Rachmaninov 3rd concerto - 10 famous pianists play the ossia cadenza

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4 жыл бұрын

Rachmaninov wrote two different cadenza at the end of his first movement : the regular one, and another one called "ossia", longer and more difficult than the first one. Here, among about 50 versions tested, I selected 10 pianists (names below, chronological order) who play the ossia cadenza.
0:07 Van Cliburn
Moscow - 1958 - Moscow SO - Kirill Kondrashin
2:53 Cyprien Katsaris
French TV - 1980 - ? - Ohan Durian
5:36 Arcadi Volodos
Braunschweig - 1999 - Israël PO - Zubin Mehta
8:15 Olga Kern
Fort Worth, US - 2001 - Fort Worth SO - James Conlon
11:09 Yefim Bronfman
Tokyo - 2004 - Wiener PO - Valery Gergiev
13:48 Lang Lang
? - 2005 - ? - Charles Dutoit
16:42 HJ Lim
Barcelona - 2014 - Barcelona SO - Pablo Gonzales
19:17 Natasha Paremski
Bergen - 2015 - Bergen SO - Andrew Litton
22:14 Alexander Gavrylyuk
London - 2017 - BBC Scottish SO - Thomas Dausgaard
25:16 Seongjin Cho
Moscow - 2011 - ? - Alexander Dmitriev

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@zestofpiano3509 3 жыл бұрын

Details (timestamps, year, conductor, Orchestra,...) in the description of video. Similar video with the regular cadenza : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aMxgibuHrcXMnp8.html

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@stephenkristan853 Жыл бұрын

One of the most cataclysmic, terrifying passages in the entire piano literature. I love it! Who cares if it's "too much" for the movement! I'm always let down when performers opt for the standard cadenza. A little excess once in a while ain't a bad thing.

@trustedtarget7534 Жыл бұрын

I totally agree. One must grow fangs when approaching this cadenza.

@kevinroylancephotography9437 Жыл бұрын

Ossia Cadenza is the point of the 1st movement. It's the contrast to that absolutely beautiful part that follows.

@doandadrestarahma5290 9 ай бұрын

It's Rachmaninoff! The perfect chance to be extra

@franksmith541 5 ай бұрын

The cadenza of the Prokofiev 2nd is both more challenging and terrifying. A section of pure vehemence.

@dka5631 3 ай бұрын

If you play the standard cadenza like Argerich it is by no means easier nor boring. The build up to the D major chords becomes much more logical. but i also like big fat chords... conflict! source: i've played both

@streamspring6814 3 жыл бұрын

0:07 Van Cliburn 2:53 Cyprien Katsaris 5:36 Arcadi Volodos 8:14 Olga Kern 11:08 Yefim Bronfman 13:46 Lang Lang 16:41 HJ Lim 19:17 Natasha Paremski 22:14 Alexandre Gavrylyuk 25:15 Seongjin Cho

@judynelson5038 3 жыл бұрын

Lang Lang nailed it. Cliburn was off.

@mr2loser 3 жыл бұрын

Not to open a debate about definitions or semantics, but I thought the title was "famous pianists"? Not sure half of this list are famous. Anyway, great complication. Thanks for putting it together!

@birgirkarl 3 жыл бұрын

@@mr2loser If you only go by fame in art, you're in trouble.

@mr2loser 3 жыл бұрын

@@birgirkarl Check the title of the video. I'm merely commenting on that. Not artistry. Cheers!

@charlesbluett8195 3 жыл бұрын

mr2loser I haven't heard of Lim or Paremski before, but the others certainly are or were all famous pianists

@Sathrandur 3 жыл бұрын

For all who may not know: Rachmaninov composed the ossia cadenza first, but later wrote the standard cadenza as he felt that what became the ossia cadenza created too much of a climax that he thought architecturally less desirable in the first movement. Nonetheless, he must not have minded too much as he did leave it as an ossia.

@itamarbar9580 2 жыл бұрын

Hmm, interesting! This ossia cadenza shows what Rachmaninoff is best at: climaxing.

@99wntr 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve also heard he felt it may have been to difficult to play on a regular basis and created the standard cadenza to play when he had off nights during touring?

@ythanzhang 2 жыл бұрын

@@99wntr I guess that's a benefit of being your own composer. If you don't feel like it, you could just change the piece, and no one can really say anything about it.

@lczq6737 2 жыл бұрын

@@99wntr Well maybe, it is also known that he made several cuts that performers can take to their discretion. I believe it was to make it easier to play as well

@harbinguy1 2 жыл бұрын

Do all of them play slightly different versions?

@jacquesprevert1902 3 жыл бұрын

Bronfman. Simply awesome

@katbullar 3 жыл бұрын

I agree... Bronfman has something very special...

@makaan699 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, his whole performance... He played this a lot of times and probably has consistently the best Rach 3 in the game.

@marksmith3947 Жыл бұрын

Bronfman is possibly the greatest living pianist. While he gets recognition, it's not as much as he deserves

@pamelaweaver9983 8 ай бұрын

Hands down, Bronfman. Had the great fortune of attending 3 of his concerts. Twice for the Rach 3 and once for the Rach 2.

@franksmith541 5 ай бұрын

I saw Bronfman play this with the Vancouver Symphony in the early 90's. A big bear of a pianist who plays with crushing power.

@mr2loser 3 жыл бұрын

14:36. "Oh crap I just broke the fourth wall!"

@EASYTIGER10 3 жыл бұрын

Its a bit unsettling. Here I am in my underwear listening to KZfaq when Lang Lang slowly turns and looks right at me.....

@chickeringfoundation1866 3 жыл бұрын

@@EASYTIGER10 Perfect!

@dolalafontaine 2 жыл бұрын

What an absolute clown.

@ThatWasLoud Жыл бұрын

Time to add Yunchan Lim to this compilation

@RaineriHakkarainen 9 ай бұрын

Yunchan Lim colorless cold piano sound! This student Yunchan Lim should study next 6 years with a goog teacher! The best Rach no 3 really Horowitz in 1930! Evgeny Mogilevsky in 1965! Vladimir Ashkenazy! Marta Argerich Andrei Gavrilov in 1978! Natalia Trull in 1989! Yunchan Lim will be next Zimerman or Kissin boring with cold colorless sound! And crazy people will claiming Zimerman Kissin Yunchan Lim the Greatest!

@vlastimil-furst-gc 3 ай бұрын

@@RaineriHakkarainen From the newer performances, you kinda left out Arcadi Volodos, he's actually in the video. Anyway, yeah. It's quite a difference if you put any passion it it. I could hear it from Olga Kern, Alexander Gavrylyuk, Sengjin Cho or Van Cliburn, but not as much from the others in this video. A largely Slavic lineup, but for instance, Natasha Paremski didn't make it to my list.

@AhbibHaald 3 ай бұрын

@@RaineriHakkarainen what kind of mental illness do you have to call kissin cold? Just because he isn't using annoyingly excessive rubato, he is cold?

@orizoref 2 ай бұрын

True! He plays the regular cadenza though

@alessandropelizzoli6613 Ай бұрын

I agree completely with Raineri...

@Chima4289 Жыл бұрын

I have listen to many renditions of this famous Ossia, but was stunned by Cyprien Katsaris. Actually, never heard of him… Bravo!!!!

@gixelz 6 ай бұрын

never heard of katsaris after listening to a bunch of classical? what has youtube done to you

@temorxavi5400 3 жыл бұрын

Everybody is really good at palying the cadenza but Bronfman each every note is so clear and neat you can hear them all

@equilibrio823 3 жыл бұрын

The only truth I have read in these comments !

@MattSmith-il4tc Жыл бұрын

Not everybody. HJ Lim absolutely butchers it. She misses more notes than she hits... I don't know how that performance is even in this video. It's unlistenable.

@florianeichenberger7354 3 жыл бұрын

Is nobody going to mention Kissin? His version is sensational and underrated!

@TrevorduBuisson 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking; although I wouldn't say he's underrated. I think people are fully aware of who he is. His cadenza with Ozawa is perhaps the most dynamic, nuanced and certainly flawless. He recorded it at age 21, I believe.

@partituravid 3 жыл бұрын

YES!!!

@fridagarbati5383 3 жыл бұрын

Florian Eichenerger, I ask the same question. Kissin’s version is superb!

@user-wy7kx2to1v 3 жыл бұрын

yes,yes,yes!!!

@Joshua_Hershensohn 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed even other brilliant interpretations were left out like Trifonov and Ashkenazy!

@auzziePRlDE 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know how many times I have watched Olga Kern play the whole piece. Truly brilliant.

@JanetESmith-er8sk 3 жыл бұрын

That pause at the end of the Ossia sealed the deal! Heartbreakingly beautiful! Oh Maestro Van Cliburn it’s you!!

@oriolsolano3946 Жыл бұрын

Totally agree. The only one of them that gave deep expression to the closing of the phrase preceding the pause, and consequently to the pause too. Won by a narrow margin to Volodos

@saikalyan3966 Ай бұрын

Cliburn is out of the world, the coda of rach3 by him is also by far the best, feels like falling down a large bell tower's staircase

@rmpelnilschen130 4 жыл бұрын

How long have I been looking for a video of that kind xD Thank you very much

@stevenvinson1615 5 ай бұрын

Volodos is just wild. There is nobody that posseses the power he has. It's crushing.

@stevenvinson1615 5 ай бұрын

And Bronfman. He still pours it out, but he maintains the rhythmic integrity like nobody else.

@franksmith541 5 ай бұрын

I saw Tzimon Barto play this live. I swear the piano moved a bit under the weight of his playing. His chords in the ossia were like cast bronze. Big fellow with huge hands. I also saw Volodos play this in concert, and both his power and virtuosity were not on the scale of Tzimon Barto.

@EttorealbertoGelli-vr6sz Ай бұрын

Volodos Is a giant but 1 only SCHUBERT Impromptus Is more than all the works of Rachmaninov

@iankemp1131 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fascinating comparison. For me, this cadenza needs both dynamic and rhythmic variety, but also a sense of struggle when the main theme returns and in the final climax - not the pianist struggling to play it, but the music struggling to fight its way through. Some come closer to "my ideal" than others, perhaps Cho most of all marginally, but all of them brought something different and individual. In particular, despite sonic limitations, a great reminder of how fine Van Cliburn was before he gave up regular playing too early.

@spiritualatheist1 2 жыл бұрын

I have to agree with you about Cho. He has a controlled mastery, he sounds less like all the devils in Hades are after him and more like he's totally in control. There are recording problems with Cliburn and some of the others that makes them sound a bit blurred together. And I think Cho's piano was tuned a bit brighter. I like Evgeny Kissin better than any of these - playing the ossia does not seem to be a stretch for him. His piano is also brighter. On the other hand, if you're into Ponderous and Scary, as I am sometimes, go with Cliburn.

@catherinehegazi4440 3 жыл бұрын

my parents and I watched (and pretty much drooled) in the mid-seventies near Butler in Indianapolis Concert with Cliburn; my dad shared how his mother attended all his concerts, and my mom shared her disappointment in my not being professional.

@PuPuSin 3 жыл бұрын

Ciburn and Volodos is my fav , every notes shine with life forces.

@class87srule 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Cliburn succeeds in lyricism and savagery in equal measure. Why he doesn't play the repeats at the climax is baffling

@TrevorduBuisson 3 жыл бұрын

Volodos is just something out of this world.

@MicoAquinoComposer 2 жыл бұрын

Katsaris's playing is breathtaking. Beautifully played.

@PersnicketyRed 2 жыл бұрын

Van Cliburn is all I will ever need. My heart still holds this beautiful Texan, so close! 🥰

@jennfermackenzie-gray 3 ай бұрын

Van Cliburn is the best out of all these … in my opinion.

@borisjaulmes5773 4 ай бұрын

My favorite interpretation of this sacred monster ofthe piano litterature is by Leif Ove Andsnes. Especially because he doesn't repeat the 66th measure (he knows how to play this fabulous cadenza without it being too much). Incredible playing by the way. Thank you.

@michaelowens5394 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work! I collect Rakh 3 recordings and half of these I've never heard of. My all-time favorite is Dimtris Sgouros' age 14 recording (which also took the ossia cadenza, and ossia everything). But Olga Kern's cadenza strikes me as even more musical than Sgouros'. She brought out things I've never noticed. I'll be checking out her whole recording. Thanks!!

@edwinwelch1393 10 ай бұрын

Have you a link to this recording?

@kosmosyche 10 ай бұрын

@@edwinwelch1393 Just type in Olga Kern Rach 3 into the search bar.

@georgenorris2657 3 жыл бұрын

For me definitely Brontman. lovely clean playing and he sustains the sense of line and good tone throughout. Olga Kern is good too. There is a strange edition alteration in the version played by Cliburn and Katsaris: the thrice repeated phrase near the end of the climax is cut down to just one and it really doesnt work this way. Also to make the dominant A bass note before the d minor fortissimo theme staccato sounds really odd.

@vinylisland6386 3 жыл бұрын

Volodos and Cliburn. Bronfman is also magnificent. Gavrilov's first recording with Fedoseyev had the most stupendous ossia cadenza I have ever heard.

@catherinehegazi4440 3 жыл бұрын

killin" it (the composer of every mensch) apologetically, thank you Alexander Gavrylyuk? I love you and your parents for giving you Leben; and Seongjin Cho, the composer (picture to your left) smiled on your effort!

@billmarrufo 3 жыл бұрын

Volodos hands down! Though Bronfman and Lang Lang are also top notch.

@vlastimil-furst-gc 3 ай бұрын

I think Bronfman wasn't gentle enough in the passages where he should be. Lang Lang did quite well from this point of view, but I still appreciated the Eastern-Slavic pianists: Olga Kern and Alexander Gavrylyuk. The feeling was there, perhaps it resonates with a Slavic soul a bit more.

@Marko4237 3 жыл бұрын

They're all good in their own way. Personally, I prefer to not have any part of the cadenza inaudible or sped though just for showmanship. An example of my 'choice' recording would be Jean Yves Thibaudet w/ Ashkenazy conducting. Nice collection! Thanks for sharing

@StijnDefrancq 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this nice video! I prefer Bronfman and Lang Lang. Do you know the version played by Trifonov? For me the best ever.

@robertczebotar7025 3 жыл бұрын

Version by Trifonov...to many wrong notes.....

@Jonathan-mn4ss 3 жыл бұрын

too

@wonyang6052 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing video, thank you for making this.

@zestofpiano3509 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome

@evifnoskcaj Жыл бұрын

Olga Kern and Arcadi Volodos hold nothing back and I love that. This passage requires passion, a willingness to absolutely crush the piano and yet have these beautiful and soaring melody lines, and have huge dynamic range. Rachmaninoff also demands for sweeping rubato, which was all over his playing and interpretations as well, so you can't simply blow through this. Of these selections, I agree with the crowd on this one: Yefim Bronfman absolutely crushed it. Wondeful sense of style, great phrasing, good dynamic range and control, excellent clarify for such a rich and chordal section, and wonderful passion, not some cartoonish animation like the person that followed. 💯😂❤

@evifnoskcaj Жыл бұрын

Seongjin Cho deserves very high praise as well, especially under the gaze of Tchaikovsky. 😂 He played very well in all aspects of the piece. I hope he won that Tchaikovsky comp. Oh...3rd prize? Well, a performance like that is well deserving of a high place!

@barney6888 3 жыл бұрын

I quite liked the clarity of Seongjin Cho

@FrostDirt 3 жыл бұрын

And he was only 17 (2011 in the video) at the time, I think he got better. Check out his 2018 recording of Rach 3.

@garysandiego 3 жыл бұрын

He resolves very well to the theme.

@yimeizi2648 3 жыл бұрын

I thought his bass line was not clear at all

@barney6888 3 жыл бұрын

@@yimeizi2648 no you didnt

@dlphcoracl9645 4 ай бұрын

Cyprien Katsarisis and Arcadi Volodos are (for me) the clearcut winners here. This is magisterial playing.

@ganchinho Жыл бұрын

Bronfman immediate goosebumps, sublime

@garysandiego 3 жыл бұрын

I’m not going to pretend I know who is best. But Volodos is a beast! I was quite amazed. Bronfman was very good, smooth and balanced. I liked Cho too although I cannot pinpoint why. I like Lang Lang generally and I don’t go along with the haters at all but...I sure am glad he’s not doing the Bugs Bunny at the piano routine anymore. Maturity has its benefits.

@catherinehegazi4440 3 жыл бұрын

it's hard not to let the piano "win" -with most of these artists..still listnening.

@CuratorOfRealities 3 жыл бұрын

I've been hooked on this cadenza ever since I first listened to Vladimir Ashkenazy's Decca recordings as a teenager.

@botezmi Жыл бұрын

...same here but with Lazar Berman-Claudio Abbado recording kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oM2apqVy0svIp2w.html

@JOHNDOE-fr2jw 3 жыл бұрын

CHO WAS AWESOME!!!

@chrisiu1369 3 жыл бұрын

katsaris's voicing in 4:40 absolutely beautiful

@fareshajjar1208 3 жыл бұрын

Rachmaninoff has so many inner voices for a gifted interpreter to bring out.

@jfpary7336 2 жыл бұрын

Yes!!

@InfiniteClouds 2 жыл бұрын

Glad someone else noticed - best of the bunch for me.

@herobrine1847 9 ай бұрын

He brought out the red on the edges of the video

@robertjason6885 7 ай бұрын

Katsaris points out so much left hand detail. They are all just so wonderful.

@randomcraft651 2 жыл бұрын

Can some one explain me if this parts of the concerto are optional?

@fgattorno 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting work! congratulations!, I will include RAFAEL OROZCO, from my point of view the clearest and at the same time virtuosity Rachmaninoff Third. Enjoy it.

@geuros 3 жыл бұрын

In this list, Volodos and Bronfman share the #1 for me, Van Cliburn #3, Cho #4.

@billmarrufo 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, in the same order you mention!

@rr4tb4rtr46 2 жыл бұрын

you have to try Lazer Berman

@classicalclinician 3 жыл бұрын

First, thanks for putting this together! Great comparison. However, my favourite is not included. Daniil Trifonov with Sir Simon Rattle, New Year's Eve 2016 Concert of Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. And all of Trifonovs energy goes into the music. Not like Lang Lang here, who spends a lot for showmanship and effect (although I think he is a very good player despite this, but best to listen to him without a picture).

@OdedeCologne 3 жыл бұрын

I just looked this up as I really like Trifonov ... the cadenza is a bit too careful, but the flute / oboe / horn soli afterwards (Pahud, etc) are exquisite.

@Gardis72 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful video, it would have been a plus to know the performance dates and where these were performed. Just saying.

@Jonathan-mn4ss 3 жыл бұрын

Information is listed in the description notes.

@mattshum1350 3 жыл бұрын

didn't horowitz play the ossia in his last recording (the live one with ormandy)? If i recall correctly it wasn't that awesome...

@dolalafontaine 2 жыл бұрын

No, it wasn’t awesome at all. Sure his virtuosity showed through in some passages but he probably misplayed close to ten notes including gigantic important bass notes toward the end. His ossia cadenza is worse than some 15 year olds I watch on KZfaq nowadays.

@sevenoranges 2 жыл бұрын

Love Volodos and Cliburn....but which one did Mogilevsky play?

@andreassorg7294 Жыл бұрын

Greatest augmentation in musical history

@paolobozano4125 Жыл бұрын

If I'm not wrong recently also Yeol Eum Son and Yuja Wang play the ossia cadenza, Yeol Eum Son in the final round of the Tchaykoski competition and Yuja Wang I dont remember when;

@neilmillensted7723 3 жыл бұрын

They are all wonderful in their own ways but for unmatched hugeness of sound go to Lazar Berman with Abbado ( audio only ): its quite overwhelming.

@i9avici7a5 3 жыл бұрын

Volodos causes me to water up. His emotions are so transparent...

@perappelgren948 3 жыл бұрын

Van Cliburn does astonishingly well!

@davewalker9926 Жыл бұрын

omg, I love Natasha Paremski's interpretation! I love how she hits the low and high notes hard at the extreme ends of the range.

@Gardis72 3 жыл бұрын

And none of you commented on Alexander Gavrylyuk? I thought it was astonishing!

@GianfrancoCavallaro 3 жыл бұрын

The best. For me.

@poetmale 3 жыл бұрын

Me too. Flesh, blood, and this third ingredient - spirit. Hope for mankind ❤️

@TrevorduBuisson 3 жыл бұрын

It was amazing, although watching him I was just waiting for a stroke. He looked strained, although the music was astonishing.

@ercborg 2 жыл бұрын

His version is on repeat all day long. He handles the tension the best. I can't listen to the others after hearing him. The others rush through the pieces without tension.

@alis1637 Жыл бұрын

Van cliburn doesn’t rush too much but I love gavryluk’s interpretation. Perfect balance of power, sensitivity and detail where required

@rjlblg 8 ай бұрын

Did you put Lang Lang? Strange. Why didn’t you put Sokolov, Malofeev, Lugansky, Argerich, Yuja Wang, Trifonov, Buniatishvili, Shishkin????

@daniloberaldo570 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video! For me, HJ Lim was the best!

@ondinehd6889 2 жыл бұрын

Favorites in this video: Van Cliburn, Volodos, Bronfman, Paremski, Seonglin Cho!

@alexandershamonin7476 Жыл бұрын

Great thanks You for sowing greatest masters of piano, but we've got - Peter Donohoe, Alfred Cortot, Walter Gieseking; please, listen his Cadenza ossia!!! Yours sincerely, Alexander Shamonin)))

@mamakokonao 7 ай бұрын

カチャリスの演奏が圧倒的にすごい！まさにマジック！手の形がいいし、力を入れていないようでもfffがすごい。

@tiamia7139 3 жыл бұрын

Cliburn absolutely! Such power and passion. Brilliant!!

@marcosPRATA918 3 жыл бұрын

Isso é bem interessante para a escuta comparativa.

@swanee9599 3 жыл бұрын

HJ Lim's playing of this cadenza is unworldly. Pure bold virtuosity.

@765lbsquat 2 жыл бұрын

sloppy more like it. roast beef sloppy

@alis1637 Жыл бұрын

No it’s probably the worst of this bunch

@andre.vaz.pereira 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! If you want to do a round two of the ossia cadenza i suggest Artur Pizarro (Leeds Competition winning performance), Grygory Sokolov, Rafael Orozco, Denis Matsuev and Yeol Eum Son. Loved the version of Yefim Bronfman (best for me), Cliburn, Volodos, Gavrylyuk, Katsaris, Olga Kern and Seongjin Cho.

@zestofpiano3509 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, very good propositions, usually I don't like Matsuev

@andre.vaz.pereira 3 жыл бұрын

@@zestofpiano3509 Me neither... But the Rach 3 cadenza is very good!! Orozco video recording is miles away from the studio recording but he still nails the cadenza!! Fedorova, Trifonov and Buniatishvli recent live performances are also very good.

@dang5874 3 жыл бұрын

Sokolov's Rach 3 is one of my favorites along with Horowitz's, they are so powerful making the lowest and darkest notes of the piano shine

@andre.vaz.pereira 3 жыл бұрын

Also consider Eliso Virsaladze in 1989 live concert. It's on youtube too.

@Entertainer114 3 жыл бұрын

Rafael Orozco needed to be included in this list. This was a great lineup and a cool video nonetheless. But I think Orozco did this ossia cadenza so well. Not sure if there's video footage of his recording with the Rotterdam orchestra, but I think he made a stupendous recording of this with them (I know he did Rach 2 with that orchestra, but someone can correct me if he didn't record Rach 3 with them).

@MrYupsilon 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, his Rach 3 is my favorite one.

@undisclosedmusic4969 3 жыл бұрын

Say what you want about Lang but DAMN that was good

@fareshajjar1208 3 жыл бұрын

So many dropped notes. No clarity. Shortcuts everywhere. The worst of the lot...

@Gardis72 3 жыл бұрын

Any pianist with those absurd facial expressions loses me....it detracts from the music....

@adrianchewygum 3 жыл бұрын

@@fareshajjar1208 I have extreme perfect pitch and I couldn't hear all pitches written on the complicated score. You must be a genius to catch the missing notes!

@fareshajjar1208 3 жыл бұрын

@@adrianchewygum Perfect pitch would add no special ability to hear dropped notes (neither would "extreme perfect pitch"...whatever that is.) I am referencing many years of listening to cLang cLang perform, both love and recorded. My views are shared by thousands. His shortcomings have been widely discussed by critics. It is nothing new.

@adrianchewygum 3 жыл бұрын

@@fareshajjar1208 so you're saying "last time"... but based on this performance, you should not be biased...

@rainchen7846 3 жыл бұрын

The thumbnail with Lang Lang made my day lol

@fareshajjar1208 3 жыл бұрын

He's a circus act.

@rainchen7846 3 жыл бұрын

@@fareshajjar1208 I'm really confused about why people hate Lang Lang, he's a really good pianist

@fareshajjar1208 3 жыл бұрын

@@rainchen7846 He plays notes and makes faces. He does not make music.

@rainchen7846 3 жыл бұрын

@@fareshajjar1208 at the end of the day everyone has different definition of what is "musical", it's just his way of expressing music

@fareshajjar1208 3 жыл бұрын

@@rainchen7846 cLang cLang ignores the intentions of the composer in many instances and changes notations in the score to suit his "interpretation." He seems to have little respect for the pieces as composed. Nuanced voicing is often replaced by percussive antics. Why do great pianists like Horowitz and Rubinstein seem so stiff and upright? It's because excessive movement like the childish flailing arms and legs of cLang cLang inevitably transmits to the fingers. There is no control in the jumping clown. He should wear a gold cape and play in Las Vegas with dancing girls. He is not a serious classical artist. He is a novelty act.

@tristanbelmont8348 11 ай бұрын

Van Cliburn's performance is my favourite.

@GregLile 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not a Lang Lang fanboy, but his was the only one I wanted to go back and hear again.

@eggizgud Жыл бұрын

I like his pacing from the slow quiet start but then the climax didn't seem right. Too soon, too fast somehow... the story disappeared.

@LavaMLG 3 жыл бұрын

Bronfman will always be my favorite

@MrPGOLIVEIRA 3 жыл бұрын

Van Cliburn aos 23 anos, um fenômeno de talento.

@waynerisman8257 2 жыл бұрын

Rafael Orozco has the most dramatic inspirational version of the ossia cadenza in less than 2 minutes of unrestrained fury, a controlled madness, and a sense of inner rage.

@byfrax2371 2 жыл бұрын

listening to how pianists play the ossia cadenza is one of the best ways to get a feeling for their character when interpreting

@EASYTIGER10 3 жыл бұрын

To me Bronfman is the king of Rachmaninov 3. No Yuja Wang here, but to be fair I've not seen a recording of her playing Ossia which is surprising given her technique

@robertoperez8453 3 жыл бұрын

Cliburn for me, they best!

@sergio6357 3 жыл бұрын

I love Van's huge hands

@jfpary7336 2 жыл бұрын

Bronfman! Wow! Grandioso.

@DerekLowePianist Жыл бұрын

Lang Lang's expression is golden. Oh yes, including his facial expressions.

@efghabcd4126 3 жыл бұрын

weissenberg is my most favorite.

@ronl7131 7 ай бұрын

Has any professional Artist other than Ashkenazy recorded the Rachmaninov #3 , performing each of both cadenzas? Separate recordings , of course

@randomytguy7315 3 жыл бұрын

each one of them are amazing, but olga's cadenza just stroke me like a lighting bolt

@michaelwinegarden5443 3 жыл бұрын

I highly recommend watching her entire concerto. Her interputtaion is what made me fall in love with Rach 3, and become my favorite piece of music of all times. here is a link to her full performence:kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b6edq72f0bjFZoU.html

@kosmosyche 10 ай бұрын

Her cadenza is demonic, as if she was possessed by the spirit of the music itself. I wish there was a proper recording of this performance on a CD, it deserves it.

@MrJakejonesy Жыл бұрын

If only there was a video of Lazar Berman 😥 the Rach 3 GOAT

Жыл бұрын

It is sad you have not putted the Matsuev interpretation. It was magnificent !

@PianoBangBang 3 жыл бұрын

I clicked for the thumbnail, stayed for the music

@dhwu1619 2 күн бұрын

langlang was just 20 th, iT was amazing

@mytake3692 Жыл бұрын

My favorites are Cliburn #1 and Bronfman #2. The others are odd.

@theenglishalpinist5031 6 ай бұрын

Lang Lang goes up in my estimation somewhat. That's what he can do when gets serious.

@goatlps Жыл бұрын

I like #LangLang, in the studio, but when I listen to him play the rest of this live I'm fairly sure he makes up half the notes as he goes along.

@vedantthanki745 Жыл бұрын

Valentina also played it very nice......

@ercborg 2 жыл бұрын

Nobody handles the tension as well as Alexandre Gavrylyuk!

@sydneyscarlett4198 3 жыл бұрын

Lang Lang gave me chills.

@Pogouldangeliwitz 3 жыл бұрын

He definitely needs to be given a musical treatment

@fareshajjar1208 3 жыл бұрын

He's a cruise ship pianist. The Liberace of the classical world. The most overrated pianist in history.

@lahouit 3 жыл бұрын

Fares Hajjar Thank you! Almost buffoonish.

@Pogouldangeliwitz 3 жыл бұрын

@@fareshajjar1208 A cruise ship pianist for the Yellow Sea...

@jfpary7336 2 жыл бұрын

In my humble opinion Lang is overdoing it...

@juhyunkim3438 3 жыл бұрын

감사합니다♡

@jacklindahl 3 жыл бұрын

Ok. Volodos for the sheer animal ferocity, Bronfman for the precision, and Lang Lang who played with all the schmaltz this piece deserves. And more.

@zerg29007 Жыл бұрын

And where is Boris Berezovsky??? Or atleast Vladimir Ashkenazy????

@trevordaviesable Жыл бұрын

Did Yuja Wang play this cadenza?

@mimo-le3ik Жыл бұрын

i think you should add Trifonov too he plays it beautifully

@militaryandemergencyservic3286 4 жыл бұрын

as someone who has played this version, I can say that Freddy Kempff's version is the best I've heard (it's not on this list but it is on youtube). However, I prefer the other cadenza which is apparently harder. I studied this version with Muza.

@LC-ig2jm 4 жыл бұрын

As a classical pianist, I know this cadenza well. Bang Bang(Lang Lang) played it the fastest and accurately. While Van Cliburn made a lot of mistakes. Yekim Bronfman is my favorite pianist for the complete Rach3 (the poster misspelled his name as Bronstein). Bronfman also ranks among the best for his interpretation of the Tchaikovsky 1.

@lucaslorentz 3 жыл бұрын

@@LC-ig2jm no, orozco had played it faster then lang lang

@judynelson5038 3 жыл бұрын

@@lucaslorentz In this video, Lang Lang, by far. I'm not even his fan. But there's no competition.

@lucaslorentz 3 жыл бұрын

@@judynelson5038 no bruh just like at the time of lang and orozco , despite orozco made some mistakes he played it faster and btw im not comparing whos better

@rigel48 3 жыл бұрын

For me the keyword of this cadenza is grandeur. No flashy technical displays with unsteady tempos but a constant majestic flow with a mastered virtuosity which leads to a grand and powerful climax. In this respect I find Van Cliburn and Bronfman the best and HJ LIm the least convincing. I would add that if this ossia cadenza taken alone is extremly impressive, I think that the regular cadenza suits far better the spirit of the concerto.

@joegoetz2024 3 жыл бұрын

Andre Watts did a hybrid cadenza...starts out with the regular one, then switches to the Ossia before the huge chords come in

@swanee9599 3 жыл бұрын

I have to disagree. I believe HJ Lim's performance was very controlled and perfectly captured the boldness of this concerto. Its exhilarating, fiery, and courageous - as the cadenza should be. I don't believe Rach's 3rd concerto is one to be played lightly. Perhaps you are not used to seeing female pianist display such assertiveness.

@rigel48 3 жыл бұрын

@@swanee9599 Martha Argerich has displayed plenty of assertiveness for much longer than HJ Lim.

@mlaux72 3 жыл бұрын

This why Sergei put this one in the "ossia" and not viceversa :)

@golden-63 7 ай бұрын

Van Cliburn, Volodos, and Bronfman.

@user-cj7mt7oi2n Жыл бұрын

Самая лучшая каденция у Александра Малофеева. Юный восхитительный пианист! Как могли про него забыть?

@emilyhutjes Жыл бұрын

Irina , Look up on YuTube the channel of " Richard" . He posted Rach. 3 by Alexander Malofeev in the USA. He is indeed the best. BRAVO. (Netherlands)

@partituravid 3 жыл бұрын

No Kissin!?!? For me, Gavrylyuk blows away everyone else - the transitions between sections are carefully thought out and paced. The harmonic outlines and areas are clear, with delineation of the chords'relationships, progressions and significance. The melodic line is sustained by de-emphasizing chords that, while massive, support the melody. Everyone else's massive chords all have equal importance. This is impressive for the beautiful transitions as well as architecturally, tonally, musically, conceptually. With beauty AND strength - actual music- the only place most of these people think about dynamics is the shift to C minor - too little too late. Gavrylyuk is dynamically shaping all the time so there are arcs. I think the conductor for Olga Kern might be James Conlon?

@alis1637 Жыл бұрын

Agreed, but keep in mind he has the benefit of a more modern sound recording system