Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.3 Op.26 Movement 3 (Argerich)

[dubblebubble898]

Ive listened to this poece over 100 times, and i still become so amazed by the coda :D

[ForeverPianoLover]

for sure this is not Argerich

[MachiavelliDefirenze]

Watching porn, masturbating & listening to this = HEAVEN!

[Josedono]

@MachiavelliDefirenze You and I function in similar ways, my friend. 

[xeliosphere]

My favorite part of this piece is the coda :)

[Ir0nman86]

you can find sheet music @ sheetsearch . com

[twgirl1]

很棒的音樂 很好聽

[TheSoken123]

the coda should be a candidate of " Top Ten Best Piano Concerto Coda" Award

[teccomin]

@TheSoken123 Prokofiev writes awesome codas. The 2nd Concerto coda took me by surprised when I first heard it. The 5th Symphony coda is perhaps one of his best.

[fierydog]

I want to go back in time to 1960 and marry Martha Argerich.

[RH98]

@fierydog haha join the queue

[MsThisNameIsTaken]

Holy shoot.

[JohnRift]

Prokofief looks very hard.

[aloisiuslouis]

Argerich in questo concerto è insuperabile; ci svela ogni arcano con l'unica interpretazione totalmente aderente al testo. supera anche gilels con kondrascin, il quale nel finale, ad esempio, si perde un pò, senza farsi risucchiare nel tumultuoso vortice che conclude l'ultimo movimento

[Rasterius]

fuck

[MEpianist]

What's up with the double-noted flourish at 7:39 -- does anyone actually play as written?

[Desmonddd2002]

@MEpianist she did.

[teccomin]

@MEpianist The double-noted flourish at 7:39, I guess you play it with 2 hands, one hand on each note. The hands will be sticking really close together but I think its doable. I have never played this, so thats just my guess.

[Fedlix101]

@MEpianist prokofiev will play like this :D

[pianovirtuoso1000]

1000 times better than Lang Lang!

[AttemptingToBeBusy]

Every time I listen to this I can't help but smile with sheer amazement, and the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end... Incredible...

[cartmanapja]

9 people have no sense of humour.

[Kiinsuke]

BRAVO !!

[ziegfried666]

Siento que Argerich es como una maquina tocando... toca muy bien.... pero le quita la magia.... de cualquier modo es una hermosa version

[WonderWoman0591]

Breathtaking.

[cindernation12]

This is my favorite movement of the piece. This makes me feel so alive, passionate about life, mysterious, playful, sensual, Prokofiev was a mad genious!!!

[PaulH1748]

It is a great ending, that's for sure. The whirlwind of chords before the very end is one of the best uses of chromatic harmony i've ever heard...

[RachPhantom40]

Please, could someone tell me where can I find the sheet music?

[uher240]

mari kodama blew them all away in berkeley under conductor kent nogano in 89

find it if u can i recorded it with m49's, km 56's gml mic pre's and a uher reel to reel...

prokofiev 1 and 3.

[1wesmith]

lang lang & imagination be damned!!!!

[deskset24]

I first heard this piece when my community orchestra (Haddonfield Symphony of NJ) played it back in the late 1970s to early 1980s. (I played second violin.)

Thank you for posting the (reduced) score! I've always wanted to see it!

[RachPhantom40]

How is this possible?...

Amazing...

[danjuan88]

Such a brilliant show-piece! I have absolutely no hope of playing this, but looking at the score, its pretty damn useful that Prokofiev writes these rehearsal numbers after every little obstacle - it kinda gives you some incentive to learn it, doesn't it =] ... to a certain standard...

[paganviodio]

there are some pianists who keeps saying that prokofiev concertos are not that hard as they seem, a tchaikowsky or brahms is even harder technically to play. would you agree with that...to me seems the music much harder than a tchaikowsky score, but as a violinist i know that there are pieces which seems harder than they are, can a pianist answer to that...

[belialah]

@paganviodio u are right.....alwais depends on the pianists but a Brahms anyone the D minor or the Bb major are harder....Prokofiev was such a good composer that his Piano Concertos looks imposible to play but the arent....even they are extremly chalenging...lol i am so sorry for my english...both Brahms and Prokofiev are great but Brahms is harder....sorry i can speak better in spanish lol

[belialah]

@belialah for instance...i played both Prokofiev Piano Sonata 7, and Brahms Piano Sonata N. 3 op.5 , Brahms was extremly difficult, prokofiev was difficult but not imposible...lol

[pianist3912]

@belialah Porqué piensa Ud. Brahms es más difícil que Prokofiev? Sí, Brahms es muy difícil, pero en una manera muy diferente. Es difícil comparar los dos conciertos. Ambos con piezas increíbles sin embargo :)

[belialah]

@pianist3912 Hola, que bonito cuando a uno le discuten algo inteligentemente!!

Mira, mi punto de vista es el siguiente...pues si, tienes toda la razon, verdaderamente es bastante dificil compararlos por que son estilos absolutamente diferentes...yo pienso que depende del pianista en primer lugar, en mi caso es raro por que Brahms es mi compositor favorito pero en mi experiencia Brahms me ha costado mas que Prokofiev...

[belialah]

@pianist3912 Ahora, no por que a mi me cueste mas quiere decir que Brahms es mas dificil, mi punto es en especificamente en los Conciertos pasa piano y orquesta...Bueno el Primero de Brahms en Re menor, es bastante largo, muy muy energico, poetico, es mas un juego entre piano y orquesta, por lo que entender la intencion de Brahms es un poquito complicado..luego el Segundo en Si b mayor, para mi OJO para mi es Posiblemente uno de los 5 Conciertos mas dificiles que se han escrito...

[belialah]

@pianist3912 Prokofiev, el cual me encanta, era un compositor absolutamente genial, y la musica que el escribio para piano esta absolutamente moldeada a la tecnica pianistica(al contrario de Tchaikovsky), pero digamos mi profesor piensa que el tercero de Prokofiev es igual de dificil que el tercero de Rachmaninoff, y mi profe es Ruso por lo que sabe lo que esta diciendo...jajajajaja mucha hablada la mia verdad?...

[belialah]

@pianist3912 bueno amigo mi punto en general es que Brahms es un compositor talvez mas complejo, mas dificil de entender que Prokofiev, Prokofiev es mas simple, mas cercano a Mozart, Prokofiev era una persona muy segura de si misma, por lo que su musica es entendible, Brahms era muy inseguro, lo que influye en la de el.....jajajaja bueno ese es mi punto de vista, pero si, te doy la razon y tu comentario es completamente acertado!

Saludos

[OrangeSodaKing]

@paganviodio I don't know about Prokofiev 3, but I have heard multiple professionals say that Prokofiev 2 is much harder than Tchaikovsky 1, and even harder than Rachmaninoff's 3rd or Brahms 1 and maybe 2.

[sumimimi0]

prokofiev and martha are crazy people...

[LoftyProduction]

@sumimimi0 whats more crazy is the fact music composed by rachmaninoff exists :P

[Flutist11]

The music already doesn't sound simple... but to see the NOTES, Gosh! What a DRAG it must have been that have to write that all out! It would take forever!

[nitabahtiri]

I'm in love with this

[kimchislayer]

OMFG THIS SONG IS FKING HARD

my arm was hurting and i played the double bass for this

[KCJazzKeys]

My favorite piano conerto and I had never heard Argerich's version. A new favorite! Now I must go out and get some CD of her playing this over various periods. I hope she has recorded his 1st concerto also!

[saudinamber]

Prokofiev impossible genius like ten minds in one body .. Einstein said the music

[JSB741]

Fantastic ending.

[theshjt1]

can anyone send me this sheet, I can't find it

[iriverivyleague]

shit

[TehBrettster]

6:26 feels like a regurgitation of emotion-- it's a really odd way to think about it, but that's how it makes me feel. It gimme the chills.

Exhilarating ending. I'm so sad I haven't seen this live. It's one of those pieces that makes me wish I were a performance major, because then I might get to play it sometime. =\

[SilentViolins]

Hm... I don't think Lang Lang's understanding with the piece feels correct... Instead of thinking of it like two hands fighting with each other, I feel like the pianist is fighting with the orchestra. Does anyone else get that kind of feeling?

[BlueCougar]

@SilentViolins lat. concertare = to fight (together with or against). A good concerto is always a fight between soloist and orchestra...

[exavier091]

one of my favorite vids on youtube!!!!!

best interpretation of this piece hands down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cerzule]

SPECTACULAR performance! And words can't describe how magical/beautiful 2:29 - 7:03 is.

[lamkody]

prokokiev's theory = keys are meant to be ignored...

[1980NewWave]

The part beginning at 8:41 ....oh my god....

[BNM321zxy]

i cant believe this is in Cm

[karazh]

why? :D

[BNM321zxy]

in the description,, it says that it is in Cm but it sounds like it starts with Am key

[karazh]

@BNM321zxy dude keys dont have a character

[BlueCougar]

@karazh They had before equal temperament tuning took it away.

[bosesamsungdell]

@BNM321zxy it's neither, This is C major

[chutdigadut]

@BNM321zxy actually, C MAJOR lol

[slateflash]

@BNM321zxy it's not, it keeps changing, which is pretty damn amazing

[gambitojoss]

fantastic!! the perfect sound comunicated un my precise frecuency!!

[123eldest]

Definitely my favourite out of the 3 you've posted. Please post more =]

[NigelPRagtime]

Does anyone have a score of the two piano parts this for all three movements?..please let me know if you have it available anyone.

[123eldest]

found all 3 on imslp =]

[varniss]

@NigelPRagtime If you check out IMSLP (Google it) you will find the two-piano score and the orchestral parts to this and a lot of other pieces of romantic music.

[B8Av3]

One of the best i've heard from you. Bravo!

[stagesix6]

i've finnaly understood, with this final coda, what women mean with multiple orgasms...

[llxie78]

haha...I like your comments...LOL!!

[kloutvor]

Thank you

[DreDre349]

*__________________*

[kobesunset]

Couldn't finish this one, not my cup of tea

[muertabo]

This is one of the most beautiful pieces i ever heard .. Look at the magical piano lines at 4:30 and 5:35, sounds like a dream .. Sergei prokofiev wasn´t a simple genius, was a authentic god or a superhuman if you prefer .. This always turn me on, thanks for sharing

[EuphoricDan]

I am not entirely sure beautiful is the correct adjective for this.

This is more "Behold! For I am Prokofiev, listen to me!" Than it is beautiful... lol

So very awsome

[aizendarwin]

NO not look but listen

[TheZombieBot]

Amazing!

[Enukzuk]

c'est bien pour le klavierist merci

[Chopinm4n]

the amount of skill that goes into playing this piece (for piano and orchestra) is unbelievable...

[tomenicus]

the score is in fact for two pianos, is'n't it? Godd idea for the video.

[figaromagniffico]

omg this is the piece from the video "lang lang gone mad" hahaha.. now get to hear the real piece in context

[flic71]

STUPENDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

[Epogdous]

The coda of this concerto is an undisputed masterpiece

[michal1810]

She's impossible

[ilkinond]

Well, errr, ever so slightly uncouth?

[Kalen1457]

Prokofiev had quite an imagination...

[juble3]

@Kalen1457 yeaa he's so awesome(:

[kempff95]

oh! martha dont eat the piano please.....

(thats movment is perfect!!!)

[volly69]

This is awesome and inspiring...my goal is to write like this in my own style, of course...all the accidentals and no key signature is the way I write anyway...this is so cool! THANKS!

[coasterman16]

The piece is in C major, hence the lack of a key signature, but there are plenty of accidentals :P

[itsanthonyhere]

How in the hell do people write this. I don't get it. I never will.

[sephirothpuppet]

I love this concerto. :)

[werewethere]

Thanks for the great performance and the score to go along with it, it is very instructive.

[siimbiosis]

aah, such haunting melodies!

thanks for posting the notes too.

[Kalen1457]

Like two hands! Fighting!

[coasterman16]

How dare you quote Lang Lang. You should be ashamed. Argerich eats Lang Lang for breakfast.

[Phrygian12]

NICE!!!

[blahblah3299]

Agreed. Lang Lang's kinda bad.

[vonMohl]

@coasterman16 Isn't there better food than that for Ms Argerich ?

[saby0009]

@coasterman16 I don't like Lang Lang... ^.^"

[artymowycz]

@saby0009 i bet it has to do with the way he emotes himself during his performances.

[saby0009]

@artymowycz nope. I don't like his playing. I find it... Ugh! I just don't like it...

[artymowycz]

@saby0009 so you'd be able to tell the difference between lang lang playing and another pianist?

[charvinn]

@artymowycz I don't think I know any trained musicians that actually like his interpretations of... anything. I think he's hillarious and entertaining though.

[artymowycz]

@charvinn its definitely an acquired taste but there are some pieces that i think a lot of people can agree with.

[charvinn]

@artymowycz i liked his hungarian rhapsody 2 a lot. i think he has the right personality for a quirky piece like that.

[artymowycz]

@charvinn i really enjoyed his rach 2 and chopin nocturne op.27 no.2 when he performed at carnegie hall

[nico22059]

@artymowycz Fuck! how can you compare Martha Argerich with Lang Lang!!??? Damn, I can´t understand how people can like him, he´s not a musician...just a clown :P

[artymowycz]

@nico22059 i don't understand how so many people hate him. he is one of the most celebrated pianists of today. i like him because he offers a completely different perspective on things, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

[nico22059]

@artymowycz hmm...he´s a clown, not a pianist! that´s my answer, he has an incredible technique, but that´s all...

[artymowycz]

@nico22059 what if Mozart, or Chopin, or any of the greats played in the same way he did? you cant prove that they didn't, there is no visual evidence for it. If anything, Mozart is probably most likely of all to have played in a similar manner as Lang Lang due to his charismatic personality. which brings me to ask, do you listen to music or do you watch it? because other then moving around and making what some might consider, silly gestures, he does not have any clown like features.

[nico22059]

@artymowycz if Lang Lang is charismatic, then I´m the dalai lama xD

[OrangeSodaKing]

@artymowycz I only listen to Lang Lang's playing, often times not knowing it's even his playing, and I think to myself "I don't like this playing very much." It's not his motions, but instead his sound and interpretation that I don't like.

[artymowycz]

@OrangeSodaKing i can understand not agreeing with his perspective on most pieces but i find that most people don't like him because of the way he performs physically, and thats what annoys me the most.

[dishflow]

@charvinn I don't think its even entertaining. I get just get kinda upset..

[LeAzEMOval]

favorite piano concerto!!!!(L)

[Lukecash12]

Him and Scriabin. No other. My favorite, most sentimental composers...

[Lukecash12]

Lmao, i didn't say they were the best, merely the most sentimental to me.

[thepianomaniac]

Nice!

[OverFjell]

That end is just mind blowing.

[Lukecash12]

The entire thing is. The structure, poise, character, hysteria. It's a trip...

[OverFjell]

HOLY SHIT O_O

[LadyFreyja]

great

[Chopianist3]

Hey!! I never realised the pianist plays the piza. also! I must have not noticed it while watching the actual performance! lol! Thx a heap for putting the score up!

[Dyonegan]

The pianist doesn't. At the beginning, it is marked as "II", that is to say the transcription of the orchestra part for the second piano.

[BeammeupSpotty]

I love the triplets at 149 (8:42). ahhhhhhhhh

[BeammeupSpotty]

yes, ditto to all the comments below. Thanks a million for putting this together and posting it. I typically like to watch the performers, but seeing the score like this is so amazing, mezmorizing. How did Prokofieff do it. How does Martha play it. It all seems so impossible, but here it is, and it's heart wrenchingly beautiful. I just wish more people appreciated it, rather than 3 chord rock bands, though I like rock bands too. Oh well.

[mdeonx16]

Chuck Norris once told me that Martha Argerich was the only person on Earth he thought of when he wondered about the possibility of lessons.

[ugdudgwengdo]

thats called being ambidextrous

[deroyale]

It's also called being 'the most interesting man in the world'...

Does Chuck Norris actually play the piano?

All you people giving me thumbs down are REALLY too uptight. REALLY!

[yumsalad]

I voted you up simply because you said Chuck Norris.

[maydengarNSBHS]

chuck norris can suck your dick

geez

[zeryx28]

Magnificent!

[Chopinm4n]

Wow thanks a lot for putting this up. This must have taken HOURS to make.

[Alnyyl]

Prokofiev and Argerich are awesome...

[mdeonx16]

This is more magical than Disney World...

[Esbenkm]

haha yeah, ofcourse

[sergeidave]

Argerich rocks! And tons of respect to Prokofiev!! To make dissonant chords sound so cool, now that's art and genius!!

[Forandar]

Im playing in piano, but this looks imposible to play, its so cool...

[passjay]

what an arrangement

[wargreymagic]

simply breathtaking!

[sturbos]

it feels like not a single key is left out of ths peice

[pianohero3]

I get what you're saying! This is amazing!

[markopianist]

That was great!

[davidleitman]

Mindblowing

[wbaker7]

i still prefer the van cliburn BSO version of this but she is very good.

[cartmanapja]

see rmannion's vid in which ashkenazy plays prokofiev's piano concerto no.2 mvt 3!!! very beautiful too

[ostrun]

what a performence!!5 stars

[wtblessing]

excellent! more people should do moveis like this.

[cartmanapja]

how could prokofiev write such wonderful pieces!!!!!(L)

[mdeonx12]

Nothing can stop Argerich on a pianistic rampage, NOTHING!

[Werwolf2x]

Powerful piece!

[cartmanapja]

how can i play 7:34?????

[jero13595]

I find it puzzling too... You're supposed to make it sound like a glissando.

[cartmanapja]

so i can play glissando?

[jero13595]

You are not suppose to play it like a glissando. You do not slide your fingers across the keyboard. According to Wikipedia, you use your knuckles... If you wanna see how it looks like watch the video played by Trull, 2nd prize winner of the 1986 Tchaikovsky Competition.

[cartmanapja]

thx very much

[IloveAlexisBledel689]

Argerich is unbelievebly good!

[NeighborAhmed]

noice

[coasterman16]

Just a note to aldebussy, this piano concerto is far from atonal. Prokofiev was a highly harmonic composer; in fact, it is his chromaticism and richly layered harmonies that make his work so distinctive.

[aldebussy]

Just a note to Mr. Know It All, I'm sorry, but did I say it's atonal? I don't remember saying so...

[aldebussy]

That was a response to somebody who praised Prokofiev for staying away from serialism.