Jorge Bolet Master Class-Rachmaninoff Piano Conc.#3-Pt.2

Part 2 (of 14) of a 1983 master class by Jorge Bolet featuring pianists
Ira Levin, USA
Jose Feghali, Brazil
Phillip Smith, UK
Marc-Antionio Barone, USA
Wolfgang Manz, Germany
Barry Douglas, UK

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• jorge
• bolet
• rachmaninoff
• piano
• concerto
• master
• class
• classical
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[nojstradamus]

"with great mustache comes great responsibility"

[maxi937]

This pianist is brilliant!

[jjp009]

@MrKALODIA So few pianists (even the best of them) can handle this piece. What a monster! Even if you can somehow manage to play all of the right notes in practice, how do you possibly get through the entire thing in the presence of an audience without having memory slip after memory slip...or a breakdown like in "Shine"?

[Airlon100]

Ira is a good pianist (I mean they all are) but I don't think that he can play this piece mentally

[ChesterFanningChorno]

1983- the only pianist in 2011 I recognize today is Barry Douglas.

Ira Levin: yes, slow down and make MUSIC.

[surgere94]

How delightful!

Horowitz Cadenza!

[physphilmusic]

Ira is really bad here: comapre Bolet's 6:34 to his 6:47! Levin's playing is rough, brash, even slightly frustrated and desperate in this part of the video. There are a lot of technical errors as well - way above the number you would find in an average Rach 3 professional recording nowadays. Bolet completely owns him, and I can see that although I'm not really an expert on Rach 3.

[themanhootch]

I haven't seen this since the mid-80s. This is thrilling.