Martha Argerich: Beethoven's Sonata Op.53 "Waldstein" (Part 1)

[IsaacH1273]

i will be eternally grateful to whoever can find out where to find this recording on CD or MP3.

[Sim882]

shame she never attempted a minor key Beethoven work - has a female ever competently performed minor key beethoven piano sonatas (Valentina's efforts are a joke compared to the heavyweights)

[Sim882]

@Sim882 given Uchida's brilliant Mozart 20, I'm assuming she'd have the ability

[TrevRockOne]

@Sim882 Uchida has recorded the Op. 111. I'm not crazy about her performance, though.

[Sim882]

@TrevRockOne yeah i agree - surprisingly poor

[fernandofariajunior]

She starts way too fast, trips right at 0:19 and has to blast the pedal to cover it, and then gradually lets the tempo slide till she abruptly picks it up again... Don't get me wrong, Argerich has a wonderful technique.. but her sense of tempo has always been less than satisfactory... Listen to her Scarlatti sonatas to see what I mean...

[SevenCircles]

@fernandofariajunior

I think it depends she is rumoured to be pretty lazy when it comes to practice so that might be the reason

[andytheax]

the audience responds with coughing lol

[ErickSFB]

se Deus tocasse piano tocaria assim!

[sugarve]

troppo veloce

[gamufer]

La que más me gusta es la de Arrau a sus 80 años. Es puro corazón y sentimiento. Esto es muy rápido, solo una linda melodía. La de Arrau desgarra, hace llorar.

[vjelis123]

Ciò che va bene per Beethoven di temperamento piuttosto rivoltoso contro tante situazioni, per Chopin proprio non è ammesso perchè la sua musica tende ad altri obiettivi espressivi.

[ivanoschen]

Schnabel's interpretation is far better than Gilel's, whose version is perfect in almost everything except for one...

[3rdgatebaptist]

I love you, Martha! Unfortunately, my wife insists I'm not leaving her, and she's the boss! But let me say in passing that you're doing what I would have done if only I had listened to my piano teacher. Time and again I'm picking out my favorite UTube recordings of some piece, only to find your name on it. You're the best!

[8musicalmoments8]

I hear Gulda by listening to this :)

[batchava]

Amazing!!

[DonDragonJr]

yo creo que la mano izquierda choca demasiado con la mano derecha, para mi siempre en mejor tocando esta pieza será Arrau.

[PianistaBsAs]

@DonDragonJr Yo quisiera escucharte tocar esta sonata, y que después opines todo lo que quieras sobre estos genios intocables.

[AndreAx1985]

Please listen to Gilels for this sonata... He had a 24-karat gold tone and a musical perspective which Argerich could only dream about.

[SFWoodWiz]

@AndreAx1985 I agree! Thanks to your hint I looked up his performance and it's wonderful!!!!

[assindiastignani]

Fascinating. My first reaction was, "Wooooaaaa girl!! Slow down!" But, the more I listened, the more convinced I became. And it is totally convincing, because this is truly the way she hears this music. Argerich doesn't play fast just for the sake of showing off her staggering pianistic facility - for her, this is how it has to be. And while you're listening to her play, it does indeed have to be this way. She always leaves me speechless with admiration (and envy). Good ole Martha!

[eddievollbio]

she is a genius, but not everywhere, and never with beethoven. we basically hear all her weakness = ability to keep the tempo, fast when easy, slow when difficult....

but this doesn't happened when she plays prokofiev. she simply miss 40% of the notes. :D ( 7. Sonata op.83 )

[238assante]

@eddievollbio

i agree mostly with you here . Beethoven is not her thing, and that's not even a criticism . No one is truly universal . Brendel understood this and admitted he'd never play Chopin . Pollini is not a Brahms player and so on and so on. But it's interesting when those pianists venture into "foreign" territory . Sometimes you hear them do things and think "hmm, never thought of it that way.." ..haha.

[martinl19]

@eddievollbio great comment! well put, though I didn´t quite get what you meant on your last sentence: she missED (misses) 40% of the notes in this sonata? and you meant she is totally accurate when playing Prokofiev?

[8scatterbrain8]

toooooooooooooo fast! arrau's the best

[rtisom]

Always all about herself, not the music

[COLETTESASHA]

nouvelle écoûte ; je trouve toujours un peu rapide, mais c'est tout de même très beau

[COLETTESASHA]

J4AIME martha A mais cette fois je trouve le tempo trop rapide (une vraie course contre la montre)

[lourak]

The tempo is just too frenetic.

[chilenoHDU]

It's a pretty good interpretation, however, seems a bit contradictory. Of course it seems absurd to try to imagine Beethoven playing the sonata this way, at least in part.

[organboi]

Ridiculous. Pick a tempo Martha. Not three.

[speakjiang]

good

[lourak]

Martha's sudden changes in tempo here just doesn't come off well at all.

[birgitnilsson]

Bravissima, SUPER Marta!!!!!!

[680stp]

this is the best Waldstein around. The thrilling tempo sets it apart from all the rest. Otherwise, the mvt.can be somewhat plodding in spots. And of course, she handles everything that Beethoven calls for with

incredible ease and brilliance.

[pianomatt715]

Great thought behind this, a little faster than I've heard, but I like it quite a bit

[filistro]

I'm sure that Beethoven smiles of happiness...

[anmusic48]

Troppo veloce!!!!..Dov'è Beethoven?

[yohbyo]

you're so awesome. after kimolerik left, I thought I would never see these videos again...

[AmaranthCasket]

@yohbyo what happened to our kimolerik?

[yohbyo]

@AmaranthCasket

His account became private, I don't know why.

[yohbyo]

@AmaranthCasket

I think kimolerik is reshuffling his channel...many of his videos need to be removed because of copyright claims.

blame medici.arts and medici.tv and other organizations :(

[lalalalolable]

@yohbyo

kimolerik is back =D

[AchilleDebussy]

What is the name of the album this recording is from?

[tomargerich66]

@AchilleDebussy I don't think there actually was an album...there is only this live recording...

[AchilleDebussy]

@tomargerich66 That's a disappointment. This is the best recording of the Waldstein I've heard.

[raymond13008]

MERCI  MARTHA BELLE INTERPRETATION DE CETTE BELLE SONATE FELICITATIONS MADAME !

[OrangeSodaKing]

Unicorns do exist!

[elgar34]

@OrangeSodaKing : one heck of a unicorn here.

[partitasa89]

thank you for saving this video! i was so regretful of not downloading it! thanks for bringing us back this wonderful playings! xx