Pollini is in the top one percent of the greatest pianists, he's really a genius at the piano, I have heard him live at Carnegie many times, he's a pianists' pianist~!!!!
@1Thompsonmusic Why this moronic coparing of pianists from different generations and with totally contrasting personalities. Great music can accomodate more than one kind of interpretation. One can discuss ,prefer ,critisize etc but why would one want to use language that puts in question the seriousness off purpose of someone who put so much hard grueling work into his art as Sultanov must have done and that someone is dead ,having died at a young age.
I don't agree at all. Horowitz' 1953 version may be fraught with nerves, but the passion is there in spades. I hear a very fast tempo here, but not a lot of passion.
Pollini's version of this movement is much more "musical" then Horowitz's. But I am not so sure that Prokofiev was actually looking for pleasing sounds here. This is about the unspeakable war between Germany and Russia. Horowitz's jarring sound seems more appropriate if not as "nice" as this version.
Brilliant. ut I do think the great pianists bring out different aspects of this, as they do all great works. I would vote for Horowitz, Gould Pollini AND Argerich!
Quando ascoltai la prima volta l'incisione della Deutsche Grammophone, rimasi folgorato dalla velocità e dalla accuratezza della tecnica, dalla cantabilità in alta velocità, dalla coerenza stilistica, dalla limpidezza del lirismo, che assume uno stile esecutivo lucido e un aspetto quasi "cubista". Da quel momento, quando ascoltavo le altre incisioni, restavo completamente deluso, e le trovavo decisamente spente, rispetto all'interpretazione di Pollini !!!!!!
I totally agree with the other recent comments. I've listened to enumerable recordings of this work over the years (the first was one by Richter) and I've no hesitation in saying that Pollini's remains the finest. The same can be said of his "Three Movements from Petrushka" – an astounding performance which is head and shoulders above any other I've heard.
Pollini is very good for this neurotic kind of pieces, very lively and energetic. However, to me, his slow pieces got influenced by this characteristic of playing.
pollini has made this sonata so intensive that none of the ppl like martha lang lang, who are fast and very exciting to watch and hear can play anything similar to this.
@hailkayy Eh bien désolé pour le retard... La version Farago est tout simplement sublîme, et de plus possède une prise de son comme je les aime. Par ailleurs, je découvre la version Carnegie de Martha.
Vu ma faible connaissance de l'oeuvre et de sa dicographie, mon classement personnel est le suivant: Kapustka étant hors concours: 1) Martha "Carnegie" malgré l'exécrable prise de son live 2) Farago 3) Pollini 4) Martha (l'autre version) et Sultanov. Les autres, je préfère ne pas en parler.
@hailkayy Plus que plu ! c'est une version grandiose; Maintenant, j'aimerais bien que tu me donnes ton classement personnel; et je voudrais surtout que tu écoutes la version Carnegie de Martha (qui est ici), histoire que tu comprennes mon ordre de préférence et qu'on en discute.
Must say that Pollini manages to strictly follow the 7/8 beat without the derailments or excesses of Argerich, but in any case both are definitely the bests, no doubt; probably what Prokofiev imagined. Remember this is marked "precipitato", what implies a high degree of risks. Don´t like at all Sokolov. Richter comes close, but he seems more deliberate here.
There really is nobody on earth who has ever played this piece the way Pollini does here. I'm obsessed with Argerich, but her recordings of this specific movement don't do justice to it the way Pollini's does. Nor Sokolov's, or Horowitz's, for that matter. WORDS CAN'T DESCRIBE THIS PLAYING. It's definitive, classic stuff. Thanks very much for posting this.
i am so happy to finally hear someone else say this. this recording has always impressed me. you don't need words to describe this i think.... the playing is fantastic. other recordings interest me, richters i like. i am not so fond of horowitz's, but that isn't a big suprise to me. but pollini kicks so much ass here....
Pollini is in the top one percent of the greatest pianists, he's really a genius at the piano, I have heard him live at Carnegie many times, he's a pianists' pianist~!!!!
aeolianartists 2 weeks ago
Sokolov is more to my taste, but Pollini does a good job of bringing out each note clearly unlike the muddy interpretations of some pianists.
jgesselberty 2 weeks ago
I remember being obsessed with this piece - this mvt in particular. I tried to play it once, and that took care of that. I still love it, though!
radudeATL 3 weeks ago
From the pretense showmanship of Alexei Sultanov, to the integrity of true man.
1Thompsonmusic 1 month ago
@1Thompsonmusic Why this moronic coparing of pianists from different generations and with totally contrasting personalities. Great music can accomodate more than one kind of interpretation. One can discuss ,prefer ,critisize etc but why would one want to use language that puts in question the seriousness off purpose of someone who put so much hard grueling work into his art as Sultanov must have done and that someone is dead ,having died at a young age.
DrDereczynski 4 weeks ago
wow thank yo for uploading! this is so amazing..
sonicmixstudio 3 months ago
I don't agree at all. Horowitz' 1953 version may be fraught with nerves, but the passion is there in spades. I hear a very fast tempo here, but not a lot of passion.
cctunes1 4 months ago
Pollini's version of this movement is much more "musical" then Horowitz's. But I am not so sure that Prokofiev was actually looking for pleasing sounds here. This is about the unspeakable war between Germany and Russia. Horowitz's jarring sound seems more appropriate if not as "nice" as this version.
calflyboy 5 months ago
Brilliant. ut I do think the great pianists bring out different aspects of this, as they do all great works. I would vote for Horowitz, Gould Pollini AND Argerich!
cctunes1 5 months ago
Wa ssibbal.... Kkkkkk
onlysooming 5 months ago
O_O
725piano 5 months ago
Quando ascoltai la prima volta l'incisione della Deutsche Grammophone, rimasi folgorato dalla velocità e dalla accuratezza della tecnica, dalla cantabilità in alta velocità, dalla coerenza stilistica, dalla limpidezza del lirismo, che assume uno stile esecutivo lucido e un aspetto quasi "cubista". Da quel momento, quando ascoltavo le altre incisioni, restavo completamente deluso, e le trovavo decisamente spente, rispetto all'interpretazione di Pollini !!!!!!
darkblueangel1956 7 months ago
At last a magic interpretation.
guarneri20 8 months ago
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pollini's better than horowitz, I'm proud to come from Italy like Pollini !
StefanoAlde94 10 months ago
pollini's better than horowitz, I'm proud to come from Italy like Pollini !
StefanoAlde94 10 months ago
Driving a Lexus LF-A at Nurburgring to this feels great huh?
wiithepeople2 10 months ago
Sofronitsky is by far the best interpreter of this work. Then it's Richter.
Heathengel 11 months ago
I totally agree with the other recent comments. I've listened to enumerable recordings of this work over the years (the first was one by Richter) and I've no hesitation in saying that Pollini's remains the finest. The same can be said of his "Three Movements from Petrushka" – an astounding performance which is head and shoulders above any other I've heard.
dminchaconne 1 year ago
BESTIAL
v4liumfrance 1 year ago
Ashkenazy's, Pletnev's, and this one.
BenMcCormack91 1 year ago
Awesome playing.
And in the video he doesn't even look like he's even moving his hands, what a guy!
JumpleadsForTwo 1 year ago 17
Pollini is very good for this neurotic kind of pieces, very lively and energetic. However, to me, his slow pieces got influenced by this characteristic of playing.
MrRSetiawan 1 year ago
pollini has made this sonata so intensive that none of the ppl like martha lang lang, who are fast and very exciting to watch and hear can play anything similar to this.
AllegroDemolish 1 year ago
Je ne connais évidemment pas toutes les versions, mais parmi celles ici présentes, maurizio et martha dominent assez nettement pour moi.
tonycosworth 1 year ago
@tonycosworth Ecoute Mark Farago alors tu vas tout oublier !
hailkayy 11 months ago
@hailkayy ? Je ne demande pas mieux, mais jusqu'ici je n'ai pas pu trouver.
Si tu as une piste...
tonycosworth 10 months ago
@tonycosworth tape Mark farago prokofiev sonata 7 3, nikolaimedtner est son pseudo içi. C'est écoutable sur YT, dis moi ce que t'en penses.
hailkayy 10 months ago
@hailkayy Eh bien désolé pour le retard... La version Farago est tout simplement sublîme, et de plus possède une prise de son comme je les aime. Par ailleurs, je découvre la version Carnegie de Martha.
Vu ma faible connaissance de l'oeuvre et de sa dicographie, mon classement personnel est le suivant: Kapustka étant hors concours: 1) Martha "Carnegie" malgré l'exécrable prise de son live 2) Farago 3) Pollini 4) Martha (l'autre version) et Sultanov. Les autres, je préfère ne pas en parler.
tonycosworth 10 months ago
@tonycosworth Merci pour moi :p, content que ça t'ai plu 
whats that "click"??
filopaa1990 1 year ago
He is one of the greatest! I also love Martha's and Horowitz's version
terrygowork 1 year ago
How does he do it?
So still and all...
jesus.
thetheatreofmadness 1 year ago
this is the greatest
simonjp90 2 years ago
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crobinsonmusic 2 years ago
ahahah i like the picture, pollini did it all w/ his left hand lol
pkjpiano 2 years ago
Must say that Pollini manages to strictly follow the 7/8 beat without the derailments or excesses of Argerich, but in any case both are definitely the bests, no doubt; probably what Prokofiev imagined. Remember this is marked "precipitato", what implies a high degree of risks. Don´t like at all Sokolov. Richter comes close, but he seems more deliberate here.
beklopt 2 years ago 3
There really is nobody on earth who has ever played this piece the way Pollini does here. I'm obsessed with Argerich, but her recordings of this specific movement don't do justice to it the way Pollini's does. Nor Sokolov's, or Horowitz's, for that matter. WORDS CAN'T DESCRIBE THIS PLAYING. It's definitive, classic stuff. Thanks very much for posting this.
JoFrSc 2 years ago 9
Yes I agree. The Petrouchka by Pollini is also unsurpassable.
fquesada 2 years ago 9
Absolutely true!
sernipan 2 years ago 2
@fquesada
Alexis Weissenberg is the best...
ghardvyu 1 year ago
Well, those two pianists are/were great, but you haven't heard Barbara Nissman play it. UNBEATABLE!!! She's on Newport Classics.
IRGUNBEN 4 months ago
i am so happy to finally hear someone else say this. this recording has always impressed me. you don't need words to describe this i think.... the playing is fantastic. other recordings interest me, richters i like. i am not so fond of horowitz's, but that isn't a big suprise to me. but pollini kicks so much ass here....
weenosu 2 years ago 2
Is there anything Pollini can't play without pwning everyone else?
schmetterlink 2 years ago 3
@JoFrSc try Gould's
Andyrugaz 10 months ago
@JoFrSc Really!!! I agree!!!
cheyivan 6 months ago