Stephen Hough Plays Brahms First Piano Concerto Pt. 1

British pianist Stephen Hough (1961-) plays an extended excerpt from the first movement of Brahms' First Piano Concerto with the Budapest Festival Orchestra and Ivan Fischer.

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[sll10]

Mr. Hough will go down as one of this generation's greatest pianists! EXCELLENT!

[frenchmusician12]

maybe my favorite piano concerto and I truly love this interpretation. the passion is so right. Used to play this in college, but here is the master at work. Very humbling.

[MrStrav81]

He doesn't play the very end straight enough. It's hard to follow the pianist when you do that. There is a musical quality to playing it without holding back the melody too.

[anubier]

Von vielen Pianisten interpretiert, hier jedoch in einer unbeschreiblich hohen Dramatik gespielt, so dass man spürt, wie sehr dieser Satz den Interpreten bewegt.

[gsg5master]

Breath taking!

[spicyapplecake]

I loved it. The sudden darting eye contact with Fischer is a bit disconcerting though! I like the way this clip is edited - we get to see not only Hough but also Fischer conducting (my hero) and several shots of the orchestra.

[bryan21tx]

To me the facial expressions can be a window into the performer's interpretation. It's not always that way and some performers are more statuesque like Argerich. I tend to like the part in the first 35 seconds of this video less engaged and dialed in, more relaxed to help handle the drama of the more tempestuous moments. His interpretation is pretty awesome though and it does walk the fine line between too much testosterone and just right. I think that's a good balance for this movement.

[berlinzerberus]

strange facial expression at the beginning!

[snaaptaker]

@idd00772002 This is an excerpt from the original piece--pretty much the second half of the first movement.

For some reason, the uploader started the video about half-way through the movement.

[idd00772002]

Does anyone knows what an extended excerpt is? Is it an excerpt from the original piece or is it another piece of music

[Mgglawrence]

@cakeman1955

Wow, did you get his autograph or speak to him?

[cakeman1955]

I just saw him on Saturday Feb. 26, 2011 in delaware(usa) playing 5 sonatas by Beethoven, Liszt, and Scriabim. Small venue holding only 270 people and we were 2 rows back on his right shoulder. Perfect. He is quite excellent! Second best living pianist i have seen. Watts being the best. Also raninto him later at a small restaurant with a seating capacity of about 15. Nice gentleman.