Tchaikowsky - Piano Concerto no. 1 (Cecile Licad) 3/4

[Labedee80]

Great performance. Truly a world-class artist from the Philippines.

[SamuelConcepcion]

Did anyone notice she was completely out of tempo from 5:24 to 5:40? That's embarrassing.

[Snowflake641]

She was right on... the winds were out of tempo. Notice the cellist at 5:00 he played well with her.

[Sinf0nia]

Hi. curious lang, where do you study music? If musician ka ......

[BECawyer]

@SamuelConcepcion Actually, both the soloist and the orchestra are playing precisely as they should. Tchaikovsky wrote the piano off-set (just slightly delayed) from the orchestra here.

[SamuelConcepcion]

Lang-lang plays it faster.

[Sinf0nia]

faster doesn't mean better

[robfuturemd]

@SamuelConcepcion Bang Bang certain plays it faster, but does that mean he plays better? I think not! He canplay fast, but couldn't for a phrase on the piano if his life depended on it. Also, not everything is meant to be played as fast as he plays!

[SamuelConcepcion]

Very slow. Can't she play any faster?

[Sylderon]

I don't think that she really needs to.

[MrGrigor99]

Miss Licad correctly plays the final B flat just a split second before the orchestra so that it is really heard and not totally covered by the orchestra. An experienced concerto player knows this. Also, for the final octaves, I prefer them to start slight ly more staccato and then adding pedal as they ascend, Seems more exciting that way, but just my personal taste. This is a very fine performance overall and I LOVE Solti!!

[GeorgeMaxwellDuPre]

This second movement of the concerto is one of the most beautiful ever written - for me. I love the chamber music-like interplay between piano and orchestra.

[chopinasi]

Close up at 6:44 to 7:10 she's so relaxed .

[isa123que]

2:25 - 2:32 very concentrated!

[Gisleig]

Maravilhoso

[KevinFromSD]

This is definitely better than Ayako Uehara's (of Japan) performance. But let's all wait for Aimi Kobayashi (of Japan) and Aristo Sham (of Hong Kong) to play this same piece.

[markmarshall39]

i agree, dont get me wrong, shes on my favs doing the same concerto, but yes she is better:)

[rigel48]

I do like Miss Licad interpretation of this concerto. She plays it with passion and grandeur, and she has a lot of imagination. Martha Argerich plays also this masterpiece with great style and beautiful tonal shading and puts as much emotion and color in her playing(see her with Dutoit on YouTube).

[mistystella]

I agree! as much as i do love the sound of Martha's playing, it is deceiving how much effort she is putting forth. the effortless of Martha does make it seem very almost cavalier, making the listener unsure if she is actually into it emotionally or not...seeing a musician's effort connects more to the listener

[KevinFromSD]

CL is a master colorist of sound, and she seems to work very hard to achieve such effects. Martha Argerich, on the other hand, seems to treat her music-making as "no big deal", does not work nearly as hard at imparting emotion and color to her playing, thus her playing is very fast, easy-going and looks quite effortless; however, it lacks the variation in color and emotion that makes music-making quite the interesting art that it should be.

[knock4321]

I agree Kevin, especially if you listen to CL's interpretation of Chopin's No. 2.

[sll10]

Cecile is awesome!!