Beethoven - concerto n°3 1st mvmt part II (Zimerman)

[JonathanFBock]

7:03*

[JonathanFBock]

7:30 and on wow.. mind blowingly powerful.

[ninohideki]

Just perfect!!!

[danielgdecastro]

One of the bests versions of this concerto! The orchestra sounds with a great force, and see to play Zimerman is spectacular!

Forever, Beethoven!

[eldelsombrerillo60]

simplemente chingon

[merecommere]

Insanely amazing!!!!!!

[ThePianosarah]

It's simply amazing! Thanks a lot for uploading this wonderful piece of music, played by a genius, also including Bernstein ;)

[carlosLor]

geniales todos los finales de los 1º movimientos de los conciertos para piano de Beethoven. vaya fuerza!

[pastcloud]

I do love the communication between orch & piano with delicate crescendo ; from 8:26 to its end.

Zimmerman shows perfect play also here as expected, Look at the flawless cadenza! but he looks like an ascetic just descended from a moutain or cave after years of harsh discipline ;-)

[Allegro11Maestoso]

I am totally lost for words. This is by far the BEST ever performance of this concerto I have ever heard in my whole life. If God were a pianist, he'd be Zimerman. Full Stop.

[eldelsombrerillo60]

7:12!!!

[sirase1001]

bravo!!

[rosie35173]

Amazing - his playing is so clear and precise, and yet he conveys so much emotion

[Sim882]

Alfred Brendal with Simon Rattle or its nothing on this one. No one else portrays the powerplay struggle

[pianist32795]

Perfect trills!

[DiVeronica]

valid point- I hear what you hear at 2:40. It doesn't necessarily kill the whole piece though. This was a live performance, let's not forget.

[Lenochka1107]

He is so excellent!!!

[elgurudelascachas]

wonderful

[Numboss]

My favourite of the Beethoven piano concertos. Bernstein, Zimerman and the VPO made a great team. I think they also did the two Brahms piano concertos.

[taviona]

06:37 must be my favourite part :)

[beryllium2]

Doesn't It just make you laugh! haha... gotta Love those "beethovenesque" sickly sweet moments... haha :)

[vcij]

too good........

[yengzzz]

beautiful cadenza...

when was this recorded?

[tguiot]

in september 1989. He recorded also the 4th and 5th the same month. Bernstein and Zimerman planned to record the whole set, but Bernstein died in 1990... Zimerman finished the set all alone (as soloist and conductor) in december 1991, trying as much as possible to keep Bernstein's influence in the conducting.

[stickitupyapipe]

@tguiot

Oh, stop talking nonsense. Bernstein´s contribution was simply to help keep the timing right, not reinvent Beethoven. Idiot.

[raeivi]

you can find this set in DG 435467-2

[odietarceo]

great editing between these two parts!

[102938z]

The cadenza he's playing is the one Beethoven wrote for his own performances of this piece, correct?

Fantastic performance by the way, and I think that Zimerman is very slightly worse than Brendel, although he is more passionate.

[civilbb]

He is better than Breandel on this piece.

[102938z]

Everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion. Check out Zimerman's Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 with Bernstein. THAT'S amazing playing!

[civilbb]

I already knew that!!! Lucky me :)

[misotoma]

i think he has the perfect hands for piano technique.. not many people can appreciate it.. i wish i could also.. just see him up close and playing any piece with some sort of difficutly.

[gaetanosol]

Che esecuzione meravigliosa!Entusiasmante!!!

Spendida interpretazione di questo primo movimento del Concerto.

[angiolettiangela]

why many pianist do not play the beautiful Reinecke cadenza at 1st mov. ? I have Backaus cd : amazing..

[angiolettiangela]

ok beautiful!!! Please see the Michelangeli live (tv) conc at Vienna (n. 1 and n 3 Beethoven concertos. Sound perfect techical superlative ... dramatic !!!! Super super super .... My God. May be AMB the best??? . Dear Arturo i love we love you. We miss you. Unfortunately there are not video recordings as i know.... May i have info about? thanks franco

[Clevinal]

WoW

Perfect!

[sapetoku67]

Outstanding interpretations, in my own opinion the best ever for those concertos ... Genius

[TheGreatPerahia]

I Quite agree, Zimerman's attention to detail and level of emotional interpretation is as good as it gets perhaps Perahia is on the same level, had the pleasure of seeing Zimerman live recently in Manchester, brilliant recital.

[civilbb]

Perahia is definitely not on the same level. Zimerman has his unique touch, sense of tempo, passion, romance etc. which probably nobody can match. If you are asking pianists on the same level, well, perhaps only Rubinstein.

[Sim882]

Shame Rubinstein's version live on youtube is when he's 88. Lacks the punch of his youth

[thethikboy]

The most thrilling passage is the downward scale (two octaves?) cadence after the trills. The final note is so satisfying, having finally 'hit the mark'.

[thethikboy]

Clean articulated and on the beat. How refreshing to play Beethoven as he wrote it.

As if the master knew what he was doing.

[dawoodsta]

he trills those thirds with his right hand alone, thats ridiculous.

[tguiot]

u mean at the end of the cadenza ? i don't see what's ridiculous... who says u have to use this or that technique ? zimerman is brilliant, and unless u've seen the video, u couldn't have heard he did this with his right hand...

i would've preferred some more constructive comment...

[asdfgftw]

i'm pretty sure he meant ridiculous as in amazing.

my favorite part.. the subito presto in the cadenza. such fury!

[19lharas]

@tguiot Okay, I get these comments were made 2 years ago, but I think you misunderstood dawoodsta. I'm pretty sure "ridiculous" is used here to mean "amazing", or "awesome", and not as critique of Zimerman's technique. I don't think the comment was meant as criticism at all, just a remark of wonder at Zimerman's skill...

[tguiot]

@19lharas yeah, maybe i got it wrong. But English is not my mothertongue, so i may not be familiar with some expressions or phrases...

[VesChrist]

@tguiot true, but the whole segment still doesn't sound well - it is approached by a diminuendo and he is hammering it down - it sounds really unnatural, his introduction of the piano into the piece, however, is exactly how powerful it should sound

[Matbormat]

@dawoodsta

i think he meant ridiculous as in amazing!

[nyczpeter]

OMFG this is PERFECT

Zimerman is the SHITZNIT

[AznCommie]

Wow! He plays the cadenza so fast... which is not necessarily a bad thing, however.

[cellestialX]

The more I watch & listen to this pianist, the more I am impressed by his musicianship and control.

[emptiness0]

its out of question that this one is not a very decent way of playing beethoven. and mentioning claudio arrau as some "master of beethoven" i wouldnt agree with. claudio arrau, for me, is subjective, since he plays a bit overemotional. also a question of sympathy, and here, at this performance, very much joy has reached me, which is most important for me when listening to music.

[emptiness0]

oh.. i somehow managed to write a "not" in the first sentence which shouldnt have been there. i am very sorry if i made you misunderstand

[Mumum2]

you guys know that cadenza, at the premire of this concerto, he had to make it up as he went along with the piece. He only had "fake notes" to guide.

[thegenius223]

Incredible!!!! I think that Zimerman plays with a quality is unopposed, with a couple exceptions (such as Claudio Arrau.

[cellestialX]

His playing seems too perfect. Extremely clean, crisp playing.

but I am not qualified...

[tguiot]

extremely clean yes, but crisp playing: not at all !! this is the opposite, his fingers seem to float over the piano. And he's a perfectionist yes, but not like michelangeli who seems sometimes like a robot...

Here, zimerman is clearly a reference in interpretation and technique... never heard a better rendition of this concerto (and i know at least 6 different versions)

[oyunculuktakilerden]

This is one of the proof of Beethoven`s magnificant ability in composing symphonic works

[ossiacadenza]

Is it me or does it look like this guy is miming the keyboard,it doesn't seem like he is pressing the keys!!!.Weird.

[retrogamerdave]

Zimerman looks like my Uncle!

[RedoranGuard]

too bad its out of synch. anyways thanks for posting it

[retrogamerdave]

Well, it was probably a cutting error. You don't expect the "geniuses" cutting the film to know "Duh, the conductor's beat 1 needs to be with beat 1 of the music!", although then seemed to always synchronize shots of Zimerman playing...

[lourak]

This performance of the third ranks among the best that I know of. An incredibly rigourous interpretation!

[xan1967]

Impresionante el Presto en Do menor, un final no superado de momento ; Existe una anécdota en el estreno del concierto, según cuentan estaba incompleto  Prácticamente sólo veía páginas en blanco. A lo más noté aquí y allá algunos pocos jeroglíficos que no significaban nada para mí, pero que él había garabateado para darle algunos hitos de referencia. Tocó prácticamente todo el concierto de memoria: como entonces sucedía: no tuvo tiempo de poner todo en el papel.

[gunmenow]

this one is better than pollini's

[xan1967]

Totalmente recomendable, gracias.