Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 3 - Mov 1 (Martha Argerich, 2008)

[penguinshin]

this makes me think of some huge sky city

[denissymbolic]

look, it's Robert De Niro at 1:22 :))

[SandrineSoprano]

Thnaks for upload

[PhanRegSop]

4:55 ruined it for me =( ouch! Martha, you're fabulous.

[ericsteph]

so much energy, and pure talent! long live martha!

[Galaor1976]

O Concerto para Piano e Orquestra No. 3 de Prokofiev é um delírio. No terceiro movimento parece que o piano vai levantar voo. Tão delicioso e tão curto. A vontade é que acabe.

[Hyrulean112]

I can't believe her existance.....

[tenniscrazy2]

Lol at the horn player emptying out his spit valve at 5:11 :-D

[layladreamer]

she makes me feel dumb lolz

[jmh1414]

I can play this instrument @3:02

[TheIrieviolet]

You can't help but love this! It makes me want to run up a wall.

[Smanuto]

UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[orovalleydude]

@kimolerik: Thanks for posting the whole performance plus the encore. It helped me see how supremely talented is Ms. Agerich, and how much of genius was Prokofiev. Astounding performance!!

[Laudan08]

oh damn i'll have a crisis with the first minute.

SO BEAUTIFUL!

[curlysue27]

How she just flicks her hair away oh so casually!!

[davidbaker03]

She does the Non-Legato scales better than anyone, she has brilliant fingers, and articulation. She also voices the slower section very well, you hear her melody very clearly, even when there are 3rds in the right hand, she voices the top. very well done.

[jonas616]

The part at 2.47 is AWESOME! :D This piece must be insanely difficult!

[lacheeky123]

Okay... I'm gonna try to be sexist after watching that.....

uhhhh....

UHHHHHH...

women can't play piano because...

uhhhh...

men are better because....

I CAN'T DO IT SHES A GOD

[mwakin22]

I can't help but think that she feels restrained by the rest of the orchestra. She reeeally wants to play it at her tempo, but I don't think the rest would be able to keep up.

[Alamanor]

cudo!

[Memale2009]

Was für eine magere Tonqualität zu Beginn der Aufnahme- und was für ein Glück, dass Martha Argerich sich mit ihrem souveränen Akt definitiv behauptet- wie immer. Was für eine begnadete Pianistin! Je l'adore pour son talent divin!

[siebenboy]

I love how at 9:53 she goes: "okay, now back to my tempo"

:)

stunning performance

[goldenagepianist]

is it me or Argerich has nail polish on?

[Flutist11]

The castanet player got hurt and has a band-aide on. :(

[orangepiranha]

i want to be a professional castanet player like that guy in the orchestra

[CirelliCarla]

Wow this is a big difference from Knights Dance.

[valenresh]

I love this piece, it has such an adventurous spirit in it. Lovely :D

[elgar34]

I'm in awe... 

[Robotman42]

I can't help thinking that the trombonist at 9:43 and his glasses look a bit like Prokofieff

[EwaldVerkerk]

of er nog mooiere muziek bestaat? ik betwijfel het!

[pleasantblue]

I like Prokofiev's sensitivity.

[Labdude0]

haha 5:09 french horn spit valve :D

[clairannette]

Bwah... the orchestra is so square, like friggin' midi robots or something...

[tayottt]

This piece is so beautiful. Prokofiev is really talented at creating intriguing melodies. The solo at 2:48 is my favorite of all time.

[mambro21st]

Sergei - I LUV U

Bless U 4 your Genius

U make our little lives - Full!

[tomenicus]

Although I'm always sick of envy listening to this concerto, I CAN imagine how Prokofiev could write something like that. It apears in the score, that this music somehow comes from itself. But don't misunderstand me - this is one of the greatests piano concertos ever written. Best of Prokofievs and best of Russian.

[TheDaftBat]

I never quite understood the term 'gave me chills' until after listening to this song..... Brilliant, just brilliant.

[kellbell0517]

ooh i'm playing this with the symphony i'm in this may. im excited :) it sounds really fun. if only i played piano :P

[Labdude0]

@kellbell0517 aw, lucky :D what orchestra are you in?

[Labdude0]

Man, I wish I could be part of that orchestra

[murphiltwine]

Well, I could get out of bed and go to work or listen to this and stay in bed.

[paigepoussin]

To all people who don't find a reason to live anymore, we should make them discover the beauty of prokofiev, rachmaninov, brahms, balakirev, chopin's music ... etc ... Because, for my part, I know that I can loose everything, I'll still have this to keep me alive! Who won't be touched by such beauty ?

[disturbanite8]

@paigepoussin only an idiot would resist the awesomeness of this music! lol

[stockcar5472]

I absolutely love this - fantastic pianism from Argerich - better than Sing Sing and Kiss-hen.

[misslinnbell]

great perfomance, i love it.

does anybody know the orchestra?

[stockcar5472]

The National Symphony Orchestra (of Italy)- RAI.

[Chishannicon]

The piano at the beginning of this piece always makes me think of E.T. and I don't know why...

[Robotman42]

...yeah it does. It's about my favourite part of the concerto, though, that run. She plays it so technically accurate, too. Every note even and so well articulated

[Robotman42]

I love the conductor's maneuvre at the end of the movement.

[RabidCh]

Prokofiev's trains are everywhere. Marching through many of his pieces, Soviet Industrialism presented vividly. Sometimes you want Prokofiev to be "mechanical".

[pianoman727]

wow she has so much power without getting to the point of too loud! Wow

[hophmi]

Whoa! A little fast, Martha. It would better if she took it down a notch, for her and the orchestra.

[salviati]

You might notice that it is the orchestra that sets the tempo, not the pianist!

[leonengard]

@salviati

eh...no.

Is the soloist -in this case, the pianist- who worked with the conductor on the rehersal and stablish the tempos.

Salut :)

[Croconesis2]

What is the name of

that musical instrument?

At first time

[YehSti]

@Croconesis2

Hm, do you mean the clarinet?

[Croconesis2]

@YehSti maybe. Thank you :-D

[94HamMan]

Haha the dude at 3:01 has a bandage on his finger.

[afertyus1000]

yer on the coconuts!

[aa4285]

And this is funny because....?

[chunneloflove]

I've played the castanets plenty in my day, but never so much that I shed blood. I guess that's why I'm not getting paid to play them in a professional orchestra.

[DreDre349]

Wow Mozart61 questa non la sapevo!

[Mozart61]

dal calderone degli aneddoti,pare che il grande Horowitz avesse una volta protestato col direttore di un albergo ove stava soggiornando,perchè il vicino aveva piazzato in camera un pianoforte,e stava ripetendo ossessivamente e lentissimamemte all'infinito la prima frase pianistica di questo concerto...alla domanda di"chi fosse l'importuno studente",lo sbigottito Horowitz si sarebbe sentito rispondere..."Prokofiev! "

[Mozart61]

grandissima Martha...e questo concerto è uno dei suoi cavalli di battaglia!

[Lukas01A]

It's a masterpiece of the 20th century.

[kingjepoy]

Pure genius!

[aizendarwin]

Prokofiev is a genius

[Dennischek]

I think Chopin is harder . You can't hide anything when you play Chopin . Prokofiev has some certain amount of guarantee because it's just too brilliant to hear .

[JorPove]

Extraordinaria,como siempre.

[fassbender1979]

I am still perplexed by the idea that the human brain somehow can come up with this and put it to paper like Prokofiev did. Such intelligence. That plus the fact the some, though not many, have the intellectual capacity that enables them to perform it, like Martha Argerich. How extraordinary. This is the very highest level of art known to mankind.

[afertyus1000]

@fassbender1979 yes i too ponder that question and have no answer it is miraculous [to me without religion]

[arrra]

@fassbender1979

Indeed, makes one wonder what the world looked through Prokofiev's eyes..

[targetrich]

Fantastic. This is one of those pieces of music that, once you've heard it, you wonder how you could have ever not known it.

[SilverEyedHyuuga]

The legend that legends are born of....<3 the ease and flexibility of her playing is unsurpassed. She makes me practice that extra hour....or two....:D

On a side note....

AAAAAHAHAHAHAhahaha, I love the ending...the conductor's cutoff is hilarious....

[Lingalingxoxo]

I totally agree with you about the conductor...I wondered if anyone else thought the same thing!

[Robotman42]

"ooh pick me". But the angular cutoff seems sort of suiting to Prokofieff.

[AnarchoHumanist]

All three composers can be quite difficult. I think Liszt and Prokofiev are more difficult than Chopin tends to be--their music is just more technically demanding. For me its not the dissonance that will get you, just hitting all the notes. For me at least, Prokofiev's dissonance is very melodic and still tonal, if that makes sense, and easy to remember. For Schoenberg or Webern on the other hand, the lack of any tonality makes it hard to grasp (for me at least).

[evil2salad]

She plays so naturally that she almost makes it look easy

[ladakrypta]

...famous for her quick fingers!

[Chisy1234]

07:05 - 07:24!!!! vom feinsten

[her0esfan]

Just incredible

[MilesB1975]

Shame about the floor-noise and the voices in the background.

[GeneralJo08]

This is a great concerto (:

[cafity]

And one last thing... I LOVE 1:11!!!

[cafity]

This is the only Prokofiev's piano concerto that's not so "clumsy" (i'm not insulting prokofiev, he was a genius and I love his "musical expression") and disturbing as the other 4 concertos... It makes sense and we can understand all his form!!! :-)

[cafity]

The castanets man has hurted himself in the finger... xD!

[Slack3ron]

hurted?

[n00belicious]

gotta love 2:47

[mrstrings65]

she demands a lot of a conductor ,in that she plays with unusual rubato sometimes then unusual velocity at others! But she is a lioness..bravissimo !!!

[jerryaltman]

Great performance. But there is something wrong with the video, the video fields or someting like that perhaps, cause the image looks like silent film's movement.

[Sinf0nia]

my favorite pianist together with cecile licad!

[flic71]

Che bellezza..... che bellezza... che bellezza...... MERAVIGLIOSA!!!!!!

[sweetthanatos]

Besides her legendary performance, i also like the way the cameraman handles with his camera. He knows when to zoom in and out in conjunction with the music without harming it

[TwistingWays]

I love being in the orchestra for this piece. So much fun ahha.

[darnmat]

I could have screamed "bravo" in the first movement of that concert.

[Moore0806]

Pft, that guy playing the castinettes i could do that! He just got an amazing seat at an amazing performance :(

[kyleclef]

my favourite concerto, other than the nyman one lol

[salveutvales]

Argerich... a living legend.

[pookiehohn]

(Read and understand before giving thumbs down please!)

There is nothing legendary about Argerich. That is, her fame is not passed around by word of mouth--with only hype as her only virtue--as most legends are. Her talent is clearly visible to all who wish to see. Her talent is legendary, but let's hope she is never a legend! ; )

[salveutvales]

Well, she's a legend for all of us who've never actually seen her live. BTW, "there is nothing legendary about Argerich" and " her talent is legendary" are contradictory statements :).

[RoberTastic]

prokofiev was brilliant, but he crams so many different movements that it's jarring to me

[davidjb100]

Brilliant interpretation! Unbeatable, but certainly not unmatchable. Each pianist must take great care in playing the music as it's written, but differently from his peers. It's a tough game, and Argerich is one of its best players.

[pierretang]

watching the actions of the conductor...is amusing....

[AmazingShoestring]

Anyone else think the floutist at 8:00 looks like he's trying incredibly hard to not make a mistake? Or  is scared out of his pants?

[pookiehohn]

He's just trying hard..

[jorgeandresossa]

ella es la mejor no hay duda

[medmai]

totalmente de acuerdo

[NorskTorsk]

the voices are part of the concerto - move along

[gwozdezzz]

Omg she is fucking amazing...

[cageynerd]

I love how she gave the YOU BETTER COME IN MUTHERFUCKERS look at the end! HAHAHAH

[mithzor]

Incredible pllaying! She is amazing.

[paganiniGOGO]

7:55 is magical.

[1hakon]

Argerich playes powerfull, simple, sensitive and out of the moment like everytime of her live. She's one of the greatest musicians ever lived on this planet. She gives transparence in an intellectual and emotional way that does not ask behind the ideas of Prokofiev anymore. I adore her way to play it natural!

[Choen444]

Prokofiev's and Shostakovich's Harmonies are the best

[skryabyn]

AGREED

[skryabyn]

I am sure I am not hearing voices, but there is definately people talking in Russian in the background, no?

[skryabyn]

are, not is haha

[kyleclef]

no i think its an italien radio or talk show.

[whit838]

Happy birthday Martha!!!

[marekchanteur]

Grande musique, grande pianiste et un chef formidable. Merci pour cette vidéo.

[alkaster]

I think out of all her videos of this on Youtube, I like this one the most.

[lbambacus]

It's a privilege to listen/watch this; can only imagine how superb it would have been to be there for the live performance. Many thanks for posting.

[karazh]

mhhmmmmm great :)

[JiggyHo]

Hmmm...Pascale Roget? Alicia de la Rocha? These are the only contenders I can think of.

[nnrit]

What a charming piece of music! And Argerich is, as usual, fabulous.

[Andrespilar1]

La orquesta se queda atrás!!! y el director transpira jaja...

Prokofiev + Argerich = sencillamente genial

[jaewonfeng]

awesome^^

[FreddysHamster]

She did indeed play it last night at the festival hall, I was there also and now my copy of Chopin 1 con. has her signature on it :-) thank you Martha :-)

[kyleclef]

wow, u are lucky!!! i wasn't aloud to go to that, otherwise i would been there!

[szuhalpno]

Wow you're so lucky, I'd give anything to be in your shoes that night.

[pljms]

She plays this concerto in London in a couple of weeks. I'll be there!

[amoxtlacatl]

Lucky you =)

[MountCashelTuck]

I'll be there too! :)

[wickedismycrack714]

I used to think that she was overrated, but thankfully I've come to my senses:D This woman is amazing! I'd prefer it a bit slower, but I can deal. I'll admit, I'm not the toughest critic in the world. I know what's good and what's not, but I prefer to appreciate the good qualities of any performance rather than pick it apart. Still, it takes a lot to really get me excited. It's quality playing like THIS that actually manages to send that head-to-toe shiver through me. What an amazing piece!!

[DarkRaimundo]

The best pianist of our day, along with Marc André Hamelin

[Jerrez]

and volodos?

[szuhalpno]

no ... she's the best pianist of our day (period).

[clarkstonkid]

evgeny kissin?

[Hervinbalfour]

I don't think so. Martha doesn't hold a candle Grigory Sokolov.

[pookiehohn]

You're right it's a flamethrower.

[reenie8888]

Wow! This was sublime! Tiny bits I might have played slower (if I could actually play it, which I can't.)

[UnwrittenPaul]

HAHAHA! Ok ok yes this is amazing and she is a gun. Beautiful piece, but I didn't know Roberto De Niro played clarinet....1:23

[Humperdinck1]

You're right...Robert De Niro indeed. !..though it's an oboe. That's hilarious:)

[UnwrittenPaul]

An oboe?? Oh snap! There goes the perfect call.....I'll have to go all cape fear on your arse now haha

[bshark88]

I really do love this piece. The castenets really add an element to this piece. Boy she really knows how to play this!

[matanuskamist]

Yes, Martha Argerich plays Prokofiev very well although I prefer a slower tempo for this movement. Despite her articulation, the runs get muddled together because of the speed.

Those who've commented before me saying "you haven't really heard a piece until you've heard Martha play it" are slightly delusional. She's one of many great musicians that you might discover if you break out of your infatuated youtube bubble.

[BachFong11]

This tempo is perfectly fine. Martha Argerich knows how to play those "runs" as you call them.

And those people who say, "you haven't really heard a piece until you've heard Martha play it" that are totally correct. She is THE ONE of many great musicians. Youtube bubble? Haha you honestly think Martha was discovered on youtube?

[arteinmusica80]

and jesus she's 68. simply a goddess.

[kyleclef]

that person talking in the background at the start should be shot! doesn't he know that martha argerich is about to play?!?!?!

[eastsidestory44]

the little clams where my favorite part lol... sorry i dont know what theyre called.. wonderful performance alltogether, amazing piano

[kyleclef]

at the end of this all i could think was OMG...now thats piano devotion! i wanna play this one day at a descent concert :)

[aleagria03]

I don`t even know why some people only listen to pop music while this stuff is SO much more fascinating...

[soami2u]

I am jealous of the audience! In NY we almost never get the chance to hear Argerich in person.

[7Row7enn7]

I love the basoon in the beginning of this.

[kyleclef]

its actually a clarinet ;)

[7Row7enn7]

Oh. I always get the two confused in sound. Very very similar to me.

[reenie8888]

Well, if you had continued with the clarinet, you'd know the difference :)

Love, reenie (mom)

[kiwibd]

why is there noise of somebody talking at the beginning of the video?

[ghawk2005]

very good quality vid. thanks for uploading, the number of times i've seen her play this, i NEVER tire of anything she plays, this always amazes me. just a question though, why does she wear the tape on the end of her fingers? is it to increase grip or something?

[dimitriivanovitch]

Especially if she plays the same concerto since 40 years.

[daeward]

Though that's not to say that she was anything less than this concerto's pimp back in 1965.

[Bkellyusa]

Martha makes everything she plays "hers". In my opinion you haven't really heard a piece until you've heard Martha play it.

[chad410]

it is my understanding that Martha breathed life into this concerto and made it hers