Martha Argerich - Chopin Prelude - Op.28 No.4

[lukstarfucker]

Allow me to post in spanish. Marta Argerich, Scaramuzza, el pibito Lavandera, Gelber, etc son excelentes pianistas... además nuestras escuelas de música tienen tan buen nivel como una europea (H)

[Sylvscats]

It's too rushed

[iRomaniris]

rushed??? what are you talking about??

forget the tempo, just close your eyes and feel the passion which drives her to play exactly the way she does...

the only interpretation i have ever heard that made my eyes wet...

[CT270609]

the best version I've heard of this prelude

[Mazurka1001]

tiredness of the world.

[NomadOntheWeb]

i like her interpretation

[TheMrcarlosMD]

Martha Argerich one of the best pianist ever. All the musicians always are believing that our musical perseption is the best,..the music is different for everyone and you must enjoy it,. Ive read that she's always running in her performance...I think to run is a natural expression of a big passion and freedom, I hate boring performances to slow, well...you can do everything with music, because music are done to you.

[tggold]

Ahhhh, I love how she "rushes" the piece to really make 0:50 break your heart, then once again at the climax making the ending immense. She's one of the few pianists who really seem to let the piano move her, making some of the best pianissimos I've heard. Chopin would be proud.

[saverioorlando]

great,moving rendition

[elpiniki91mimilidou]

why sb does deslike at a song like this???

[azothozel]

I love this song.

[JorbenadzeDr]

Please, listen to this nocturne performed by me on youtube. Thanks and best regards, Rezo Jorbenadze.

[develish16]

@JorbenadzeDr it is a prelude not a nocturne :P

[JorbenadzeDr]

@develish16 Thank you very much, that you remind it to me. But it was only a typing mistake of me, because I play nocturne cis-moll by Chopin as well and eventually I thought of it while typing prelude.

[develish16]

@JorbenadzeDr ah in this case... i excuse you because this cis-moll nocturne can make you forget any thing :) believe I know that quite well....

[GlimpseInTheLife]

Argerich has always the bad habit to run too much... I really like a youtube's version of lucamadeus... listen to it, i'm not spamming.

[DennisChoy1]

@GlimpseInTheLife bad habit ? how dare..

[develish16]

@GlimpseInTheLife I always get the same feeling.....she is always faster than all the other versions......even in such preludes which are to be played slowlyyyy

[katkula]

Great but doesn't surpass Cortot. This version is a little rushed at some places. Don't get me wrong, Cortot doesn't rush in any moment of his interpretation, he just makes stretto or accelerando and is fully justified so. Martha in her interpretation could sometimes wait a liiittle more in some places, would be even better!

[suniforlife]

@katkula Thank for your comment. I am not a musician only a music fan, and can say Martha's fan, For me her interpretation sounds better as that of Cortot. To like rushing or not rushing can be personal.

[Ellinidara]

@katkula I my opinion she has surpassed every great pianist,becoming the greatest,ever.

[michel6]

@katkula talking about "don't get me wrong", please don't get me wrong but let's not blend personal opinions with facts, nobody will ever resurrect Chopin to know exactly which interpretation is BETTER or sounds more like he wanted to, Martha respects the music score and so the rubatos, subtle nuances etc... vary according to the musician and can not simply be resumed as "better" or "worse". I am not a personal fan of Martha but I honestly don't believe she could not play this piece perfectly.

[perezbermuda]

@katkula sorry but HATES Cortot's interpretation, way too rushed. Martha does a good job at it. Ivo does a great job at it. There are so many liberties taken with the tempo on #4 that it becomes a personal choice, it's how you feel it, what it does to you. Ivo's tempo is a bit slow to my liking but everyone of his note is like a jab to my heart. At that level, it's about tone and tempo. We all feel it differently.

[galfredos]

she is a great pianist. I have one cd of many Chopin Preludes played by Argerich

[misantropfagia]

Best heard performance

[suniforlife]

I am happy that you all also like it

[iguarni]

MERAVIGLIOSO WONDERFUL FANTASTICO

[ForeverIsis]

bravissima!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[callenishss]

year recorded is what

[suniforlife]

My guess is 1975

[paphjan]

Gyönyörűűű, ügyes vagy... :)

MMM szeretettel, Phj