Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 3 - Mov 1 (Martha Argerich, 2008)

Extraordinaria,como siempre.

I am still perplexed by the idea that the human brain somehow can come up with this and put it to paper like Prokofiev did. Such intelligence. That plus the fact the some, though not many, have the intellectual capacity that enables them to perform it, like Martha Argerich. How extraordinary. This is the very highest level of art known to mankind.

Fantastic. This is one of those pieces of music that, once you've heard it, you wonder how you could have ever not known it.

The legend that legends are born of....<3 the ease and flexibility of her playing is unsurpassed. She makes me practice that extra hour....or two....:D

On a side note....

AAAAAHAHAHAHAhahaha, I love the ending...the conductor's cutoff is hilarious....

I totally agree with you about the conductor...I wondered if anyone else thought the same thing!

She plays so naturally that she almost makes it look easy

...famous for her quick fingers!

i was wondering if prokofiev's piano work is harder than chopin's or liszt's ( just generally speaking..)

since there are a LOT dissonance.. and they are really hard to grasp during practicing...

All three composers can be quite difficult. I think Liszt and Prokofiev are more difficult than Chopin tends to be--their music is just more technically demanding. For me its not the dissonance that will get you, just hitting all the notes. For me at least, Prokofiev's dissonance is very melodic and still tonal, if that makes sense, and easy to remember. For Schoenberg or Webern on the other hand, the lack of any tonality makes it hard to grasp (for me at least).

I think Chopin is harder . You can't hide anything when you play Chopin . Prokofiev has some certain amount of guarantee because it's just too brilliant to hear .