Gulda plays Mozart Fantasy in C minor (2)

[britishpolitics1]

superb and marvellous

[PlatoJaspers]

Langlang is so unmusical, he plays like a Yamaha keyboard on speed.

[Suckyea]

Pure fantasy - the way Mozart worte there variations to main themes of this piece.

[advir1021]

That showed mastery...he was Argerich's teacher.

[MrConvivator]

danke, habe Link gesetzt

[kwastormayt]

the chord serial between 5:24-5:30 erinnert mich an Schuberts Serenade

[Gandalf71]

This is the perfection!!

[The55555SSSSS]

exactly !

what i am saying is that LANG LANG doesn't deserve this much recognition and there are many real and true virtuosos in the world that aren't even known .

[Luminian]

U see guys this IS an excellent performance but Gulda is a great pianist.

And that is Lang Lang too. When I see him playing i see his love for piano and his greatness and as someone already told it here it easy to make critics. IF u can do it better than Lang Lang then u can say whatever about him but untill then please all shut up.

Thank u very much

[ebpianodude]

I'm sure Lang Lang is great, but facial expressions are not really what a listener sees if he plays live. Besides, this video is showing Gulda, not Lang Lang. If someone wants to argue about Lang Lang, I highly reccommend you talk about it in a video about HIM. In meantime I think Gulda plays pretty well, but people shouldn't be so worried about pianist's facial expressions, even though the cameras in this video beg to differ. I don't really see anything I dislike about Gulda's playing.

[dartrifle2]

Everybody has their own unique way of expressing themselves including lang lang, there is no right or wrong way, its whether you like it or not.

[GeorgeMaxwellDuPre]

His way of playing is similar to Argerich's; or rather, her way resembles his...and by extension, Sergio Tiempo. But I rather like the way he doesn't speed through it like Argerich and Tiempo.

[kate914]

I see hand postures and finger movements of Martha Argerich.

[The55555SSSSS]

DEAR LANG LANG:

LOOK AT HIS POSTURE!

DOES HE MOVE?

DOES HE MAKE CLOWN FACES?

GULDA IS A GENIUS.

LEARN FROM HIM.

[princenosiatajansen]

@The55555SSSSS

play it better than lang lang, show it here in youtube, and THAN you can OPEN your Mouth to critisize great pianists like Langlang. ...plssss common...

great interpretation by gulda. :) like him a lot.

ps: i read that HE already played naked the piano :D:D so plssss everyone has his "Problems"

[The55555SSSSS]

@princenosiatajansen

i don't think that i should convince idiots like you...

lang lang is not really great or good.you may or may not agree with this statement.

everyone has the right to say what they think.

and i don't understand what you are saying. he played the piano naked? are you OK?! this is very absurd.

by the way,improve your english, because sometimes i don't understand what you are saying.

[agniky]

@princenosiatajansen

boyoboy.. since liszt every musician is elevated into intellectuality. and this also means to criticise (even if it is vulgar). I do not disagree with the content but with the style of your commentary (I think langlang is a great pianist, but not for western musicians and intellectuals, he says himself: "I want to reach the masses", and thats rather difficult today with classical music)

still: gulda offers such musical depth and philosophical height in mozart.. wow..

[mario54671]

@The55555SSSSS Amen to that, man. Even Richter said there's no point in looking at the expression in the face because it's not necessary. If the person's good, they should be able to express it simply by their playing...otherwise they're screwed when they have to record a CD because nobody can look at them.

[agniky]

@The55555SSSSS

you forgot: DOES HE WEAR BLING-BLING TUXEDOS??

(watching him play and learn with/from barenboim makes me even more aware of the fact, that he simply incorporated different cultural ideas of music. Exactly his bling-tuxedo character makes him so dislikeable among musicians. ever seen thai soaps? - you gonna puke! theyre so exaggerated, its embarrassing to watch! L.L. has great technique, the thai-soap problem comes with the style and difference in articulating musical ideas!)

[dennis0mus]

@The55555SSSSS somebody should teach you how to behave well, and not degrade others... he might be better, but there is no reason WHATSOEVER to be so rude you know!!

[The55555SSSSS]

@dennis0mus

(this is a very short response do disputatious people like you that are willing to start an argument and have nothing else to do )

I have the right to say what i think and I don't see anything rude about my comment .

[dennis0mus]

@The55555SSSSS then sorry if i sounded offensive, but I don't think you should judge anyones movements or expressions when they're playing... that's rude! and my comment was intended to be shaking so that you stop offending others. and honestly i didnt mean to start an argument =/ really and sorry if thats the impression my comment left on you.. Your introduction though was way more rude than my comment...

[leprincebeaumont]

@The55555SSSSS You are soooo right !

[meisterrarro]

It`s really strange how he menages to keep all the architectonic of the piece with all that wrong articulation and wrong metrics...too robotic for my taste

[giangra92]

Come amo questo brano!

[Feemelinopiano]

je joue actuellement cette musique, cette vidéo m'aide beaucoup. J'étais dans le faux par rapport au rythme. Je ne sais pas si c'est vous l'interprète mais en tout cas le pianiste est très bon. Bonne continuation,

une pianiste passionnée.

[Wathrer]

je joue aussi actuellement cette musique et j'ai deux trois conseils à donner à feemelinopiano: premièrement,dans ce morceau, Mozart a instauré des règles strictes, dont les nombreuses liaisons et anti-liaisons, qu'il faut respecter à la lettre, mais bien sûr sans exagérer ! :) Le pianiste dans la vidéo ne respecte pas ces liaisons...:( secondo, à la mesure 36, le pianiste joue trop vite...aller légèrement plus lentement est dans l'opinion de mozart...:) Voir suite...

[Wathrer]

Idem pour la mesure 125, il va encore trop vite. Cela n'empêche pas bien entendu que le pianiste soit bon... Puis revenons en arrière : mesures 36-37 : il vaut mieux garder un tempo très stable, tandis que mesures 40-41 et 49-50, on peut se permettre d'accélérer un tout petit peu...

J'espère que ces quelques commentaires t'ont aidés...

nicolas, 13 ans

[chopinandliszt]

Regardless of whether I like it or not, I must admit this piece really foreshadows the Appassionata sonata.

[krokigrygg]

i really like the music at 3:25

[y1g1tcn]

@krokigrygg the music and armonies are really beautiful at 3:25. i like it too much too but i couldnt understand anything from this interpretation because of forte and pedal, not very clear you must listen it from Peter Schmalfuss a German pianist, is absolutely beautiful and clear, with the right tempo, if you can find.

[captainkidd4]

damn, i didn't know bernie madoff could play the piano

[Jamie1Chu1Bubblegum]

he is great !:)

[ConfuciousCarter]

he looks so calm and his movements are so controlled and fluid...he almost looks bored! lol

[ganymedeIV4]

3:25

some fast action fingers.

[lucioscp]

Mozart was the first romantic

[MaestroTJS]

I agree...and I would also say he was more Romantic and more often so than Beethoven.

To my surprise, this is the first time I've heard this piece. I can't say it's my favourite, but maybe I need to hear it a few more times.

[lucioscp]

My favorite Mozart masterpieces are the piano concertos,i have all :):):)

[lucioscp]

...and his Requiem and the Great Mass:),i love all is music

[MaestroTJS]

I agree, his piano concertos are the greatest part of his output (and the Requiem), maybe his operas too.

And that is saying something, because the rest of what he wrote is excellent in its own right.

Mozart, along with Bach and Beethoven, are untouchably great. I know that's not particularly creative, but they stand above all the other composers, despite my love for many of them.

Schubert might have surpassed them in the long run, but he died too young. :(

[whneo97]

@MaestroTJS So did mozart......

[piedijon]

I really did not like it much the first time I heard it, but I really like it after having listened to it for a while...

[y1g1tcn]

it is aa nice interpretation but ın my opinion he should not use pedal

[LVB1770]

This is a great example of how minimal motion can achieve nice results. He's really reserving his energy here.

[BachRocks314]

Yeah, so true. His technique and control are fantastic. There doesn't seem to be the slightest hint of tension on his body.

[gunce57]

very good! I had forgotten how nice this piece is!

And a nice interpretation!

:)

[beethomozart]

wonderful fantasy for piano,long live mozart

[chopinandliszt]

yeah, beethomozart, what you mean is not literal, but that doesn't matter, Mozart lives in the hearts and minds of millions. He's immortal.