Abdel Rahman El Bacha plays Stravinsky - Petrushka suite (1/2)

[82224561]

Wonderfull!

Did you hear his new cd of Prokofiev violin-piano sonate(with Gaetane Prouvost?)

Is excelent also!Is free for audio at musicme

Regards

[monktrane325]

this is music as a opposed to wang...it is real wang is contrived

[animelover13chika]

is this on baroque period?

[JuanAbrilRamos]

En el minuto 3:50 se desata toda la magia del "Pinocho" de Stravinsky. El viejo Abdel Rahman no resiste tanta delicia y, por momentos, flota, con una mueca orgásmica y agradecida, con los ojos cerrados. Aquel que ha sentido lo mismo, ante un cuadro terminado, dudo mucho que al final logre venderlo, o siquiera exponerlo en una galería.

[tef0117]

音に締りがあるかんじがすきです。

[idosermaniac99]

El Bacha! Good name for musician ^_^

[lovesGenet]

The world is full of pianists ,conductors,composers . Tens of thousands with excellent training many with famous teachers in their portfoloios. . There is no audience for them.Not enough universities to install them in their departments. It's a ridiculous situation

[shrinandan]

He does a wonderful job!

[shrinandan]

He is skillful and just brilliant!

[Smallenface]

thats insane :)

[obakeneo11]

i actually like it played this way... it may sound dry but Petrushka is not a piece to be played too poetically.. there's so much profundity in the music itself. I think this performance allows you to enjoy the notes rather than the pianist behind it :)

Although I have to say, my favorite is El Bacha playing Ravel. He really excels there! (although there hasn't been any videos uploaded on YouTube yet)

[27u7]

This performance by El Bacha is of astonishing control as with most of his performances. Abdel Rahman El Bacha is a pianist of immense pianistic mastery or to be more exact of mechanical mastery, he also is not vulgar when playing even showpieces which is really good but, his touch is too dry and percussive. He impresses you but doesn't make you melt. He doesn't have magic.. It's unfortunate as he's a tremendous pianist.

[soesje16]

@27u7 go to one of his concerts and you'll see that his touch isn't percussive at all. (and he transports the audience into an other world...) In this piece he uses this touch as a caracteristic.

[awpp7]

Technical mastership... but so what???

[awpp7]

Could it possible be more anti-musical??? He refuses to make music... he's so cold... listen to sokolov

[reaperman2004]

The only way he could be more anti-musical would BE if he were to sound like Sokolov.

I heard a recording of Sokolov BUTCHER Rachmaninoff's 3rd Piano Concerto and so far I've never seen any evidence on the contrary.

[beethoven75]

i agree...

this piece can be so poetic!!! here we just have notes, in flat lines...

so boring....

[vysehrad]

Thanks for posting this. I am grateful that I was able to learn about El Bacha through youtube.

[alhakkimi]

this artists play SUPERB .NAHHOMI

[alhakkimi]

sO beautiful ,SUPERB congratulations.

[skryabyn]

Great