Tchaikovsky Octaves played by 16 Pianists

Video I made of the Third Movement of the First Piano Concerto op.23 by Tchaikovsky.

You will hear the famous OCTAVE Passage not just one time.. but 16 times! Played by 16 pianists:

Vladimir Horowitz (1943)
Van Cliburn (1962)
Vladimir Ashkenazy (1962)
Arthur Rubinstein
Arturo Beneditti Michelangeli
Sviatoslav Richter
Martha Argerich (1980)
Emil Gilels (1979)
Mikhail Pletnev
Dimitris Sgouros (1984)
Alexei Sultanov (1989)
Evgeny Kissin (1988)
Sergio Tiempo
Dong-Heyk Lim (2003)
Boris Berezovsky (2004)
Lang Lang (2004)

** I SWITCHED GILELS AND ARGERICH WHILE EDITING!! My BAD! When you see argerich it's Gilels playing and when you see Gilels you hear Argerich playing! **

Including Sheet music samples
Tschaikovsky Octaves

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• kissin
• lang
• argerich
• richter
• horowitz
• gilels
• rubinstein
• cliburn
• ashkenaz
• piano
• concerto

[davidmirth]

@Hiddejan Who is playing the ending passage after the octaves?

[Hiddejan]

@davidmirth Alexei Sultanov

[tombennettpiano]

horowitz and argerich rule.

[cheesescrazyfriend]

argerich is good... i feel sorry for the poor piano that langlang banged half to death :(

[liug2012]

michaelangeli is out of tune

[mattiabp]

Funny, it's the 2nd or 3rd time I watch this video but I totally forgot about switching Gilels and Argerich. So I thought "that was rather bad from Martha, but WOW! Gilels IS great" - then I read again the comment and I felt really happy, Martha Argerich rules again :) Pletnev's great, too, and yes, Richter makes it sound like Beethoven :D

[largolegato]

.................. *_* poor Tchaikovsky~~

[MachiavelliDefirenze]

Horowitz, Gilels, then Argerich

[1979Musicfan]

Horowitz - hands down!

[shireengol]

Richter makes it sound like Beethoven. I prefer Argerich, Rubinstein and Sultanov

[samtheman264]

@Neverpiefly I may be wrong, but I don't think he played it, I wish he did though

[pianopill88]

Sports! sad,,,,,,,,,,,