Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 3 - Mov 1 (1/2) - Martha Argerich

[Sylvain894]

Those people are creeps : beware !

[mrpossibilities]

If Rachmaninoff's music was to be represented in the form of an animal, it would be a grand, muscular black stallion, galloping against the wind. Elegant, yet powerful. Subtle, yet savage. Gentle, yet wild.

[LxR2112]

effortless, melodious, Beautiful :)

[gitfarm]

listened to this so many times, never like this. totally amazing....

[joboy1992jesto]

7:59 - 8:32

How in the world does she play it so effortlessly???

definitely one of the best top 3 best pianists alive no question

[claviergoren]

Her playing is effortless. This is by far the best I have heard.

[tatyno1234]

mamaaaa!!!!



[musiclover1485]

Hi Linh, this is my favorite Rachmaninoff's concerto played by my favorite pianist Martha Argerich :-)

[AquilesCastroECU]

maybe this is what white people should dedicate themselves to, instead of invading other countries and playing the role of world douchebags

[texaspianist]

@AquilesCastroECU Exactly! The same would apply to slanty-eyed yellow people in the 30s and 40s. A douchebag is a douchebag.

[wjsado]

@AquilesCastroECU Not often you see racism against white people. Now I know what it feels like. Now I can use that civil rights act of 1966 as well! Score

[Seanze329]

@AquilesCastroECU You do realize that most of the great conquerors weren't even white, don't you? I mean, think about Japan and Mongolia. :P Please don't be ignorant and racist it's very revealing in a bad way.

[rollerdeath50]

@AquilesCastroECU hahahahahaha nice

[slapmyfunkybass]

@AquilesCastroECU it was a white person who composed it

[pesekjarousek]

super poslech, vážně chuťovka

[MarshalNey13]

holy shit...

[1gombro]

What about Horovitz , pals?

not bad, is it?

[t3hwasabi]

Bronfman, Argerich, my god, these two interpretations seriously send chills down my spine

[JamesTR4]

she plays it better than rachmaninoff does

[draganilic47]

there is nothing to say just listen to it

[sshimgrey]

She's coming to NY in April, 2011....I wanna go!!

[6lues6rother]

@sshimgrey

And does she play solo, or again duetts or trios?

[simcha181818]

@sshimgrey Where is Martha going to play in April 2011 in NY?

[rjcasey]

@simcha181818 Carnegie Hall I just got tickets.

[pianist3912]

@rjcasey Which concerto is she playing at Carnegie Hall???

[ekekobbi]

Beautiful playing

[meredith218461]

Her tigerish temperament is allied to an innate understanding of this gargantuan masterpiece.

[KCheO10]

She is so good....I never get tired of listening to her play this awesome piece....:)

[vickierlan]

Such clarity of notes. Incredible! Is this the best interpretation of this piece? Seems it.

[ThrashTillDeath322]

i don't know how to say this to sophisticated upper class people, but... martha is hot!

[TwelfthRoot2]

@ThrashTillDeath322 "sophisticated upper class people" don't know shit. They just act like they do because it makes them feel sophisticated. Maybe you meant "true music lovers" instead :)

[ossiacadenza1]

Argerich has a very strong style of playing.

[cunnidvd]

I love you Martha.

[paulostroff99]

awesome! TY

[PENNSY671E]

I know that Rachmaninoff was a tall man with hands to match. I would guess she, too must be blessed with good sized hands. She seems to manage those large intervals without hint of any strain whatsoever.

[jackieli3]

@PENNSY671E Actually, I'm pretty sure that Argerich has very small hands. She's just incredibly talented!

[PENNSY671E]

@jackieli3 I've heard her name for years but only now have started listening to & watching this gifted woman. She's so good I find her mesmerizing.

[Ramcsivagyok]

Einsame Spitze!

[astrofizzi12]

Hallo I am not a professional piano player but I recorded a mix of pieces from Piano Concerto n. 3 and played electric guitars along. You can hear it and leave a comment, thanks a lot, Roberto

[fideslaw]

В горле пересыхает и плакать хочется особенно в начале.

[fideslaw]

В горле пересыхает и плакать хочется особенно в начале.



[Ellinidara]

She has gived to the world the most faboulous,perfect,amazing version of this difficult,sublime concerto,EVER.No more words.

[migdalan]

Excellent interpretation!

[rooster1113]

Heaven is the music.Thank God for everything.

[Aereliz]

Happy Birthday! Great

[LAURENCE1363]

The best!

good birthday Martha,and THANKS.

[Sashomei]

awesome sound! cant believe

[lifeinahand]

she does a great job here in my opinion, but then why do people give her so much crap for the way she plays for liszt piano concerto no. 1?

[Orsonpitbull]

estaba muy buena marta eh ojo... ;)

[LawrenceSLNg]

Wonderful feeling, dynamics ans style.

[TheoneParky]

Can't help but smile at 2:24 :)

[passeddy]

@jumpbuck8 You can not compare Martha Argerich with olga kern, because Martha is legendary! maybe you like Olga because she is beautiful, maybe she would make you a good blowjob!

[jumpbuck8]

@passeddy Hey, didn't know that IS your fetish, judging an artist by his/her blowjob. Ha ha ha. This is the most funniest thing I have ever heard of. I strongly advise you to seek a psychiatrist to give you a fix.

[Kalen1457]

Martha Argerich: The concerto queen

[raunchyradke]

2:36 I'd hit that

[paulostroff99]

None ever better.

[bortkiew]

I think the brief tremolo part at 9:50 is one of my favorite moments in the piece.

[ultracoolhomies]

@jumpbuck8 We must never compare any interpretation to another. Especially when it comes down to the titans such as Horowitz, Rubinstein and others.

[Koryokokumi]

Wow, she's great pianist

[gretagardeva]

numero UUUNNNNOOOOO

[1hakon]

@jumpbuck8 I think Argerich has much more experience nowadays and she's more matured. To "jugde" is not the meaning of music. Argerich played it 30 years ago in her way like Kern does it today. Also Horrowitz is not a good example 'cause this was another tradition in interpretation of russian music. It's not compareable. It would be interesting to hear how Argerich would perform this concert in these days. Hopefully she will give an example in the future. For me she's the greatest.

[jumpbuck8]

@1hakon @ultracoolhomies We live in different times.

Sergei COMPOSED Rach 3 TOGETHER Olga's grandmother, an excellent pianist and singer. Bet you don't know Rach 3 can be sang as well, so don't give me the crap.

I love Martha. I was at her house with Helene Grimaud, a prodigy of Martha, but since Martha is Brazilian, it is like speaking Russian with an accent, this time it is Yiddish.

I am on tour with Olga in Europe right now so eat your heart out.

[opus43rhap]

@jumpbuck8 Martha is not Brazilian, she's Argentine.

[elgar34]

Totally inept camera work. The worst video I've ever seen, a complete disservice to the great Argerich. But I suppose Chailly was really the star after all? There's certainly enough shots of him.

[kozborn]

I love her!

[terrylaw54]

Agreed!! Martha Argerich is one of the most impressive pianists of the middle to late 20th century!! She has all the characeristics that make up a great performer...style...class...te­chnical ability and eccentricity!!

[rolldito]

Exciting, divine, incomparable, there is nothing like it.

[lailarocha]

maravilhosa

[nanajockel]

Kimo, I don't know if you are male or female, I don't care, right now I could kiss you for all this beautiful music...

[logosthedestroyer]

Please! Cameraman, stop showing us the back of the piano! We want to see the HANDS!

[daruta1]

Great russian compouser!

[MrLacidaremlamano]

ok she's the best

[ultracoolhomies]

Rachmaninoff said Grieg's Piano concerto in A minor was the best piano concerto ever written with no exceptions. But for me, I like Rachmaninoff.

[miepdetruus]

it's not about if #2 or #3 is the best, it's just rach's piano concerto's are the best...

[t3hwasabi]

Goosebumps...

[popol1975]

I have goose pimples, she's amazing. She plays it perfectly. I just love it

[joanet2010]

does anyone plays it the same tempo as Rachmaninov did?... I had never listened it the real composer way and I was surprised of the frenetic tempo that rachmaninov himself played the concerto.

[amshg21]

this is amazign ... 0.0

[GlaciationII]

Happy birthday Rachmaninov !

[cocolasticot06]

7:57 to 8:25 it gets so epic

[Metalfreakk19]

I need to learn music so i can play this on my guitar lol

[jonnyboylee]

dont ruin it by playing it on the guitar

[Metalfreakk19]

To late bwahahaha

[hellogoodbye880]

@jonnyboylee what do you mean ????

[eddiemperor]

@Metalfreakk19 Good Luck My Friend This is one of the most Difficult Piano Concertos ever written.

[hfdpayner]

unless you had 3 pairs of hands i doubt its possible lol

[sackwhacker]

Rach 3 Movement 1 is da best!!!!!

[p0rel]

I likee the no.2 more!

[flpsnk4848]

me too but both is absolutely amazing

[bboymango]

mmmmmm

0:55 to 1:00

the voicings is better than any ive heard

[gc0619]

If one read the history of WWII in Russian, one could understand the both 2nd and 3rd piano concertoes. I prefer 2nd ruther than 3rd. Lang Lang's 2nd and Rubinstein's 3rd after listening over 12 pianists for each.

[billyguns2]

Rubinstein never recorded the 3rd.

[NOSEhow2LIV]

So glad you prefer Rubinstein's 3rd concertoe, as he never played it!

[wpunderwood]

I believe that composers, like specific foods, have that Japanese concept of "umami". Martha Argerich completely captures Rachmaninoff's "umami".

[LazyBastard69]

@wpunderwood lool just too nerdy

[Lymphaticnessicity]

Not saying it's bad, but I liked Rachmaninoff's second piano concerto the most. I had never heard the third one (until now), and I had high expectations based on the first two; sadly, I didn't find this one quite as spectacular.

Regardless, this is still wonderfully performed.

[Deminaku]

His second one is rather popular compared to this one. A lot of people have stated that his 3rd concerto is actually the most difficult compared to the first two and his fourth.

[tk421jag]

I have always heard that as well.

[ivoseixas]

Not only compared to his first two and the fourth, but compared to all piano pieces in the world, dude...

[itsanthonyhere]

@ivoseixas - So many people say "This is one of the hardest in the world"....There are WAY TOO MANY pieces to make that statement. I hear it about Scarlatti, Chopin, Prokofiev, Rach...

[ultracoolhomies]

@itsanthonyhere This is a very difficult piece technically. But there are more difficult pieces in non-standard piano repertoire. Try looking up Alkan; a close friend of Chopin, and the man Liszt said had the most perfect technique in the world. His etude "Le Preux" has only been recorded twice, and both of those recordings are half the speed marked.

[RantingTrent]

@Lymphaticnessicity - I used to not care for the 3rd myself and like yourself my favorite was the 2nd. Understanding and loving the 3rd takes a little more time than understanding the 2nd but once you do I think you may change your mind.

[Lymphaticnessicity]

I guess I'll take your word for it

=)

[mariacelloful]

η απολυτη μελωδια.προσκυνω.........

[NemoProkofiev551]

She is the most amazing musical talent EVER.

[richclayderman]

she was kinda pretty when she was young

[Hekutaa]

Actually I think she was really pretty =].

[mariacelloful]

τι μελωδια ειναι αυτη!!!!αξεχαστη.

[demosj]

I admire her technical facility, but the absurd rushing at 2:03 is a little out of hand.

[MSXXY69]

This was... amazing

[TheEnglishViking1]

Good, but too fast. At this speed it becomes indistinct, plus pedal over use.

[olympianstar]

The BEST interpretation i have ever listen of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3.Martha Argerich is a great virtuoso of all times!!!

[Barbapippo]

And not only Argerich; the Concertgbouw play with the precision and the clarity of a chamber group, Chaiily is a real virtuoso of conducting

[mixzar]

@olympianstar

yes, but i don't like the rubato in the 2nd theme.

Kissin and Askenazy are way better

[polyruss]

Wonderful! Another rendition that I liked was that of Ingrid Sala Santamaria....

[ik8xfu]

Bellissima esecuzione!

[silver0alix]

I agree, the camerawork is poor. I want to see her hands more often. Apart from that, I love it.

[mrculterreux]

Nice little grin the conductor gives at 2:24...

[rolldito]

4:45 - 5:45 BEST!!!!

[bachclassik]

My favourite interpretation!

[bakes789]

@rlamm225 just chills!

[PauleQueenie]

When I look at the pianist, I see pedestrians crossing trying reach the other side of the road before being ran over by speeding drivers. After it is one of the symbolic of a piano keyboard, the pedestiran crossing.

Rachmaninoff's composition are so complex, almost tortured falling into and out of simplicity and love into pain and excentricity impossible for both to remain in accordance for very long. Tempestuous love or calm storm of music. Impressive to listen being played

[angryjalapeno]

Beautiful playing. Awful cameraman.

[misantropfagia]

@angryjalapeno Great cameraman at 2:24

[markcornwell]

Kicking ass and taking names!

[zsofia10]

martha is amazing!! I had the opportunity to play schumann piano concerto in orchestra with her as a soloist and she is such a simple women! By the way the conductor is great! he follow her so well and knows the piece very well!

[TheKoti5]

es hermoso

[vanescotland]

Bravo!!! The argentiniens are so proud of you Martha!

[arborealgarden]

I think they ought to show more of the piano during the concerto. One needs to appreciate the incredible finger dexterity to be able to play this piece, and that too, to such sublime levels of perfection!

Funny how you can always detect a trace of Slavonicism in pieces.. that Central European, Russian flavour in the melody..

Anyway, I've noticed that a lot of pianists keep up this sort of chant to themselves in the midst of particularly difficult passages - Uchida does too! What is it?

[danielvest89]

beautiful

[lohengrin78]

una valchiria che cavalca sfrenata un oceano di bellezza...

[lohengrin78]

entrambi superbi...

[RediForKing]

Horowitz brings much more emotion into this in my opinion..

[tautes]

I'm crying

[raoultak]

Dashing...like a Godess plays one of the most wonderful concertos. Keeps my heart telling me that life is worth living. This is so wonderful.

[paquitomoralles]

its silent sex disguised of sound

[ThatRachGirl]

I am silent in awe.

[raoultak]

Perfect.....nobody better. A master peace performed by the master of masters.....a goddess! Totally in motion as she builds up emotions. Perfect!

[bruxdiesel]

Thank you! This is the version I prefer.

[metal2227]

Brilliant!

[1hakon]

Argerich celebrates Rachmanninov like a wizzard!

[BugzLooney]

Might I mention that conductor is a sly mofo

[BugzLooney]

goddess

[jennaofthecuckooclan]

Love this piece

[94HamMan]

I think she made mistake at 6:36.

OOPS

[Ainigma]

i don't think so

[LerafoLuap]

Nope.

[elements100]

No, I don't think she did.

[op10no4]

@94HamMan Oh rly? that means you play better than her?

I don't think so (:

[manorrd]

Great performance.

I could have used some more footage of the conductor's face, however.  :-P

[kasramusique]

Elle fait du piano avec une technique fabuleuse, c'est incroyable!

[bigcalamaro]

ahahah il direttore d'orchestra secondo me ha tirato di coca prima di dirigere!!

[yumichyumichyumich]

awsome

[daruta1]

OMG!

[a380kik]

I've listened to all possible versions of Rach 3. I must say I love Martha's interpretation and she is the best. She is history, she is legend, she is the only one... I love you, Martha.

[djstkora]

i don't like any performance of this piece I've heard so far... but I like the concerto....

[lacrymosa85]

arcadi volodos has a nice performance of this

[Powerslider]

I have the same problem. Almost all of them are too fast for me or have extreme tempo changes that i dont like.

I have a great and mild version on mp3 tho! Suits me perfectly!!

[Besdonaz]

like the conductor. so happy sometimes ^_^

[1bigstudmuffin]

yawn, i hate Rachmaninoff, too much crap intermixed with too many notes. Bach and Lizst any day over this cacophony

[blahblahluke]

some ppl say the perfomance is bad, but doesnt appoint any argument to support that opinion... lol

saying something is bad, worse... everyone can say that. how bout trying to find some solid arguments before posting a pointless personal viewing?

[lelilelu]

There are no arguments for tastes.

[OutdatedPlaylist]

going to a concert to listen to this very piece soon.. so stoked <3

[dtyobber]

waMLF6571 either you are joking, deaf, or rach himself come back to critique mortals who accomplish the improbable as Argerich did.

[wamlf6571]

worst.... performance.......ever

[dtyobber]

joking?

[drfrung]

If you were chalenged to listen to 5 performances blindfolded, not knowing who is playing, you wouldn't dare to repeat such an arrogant and stupid opinion, Mr. Nobody.

[thebluewoods]

I absolutely love the part after 07:00

:)

[PauleQueenie]

thebluewoods, may I ask what made you say so?

Good day

[Ellinidara]

In my opinion the Rachm.3°'s version,ever.

[XavifromSeville]

She plays this piece incredibly and she's beautiful!

[LAnonHubbard]

I'm so used to listening to the Ashkenazy version of this that in places Martha's sounds odd. I'm sure the reverse would be true also if I has listened only to Martha's for years before hearing others' renditions/interpretations.

She looks great here and I look forward to seeing and hearing more of her work.

[afertyus1000]

thats such a true observation,we all listened to 'best versions' in our childhood and cling onto them as if they were the best but an interpretation by the very meaning of the word is just that,it does'nt make it necessarily bad

[Robotman42]

Doesn't it make the 3rd movement sound really fast?

[misotoma]

yea i've heard some ppl criticize this work (actual professionals) saying it lacks in terms of music. at the moment all i can is i prefer Rach's concertos right now over Liszt, Chopin and Beethoven.. WHICH SAYS ALOT. ofc im not an accomplished pianist.. but i think i understand every note Rach put on these sheets. I consider them innovating and at the same time very well done.. not one second of his concertos bore me..