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ok I definitely prefer the argerich/rostropovich approach in this movement. Although this is beautifully played (obviously, such great musicians), I want the velocity and the impetuosity of this movement, which is compromised at this slower tempo

Thanks for posting this again. I love the BPO version more than the one Gilels played with Reiner

Where is the rest of this sonata? Amazing performance, but I want to hear the whole :) Thanks for posting

@mymusic11ful Not necessarily..... Rach's interpretation of his own beautiful 2nd concerto (my favorite of the set) leaves me underwhelmed. The work is just so much more beautiful and full of lovely nuances that seem to be absent from his performance... it's almost like he's holding back in awe o...

This is really well played. Even though I am not acquainted with the score, I just get this feeling that the composer is really speaking through the pianist's outstanding interpretation

why isn't there a video of this.... oh my god, what a treat it would be to see those hands flying across the keyboard to produce such dazzling sound

I think this is from the Seiji Ozawa b'day recital, no? Someone posted the last mvmt of the Proko 3 that Martha played and Ros conducted on this occasion

I can also hear the voices separated out more clearly, so it really helps me appreciate the genius of Beethoven's writing, but the performance of the transcription is very tame in my opinion - the vigor and vitality of Beethoven's orchestral score is lost, though this interpretation has an intere...

@honekawasujiemon Martha knows both parts of the La Valse. Partitisa89 is right in that a video made in their (i.e.. Martha and Freire) youth has Martha playing the identical Primo part but sitting on the other side of the stage, but I think she plays the opposite part in the video with Sergei Ti...

Thank you so much! I missed all these videos... it's so great to know that some people had the forethought to download these (unlike me). Martha rocks, and so do her fans :)

This video has been sped up, because the actual version with the Verbier Festival Orch is also on YT and the tempo is slower (the normal tempo at which Argerich plays this), but I still love the heart-thumping effect of this one, and I'm sure Argerich really can do it at this tempo if the conduct...

MESMERIZING! I can't stop listening... thanks for posting... Sultanov lives on amongst us through his music. I have listened to hundreds of versions of this Rach - one of my faves - and I just discovered all these interesting ideas within the sonata that I didn't even realize existed.

This is so interesting! I would've never imagined that he'd play it like this.. it's so different that anything I've heard... can't get over that part. I've always loved Prokofiev as a pianist (whatever I've heard on YT that is) and he's one of the few composers I like playing their own pieces. (...

Wow! His version is so much slower than all the performances I've heard before =) It definitely brings out some interesting writing in the orchestra because the piano is not so overpowering as many of the modern interpretations. Still, I think Proko would have wanted to listen to Argerich to real...

Thanks for uploading... this is rather different from Gilels' own recording with the Berlin Phil and Eugene Jochum so really interesting to hear how he modifies his own reading according to the orchestra and conductor he's collaborating with. One thing's constant that lovely, warm Gilels tone!

Would someone re-post the version with the Berlin Philharmonic and Eugene Jochum... that's my personal favorite.