what a funny concerto. Between 1 - 2 mov time, conductor told her something ... it seems like she doesnt like it. At the concerto final, after the kiss, she wiped her cheek cos it is wet with conductor sweat, she looks him but conductor just smiles. But Martha looks like upset with all this.!
@humbher3 I agree! Argerich is brilliant, but there is someting wrong between her and the conductor. You can notice it at the passage from 2:43 onwards too. Neither conductor nor pianist seem to be too eager to listen to one another. And Argerich (always judging her by her own, always amazing, standards) seems more listless than normal.
@yohbyo Yes I agree, but she is also an artist, she has the right to interpret the music as she likes, it is her freedom as an artist. but she has a touch that facinates me, so sometimes I just accept mistakes also. its ok. the heart and soul is more important than perfectionism.
i was just saying the opposite of what another person said (he said: veeeeeeery fast 0:23). it was a joke to say that martha played to slow, so she made a mistake =p
Me da mucha risa por leer unos comentarios de "criticos" totalmente locos o sin cerebro. Argerich es excelente y todo el mundo la admira y la aplaude....creo que si ELLA FUERA LEER ALGUNOS COMENTARIOS IMBECILES iba caer en risa por lo menos en unas dos horas..........por leer tanta imbecilidad de gente INVIDIOSA.....Argerich es la reina del piano....y basta ...que viva Argerich.Ojala estos "criticos" suppieran tocar una escla sencilla ..........jejejejejejee....gente mas tontat.
Charles Dutoit, ex husband, looks happy not to be cancelled the concert even Martha wiped her cheek after his applause. I love her nature as well as her interpretation.
Could I call her a star of the first magnitude ?.....RolandoPiccolo......I'm thinking of the ever-scintillating Sirius in the night sky......nobody would believe I got distinction in Astronomy at university, but that was 40 years ago.
Why didn't we see anyone like her during the 2010 Chopin competition? So many competitors struggled with Chopin's music instead of owning it like Martha does.
I am speachless, she is just the best, I love what she does with the tempo, she is so flexible with it. the sound is great and powerfull. This is a real pianist
Even though you're sort of right, don't be so rude :) He might have the potential to be a "pianist". But yet, he's learning. Check out his masterclass with Barenboim: At first he played nothing, really nothing. His interp.'s are yet not good (in my opinion), but after the Maestro corrected him, explained what the piece was actually about, he could handle it very well. He's only learning now, it's early to discuss about him. He's a little boy after all, but not like Kapell.
@misspeckpeck Um... Lang Lang is a great technician with an ENORMOUS amount to learn about being a musician. I've seen him perform several times live. He's essentially an astonishing trained monkey of the piano. Comparing him to Argerich, Pollini, Andsnes, or even others you probably haven't heard of, like Til Fellner, is silly. He MAY become a great musician some day. But, now... please. He's just a kid.
@QuaziGNRLNose Why is it amusing that we are serious? Is it better to just float over the surface of things, not learning enough to discern one artist from another? [And I'll bet I've studied piano longer than you've been alive, perhaps twice as long... not that that matters.]
austinlee's comments sound a bit reverse chauvanistic, but I suppose we know what he's trying to say. There are a great many male pianists who play more delicately than some women though!
amazing...she plays it with such incredible strength and energy of a male pianist, yet at the same time has the tenderness and delicacy of a female pianist
what I forgot to say here: she loves too play and make music.... there is much "drive" in this movement here which she loves to express , you can see how much she enjoys to play this.... an absolute pleasure to see and hear her...
well this lady is very disturbing for other pianists as she sets standards who are really high... (laugh).
the leading woman pianist who ever lived and one of the best pianists who ever lived. and one of the longest careers without interruption. At this point she is leading also...
Haha. What I mean is they are bars which make you melt inside, such beautiful music/changes of key which make you go Oooh. I'm not the only one to think so, so I'm not that much of a freak . . . or how did you put it, brain dead ahha.
@DHWOO Yes, I see what you mean; that part has been one of my favorite parts of this movement ever since the first time I heard it! Although yes, wobbly AND melty AND sexy are probably not the words I'd use. In fact, I wouldn't know what words to use - it's so cool I can't describe it!!!
Cuando termina el concierto hay un detalle divertido, que ni aporta ni quita nada a la excelente interpretación de Argerich. El director, nos cuenta sjolson68, es Charles Dutoit, exmarido de la pianista. Pues, bien, vean lo que ocurre en 9:09, y den un pequeño salto a 9:16. Uno no puede menos de sonreír.
beautiful performance no doubt....my humble opinion however, is that Rafal Blechacz's interpetation is more romantic and closer to what the composer meant to begin with.
@Sewerynaable could you explain me, what is for you "like Chopin"? :-) You mean like Chopin would have played it? Yes, Chopin wouldn't play it this way, but I don't think it should mean that he wouldn't like this...
@davidmirth I think, I'm absolutely sure, Chopin wouldn't have like this style of playing of his concerto. She plays too fast and this is not llike Chopin's playing. She loses many beautiful and poetical features of this concerto, playing so fast. Believe me, I listened to her playing this concerto in Cracow some years ago and I got the same imprerssion. I didn't like it!
@Sewerynaable Well, I think this is a thing of personal taste... I would say she gives emotion inside, but not everybody has to be familiar with it... Yes, there are some more poetical expressions, but that't the beauty of different interpretation... But about being sure about Chopin's opinion, it's not as easy, IMHO. Chopin as an arrogant person (he was, although I love his music) liked the most his own interpretation, that's without discussion. And that was soft and poetic for sure.
@davidmirth But the pianists or any other musician performers should reflect the character and intention of the composer himself. That's why there are different styles of classical music. You shouldn't mix romantism with classic or impressionism. You shouldn't perform the classical or romantic music like it was a modern one!
@Sewerynaable but he also appretiated other pianists, Liszt as the first (mostly for the etudes, but still), so I wouldn't be so sure that he wouldn't like this, if he sometimes enjoyed Liszts style of playing... He was such a complicated person... :-)
@davidmirth Perhaps. Martha , undoubtedly, is one of the greatest contemporary pianists, she was absolutely marvellous before, but now in my opinion, she got extravagant. Perhaps she is a little bored of performing in one way and wants something different? But, undoubtedly, she is great talent and one of the best!
@Sewerynaable On the other side, Chopin didn't like Liszt playing his nocturnes, but it was because Liszt added inside notes and decorations not written in the score... I'm just trying to say, that IMHO ut's not so easy with understanding Chopin...
@davidmirth Chopin admired Liszt and Liszt admired Chopin. But I am not astonished that Chopin didn't like when Liszt was adding some new notes into his nocturnes!
@Sewerynaable Well, it's right, that for this concerto, I prefere much more the Abbado LSO version from 1968 than this, it's more romantic. Bat have you heard her Schumann concerto with Chailly from 2006? It's amazing, IMO, much better than her earlier versions. Anyway, it's everything about a personal taste and I don't want to force my opinions anybody :-) And about adding notes into the score, I would also not like somebody adding note into my compositions, although they're not as Chopin's :-D
@davidmirth Yes, you are right. It's a personal taste. I don't want to force my opinions, either. For me when I'am listening to Martha Argerich (apart from her genial technique and talent for music) I get such an impression that she is in a hurry and wants to to catch up with something. But it's my personal opinion.
@Sewerynaable Maybe I'm saying the same, but I'd prefere the expression she gives inside a huge amount of energic emotions, so it can sometimes or for someone too much :-)
@davidmirth Yes, you are right. Thank you for your video, I enjoyed watching Martha and listening to some other remarkable pianists like Horowitz, Gilels and Rubinstein!
@Sewerynaable And I also love her and Dutoit playing Chopin's second concerto in 1999 (the same year as this). IMO, there she is softer than here... Listening to that it's really a pleasure for me (but if I listen the first, it's always the 1968 rec, here I'm just because of being curious :-) ) But still, it's Argerich and she will never change :-D
Maravilloso, deslumbrante. Música que brota en un aluvión absolutamente sustantivo. Para quien no tenga una zanahoria en la oreja o un gnomon paupérrimo en sus neuronas: incuestionable.
Si j'ai donné les erreurs c'est dans un souci purement technique pour les initiés. Argerich est une pianiste remarquable,c'est indéniable mais ça arrive qu'une prestation soit moins bonne qu'une autre, tout musicien le sait, et plusieurs personnes ici ont senti que cette interprétation n'est pas la meilleure. Qu'on me donne des points négatifs à moi ou à d'autres c'est tout à fait normal car démystifier un artiste aux yeux de ses défenseurs rencontre toujours des oppositions
Quien vea un video de musica clasica dedicado especialmente-segun dice- a contar los errores que comete el pianista ( en este caso Argerich),pues se ateve a señalarlos uno a uno con tiempos incluidos... debe ser una persona con algun problema psicologico. Si nos dedicamos en esta vida a contar los errores humanos terminariamos amando a los robots y encargandoles las tareas artisticas incluso que Marta acomete en esta ocasion. Triste mision la de rakmaninov1.
Let me ask all of you who are counting her mistakes.would u prefer hearing a performance that has no mistakes and no artistry? Or would you prefer a performance with slight mistakes but ingenious artistry? I'll start counting mistakes Argerich and other masters make when you critics get up and perform in the exact situation and not make a single mistake.
WOW! Her voicing is Fantastic! I wish I had a better system for filtering, but I hear enough to recognize genius. I can feel her really enjoying performing this!
Hmm this is indeed a bit of a disappointment.. The orchestra starts to fast, and Martha makes a couple of mistakes in the beginning. Luckily it gets better later on. Try her studio recording with Claudio Abbado. That one is absolutely great!! I mean, Martha can do it alright, just a bit of an off-day. Although her legendary performance is really great, it is topped by one pianist.. That's right, our young Polish friend Rafal Blechacz.
Martha is of course always at least worth hearing, but for truly classic accounts of this concerto, try Pollini's 60s account, and Gilels with the Philadelphia and Ormandy. It's quite hard to listen to others after those two. Each to their own, of course.
Rushed at the end. After a long battle with a local orchestra - you can see what she thinks of them and how badly they're playing by her face during their long intro in Part 1.
Excelente es la gente para criticar aqui, pero la verdad es que nadie más puede tocar como ella lo hace el tercer movimiento me pareció delicioso, rápidisimo pero conservando ese touché mozartiano, buenas dinamicas y buen entendimiento con el director. Martha Rules
Dear Captainltamar, Shut the hell up and start commenting when you develop some hearing skills and some taste. This goes for that moron who thinks that it sounds like Bartok.
Doesn't it seem that she's more animated playing the main theme tham usual? She was really having fun playing it. From about 0.30to 1.00 her facial expressions are adorable. I'm not that familiar with her. All I've seen of her is here on UTube, I'm ashamed to say. God, can that woman make the piano sing! Incredible tone quality!
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What with the beginning!! And her overt freedom in her time almsot makes it seem like shes rubisshign the piece with so many mistakes in many places. Very much unlike her.
it looks like Martha went for a more formal salute at 09:08 but Dutoit(an ex husband of hers)gave her a big kiss on her left cheek...Martha doesn't seem to enjoy it when a few seconds later "rubs it off" in a manner which is not quite discreet.....hahaha marry me Martha i love you
¡Bravo!
USURIAGA3 3 days ago
Magnificent movement, perhaps the reason she rushed through the first and second was because she was wanting to get on to this one!
BJWoodcock 1 month ago
She is fantastic.
PinkBabey 2 months ago
04:44 he just slaps her
44STYLE187 4 months ago 15
@44STYLE187 Haha, that is actually fairly amusing.
lamorlayefrance 2 months ago in playlist More videos from wohltemperierte
I love this piece... and love her style of playing. It's mesmerizing.
g00gleh00 4 months ago
It went crazy after 5.30.
hesh12345 5 months ago
...only the wild lady of the piano can toss it off with this sarcastic effortless ease...she should been puffing on Marlboro, while...
fredericfranc 6 months ago
she plays.... in more than one sense :D
morphinxy 6 months ago
que genialidad la de Martha.. no existe un verdadero genio sin buen sentido del humor
humbher3 7 months ago
what a funny concerto. Between 1 - 2 mov time, conductor told her something ... it seems like she doesnt like it. At the concerto final, after the kiss, she wiped her cheek cos it is wet with conductor sweat, she looks him but conductor just smiles. But Martha looks like upset with all this.!
humbher3 7 months ago
@humbher3 When they visited Japan in 1974, they fought each other and she canceled the concert and flighted back home. They got divorced after that.
anpritoo 5 months ago
@humbher3 I agree! Argerich is brilliant, but there is someting wrong between her and the conductor. You can notice it at the passage from 2:43 onwards too. Neither conductor nor pianist seem to be too eager to listen to one another. And Argerich (always judging her by her own, always amazing, standards) seems more listless than normal.
mizzothify 4 months ago
VEEEEEERY FAST 0:23!!!!
andriventu 7 months ago
@andriventu
i think she played too slow, so she made a mistake =\
yohbyo 6 months ago
@yohbyo Really? I think she plays quite fast. I think she plays beatifully sometimes and other times not so beatifully.
AntonioBdQ 6 months ago 2
@yohbyo Yes I agree, but she is also an artist, she has the right to interpret the music as she likes, it is her freedom as an artist. but she has a touch that facinates me, so sometimes I just accept mistakes also. its ok. the heart and soul is more important than perfectionism.
Jovomusic 5 months ago
@Jovomusic
i was just saying the opposite of what another person said (he said: veeeeeeery fast 0:23). it was a joke to say that martha played to slow, so she made a mistake =p
yohbyo 4 months ago
@andriventu I think she plays Chopin too fast. I don't like it.
Sewerynaable 4 months ago
kocham te babe, co tu dużo gadać. jest genialna, niezwykła, cudowna.
68Asatru 7 months ago
Martha Argerich ha sido mi pianista favorita desde que la descubrí en los 70s.
cjdguez 8 months ago
Me da mucha risa por leer unos comentarios de "criticos" totalmente locos o sin cerebro. Argerich es excelente y todo el mundo la admira y la aplaude....creo que si ELLA FUERA LEER ALGUNOS COMENTARIOS IMBECILES iba caer en risa por lo menos en unas dos horas..........por leer tanta imbecilidad de gente INVIDIOSA.....Argerich es la reina del piano....y basta ...que viva Argerich.Ojala estos "criticos" suppieran tocar una escla sencilla ..........jejejejejejee....gente mas tontat.
MusicosinFrontera 8 months ago
Charles Dutoit, ex husband, looks happy not to be cancelled the concert even Martha wiped her cheek after his applause. I love her nature as well as her interpretation.
Lamelonbana 8 months ago 2
..she can go faster than other great pianists but keeping a better touch at the same time! AWESOME
lallerooo1 9 months ago 15
bravo！！
13542ken 9 months ago
She's magic.All it's well done.I love her.
wolframg1 9 months ago
She should be awarded an honorary Polish citizenship.... (Yes, I'm Polish and I support this proposal).
renumeratedfrog 10 months ago 3
@renumeratedfrog I don't agree!
Sewerynaable 4 months ago
@Sewerynaable And one more thing... do you think a person, who plays Chopin as bad as you say could have won the prestigeous Chopin competition? :-)
davidmirth 4 months ago
@davidmirth She played in that time quite differently, not so fast. Perhaps you like such Chopin , played so fast but I don't like.
Sewerynaable 4 months ago
tem dedo de liszt
luzrenato 10 months ago
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Wow, her playing is fast and absolutely stupid - as always, by the way.Speed is her only merit, whatever she plays.
001fatalerror 1 year ago
@001fatalerror too much times it is, right
newFranzFerencLiszt 10 months ago
By the way, that last comment was from perumnx.........confused again
perumnx 1 year ago
Could I call her a star of the first magnitude ?.....RolandoPiccolo......I'm thinking of the ever-scintillating Sirius in the night sky......nobody would believe I got distinction in Astronomy at university, but that was 40 years ago.
yoframe 1 year ago
hats off... without compare! bravissima!
kingjepoy 1 year ago
She is just the best pianist ever. The great Argentinian, I love her.
HJKey 1 year ago
Why didn't we see anyone like her during the 2010 Chopin competition? So many competitors struggled with Chopin's music instead of owning it like Martha does.
MrYou2ber 1 year ago 2
@MrYou2ber Probably because she's a 1 in a million woman! haha I love her playing so much. So confident!
ngpiano72 1 year ago
Absolutely awestruck!!!
hopeandjoy10 1 year ago
she handles all the technical difficulties with ease. wow
cancakmur 1 year ago
@vartonise 7:28-7:48 also!
kurzelukdaniel 1 year ago
What else can you say but DAMN! She is my favorite living Classical Pianist aside from Murray Perahia.
steelydanbowler 1 year ago
Wow it's like taking Chopin's Etudes and putting it into a concerto. Amazing. My favorite part is the section around 6:00
cedricrlongreen 1 year ago 2
@cedricrlongreen Mine too! Chopin didn't write too many compositions as epic as that passage
MrYou2ber 1 year ago
I am speachless, she is just the best, I love what she does with the tempo, she is so flexible with it. the sound is great and powerfull. This is a real pianist
thechristian01999 1 year ago
怎像是跟日本樂團協奏演出？
日本？ 阿格麗希？
３ｑ
200800714 1 year ago
my idol!
samuelteetsenern1 1 year ago
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Marcelo721 1 year ago
４：４６ワロタwwwww
SotetsuSotetsu 1 year ago
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Should Chopin still be alive today, I think he would grant her hands the worthiness of gracing his penis
blindphil 1 year ago 2
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@blindphil you left the most disgusting comment ever. ew
musicy88 1 year ago
@odultetik09
Even though you're sort of right, don't be so rude :) He might have the potential to be a "pianist". But yet, he's learning. Check out his masterclass with Barenboim: At first he played nothing, really nothing. His interp.'s are yet not good (in my opinion), but after the Maestro corrected him, explained what the piece was actually about, he could handle it very well. He's only learning now, it's early to discuss about him. He's a little boy after all, but not like Kapell.
animumaurarium 1 year ago
Argerich is crazy... =)
This video is hiper exciting!
I love her!!
=D
silcmo 1 year ago
wow did she have to catch a plane? some parts were incredibly fast! interesting interpretation
woahmcgee 1 year ago
Thank you Martha, that was beautiful!
Khamomil 1 year ago
Elle est profondément passionnée de sa musique et je l'aime pour cettte authenticité!
Memale2009 1 year ago
Martha you're the best :P
This one sounds kinda like a Polonaise to me..
dussekfan 1 year ago
Bravo
frederictan1989 1 year ago
I can't stop watching all her videos... besides being the greatest pianist, she has an unique smile that is both priceless and breathtaking...
fgattino 1 year ago
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No, langlang is the best.
misspeckpeck 1 year ago
@misspeckpeck Um... Lang Lang is a great technician with an ENORMOUS amount to learn about being a musician. I've seen him perform several times live. He's essentially an astonishing trained monkey of the piano. Comparing him to Argerich, Pollini, Andsnes, or even others you probably haven't heard of, like Til Fellner, is silly. He MAY become a great musician some day. But, now... please. He's just a kid.
Grazpop 1 year ago 3
@Grazpop lol, you guys are so serious about something your probably nowhere near.
QuaziGNRLNose 1 year ago
@QuaziGNRLNose Why is it amusing that we are serious? Is it better to just float over the surface of things, not learning enough to discern one artist from another? [And I'll bet I've studied piano longer than you've been alive, perhaps twice as long... not that that matters.]
Grazpop 1 year ago
@misspeckpeck he is by far the WORST modern day concert pianist i've seen. technical ability is nothing.
ghawk2005 1 year ago
@misspeckpeck you crazy or something?
Hianndryv 1 year ago
body, mind and soul out of space!!!!great is the love of life!!!! we all can be like her...no doubt....
zackyko 1 year ago
austinlee's comments sound a bit reverse chauvanistic, but I suppose we know what he's trying to say. There are a great many male pianists who play more delicately than some women though!
normthedoorman 1 year ago
amazing...she plays it with such incredible strength and energy of a male pianist, yet at the same time has the tenderness and delicacy of a female pianist
austinlee168 1 year ago 7
La migliore pianista del mondo
enantiodrom 1 year ago
Bravo!!!
Fredegunda7 1 year ago
I love to see her playing, kidding, like this was a little toy in 0:35
meneltar 2 years ago 2
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black21sou 2 years ago
Just amazing!
illidgemusic 2 years ago 2
Es un verdadero placer escuchar a Marthita. Con ella, la música adquiere un vuelo que deleita a mi espíritu.
Enrique.
Enalber 2 years ago
Absolutely marvelous! Martha's the best!!
Grisostomo06 2 years ago
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she was on drugs here, and I'm not kidding!
peixotoraul 2 years ago
what I forgot to say here: she loves too play and make music.... there is much "drive" in this movement here which she loves to express , you can see how much she enjoys to play this.... an absolute pleasure to see and hear her...
uhartchristian 2 years ago 3
well this lady is very disturbing for other pianists as she sets standards who are really high... (laugh).
the leading woman pianist who ever lived and one of the best pianists who ever lived. and one of the longest careers without interruption. At this point she is leading also...
Hope to hear her one time life....
uhartchristian 2 years ago 3
เก่งจริงๆ เยี่ยมมากๆ
titteetat 2 years ago
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titteetat 2 years ago
makes me laugh at 4.46! I love you martha
vartonise 2 years ago 43
@vartonise lol it seems that he falied the first one xD
Genovit 1 year ago
@vartonise ...always AUTHENTIC!!!
fabio0077 1 year ago
@vartonise HAHAHAHAHA!!! It really seems he stabbed her on the face (poor Martha) xD
Excellent interpretation! Bravo!!! ;)
cafity 1 year ago
@vartonise she plays it like she composed it!
1984ekul 10 months ago
@vartonise Indeed LOL!!
chubrikstrekozyobrik 7 months ago
@vartonise Hahahahahahahaha it really looks that the conductor hits her!
e57uard0 4 months ago
OMG she always shows me something new... amazing
mauronastagi 2 years ago 3
From 6:04 to 6:20 are VERY wobbly (as in melty/sexy) bars!
DHWOO 2 years ago
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DHWOO ... melty/sexy bars??? You sound brain dead.
HerrNollie 2 years ago
Haha. What I mean is they are bars which make you melt inside, such beautiful music/changes of key which make you go Oooh. I'm not the only one to think so, so I'm not that much of a freak . . . or how did you put it, brain dead ahha.
DHWOO 2 years ago 5
@DHWOO Yes, I see what you mean; that part has been one of my favorite parts of this movement ever since the first time I heard it! Although yes, wobbly AND melty AND sexy are probably not the words I'd use. In fact, I wouldn't know what words to use - it's so cool I can't describe it!!!
sercerch 1 year ago
The goddess at work... go Martha!
elgar34 2 years ago 2
Cuando termina el concierto hay un detalle divertido, que ni aporta ni quita nada a la excelente interpretación de Argerich. El director, nos cuenta sjolson68, es Charles Dutoit, exmarido de la pianista. Pues, bien, vean lo que ocurre en 9:09, y den un pequeño salto a 9:16. Uno no puede menos de sonreír.
fernandogaravito 2 years ago 3
NETA!!! XDDDDDD
eltachimetro 2 years ago
It's no easy to catch perfection...Martha's just trying to get it! Despite some mistakes accept that she is marvellous and human!!!Bravo Martha.
Nganguen 2 years ago
asombroso!!
nmaite11 2 years ago
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In don't accept this interpretation. She is so nervous and inaccurate. However Argerich is a great pianist.
Szczekun 2 years ago
I'm going to look on the bright side and suppose all of the mistake counters are just huge Michelangeli fans.
ClassicalMMAChef 2 years ago
beautiful performance no doubt....my humble opinion however, is that Rafal Blechacz's interpetation is more romantic and closer to what the composer meant to begin with.
1lemonmint 2 years ago 3
@1lemonmint I agree with you that Rafał Blechacz's interpretation is far more like Chopin!
Sewerynaable 4 months ago
@Sewerynaable could you explain me, what is for you "like Chopin"? :-) You mean like Chopin would have played it? Yes, Chopin wouldn't play it this way, but I don't think it should mean that he wouldn't like this...
davidmirth 4 months ago
@davidmirth I think, I'm absolutely sure, Chopin wouldn't have like this style of playing of his concerto. She plays too fast and this is not llike Chopin's playing. She loses many beautiful and poetical features of this concerto, playing so fast. Believe me, I listened to her playing this concerto in Cracow some years ago and I got the same imprerssion. I didn't like it!
Sewerynaable 4 months ago
@Sewerynaable Well, I think this is a thing of personal taste... I would say she gives emotion inside, but not everybody has to be familiar with it... Yes, there are some more poetical expressions, but that't the beauty of different interpretation... But about being sure about Chopin's opinion, it's not as easy, IMHO. Chopin as an arrogant person (he was, although I love his music) liked the most his own interpretation, that's without discussion. And that was soft and poetic for sure.
davidmirth 4 months ago
@davidmirth But the pianists or any other musician performers should reflect the character and intention of the composer himself. That's why there are different styles of classical music. You shouldn't mix romantism with classic or impressionism. You shouldn't perform the classical or romantic music like it was a modern one!
Sewerynaable 4 months ago
@Sewerynaable but he also appretiated other pianists, Liszt as the first (mostly for the etudes, but still), so I wouldn't be so sure that he wouldn't like this, if he sometimes enjoyed Liszts style of playing... He was such a complicated person... :-)
davidmirth 4 months ago
@davidmirth Perhaps. Martha , undoubtedly, is one of the greatest contemporary pianists, she was absolutely marvellous before, but now in my opinion, she got extravagant. Perhaps she is a little bored of performing in one way and wants something different? But, undoubtedly, she is great talent and one of the best!
Sewerynaable 4 months ago
@Sewerynaable On the other side, Chopin didn't like Liszt playing his nocturnes, but it was because Liszt added inside notes and decorations not written in the score... I'm just trying to say, that IMHO ut's not so easy with understanding Chopin...
davidmirth 4 months ago
@davidmirth Chopin admired Liszt and Liszt admired Chopin. But I am not astonished that Chopin didn't like when Liszt was adding some new notes into his nocturnes!
Sewerynaable 4 months ago
@Sewerynaable Well, it's right, that for this concerto, I prefere much more the Abbado LSO version from 1968 than this, it's more romantic. Bat have you heard her Schumann concerto with Chailly from 2006? It's amazing, IMO, much better than her earlier versions. Anyway, it's everything about a personal taste and I don't want to force my opinions anybody :-) And about adding notes into the score, I would also not like somebody adding note into my compositions, although they're not as Chopin's :-D
davidmirth 4 months ago
@davidmirth Yes, you are right. It's a personal taste. I don't want to force my opinions, either. For me when I'am listening to Martha Argerich (apart from her genial technique and talent for music) I get such an impression that she is in a hurry and wants to to catch up with something. But it's my personal opinion.
Sewerynaable 4 months ago
@Sewerynaable Maybe I'm saying the same, but I'd prefere the expression she gives inside a huge amount of energic emotions, so it can sometimes or for someone too much :-)
davidmirth 4 months ago
@davidmirth Yes, you are right. Thank you for your video, I enjoyed watching Martha and listening to some other remarkable pianists like Horowitz, Gilels and Rubinstein!
Sewerynaable 4 months ago
@Sewerynaable And I also love her and Dutoit playing Chopin's second concerto in 1999 (the same year as this). IMO, there she is softer than here... Listening to that it's really a pleasure for me (but if I listen the first, it's always the 1968 rec, here I'm just because of being curious :-) ) But still, it's Argerich and she will never change :-D
davidmirth 4 months ago
Yes, you are completely right that Blechacz's interpretation is far more like Chopin!..
Sewerynaable 4 months ago
Maravilloso, deslumbrante. Música que brota en un aluvión absolutamente sustantivo. Para quien no tenga una zanahoria en la oreja o un gnomon paupérrimo en sus neuronas: incuestionable.
Agwii 2 years ago 2
very funny at 4:46
gabalbh 3 years ago 2
bravo, bravo, bravo
getitup168 3 years ago
Si j'ai donné les erreurs c'est dans un souci purement technique pour les initiés. Argerich est une pianiste remarquable,c'est indéniable mais ça arrive qu'une prestation soit moins bonne qu'une autre, tout musicien le sait, et plusieurs personnes ici ont senti que cette interprétation n'est pas la meilleure. Qu'on me donne des points négatifs à moi ou à d'autres c'est tout à fait normal car démystifier un artiste aux yeux de ses défenseurs rencontre toujours des oppositions
rakmaninov1 3 years ago
Quien vea un video de musica clasica dedicado especialmente-segun dice- a contar los errores que comete el pianista ( en este caso Argerich),pues se ateve a señalarlos uno a uno con tiempos incluidos... debe ser una persona con algun problema psicologico. Si nos dedicamos en esta vida a contar los errores humanos terminariamos amando a los robots y encargandoles las tareas artisticas incluso que Marta acomete en esta ocasion. Triste mision la de rakmaninov1.
JorPove 3 years ago
Poor people, if you dont like her music than listen to the radio! Counting mistakes? Enjoy!!
Chriz
chrispy1965 3 years ago
how about we stop counting the mistakes?
Let me ask all of you who are counting her mistakes.would u prefer hearing a performance that has no mistakes and no artistry? Or would you prefer a performance with slight mistakes but ingenious artistry? I'll start counting mistakes Argerich and other masters make when you critics get up and perform in the exact situation and not make a single mistake.
joohaeim 3 years ago
Mistakes? Sure, she's a human being but I don't give a shit. Perfection is so boring and what I like the most is that she takes the risk.
Lol...
It means she's not a bloody machine at the piano.
Brava Martha!!!
luiscar89 3 years ago 2
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She makes some mistakes at 1:00,2:40,3:33,7:30,8:49..the end it wasnt enermous. Argerich is a great pianist but in this interpretation.....
rakmaninov1 3 years ago
Simply fantastic!! unbeliavable!
raxigp 3 years ago
I love so much this Mvt....
JJuny7 3 years ago 2
i know! especially the ending it sounds so good
wnsbug 3 years ago
WOW! Her voicing is Fantastic! I wish I had a better system for filtering, but I hear enough to recognize genius. I can feel her really enjoying performing this!
virginiamaes4th 3 years ago 3
A star of the highest magnitude.
perumnx 3 years ago 22
@perumnx ..or more!
fabio0077 1 year ago
@perumnx The higher the magnitude, the less bright a star is...;)
RolandoPiccolo 1 year ago
Wow she acutally follows the pedal markings unlike almost everyone else.
Snappers3 3 years ago
Hmm this is indeed a bit of a disappointment.. The orchestra starts to fast, and Martha makes a couple of mistakes in the beginning. Luckily it gets better later on. Try her studio recording with Claudio Abbado. That one is absolutely great!! I mean, Martha can do it alright, just a bit of an off-day. Although her legendary performance is really great, it is topped by one pianist.. That's right, our young Polish friend Rafal Blechacz.
FrederikM1984 3 years ago
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exactly she makes some mistakes at 1:00,2:40,3:33,7:30,8:49..the end it wasnt good
rakmaninov1 3 years ago
schem!!! isn't true!
thelittleliszt 3 years ago
observation.
jabberwock01 3 years ago
Martha is of course always at least worth hearing, but for truly classic accounts of this concerto, try Pollini's 60s account, and Gilels with the Philadelphia and Ormandy. It's quite hard to listen to others after those two. Each to their own, of course.
exponentu 3 years ago
The orchestra is probably really pissed since they have to keep up at tremendous speed!!
thesloc 3 years ago
Rushed at the end. After a long battle with a local orchestra - you can see what she thinks of them and how badly they're playing by her face during their long intro in Part 1.
jabberwock01 3 years ago
Excelente es la gente para criticar aqui, pero la verdad es que nadie más puede tocar como ella lo hace el tercer movimiento me pareció delicioso, rápidisimo pero conservando ese touché mozartiano, buenas dinamicas y buen entendimiento con el director. Martha Rules
davidf996 3 years ago
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Mah.....
miliona1re 3 years ago
Yundi Li's interpretation was way better than this...
but nice playing by Martha...
kpgomez 3 years ago
is this the real martha playing?
this is the worst i have ever seen,,,,
such a disappointment,,,
AllegroDemolish 3 years ago
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Die.
marliben 3 years ago
You son of a bitch, you better go and lick martha's feet, and then kill your self.
cleopatra11 3 years ago 4
I'll get right on it ... why are you responding, by the way? Wasn't talking to you.
marliben 3 years ago
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OH my goodness...this is AWFUL.
Look, Argerich is an amazing pianist, but this has got to be the worst Chopin interpretation I've ever heard.
To hear how this movement SHOULD be played, look up Rafal Blechacz's version.
beatsdude 3 years ago
Some bloke no one has ever heard of ... for good reason.
marliben 3 years ago
Great!!!
wnsdn7342 3 years ago
bello!!chopin non è rachmaninov ma non è nemmeno debussy!!this is wonderful!!
clapianista 3 years ago
Wonderfull Martha!!
kilmer70 3 years ago
Dear Martha, CHOPIN IS NOT RACHMANINOFF!
CaptainItamar 3 years ago 2
Well...she didn't use to play it like this...its just one of those days I guess. It doesn't even sound like Chopin, it sounds like Bartok....hahaha.
BachFong11 3 years ago
Dear Captainltamar, Shut the hell up and start commenting when you develop some hearing skills and some taste. This goes for that moron who thinks that it sounds like Bartok.
Boodistic 3 years ago
Look at 4:46. She got hit by the person at left.
kisurb86 3 years ago 2
HAHAHAHA
arthurcrescendo 3 years ago
What makes it look so much like he slapped her
was her perfectly timed response. Don't tell me she doesn't follow the director.
phoxee 3 years ago
4:46 ----- Slap you him Martha! He is an awful Director!
CaixaNigra 3 years ago
Hahahahaha!! Very funny
crb255 3 years ago
Is Martha removing her hair rests from mouth in the beggining? I ADORE her sincerity! Very funny.
CaixaNigra 3 years ago
Marta, eres más que una pianista con dotes sobrenaturales.
Naciste con el inmensurable don de iluminar la vida de las personas, empezando por la mía.
He visto cien veces estos vídeos en el youtube,e incluso he tenido la oportunidad de verte en directo ,y nunca dejas de sorprendeme.
He llegado a la conclusión que no es ni tu técnica ni tu energía apabullante lo que me embriaga eres tú.
Tuviste muy mala suerte al nacer persona, porque tu mundo es el mismo que el de Ludwig: el universo
felixardanaz 3 years ago
Doesn't it seem that she's more animated playing the main theme tham usual? She was really having fun playing it. From about 0.30to 1.00 her facial expressions are adorable. I'm not that familiar with her. All I've seen of her is here on UTube, I'm ashamed to say. God, can that woman make the piano sing! Incredible tone quality!
phoxee 3 years ago
somebody should make a movie about this amazing musician
chad410 3 years ago
there already is one. It's called "conversation nocturne" but it's not out on DVD yet thus extremely hard to get a hold of.
Nataliena 3 years ago
Cara Martha,
secondo me, questo 3° tempo andava eseguito molto più dolce, scherzando. Tu invece l'hai aggredito troppo. Sembravi molto arrabbiata...
...Tu hai una tecnica straordinaria e non devi dimostrare niente a nessuno...
In ogni modo sei sempre grande!
Ti vogliamo bene e ti apprezziamo tanto.
Un tuo fans, un piccolo pianista.
beetho57 3 years ago
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What with the beginning!! And her overt freedom in her time almsot makes it seem like shes rubisshign the piece with so many mistakes in many places. Very much unlike her.
Snappers3 4 years ago
She's so skinny here!
jero13595 4 years ago 2
yeah i've seen her recently and she gained a lot of weight but she still plays very good!
10000dresses 4 years ago
She may even play better. Maybe more power.
cellestialX 4 years ago
maybe she gave up cigarette smoking. I saw her in an interview from years ago, and she smoked a lot.
cellestialX 4 years ago
it looks like Martha went for a more formal salute at 09:08 but Dutoit(an ex husband of hers)gave her a big kiss on her left cheek...Martha doesn't seem to enjoy it when a few seconds later "rubs it off" in a manner which is not quite discreet.....hahaha marry me Martha i love you
DoctorGradus 4 years ago 2
Haha, I agree. And then she turns to him at the very last second of the video, hands open, as if to say, "What the fuck!"
And at 4:45, it looks like he slapped her. XD
Excellent video!
RavenAmongDoves 4 years ago 8
Yes I think he overstepped the boundary,
and it upset Ms Argerich enough that 2 times she gestured with outspread arms.
cellestialX 4 years ago
The conductor is her ex-husband, Charles Dutoit. They've maintained a good relationship long after their marriage ended.
sjolson68 3 years ago
LOL...your comment is beyond hilarious!
jannokas85 3 years ago
LOL...your comment is beyond hilarious!
jannokas85 3 years ago