Prokȍ̵̖͕̦ͯ̓͊̐̈̔ͤ͂̐͘͜͡͞fiev footage playing piano and interview

[FredericNicholas]

Real Prokofiev ! Unbelievable !

[Seregichev]

Great video, I'm from Russia and I think Prokofiev's music isn't understood else.

[1Thompsonmusic]

Jesus Christ!

[PaC14O3]

amazing, thanks for sharing this great video!! btw, what is this: " ȍ̵̖͕̦ͯ̓͊̐̈̔ͤ͂̐͘͜͡͞fi "??? LOL

[slateflash]

he seems really awesome. I'd really like to know how he thinks up all that crazy stuff from piano concerto no 2 and 3

[Tuck213]

Finally I know what he sounded like.

[darkblueangel1956]

MAGNIFICO ! EMOZIONANTE ! STRABILIANTE ! SONO RIMASTO SENZA RESPIRO !!!! IL GENIO CHE SUONA IL PIANOFORET E PARLA !!!!!! Thank very much, dear friend ChrisWatch ! Wonderful ! Amazing ! ! ! ! ! !

[chutdigadut]

HOLY SHIT..... I feel like I just saw a ghost. This is amazing! I had NO idea that there was footage of Prokofiev out there!

[IVlr3vil]

Nice posture and relaxed playing. None of those theatrics you see today, people like to entertain and do exaggerated movements, but is it necessary?

[MrDenull]

Magic Magic Magic!

[jerrytolable]

Damn! I need to learn Russian!

And I love how there are zero dislikes. Even the fools sense something sacred.

[Pianista061292]

Impressive, not the best sound quality but still, great content, I think it's amazing...

[Sveccha93]

A ghost! I cannot speak or move.

[gnolti]

Amazing! My God. This is SP on SOUND film, no less -- a scarcer find than Shostakovich in the same format. Whoever discovered this is a true archaeologist. My thanks.

[Flutist11]

What song is he playing at the beginning? Something from War & Peace perhaps?

[biegel88]

To see the master perform, even in a small room, is amazing! My teacher, Adele Marcus, told me she heard Prokofiev play his Third Concerto in New York in 1921. Gershwin must have been there, as he frequented NY concerts--compare the piano entry in Prokofiev's 3rd, second movement, to the opening of Rhapsody in Blue of 1924!

[yanayrton]

Thank's for the Liszt Mazzeppa Etudes Chris ! Listen carefuly my two mpromptu no1 and no 2 in C "To the heroes", Opus No 52 and comment about them.

All the best for you.Yan Ayrton, composer.

[lllllllllllllll88]

HOLY MOLY!

[sallyrob101]

It is a rare treasure to see Prokofiev playing the piano and then hearing him speak, even if those of us who don't speak Russian can't understand him. At least we now know what he sounded like and how he played. There are all too few commercial recordings of him playing the piano: the June 1932 British recording of his third piano concerto and some short solo pieces recorded in 1935.

[Gresilde]

Oh, could we have subtitles, please?

[classicvinylbiz]

Incredible... thank you

[mrmaciejm]

That's just beautiful....

[berlinzerberus]

..what a treasure living to see prokofieff playing the piano!!

[ARTEPARALAPAZ]

woooo!!!! q gran material

[stephenjoeagi]

Thank you for posting this treasure. It is a hystorical document. I wish we also had Rachmaninoff on video.

[ThePiano1991]

It is lovely. Its also a shame there is no footage of Rachmaninoff playing piano. Plenty of other footage of him though!

[willemkiewiet]

Absolutaly SUPER to see my favorite composer playing and talking. To hear the tone of his voice to see him move. Thanks. Gr Willem KdeJ n.b. I used it for my MySpace/prokovief

[MusicDoLove]

Legendary. 5/5

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

Great video!!!!!  5*****

[lankawants]

Realmente increíble este video, me gustaría verlo completo... Fantástico Prokofiev

[bakbaku]

Q: Sergei Sergeyevich, maybe you'll tell our listeners about your work?

A: Well... Currently I'm working on a symphonic suite of waltzes which will include: 3 waltzes from "Cinderella", 2 from "War & Peace" and one from the film "Lermontov"... ...we recently produced in Leningrad, with great success, in which the composer Chizko distinguished himself as a tenor, wonderfully playing Pierre Bez'uhov. Besides this suite I'm writing a sonata for violin and piano, upon which completion I'll work on

[MillyProductions]

but what is he playing? can you answer this? i really need to know.

[120manning]

It's a waltz from War and Peace.

[MillyProductions]

do you know which one? i havn't listened much to prokofiev, but i really want to hear this entire piece.

[120manning]

Sorry, I have it on vinyl and don't have access to a player right now, so I can't tell you exactly where it is in the opera. If you can get the entire opera, I'm sure you would enjoy lots of things in it and probably find this waltz fairly easily.

[MillyProductions]

then i shall have to look in to it, thank you for answering my month old question.

[logenisti]

It sounds like the scene where Anatoly is trying to seduce Natasha.

[OmarFadul]

@bakbaku not a sonata for violin and piano, but a sonata for flute and piano, he told. It is not a big deal, but no skripka there!

[ssprokofiev]

What can anyone say? This footage is as valuable as one could imagine! It is like Beethoven or Bach or Brahms playing the piano and then commenting on the music. Bravo!

[BassicStorm]

@ssprokofiev Nah! comparing Beethoven with Prokofiev?

[MaximPodolsky]

@BassicStorm why not?:) What do you mean, was Prokofiev not as good?

[BassicStorm]

@MaximPodolsky ofc he was, but not as Beeth

[LayLink]

@BassicStorm Is there only one work, from "classical" music, as imaginative, inventive, rich, surprising, and ... logic, like the two Prokofiev violin concertos, or his second piano concerto? Listen only to the solo cadenza of the first movement ... ( v=c0jkloUBCeg ) (5:30-9:50)

and listen to Beethoven's or Mozart's complete work loool

We must stop with the Wolfgang Ludwig superstitions

Prokofiev u r the Best !!!

[LayLink]

@MaximPodolsky Prokofiev is very great. Is there only one work, from "classical" music, as imaginative, inventive, rich, surprising, and ... logic, like the two Prokofiev violin concertos, or his second piano concerto? Listen only to the solo cadenza of the first movement ... ( v=c0jkloUBCeg ) (5:30-9:50)

and listen to Beethoven's or Mozart's complete work loool

We must stop with the Wolfgang Ludwig superstitions

Prokofiev u r the Best !!!

[MaximPodolsky]

@LayLink Yeah well I'm not a big fan of Mozart, that's for sure, he's got some great pieces towards the end of his career, but it almost seems like for him it was about quantity, not quality.

[LayLink]

@MaximPodolsky Strongly agree ;)