Murray Perahia - Felix Mendelssohn, Fantasy in F#- ("Scottish Sonata") Op.28

[jmrodavila85]

Bravo!

[thenoobslyer]

Yo

[thenoobslyer]

Lol

[masintec]

Bravo!!



[yamaho5]

Yep, I have liked his playing for many years, and still do. Thank you for posting it.

[batchava]

Mendelssohn twin.

[iedalima1]

adorei!

[thenoobslyer]

Cool

[thenoobslyer]

Awesome

[hanna7471]

fantastic



[301250]

He makes the music sings, such God given gifts....sadly, only to the selected few.

[thenoobslyer]

so cool

[thenoobslyer]

awesome!!

[lanarv]

Thank you very much for the information about Perahia,though I read his biography and almost everything I could find about him on the net. :-)

What a REMARKABLE pianist :-)

Thanks for the post !

[Sorcelette]

Maestro Perahia is the most gifted and inspired pianist I have ever known. An amazing musician and such a beautiful person in his quest of serving music for the best of te best.. Not enough words to say how I appreciate him !!!

[gerardbedecarter]

Very nice playing.

[DolfLoneWolf]

Mendelssohn is sadly underrated.

[88alan8800]

I never get tired of watching this performance

[TheGreatRichter]

Does anyone know what concert this was from and if it is available on DVD? The writing appears to be Japanese so i am assuming the concert was held in Japan. There are other pieces in this concert also Bach, Beethoven,Chopin, Schubert.

[Neotonalguy]

there is no 3rd movement in the "Moonlight Sonata"  LOL

[utubuser10]

@Neotonalguy it comes immediately after the 2nd.

[AngeTrunks]

@Neotonalguy There is.

[88alan8800]

@Neotonalguy LOL...

[framaulo]

Who Mendelssohn would have been if born before Beethoven?

[mrmonkeybuns]

@framaulo wouldn't he still have been Mendelssohn ?

[MissSophieBella]

Geez! It's great!!! I'm 14 and I play it currently. Wish me good luck!:))

[Fientjelientje]

my friend played this when she was 13 o____O

[ljkillerassasin]

nice eyebrows!!!

LOL:]

LMAO!!!!

But still a very nice performance.

But the eyebrows are still HILARIOUS!!!  =)

[MEAGLOGENI]

I cant find beethoven's moonlight sonata 3d mov. by Perahia anywhere! please helppppppppppppppppppp......

[XxbambambxX]

@MEAGLOGENI it was on youtube... i have downloadet it... you can ping me if you want the mp3 ;)

[loboris1995]

@XxbambambxX we can hear bugs in the mp3,lol

[Tiffany5168go]

Although there are many kinds of 'Mendelssohn fantasy in f minor op. 28',I like this video the best.His music is beuatiful!

[almamahler78]

Потрясающее исполнение, мощное, сильное -- получила огромное удовольствие!

[ljkillerassasin]

@almamahler78

WTF!!! shut the ****

[lilly763]

I wish the video didn't skip in a few places, but Perahia plays this amazing piece beautifully. Now if only the third movement weren't so hard...

[acbulgin2]

I love this; it has everything music should have. A structure that is interesting from an intellectual standpoint and a classical austerity that is paradoxically emotionally so very powerful. And before you tell me I do not know anything about music, we will sit down together with the score and I will discuss the arrangement, the dynamics and tempi, and I will even analyze the harmonies with the usual formalism. (Roman numerals and superscripts). I will even explain the physics of music.

[jerbiebarb]

@acbulgin2 Fascinating stuff, isn't it? Are you familiar with the historical development and acceptance of intervals? I'm convinced that so many more people would enjoy serious music if they only were taught the derivations of overtones and intervals from Nature. Simple arithmetic, but it's so pure and direct for explaining our natural affinity for music, from Byrd and JSB to LvB and Brahms, Ravel and even Schoenberg (but Berg then retained the lyrical appeal offered by the harmonic series)

[acbulgin2]

@jerbiebarb I read some things regarding the evolution of the Western tonal system and various tuning schemes, and I can readily explain the mathematics of the harmonic series and equal temperament and demonstrate both with a stringed instrument. Additionally, I have a pretty solid grasp of theory up to the intermediate level which is about as far as I am interested in it.

[acbulgin2]

The interesting thing about the choice of the major scale as the standard from the harmonic series is that there is no harmonic with an interval of a 4th w/ respect to the fundamental, but there is a rather sharp augmented 4th and a rather flat minor 7th in it. The 4th is of course implied between other harmonics. One might also have chosen the Mixolydian scale as the standard, but still no 4th.

[ljkillerassasin]

@acbulgin2 dude you talk way tooo much! lol! but it's nice to know that someone cares so much much about piano,

[acbulgin2]

The only mode whose entire scale with respect to the fundamental is represented in the harmonic series is the Lydian. I guess that is why some jazz guys think F Lydian ought to be the standard scale, but we are rather trained to think in terms of major/minor for most diatonic compositional purposes. It really is no matter to me as C major is implied in F Lydian. I guess there is some cultural arbitrariness in choosing major, but not a lot. It is an historical fact, and hard to alter now.

[sonarrat]

He really plays the hell out of this piece! Perahia is so much better live than in recordings, passionate and engaging. I know he had problems with nerves early in his career, but you couldn't tell at all here.

[bravissimus]

impressiv!!! my favourite pianist!

[88alan8800]

amazing

[normthedoorman]

He misses a chord at 1:50. Perahia is a great pianist-no question-everything he plays is at about the same high level. However, very little he plays is at the level of the truly greats like Horowitz, Hoffman, Rachmaninoff etc. He is a product of this age of pianism through and through.

[todds7]

@normthedoorman A friendly variance of opinion: Rach. scuffs up a little from time to time. I just heard his do so today on the Telarc "Window of Time" CD. I honestly feel that Perahia is every bit of Rachmaninoff, certainly of Horowitz. All splendid, and not a one of them quite the talent of Glenn Gould as a player -- none. But we really do split hairs.

[Arush09]

@todds7 Sorry, can;t let you get away with "Perahia is every bit of Rachmaninoff, certainly of Horowitz." That's heresy. Rachmaninoff and Horowitz and Gould are in a completely different level than Perrahia. He is an amazing pianist but not at that level.

[jerbiebarb]

@Arush09 It's quite humorous to see people here ranking pianists, without any explanations at all, just empty and egotistical opinion.

Unless some of you play near this level of accomplishment, there should be no such comments. You can only 'like' one better than another, at your experience level (which probably has very little to do with pianism), otherwise you make fools of yourselves.

[acbulgin2]

How many people can play, as you say, near this level of accomplishment? What defines "near" exactly? I assume you can play at this level, or you would not be telling us that we have no right to make any kind judgment as regards the technical or interpretive aspects of this particular performance. I want to hear your interpretation of this piece. It ought not to be too difficult for you.

[jerbiebarb]

@acbulgin2 I never mentioned interpretations, because I want to hear all interpretations, no matter how much they deviate from the 'traditional' unsupported thinking about the 'style' of the composer, no matter what the score indicates, and no matter how much they grate upon small-minded listeners.

[acbulgin2]

You seem to imply you have a foolproof system for "ranking" pianists with "explanations", so enlighten us! What ranking would you impose? Justify your answer. For my part, I think comparing musicians on this level in terms of who is better than who is fruitless, and I do not let people tell me what to like.

[jerbiebarb]

@acbulgin2 Yes, I have a foolproof method for ranking pianists. You hear my playing and you know Perahia's playing. You explain who ranks higher and why. But this can't be done at the world class level, except by experienced and nitpicking critics according to their own personal likes and dislikes. What don't you understand?

[acbulgin2]

@jerbiebarb Your complaint was that people rank pianists without qualification or reason and make fools of themselves in the process. When I press you on this point and ask you how you might do so, you shrink from the task. You want to hear "all interpretations"? You will be listening for a very long time. And what constitutes, as you so awkwardly put it, "traditional" unsupported thinking about the "style" of the composer? It is not only a ghastly turn of phrase, it is unclear.

[jerbiebarb]

@acbulgin2 That's a good critique of what I blurted out (within these character constraints), and you must know a good critique is exceedingly rare in YouTube comments.. I'm emotionally involved in this issue! The idea that someone can't look at a score and perform a work in a new manner, with a new approach, -- with our modern worldview, just gripes me. How do we know what the primitively-minded composer wanted? What did he SEE into the future of music?, were we there?

[jerbiebarb]

He grabbed the notes out of the wider universe - they're not forever his.. He released them to us, we interpreters are the new lions! We've heard (know) so much more than Beethoven et. al! and hopefully you'll trust us to express what they thought about AND so much more, because we fully fathom and respect the extended math of music! We don't stop at Mendelssohn or even Beethoven.

[acbulgin2]

@jerbiebarb I think I understand you. It is good to learn that there are still people out there who have a sensitive, thoughtful approach to what is to me the greatest art of all, i.e, music. I think that the very best musicians always find new areas and render meaningful interpretations of masterpieces which are uniquely theirs. As much as pedagogues try to standardize musical technique, every musician's approach remains unique.

[acbulgin2]

@jerbiebarb However, I think what might be called the "standard approach" to musical performance or to a particular piece is something that should be given due consideration before one abandons it. One should only diverge from the trodden path intelligently as it were. As you know, those approaches and techniques represent the culmination of centuries of careful and well-informed thought, though it is true we really cannot know for certain what e.g. Bach "intended".

[Arush09]

@normthedoorman - Perrahia just played his ass off and you are gonna point out a missed chord?! Don't be so pompous, I can't stand it when people point out stupid shit like that. However, I agree with the rest of your comment that he is indeed a product of his age. Btw, you made a mistake after typing Rachmaninoff...there should be a comma before 'etc'. Annoying isn't it?

[giangra92]

Questo viedo fa schifo!

Ci sono un sacco di parti spezzate...

[aaabbbccc5]

A great Master!

[jacmac127]

Tremendous.....BIG fan of Murray. He is definitely one of the top tier pianists of this generation. We are so blessed to have him with us.

[ebnykhda]

I personally agree with you all. Murray Perahia is one of the very pianist of today on top of my list. A pianist par excellence and a musician first class!

[dulcicantor]

He is so incredible.

[yiyiku]

he is so good in so many different styles and composers. big fan!

[schlaget]

The second part in insanely good.

[ljkillerassasin]

@schlaget i personally think that the first part is the best, but if that is what you think then im fine with that just go **** yourself! lol! just kiddin around ya know.

[SebastienLoong]

There's something definitely scottish about this piece lol.

[GrandPiano42]

The methods of Murray's father were definitely effective - BEAUTIFUL!!! Thanks for sharing