Murray Perahia Beethoven Piano Concerto no.4 finale

[jeunehomme9]

At 5:34 when the strings join in, I ALWAYS get chills at this part. the goosebumps are still on my arms as i type this.

[tintintoo22]

Do you have the rest of this performance available? It's wonderful.

[ThePaulinoContreras]

a bad performance from his doesn't exist

[H0OdStar101]

what a great composer personality *bum, bum bum, bum bum bum bum bum bum*

[sadie1981]

I agree with jsbach!! Fabulous. Does anyone know how old he was when he played this concert? It may have found it's way to youtube in 2006, but he looks so young. Thanks for posting!!

[paulostroff99]

Best I've heard since Schnabel.TY nodame2006 for posting.

[MrFerminleon]

Ludwig van Beethoven[nota 1] (Bonn, Sacro Imperio Romano Germánico, 16 de diciembre de 1770 – Viena, Imperio austríaco, 26 de marzo de 1827)El Concierto para piano n.º 4, Op. 58, de 1808, apuesta por la profundidad lírica y ha sido considerado, por la Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung de mayo de 1809, como el «mejor concierto para instrumento solo jamás compuesto».

[LoDownDirty]

Hehe, the conductor goes "bah duh dump" with the music.

[paulostroff99]

Stunning. TY Nodame2006 for sharing.

[Andromeda1741]

I saw him play this in New York in the early 2000's , I think Kurt Masur conducted it. Amazing !

[oatmealshrapnel]

perfect timing

[AlanTubeViewer]

Nt bad although Perahia sounds often in a hurry to me, as if he was more focussed on technically succeeding the fast passages than expressing a feeling about the message behind...

[MusicClassical1]

Where is the 1st Movement???

[multiChris58]

Fantastic....BEETHOVEN....(not only to "roll over"...ggg)

[eringobragh91]

This. Is. FANTASTIC.

[paulostroff99]

One of the finest performances ever of this gem of a concerto. TY Nodame2006 for posting.

[univocalic]

It's difficult to believe how this can be bettered. Murray Perahia is a pianistic genius.

[dubitz11]

absolutely perfect. beats claudio arrau's. true, arrau's is the interpretation of a much older man, but this movement requires a lot of passion and vigor, and perahia does just that. arrau is way too laid back for this movement. can anyone post brendel's full 3rd movement ?

[Darkboy2525]

he is totally a master ......

[paulostroff99]

Amazing! TY Nodame2006

[Ray0X0]

Colin Davis.. great, great conductor !! ... about master Perahia.. mmhhh I prefer other pianists for this concert... he is too much agressive with the keyborad and loss the essential dramatic and inspired Beethovenian sound.. for now Lang Lang is the best, in my humble opinion. Course, the best performance still in hands of Claudio Arrau, possibly for ever...

[flouz2]

@Ray0X0 LANG LANG ????? Listen to duchable rendition

[stpd1957]

@Ray0X0

Have you listened to Perahia with the RCO conducted by Haitink? It is wonderful music-making.

[lanarv]

Love his style..:-)

BTW..happened to read some silly comments about Perahia's "grimaces"..

..and now look at Sir Colin Davis,the conductor :-)

BRAVO..BRAVO Perahia..the NY Orchestra..and the Conductor!!!

[lanarv]

Yes..I LIKE it..no..LOVE IT !!!

Yes..I took it to my FAVOURITES ! :-)

..and  to a separate PERAHIA's folder..

I ..SHARED it ..everywhere..:-)

Was it really a comment ?!!

Many THANKS,as always, for sharing this TREASURE

with us!

[paulostroff99]

Awesome

[perla51]

simply wonderful!!!! Thanks my dear James for share. Big kisses for you Perla.

[sfkcbf]

Murray Perahia's fabulous technique is surpassed only by his consummate musicianship. I have enjoyed each and every recording of his that I have heard.

[paulostroff99]

@sfkcbf -He is up there wiith any that ever lived,and better than most!!

[CanadaPisces]

An excellent performance! Bravo!

[Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic! The Davis and Perahia Stars! The best I've ever heard of this last movement of Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4.

[Brahmsfourth]

Murray Perahia could almost make this atheist a believer again, oh and Sir Colin Davis too.

[lotusbuds2000]

OK :)

[flouz2]

just shut up and listen to the music !!!!!!!!!!!

[KhagarBalugrak]

Yes, but he actually makes you FEEL something. Most other conductors DON'T. Most conductors just mechanically keep time and go through the motions. Pierre Boulez is a good example of such a conductor. But Colin Davis has something else that most conductors don't - heart.

[KhagarBalugrak]

You must not be very astute if you really can't understand why it's not absurd to suggest that Colin Davis might be the best conductor ever to have lived. He's right up there with all the best ones, and is, to be blunt, better than anyone I've heard. He communicates feeling through his conducting, and very few conductors can do that.

P.S. - Don't like being called arrogant? Then don't hurl insults like "tool" and "retarded" over a video. DEAL with it.

[KhagarBalugrak]

No, I understood your pompously stated points very clearly. It's just that some of them are so obviously compulsively contrarian, there's no point in even mentioning them.

Now, as for Colin Davis, what the hell do you have against people who tout someone as possibly the best ever? It's done in sports, it's done in cinema and literature, but somehow, you think it can't be done in music. Saying Davis might be the best ever is like saying Bach might be the best ever.

[KhagarBalugrak]

You're quite arrogant, and you're also quite given to semantic arguments that have no merit. Furthermore, you misquoted me. I said that Colin Davis MIGHT be the best conductor ever to live, precisely because I have NOT heard every conductor who ever lived.

Since you obviously enjoy trolling and attacking well-meaning people who make valid and intelligent comments, why don't you find something more productive to do with your free time?

[wesmusic72]

Murray Perahia and orchestra have made this music come alive! He does not exaggerate passages and has high fidelity to the score. Truly a genius and master pianist! He has the musical architecture in mind and he plays the nuanced passages very well. Bravo!

[saulboyjt]

The Best!

[krazykrazyk]

absolutely brilliant!

[Lauterstein]

Wonderful! Perahia is in top form and Sir Davis is tremendous!

[KhagarBalugrak]

Colin Davis makes the orchestra come alive here, as he always does. I cannot say enough good things about Colin Davis; he might be the best conductor ever to live.

As far as Perahia, he plays Mozart and Schubert wonderfully, and he plays this piece well too, but not as well as he plays earlier composers. His interpretation of this piece is too square; it doesn't lack energy or fire, it's just too square.

[paulostroff99]

@KhagarBalugrak -I wish that other pianists played as square!!!!!!!!!!

[KhagarBalugrak]

@paulostroff99, in many pieces, I do too. In Bach or Mozart, for example, it works perfectly. But this piece is too romantic for this kind of squareness...

[jlmojica7]

dang!! beethoven really knows how to work the main theme

[sprygeoffreya17]

I listen to and watch alot of piano players,...Murray is without a doubt my favorite, the gusto you need for Beethoven, he has in abundance.

[OJD84]

lol at 2.49 he nearly hits himself in the face!

[mdoub]

a pianist that knows no compare!!!

the trills are GORGEOUS

[paradajz13]

i agree

[PhilPhilUSA]

Nodame, yes, this is spectacular! thank you so much.

[ThePro911]

Nice! I just played this movement, and I'm in search of another concerto.....preferably not another beethoven since this was probably the hardest movement of all beethoven concertos. Any suggestions?

[Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic! The crowning glory of Murray Perahia and Sir Colin Davis!

[pianodocSDA]

wow...expectacular!!!

[kempff95]

he is truth master

[pleasantblue]

perfectly clear fingering

no one can do this for this concerto

[pianolover1004]

So Wonderful!

[FerozaLaBonne]

So sparkling and imbued with a joyous intensity!

[knightofblue]

o m g ...

[tinkerbellgirlblue21]

sublime, utterly sublime.

[2selina2]

i love this energy! Absolutely great!

[DivingCode]

Beautiful ! :D

[theresemariebe]

what a magic world...Perahia is fabulous !

[furiozara]

Great performance...

[jsbach1]

the greatest living pianist

[paulostroff99]

@jsbach1 -greatest living MALE pianist. Martha Argerich may be marginally better.

[alentejaneiro]

@jsbach1 Oh, come on, please... Do you forget Argerich, Pires, Ashkenazy ? :-)

[paradajz13]

what a tone and perfection. i feel joy after listening. ty

[hkfczrqj]

I just heard him play this concerto last Saturday (11/29/08) with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra... simply wonderful!

[ninsanjin]

I was there too!! very cool!!

[Dobrib]

Magnificent!TY

[paulostroff99]

Perhaps the most underrated pianist of all time,and certainly one of the greats. Bravo! TY!

[Musicmaster345]

INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE!!! Perahia is always very "fluid" on the keyboard. That with Sir Colin Davis' personality creates an indescribable magic.

[TheMadman2006]

He truly is awesome in concert

[furiozara]

Year of this concert???

[abpianoman]

That's awesome. I heard him play on Saturday (10/13) in Salt Lake. It was the best concert I've been to in my life!

[furiozara]

Thank you for posting it!!!...it's great!