Terence Judd plays Shostakovich, Scriabin, Ravel, Barber, Liszt

Terence Judd plays Shostakovich, Scriabin, Ravel, Barber, Liszt - video 1978 Tchaikovsky competition

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9 жыл бұрын

Rare and spectacular footage of English pianist Terence Judd at the 1978 Tchaikovsky competition winners' concert. He played Shostakovich's Prelude and Fugue no. 15, Scriabin's Etude op. 42 no. 5, Ravel's La Vallée des cloches from Miroirs, Barber's Fugue from Sonata op. 26, and Liszt's La Campanella. Judd placed fourth. Just one year later he killed himself. Timing below:
01:28 - Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue no. 15, op. 87
06:36 - Scriabin Etude op. 42 no. 5
10:58 - Ravel Miroirs, La Vallée des cloches
17:45 - Barber Piano Sonata in E-flat minor, op. 26, Fuga: Allegro con spirito
23:27 - Liszt La Campanella
Теренс Джадд - Дмитрий Шостакович - Александр Скрябин - Морис Равель - Сэмюэл Барбер - Ференц Лист

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@cufflink44 Жыл бұрын

I want to cry when I think of this beautiful person with such jaw-dropping talent taking his own life at 22. At least we have these astonishing recordings to remind of his genius . . . and of our loss.

@789armstrong 6 жыл бұрын

Terence Judd was a great pianist, in the same class as William Kapell. Both technically and musically superb, with which he always found new and dynamic ideas. This video is a priceless testament to his genius.

@0babul0 2 жыл бұрын

That Barber's fuga is just insane. Such power and precision in this tempo is mind blowing. It's gonna be a long time since someone comes close to that.

@OrangeSodaKing 8 жыл бұрын

My favorite performance of the fugue from Barber's piano sonata... Wow!! What a talent, and what a tragedy.

@deviantrake 7 жыл бұрын

Mine too, those last 40 seconds in particular are astonishing.

@Highinsight7 5 жыл бұрын

I LOVED this guy... one of my favorite pianists of ALL time! His Prokofiev Three is just out of this world...

@emilgilels 5 жыл бұрын

There's an audio recording of him doing both the Fugue and the Scherzo from the Barber Sonata. Absolutely superb, and for me better than any other performance I've heard of those movements. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/geCRqJebtKjQkZ8.html

@Highinsight7 4 жыл бұрын

@@emilgilels there's also a performance of him playing the WHOLE sonata... it's GRIPPING!!!

@Highinsight7 3 жыл бұрын

@@emilgilels kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n6-aqpx-tsysf4E.html

@meredith218461 2 жыл бұрын

What a historical treasure this footage of Terence Judd is. A phenomenal talent tragically extinguished by his own inner demons.

@dallexandro 6 жыл бұрын

The best Shostakovic i've ever heard on piano.

@alexarmanpiano 2 ай бұрын

What a prodegy... I know you are playing music somewhere in the universe, that recital was a huge one

@charliefoxtott9704 2 жыл бұрын

Having seen him play live, I still find this jaw-dropping!

@Highinsight7 5 жыл бұрын

I JUST LOVED this guys playing... TO BAD he's not around now... I was told he was a favorite of many folks in the audience... Lucas LaBardge showed us you can come in FOURTH Place in a competition BUT if you win the hearts and minds of the audience... YOU will do fine!

@classicalalways 9 жыл бұрын

Absolutely stunning that you or your organization is sharing these priceless videos of historic events. The story of Judd is tragic, and clearly he was an incredible talent that we all lost unnecessarily.

@ADGO 9 жыл бұрын

classicalalways He certainly was incredible. It's just me sharing by the way. Me and my fair use beliefs...

@pianopera 9 жыл бұрын

ADGO Do you also have the performance of Naum Grubert? I know him from my Conservatory period, and it would be very interesting to hear/see him play! (he received the sixth prize that year and his brother Ilya, who is a violinist, won the first prize)

@ADGO 9 жыл бұрын

pianopera Unfortunately I don't see anything about either Grubert from the '78 competition. From that year I still have winners' concert videos of violinists Elmar Oliveira and Irina Medvedeva, and pianist Steven Kemper, about whom there's basically nothing on the internet.

@pianopera 9 жыл бұрын

ADGO See: musiqueclassique.forumpro.fr/t2531-tous-les-laureats-du-concours-tchaikovsky Both brothers later moved to Holland and as far as I know, they still live there... Thanks again for all these videos of the competition.

@ADGO 9 жыл бұрын

pianopera my pleasure. I use the same site :) I'll watch out for the Grubert brothers in the future.

@tarakb7606 3 жыл бұрын

Such a fabulously gifted pianist. A tragic loss.

@goGOnJyA 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing this. I have never seen a video of Terence Judd; only heard some incredible recordings. many thanks from Japan!

@ADGO 9 жыл бұрын

goGOnJyA my pleasure. I love Japanese culture and had an amazing time in your country, so thank you too :)

@goGOnJyA 9 жыл бұрын

ah, but I just live here! i am a citizen of e-ART-h! thanks again for the music. spent hours watching your videos yesterday. do you by chance have any video of Terence Judd playing the Prokofiev concerto? many people are interested to see more!

@goGOnJyA 9 жыл бұрын

ADGO commented above - not sure if you'd see it so posting this here. 8-)

@ADGO 9 жыл бұрын

goGOnJyA :) unfortunately I haven't seen a copy of that. Of course I'd love to find it too and would immediately post a copy if I come across it.

@philipsmith3084 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much ... this was such beautiful playing!

@autumnleaves2766 Жыл бұрын

Wow ! I can remember hearing of his suicide but had never heard him play. On the basis of this performance, he was clearly brilliant. What a tragic loss to the world of classical music. I hope more footage of him is unearthed.

@SCRIABINIST 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic!

@laspiano765 7 жыл бұрын

Som bom e imgem boas, gostei demais , nao conhecia o pianista em questao, mas e um vencedor, obrigado por postar e de muito bom gosto adorei.

@MrKTaskov Жыл бұрын

ОН был самый.. самый!!

@gjeacocke 7 жыл бұрын

He had a great voice introducing his encore. What a shame.

@haydenwayne3710 5 жыл бұрын

A truly brilliant artest. How tragic he took his own life.

@esfirross6800 5 жыл бұрын

Christian Blackshow was an outstanding competitor. He made spectacular come back recently with Mozart sonatas.

@innocenzobarrera1505 6 жыл бұрын

Bravissimo!

@globalc3849 2 жыл бұрын

I have all of his CDs and it’s so wonderful that we can now actually watch him play live with his supreme demonic technique. There’s a dark and disturbing nature to his talent. It’s hard to describe in words but you can hear it in his music and sound. Why is it some of the most prodigious players have such lethal demons inside them? God bless his soul.

@miltonmoore8369 2 жыл бұрын

I BELIEVE IN THE EXISTENCE OF DEMONS, BUT THIS MUSIC AND THE PIANIST WHO PLAYED IT SO GLORIOUSLY AND PROFOUNDLY WAS HEAVEN SENT BY GOD ALMIGHTY, "THE DIVINE ARCHITECT OF THE UNIVERSE AND CREATOR OF ALL THINGS," AND IS IN NO WAY CONNECTED TO DEMONS. YOU HAVE PROJECTED THIS OUT OF YOUR OWN MIND, MOST LIKELY DUE TO JUDD'S APPARENT SUICIDE, A DARK DEED, INDEED. RESPECTFULLY

@globalc3849 2 жыл бұрын

@@miltonmoore8369 I think you have a lack of understanding of how things work my friend. You’re obviously some deeply connected to religion which is clouding your judgment on reality. You don’t kill yourself when you’re at this level of talent because you’re totally inspired by God and Divine energy and are filled with joy. It is you unfortunately that is not accepting reality. We can agree to disagree bro. No need to write in all caps too. Calm down.

@user-sk4kd7ob2b 3 жыл бұрын

Сколько чувств,выразительности, серебряного звука и пения в его игре! Ох...!!!

@tinak.-p.4377 Жыл бұрын

А мне у Теренса нравится выигранность всех деталей

@anthonyandscott 7 жыл бұрын

How does he not win?

@jimkost2002 5 жыл бұрын

What 2 tin eared soulless “people” gave this genius a downvote???? Brilliant Brilliant playing!

@user-sk4kd7ob2b 2 жыл бұрын

Боже! Как мне нравились эти чудесные,скромные и трогательные букетики,которые Советские Слушатели подносили своим Кумирам. А сейчас-веники из цветов. Но это,лично,моё ощущение. И мне неоднократно,смотрительницы Филармонического зала, предлагали такие букеты(подготовленные администрацией)для вручения,но я всегда отказывалась. 31.01.2022.

@carlosbonds2513 9 жыл бұрын

The piano competitions are corrupted and politicized (music is not olympics, sometime tes the winners are forgotten and their carresr are not relevant to the music industry. so the competition dont mean nothing for the great artist) the russians did not want van cliburn to win in 1958 but Richter gave him 100 points as member of the evaluators so Judd in 1978 had to play better than horowitz and Rubinstein together and with great lucky who knows if he could have gotten a great second place. For me Judd was the real winner. Thanks for this epic document.

@ADGO 9 жыл бұрын

Carlos Rupert You're welcome. I don't disagree with you overall, but you have to keep in mind that 1978 was a very competitive year, certainly among the best the Tchaikovsky competition has ever seen. Pletnev certainly deserved to win (I've uploaded his winners' recital), and if you watch Pascal Devoyon's winners' recital (which I've also uploaded), he deserved second too and the Russian audience adored him. Laplante also placed second, and Demidenko was third with Evgeny Rivkin. Boris Petrov tied with Judd, and Christian Blackshaw and Naum Grubert were fifth and sixth. That is an outstandingly strong group of musicians. Speaking of Judd alone, his playing was so special and the Barber sonata here is just breathtaking.

@carlosbonds2513 9 жыл бұрын

Excellent explanation ADGO, thanks a lot, I'm going to check out Pletnev's recital.

@user-my7nm1dl7e 9 жыл бұрын

ADGO I agree with you. by the way, there is an interesting interview with Sergei Babayan named "Sergei Babayan in Conversation with Zsolt Bognár, 2011" where he talks about the Tchaikovsky Competition and explains why, in his opinion, Pletnev deserved to win the first prize in 1978. worth a read.

@ADGO 9 жыл бұрын

304712 L Thanks very much for that. It was fascinating. Do you know if a recording of the mentioned op. 111 from the first round exists? I suppose by 'the other pianist' Babayan meant Devoyon :) I liked what he said about Gilels' honesty and Sokolov too.

@loboris1995 9 жыл бұрын

Carlos Rupert Well I could understand that his Liszt Sonata doesn't deserve first prize . But the rest , c'mon.

@eustacequinlank7418 8 жыл бұрын

I'm sure that there is at least some more footage of Judd out there, from what I remember it was him alone in a studio with a cyan looking background. It was only a segment, but it mentioned a bit about his suicide and had a shot of his family home. It could be from either ARTE, Young Musician of the Year or The South Bank Show which might have had a segment on him, as those were really the only outlets I could watch to see anything piano related on TV back in the late 90's early 2000's. Although, having said that, I just looked him up on IMDb and he has a listing for a BBC Arts series called Contrasts. An episode called 'Small Wonder' about child prodigies. Putting two and two together, it's probably footage from that although I can't seem to find out much more.

@ADGO 8 жыл бұрын

+Man Beadle Thanks for the details. It would be amazing to find more footage of him. I haven't seen anything else, but in about a month from now I'll search and ask around. Perhaps we can find it.

@eustacequinlank7418 8 жыл бұрын

+ADGO The thing is I remember that clip because of his hair (not because he was an amazing pianist or anything)... he could have been in competition with Kissin if their ages were closer together. Imagine them performing a duet! They could have called themselves the 'Bouncing Bouffants' I'll keep my eyes peeled.

@ADGO 8 жыл бұрын

+Man Beadle lol :) nice use of the word competition :) Are you particularly fond of any of our British pianists?

@eustacequinlank7418 8 жыл бұрын

ADGO I was just reeling a list off in my head and realised most of them weren't British. I'd say Myra Hess for her Beethoven and Mozart and John Ogdon.

@ADGO 8 жыл бұрын

+Man Beadle Have you encountered Harriet Cohen? There's a recording on YT of her playing Chopin's op. 25/7 which is excellent

@AntoBayramKaramenderes 8 жыл бұрын

ADGO Thanks for sharing, can you maybe also find Naum Grubert's performance who got 6th price in same year? He is my teacher now in Holland and would be really interesting to see his performance!

@ADGO 8 жыл бұрын

+Anto Bayram Karamenderes I looked already and unfortunately couldn't find it. Good luck with your studies :)

@AntoBayramKaramenderes 8 жыл бұрын

ADGO Sorry to hear that! thank you very much and all the best !

@dulsitobosskaia7724 3 жыл бұрын

талантлив. Правдив. Достойно.

@lunchmind 7 жыл бұрын

so sad to hear that he killed himself.

@Populous3Tutorials 5 жыл бұрын

what stage is this? and what score or place did he get?

@1Steins 5 жыл бұрын

He got 4th place. One year later after performing this he committed suicide.

@RozarSmacco 4 жыл бұрын

This the famous Tchaikovsky Competition

@user-bw8kg8dr8x 2 жыл бұрын

17:46

@fredericfrancoischopin6971 Жыл бұрын

Can I use your video for to singularize several of the recitals?

@ADGO Жыл бұрын

I don't understand what you're asking. Could you explain please?

@fredericfrancoischopin6971 Жыл бұрын

@@ADGO sorry my pathetic english, I mean I plan to make separate videos by dividing your video into parts, For example Terence Judd's playing Barber's fuga etc.

@ADGO Жыл бұрын

Oh I see what you mean. Honestly I don't think there's a need for that - the KZfaq search works well and people can find this quite easily.

@fredericfrancoischopin6971 Жыл бұрын

@@ADGO I see, Thank you for feedback.

@paules3437 3 жыл бұрын

Best haircut ever.

@fjdyyh2542 2 жыл бұрын

The 70s really had it unfortunately

@dap4699 Жыл бұрын

Not a fan of the haircut but it suits the guy.

@fjdyyh2542 4 жыл бұрын

That ravel...

@brozors 5 жыл бұрын

man, he plays the ever living shit out of the La Campanella. It's such an aggressive interpretation.

@Highinsight7 4 жыл бұрын

yup... well really everything!

@lunchmind 7 жыл бұрын

HIs "Campanella is second only to Joesph Lhevinne's

@lunchmind 7 жыл бұрын

such lucid power and clarity.

@Highinsight7 5 жыл бұрын

@@lunchmind He really was one of the THEE greats... I found out about him maybe fifteen years ago and have been addicted ever since!

@lunchmind 5 жыл бұрын

@@Highinsight7 oH OKAY THANK YOU.

@djmotise 6 жыл бұрын

How the FUCK did he not win? Fourth place??? No wonder he killed himself. Nice one, judges.

@ADGO 6 жыл бұрын

He didn't win because, well, look at the competition. It's sad but Terence lived and made his own decisions.

@NOSEhow2LIV 6 жыл бұрын

No, not really so, he had a history of mental fragility & depression dating from long before. I saw him often at concerts and recitals, in the audience; he cut a shy retiring figure but became enthusiastic and generous of opinion once engaged in conversation. I'll never forget the numb sensation shared with other concert-going friends; could we have helped...done more...? Then the broadcasts and discs were issued, making our loss even more acute. It's marvellous to see him again here, in full force.

@dap4699 Жыл бұрын

@@ADGO what happened in the competition?

@paules3437 2 жыл бұрын

I think he played a D-flat by mistake at 20:26...

@Hervinbalfour Жыл бұрын

And so what was your point in pointing that out? To showcase what exactly?

@paules3437 Жыл бұрын

@@Hervinbalfour OMG. It was a joke. My "point" is to illustrate in a humorous way how impossibly DIFFICULT this music is to play. It's like that old joke when you're working like a dog too wipe down your car or wipe up a huge spill and after hours of work, your friend (or, say, your mother-in-law) comes along to point out the ONE thing you didn't get by saying the classic: "You missed a spot." I guess humor got lost.

@ryanking290 8 жыл бұрын

I reckon this guy must have been Bipolar brilliant when His mood was up but sadly suicidal when it was down. Frank Schubert went the same way

@Highinsight7 5 жыл бұрын

You can hear SO many extreme moods in his playing... what a loss...

@dap4699 Жыл бұрын

Schubert didn't kill himself, bruh.

@user-le8bg9dn9l 10 ай бұрын

Скрябин не понравился: нет полётности, воздуха, тяжеловестно и слишком прозаично. О нем ничего не знала до прочтения комментариев, извините

@paules3437 2 жыл бұрын

OMG! Lose the fat tie! I would never play in a tie like that; it'd flop all over the keyboard! : )

@cufflink44 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for focusing in on what's really important. Well done.

@paules3437 Жыл бұрын

@@cufflink44 Right? Hey, I'm not alone in thinking that what a pianist wears is more important than anything. Look at Yuja Wang...

@BurningSky9 Жыл бұрын

Clothing, haircut and mistakes. Style over substance. 😏

@paules3437 Жыл бұрын

@@cufflink44 There's this new thing called humor.

@cufflink44 Жыл бұрын

@@paules3437 And we're supposed to know you meant the comment as humorous . . . how?

@danielche2349 3 ай бұрын

21:03