Anthony Molinaro - Gerswhin Prelude #3

[SzychaDestruktor]

Yeah !!!! Very good :D

I'm from Poland.

[1VioletCrumble1]

Holy crap that's fast o.o

[Alfalotter]

Brilliant.

[egz10]

How good is to hear this piece as a really musically piece and not as a massacre.

[Franciscanplaypiano]

This is such a fun piece.

[Ragtime44Films]

@Franciscanplaypiano

Yes. Yes it is.

[pno4tay]

@thetickelmonster12 - The tempo is pulled around too much. Gershwin's solo piano music is based in the dance and is absolutely steady in tempo. How do I know? I have an original-issue copy of Gershwin's recording of the Preludes. I am fully aware that one can bend tempo here and there, but this is not a Chopin nocturne. So would you recolorize works from Picasso's blue period as pink?

[cfwpiano]

@pno4tay His pulse is fairly steady. Would you rather have him play like a metronome? Or would you rather have him play with some emotion? I'd opt for the latter.

[pianofolle]

@pno4tay Sorry, but your assumption is false: 'based on dance' doesnt equal 'being steady in tempo', neither in composers' mind nor in history of piano interpretations. Preludes written in 19th and 20th century give much more freedom in tempo than you think (or wish).

Besides, remarks about tempo should be the least sensible things about this performance.

[MrRicksStudio]

@pianofolle My "assumption" as you say is NOT false.You must be inbred or something because YOU do not understand. Have you heard Gershwin himself play this? I have.

[Franciscanplaypiano]

@MrRicksStudio Do you realise you're coming across as a total arsehole? You think you know it all just because you've 'heard Gershwin himself play this.' Well I'm sure many people have, you fool. You do not need to play the piece in the exact way that Gershwin may of played it. Everyone is entitled to their own interpretation of the piece. The fact that they make it their own does not mean it's 'wrong.'

[pow382]

Shame about the end - didn't quite get it right, and liberto was a bit too much in some places. But good otherwise, it's not easy to play it at that speed!

[Eddyf24]

did he miss the last note?

[phonoxofendless]

Everyone on youtube either plays too fast or too slow. He's still the best I've found though.

[Yeseman1]

I like it but I think he changes the tempo to much in places where it shouldnt be changed. Its good but the tempo is supposed to be standard. I think he is playing it at a rush tempo.

[MrRicksStudio]

@Yeseman1 - Oh, don't say that - the musical philistines will pounce on you as well - those who care to ignore how Gershwin himself played this...

[MariposaGoldenboy1]

He's incredible! I saw him play Prokofiev with Orchestra and his mencore was an incredible jazz improvisation that left the audience speechless!!! Bravo Molinaro!!

[MsStarmusic]

Super! ;-)

[alexh110]

Doesn't he cheat and miss out some notes in the final octave passage?

Or is his touch so light that I can't hear them?

[MrRicksStudio]

It is exciting, yes, but I do agree that there are two many liberties with the tempo. It should be strict and crisp. THAT was Gershwin's style, and we have HIS recording of his very piece, as well as the other two Preludes, to prove that.

[Gyvulys624]

best on youtube. I can't play this fast but this rendition inspired the way I play this piece more than any other. And the ending of course leaves me in awe.

[gialaustra]

fast fast :/

[dragosandrewoffice1]

Very clean interpretation, unlike other I know...

[Midgar7907]

thats my cousin!

[eyeliner20]

not a note out of place...how the hell does he do that????

[abcde86420]

Very nice interpretation. He has a great feel in the first section despite playing it very fast.

[DgenerationX113]

very good, played with lots of feeling. At the correct tempo. It would of blown the judges away!

[TehBrettster]

In the middle section, he takes some giant liberties with the tempo that EVEN I advise against. My best guess is that when he won the 1997 competition, he didn't do anything quite like that.

But that ending is just spectacular.  One hell of an ending.

[guapobear]

depends on who the judges were?? damn! he's great.. after listening to some others on here, it's great to hear this..

[hankmika]

lots of players forget that this is jazz after all, he's really got the syncopation down, and the notes, but he's not a slave to the score, it's really alive, really good, best I've heard in a long time. makes me wanna relearn all three of them.

[WMUdrummer]

Nice, I played that 2, The ending is no joke, u have the best ending Ive seen!

[777junco]

I love your play!!! fantastic☆★☆

[YoMama4Lyfe]

dang hes good