Prokofiev piano concerto no.1 (allegro brioso)

[shishirth]

A passionate performance - really brings out the music

[sussexpenguin]

Don't like the interpretation or pianist personally - however - still a mighty performance.

[WackidWally2]

The piece as a whole is so resonant, it's incredible.

[massimolioy]

stupendo ,veramente bravi

[1Thompsonmusic]

Super pianist. Much better than the vastly overrated and arrogant Argerich.

[BasileusR]

@1Thompsonmusic she may be overrated, but she's not arrogant.

[massimolioy]

questa e' vita gioia questa e' musica ,grande interpretazione

[MrTmfcc]

who can see his fingers moving ?

[utubuser10]

whatever happened to kobrin? does he have a record deal? does he still tour? last time i saw him was in a smaller venue after his cliburn victory at the ravinia bennett-gordon hall "rising stars" series. he is an amazing talent.

[pranktheroyal]

This is one of the best versions of this that I have heard.  To echo another poster, could you please upload the other movements?

[michelbril]

great one!

[Barnaldomort]

I think I love him.

[depechemodevilla]

IS the rest posted? This is great stuff. 

[Jovomusic]

What a great recording, wonderfull piano play...totally the best I heard i ling time.

[gabenchirn]

the five idiots who clicked dislike thought the button said "dis I like"

[divyx]

@gabenchirn Hahaha, well said =))

[1Thompsonmusic]

This guy has the most amazing technique and intelligence in his playing. 

[davantlag2000]

Sadly 5 persons are stone deaf

[davantlag2000]

simply perfect....

[lidea8]

What orchestra is this?

[hybridfox]

Epic win of mass proportions at 6:27...

[Pereimia]

Кругом грязь и нечистота,а деревенский мужик на рояле поигрывает.Нехорошо.его надо в колхоз накладывать лопатой навоз на транспортерную ленту. А захочет поиграть, то путь заплатит нам денежки,тогда послушаем,подзаймет где-нибудь,раз он так любит свою музыку.

[cnabaie]

If Youtube make more attention to the Classical music audiences, takes care of sequences of the videos (not offerring hap-hazard sequences), offers classical videos to buy (I have hard time to buy videos-even amazon doesn't carry any) and finally hires somebody to know a bit about the classical music, especially more recent composer: Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Korsakov..., we might have a better days watching youtube!

[aljaesson]

@cnabaie hell no, I don't want a ProkofievVevo

[LiliyaUgay]

WOOW!!! the both pianist and orchestra!!! despite the recoding is not good.

and i'm lucky too, Kobrin is my piano coach ;))))))

[helenlinpiano]

seriously stunning!!!

[concertpianist88]

for the love of god upload the rest!

[essejpatterson]

@concertpianist88 now he's one of the highest paid professors at The Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia. i see him here all the time.

[62wilmetta]

straordinario !

bravissimi davvero perfettamente concertati e in sintonia

viva i giovani !

[cellobuddy]

i love prokofiev!!!! OH! abd Alexander Kobrin is my chamber coach :)

[ingegnermouse]

@cellobuddy you lucky guy! studying at schwob, aren't you? :)

[1Thompsonmusic]

@cellobuddy

You ARE lucky!

[cellobuddy]

Is this Mahler youth orchestra? It must be. Only they sound this good..

[markchentx]

What is the orchestra? I noticed all the members are young?

[akio18]

He isn't Rubinstein, he isn't Horrowitz, he is Kobrin. Alexandr Kobrin.

[mybelovedmariawong]

amazing great music

[dzarux]

Great music

[1steadman1]

flautist's hot

[GanonMac]

min 3:12 the flute girl..it's so pretty

[TysonLaakkonen]

@GanonMac agreed but i like the girl at :54 better :)

[GanonMac]

i can't stop seeying it it's so good i love it

[TheXeniastar]

Perfect!

[briarcliffbaron]

Don't know the conductor, but this fellow got one OUTSTANDING job out of this young orchestra . . . excellent phrasing throughout the piece. This is no "generic job" here folks. Outstanding performance by the pianist . . . but it is truly the orchestra that provides the "upside surprise" here.

[TFSBird]

@briarcliffbaron difficult to see in this video, but it should be Sir Mark Elder, a really friendly guy with great personality.

[converseluvr16]

Yes, Please upload the next video if you have it. Do you know if this is on DVD?

[inturtaner]

NEXT VIDEO PLZ

[afertyus1000]

why would anyone want to play crappy violins etc in the orchestra when they could play the piano,i would never stoop so low

[asoberprep]

Moron alert. That's why it's called an orchestra.

[afertyus1000]

never? i was referring to the beauty of the piano you knucklebrain

[Sjaakstuurman]

@afertyus1000

piano --> great range

violins --> incredible dynamics and decorations

for example: ever tried a vibrato on a piano?

[afertyus1000]

@Sjaakstuurman the only vibrator you tried was up your a** lol

[ChoirBoyOC]

This is magnificent. It seems somehow fitting that an orchestra of children would do such a splendid job with Prokofiev, considering his longtime reputation as the 'enfant terrible' of Russian music. Interesting how much the soloist seems to concede to the conductor...

[KaiOfKings]

Prokofiev's first piano concerto was actually written while he was still studying in the St. Petersburg Conservatory, and was described by Prokofiev himself as one where the orchestration was very well composed, with only a mediocre solo part. So the soloist's concession could very well be because of the composer's desire of a strict solo performance, with the conductor being the real leader instead of the soloist. But the main reason is most probably because it is a youth symphony orchestra.

[xenolalia]

Really impressive!

[TrixieRules]

This was at the Proms.

[valihorn92]

what orchestra is this ?? they musicians are very young ....

[morekew]

Prachtig, heel mooi en goed gespeeld.

[arsplendor]

Great performance, Thank you!

[majorfatfats]

nice

[mozart1986mozart]

i see nothing special

just clear perfomance no more

[arsplendor]

My friend mozart, envy makes the heart bitter :)

[JimiHendrixANDVADER]

do you prefer richter?

[sagasagasao]

Son ustedes unos higos putas

[gtyler7292]

what orchestra is this?

[dbcbdbcb]

amazing performance.

[konstantinoupianist]

wonderfull

[shkedafen]

realy good played

[Lunt1557]

beautiful!!

[tawtsai]

Thank you so much for this clip! Can you please upload the rest of this performance? This is truly one of the best performances of this piece!!!

[Volodya1988]

Such a young orchestra! But they play quiet good.

[williams200000000000]

anderander kobrin is my favourite pianist,he is unforgettable

[sarrapianist]

one of the best pianists of our days! Thank you very much dear UGTownsend. Would you be so kind to upload the rest of the concerto? :-))