Debussy： Ondine from Preludes

[flyingsoundmachine]

Classical music is truly great -- right up until it starts celebrating...itself.

[meredith218461]

She has an ideal hand position which looks so natural. An object lesson in perfectly developed technique. I'm sure Khatia has a glittering career ahead of her.

[Venugopala108]

Seriously, if this is bad, then even abysmal must be rather pleasant. And, if a piece of music was meant to be played only one way, then one artist could have recorded this many years ago, and we could all just sit home and push the"play" button and keep our heads in the sand to anything outside of what is deemed right.

[nikolaimedtner]

Very atmospheric and beautiful performance.

[Hellerhans2]

mmmmmmmmmm... so so performance!

[bisuchka]

Giorgi Latsabidze plays better ALL Preludes by Debussy!!! highly Recommended!!!

[michaellugansky]

It's Ok but I don't think she really understands Debussy! I think best Preludes of Debussy is presented by Giorgi Latsabidze. He recorded all of them from second book: here you find those on You Tube..))

[muz1kars]

@michaellugansky She doesn't understands Debussy ? Why ? I'm starting to work on this piece, I need advices ! Isn't the Latsabidze version a little rude ? there's nothing softer than Debussy...

[paiazzo099]

not good))

[NuovoCurioso]

Sei molto brava.....precisa....espressiv­a....preformance da grande pianista.

With my compliments.

[AntiProUltra]

a lot of clarity in her playing; i can hear things in this i can't hear even in gieseking

and she's really nice looking too :-)

[44wsgs]

Truly incredible, you are a great pianist. :)

[hindemthify]

too much rubato)))) That not what Debussy meant... I encourage you referring original manuscripts....1.42 It's just moo much rubato...besides dynamics are not quite precise accordingly on the score.. sorry!

[Cancrizans]

@hindemthify Allow me to introduce you to the concept of I-N-T-E-R-P-R-E-T-A-T-I-O-N. How exactly do you know what Debussy wanted? Were you and he best buddies back in the day? You can't get everything you need to interpret a piece of music from the score...and what would be the point if everyone played every piece exactly the same way? What nonsense, I encourage you to familiarize yourself with the idea of Art.

[caiocarolino]

So whimsical... it's like a dream, like an "Alice in Wonderland" experience, I think that's what makes Debussy so popular nowadays. Splendid.

[lasharul]

Walter Gieseking is my favorite piano player, and amazing impressionist. I've got his Ondine and i dont think that he played it any better..

Khatia is a brilliant musician.there is no doubt about it but, what strikes me about her, great understanding of music, love and her modesty:)

[Nimenicamine01]

eres extraordinaria, ojalà escuches algunos de mis videos y me des una (net-class)

[repetitorium]

India)))))

[KattenForsvann]

She is from Georgian Republic.

[frink32]

mmmmmm.....michelangeli, GIESEKING....um not quite.

[PianoVlog]

just perfect... she is so talented.... looks from india... is from india? if is, an advice for india men: stop burning alive our women, retarded ignorant monsters, and let heres BEING, because are BETTER than you 1000 times

[sagara89]

What are you talking about? Measures 8-9? How is using two hands a "bad tech skill", especially since it's specified in the score with m.d. and m.g.? She does it pretty well too.

[ninsanjin]

LOL!! kingstravinsky101 she should do that because actually thats... very GOOD tech skill lol

[ZekenNekez]

It's correct what sagara89 said. Even if it wasn't, the fact of do that scale with both hands would be a insignificant detail if the musical result is good. Like my teacher used to said me (and i'm totally agree with that), "we've to adapt the technique to the music, and not adapt the music to the techinque".

[klingsor93]

Great understanding of the French impressionism tradition. One of the best "Ondine" I've heard,

and I'm including Michelangeli, Zimmerman, Pollini and even Gieseking!

Congratulations, Khatia!

[frink32]

mmmmmm.....michelangeli, GIESEKING....um not quite.

[meredith218461]

@klingsor93 I totally agree! beautifully atmospheric playing, for me on a par with Rubinsteins legendary account.