well, he's not really a pianist actually. With those sounds that he makes, he transcends the piano and is simply a musician whose instrument is piano.
@yogaman13 WOW - WHAT A STATEMENT!! When I teach my students they mus spend MORE time away from the piano developing their personality that allows them to express themselves fully using the most of their imagination and musical ability. They win state competition year after year - YOUR RIGHT. Imagine a painter moving his brush on canvas without knowing WHAT he will paint - ridiculous!!!
Thanks so much to You Tube for making this available. I was unacquainted with this pianist. He is surely one of the all-time greats. His voicing is without equal. when i hear him playing things it is as though a great truth is being revealed, and i hear pieces played correctly for the first time.
Cziffra takes it at near double speed, erasing all musicality and turning it into a hollow display of velocity. Sokolov, it is clear, could play it at near double tempo as well, but musicality, sense, and musicianship are clearly at the top of his list of criteria and he never sacrifices the music on the alter of the false idol of mere technical display. Amazingly musical performance. Bravo.
Excuse me right hand --if I could just reach over and get that sharp note there, yes that`s it, thanks awfully .You are most kind.Oh ,I see there are quite a few more of those to play. I am so sorry for being such a terrible nuisance.
@rossdoektu hahahhahahha the so called "glitch" from your side is nothing, especcially thinking about the fact that is live in a concert! I would like to hear you (if you can even play the piano) !
@segattacicova As regard to Cziffra's live performance in Strasbourg in 1960, I'd say the opposite: it's fantastic and played with the most exquisite touch, but it's too fast and showy (whereas his studio recording of Les Barricades Mysterieuses is definitive, much better than Marcelle Meyer's, imho). I think in this piece Sokolov is unmatched.
but this was ripped from a promo DVD on which this amazing performance by mr Solokov appeared. Furthermore you are right about the buying, I put this on Youtube with the same intention as the promo DVD.
Richter,Gould , Gilels , Rubinstein & Rachmaninoff are passed away....who are these 2 disliked...on vote-scale...? I'm BURNING TO KNOW !!!!! ...could be Pletnev or Lang Lang
Seems a bit like practice speed in comparison to Cziffra, but I agree with everyone, wonderful, astounding, and genius. I have not seen a pianist play it this right and perfect for a long time.
@ClassicMusicOnly Too a degree, as far as perception - first impression, It depends, I suppose on which you hear first. Cziffra's tempo to me is screamingly amusical, as is that rendering. Just runaway virtuoso with dispensable velocity as show-off. Sokolov Of Course can play it at that tempo, but is more 'a musician.'
2 people must have been ill to their stomach after such a marvelous performance that they didn't believe sokolov and disliked this presumably "fake" video.
it's astonishing, how sokolov can evoke a harpsichord like sound from a grand piano. great pianists seem to be able to create new sounds from this otherwise "fixed" instrument. insane brilliancy!
@RomanZenka -- - Well said. I was blown away when I first saw the video, without really knowing the piece. After looking at the score and trying to play the piece (and "learning" it, sort of) :-) I'm COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY blown away.
If you try the piece yourself, you see that this performance is even more amazing than it seems, for reasons explained in other posts.
I call it the most remarkable 2 minutes of piano playing I've ever witnessed -- including everything.
Utterly brilliant. It's rare to find a performance that is pure joy to listen to from start to finish, but this is one of the few. My greatest respect to you, Mr Sokolov and many thanks to sirkous for posting this.
sincerely, I think you are nothing short from an a.....
would love to hear tis "conception of yours" and "understanding of yours" on a post. Why don't you explain to the poor mortal how this should be played ?
Yes !!! But no PERFECTION !!! This is a good interpretation but he made a mistake : at 1'03, it's C to the left hand not C# !!! This is short but we can ear it !!!
@VivaTuttiMusica I DO NOT....!!! CARE about c# ! even now I payed attention...IT IS STILL PERFECTION to me... I can listen this miracle performance 24/7/12 with the c# & if this recording will NOT get ANY awards from most top ones or catalogues it'll be my LOVED & PREFERED version of this work...HE IS STILL GENIUS .....with the c#....to me...
I wonder how many on youtube realise how much discipline and time goes into learning something like this with that excecution and precison with the fingers. And for what I could hear not miss a single note.
I wonder if people have any idea at all how difficult this piece is to play on the piano, especially with such pristine articulation as Sokolov demonstrates? The piece was actually written for a two-manual harpsichord where the hands don't run into each other since they're on separate keyboards. This performance is nothing short of astounding!
well, he's not really a pianist actually. With those sounds that he makes, he transcends the piano and is simply a musician whose instrument is piano.
yogaman13 3 weeks ago
@yogaman13 WOW - WHAT A STATEMENT!! When I teach my students they mus spend MORE time away from the piano developing their personality that allows them to express themselves fully using the most of their imagination and musical ability. They win state competition year after year - YOUR RIGHT. Imagine a painter moving his brush on canvas without knowing WHAT he will paint - ridiculous!!!
hadsell1962 1 week ago in playlist sokolov
Beautiful interpretation!
enricochestri 1 month ago
Je l'ai entendu pour la première fois il y a deux jours à France Musique et aujourd'hui je suis bienheureux de pouvoir le voir à l'oeuvre .
yarduagnotech 2 months ago
Tout simplement magnifique. Quelle maîtrise de la technique qui ne perturbe aucunement la subtilité de l'interprétation.
Bravo
Delalanterne06 3 months ago
wtf only 87 880 views, I think i just watched this 80 000 times. O__o
Amazing monster Sokolov <3
AZFMINOR 3 months ago
Holy cow this much be SO hard to play on the piano!
Vlogandotherstuff 3 months ago
Thanks so much to You Tube for making this available. I was unacquainted with this pianist. He is surely one of the all-time greats. His voicing is without equal. when i hear him playing things it is as though a great truth is being revealed, and i hear pieces played correctly for the first time.
charleswhiterhodes 3 months ago
Cziffra takes it at near double speed, erasing all musicality and turning it into a hollow display of velocity. Sokolov, it is clear, could play it at near double tempo as well, but musicality, sense, and musicianship are clearly at the top of his list of criteria and he never sacrifices the music on the alter of the false idol of mere technical display. Amazingly musical performance. Bravo.
MuseDuCafe 4 months ago 4
@MuseDuCafe If I listen to Cziffras version it's more or less the same speed...?
XxbambambxX 4 months ago
@XxbambambxX Sokolov ca. 2:25 : Cziffra ca. 1:36 --- I'd call that a radically faster tempo.
MuseDuCafe 4 months ago
@MuseDuCafe o0H funny =D i talked about this video :/watch?v=1aXBYiR0jtY&feature=related
There he plays it in about 2:30..
which video are you talking about ?
XxbambambxX 4 months ago
I always come back to watch this sokolov stuff, every day. I think this called addiction :)
bratzko79 5 months ago
Sokolov is one of the best piano masters ever. Saw him live and loved it. Awesome :D
AndyKaulitz483 5 months ago
I want to hear played on two double basses now. Anyone up for it?
phuckmycuntt 6 months ago
The way he imitates the plucking sound of the harpsichord is amazing.
johnst66xx 6 months ago
I think amezcuaist refers to Victor Borge, correct me if I'm wrong
mangeHer 6 months ago
Excuse me right hand --if I could just reach over and get that sharp note there, yes that`s it, thanks awfully .You are most kind.Oh ,I see there are quite a few more of those to play. I am so sorry for being such a terrible nuisance.
amezcuaist 7 months ago 10
Sokolov - Toccata percussiva su un tema di Francois Couperin !!!!!!
darkblueangel1956 7 months ago
Absolutely brilliant.
dduff442 7 months ago
It's mesmerising just watching it.
dduff442 7 months ago
I am a professional pianist, and I listen to this piece over and over and over - this is just an artistic and pianistic perfection!
ianakov 8 months ago 3
glitch at 1:41. not bad otherwise.
rossdoektu 10 months ago
@rossdoektu hahahhahahha the so called "glitch" from your side is nothing, especcially thinking about the fact that is live in a concert! I would like to hear you (if you can even play the piano) !
d3o1r0i3n1a989 9 months ago
Did you listen to the Cziffra interpretation? This one is fantastic , but I think the Cziffra's one is even better... Incredible!
segattacicova 10 months ago
@segattacicova As regard to Cziffra's live performance in Strasbourg in 1960, I'd say the opposite: it's fantastic and played with the most exquisite touch, but it's too fast and showy (whereas his studio recording of Les Barricades Mysterieuses is definitive, much better than Marcelle Meyer's, imho). I think in this piece Sokolov is unmatched.
MrFidelcaster 9 months ago 2
@MrFidelcaster I was thinking exactly that - the phrasing and contrast along with extreme clarity bring it to another level...
hadsell1962 6 months ago
Played to Perfection
elgmom 10 months ago
thank you very much for this marvellous piece.
norbertoguarinello 10 months ago
This is absolutely beautiful and sensational.
JPMardones 10 months ago
inarrivabile
82Appino 11 months ago
I am speechless
Viscamo 11 months ago
If you're going to rip the video from his DVD you might as well link to it!
The program includes Beethoven, Prokofiev, and Komitas. Encores are Chopin, this Couperin, and Bach arr. Siloti. Buy it and support the artist!
CriterionCoIIection 11 months ago 3
@CriterionCoIIection
sorry for this late answer:
but this was ripped from a promo DVD on which this amazing performance by mr Solokov appeared. Furthermore you are right about the buying, I put this on Youtube with the same intention as the promo DVD.
sirkous 2 months ago
Inarrivabile
82Appino 11 months ago
keep saying it over and over again. this is just un believeble
hjiuhfhrehui 1 year ago
Merci sirkous pr cette interprétation de Solokov!!!
etiam161036 1 year ago
Richter,Gould , Gilels , Rubinstein & Rachmaninoff are passed away....who are these 2 disliked...on vote-scale...? I'm BURNING TO KNOW !!!!! ...could be Pletnev or Lang Lang
sam0xin 1 year ago
@sam0xin Oh , I know ! MARTHA ! not Stewart...you know....
sam0xin 1 year ago
Wow !!!
FUNDACJATIWGDANSK 1 year ago
WOW! I cannot believe it even if I saw..and listen to Gregory Sokolov in concert playing the tic toc choc. Amazing ! I love you Mr Sokolov; :)
Sorcelette 1 year ago
Incredible
Subbykins 1 year ago 2
鋼琴家畢生盼望在藝術上達到的完美之境在這兩分二十六秒中表露無遺
pptcly 1 year ago
Seems a bit like practice speed in comparison to Cziffra, but I agree with everyone, wonderful, astounding, and genius. I have not seen a pianist play it this right and perfect for a long time.
Amazing Pianist Mr. Skolov is!
ClassicMusicOnly 1 year ago
@ClassicMusicOnly Too a degree, as far as perception - first impression, It depends, I suppose on which you hear first. Cziffra's tempo to me is screamingly amusical, as is that rendering. Just runaway virtuoso with dispensable velocity as show-off. Sokolov Of Course can play it at that tempo, but is more 'a musician.'
MuseDuCafe 4 months ago
wonderful artist of the piano!
KlassikFan2007 1 year ago
5***** Stars BRAVO!
M13MusicNut 1 year ago
無與倫比！！
seremerow 1 year ago
無與倫比！！
seremerow 1 year ago
Ingenious
apollonianclockwork 1 year ago
2 people must have been ill to their stomach after such a marvelous performance that they didn't believe sokolov and disliked this presumably "fake" video.
patrickgthill 1 year ago
it's astonishing, how sokolov can evoke a harpsichord like sound from a grand piano. great pianists seem to be able to create new sounds from this otherwise "fixed" instrument. insane brilliancy!
flippert0 1 year ago 3
This piece is impossible to play on a piano. I have no clue what am I actually seeing in this video, it's all blurry and unreal... :)
Actually this is even better rendition than most of the two-keyboard harpsichord versions I have heard before, it flows better. And faster!
RomanZenka 1 year ago
@RomanZenka -- - Well said. I was blown away when I first saw the video, without really knowing the piece. After looking at the score and trying to play the piece (and "learning" it, sort of) :-) I'm COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY blown away.
If you try the piece yourself, you see that this performance is even more amazing than it seems, for reasons explained in other posts.
I call it the most remarkable 2 minutes of piano playing I've ever witnessed -- including everything.
larchmontmark 1 year ago
Absolutely fantastic !
MadameAmelieSon 1 year ago
Utterly brilliant. It's rare to find a performance that is pure joy to listen to from start to finish, but this is one of the few. My greatest respect to you, Mr Sokolov and many thanks to sirkous for posting this.
Baddogphil 1 year ago
wow.... what can i say... this is just amazing
hjiuhfhrehui 1 year ago
@singer1924
sincerely, I think you are nothing short from an a.....
would love to hear tis "conception of yours" and "understanding of yours" on a post. Why don't you explain to the poor mortal how this should be played ?
mimolechien 1 year ago
@singer1924 "tic toc choc"... do i have to say more? what's the spirit for you? it sounds absolutely perfect for me :) and very delicate! tasteful.
AmelieWuensche 1 year ago
where can i get the scores?
teddybearcloud 1 year ago
This is impossible.
Impossibly dexterous, impossibly delicate, impossibly delightful.
And yet real.
aidengregg 1 year ago
when HE plays ....it looks sooooo easy:)))) Lovelove his playing!!
anainantonio 1 year ago
GENIUS meets GENIUS ! MASTERPIECE by MASTER !
This is it ... PERFECTION !
Can't be better !
sam0xin 1 year ago 24
@sam0xin
Yes !!! But no PERFECTION !!! This is a good interpretation but he made a mistake : at 1'03, it's C to the left hand not C# !!! This is short but we can ear it !!!
VivaTuttiMusica 1 year ago
@VivaTuttiMusica I DO NOT....!!! CARE about c# ! even now I payed attention...IT IS STILL PERFECTION to me... I can listen this miracle performance 24/7/12 with the c# & if this recording will NOT get ANY awards from most top ones or catalogues it'll be my LOVED & PREFERED version of this work...HE IS STILL GENIUS .....with the c#....to me...
sam0xin 1 year ago
@sam0xin I agree!!!!!!!!!! GENIUS!!!!
enciklopedy555 11 months ago
I agree!
josajpnide 2 months ago
My deepest admiration!
BettyCope 2 years ago 2
To play this piece like this is as hard as hardest alkan's etudes! Great sokolov!
Aul1kki 2 years ago
HOLY CRAP!! his fingers are such a BLURR!!
kimojemuzu808 2 years ago
On one keyboard? Oh Christ, I'm fainting...
samUnplugged44 2 years ago 3
great !
ishdelville 2 years ago
Awesome! So clear and precise I don't think anyone could play better. Great piece of music from Couperin.
GatoGatto 2 years ago
Un tocco splendido. Grazie
106ohm 2 years ago
c'est si bon ce morceau que le grand Bach l'a "singé", comme il faisait pour les oeuvres des compositeurs italiens quad il aimait
ishdelville 2 years ago
I wonder how many on youtube realise how much discipline and time goes into learning something like this with that excecution and precison with the fingers. And for what I could hear not miss a single note.
M3sslah 2 years ago
Has Sokolov ever missed a note? Incredible...!
simsimoleole 2 years ago
Wunderbar !
DANKE.
jevo1947 2 years ago
I wonder if people have any idea at all how difficult this piece is to play on the piano, especially with such pristine articulation as Sokolov demonstrates? The piece was actually written for a two-manual harpsichord where the hands don't run into each other since they're on separate keyboards. This performance is nothing short of astounding!
drwaynejohnson 2 years ago 85
Bien dit anwoth! Parfait!
zonaras83 2 years ago
Parfait ! Je pense que Couperin aurait vraiment apprécié d'entendre les staccato de son Tic tic choc sur un piano... et joué de cette façon-là !
anwoth1 2 years ago 2
My bithday! so beautiful gift yeah!
verni 2 years ago
Delicious.
HillaryClinton 2 years ago
WOW!!!!
Dimtres 2 years ago
AWESOME!
arkeo2001 2 years ago
Just fantastic playing. Too bad that the camera did not move.
jaddwm 2 years ago
@jaddwm
there is another post on YT wit a better framing
mimolechien 1 year ago