Pogorelich plays Rachmaninov's Sonata 2. (mvt3)

Piacenza 2005

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Music

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• pogorelich
• rachmaninov
• sonata
• piacenza

[demosj]

@zporobija

In this recording, he was the worst pianist. Christ, what the fuck is he doing with that tempo? Did he think it was spiritual and profound, playing that slow at the end of the slow movement?

And the sloppiness of the third movement, with the laboriousness and the slurring is inexcusable. Hearing an artist I admire play like this is painful.

One of his very worst recordings. I recommend pulling this recording down as a gesture of respect to Pogorelich.

[antoinezygfryd]

Pour moi,cette interprétation restera un grand moment dans mes découvertes,parce que la version de Vladimir H.m'avait laissé croire que l'oeuvre était superficielle!

Quel nouveau monde Pogorelich nous dévoile-t-il !! merci pour l'envoi.

[poechopin]

Pogorelich is hot and cold running water: either a blur of superhuman speed or very snail-like a la Richter. Yet, he's insightful and has his own very definite ideas. That's why Argerich called hima "genius." We respect you, IVO! BRAVO!

[rarescores]

You can hear the deep sadness in him! SO sad!

[dinoimeri]

@mmbmbmbmb Yes, it is possible. Mr. Pogorelich approaches the pieces he plays without prejudice, we must try to listen to them in the same way.

Thank you for your kind words.

By the way, I enjoy wandering trough your large collection of music videos - it's good to have them in one place.

Best regards.

[mmbmbmbmb]

@dinoimeri That sounds like a very plausible analasys.

You have some amazing treasures on your channel &

are quite a gifted pianist yourself. BRAVO!

[dinoimeri]

@mmbmbmbmb Maybe one must listen like in Buddhism, removing one's mental word or image of the object and then you see all of its beauties.

[fledgehog]

@kisspianoforte barely...

[fledgehog]

@demosj that is true, but why would you want to? pogorelich's snail-speed recordings sound like they're being taken at practice tempo, if even that fast...

[mmbmbmbmb]

I suppose it helps to NOT know this piece of music to find it FABULOUS!

I have never heard it before ... have an open mind ... and find it fabulous!

[sbdude101]

Horrible recording. It seems like only half of the Pogorelich recordings I'm hearing on YouTube have any acceptable quality. If you don't have the microphone(s) right in the piano, the piano sound can be really bad!

[demosj]

@4785689 Have you noticed it's actually difficult to have the discipline to play this slow? I know the Horowitz version of this sonata and am proud of how I play it, it goes against your instinct to play that painfully slow. Hell, it's hard to play even Largo that slow. It takes an inhuman restraint to play the way Pogorelich does in this recording.