Maria Yudina plays Mozart Concerto No. 23 in A Major (2/3)

[jct09100]

Such incompetence... it,s like blasphemy to the composer

Mozart would be tossing in his grave if he heard the mess lol

[truecrypt]

@jct09100 Speaking of incompetence... So far you are the one who demonstrates complete incompetence! ;)

[chobeskate]

ooohh que hermoso!!!!!

[jct09100]

Pianno is way too slow.. it's killing this beautiful music

[truecrypt]

@jct09100 May I suggest Mickey Mouse cartoons as an alternative?

Less "pianno", much faster and perfectly suitable for all audiences...

[222mozart]

@jct09100

you are not right

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[devilxhlywood]

the really is no mood or manner of play which escaped mozart. there are so many musicians who have one style. when you hear it, you know who it is. for mozart, when you hear perfection, that's when you know it is the master.

[rhadamanthes82]

very emottionnal playing, very close to today standard by the way. nice

[Mascro1977]

@Nattenatt

well she was Stalin's favorite pianist. Its been said this recording was on Stalins record player the night he died

she was an extrodinary brave woman, many of the things she did could have gotten her killed but she was one of the few, or was she the only one who angered Stalin and got away with it.

[Mascro1977]

wasn 't this record on Stalins record player the night he died?

[truecrypt]

@Mascro1977

Yes, exactly... May be he even felt some kind of repentance listening to this... we'll never know...

[uhartchristian]

@truecrypt you can find parallels to Hitler when thinking about Stalin and this recording of Yudina. Hitler admired the conductor Furtwaengler. The only thing different, Furtwaengler did not have the courage of a Yudina!!!!

[ibk1980]

is this one the recording she did at the middle of night for Stalin?

[MrAam1964]

The most afflicted and intense interpretation of the second movement for sure by a great pianist named Maria Yudina

[BABEKTAGIZADE]

This great music from Azerbaijan film "Hello My Angel" (2008)

Directed by: Ogtay Mirgasim

[BABEKTAGIZADE]

Bu, Mosartın ən çox sevdiyim əsəridir ! 

[CherekT]

Just got myself spotify premium...

But well

Nothing beats this...

So, listening to this recording on repeat instead over and over

[straitbab]

This particular movement is composed in F# Minor and during a sad time in the life of the young composer.

[Pierinopasquotti]

Mozart maestro dei maestri! Insuperabile divino creatore di musiche immortali! E con lui vive sempre Maria Yudina. Grazie infinite

[Ruk8mini]

***This is my favourite performance, I cannot forget!***

[goodguysdoll]

This is just awful. i'm outta here.

[truecrypt]

@goodguysdoll

Nice to have you out of here... I can breathe easier!

[Pierinopasquotti]

La stupenda Maria Yudina rende ancora più stupenda la musica di Mozarty

[TheCaligula70]

Сталину безумно нравилась именно эта вещь и в этом исполнении...Интересно о чём он думал когда слушал это,а потом подписывал расстрельные списки. Вот тебе и загадка человеческих душ...

[yacoriza]

@TheCaligula70 он не  одназначен, как и любой из нас, и и обстоятельства его становления

и бремя, которое он нес, и время, в котором он жил...и множество удивительных реакций..которые есть за ним....

[EnriqueBasurco]

@yacoriza usted entiende español? or english hellow!

[truecrypt]

@vstasov

Yes, exactly the same recording... Made in 1943 and conductor is Alexander Gauk.

[BoristheONEandonly]

@vstasov Can you please what do you mean when you say "incredible story" ? 

[BachHarmony]

@BoristheONEandonly just read the description in the first part

[ChristofKehr]

chad410, I agree:

out of pain comes beauty

let me put it in other words:

this is eternity for those who don't believe in eternity

[29regsinclair]

wonderful!! Yudina has clearly got the most amazing control over this music.

[Rosenfeldenko]

Потрясающе вдумчивое исполнение. Она просто плачет на рояле. Жаль, что оркестр загоняет, но ей удаётся его приструнить! Кроме того - это же "кончерто", то есть "соревнование" - вот и получилось состязание, абсолютно не мешающее впечатлению от 2-й части! С одной стороны абсолютно безутешное горе и вселенская печаль, а с другой стороны "успокаивания" оркестра, как бы желающего унять боль рояля и зовущее дальше - "Жизнь продолжается, ну не грусти так!" Слушал ту же часть в исполнении Горовица - увы

[voiceh09]

Интересно, что чувствовал Моцарт, когда придумывал эту музыку -Такая боль и тоска!! Трогательно печально и красиво!

[222mozart]

cosmic

[uhartchristian]

Maria Yudina had very religious moments and this comes out very clearly in this interpretation. Its funny but what Stalin did like finally did make a lot of problems. Maria Yudina got a lot of troubles because of her religious opinions. The exagerated slow tempo here may come from that aspect....

[Ruk8mini]

Dear Maria! Mashenka Yudina... Thank you very much for this wonderful deep feelings. You help us to understand Mozart's genial music. Inimitably humane!

[hymntonight]

Yudina begins in one, very slow, tempo, but the conductor fails to hold on to it. It kind of feels like the conductor doesn't dare continue Yudina's tempo. Pity.

[uhartchristian]

I think its the slowliest tempo the orchestra could do... if they would have done like Mrs Yudina at the beginning the music would have broken in pieces. They do it still very very slow. Anyway Mrs Yudina does not slow down when playing together , she could have done. I think it was a choice done at rehearsal already.... the idea she wanted a more slow start is another possible explanation.....

by the way the orchestra isn t bad.

[hymntonight]

I think you make a good point.

[PhilipLu3]

The orchestra doesn't seem that good, lacking confidence or is just missing a vital part of music. Personally, I do not like the speed of Yudina's interpretation, but I can see how some people would, especially with the tone.

[SENAFOREVER]

I think this recording was used as soundtrack by Peer Raben in Fassbinder's Die Ehe der Maria Braun.

Thanks for sharing.

[salavero]

so beautiful, thanks for sharing.

[MFMSMITH]

Yudina was Stalin's favorite pianist. One night, Stalin heard a performance of K488 on the radio performed by Yudina and asked for a copy. It was a live broadcast, so officials woke up Yudina, drove her to a recording studio where a small orchestra had quickly been assembled, and made her record it in the middle of the night. A single copy was pressed from the matrix and then presented to Stalin - this. Stalin apparently broke out in tears after hearing the first notes of Yudina's playing (wiki)

[suzettegm]

TC, you deserve a medal for sharing this gem!

[blavatsky2009]

5:54....!!! how would you call it: The most poignant pierce-through-the-heart music ever penned? And yet the poise of the whole is undisturbed.

[faustianliszt]

ive played with community orchestras that sounded better than this one. yudina, however, is untouchable

[xiiisprava]

Wonderful... I could only cry listeling to this.

[plutonio74]

impressive..esecution..Im really suprised to find a registration of maria yudina

thanks a lot..

D

[billyguns2]

Gorgeous playing, suffused with suffering, at exactly the right tempo: ADAGIO, as marked, and over seven minutes in length. Too many pianists play it as a glib Andante, some even at five minutes duration!

[davit1982]

the BEST MOzart ever ever ever

Yudina - wonder of nature. How on earth is it possible to play like this?

And if you only knew the history behind this recording - it makes it even more fascinating. Damn Stalin, but thanks to him we have the recording today.

[PhillipLWilcher]

Extraordinarily beautiful!

[nikolaigangnus]

For me the best Mozart recording overall!

Except orchestra, of course....

[chad410]

this seems fitting due to the circumstances in which it was played. out of pain comes beautyy

[mamikono]

"out of pain comes beauty" well explains how was created this masterpiece.

[metteholm75]

@chad410 Circumstances? Which?

[Carini168]

One night, Stalin heard a performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 on the radio performed by Yudina and asked for a copy. It was a live broadcast so officials woke up Yudina, drove her to a recording studio where a small orchestra had quickly been assembled, and made her record the concerto in the middle of the night, a single copy was pressed from the matrix and then presented to Stalin