Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No.6, Martha Argerich 1966

[Centario13]

truly one of my favorites by her, love ya martha, always will (even if you lose ur hands)

[chiidaramushini]

Ｉ　dislike this pianist.

[martin201199]

@rigel48. That's my view and just that, a simple view. O supposed everyone is endorsed to have one. I didn't know that yo be able to talk about musicality I needed your approval. And, in spite of your dogmatic view, I sustain my point: Argerich gives priority to velocity over musicality. Sincerely, a 15 year experience piano teacher

[rigel48]

@martin201199 Velocity and musicality are not antinomic. Some can play fast, like Argerich, with as much expression than others with a slower tempo.

In this rhapsody Liszt begin with Tempo giusto (strict time). This does not prejudge for a fast or slow tempo. One can supposed that he asks for a rather brisk tempo as he indicates Poco rallent some bars later. Anyway I do not share your view concerning Argerich's interpretation, but I admit you have the rigth to express it.

[martin201199]

Che is brilliant. But even in this kind of music musicality is of more importance than virtuosism. And Argerich sacrifices musicality at the beginning with mistakes as a toll for playing so carelessly. I prefer Cziffras version then Land Lang's and only then Argerich's.

[rigel48]

@martin201199 I am not sure you are able to talk about "musicality". Surely Cziffra has this music in his blood, but LangLang rendition has more to do with circus than with music. It is not the little slip at 0:56 (mistake and not "mistakes") which robs Argerich's interpretation of its natural musical quality. Her virtuosity is always made up for musical expression.

[steinwaygrande1]

How does she do it - the final movement without missing a beat or a wrong note ! A magnificnet pianist if ever there was one.The last 12 seconds were simply breathtaking.

[GidgiPianiste]

I love matha's way to play piano, especially in Chopin, but for this one, i think i prefer Czyffra's version.

[richml64]

I wish I was the piano

[randomprimate]

yeah....that guy just said lang lang>argerich. I'm in disbelief. Yeah people are entitled to their opinion... but that is one of the few opinions that we can say is actually a WRONG opinion.

[montclef]

I adore her passion, plain and simple.

[poymanjoe]

More humourous (but sound recording is awful)

watch?v=QTMP9EnZVdQ

[rigel48]

@poymanjoe I did not know that this rhapsody was supposed to be humourous. In this case you should have a look to Lang Lang version. It is utterly comical !

[poymanjoe]

@rigel48 Well, basically a rhapsody often borrows its theme from folk music, so it can be very joyfull. François-René Duchâble seems to have a lot of fun playing it, especially in the last third. Maybe he doesn't play it this way every time. I wish I could be as relaxed as he is...

I like these 3 different interpretations of the rhapsody. Each one has a special spirit.

Nothing to say a bout Lang Lang ... that says a lot !

[poymanjoe]

More sensitive and intelligible

watch?v=Ep0tWVn3Yjw

[marisolurrutia]

I would really like to know how liszt just could do this!!!! it's a hard piece but beautiful! i wish liszt was alive!:) LOL

[oterdverg]

I really would like to see franz liszt's technical abilities.

[Laprevraven]

Her playing forced me to take an arrow to the knee

[Shanefee1770]

the fist CD i ever bought was Martha Argerich playing Rachmaninoff piano concerto no. 3 and Tchaikovsky piano concerto no.1 when I was 9 and I've loved her ever since! she's the one who inspired me to be a pianist myself and after 10 years I'm finally seeing her play live in two weeks time!

[oterdverg]

extremely beautiful!!!!!!!!!!! no one must ever know that i commented this.

[pianist1951]

I am totally speechless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cowboytim98]

Yes, indeed, ladies 'n gentlemen.... she's 90 lbs. drippin' wet, but can she make that piano ROAR!

[batchava]

fascinating

[fedelera95]

classical music ROCKS!!

[liberaTV]

its AMAZING THIS VIDEO AND AUDIO!! ITS PERFECTLY!! IN 1966!!!!

[ngpiano72]

Musicianship should NOT be based on the amount of right notes one plays....Just listen to the music and stop focusing on minute "flaws". I hate when people do that. Until you can play that as well as her, don't talk.

[rigel48]

@ngpiano72 You are perfectly right ! Liszt, Cortot, Horowitz, Richter, ..., did some wrong notes. Nevertheless, they remain as the greatest pianists ever.

[ivelosthewilltolive]

She plays with a lot of gusto, I like her approach. But somehow that doesn't make up for her -- numerous -- mistakes.

[rigel48]

@ivelosthewilltolive Apart the slip at 0:56, where are the "numerous" mistakes ?

It is distressing to see how dishonest some people are with this artist !

[lili031176]

it is so fantastic to see how it seems easy with her ;:) I am enchanted ...and wish I could play like her !!!

[cowboytim98]

This is one of the "yardsticks" against which ALL renditions of this piece are measured. And rightly so.

[The1976spirit]

Das hat die Martha aber feiiin gemacht.

Und es hat überhaupt nicht wehgetan! Eiiiiiiiiiiii..........

[slopedude3]

omg.....im gay and i think martha argerich just got me turned on with this video. just saying. she beasted it

[2pacAmazesSuperman]

@slopedude3 i just clapped for you man

[mmoynan]

@slopedude3 You know you've made it when your playing turns gay men on. Well done Martha, well done.

[misterbrucie]

She's been doing it for decades... trust me : )

[OriginalBasaliskos]

@slopedude3 I'm gay too, but that doesn't stop me from saying Martha is probably one of the most gorgeous women out there, even in her age today.

[FDanisPianoPlayer]

@slopedude3 Yeah, no one is THAT gay.

[slopedude3]

@FDanisPianoPlayer idk im pretty damn gay lol hahahahahaha

[IntelRyMSACorporatio]

@slopedude3 No, no and no! To be gay is a gift from God/Supreme Spirit/Life. Dear Martha, don't change the sexual orientations of people.

[FlavourEd88]

its fuckin insanee!

[2pacAmazesSuperman]

martha is waaaaaaaaaay better than lang lang ever will be at this rate

[Dan474834]

Bad playing. Argerich just doesn't get dynamics...

[rigel48]

@Dan474834 What a stupid and gratuitous comment !

Argerich is notably famous for her wide range of dynamics and beautiful sound.

 Buy a better Hi-Fi system, or wash your ears.

[jorgeandresossa]

Stupid..........Argerich is the best....

[DeadHappyFilm]

Shit pants

[larodmusic]

I think it is a fairly good performance, she was still young and I believe still had to mature a bit more in order to play Liszt. Doesn't feel epic but still is a just but a drop of water in a gigantic career.

[fredericfranc]

...she sounds like a young girl playing Liszt, which is not a natural thing, because for Liszt you need a pair of balls as the standard issue equipment on you at the outset...but, well, being Martha, not just anybody, she makes it...shows certain "school-conservatory" feel in this, i.e. sounds "touchingly naive", not machine-jaded like a lot of those people nowadays...

[XxRKZRBJxX]

@fredericfranc

you're totally right about that "toughingly naive". i sensed something about her playing, and now i realised it was that.

[jorgeoscar1000]

She's perfect!!

[mrmonkeybuns]

UPDATE: SCHUMANN CONCERTO CANCELLED DUE TO INDISPOSITION OF ARGERICH. NIKOLAI LUGANSKY WILL REPLACE HER WITH BEETHOVEN 4TH PIANO CONCERTO

he isnt a sub for argerich he is actually better =)

[sparklnkitty]

oh my golly holly doll !

[leopoldmozart]

Amazing!!! Now, I have to say, my favorite version is Horowitz's on his Homage to Liszt album, acknowledging that, in the spirit of Liszt playfulness and improvisation, Horowitz took some liberties with the music-as-written. But this is an amazing fantastic version. I loved it. Thank you so much for posting this video, mmoynen!! Also, Martha was extremely lovely back in the mid 60's. Yowsa!

[TheDardanius]

the bass is too soft and not...bursting out like lang lang always play....

i just listened to lang lang's verison, and this one is kinda...boring...

[mmoynan]

@TheDardanius Everything tastes plain after you've had a glass of sour milk. :)

[odmoa]

@mmoynan Well said!

[haidisemirychan]

@mmoynan yeah seriously who actually likes Lang Lang

[vocalpianist]

@TheDardanius never ever thought I'd hear Argerich described as "boring"...

[Jaydoggy531]

@TheDardanius

Keep in mind this could be a side effect of the sound quality or even an effect of attempting to remaster the sound.

[chipncharge94]

@TheDardanius are you serious?

[TheDardanius]

@chipncharge94 well a bit

i do not say this is bad

[chipncharge94]

@TheDardanius but boring? wierd taste...

[OriginalBasaliskos]

@TheDardanius Her bass isn't soft. It's just right. Cziffra, Lang Lang and the others thunder out the bass in this piece too much and muddle everything up.

[Tu16]

@OriginalBasaliskos Please, never name that brat and the great hero Cziffra in one sentence again. I know you did not mean any harm, but still. Please.

[deano2340]

@TheDardanius youve gotta be kidding me

[JohnRift]

Great video and perfect performance

[kenjiiiable]

WOOOOOOOOOOW

[lego10123]

Watch Cziffra !

[TallJanisMalicious]

@lego10123 omg yes!

[advir1021]

She must have set an all-time world record with the speed at which she plays these octaves. She outdoes herself here compared to her performance of this rhapsody for Deutch Grammophon in 1966.

[NOSEhow2LIV]

When i first heard the DG record of her HR6 it chonge my life....there was the incarnation of natural forces, animal magnetism and mysterious simplicity....everyone else sounded...pedestrian afterwards. To see this and experience again Martha's astonishing qualities, which she herself doesn't even understand, is marvellous. Whatever faults anyone likes to look for, this is unequalled anywhere; like an earthquake, there is no disputing the matter. A Force of Nature.Don't try to understand!

[bardia07]

WOOOOOW un niveau vraiment impressionant et qui demande normement de concentration et de techniques bravo!!

[ppaolo2000]

pirotecnico

[davdav0105]

wonderful...and she was so pretty...

[therealnikachu]

@davdav0105 Still is. :D

[zsofija1970]

Quel incroyable génie! J'étais tellement impatient de l écouter, merci pour ce bijou!! (une des plus grand pianiste du 20ème siècle.

[filigold]

she was pretty

[ForsakenRainMan527]

Superbe

[KegPatcha]

Why doesn't she come to Mexico sometime. I was born in the wrong country :(

[JairCrawford]

@pupulique Mezzo Forte is different to every pianist. There is no 'one' Mezzo Forte.

[LeakyWicks]

superwoman

[jubulalau]

wow!

[rigel48]

@pupulique

I did not say that Horowitz has slow octaves. I am not so stupid! I just said that in THIS rhapsody he takes the octaves quite slowly at the beginning in order to have a great speed contrast in the final presto.

Of course he has a formidable octave technique (Tchaikovsky 1st PC !) and I am a great fan of him.

Concerning the Rach3, his version with Barbirolli is probably the fastest of all. But Argerich's is my favourite and to say that she plays at most mezzo forte is ludicrous !

[ThePianoguy89]

She's amazing! Her playing was glorious! 

[brunopiccinin]

In 1966 Martha Argerich perfomed the best version of Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 of all times, so since then I don't even bother looking for other version. It's perfect.

[pupulique]

@passeddy Sorry to tell you but you are wrong. In a scale of the planet Horowitz she doesn't even exist.

[mmoynan]

@pupulique I wouldn't go as far to say that, but in this piece and others, I do feel he is ahead of our dearest Martha. :)

[pupulique]

well, that's better :) but as soon as i get responds so quickly i wanna ask: what the hell u, so many people, r doing here? go listen 2 the great ones: Richter (i just wachted today his 119th opus, unbelievable), Rachmaninoff, Gilels. stop wasting yr time on empty, fingering players, also good, but without any intention, idea or imagination. those guys were immortal artists, who were burning themselves on stage, making history. what do yr favorites do? finger job, 'n not a good one, i must tell

[RH98]

@pupulique or maybe stop wasting your time telling people what to like. :)

[magnuscroify]

Greatest pianist of 20th century, no doubt.

[stebarbieri]

fantastico suono e fantastica interpretazione martha argerich rules

[meagamon490]

wtffffff that last 3 min was insane...

[hsmith1932]

Such incomparable virtuosity!

Harry E W Smth, E.D., A.D.M.

[pupulique]

she forced the tempo so much so she couldn't play the ending. her octaves died already in the left hand.

hooroowiiiiitz!!! that's the real rhapsody.

[cloudbreath9]

@pupulique I think her octaves were quite strong, actually. The thing that really makes this shine to me is her beautiful style and technique.

[rigel48]

@pupulique You say anything. Her octaves are perfect from the beginning to the end.

Concerning Horowitz he pounds along the octaves so slowly in this rhapsody that he has no difficulty to accelerate at the end.

[pupulique]

@rigel48 If your ears can't hear her problems in the ending, please, play Horowitz again and compare HIS devastating power in both hands to her mosquito-like sound. And do me a favor do not tell anybody anymore that the King of octaves has slow octaves, that was really funny.

By the way, her Rachmaninoff 3rd is also fastest, but, at the same time, the softest, has been played at most on mezzo forte.

[bdjmbl17]

@pupulique Ha you only can't believe your ears. Horowitz is playing very well and Richter too, but Argerich has this unbelievable power and her interpretations are very modern, maybe to modern for your old fashioned ears? Listen to her Gaspard or her Ravel concierto, even her Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff are better then these of the big romanciers like Horowitz and Richter were. Maybe you have a problem with accepting a woman under the best pianists in the world.

[pupulique]

To call Richter a romantic explains a lot to me. Beethoven, probably, is also an old fashioned for you. It doesn't surprise me that there are mostly arrogants posting on channels like this one. People who listen to the names I mentioned don't have problems. Because they know what is music about, and they understand what they hear. Martha is fine for our time, no doubt, but isn't an interpreter at all in a meaning to use for the greatest pianists of the century.

[rigel48]

@pupulique What a pretentious man you are ! YOU know what is real greatness, and people who like Argerich are only tasteless ! Maybe you do not know that Horowitz, Rubinstein, Arrau, Kempff, Gilels, to name just 5 great names, praised highly Martha Argerich. I suppose that they knew what they were taking about !

[pupulique]

@bdjmbl17 and it's CONCERTO, every child knows it. Before to recommend what I should listen, learn elementary music words, don't embarrass yourself, and Martha, who might have such backwoodsmen for her support. However, I'm not surprised that people like you can't realize a real greatness. It's not for you.

[mmoynan]

@pupulique Concierto is Spanish. Concerto is Italian. Please respect others.

[pupulique]

@mmoynan Concerto is an international term. You didn't write in Spanish.

[masterexploder83]

@pupulique Actually, that's just the Italian version of the word. Concierto is, in fact, the spanish version of the word. There are various related words: conserto, consent, concert, etc. from different languages which mean the same thing: In agreement. A simple internet search might lead you to the Britannica Academic Online encyclopedia, from which you may read an entire history of the origin of the term. Please take the time to educate yourself and avoid further embarassment. Good day

[pupulique]

@bdjmbl17 Guitar? Oh, c'mon, you gotta be kidding. I wonder why it's not funny to you to tell me this instead of being so angry in your post? Why did you get me so busy with you then? I studied in very good places but I don't think you are aware of them. Sorry, but I'm really tired of you, can you leave me alone? I too much respect German music to discuss bullshit with you. I know about it more than you can even imagine. I wish you all the best with your guitar.

[Canttakeit1111]

@bdjmbl17 whatever you said, I agree with.

[bosendorferandVL290]

The best version ever.

thank you Ms. Argerich!!!!

......and Liszt of course :)

[arielgonnet]

Thank you mmoynan for uploading this piece and many more...!

[Angie3869]

5 sordos miraron el video y pusieron "No me gusta".

[Angie3869]

Magistral Martha y es nuestra!!!!!!!

[GillesFoufou]

Thank you so much ! how come i didn't notice this video before ?

[xavierhe]

sick octave

[Chateaubriand26]

Elle est tellement belle quand elle joue!

[RH98]

I sometimes think there is something very dynamic and... urm, modern sounding about Liszt. Like at 5:14 when the bass suddenly starts to grow and cut through the mix, speeding up and driving the piece onwards. He was like the master of the bass hook in romantic piano music. It's all a bit rock and roll really lol

[tomargerich66]

thank you for this gem :)

[mmoynan]

@tomargerich66 You are most welcome! :) I suppose I have HappySweet70 to thank :)

[mongelful]

Fantastic!



[Shanefee1770]

What staggering genius! I was so looking forward to seeing her at the proms but she cancelled :( the greatest pianist of the 20th century.

[chl91039]

This rare video is really a treasure~ Thank you so much for posting this!

[msmusicmarg]

This is a wonderful video of the young Martha. She has formidable talents, both musically and technically!

[elgar34]

Her hands are beautiful to watch with a technique to rival Horowitz and Rachmaninov. Argerich is a treasure.

[rigel48]

What a liveliness in this rhapsody. Her playing is so natural as if she was improvising (in the gipsy style). Not to mention the beauty of her sound (as always).

And what about her octaves ! her acceleration at the end is fantastic. Alexei Grynyuk does not play faster ! And she is so musical ! This video is a treasure.

[nestorar]

Oh no, there is a new Argerich hater!!! How boring.....

[RH98]

@nestorar :O Where?!

[mmoynan]

@RH98 I deleted the comments. I don't want to have any trolling/bullsh*t comments left on my videos, because I don't wanna encourage fights. :P

[RH98]

@mmoynan It is really odd... always one of a small handfull of people. And always a copy/paste comment spammed on every Argerich video. So, Lisztismylove (or whoever) when you do come back to this video (which I know you will, unless you have some sort of checkLiszt) and read this comment why not address your follow up to me directly. Tell me what goes on in your head, I would love to know...

[mmoynan]

@RH98 LOL CheckLiszt. Good one. :P But yeah I know, they're always the SAME people who write the SAME thing. How unoriginal. :P