Michelangeli - Ravel Piano Concerto - [2] Adagio assai

[waitwhatandwhy]

Does anyone have a Ricola?

*COUGH COUGH COUGH WEEZE HACK*

[TomVable]

I cried the first time I heard this...

[gauja89]

Life seems somehow more beautiful after listening to this...

[japanesesweet]

It's hard to imagine on the harpsichord.

[raphtx]

No words can describe both the perfection and the emotions in this performance-that-takes-you-to-­the-other-side-of-the-universe­.

[BrianComposer]

Amazing interpretation and very funny moment at 8.40...

[Abortionshouldbefree]

exactly a year ago i lost my grandad to cancer, this is the first song i listened to afterwards, and i imagine him playing this every time i listen, RIP grandad <3

[teccomin]

I realize his right hand melody is not in time with left hand, what is benefit of doing this? Only few people do this, most people play it in time.

[retrogamerdave]

@teccomin dude, it's for emphasis. It's a phrasing thing

[cswineh]

@teccomin You can think of it like a singer with a band... the music has to keep time but the soloist can stretch and shrink a little, not tied to the strict movement of the rest of the music. the voice is more driven, prominent, and free. maybe he does this because he can.

[kjftrio]

one of the most legendary pianist of all time. his sound is like a roman sculpture. so pure!

[tedeumful]

J'ai été l'élève de Sergiu, et en plus j'ai connu Arturo à Arezzo, Merci pour cette délicatesse, les revoir me bouscule de bonheur.

[TheCaz]

One of the best pieces of music ever composed. Strange it is not better known.

[SuperSambo941]

It's Amazing when the guy cough's and the conductor is really angry.. beauitifull piece of music

[paulostroff99]

Superb! TY t22 for posting

[glockenspiel37]

absolutely beautiful - thanks Ravel

[asta62]

that's a wonder

[stoklund]

The same concert in HD: /watch?v=-JAeUjg4zj8&hd=1

[derepenterocky]

Biutiful :)

[Sijaification]

Beautifully,



[johndega]

I LOVE BERNSTEIN'S RECORDING OF THIS; BUT I LOVE THIS RECORDING TOO.

SURELY MUSIC OF THIS QUALITY CAN SUSTAIN VARIOUS READINGS. MAYBE

IT'S JUST THAT I FEEL THIS MUSIC IS PERFORMER-PROOF. THE MUSIC TELLS ITS OWN STORY, NO MATTER WHO PLAYS IT. WE MUSIC LOVERS ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE IT.

[pinitosaurio]

es la obra mas hermosa que haya escuchado en mi vida!

[btwilks]

Sublime - in both the strictest and the loosest sense of the word. Michelangeli's version of this Adagio is one of my favourite performances of all time; if it's played at my funeral, I'll be a happy man.

[wintceas]

Unbelievable!!!

[antoinedoinelle]

Sublime, come la follia perfezionistica interpretativa di A. B. Michelangeli

[JohnnySuzuki]

This music is suitable for in CITY at NIGHT.

Because this music is CALM!

[daphnisible]

Un enchantement! mais légèrement un peu trop rapide.

[rleao36]

wonderful



[hymnofashes]

I think Bernstein's version is better. Go ahead and kill me.

[dermann1]

Qui non c'è piu' spazio per le parole. Questo gigante pianistico ci ha reso tutti muti. 

[pianofanful]

Celibidache was charmed until 9:00 (look at the face).  charming and perfect and historic performance by Michalangeli

[seliguy555]

Sickest Audience Ever

[POLAGRAB]

I'm musician. I've already play lot of pieces, lot of beautiful moments in music, but this- this is like world, like life, like universe...

[Paters1234]

LIsten also to Monique Haas. A completely different, but also high level performance. Les personal, les emotion, maybe more music?

[nickast31]

So much emotions i can't stop my tears... Maurice Ravel is a brilliant composer, we're beyond the music throw this adagio, it speaks to your soul. Michelangeli gave the best interpretation of this concerto from my point of view, he's got a very expressive and so intelligible playing that's just .... perfection ! And I can't stop to listen to the last 30 sec of the adagio, there's no word to describe this....

[Cancion78]

what orchestra is that>?

[WIKDEZOEP]

g** exists, it gave us the power o creating this music

[Mayjayy]

this makes me cry every time

[d1agos]

al minuto 8:46 ahah il direttore si arrabbia non ho capito perchè forse dall'audio non troppo pulito non si capisce ahahah

[chacok1]

thank you so much for posting! it's very useful for me to play this piece!

[StanleyYelnatsVideo]

a highlight of human culture and there are 18 dislikes. what does this imply about some humans?

[realbernie]

@StanleyYelnatsVideo That you're up your own arse?

[Gargantupimp]

@StanleyYelnatsVideo 19 actually including me

[WIKDEZOEP]

@StanleyYelnatsVideo i dont wanna know

[Durgovalve]

simple, elegant yet perfect when played by Michelangeli, simply astounding to listen to thanks for posting this as I'm using this video at the moment for my Alevel study of this piece.

[paulostroff99]

Sensational! TY for posting.

[Satanal]

Quest'uomo incarna la dedizione per la musica, la serietà. Il musicista DEVE essere come un sacerdote!

[alexisfrei]

Wenn Bass und Melodie, die eigentlich zusammen erklingen sollen, ausnahmsweise "klappern" (kurz hintereinander statt zusammen erklingen), kann dies meiner Meinung nach als Ausdruck musikalischen Klangempfindens gewertet werden.Wenn dies ohne Unterlass(wie in dieser Aufnahme) geschieht kann man das,wie ich finde,getrost als Manierismus bezeichnen.

[migamilan]

Upon the end of my physical existence I want this musical piece to convey, to those I love, my feelings for them.

[jahsays]

Simplemente perfecto!

[jahsays]

Sencillamente perfecto!

[sqltechconsulting]

Reminds us that the soul lives forever and that we are all loved by the creator

[April1915]

En ce premier jour de l'année 2011, j'ai voulu commencer mon année par l'écoute de ce morceau.

Merci Ravel, Celibidache, Michelangeli.

Vous êtes des dieux. Vous êtes mes dieux.

En vous, je crois. Le Paradis est sur cette Terre, et le jour où vous avez interprété cet adagio. Pour faire ce que vous avez fait, il faut un grand sacrifice de soi. En cela, soyez en remercié.

[mahlerisacco]

@April1915 sono con te

[barnacles]

The most beautiful piece of music ever written played perfectly - heaven. 

[andyraddatz1]

@barnacles except for audio quality :(

[barnacles]

@andyraddatz1 I know :( but at least there's the 1958 recording :)

[acastelh]

Alguien que es capaz de escribir esta música no debería morirse nunca... Alguien que interpreta así esta música debería vivir eternamente.

[flamingbunnies10]

a portion of this was in my marching show this year as the ballad and the transition to the next segment... SLHS band 2010 Symphonic Dreams I miss you!! search us up.. watch the area finals video.. we were soo close );

[shirtale]

Truly, truly a masterful interpretation, just a wonderful sound. Thank you for letting us hear it.

[llinosmarti]

No hay nadie como él... único y grande!

Que hermosa su interpretación y fantástica técnica!

Bravo!

[1297klr]

מוסיקה נפלאה. תודה לבן שלו מהארץ בפרט במקרה זה ובכלל .

מוסיקה נפלאה. .

[aiaibunnydayo]

How beautiful......!

How beautifully played!

Supreme!

[tongbunsing]

this moment is the part of music history

[lucacisternino]

Quanto manca questo sublime e ineguagliabile gigante della musica e della cultura.

Grazie caro Arturo...

[elenabolortuya]

Wow .. Michelangeli and Sergiu Celibidache... and Maurice... sublim

[realbiscuit1]

As Gyorg Sebok said once in a masterclass following the brilliant playing of a young Hungarian playing Liszt Transcendental Etudes, "What do you want to know?". Words of an average man are not enough. This is so close to my heart.

[eliezer017]

I listened to it several times at the last weeks, and tried to play it in my mind at work

[eliezer017]

I can hear it again and again and even try to play it in my mind at work/ I

[eliezer017]

I can hear it again and again and even try to play it in my mind at work/ It

[JosepMCD]

Així un núvol es fon i deixa el cel més blau.

Així una fulla pensa que es fa lliure quan cau,

i s'apaga aquest vespre tan lent i tan segur,

sobre els camps, pels camins on ja no va ningú.

Així en la fosca es perd el pas del vagabund...

Déu meu ja estic a punt.

Ja vençut, però encara sota el meu estendard.

Màrius Torres

[pierretang]

the quality of sound over-emphasised the piano part ....

yet the poetic nature of the music and his sublimed playing compensates all the problems, still heart-touching :)

[ToccodelDestino]

6:25 -> PURE POETRY.

[Maralegar2009]

M. Argerich also has a distinguished version with abbado ....

I love both :=)

[enriqueali]

SUBLIME! This performance of these supremely sympathetic interpreters perfectly captures the ineffable quality of this music, and is a lasting tribute to the genius of Ravel.

[seremerow]

Muchelangeli用了最平板的音色來用醞釀氣氛，

僅管和樂團的表情不夠一致(其它樂章尤其明顯)

相較於他，樂團顯得過於豐富的感覺。

(我個人偏好Michelangeli的演奏表情)

他其實不大受樂團影響，讓張力的湧現回歸曲子，

他的演奏瀰一股淡淡的幽香，真的很吸引人！



[ELBSeattle]

TOO FAST!!!

[corelli2]

I find myself in a lovely pool of warm water with a small waterfall misting around me and a luscious tall green garden with beautiful, colorful flowers around me as I float off to sleep.

[Rephrat]

what a great Enlish horn player !!!

[TheSwordsweeper]

Devo dire che senza dolcevita Michelangeli è davvero un pro! Esecuzione eccellente (non che ci fosse bisogno di dirlo, ma magari sembrava un +1)

[MissCrescendo]

I'm studying this in A Level. it's killing me lol. xxx

[xDil93x]

@MissCrescendo I wish I was doing this at Alevel music. It's so lovely..

[dagadbm]

if only the soudn was a bit better :( no way to upload a better quaility sound?

[ScaryIndeed]

haha

[ScaryIndeed]

hah! I love his facial anger management there =P *you there, stop!*

[cirosuperiore]

unreal...his harmonics is impeccable...

[zecchinee]

dedicato a massimo gini, alla vita, alla musica, alla passione

[Overlapse1000]

It may be a highlight it may not, it does posses more than enough memorable senses to make it pleasant to listen to,even more than once.

[dgrs2009]

is this particular recording sold as DVD??

[mcnardo]

I love how AB takes the low C# at 8:18, 1 octave lower than Ravel wrote .. sublime

[JEP177777]

@mcnardo -- good catch! And it is beautiful.

[en15ry]

grandissimi, impareggiabile ABM, la migliore interpretazione di sempre.

[daicarjim]

bravissimo¡¡

[versus251]

¡¡¡¡¡Estupendo!!!!!

[mrsmetz1]

After many times watching and hearing Mr. Michelangeli playing this part of the concerto I come to realize that something extraordinary is going on here; like a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

[nleguellec]

Do you just delete any comment that shares a different veiw from you?

[Straussian]

Just a reminder: You can revel in this Ravel by listening to a CD or Napster or Pandora or whatever. Michelangeli is always great, this performance is wonderful, but the sound leaves a bit to be desired. Do yourself a BIG favor and enjoy both this video AND a better sounding version of Michelangeli playing this piece. I have the LP, the CD, and the Napster version of the EMI Classics performance with Michelangeli and conductor Ettore Gracis (and paired with Rachmaninov #4). Superb.

[sabadabaduz]

@Straussian

Actually, I prefer this performance - of course it requires you to know the piece to some extent from other recordings which are clearer in tone. I think for example both Michelangeli's and Celi's rubatos make this recording much deeper than Gracis (plus the well balanced dynamics etc). And ABM was some...15 years or so more mature here!

[Bautisnemo]

Astonishing recording , have the same cd , I N C R E D I B L E

[javierespinos]

maravilloso, sublime, muy musical...

5 estrellas

[cappsize]

un pur moment de magie musicale... no comment....

[mrsmetz1]

This music must be one of the highlights of human culture.

[asta62]

@mrsmetz1 I listen to it again and again

[workingyacht1]

@asta62 so do I

[WIKDEZOEP]

@mrsmetz1

u R right! this kind o things gives some sense to our existence. even after our disappearing, something will still remain in the vibrations o t universe. perhaps all that infinity o suffering has not been completely in vain...

at 6.32, my soul (or ......) begins 2 howl.[pardon my english , i'm french]

[yanyan1948]

@mrsmetz1

human culture is an illusion

[horiac]

@mrsmetz1 5:55 I feel I am melting

[fanny0820]

je ne pense pas qu'il faille le jouer comme "un choral" .

Insister ,ainsi,en deuxième partie de solo piano est tout à fait perso.

[TheOnigirisenbei]

Cello group did played too eraly?? haben die cello gruppe zu früh angekommen??

[dialecticon]

Not an easy concert to interpret. It takes class to not fall into sentimentality in the agogic. Celibidache is a true master. Aldo Cicolini's version is more to my taste, but 'de gustibus non disputandum'. M. Argerich, I believe also has a distinguished version, but most of all I should like to hear Gieseking's.

[asta62]

agree, a true miracle

[theanswer00]

does anyone know who is the principal flute?

[matekiflute]

@theanswer00 I HAVE THE FEELING THAT HE MUST BE WILLIAM BENNETT

[AnotherGuitarHero]

My favourite concerto

[Chopoet]

The sound touch my heart. Ravel's harmony is fantastic, it's a miracle. The best version in the world......

Love Ravel and Michelangeli.

[fabiolima4060]

For Traveller: Melody plays its role where it is concerned, whereas harmony does exactly the same thing. I cannot express in words the emotion I feel when I listen to this movement. People who cannot feel it are normally the ones who cannot see the music.

[expa87]

Un miracolo.....

[villaabel]

@expa87

Vero? Da non crederci...

[brett1051]

I find it interesting Fellow you know Mozart  was considered lacking as well. but it's cool everyone's view is subjective. I love Lenny, Malher,.....so many.... even Bacharch.Peace

brett

[FellowTraveller]

precise and studied, but lacking. I use as comparison concertos for piano from Mozart No. 21 and Tchaikovsky -CONCERTO no.1 as comparison. at 5:05 (?) actually atonal! this performance exceed technical excellence, but the piece itself is emotionless. I equate this with the down turn jazz took during the "beat era" where atonal crap was praised for its "complexity". while it merely hurt one's ears. FT

[brett1051]

I feel sorry for you. I wish you could feel the emotions I feel when I listen to this. You Just don't get it. Its ok though taste is different for all.Peace

brett

[FellowTraveller]

@ brett1051 "Ravel modern impressioninistic composers" I rank him up there with another I don't like, Gustav Mahler, a "modern" composer. both are technically proficient. in fact both meet or exceed, (on occasion) technical proficiency of earlier composers, but their music lacks melody for the most part. only in my most humble opinion of course.

[brett1051]

You said you like all kinds of music...Listen to Mancini's "Moon

River" and you will hear hints of thiis melody. Also try Barbers

Symp #1 more hints.

[davidjb100]

Why compare this with Mozart or Tchaikovsky? They have nothing in common with this concerto at all, save for their ingenuity. To call this "emotionless...atonal crap" is a sin. Perhaps 20th century music just doesn't suit your tastes.

[Orlymusicboy]

@FellowTraveller ur an idiot. ur musical taste is ur own. so shut up, and listen to pretty music being performed well.

[Sound4Sense]

beautiful and with just the right amount of tension in certain places to make the piece breath properly

[fabiolima4060]

Thisi is the kind of music I like to play following my instincts.

[horiac]

It is mesmerizing...

[220392123]

love it at 8:50 when the conductor shouts at someone silently.

[musicvari8ion714]

This song is so strange in such an amazing and different way. It is one continuous chord progression. It never cadences until the very end.

[bohemio79]

Sublime intimismo

[Theodorakis4]

Sorry, Maestro ! Sich verzählen, einen falschen einsatz geben und dann die Celli zurecht weisen ist mehr als unfair...jeder Dirigierstudent würde durch das Examen fallen, wenn er sowas abliefern würde....Michelangeli ist allerdings herrlich !

[Engywucki]

I agree with legislator06. There is a simple word to describe his dealing with rhythm: mannerism.

[helmusico]

2

Many of this depends of the pianist self. Some try play exactly the sheet indications, others try be "one" with the composer+sheet+instrument...so­metimes ignoring (or not) the Era context of the composer and/or the pianist self.

When You have a question dont listen the people who believes are more than You...ask and ask till you get the answer from inside yourself or a good hand.

Whatever You have the last CRITERIA.

Bless

[jamesinparis2]

Just beauty...

[killbillkk]

this concerto is just perfect... it just the notes it needs

the best music ever wroten!!!

[potassiumchlorate]

I love Ravel

[beaverbuttercup]

legislator06...you're right that it is not technically correct however many professional pianists do this to emphasise the right hand melody more clearly. Also you should ask yourself this annoys you so much? Dont focus so much on the score and just enjoy watching the piece being performed. There is always room for interpretative differences after all.

[Phersephoie]

wonderfull Concerto!!! just beutifull!!

[legislator06]

May I ask something in between all this glorification posts: why does he play the right hand so often AFTER the left hand where it should be together ?? For me a strange kind of

expression...

[Concertmaster3]

The left hand seems to be in 6/8 while the melody is in 3/4. So a kind of 2 against 3.

[freakonaleash3112]

nope its all in 3/4

[Concertmaster3]

I meant just the sound of it, not the actual meters. Because the low notes in the left hand being on the 1st and 4th eighth notes, it sounds as if it's in 6.

[freakonaleash3112]

its difficulty is rivaled only by its beauty. michelangeli plays it well, but you and i would have trouble for that exact reason.

[Umby64]

Don't worry, when someone's a fucking ignorant who never listened to anything more elaborated than "Fur Elise", it is perfectly normal finding "strange" a performance by Michelangeli

[legislator06]

Listen, a...hole, i played this concerto myself and I listened to a dozen of recordings from Ravel himself, Gieseking, Agerich, Bernstein, and others. So, don't insult me and shutup !!

[helmusico]

1

Its because there are 2 basic ways to play with rhythm

If you play all (for example) with the common accents deduced by meter in down "pulse", respect the pulse in tempo context then you get a ritmic concept.....but if you put strong accents in up "part" of pulse or "play" with ritardandos, rubatto, even between both hands you get a melodic sense.

[moart28]

I bet the musician playing the oboe at 8:47 felt like an ass for belting out those low notes, Sergio's reaction is quite funny.

[mehandas]

Nah, Celbidache's reaction was most definitely due to the coughing inthe audience

[lucamadeus]

un capolavoro assoluto del 900 scolpito per sempre nota per nota dal nostro più grande interprete

[medmai]

people who attended this concert are blessed for live

[sincl4ir]

immenso

[nanard111]

extraordinaire...!!!!!!!!!.con­versation entre un piano et un orchestre...beau comme,,,,???? je sais pas...

[streek23]

From 8:50 to the end, I am hearing one of the most achingly beautiful choral sound and texture from the orchestra. Maybe, it's the recording quality that is responsible for this acoustic phenomenon. Does anyone else hear this musical effect that I'm describing?

[Bautisnemo]

Not really but it's truy the recording quality has some special effect on the music by itself , making it even more beautiful.

[Siberiaeterna]

Somptueuse interprétation qui fait oublier les inconvénients du "live".Rare

[Mjbott7]

6:25 - the most beautiful moment in music history.

[asafbeeri]

Sublime...

[LICHTUNGDERDICHTUNG]

Uno dei brani piu´belli per pianoforte mai composti nella storia della musica moderna ...ogni volta che lo ascolto, il mio animo si eleva in una contemplazione mistica serena e cosmica in perfetta risonanza con la sublime arte interpretativa di Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli...Il Grandissimo Michelangeli, la perfezione introspettiva del suono del pianoforte ricondotto alla sua cristallinea purezza...

[guldalex]

è esattamente quello che provo anche io:tutti i pezzi commoventi hanno in comune una semplice linea melodica,poche ma eloquenti note...

[Geminazzo]

Non c'è nemmeno una tua sola parola su cui io non sia d'accordo: ogni volta che ascolto questo pezzo, mi commuovo: sublime!

[frederickfrederikfre]

Belle parole.Condivido in pieno

[bombiecustodio]

Of course Anthony Camden have played with several major orchestras. One thing for sure is that he was principal oboist of London Symphony Orchestra for a long time.

[sam0xin]

Celiiiiii ! WE LOVE YOU ! We know you are reading OUR COMMENTS !

You'll be BACK to your PLACE ! 8:44 ! So HONEST ! Like KID !

[budrugana]

great piece, great pianist!!!!

[koliatima]

C'est merveilleux, romantique et une interprétation si exceptionnelle! J'aime tant ce morceau! Je suis sous le charme d'une telle musique!

[kate7smith]

the piece is great, but the performance is terrible.

the pianist (the robot) treats the notes like nails trying to hammer them into a wall. the overall feeling is depressing, celibidache has some kind of weird evil smug-grin on his face. and why in the world he's conducting the pianist at the intro?? i wouldn't stand for it! but i guess Michelangeli does. these kind of performances make me hate classical music.

if y'all want a real performance check out Bernstein conducting this at the piano.

[kate7smith]

ohhhhhh, you may recover now.