Ravel, left-hand concerto, part 2

[mayou59500]

Bravissimo Sergey! tu allies virtuosité et sensibilité dans une des plus belles oeuvres de mon compositeur préféré. Un très grand Merci.

J'ai hâte de t'écouter en live!

[sergeypiano]

@mayou59500 Merci beaucoup, Mayou-san! :))

[WOWdato]

very good pianist and a lot of dirty notes in orchestra :(

[sergeypiano]

@WOWdato Thank you nevertheless!

[javierleonenriquez]

@WOWdato Yes, the orchestra was awful

[singingjustcuz]

didn't Ravel write this for a guy with only one arm?

[fredericfranc]

@singingjustcuz A comission from the left-handed Paul Wittgenstein, after getting a load of this, the pianist refused to mess with it, and strong-arm tactics were needed from Mr.Ravel... The idea of "finishing" this may be barbaric, but is very much in the spirit of 21st century Postmodernism, so it is not a question of whether somebody SHOULD finish this concerto, the point is that somebody WILL finish this concerto, eventually...

[singingjustcuz]

@fredericfranc Oh good point someone probably will. But did Wittgenstein ever perform it then?

[sergeypiano]

@singingjustcuz Yes, he even recorded the piece with Ravel as conductor.

[fredericfranc]

The concerto, as it stands, is really too weird, needs to be finished by having the RH part incorporated. Mr.Rodion Shchedrin could do this, and Mr.Kuznetsov could premiere the finished version in Paris. One wonders, what would the French do to the pianist afterwards?

[sergeypiano]

@fredericfranc :-))))))))))))))))))

[fredericfranc]

@sergeypiano ...your right hand is so expressive and so forlorn in having nothing to do...I wanted to rectify the situation...

[WOWdato]

really good version of this concert. I'd just play middle part a bit slowly for more music but everything was clearly. thanks for video. talanted pianist :)

[sergeypiano]

@WOWdato Thank you!

[muslit]

A percussionist left the tam tam reverberating.

[justinosmond]

beautiful playing! such clarity in your articulation!

[johndega]

Wonderful rendition. This piece is as much of a workout for the orchestra as it is for the pianist. I think this is one of the best versions i've heard. The piece would seem to be a very personal statement for Ravel, as it is so odd and rich in emotion.

Bravo to everybody.

[sergeypiano]

Thank you!

[beethomozart]

premiered on november 27th, 1931 Ravel composed this strange and obscure concert for pianist Paul Wittgenstein who lost his right arm during 1st world war

[gokhanay1]

Bravo Sergey!

[valderande]

Très belle version ! Une véritable prouesse technique et, en même temps, de la profondeur. C'est très émouvant. Le chef et l'orchestre sont aussi très bons. Merci pour ce beau moment de musique.

[sergeypiano]

Merci bien! Pour moi, il est très agréable de lire de telles choses!

[MNM0000000000]

amazing

[gromoglas77]

Горжусь! Надо будет подписаться на тебя, что ли.

Сейчас буду смотреть это же на ДВД. Спасибо тебе за всё! ;)

Т.А.

[chad410]

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