Sokolov plays Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 3 5/5

[g7727]

WOW! The ending was amazing!

[koreanjeenyus]

The ending interpretation was absolutely at its finest.. Really showed the hardships of the chords.. Wasn't rushed and was beautifully played

[motousami]

客席にタモリが！

[bamboooocha]

Amazing!

[LAAR123]

Beiçola.

[jsnauwaert]

Heroic performance.

[mjkaisla1]

Sokolov is one the greatest musicians of all times. He's the Dostoyevsky of the piano. The music is life and death to him. His clarity and use of time in phrasing is so amazingly beautiful and powerful.

[fledgehog]

funny how everyone is clueless about the ossia. OMG HES DOING IT WRONG LOLOLOL

as for the huge slow-down at 4:30 -- that's how a Rachmaninoff climax is supposed to be done --slow, wallowing, and HUGE. i for one, loved it. Especially the ascent to the high C at 5:13ish...so much powerful than other rushed interpretations

[sll10]

Man that was astonishing! THE GUY iS A BONA FIDE GENIUS!! BRAVO SOKOLOV!

[88alan8800]

WOW SO GOOOD!!! if only the audio quality was better! :D

[1984ekul]

The bloke in the front row wearing sunglasses is clearly with the KGB!

[mkeysou812]

he looks a bit like tommy cooper

[Opoczynski]

6:48. Quadruplets followed by triplets. Is this Rachmaninov or Sokolov? Tzimon Barto does the same thing. Can someone verify?

[RachPhantom40]

@Opoczynski First of all I think you mean at 5:48. Secondly, I have the partiture of this concerto and it gives me two alternative ways to play this part (Only triplets or quadruplets and then triplets). I consider that it depends on the pianist's choice.

[benjosephcuyacot]

especially the 5:17-5:24, very new to my ear...

[benjosephcuyacot]

i love the ending. this sounds new to me. so this is the OSSIA then.

how nice.

[Itseqorto]

Sunglasses at a classical concert. That's badass!

[demosj]

Oh God, the tempo change at 4:30 is unbearable.

[Greenamtern]

The ending to the Rach 3 always makes me feel like the world is simultaneously cheering in triumph. This piece is absolutely and utterly sublime.

[uhartchristian]

it is incredible to see how he uses his arms and body. This produces a great profound sound (even with this bad recording material) . A lot to learn and to watch.... one of the best pianists today....

[iben2311]

First time in 15 years of listening Rachmaninov that I here a recording of the "Ossia" version in the end. I don't really like it, but's nice to hear it finally, bravo!

[assindiastignani]

@iben2311 André Watts used to play it too...I seem to remember.

[amigosmusica]

This performance gets worse by the second...and he knows it...he tries his best. and the more he tries the worse it gets. Around min. 2 to 2:30 he hits his worst, the piece is more in control of him than he is in control of it... And he seems to REFUSE to blend in with the orchestra EVEN in the last chords when he´s got little and nothing to do and  the full orchestra in ffff! To make things worse...the orchestra is completely out of control by minute 4... almost comical!

[Besdonaz]

@amigosmusica

obviously you are absolutely wrong

[rladmscjf8439]

Bravo !

[LeX140891]

Pubiko, bas ste jadare!!! :D

[ankacyganka]

Actually, for Rachmaninov, Hofmann was the greatest pianist when he was in good shape.

[ankacyganka]

Absolute brilliance for a historical concert. !

Thanks for posting it.

[billyguns2]

Where and when did this concert take place? Who is that man with the sunglasses in the audience? Why is the response to this magnificent performance so lame? Did they have too big dinners, too much to drink, or are they on sleeping pills?FOR SHAME! Why even bother to perform for such cretans?

[stikowsky]

yes, audience enthusiasm about as lame as the finale of the peace.. aah where was the spirit... too bad...

[OrangeSodaKing]

5:49

OSSIA!!!

[ipvac1]

I love the audience enthusiasm at the end

LOL

[bozotheda]

Considering how dull and muffled the whole thing sounds, I would blame the recording rather than performance and actual audience reaction.

[carlosgarcialeos]

CASALTI

Genial, maravilloso, único, con esa calidad no hay ninguno, excepcional

[VeronikaNeja]

Rachmaninov wrote so complicated sheets that he couldn't play them and this man can. its awesome.... i wish i could play it sometime:)

[jmsofia]

you are so wrong. Rachmaninov could certainly play his own concerti, and quite well. The recordings are all available for you to listen to.

[herisauer]

@jmsofia oh indeed they are. i bought a collection of Rachmaninov's recordings a couple of months ago. he was a great pieanist. unfortunatly in his time, the recodring quality was rubbish compared to today, which makes it really tough to compare the greats from the past to the ones from today. back to topic... sokolov. i saw him live. he brought me to tears, and that is not cause he hammered the piano first and then me in the same way, no it's because his emotions hit my heart.

[cuic93]

He never missed a note! Incredible!

[jmsofia]

that's because he's playing so slowly!

[vladdegs]

Give me your standard Ashkenazy performance any day, not to mention the 1958 Van Cliburn performance in Moscow.

[freeqwerqwer]

The final 2 minute part was slowed down too much. It is unacceptable for my taste. It ruined all momentum. Please don't rush to over praise him.

[sll10]

I fully agree with you on all counts! He has got to be one of the greatest pianists of his generation, if not all time! And the thing is his Beethoven is just as great as his Prokofiev in my opinon. I've posted an LP of him doing the hammerklavier if you haven't heard it.

[sll10]

Yeah I saw that. I have that DVD. It's freaking incredible!

[marianomanto]

cool

[Mariadessa]

He is so young on this video. Great pianist!!!!

[lucamadeus]

his hands are incredible...

[sll10]

God that was astonishing! It's amazing how high he brings his hands off the keyboard to attack chords and hits them accurately still! He's a mad genius in my opinion! That was one of the best Rach 3rds I've ever seen or heard. Is there a better audio track of this performance? And where was it?

[shenk0128]

The last part sounds quite different from other versions, but I like it.

[cisdolce]

ya i thought it was suppose to be triplet octaves. I hear 4's

[foxyjohnuk]

rachmaninoff composed two endings, both of which are found in most editions!

[kajohada]

sokolov plays this difficult piece breathtaking and with such a great posture.very amazing:))

[ThomasJBromley]

great posture??? i don't think thats Sokolov's strong point, lol. But yes, he plays extremely well!

[ArturoAlejandroS]

I love the bell sound of the begining part of this video.

The ending is like a lot of applause,made it music!Too great ending for a great concert.

[panskeptic]

Can you tell us who the conductor is? I mean, there are other people on the stage working hard too.

[zurzica51]

thanks for the video!

[Opoczynski]

Great!  But where is the orchestra?

[RabidCh]

The recording quality of this subpar, so I wouldn't complain about the orchestra. No orchestra would play like that in real life.

[Opoczynski]

You are right. Thanks.

[enantiodrom]

i'm crying...he's perfect

[alekosnat]

I think it can't be more convincing than that!

[jes9015]

What an amazing thrill, hearing this performance. As though I'd never quite heard it before as it might be.

[filthysoap]

omg. that was so good.

[willistara]

SUPERB!

[egonsky]

Soviet audience is not same as american audience...they are allways "quiter"...

[liu868]

i couldnt agree more!!!!

[mishima1974]

Too slow. Too many ritardandi.

The piano and Sokolov are not together.

The audience doesn't seem thrilled, either.

[rezojorbenadze]

Bravissimo!!!Really great musician!One of the best interpretations of Rachmaninov`s d-moll concert!Awesome!!!

[alexongcs]

Excellent!!!!

[chantal7210]

sokolov is fantastic! he have a incredible sound... when i have heard this video i was moved!

[liberacecarebil]

Wonderful performance and sound. He's really convincing!

[orcamocha]

Bravo, despite several memory lapses throughout the concerto!!!

It's funny how the Russian audience has always been cool (not only in Sokolov's performances but many others!).

Does anybody know why he didn't play the descending double octaves near the end in triplets?

[clavicvp50]

There is an alternate ending written by Rachmaninoff, where you play in semiquavers instead of triplets- in the same way that there's an alternate cadenza in the 1st movement, the score has lots of little 'ossia' or alternative parts. this is the first time I've heard anyone do this alternate ending though...

[orcamocha]

Thanks! Well, Sokolov also played the same way in Proms..

[KareltjeKawai]

I know only one pianist who did the same in his commercial recording: Andre Watts.

[jhc0907]

Thanks a lot!

If possible, please upload Sokolov's inverview part.

[liu868]

A recital by Grigory Sokolov is like a vision of a lost age of Russian pianism. bravo bravo bravo!!!!!!!!!

[Obaysch]

Did you actually cut and paste this meaningless remark into all 5 segments? Get a life.

[liu868]

no only 4 indeed..~