@MagicLightFingers im amazed and glad you noticed this. There was a video of the Van Cliburn Piano Competition (the first one) which this is a recording of (she is playing it in the competition, in this youtube video). She told you that she had a dream of Rachmaninov waiting for her, i think in front of a church, and he spoke to her and told her to not use a pedal, and so she didn't. Indeed, it is like Rachmaninov was with her. My favorite composer of all time. It is my dream to play this piece.
@MrFiend28 Not only is this piece difficult, it's long as shit! And it's not like one of those long pieces where there's just repetition, this piece is actually long and very little repetition.
Because the music by Rachmaninov, masculine and profound by their nature, become womanly, just nicely phrased and even bad-tasted when performed by women. There is only woman who is able to play Rachmaninov - Martha Argerich, but she has a really male way of musical logic.
@Desideria7 Where is the profound masculinity in overwhelming romantasism? we're not talking about wagner or stravinsky we're talking about a romantic genius. Martha Argerich is known for changing her works and doing them her own way. The nicely phrased part you are reffering to can be found in almost every Richters performance. I thought we were over the "women can't do this" phase a century ago.
@Phersephoie I didn't say a word about "profound masculinity"! Rachmaninov was a MAN and when it is played by girls (like Olga Kern) it becomes dirty and smelly, the ability to move fast the fingers doesn't count. Great Rostropovitch used to call those type of ladies "ok to change pampers by babies". Ask Vishnevskaya if you don't believe. And apart of it Kern has nothing to say, she is only moving her fingers.
@Desideria7 "Dirty and smelly"? what a remarkable way to put it. so according to you women must keep their filthy hands off any works done by men (wich is about 80% of repetoir) meaning there's not much point in any woman becoming a soloist in the first place. I'm very sorry you have these oppinions on women and can only say you're missing out on a lot.
@Phersephoie I intended NOT all the women, but first of all the female pianists like Olga Kern, she is a perfect example of how one must NOT TO PLAY Rachmaninov. She plays dirty and smelly.
@Desideria7 sorry but I think this is absolute nonsense, this piece is full of complex and subtle expression, it's hugely emotional and yes, it is robust and powerful, but exclusively masculine? Absolutely not. Personally I find that a woman pianist brings depth and feeling to the interpretation of this piece, a depth of appreciation that perhaps is missing with male pianists.
@tjf4375 You are right, I think that Idil Biret delivers the best interpretation of Chopin. At the same time, Horowitz knows how to bring emotion to a piece to. It's a matter of balancing the emotion..
@unitednerdsbeproud Yeah, I know. I hate it when competitors come to the Cliburn and not play the ossia. What's WRONG with them?! Nothing says "I deserve the gold" like those fat chords.
This is the original cadenza, sometimes referred to as 'Ossia'. The other lighter 'toccata' one was written afterwards, but appears more often in performances. It's quite rare to see the original dramatic one performed!
@unitednerdsbeproud Yeah, I couldn't agree more. Even Rachmaninoff played the copout cadenza and it urkes me to no end. This is so much more powerful.
My all time favorite. It is a gift from God. I wonder what Beethoven or Mozart would have thought if they were as lucky as we to hear this wonderful music. I doubt that there will ever be any thing as good.
She does play the Ossia cadenza (thankfully), but I wasn't convinced musically. She is extraordinary, but I don't think the piece fits her. It doesn't fit her hands either.
Regardless of her ability or lack thereof to give this piece justice, it is the greatest Concerto ever written. Sorry to all those who like other cadenzas, but the Ossia cadenza is the best I've ever heard.
@tangerineman91 whenever I sit through the first ten minutes of this piece and the performer plays the other cadenza, I feel like I was shafted. It's almost like the time I went to the symphony to hear a Beethoven concerto and they put on a mozart divertamento instead. I was displeased.
Her cadenza is one of the best I've heard in terms of pure emotional sweat. I love all several members of the orchestra seem mesmerized by her playing...or maybe they are just mesmerized by her :)
@FederSim i like this cadenza better and I had hoped that she played it! :) It's more technical and demanding to play i think. I also like the original as well.
First time i have seen Olga Kern and my first opinion is, what a beautifull expresion she has when she is playing this piece! I am not a proffesional pianist, but i play the piano long enough to see that she lives for the music... Beautifull, absolutly beautifull! Rachmaninov must be really glad that so many good pianists are playing this piece with each their own interpetations ^.^
This was Ms. Kern's "contest" performance for the Cliburn Prize. There can't be any more pressure for any artist. I saw her in person in San Jose, where she performed a solo concert that included the Barber Piano Sonata. Her technique is beyond belief...but her musical nature shines through her great power. If I had even a quarter of her technique I would be grateful...sanjosemike
Have you watched American Idol or similar? Watch how the judges ask to make the music their own. They are free to interpret the music even though playing the same notes. So yes I am more educated and enlightened than you :)
And dude, where is she hammering? Some of those runs are just spectacularly quiet and calm and shimmering. You can tell she's communing with the music, becoming part of it, enjoying it. To me, this performance beats the hell out of most simply because it isn't the work of a stodgy old guy mechanically beating the soul out of a piano.
You honestly cited American Idol? In reference to this? And then went so far as to say that you are educated and enlightened due to reality TV popular culture? Honestly. I mean.
Stop replying with stupidity. This is not her original work, so she has to study this first before playing it. A fact is a fact no matter how screwed up your psychosis about reality is. People who refuses facts will never percieve reality as it is.
Her choice of cadenza summed up her performance which was boring. Too slow at times which had a negative effect on the balance of this piece, made you feel like listening to "a piece within the piece, not as a whole". She didn't have to bang on the piano like that; this piece is already powerful, again, because of the cadenza, couldn't play it any other ways.
Well thank God (with all due respect) you were not on the judges panel. This performance won her first place (albeit a tie). It was amazingly played exactly as written!
The fact that she won that competition, doesn't mean this is one of the best recording of this piece. It only meant that she was the best pianist in that competition.
I just do not like this recording, that is just my opinion. If I was one of the judges, I would pick her if she was the best. I would certainly pick the others if they were better than her. AGAIN, ONLY THE BEST AT THAT COMPETITION.
Yeah, thank God the guy that doesn't agree with you isn't in any position to change something that already happened! Why, the only thing we can do now is count ourselves lucky he doesn't have a time machine and try, however hard it may be, to get on with our lives.
Para los que andan en caza de " errores" y unicamente destacan este detalle Youtube podria colocar una serie de piezas de todo tipo de genero que sean interpretadas por automatas .
Justamente la caracteristica que distingue a un artista es su emocion y razon que-sincronizadas- a lo mejor de su conocimiento y opciones dan como resultado "performances" humanas que emocionan al publico presente y lejano ...excepto-claro- esta- a los que andan "cazando pulgas"...
It's certainly an ungrateful piece to perform - not only is it excruciatingly technically and physically demanding (muscles not excluded), there's another immeasurable dimension of 'emotionally' connecting with it. People are always quick to point out wrong notes - in a piece like this, a couple of those are ultimately irrelevant.
Totally agreed with what you said. If people can pick up the wrong notes, they have superman ears. I read the score while I watch this impeccable performance, and I can't believe someone finally and eventually understood this Rach3
Try listening to our glorified Horowitz, who hits so many wrong notes that I stopped listening.
Boring!
Meanwhile he played the Rach without any "RUSSIANESS" The soul of this concerto
I flew in my jet just to tour with her in Europe in April
@Pteron2 that is so well put, couldn't agree more. It's a bit like criticising someone who reaches the summit of everest because their foot slipped a couple of times on the way up. Both of the interpretations of this piece I like most are by woman pianists, and I can't help wondering if it's because their connection to the piece is more emotional than technical. The Rach 3 is a technical tour de force but I think the emotion and passion behind it really shines through with Olga's performance
I heard this a few months ago but never commented on it.. watched it again just now. #*$(&#^$ that is some amazing playing. Like everyone has said, first rate material here. Easy 5 stars.
The pause at 1:45 is the perfect length. I like her phrasing especially right after 2:10 This is definitely one of the best interpretations I've heard of the cadenza.
no question she is quite good, but, sorry to say, far from the best interpreter of this concerto. Check out Kissin's version on youtube if you want the way it should be played; dynamic by dynamic, instruction by instruction, he performed it exactly the way Rachmaninoff wrote it. Again, she's very good (and way better than I will ever be); in a decade or so, she will be lauded among the very best. She is, though, far superior to Lang Lang, without question.
She so gets it. I heard Bronfmann twice last month with Chicago. Good, but not great. Also, give a HUGE amount of credit to this conductor. He subdivides critical places for the orchestra when it can't hear her but the tempo is critical, like early in the first movement when soft 16th notes are being played and it is SO easy to lose the orchestra. In all, I find Olga's playing hypnotic and filled with the high emotion this piece demands. Many can play the notes. Few can play the music.
I saw and heard Olga in person almost 2 years ago, and I was totally blown away by her dazzling virtuosity!! And she just poured so much feeling into this majestic piano concerto. She's one of the best musicians I've ever had the pleasure of hearing!!
You should also give a listen to Denis Matuev (here on YouTube). He's from Irkutsk and studied with the same teacher as Olga in Moscow. Two of the best I've heard.
Indeed. I too think this is one of the most 'inner understanding' performances I've ever heard of this music, and it being one of my favorites, I've heard lots. Brave!
AMAZING is all I can..best version I have heard in my life so far! She really brings out the music and keeps you listening the whole way through..perfect!
Another weak interpretation of the Cadenza. Listen to Rachmaninov do it!!!!! Then you'll hear how the chords need to be played. Seamlessly. She is an amazing pianist
Well she can't possibly play the chords because she doesn't have the hand span to reach all the keys. Now in all honesty I have heard much better interpretations of this version of the cadenza. But overall her performance is nothing short of exceptional!
I believe I truly begin to understand the meaning of the word sublime listening to this music.
Cealgaire 1 month ago
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AudiABTr8 4 months ago
I heard many interpretations from this concerto ,but when i listened this interpretation i found that this
is the most real representing of rachmaninoff's
personality and soul,Probably Rachmaninoff was somewhere in the concert hall watching her playing from behind some corner,enjoying and satisfied that
she totally captured and interpreted him in the best way and he knew that she will be the winner !
Cadenza is amazing !!! original and soulful !
MagicLightFingers 5 months ago
@MagicLightFingers im amazed and glad you noticed this. There was a video of the Van Cliburn Piano Competition (the first one) which this is a recording of (she is playing it in the competition, in this youtube video). She told you that she had a dream of Rachmaninov waiting for her, i think in front of a church, and he spoke to her and told her to not use a pedal, and so she didn't. Indeed, it is like Rachmaninov was with her. My favorite composer of all time. It is my dream to play this piece.
mademan39 1 month ago
@MagicLightFingers I would recommend everyone to watch the video. It is amazing and wonderful! :)
mademan39 1 month ago
watching her face is amazing, sometimes she looks like she's about to cry, other times like she's in ecstacy.....
TwelveRaptor 6 months ago
It is hard to believe that over a hundred thousand people finished watching part I and then missed the cadenza that follows just after.
jaythoven67 8 months ago 5
incredible. just incredible.
yolo22 9 months ago
fantastic
claudius45000 10 months ago
Magnifique Il ni a pas d'autre mot
larousse794 10 months ago
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Only a few people in the WORLD can play this piece. If you critisize or claim you can play this piece, I'm sorry but you are wrong!
MrFiend28 10 months ago
Only a few people in the WORLD can play this piece. If you critisize or claim you can play this piece, I'm sorry but you are wrong!
MrFiend28 10 months ago
@MrFiend28 Not only is this piece difficult, it's long as shit! And it's not like one of those long pieces where there's just repetition, this piece is actually long and very little repetition.
tjtheplay 9 months ago
Because the music by Rachmaninov, masculine and profound by their nature, become womanly, just nicely phrased and even bad-tasted when performed by women. There is only woman who is able to play Rachmaninov - Martha Argerich, but she has a really male way of musical logic.
Desideria7 11 months ago
@Desideria7 Where is the profound masculinity in overwhelming romantasism? we're not talking about wagner or stravinsky we're talking about a romantic genius. Martha Argerich is known for changing her works and doing them her own way. The nicely phrased part you are reffering to can be found in almost every Richters performance. I thought we were over the "women can't do this" phase a century ago.
Phersephoie 11 months ago
@Phersephoie I didn't say a word about "profound masculinity"! Rachmaninov was a MAN and when it is played by girls (like Olga Kern) it becomes dirty and smelly, the ability to move fast the fingers doesn't count. Great Rostropovitch used to call those type of ladies "ok to change pampers by babies". Ask Vishnevskaya if you don't believe. And apart of it Kern has nothing to say, she is only moving her fingers.
Desideria7 11 months ago
@Desideria7 "Dirty and smelly"? what a remarkable way to put it. so according to you women must keep their filthy hands off any works done by men (wich is about 80% of repetoir) meaning there's not much point in any woman becoming a soloist in the first place. I'm very sorry you have these oppinions on women and can only say you're missing out on a lot.
Phersephoie 11 months ago
@Phersephoie I intended NOT all the women, but first of all the female pianists like Olga Kern, she is a perfect example of how one must NOT TO PLAY Rachmaninov. She plays dirty and smelly.
Desideria7 11 months ago
@Desideria7 this descussion's starting to really stink...
Phersephoie 11 months ago
@Desideria7 sorry but I think this is absolute nonsense, this piece is full of complex and subtle expression, it's hugely emotional and yes, it is robust and powerful, but exclusively masculine? Absolutely not. Personally I find that a woman pianist brings depth and feeling to the interpretation of this piece, a depth of appreciation that perhaps is missing with male pianists.
tjf4375 7 months ago 7
@tjf4375 You are right, I think that Idil Biret delivers the best interpretation of Chopin. At the same time, Horowitz knows how to bring emotion to a piece to. It's a matter of balancing the emotion..
33comoro 1 month ago
This Concerto is not for women. End of discussion.
Desideria7 11 months ago
@Desideria7 why may i ask?
Phersephoie 11 months ago
such sparkle in her sound.
solveaproblem 1 year ago
I would love to play octaves as fast, fluidly, and beautifully as her....Her shaping of the cadenza was particularly admirable.
chobeethaninov 1 year ago
The male violinist's expression speaks volumes!
MartinEugene 1 year ago
@MartinEugene
I wonder if they play the cadenza in practice... I am thinking not, looks like he is hearing it for the first time!
Sagebrusher07 1 week ago
I've been trying to perform it but the notes are too hard, this song is very trucky!!!
Danihogwda 1 year ago
2:00 you can see the string musicians so captivated by the music
MrYou2ber 1 year ago
favourite is 3:48
janzhii 1 year ago
Olga definitely deserved to win the Van Cliburn
cedricrlongreen 1 year ago
Her performance is amazing. But man is that violinist eye-f*cking the heck out of her!
NickjamesC 1 year ago
@NickjamesC I doubt it, she professional
Timmytimtimtm 1 year ago
THE GOOD CADENZA!! WOOT!!
unitednerdsbeproud 1 year ago 6
@unitednerdsbeproud Yeah, I know. I hate it when competitors come to the Cliburn and not play the ossia. What's WRONG with them?! Nothing says "I deserve the gold" like those fat chords.
MrYou2ber 1 year ago
@MrYou2ber I prefer the original cadenza.
preppychrisbou 11 months ago
@preppychrisbou And I respect your opinion.
MrYou2ber 11 months ago
@preppychrisbou
Isn't this the original? I prefer the one that isn't this one.
rihnem 11 months ago
@rihnem No, this is the ossia.
preppychrisbou 11 months ago
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LoftyProduction 11 months ago
This is the original cadenza, sometimes referred to as 'Ossia'. The other lighter 'toccata' one was written afterwards, but appears more often in performances. It's quite rare to see the original dramatic one performed!
tjf4375 10 months ago
@unitednerdsbeproud Yeah, I couldn't agree more. Even Rachmaninoff played the copout cadenza and it urkes me to no end. This is so much more powerful.
DivebombJ 1 month ago
I like the soft touch at 2:18
18smoore 1 year ago
Saw her today playing Schuhmann, Chopin and Liszt...just awesome!!! And she is sooo beautiful! =)
shaermy 1 year ago
yes!! she played the 1st version of the cadenza. You can never tell if someone's gonna play the second version or 1st version till u get there lol
cedricrlongreen 1 year ago
Her cadenza is absolutely breathtaking...Definitely one of the best I´ve heard, if not the very best.
Pianist227 1 year ago
I am envious of the bliss she is experiencing.... This is an exquisit performance. She's in another world, right now/
BFL0W 1 year ago
My all time favorite. It is a gift from God. I wonder what Beethoven or Mozart would have thought if they were as lucky as we to hear this wonderful music. I doubt that there will ever be any thing as good.
Clovis5127 1 year ago
She does play the Ossia cadenza (thankfully), but I wasn't convinced musically. She is extraordinary, but I don't think the piece fits her. It doesn't fit her hands either.
Regardless of her ability or lack thereof to give this piece justice, it is the greatest Concerto ever written. Sorry to all those who like other cadenzas, but the Ossia cadenza is the best I've ever heard.
tangerineman91 1 year ago
@tangerineman91 whenever I sit through the first ten minutes of this piece and the performer plays the other cadenza, I feel like I was shafted. It's almost like the time I went to the symphony to hear a Beethoven concerto and they put on a mozart divertamento instead. I was displeased.
plumbersteve 1 year ago
@tangerineman91 You should post a video of you playing this piece.
cedricrlongreen 1 year ago
Her cadenza is one of the best I've heard in terms of pure emotional sweat. I love all several members of the orchestra seem mesmerized by her playing...or maybe they are just mesmerized by her :)
a124947 1 year ago 2
Some of the full chords are pretty hammered, not a beautiful tone as a result.
KyndalSarah 1 year ago
Very beautiful part at 7:16 - 9:50
planmix 1 year ago
Why everybody plays the Ossia cadenza? The original one is way better.
FederSim 1 year ago
@FederSim i like this cadenza better and I had hoped that she played it! :) It's more technical and demanding to play i think. I also like the original as well.
chessplayer111 1 year ago
@FederSim I agree
preppychrisbou 11 months ago
First time i have seen Olga Kern and my first opinion is, what a beautifull expresion she has when she is playing this piece! I am not a proffesional pianist, but i play the piano long enough to see that she lives for the music... Beautifull, absolutly beautifull! Rachmaninov must be really glad that so many good pianists are playing this piece with each their own interpetations ^.^
milanopiano 1 year ago
This was Ms. Kern's "contest" performance for the Cliburn Prize. There can't be any more pressure for any artist. I saw her in person in San Jose, where she performed a solo concert that included the Barber Piano Sonata. Her technique is beyond belief...but her musical nature shines through her great power. If I had even a quarter of her technique I would be grateful...sanjosemike
sanjosemike 2 years ago
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ok, this is a bit offensive, but at this part there's seem that she has an orgasm while playing the after-main theme.
3:50
Laudan08 2 years ago
me too
vovach777 2 years ago
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That solo hammering was not passionately at all.
Clobalize 2 years ago
If you would know the music, you would know, that this has been written like she is playing it
MrLeonidBrezhnev 2 years ago 3
That is the notes, now comes the interpretation.
Clobalize 2 years ago
That was the video, now comes the infuriating, know-it-all asshole to lecture us on some fucking made-up idea they have about interpretation.
hoiszhdfoifh22 1 year ago
@hoiszhdfoifh22
Have you watched American Idol or similar? Watch how the judges ask to make the music their own. They are free to interpret the music even though playing the same notes. So yes I am more educated and enlightened than you :)
Clobalize 1 year ago
@Clobalize Because of course, American Idol do everything right.
hoiszhdfoifh22 1 year ago
@hoiszhdfoifh22
Got a serious argument soon or in this life?
A fact is a fact. Notes and interpretations. Hammering is not passionate :)
Clobalize 1 year ago
(Cat Fiiiight!)
And dude, where is she hammering? Some of those runs are just spectacularly quiet and calm and shimmering. You can tell she's communing with the music, becoming part of it, enjoying it. To me, this performance beats the hell out of most simply because it isn't the work of a stodgy old guy mechanically beating the soul out of a piano.
hoiszhdfoifh22 1 year ago
@Clobalize
You honestly cited American Idol? In reference to this? And then went so far as to say that you are educated and enlightened due to reality TV popular culture? Honestly. I mean.
Really.
Tell me you didn't do that.
Gerun 1 year ago
@Gerun
Stop replying with stupidity. This is not her original work, so she has to study this first before playing it. A fact is a fact no matter how screwed up your psychosis about reality is. People who refuses facts will never percieve reality as it is.
Clobalize 1 year ago
im not the only one humming along, am i?
itsmontie 2 years ago
no one does it like ashkenazy, with those huge chords in the cadenza he takes time and lets them just wash over you, like crushing waves
ytfarmer90 2 years ago
moge juz iść na piwo,czy musi być masakra?
Kasienka5g 2 years ago
Her choice of cadenza summed up her performance which was boring. Too slow at times which had a negative effect on the balance of this piece, made you feel like listening to "a piece within the piece, not as a whole". She didn't have to bang on the piano like that; this piece is already powerful, again, because of the cadenza, couldn't play it any other ways.
My opinion.
arnolddao 2 years ago
Well thank God (with all due respect) you were not on the judges panel. This performance won her first place (albeit a tie). It was amazingly played exactly as written!
FlashEng1 2 years ago
The fact that she won that competition, doesn't mean this is one of the best recording of this piece. It only meant that she was the best pianist in that competition.
I just do not like this recording, that is just my opinion. If I was one of the judges, I would pick her if she was the best. I would certainly pick the others if they were better than her. AGAIN, ONLY THE BEST AT THAT COMPETITION.
arnolddao 2 years ago
Yeah, thank God the guy that doesn't agree with you isn't in any position to change something that already happened! Why, the only thing we can do now is count ourselves lucky he doesn't have a time machine and try, however hard it may be, to get on with our lives.
hoiszhdfoifh22 1 year ago
Para los que andan en caza de " errores" y unicamente destacan este detalle Youtube podria colocar una serie de piezas de todo tipo de genero que sean interpretadas por automatas .
Justamente la caracteristica que distingue a un artista es su emocion y razon que-sincronizadas- a lo mejor de su conocimiento y opciones dan como resultado "performances" humanas que emocionan al publico presente y lejano ...excepto-claro- esta- a los que andan "cazando pulgas"...
JorPove 2 years ago
Who's the conductor? He looks very familiar.
TheAL845 2 years ago
It's certainly an ungrateful piece to perform - not only is it excruciatingly technically and physically demanding (muscles not excluded), there's another immeasurable dimension of 'emotionally' connecting with it. People are always quick to point out wrong notes - in a piece like this, a couple of those are ultimately irrelevant.
Pteron2 2 years ago 55
@Pteron2
Totally agreed with what you said. If people can pick up the wrong notes, they have superman ears. I read the score while I watch this impeccable performance, and I can't believe someone finally and eventually understood this Rach3
Try listening to our glorified Horowitz, who hits so many wrong notes that I stopped listening.
Boring!
Meanwhile he played the Rach without any "RUSSIANESS" The soul of this concerto
I flew in my jet just to tour with her in Europe in April
honghongbcc 1 year ago
@Pteron2 that is so well put, couldn't agree more. It's a bit like criticising someone who reaches the summit of everest because their foot slipped a couple of times on the way up. Both of the interpretations of this piece I like most are by woman pianists, and I can't help wondering if it's because their connection to the piece is more emotional than technical. The Rach 3 is a technical tour de force but I think the emotion and passion behind it really shines through with Olga's performance
tjf4375 11 months ago
Did anyone else notice her holding in that sneeze at 3:49 :P
ganamoha 2 years ago 4
This is amazing...very moving, makes my heart pound faster and breath quicker just watching and hearing this performance.
dmower397 2 years ago 2
how the hell did rachmaninoff managed to create something so beautiful...so nice and so brutal at the same time!!!
sebaleon 2 years ago 6
Simple...he was a demigod, lol...I can't think of any other explanation!
TobiasMathe7 2 years ago
01:49 to 01:51 think she made a mistake there....anybody else noticed???
ps: im not an expert on this, but I have heard this concerto thousands of times.
sebaleon 2 years ago
Yes, I agree with you sebaleon, she definitely made a mistake :), not only these two times. Over all it is really great performance.
EciekPeciek 2 years ago
where is the mistake? i can't find it
jimenezpianoforte 2 years ago
I heard this a few months ago but never commented on it.. watched it again just now. #*$(&#^$ that is some amazing playing. Like everyone has said, first rate material here. Easy 5 stars.
avalanche183 2 years ago
when does the cadenza start ??? im a violinist and im not too cluey about piano
shanehodd 2 years ago
at about 0:31
ytfarmer90 2 years ago
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thiswastoogood 2 years ago
the cadenza starts when the piano is the only instrument playing.
This is true for any other cadenza
thiswastoogood 2 years ago
thanks mate. . . I remembered that about the cadenza but I wasnt sure cause the piano plays alone a few times in this clip.
shanehodd 2 years ago
I wish I could rate it TEN stars! Bravo!
ettoreGalli 2 years ago 4
Anyone who gives this less than 5 stars, send me a message to let me know why. This is first rate.
GeorgeMaxwellDuPre 2 years ago
the violinist at 1:48 is practically in awe at her playing . . .
shanehodd 2 years ago
She plays more then good but the best preformer of cadenza is definitly Ashkenazy!!!
antinoj2005 2 years ago
The pause at 1:45 is the perfect length. I like her phrasing especially right after 2:10 This is definitely one of the best interpretations I've heard of the cadenza.
Hobbes379 2 years ago 4
The cadenza of this piece has got to be one of my favorite parts of any piece. I just wish more people would play the Ossia.
mwakin22 2 years ago 4
This piano concerto is just awesome. I am in love with Rachmaninoff's music!!!
aptcore59 3 years ago 24
i prefer argerich s cadenza
elifrediel 3 years ago 3
I think she rushes the cadenza a little bit but that's amazing regardless.
lscully2 3 years ago
no question she is quite good, but, sorry to say, far from the best interpreter of this concerto. Check out Kissin's version on youtube if you want the way it should be played; dynamic by dynamic, instruction by instruction, he performed it exactly the way Rachmaninoff wrote it. Again, she's very good (and way better than I will ever be); in a decade or so, she will be lauded among the very best. She is, though, far superior to Lang Lang, without question.
wsp67326 3 years ago 2
She so gets it. I heard Bronfmann twice last month with Chicago. Good, but not great. Also, give a HUGE amount of credit to this conductor. He subdivides critical places for the orchestra when it can't hear her but the tempo is critical, like early in the first movement when soft 16th notes are being played and it is SO easy to lose the orchestra. In all, I find Olga's playing hypnotic and filled with the high emotion this piece demands. Many can play the notes. Few can play the music.
threemallets 3 years ago 3
I saw and heard Olga in person almost 2 years ago, and I was totally blown away by her dazzling virtuosity!! And she just poured so much feeling into this majestic piano concerto. She's one of the best musicians I've ever had the pleasure of hearing!!
zucchini2007 3 years ago
You should also give a listen to Denis Matuev (here on YouTube). He's from Irkutsk and studied with the same teacher as Olga in Moscow. Two of the best I've heard.
threemallets 3 years ago
Indeed. I too think this is one of the most 'inner understanding' performances I've ever heard of this music, and it being one of my favorites, I've heard lots. Brave!
tr64yokid 3 years ago
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i would eat out olga for days
mendelshawn 3 years ago
I love the interaction of the flute and piano. Nothing short of flawless.
Chorcai101 3 years ago 2
AMAZING is all I can..best version I have heard in my life so far! She really brings out the music and keeps you listening the whole way through..perfect!
Melissa354 3 years ago
Another weak interpretation of the Cadenza. Listen to Rachmaninov do it!!!!! Then you'll hear how the chords need to be played. Seamlessly. She is an amazing pianist
danlindros20 3 years ago
Um, that interpretation is anything but weak. If you lay it down better than that and take the Van Cliburn gold home as well let me know.
asmailrabbit 3 years ago 2
If you think that is weak, you have no ear.
threemallets 3 years ago 2
Well she can't possibly play the chords because she doesn't have the hand span to reach all the keys. Now in all honesty I have heard much better interpretations of this version of the cadenza. But overall her performance is nothing short of exceptional!
Hervinbalfour 3 years ago
You only need to span a ninth to play the cadenza...
It helps to have big hands because there's some awkward chords, but I can't reach a tenth and there's not one chord in there I can't play.
I will agree that there are much better ossia cadenzas, she rushes it. Bronfman and Kissin play this cadenza exceptionally.
physicsgeek21690 3 years ago
her hands are very big for a woman actually.
davidbaker03 2 years ago
Actually, they're small. I've shaked them before.
JAngeles13 2 years ago
which orchestra is it??
dong940804 3 years ago
Best performance EVER of Rach 3
tbutt1956 3 years ago 3
amazing cadenza but i still like the other one better
piedijon 3 years ago
ossia!
sgtpepper1390 3 years ago