Ivo Pogorelich - Ravel Gaspard de la nuit - Scarbo - part 3 of 3

[toraousama5726]

大好き！

[cutguyz]

Like Luke 1841, as a devotee of Martha, this is definately as good, if not better than Argerich, who in my opinion raised the standard with this piece when she recorded it. But lest we not forget, it was Argerich who walked out of the jury of the Chopin Competion when Pogo did not get through to the final round.

[luke1841]

I never thought I would say this, but I may even like Pogorelich's version better than Argerich...and THAT is saying something. BRAVO!

[snuffypoo]

I love 1:19

[koljas66]

incredible fantastic music!!!!

[toraousama5726]

兎に角、素晴らしい！！骨太で揺ぎ無い音楽性の、’信念’そして­、将に’男’の力もう言いようがない、CDも素晴らしいけれど、­ビデオが見られて、幸せ！！Goranowitschさん、有難­う！

[789armstrong]

I thought it was violinist Josef Szgetti whom Horowitz was visiting at his home and Horowitz played Scarbo on Szgettis piano.Pletnev could do it, but only if he isnt in a weird mood.I really like Pogorelich, please understand, on this piece.But Murray perahia plays Bach and Chopin superbly so he would probably do Ravel excellent also.He is a very versatile gifted pianist.

[789armstrong]

its been many years since I studied the score.Thank you for your excellent insights.I wish Murray Perahia would do all of Ravels piano music.Volodos could give dream performances but he is totally unpredictable, favoring boring music during the first hour of his recitals.

[rigel48]

@789armstrong I do not know if Perahia or Volodos or Kissin could do better job than Argerich or Michelangeli in this work. My own regret is that there is no recording by Vladimir Horowitz. According to Clara Haskil who heard him playing Scarbo (in private), it was two devils face to face.

[789armstrong]

Besides, who else is there? Pletnev is totally unpredictable and might play Le Gibet Presto or Allegro, and Volodos only likes to play boring music during the first hour of his recitals, and there is Luganski who is busy giving superb performances of Russian composers.Leaving Kissin and Yundi Li who both might really surprise everyone with some superb Ravel.

[789armstrong]

I have both recordings by Argerich and I do not recall seeing ffff in the score during the final splash of Ondine which she bangs, nor do I see half the notes missing in Scarbo as she does.Michelangeli is beyond reproach however, except for the outdated sound.I dont like everything Pogorelich does, but here I really must disagree with you.

[rigel48]

@789armstrong Don't be unfair. She does not play ffff the arpeggios marked "Rapide et brillant",even if the low E flat is played too much forte. Concerning Scarbo the notes are not missing (I suppose you talk about the repeated notes at the beginning), she just plays them "très fondu en trémolo" as Ravel wanted. These notes must not be percussive, but quiet and vague to put us in the atmospere of mystery and fear the piece is all about.

[rigel48]

@789armstrong Please read Henriette Faure's book "Mon maître Maurice Ravel", where this pianist who studied Gaspard de la Nuit with Ravel himself gives lot of precious advices of how Ravel wanted his work to be played. I can assure you that Argerich is extremely faithful to Ravel's intentions, and Pogorelich quite off topic.

[789armstrong]

I kept praying Volodos would record this, until I heard Pogorelich.Awesome totally and as great as Michelangeli if not greater.Pogo has a vivid imagination that dwarfs everyone else.Totally spontaneous and technically miraculous.

[rigel48]

@789armstrong Technically miraculous ? Apart playing as fast as he can, I can't hear any nuances indicated by Ravel. Everything is played f or ff but never ppp or pp. This work needs pianists with more technical command than what we hear there. Listen to Michelangeli or Argerich or Arrau, to hear pianists who can vary the tone from ff to ppp in the same melodic passage. This is just a breathless race with no poetic feeling !

[liszt141]

How does anyone even play this?

[Musicman180]

Well it does help to have hands the size of football fields... just saying.

[Alexa4Alexa]

@Musicman180 He is 6'5" tall, what would you expect?

[Musicman180]

@Alexa4Alexa Exactly.

[justinneversleep]

at 3:00 everyone who is watching this missed out on a really exciting part, totally the cameraman's fault...hand!! not face!!! c'mon!!

[masintec]

The best interpretation of all time!!

[crypto14]

What a diabolic performance! The man is an alien! I heard it dozens of times and I'm stunned every time. I heard the greats and nobody can play this unimaginably difficult piece like him. I don't even bother listening to anyone else. I think even Ravel would be amazed.

[apokalipsa91]

I think coments arent necesary........

fantastic

[iwritesmusic]

there are absolutely no words to describe the brilliance of this interpretation and performance. i have listen to every recording of this and no one comes close. pogorelich is the rarest kind of genius

[ghfa1234]

Prouesses techniques indéniables mais le jeu trop rapide empêche par moments l'auditeur de partir dans la rêverie que doit inspirer ce morceau...Pas certain que Ravel aurait apprécié,

[Likeafoxow]

there is a certain intensity in this performance that is lacking in all others that ive looked through. great job as always ivo!

[TheREM71]

Génial !!!!!

[rustywires]

This guy owns this piece. Nobody plays it better in terms of technique, structure, sound, lyricism or sustained concentration.

[demosj]

@rustywires I think the extraordinary thing is that Ivo makes the Michelangeli, Argerich, and Lisitsa versions of Gaspard sound merely decent. I'm also a huge Horowitz fan, and I've always wondered how would he play this piece or that piece. But now, after hearing Ivo play this, I'm not even slightly curious anymore.

[rigel48]

@rustywires Gieseking, Michelangeli, Argerich, play it as well and with more care to Ravel's dynamic markings !

[EdiEllerymissing]

AMAZING, IMPRESSIVE, WONDERFUL... OH MY GOD!

[ghardvyu]

supaer-mega-genius!!!!

[fanch11]

énorme. Technique insensée. Pièce beaucoup jouée mais jamais comme ça.

[Pogouldiwitz]

God bless you for posting this.