I was fortunate enough to attend this recital of hers. It was absolutely electrifying and historic. Bless this woman for sharing her tremendous ability with the world.

Why do people hate this performance so? It has a ton of forward momentum, but Argerich is in total control, the narrative arc is soundly intact, there's a ton of little details she brings out, it's suitably paced even at the tempo she takes with a huge dynamic range. I can understand not being able to hear through the recording, but jeez.

Omg. I don't thing there will ever be spoken language that is sufficient enough to encompass what this very interpretation means. One in a life time event

"There is no limit to speed, if you can play accurately"- Josef Lhevinne

All you Sunday school piano teachers here who find smth to complain about, you don't understand MUSIC! This performance is breathtaking, passionate, brillant! Greatest pianist ever!

Absolutely phenomenal performance - and phenomenal technique too. She paces the music perfectly and doesn't let it bother drag or run away from her, especially in the third movement.

The fastest, most effortless and most spontaneous Precipitato I've even seen so far.

I LIKE 3RD MOVEMENT VERY VERY MUCH!!! IT IS A WAR, PLAYED BEAUTIFULLY!!

i like how she started to play before she sat down... and still blasted away.

Thank u so much Pedro for having posted this... it is just amazing : effortless, musical, beautifully played, gracious... I love this woman...!

Amazing , brilliant what we hear adn what she decides to voice. Argerich is a very smart woman she makes this sing all the way through we always hear each voice .This is a gem.Someone has her live at her first Carnegie hall solo performance in years.This will live in history.She used to program prof 3rd sonata their is a film . The most electric and aLIVE performer we have .Sheer stupendous.The slow movement is hypnotic.The Finale is INCREDIBLY UNBELIEVABLY CLEARAND SOOO FAST!!!!

For all you professional critics, you might consider this: when you're in Martha's class, YOU get to decide how to play it. If not, just try to enjoy what is probably, for you, an unbelievable performance.

so far.....the best version I,ve ever heard....

I can't believe how fast she played it. Especially the last movement, it's so difficult to play. I would have fainted after this performance had I been there to hear it. :D

Gracias Marthita! Eres fantástica.

Bloody Amazing!!

The most explosive A-bomb performance of this ever!!!! Just magnificent!

Yes, it's obviously a bit faster than many people play it. But boy, she makes it so intelligible. She makes all the tunes and lyrical bits pop out in the last movement, and despite the bad recording quality. The rhythm is perfectly clear. She doesn't even rush a little bit at the end. And such colors!

direct contact with the infinite deepness of sub-consciousness - most rousing rendition from heart to heart

La mas grande de todos los tiempos!!!!!!

A MAD WOMAN, fantastic.

amazing.!!!. And an encore!!!! I can't believe it. I think its fine to be critical of the performance for whatever reason, but I think the fact remains that whether or not you think she plays like the teenager she was or she is a crazy genius, She pulled this out of her butt. How many people can just say, "OH I feel like playing Prokofiev 7th!" In your wildest dreams! keep on judging! I'm sure its the voice in your own head judging your own abilities!

3 years ago J Y I was there. - and could hardly believe my ears) !!

This is chaos... but it's Organized chaos. How else could chaos sound so beautiful anyway? It's wonderful to me now. Snazzy!

Martha Argerich performing this Prokofiev Sonata No.7,Live in Carnegie Hall proves that she has got talent, technique and experience. Old age is not her problem.

Prokofiev lived under Stalin and the Soviet climate of paranoia, violence, and torture. Prokofiev knew about the genocide, forced relocation, and secret police. Some of his friends "disappeared." His music should scream and elicit panic, frenzy, wildness.

In a league of her own. Would love to hear all the critics here play this at Carnegie Hall. THanks for sharing.

tremendous. the best Interpretation ever!

for those who are criticizing Argerich, your brain is just not as fast as hers. The problem is not everyone understands music they way Martha does. At least I do.

FANTASTICA!!!!!!!!

The sound does not matter at all! I can only see her hands sliding wildly on the keyboard.... Amazing!

Пересмотрела многих пианистов , исполняющих 7 сонату Прокофьева. На мой скромный взгляд , только Аргерих помнит до конца , что соната называется ,, Сталинград,, !

wish 2 b there 2 hear it LIVE!

Simply the best! And I understand, why was Joachim Kaiser so excited about her performance!

BRAVO!!!!

prokofiev is maybe one of the very few composers that should be played very fast. not even chopin or liszt should be played very fast, even when they mark their pieces with 'prestissimo', 'vivace' or something like that. but prokofiev is so enjoyable this way.

OMG ... that's so incredibly fast ... I almost always much prefer the faster versions over the slower ones ... but this is almost insane! But I like it!

Zjawiskowe :O :O :O :O

she is so bad ass. She doesn't even throw her arms up at the end. haha

well put!

Best War Sonata Ever!

... she had several meetings that day, and she was running late already ... she had to squeeze in this performance in between meetings ... :)

MARTHAAAAAA!!! I LOVE U!)

Martha Argerich is a virtuoso speed demon and the tempo as this piece opens is blistering. It makes one ask why nobody ever thought of recording Olivier reading Shakespeare and then releasing the recording at a playback speed that is 50% faster. Why do you suppose that is?

聽懂她彈琴的魅力的感覺，後，，我，現在，覺得，聽，上癮 了，，，太好了。。。。。。。。

goosepumps!

@crapatitus It wasn't an encore, check the program! It's wonderful.

The Argerich around year 2000 was among the Greatests of the Greats ........ 13:24 is just unbelievable . Makes of Richter a bus driver . Women are between delicacy and obscenity . Kisses or whip . I prefer the whip .

You know.... I ve ever so often read these comments about speed .... and people (who by the way have never made their names inernationally known for art reviews let alone their playing) sort of indulge themselves in shattering and crumbling these performances when in fact they just making obvious they are incapable of understanding phrasing and structure at a speed which is beyong their hearing limits. Sorry

Argerich summarizes the "love it or hate it". Reading the comments is definitely very funny

Much as I love Argerich especially in Prokofiev, the first and second movements are far too rushed. However, the last movement is highly impressive...to play with that speed and clarity is amazing. She looks like she could play it in her sleep.

A tad impatient as usual. But still one of the best there is, as usual.

Her 3rd mov't here is the fastest I have ever watched. Even there is any faster, Argerich's playing still looks the MOST EFFORTLESS. Notice how her body/gestures are so quiet that she is not even struggling.. Like she is just spontaneously banging those keys.

What she is saying here : "Critics will never catch me up" ;-)

15:58 ..... ...... my Goodness ... ...

Beautiful !!!! Bravo Martha, Pragtig!!! 💓 💓

funny! thank you:-)

true but beautifully played

Sergei would applaud, I don't think he would be insulted. This performance is not out of context of the composition. An artist at the top of their craft,who masters someone else's composition would not set out to defame, masticate, and blasfem. Shallow minded judgement does not change an honest performance. Since this art (music) is viable only as it happens in time, as opinions are manifested, the mind (by gathering sound energy/information through one of five senses) 'thinks', then the listener misses the experience. It's not a picture, that is unchangeable. It's gone, except for a recorded representation of the original artistic expression that was genuinely mindful of Mr. Prokofiev's intentions notated in black ink by Ms. Argerich that day. Poeple, start listening to, not hearing.

Why bother bringing up "nuances" in a recording that is of such low quality? It's almost as if we're programmed to start talking about the 'lost subtleties' when we hear something performed faster than what we're used to; disregarding all other factors affecting our reception of the music.

who recorded this???

Absolutely superhuman. Even greater than Horowitz.

@jgesselberty: I totally agree. I would extend your observation to apply every twentieth century composer. Just look at (listen to) the many varied performances of another MF-ingly difficult composer for piano, Ravel. Some performers get the subtlety and richness in his pieces, and others obviously don't. What can you do? Appreciate, of any pianist, the great technical prowess applied, of course, but treasure those performances where the emotion and "color" of the composition are realized.

讚嘆的。阿格麗希，現場實力，。如此一的，高超，絶對。

😍😍😍😍😍

Fast or not, her performance is honest to the core. It is a tribute to what Prokofiev wrote (and of course to her understanding of what is written). The "attacca" between the 1st and the 2nd movements and the playing in the latter suggest to me a lack of patience though.

Funny, she plays similar to the older generation of pianists from the late 19th cent. Just listen to some of Rachmaninoff and Bartok's piano playing. Demoniacally fast and volatile. Let's see what speed grumps have to say about that.

faster, faster, FASTER I SAY!!!!

fast does not mean un-nuanced or unmusical if you're keeping up

An excellent performance but Richter's interpretation at Carnegie Hall in 1970 blew the roof off and his encore was to play it again a bit faster. Anyone else there?

As a matter of fact,it is by SINGING VOICE,the absolut tempo,and Katja Bunatchvilli did it to.Surpring that Lisitsa didnt

just ... IN CRE DI BLE

homophony pianist ? ma,genius!

4:20 ,wronge note?

Vielleicht nicht die korrekteste Interpretation, aber sehr lebendige und sehr überzeugende. Es klingt wirklich wie Krieg!

Argerich ALWAYS plays fast... She is one of the best pianist of human history, but sometimes she is overdoing with the speed

and they say pollini's version is fast!

Carmina Burana Carl orff /Koninklijke Chorale Cæcilia

Ce n'est pas trop rapide, c'est juste fantastique... Mais la version de Sokolov est pas mal aussi.

Martha. Rubinstein

16:00

@Eichenwald144 I sort of agree... Argerich is so impetuous in character. There is something very stubborn about her. She is almost a bit uncaring, at times I even wonder if she is trying to punish her audience. But I still love her, despite the punishment. I've never tried "rating" anyone... it serves no real purpose.

13:24 . At some particular moments , in the history or in the arts , men can be horrified and shocked how far and in which manner some women are able to go . A dimension which has not been anticipated or forecasted . Haha .... I love the smell of these reckoning days ....

WTG sealove36! What the hell is wrong with these 'Armchair Music Critics'? Do they ever take their hands out of their pants?

listen to Richter, guys!

Not concerned with color? She's throwing bucketfuls of Dutch Boy red and Benjamin Moore all over the goddamn wall, and you're saying "doesn't create much color, does she?" Sorry, but this movement is meant to be played with verve and tautness, not nuance. But she DOES play with color - stark, PRIMARY, colors!

O nome não é Martha é "Única".!🌹🇧🇷🇮🇹

It looks as if she has parked the car in the second row...

Sokolov shows how it should be played. Argerich is an amazing artist, that cannot be denied. I just think that often with Prokofiev, interpreters dwell a little too much on the technical precision and almost mechanical soundscape that he creates and the nuances within are missed.

ㅋㅋ 와씨 .. 3악장

Oh that coughing! Such a person must leave or be taken out!

@forgottenbooks - This would be because wet fish were being slapped against the wall. I was in the audience that night. I had a good seat, but it was standing room only for the dock workers.

You're wrong... Only the slow thinkers would need a fast version

Maybe for slow thinkers...

lol,the camera man has a problem

@meneltar are you kidding me? The music is too fast for the majority of people to appreciate the nuances of what Prokofiev wrote, and the depth of sound is made an almost blur by the amount of pedal she uses? Plus the tone is produced without control, especially in the octave passage in the bass, which concedes the work as a bombastic octave march when it is actually a refined, disciplined work of art. This is Argerich showing off, and forgetting about what the music is all about.

@meneltar

This is really fucking fast

why not hihihihihi

Listen to Alexei Sultanov!! The very best!!!