Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 part 2 - Dimitris Sgouros

[southwestpiano]

lots of criticism out there - OK, mostly valid, but after all he was only twelve at the time. The video is a valuable learning experience for all of us.

[668JunKi]

try play like that in poland

[lacrymosa85]

@668JunKi what would happen?

[mgiroud21]

@668JunKi

Arthur Rubinstein exclaimed: “I thank God for keeping me alive so that I would be able to hear with my own ears Sgouros play. He is the best pianist I have ever heard, including myself”. He then took off his gold watch and put it on Dimitris Sgouros' wrist as if passing on the torch. Two months later he was dead.

[twangman5]

Whoa slow down there it's not a race. Anyone who can play this is alright in my book!

[93rardo]

Like Lang Lang, miraculous technique combined with little musical understanding. How is this possible?

[GiovanniEMB]

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[93rardo]

Thanks. I might just do that.

[partitasa89]

1:34 to 3:05, faster version i've ever heard! even faster than argerich!! (the one recorded with claudio abbado)

[partitasa89]

*fastest not faster lol

[lacrymosa85]

it's not very clear

[B337h0v3n]

para polu kalos!!!!!bravooooooooo

[slee12dent]

wow he cruises thru the difficult with ease.

[vcupiano]

sometimes he's plays for the sake of technique, but for the most part it is appropriate

[marmarpianist]

Sgouros is NOT forgotten! He stood out in Moscow when he played the most difficult Rachmaninov no.3!! Today he plays all master concerti around the world! You who tend to critisize him are just jealous and i feel pity for you... Maybe you should start practising without arrogance hoping you could make sth for yourselves! I think of him as one of the greatest players and what flaws you point out is just bullshit!

[lacrymosa85]

no comparison to young kissin, but still a very good performance IMO

[andyng85]

The criticisms about the fast tempo in the development section is obviously valid. He can expressed the musical idea and create nuiance much more effectively. At the tempo he played it at, it's very difficult to appreciate what Chopin intended the listener to hear. Also the tempo inevitably is the cause of several missed notes...

[modernaesthete]

Very good for a 12-year-old, but I can see why people say it's too fast - in the areas where there are more notes, there is a little tendency to speed up and so in some areas when the orchestra enters it ends up sounding late

[stergenakis]

All of you here are jealous bastards.I have never seen a boy playing such a difficult musical piece .That is something only a true prodigy child could play.

[seahyimin]

actually he has feeling and technique but 1 thing he doesnt have is understanding of speed

[datruzepp]

juz

WTF?!

[vezzmon]

This makes me sad. Awesome talent, way too much praise as a child. He does not care at all how a noble forte should sound, just runs through the score as a finger exercise. That's why he was forgotten as an adult. He only has solutions to tequnical, but not to musical questions. No answer how to play the piano!

[sercerch]

Wow, are you serious? Could you play any better when you were 12? Could you pay attention to "tequnical" questions when you were 12? I have a feeling you are jealous or something. Give the kid a break.

[vezzmon]

Sorry if I've been to honest and you can't enjoy this anymore. But compared to Horowitz and Rubinstein for example Sgouros is mediocre, even today. Can you name a single record that is famous and among the best of all pianists? When was the last time he performed with a leading orchestra? Have your heard recordings of a young Menuhin or Gilels? They could take you in another world at this age. Although so promising Sgouros could not fulfill the expecations. Which is just fine, no insult intended

[vcupiano]

ha ha, to speedcube, he leans forward yes, but all it does is give you more power, or weight to the key's. touch will be affected little by the great pianist. it is truly relative. Touch is everything and it is dictated not by the shoulders!

[speedcube123]

the technique of his fingers are great, but he has terrible posture he leans forward way too much...it makes you think he's about to fall out of his seat. otherwise pretty good interpretation, just a little too fast.

[greatwallofyao11]

this boy is a genius

[gryspnik]

It's funny that in other videos people critisize Sgouros saying that he playes to slow because he's not good enough, now they say it's too fast:) The tempo is given by the maestro and has been decided by him. It's not as if Sgouros decided to start playing faster at one point...

[rabbit787]

here we see another sun bursting forth, erraticaly, but nonetheless brilliantly...

[cowheadcow]

I dont know why you guys say it's too fast. It's really not. I think any 12 year old who can play this deserves more than criticizm.

[lolnl]

Very exciting. Too fast, but exciting.

[Jeet226]

Wow!

[AKJY]

speed up version.. a couple of wrong notes... but this interpretation is very exciting.

[Reaper978]

It's the next step in human evolution.