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Whether it's ballet or not, it's one of the most impressive things I've ever seen. Beautiful.

That passage at 3:52 is one of my favorite moments in Chopin (and by extension in music). So beautiful!

spectacular! thanks for posting.

what i wouldn't give to see her hands at 1:05... i have never heard anyone own that cadenza like this, not by a mile. (i love the ossia too, but if she had played that we would have missed out on this result, for me one of the most electrifying moments in all of recorded music. martha is a mira...

this is a tantalizing video, knowing that whoever shot this could have taken a look at martha's hands at any point but decided to deprive posterity of the same chance. my favorite recording by my favorite pianist of my favorite concerto -- this should have been my favorite video ever, but it is ...

@jasienku: WOW, how incredible! Did the crowd go crazy for her?

just watching this you can tell he was a really sweet kid... he just wanted to be himself and not have to walk around terrified every minute of every day. when you're fourteen and people have such virulent hatred for you (e.g., the bottom-feeders commenting here), how are you supposed to have th...

i first heard this over a decade ago and i still come back to it often... never fails to give me chills. just exquisite.

j'ai regardé La Vie rêvée des anges ce soir. c'est un film déchirant, bouleversant. je ne l'oublierai jamais. j'ai adoré la chanson qui s'entendait à la fin et je n'ai pas été surpris de découvrir que c'était yann tiersen, le génie! c'est un chanson PARFAITE pour le film.

en regardant ce clip ...

quel beau film... bouleversant, déchirant. je ne cesse pas d'y penser.

HAHAHHAHHA this is fucking brilliant!

i can't believe i had never heard of this project before... it's clearly a labor of love, on the part of an ingenious mind. really extraordinary! thank you for all of these videos. i'm enjoying them so much!

i love hearing little 18 year old martha go for broke in that presto con fuoco! the recording quality is sadly not great, but i'm so happy this was recorded... you never hear anyone play the end like that, and sure, that's probably because mistakes are bound to happen when someone does, and of c...

@Gargantou same here! i was nine or ten when i saw the movie, and it will always be one of my favorites. and i am not religious (at least not in a christian sense) either, but i think the lyrics are lovely. more importantly, of course, the melody is just exquisite -- no words. i still get chi...

one of my favorite performances from the show... so, so fun. i LOVE this group and was really angry that they were sent home. amanda was off key for the beginning of her final phrase, BUT the way she ended was so killer. their harmonies... GAH. so complex but not in a distracting way, just ri...

@GetTiefBlauAndDie i agree -- it's a shame; i thought they were great for how young they are, except that lead singer... she's not untalented, but the way she sings is so affected and when she tries for too much power her pitch is all over the place. great arrangement, though. would love to hea...

unlike any interpretation of this polonaise i've heard... i'm not sure if i understand it. i have nothing but admiration and respect for her but i don't think i get this one.

on dirait une "russe" plutôt qu'une polonaise. ;)

She may have a few technical quirks to work out (though VERY few here, nearly flawless) but what stunning lyricism! I can see why she won -- she really has a sense of what the music means and is uncommonly skilled at bringing out the phrasing. Great tone.

I don't see anything at all wrong with her phrasing -- I think she's brilliant. And I love her Op. 11 Concerto -- the third movement was such fun to hear! My problem with this one (not unique to her) is that at times it sounds like she is struggling to keep up with herself. This Etude is such a ...

I love hearing Bach played with such lyricism -- the way she controls the melodic lines is just stunning. Impeccable phrasing and dynamics, as always.

This is tremendously sad. @moneygirlrockz, I'm so sorry for your loss. When I think back on what it was like to be thirteen... Yikes. Sometimes I'm not sure how I got through it. But it did get better, and I got stronger through all the bullying. I wish I could've told Seth it's worth waitin...

Thank you for this! It's lovely, and you two are lovely. Your son is very lucky.

And it really does get better. I went to college still so scarred by my high school experience that I thought I had to keep hiding. It only took a few days for me to open up to my new friends and tell them I was "b...

@mushroomlint what an ignorant thing to say. sorry if you're a philistine and music doesn't make you feel anything. no need to lash out at those of us who think it can be more than "s [sic] fucking song."