Prokofiev Toccata in D minor Op. 11 (Claire Huangci)

[kaede0328]

まさに鬼気迫る演奏！私は素人ですが、この曲はこの方の演奏が一­番気に入ってます。

[fortepiano44]

This is a performance to really listen to, and hear the writing and texture. It avoids many of the traps that result in hash, percussive playing that merely creates a wall of sound. Truly energized and eloquent.

[rachellikescookies]

i'm learning this and well wow. 

[fevercovers]

I see Yuja Wang playing it, AMAZING u.u

[TheObeseBeaver]

I don't give a shit if it's too fast, that's how i like it.

[lamazopa21]

Claire is a brilliant pianist in an incredible, savage performance.

[ElisabethLepidi]

Trop rapide, cela en devient ridicule et affreux. Prokofiev aurait détesté. Il jouait lui-même sa Toccata à l'allure "allegro", non pas "prestissimo".

[humpert]

O_O

[Ziejenkuli]

It's much too fast.

[mrbrianmccarthy]

Best version on youtube,along with Horowitz

[allenglandlawns]

OMG this is insanely fast. I remember when I was working on this, 2:45 thru 2:50 was so hard to get right. Great video though. thanks!

[spaetensonaten]

3:31 to 3:46

the most fearsome crescendo i've ever heard

[TaterGumfries]

Lots of drive, but could use more banjo.

[physphilmusic]

Oh my...Lisa de la Salle is noob shit compared to this...how the hell do you get that speed? I take like 40 seconds more to play the whole piece....

[keyboardmaster82]

Who cares about who plays it faster or who plays it more powerfully and accented. Hardly anyone adheres to the specific markings written in the score except maybe Prokofiev himself. First of all, the piece only slows down twice: once before the 2nd section and again before the coda. There is no pause or ritard right before the ascending thirds at the lowest register of the piano--it's supposed to be perpetual motion. Lastly, there is a pedal marking immediately after the G# minor octaves.

[JanisRaderPiano]

Astounding performance! Phenomenal technique. Thanks for sharing.

[mnfchen]

I think what makes people think this version is the best interpretation of all is mostly because of the soundstage and the expensiveness of the piano. Of course, Claire does use more pedal than other players, but I like that step of direction.

[javiertw89]

I agree; the best performance despite the bad audio quality

[abmsghost]

Amazing left hand pulsing.Thats what makes its sound faster and more accurate.Phenomal pianist.

[r590]

Thanks for re-uploading! This is the best interpretation of this piece I have ever heard!!!

[r590]

thanks so much for re-uploading! This is the best interpretation of this piece I have ever heard!!!

[PIANOTAT]

amzing!!!!!great!

[katchum]

Did anyone realize she is participating in the biggest piano competition in the world this year? It will be very exciting, I'm sure she'll at least go to the semi finals where I can see her play a Mozart concerto.

[pianopera]

@katchum Yes, I just listened to her performance in the semi-finals (still available on the website of the Queen Elisabeth Competition) and it was a pretty impressive recital - not only technically but also musically...I am sure she will finish in the top five.

[2ndviolinist]

Anyone ever listened to Prokofiev play? If you had you would know this is a mannered and "bangy" version. Sorry. She has facility but is a victim of the contemporary idea of piano playing.

[Drizzlerman]

the climatic part @ 3:10 in her rendition is a bit too sharp sounding.

[dawggonecrazee]

totally my favorite rendition of this piece what an amazing girl she is........so glad she`s back !!

[Csiga1000]

I would never compare this interpretation with Argerichs. I think, both of them have their own qualities. Claire is fantastic with her e'lan and the clear rhythmical accents. That sounds for me a little bit like AC/DC in a good sense.

Argerich playings is slower and i can hear better all the phrases, all the nuances and coherence. Sometimes she suggests for me, that in this piece there are two pianists, who fight each other.

Sorry for the mistakes in my english...

[pianoplusa]

Thank you for uploading this!

I think this was at the HAMAMATSU INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION 2006 in japan . I saw at Internet in real time.

She is American lady.

I love her performance.

[mlkoln]

Das ist keiner Pianistin mehr, die eine Toccata spielt.

Das ist die Eruption eines Vulkans!

Geil!  * * * * * *

[berlinzerberus]

very talented!

obviously this young japanese lady has something to say,bravo!

[Rockycraft]

She's Chinese American, from upstate New York.

[TheRaff1975]

Has anyone seen Tamara Beraia's rendition of this toccata? It's faster and clearer... superior to Claire's performance, in my opinion...

[sodoomia]

Very slightly faster, yes, if you actually time it.. but Claire's version just sounds faster to me. I like it more.

[mlkoln]

@sodoomia

I like claire's toccata much more, too.

It is more powerful and has sex.

Maybe it's a little bit her thing what she's doing there.

Beraia's interpretation is charming like an etude from czerny.

[oldmalvernian1]

Claire Huangci completely outclasses the mighty Martha Argerich in terms of two handed power. Especially her left hand, which provides the essential beat which gives all Prokofiev's motor-rhythm piano pieces their hypnotic appeal. For a fairly frail girl a remarkable feat of endurance too.. I wish one could have seen more of her apparent collapse (from relief) at the decisive conclusion - to receive what one imagines was wild applause.

[dersiano]

Thanks for reposting this - I can't imagine why Youtube took it down, other than the fact that this performance outmatches Martha Argerich's by miles, as regards excitement, stamina, and pure speed - and this one is a live performance!

Need I say more!

[RicAbapo]

very superb performance! i dare valentina, evgeny kissin, lang lang, yundi li and other great concert pianists out there to play this piece too, it would be my (probably "our") pleasure to hear this from u guys! this performance of huangci's is very very jawdropping, more terrifying than a horror movie! prokofiev would be very thrilled if he is just alive today..tsk tsk..

[eheh1]

This is more brutal than watching Timberlake getting anally and orally raped by a set of unicorn horns.

[brunoparis12]

Tremendous... lot of talent..... keep going on !

[NickyRamone77]

I have listened to this rendition many times, and every time I do, I cannot help feeling the shivers. This is really impressive.

[silverbud]

B R A V I S S I M A

[AlmaSchiwago]

envy!! :-P

xD

[Zebeldarebel]

Wrong note at 0:56, but her virtuosity goes far beyond making up for that.

[josegiraldi]

Bravo Claire !!!

[mnfchen]

I love you sodoomia!!!

[Softestbullet]

Ditto on the freaking out because the last one was removed. This is a jewel of Youtube.

[waftinghaze]

Thanks so much for re-posting this!! I panicked upon seeing it had been taken down. I'm in awe of this performance.

[NickyRamone77]

Thanks for uploading this. This is one of the best interpretations (if not the best) of this fantastic piece.

[thescarzy]

Cool piece indeed, thanks for sharing.