Kissin & Ozawa/LSO - Rachmaninov concerto #2 (movt 3 finale)

[chobeethaninov]

The more he plays it the better it sounds...

[kaisersweeta]

OMG!! Kissin & Seiji Ozawa...How I can get this video??

[TheSwordsweeper]

At 5:31 the repeated chords combined with the shakings made me lol. LOL.

[drhlarsen]

The shaking actually makes 5:30 look even more impressive. Nice :-)

[pianoandvideogames]

It doesn't look like the conductor is providing much of a metronome. Just kinda going with the flow...(?) Especially at 4:52 0.o

[SuperAbisal]

КАК УВАЖАЮ ОЗАВУ ТАК ЖЕ НЕ ЛЮБЛЮ КИСИНА

[xwinkwinko]

so mesmerizing.

[SalMessina1]

Fantastico !

Grazie

Sal

[shatherful]

GReat  !!!!!

[foodmore]

4:19 is awesome. But listen to the one by lilya zilberstein, BPO and Abbado. Its pure explosion, like an orchestral orgasm!

[Drunk3nFist]

Just simply awe inspiring, especially at 4:19 onwards.

[fernandobicudo]

BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!

[poustis23456]

you do realize that at the time the concerto was composed, gershwin was 3 years old, right?

[ilr61]

From 3:14 to 3:55, there is a lot of Gershwin style in this music. I know, this is Rachmaninov, but still, at 3:14 I clearly see Gershwin.

[cuauhtle]

Just to know, -I am not saying his works are influenced by Gershwin but - Rachmaninoff was a real fan of Gershwin. He even attended the premiere of Rhapsody in Blue.

[zirianos]

irl61: Gershwin????, jajaja, Yeaaahhhhh, And maybe you can listen the Vivaldi or Salieri style too (in this music). jajaja

[zirianos]

Evgeny Kissin ¡The Great!

[tommy9882]

only Rach 4 is influenced by Gershwin

[troubleinkw]

4:19 by far the most moving part of this movement. I get goosebumps everytime. Incredible.

[KevinR3i]

Strange conductor...

with empty hands only...

very strange

[tyrlimpompom]

Rather symbolic i would say. Frank Sinatra wrote a song according to this 3rd part of rachmaninov's 2 PC and it's called "full moon and empy arms" ;)

[rabengeraun]

Sorry, meant to say "Davis" i.e: Colin Davis

[rabengeraun]

I was at this performance; the world and his wife were ther, as far as classical musicians were concerned; Slava, Jansons, Ozawa, Kissin, Kremer, Davic, Argerich, Bashmet, Mehta, Vengerov - cost me nearly £200 a ticket (and I bought 3!) but was well worth it! This is such a "Russian" performance of this movement, I think.

[HIROOVERDRIVE]

画質が悪い。。。

[ghostpianist]

Beautifully played.

[garrillas]

How can I get these videos? I mean both the one with Andrew Davis and this one with Ozawa. I would really like to have these performances in my collection. Thanks for posting, it is simply marvelous.

[Elfinsafety]

Unfortunately they are not commercially available. They were one-off television broadcasts that I taped at the time. Thanks for the appreciation - obviously video/sound quality is not so good on Youtube due to compression.

PS. Re the shaky picture complaint in previous comments - sorry that is an artifact... I could redo the clip but it's probably not worth the hassle now... I think it's still watchable even if it makes your eyes do the shimmies :)

[demosj]

@Elfinsafety This is a staggering third movement of the Rach2. Do you have the entire performance available? Thank you very much in any case.

[JoeTownley]

Is it my player or does Kissin look like he's going through benzo withdrawals or something?

[DJBigz1988]

i think they all are :O

[organman52]

Simply put - it is not possible to play the piano, or any instrument, more beautifully than Mr. Kissin does. He is the exemplification of musicianship. What is especially fascinating is how he doesn't add or subtract a thing from the music. He simply PLAYS it - with all the emotions that the music requires. The master composers would be thrilled to hear him play their works. Evgeny Kissin's life is dedicated to the masters, NOT to himself.

[organman52]

The conductor serves no purpose here. He looks like he is doing a modern dance or perhaps a mime. The musicians of this orchestra are excellent - with or without Mr. Ozawa.

[voolare]

I think you do not really know what conducting is about. You think that the conductor's work happens during the performance? Just listen to Kissin playing this piece with another conductor and you will see that it's VERY different.

[organman52]

Wrong. I know what ever little there is to know about 'conducting'. Conductors generally stand there and ACT OUT the music. This is utterly superfluous and thoroughly distracting to the central issue - the masterpiece being performed. The orchestral players are POLISHED musicians. They can READ the dynamics and other indications. They do not need a pompous show-off dictating to them how to play their instruments. Many orchestras as well as numerous large chamber groups do not have a conductor.

[voolare]

Through the rehearsels the conductor takes the orchestra through a long process of controlling the dynamics, the tempos, the sound and the phrasing of each melody, making sure that the right instruments prevail on the others at the right moment, making sure that each musician has understood and is convinced of the conductor's interpretation and shares, at least on that occasion, the conductor's view. The actual presence of the conductor during a performance is only a small part of the job.

[organman52]

Are you not aware that dynamics, phrasing, tempo are all indicated IN THE MUSIC? How does the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra manage to produce such beautiful performances? They have no conductor. Neither did the Israel Philharmonic have a conductor when they performed/recorded Brahms' Haydn Variations. Orchestral music is chamber music, only on a grander scale. We do not need a 'celebrity' on the podium acting out what is already on the music stands of the orchestral musicians.

[Jokanaan]

There are videos on YouTube of Carlos Kleiber working with an orchestra during rehearsal. I encourage you to watch them, because you'll see precisely how a great conductor shapes the music.

[organman52]

The only one to 'shape' the music is the composer. Orchestral musicians have a great deal of training - and must pass rigorous auditions. Most orch. musicians I know can't stand the conductors. Why? The answer is simple: conductors start out as orch. players themselves and suddenly decide that they need to 'preside' over everyone else. What qualifies them? Nothing more than their ability to persuade others into thinking that they possess some special abilities. Wrong.

[Jokanaan]

You probably didn't watch Kleiber's rehearsal video, but I'll still go ahead and recommend that you check out the multi-part series on Claudio Abbado. In it, musicians from the Berlin Philharmonic describe in detail how his leadership improved the orchestra's playing. I suppose they'd know best, wouldn't they? Also, contrary to your picture of conductor-as-egomaniac, listen to how they praise Abbado's utter *lack* of ego. They loved the man dearly.

[organman52]

I never said ALL conductors were useless or egomaniacal. But I have known too many of them not to know what I'm talking about. I have also been in the 'classical' music business all my life and know full well that orch. players often appear to like their conductor, while behind his/her back, they hate him/her. There is entirely too much dishonesty, backstabbing and jealousy in the music 'profession'. I might add that I believe strongly that the only celebrities are the most composers.

[organman52]

My last sentence should have read 'master' composers.

[gengunfire]

organman52, you are a fool. You have obviously never been part of a large performing group.

[organman52]

For your information, I have conducted orchestras on the stage of Avery Fisher Hall. But why should you believe that just by my saying so?

[iGotSpaceLikeNASA]

Organman52 is right, although not a first hand account, my father is plays in the Royal Opera House orchestra and talks about this all the time. The conductor is VERY often resented by the orchestra. Its been known for orchestras to even plan to embarass or lead a conductor into mistakes as a result of disrespect the conductor has shown.

[rachmaninov1873]

kissin is the best!!!

[zetangie]

Hermosura y talento desbordante.... i love you evgeny kissin !

[Pianoloverok]

Why don't you post all of the concerto? It is too great to hear only a part of it!

[theshacho]

OZAWA is simply great!!

[werner99]

looks like the perfomers were pretty nervous

[gpablito14]

Ozawa is the best! Ozawa es genial

[erayzor2000]

I think this was at Rostropovich's 70th birthday celebration at the Barbican in London.

[innaangelova]

The sound is really good but why the pic is not fixed? Do you have the oder parts of this event?:)10x for posting! Evgeny is totaly genius, as we know!Bravo!:):)

[musicalmarg]

When and where was this,please?

[tuchoavidez]

The sound is OK but the images tremble. Could you possibly fix it? Besides this, a charming excelent version of this Concert.

[optimusito]

So great. Simply the best. So gifted, so sensitive and so perfect tecnically.

[29622]

Oh wow.

Do you have the full video or just this part?