Yep, orchestra sucks really. Hough's trying to put the passion into it but the orchestra are giving him nothing back - they're just plodding through the score. I'm seeing Stephen Hough play here in Bristol on Nov 19th - don't think he can get much worse backup than this lot!
wow!!!! this really is something else!!! He makes the concerto his own, not an easy thing to manage, he actually has both a fresh and distinct and very individual take on it - WOW agaib! I'm so glad I found this vid - thanks a lot, jackkleijn
and " faldarazzo: stop splitting hairs and showing off ..............
Guy at 05:40 can't seem to tell the difference between halves and quarters. It's not the conductors fault here, because this dude isn't even looking at this point!
WTF ! Can't this orchestra count?! Poor guy must've been shitting in his pants during this. He's trying so desperately to hold it together at times...
this is so much better than LL's performance ... I only wished he didn't take such drastic tempo liberties at the repetition of the introductory exposition. Hough's performance was quite good if you ask me. XD
I like the other cadenza better than this one...the one from the Schirmer edition? Anyone know what im talking about? However, this cadenza is also good, i just prefer the other.
yea, there's an ossia cadenza like the one lang lang plays; at first, i liked the ossia, i feel it's more strong and more epic, although now, i don't really have a preference, both seem to be good =)
I do not agree with your comments about the speed of performance. I think it it very well-balanced and tightly under controll. You can feel safe and more enjoy music. That is true that this piece should be played more emotionally because it is romantic piece but I think that 3rd concerto is too nice to be played in a tempo that does not allow ears to enjoy it fully..... Really exciting expression of cadenza
Hough is one of the only pianists who gives Hamelin a run for his money. Katsaris was right when asked whom he felt is (are) the best pianist(s). He essentially said "there's Hamelin, then there is Hough." Full Stop.
helfgott showed us the meaning of why helfgot thought the ossia sounded to much like a ending... so he watered it down and recreated it in a sense where there is no ending. but andre watts spliced together the ossia with the cadenza and showed us it can sound like a ending.
I cannot say anything wrong with this guy!! what a genius... his sound is wonderful, his interpretation is immense, and well... Want to see more of him in UK really!! one of the best around... (but i do prefer the "ossia" cadenza)
Wild cadenza!! In response to "busoniliszt", check out Hough's Hyperion recording with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Andrew Litton. It's a bit too rushed for my taste, but most critics seemed to love it.
rachmaninoff played the short cadenza because the ossia sounded to much like a ending in the piece thats why i would rather it be just a piece on its own not a cadenza.
I must admit that I prefer the shorter cadenza and find it to have a better overall effect on the movement if played correctly. This here is a good example to me, I've been seeing way too many people playing the ossia lately.
sounded to much like a ending. plus not many people can actually play the ossia cadenza without being to slow/fast i find vladimir ashkenazy and helfgott to play that ossia very nicely
Excellent, 3rd movement even better. Good phrasing, timing and sense of polyphonic structure. Glad that he plays the short cadenza (prefered by Rachmaninoff). For the dark/diabolical side I prefer Horowitz/Byron Janis. I don't know where "NHK" stand for, but Hough deserves a better orchestra here.
Is this really NHK SO? WTF?
alexmanzo19 2 weeks ago
Yep, orchestra sucks really. Hough's trying to put the passion into it but the orchestra are giving him nothing back - they're just plodding through the score. I'm seeing Stephen Hough play here in Bristol on Nov 19th - don't think he can get much worse backup than this lot!
matsnotfat 4 months ago
Hough's recordings of all the Rachs with Litton/Houston Symphony are the best I've ever heard. Recorded live!
chrislukelily 1 year ago
:27 he is looking like WTF is wrong with this orchestra. LMAO!
Hervinbalfour 1 year ago
I do love to hear Hough play.
georgerannie 1 year ago
wow!!!! this really is something else!!! He makes the concerto his own, not an easy thing to manage, he actually has both a fresh and distinct and very individual take on it - WOW agaib! I'm so glad I found this vid - thanks a lot, jackkleijn
and " faldarazzo: stop splitting hairs and showing off ..............
47viviane 2 years ago
Guy at 05:40 can't seem to tell the difference between halves and quarters. It's not the conductors fault here, because this dude isn't even looking at this point!
faldarazzo 2 years ago
WTF ! Can't this orchestra count?! Poor guy must've been shitting in his pants during this. He's trying so desperately to hold it together at times...
faldarazzo 2 years ago
the archerstra is not good.......
stephen plays icredible!
bravo to te pianist!
kempff95 2 years ago
The orchestra is not that good...when Argerich played her Rachmaninoff 3rd concerto, I loved the orchestra part. It was BFO.
laqin007 3 years ago 8
this is so much better than LL's performance ... I only wished he didn't take such drastic tempo liberties at the repetition of the introductory exposition. Hough's performance was quite good if you ask me. XD
scriabinwasmydad 3 years ago 10
I'd only read about Rach's 3rd. I'm so glad that I looked it up now.
Mesmerised. Astounding.
Bubelhaftisch 3 years ago
this guy is very cool, goes his own way - technically and in a musical way, very great. does he also teach?
dinulipatti1950 3 years ago
I like the other cadenza better than this one...the one from the Schirmer edition? Anyone know what im talking about? However, this cadenza is also good, i just prefer the other.
goodridgewinners 4 years ago
yea, there's an ossia cadenza like the one lang lang plays; at first, i liked the ossia, i feel it's more strong and more epic, although now, i don't really have a preference, both seem to be good =)
beyond9001 4 years ago 2
I do not agree with your comments about the speed of performance. I think it it very well-balanced and tightly under controll. You can feel safe and more enjoy music. That is true that this piece should be played more emotionally because it is romantic piece but I think that 3rd concerto is too nice to be played in a tempo that does not allow ears to enjoy it fully..... Really exciting expression of cadenza
lesniroh 4 years ago
Rachmaninoff's own performance was actually pretty much this type of tempo (very fast).
beyond9001 4 years ago
Hough is one of the only pianists who gives Hamelin a run for his money. Katsaris was right when asked whom he felt is (are) the best pianist(s). He essentially said "there's Hamelin, then there is Hough." Full Stop.
Frozentoes1 4 years ago
helfgott showed us the meaning of why helfgot thought the ossia sounded to much like a ending... so he watered it down and recreated it in a sense where there is no ending. but andre watts spliced together the ossia with the cadenza and showed us it can sound like a ending.
ChrisWatch 4 years ago
Awesome interpretation and playing.
Coneman3 5 years ago
I cannot say anything wrong with this guy!! what a genius... his sound is wonderful, his interpretation is immense, and well... Want to see more of him in UK really!! one of the best around... (but i do prefer the "ossia" cadenza)
tristansmusic 5 years ago
its nice to here the original cadenza...the imperfect one as rachmaninoff would look at it
4444matthew4444 4 years ago
this isnt the original..this is the 'revised' version..the other one is the original.
KearneyPiano 3 years ago
Wild cadenza!! In response to "busoniliszt", check out Hough's Hyperion recording with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Andrew Litton. It's a bit too rushed for my taste, but most critics seemed to love it.
danlo5 5 years ago
rachmaninoff played the short cadenza because the ossia sounded to much like a ending in the piece thats why i would rather it be just a piece on its own not a cadenza.
ChrisWatch 5 years ago
I must admit that I prefer the shorter cadenza and find it to have a better overall effect on the movement if played correctly. This here is a good example to me, I've been seeing way too many people playing the ossia lately.
alphabox88 5 years ago
sounded to much like a ending. plus not many people can actually play the ossia cadenza without being to slow/fast i find vladimir ashkenazy and helfgott to play that ossia very nicely
ChrisWatch 5 years ago
Excellent, 3rd movement even better. Good phrasing, timing and sense of polyphonic structure. Glad that he plays the short cadenza (prefered by Rachmaninoff). For the dark/diabolical side I prefer Horowitz/Byron Janis. I don't know where "NHK" stand for, but Hough deserves a better orchestra here.
busoniliszt 5 years ago
Hey, you agree with me that Liszt was a Hungarian pianist and not Austrian, right?
OorvakanSar 4 years ago
no your wrong..and also wikipedia is wrong for thosewho think it is write..both parents and ancestors austrian=liszt is austrian
KearneyPiano 3 years ago
KearneyPiano, Liszt was Hungarian.
forrestisnotmoody 2 years ago