
@@benedictspinoza1025 I never liked Beethoven's Concerti. I always thought it was boring, to be honest. Maybe it's just me since everyone seem to adore it. I've always liked Mozart's and Rachmaninoff's concerti more.
@@FrostDirt it happens to me when I listen to it too many times. For example Mendelssohns violin concerto. I listened to it so many times that I actually don't like it anmore. But I'm sure after a while if not listening to it, I'll start to like it again.
The slow movement in the Beethoven 4 is simple, and simply astonishing. Drama in pure music.
@@benedictspinoza1025 I'm surprised you don't like the rach and Beethoven concertos! What is it about them that makes the brahms stand out?
0:00 - Allegro non troppo
18:45 - Allegro appassionato
28:14 - Andante
42:40 - Allegretto grazioso
The best part is from 0:02 to 51:54
Terry Peterson this is the greatest piano concerto in the entire genre, IMO, and Krystian Zimerman doesn't disappoint in its execution. Such power, such drama throughout this magnificent work.
FACTS!
So much struggle, resistance and turmoil undercurrent to the always present upper layer of divine beauty and resolve.
7:50 Apassionata 3rd movement ending
@@orangutan1262 I can definitely hear a rhythmic similarity, but melodically it is more similar to the Beethoven piece
Good work, Brahms and orchestra!
ATTENTION: Not Clara Schumann was the one to have an affair with Brahms, it was Robert.
I think exactly the same when I listen it
In fact, it would have inspired Holst for his Mars from his orchestral suite, the Planets. John Williams took his ideas directly from Holst's "Mars". At the time, Goerge Lucas wanted the music from "Mars" to be the main theme for Stars Wars. However, Williams convinced him that he could write something that would sound like "Mars". The rest is history.
@@emperorjimmu9941 Brahms composed this piece 100 years before the star wars theme was composed ... maybe your sentence should be changed to "truly amazing, almost as if Mr. Williams were complimenting or perhaps even mocking Mr. Brahms".
@@jordanlin4437 Or perhaps you don't understand sarcasm.
@@jordanlin4437 woosh
46:15 love that swing!
reminds me of beethoven's sonata "boogie-woogie"
It's a brilliant performance!
Bravo!🌷
Second part is absolute masterpiece
Stupendous and majestic playing befitting this grand and luscious concerto
What I love about Zimerman’s playing is that he exploits the bass line and creates melodies with it.
I did not know that brahms has such a beautiful concerto. Thanks to letting me know this music♡
Both of Brahms' piano concertos are Pure Genius, and part of the standard, core piano repetoire: the pieces that any serious pianist "must" learn in order to be taken seriously. Brahms is a very under-rated composer.
I can't recall ever hearing a greater performance of this concerto.
saltburner2 -- Ever hear Richter's epic recording....with Chicago/Reiner, I think.....
You may be right about that. I've been listening to this master piece for 50 years and this performance takes the cake.
Amen. Same here. 🎹
Richter/Reiner
Nelson Freire
44:30 I LIVE FOR THIS SHIZZLE
I have no idea what that means but I like it
I know. So satisfying. This dude knew how to compose, yo.
hello vietnamese
@@huyominh5878 me too
Thank you.
While you see other concertos share some elemental structures and styles of playing the piano, this concerto has originality to the core.
@Sparticus Booker I agree with Chopin in it... Maybe I must listen to it more to discover other inspirations. Yet this concerto is love at first hear to me, pure and original melodies luring through
@Sparticus Booker I don't think there is a moment that goes by in any of Brahms' music where you won't hear Beethoven or Schumann. Bach is his other great influence, though more in the seriousness of his craft and the density and impressiveness of the counterpoint than in thematic material. Yet despite those shadows always lurking, his music is still distinctly his own mix, remarkably.
I think the first one is better.
One of the greatest composers ever. How he creates interest in repetition is his own capacity to compose. He is more repetitive than Beethoven himself yet his music has beauty within. His piano technique is unique no fancy playing but the essential is there. Appreciated thank you.
There's no fancy playing yet this concerto is harder than any of the Liszt concerti
@@calebhu6383 that is right. His music is different from Schuman and Liszt and Mendelssohn. He writing is so interwoven with a constant presence of counterpoint writing with great regard for a high pianist technique. His variations are studies al Chopin..his piano writing is unique perfect masterpieces. I Love his music.
@@francobonanni218 I actually see some similarities with Schumann and Beethoven, his personal heroes. Less in the 2nd concerto but a lot in 1st concerto.
@Sparticus Booker Nobody said it is easy. In fact, Brahms is one of the hardest Romantic composers. But by not "fancy" people mean that there are no extra notes.
@@calebhu6383 Exactly. It's not too "notey" as far as piano concertos go. It's almost like a symphony for piano and orchestra.
Tuve la suerte de ver y oír este concierto de Brahms en el Teatro Real de Madrid con los mismos intérpretes. Estaba hasta la familia Real al completo.
nice
Is this what heaven feels like?
Although I'm not really liking Brahms' music in generall, the part starting from 7:59 (at the same time beeing very serious and germanic) sounds absolutly badass and is pure coolness.
My favorite part is 20:39 and 25:49 when music reaches a level of expressivity i only know from Brahms
I started also not liking Brahms. But then listened to op 117 and his Paganini variations. You just got to give him time and understand how he writes, which is very influenced by Bach and Beethoven and also Schubert.
@@roberacevedo8232 I dislike Brahms, and now still, but only his symphony 4 could touch me. His symphony 4 I could call almost perfect in 1st movement and 4th movement.
@@roberacevedo8232 honestly, now I am getting more and more into Brahms, I've listened to all of his Klavierstücke (op.116,117,118,119) and basically to all of his music for piano (played marvelously by Julius Katchen). I've even come so far, that I am learning his two rhapsodies op.79 and his piano sonatas.
his piano sonatas are worth a listen too
The magnificent Zimerman, Bernstein and Brahms!
At 43:52 Brahms inserts one of his famous Hungarianisms.
Concerto semplicemente superbo
Bravo bravo bravo super brilliance grandiose fantastic genial music concerto
40:12 can't get more beautiful than this.
Probably one of the hardest concertos
In the standard rep
Mi concierto de piano preferido! Ese comienzo!!😮😮😮
1st movement: 0:00
-0:46
-1:49
-2:51
-3:32
-4:14
-4:32
-6:03
-6:28
-6:40
-7:14
-7:45
-7:50
-8:55
-9:50
-10:27
-11:50
-12:27
-13:15
-14:16
-14:28
-15:01
-15:32
-15:38
-16:00
-16:15
-16:41
-17:13
-18:08
2nd movement: 18:45
-19:35
-20:07
-20:39
-21:30
-22:01
-22:30
-23:05
-24:06
-24:32
-25:04
-25:49
-26:47
-27:19
-27:41
3rd movement: 28:14
-30:55
-33:06
-33:42
-34:22
-35:12
-36:03
-38:03
-38:50
-40:12
-41:37
-42:16
4th movement: 42:41
-43:30
-43:53
-45:15
-46:26
-48:11
-48:42
-49:01
-50:11
-51:14
-51:34
The End :)
How can we ever repay you
I would lay down my life in thanks for what you’ve done😭
Mesmerizing.
I just listened to this live by Elizabeth Leonskaja... what an amazing experience!
19:22 one of the most beautiful part of the history of music.
Sure.
Not really
L'Arte musicale, quella vera, non confondibile (e tanto meno sostituibile) con la musica leggera, seppur curata, o con i patrimoni etnofonici. Grazie
Brahms de temperamento tan dulce y tranquilo para antes de dormir ,gracias ,buenas noches
Delightful!
Como tranquiliza este concierto
Only piano itself sounds like an orchestra. This composition is a magic
The best version, undoubtedly!
Yes, a very good version. The best? Hmmmm...it's like trying to say that one vintage wine is better than the others. Doesn't quite work that way.
@@avocatdenis Best, I don't know, but my favourite is Gilels. He, in my opinion, made it his own, and very internal.
this melody is basically the same thing as Lyaponov concerto 2 intro. I love them both
This shit is so underrated
Magnific Brahm..
I absolutely love this concerto!! It abounds in so many beautiful passages from both piano and orchestra and contains depth of feeling. I love the theme at 15:02
7:14
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15:02
Fun fact: George Szell did not have perfect pitch. Now click "Read More" to read a story about a joke that was played on him at a rehearsal of this concerto.
Rudolf Serkin was playing this Concerto with the Cleveland Orchestra one time. Szell, who was famously "not so nice to his musicians", was being particularly nasty to the hornist at the opening. So the next day, at the rehearsal, Serkin and the hornist decided to begin the piece a tone higher, in B MAJOR instead of B-Flat major. Then the rest of the orchestra came in, and of course it all sounded so wrong. Szell then walked out of the room.
That's hilarious.
I think you meant semitone, but its hilarious nonetheless
@@UniversalDirp Yes, thanks.
Actually...I believe it was the other way around...Szell in his hay day was, in fact, quite a prankster...I believe it was a relatively young Andre Watts that was set to rehearse the Brahm's PC2 with the Clevelanders...before the rehearsal, Szell told his first horn player, the great Myron Bloom, to play the opening horn solo up a half step....Bb to B...when this happened for real at rehearsal, the young Mr. Watts realized immediately the pitch change and to everyone's astonishment...even Szell's...he played the piano part up a half step as well...probably because he had perfect pitch...
My favorite concerto.
Craig, Beethoven’s 5th was my favorite for the longest time but Johnny finally won my heart over. Thank you for your comment
@maxim skogorev ??? Не понимаю
Ngl this still doesn’t top Prokofiev 2 and 3 in my heart thoI still love this
@@emperorjimmu9941 what
Очень нравится этот концерт... И Брамс всё почти!
Bravo.
so emotional...
2nd movement from another planet
How enjoyable to read the score during this masterpiece! Zimerman's "pyrotechnic" piano skills were both inspiring and depressing. Inspiring in beauty; depressing how much practice that mastery-level requires.
I REALLY enjoy following the score of the great composers' works. It intensifies the listening experience! I have this performance on DVD and it's wonderful! Along with Zimmerman and Bernstein performing all five of Beethoven's concerti.
Beautiful Brahms,Bernstain end Zimmermann!
For any timpanist's practice sessions:
1:36 before A
3:02 B
3:51 m73
8:20 m169
11:26 H
16:16 N
17:39 m363
23:09 m159
23:58 210
24:54 D
27:48 343