Though this is certainly passionate playing, I think part of Hamelin's genius is that he maintains a degree of distance from the passion. It's a paradox that this slight removal--one might call it a refusal to wallow--makes the music all the more effective. He is also supremely lucid. His otherworldly technique allows him to clarify textures as few, if any, pianists can. For well over half a century, the second movement of this piece has moved me to tears. Hamelin's sense of dramatic time, his suspensions and releases, make the most beautiful performance I've ever heard. He won't be rushed, so the music seems to expand into all the world. The dramatic timing is also a main attribute of the outer movements. It makes the music breath, struggle, and conquer. Hamelin is one of our greatest musician/pianists--heck of a composer, too.
@dalcassian8351
2 жыл бұрын
Agree. Some people view it as coldness and lack of feeling but it's certainly not that he's just an exceptional pianist and among my all time favourites if not the most
@kingconcerto5860
2 жыл бұрын
He is truly incredible. I'm going to see him perform the Paul Dukas Eb Minor Piano Sonata in a few weeks (as well as a world premiere work by John Oswald, Fauré's Op.26, Op.33 No.2, Op.107, Op.70, AND an original work by Hamelin called "Suite à l’ancienne"), I've never been more excited to see any performance in my entire life.
@steps222
2 жыл бұрын
@@kingconcerto5860 I've heard him once. He didn't play knuckle-busting pieces. Instead, he gave us Beethoven's Sonata No. 30, one of the most subtle and beautiful pieces I know. In fact, it's my favorite sonata. I own way too many recordings of it and have heard numerous others. I can listen to two or three recordings of it back-to-back. I can name the best renditions of that wonderful piece on the fingers of one hand. Having only heard Hamelin in super-virtuoso works, I expected nothing. He captured and conveyed the spirituality of that sonata with near perfection. I was floored, and it remains one of the great experiences I've had in a concert or recital hall.
@liegon
Жыл бұрын
Very attentive observation. It reminds me of this masterclass where Rubinstein is teaching the Chopin Ballade No. 1 and explaining, that music is always 'noble'.
@steps222
Жыл бұрын
@@liegon Goodness! To be mentioned in the same sentence with Rubinstein is too much to take in. BTW, music is indeed noble. Even if we think some piece is trash, it moves somebody else. It speaks a language most of us can't speak, and it reaches parts of us that nothing else can. Thanks for the comment.
@scziffra
11 жыл бұрын
I also think that Hamelin is the greatest living piano virtuoso and one of the greatest pianists ever. His renditions take the "golden era of piano playing" to new heights. I am so grateful to be living in an age where I can watch him any time with only a few clicks on my computer. What a privilege!
@RaineriHakkarainen
3 ай бұрын
Artur Rubinstein Emil Gilels Grigory Sokolov Maurizio Pollini Solomon Cutner Radu Lupu Wilhelm Kempff better than Hamelin! More genius than Hamelin=Sviatoslav Richter Solomon Cutner Grigory Sokolov Maurizio Pollini! More powerful louder than Hamelin=Mikhail Pletnev(Prokofiev piano concerto no 1 by Pletnev!) The Second Loudest was Lazar Berman!, The 3rd Loudest was Erwin Nyiregyhazi! More colorful beautiful piano sound than Hamelin=Wilhelm Kempff Emil Gilels Radu Lupu Artur Rubinstein Vladimir Ashkenazy Grigory Sokolov!!
@daveholt1325
3 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest pianists who ever lived
@ChanelBear4Evah
9 жыл бұрын
OH MY WORD! Every Time I watch this I just DIE! It's SO GODDAMN PERFECT! Hamelin brings such Nuance to this piece without flailing about like An Infuriated Gorilla! I saw him perform this LIVE... FRONT ROW at the Chamber Music Society of Detroit... It was HARROWING since I had never heard this piece! I didn't know what to expect... These Sounds, These Odd Figurations..This Complexity... Hamelin whipped through them like a Katana and I was on the edge of My Seat like I was at Cedar Point! The Man is a GOD! Listen at 23:52 I find myself Holding my Breath and getting chills and shivers and goose pimples all up and down my arms and back... It sounds like what falling from a very high place must feel like... INDESCRIBABLE! I... LOVE HIM! :-D
@EmptyVee00000
5 жыл бұрын
Terrill Lawrence He has no musical idea, but great hands.
@ПолинаТретьякова-ь8ъ
4 жыл бұрын
I feel same
@RaineriHakkarainen
2 жыл бұрын
@@EmptyVee00000 Marc Andre is the CYBORG KING ROBOT PIANIST WITH THE HUMAN MACHINE ARTURO BENEDETTI MICHELANGELI AND THE MECHANICAL DULL BORING FASHION PLAYING KRYSTIAN ZIMEFMAN!! Better More Colorful Beautiful Piano Sound than Marc Andre Hamelin=Wilhelm Kempff Emil Gilels Radu Lupu Artur Rubinstein Vladimir Ashkenazy( Ashkenazy=The Most Colorful 'Volcanic' piano Sound ever! MORE POWERFUL Louder than Hamelin=Mikhail Pletnev The Most Powerful Loudest Pianist Ever! Pletnev The Nuclear BOMB POWER! NO-ONE IS CLOSE PLETNEV HIS POWER! The Second Loudest Hardest Hitter Of The Keyboard was Lazar Berman!! More Genius than Hamelin=Sviatoslav Richter Solomon Cutner Grigory Sokolov Maurizio Pollini Alexei Lubimov Stanislav Igolinsky! Igolinsky better than Dinu Lipatti!! My Money My Vote My List Says Igolinsky Better than Dinu Lipatti!!!
@simonashmead
9 жыл бұрын
Genius of the highest magnitude. My attention was held from the first note of the first prelude until the last note of the final movement of the sonata (more than once). Bravo, Monsieur Hamelin!
@shilloshillos
11 жыл бұрын
He is awesome in the true sense. Above all, he is a serious artist without stupid mannerisms. He just plays THE MUSIC!
@AlkanPaganini
11 жыл бұрын
The most amazing part is that Hamelin plays this piece, which is far, far from easy, like a walk in the park, as he always do in "every" nearly-unplayable works.
@erickfreitas6577
4 жыл бұрын
true!!!
@davebarclay4429
3 жыл бұрын
His recording of Alkan's Concerto for Solo Piano is absolutely jaw-dropping. Even Mr Hamelin himself describes the piece as "challenging"
@TylerHumphrey05
3 жыл бұрын
He’s alright I guess. Looks like he’s struggling tho. Maybe should work on his rubato
@Walnutpaste
2 жыл бұрын
@@TylerHumphrey05 I don't think you're in a position to be calling him "alright I guess"
@yordantodorov2711
2 жыл бұрын
@@TylerHumphrey05 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@vurt333
11 жыл бұрын
How to put words to this... it is like silk cloth moving gently in the wind. To die for. Spectacular work by Hamelin.
@maxdemian6312
2 жыл бұрын
I like that analogy
@gregniemczuk
7 жыл бұрын
This is divine.... thank you maestro Hamelin for endless inspiration.
@riccardo50001
7 жыл бұрын
Amazing pianism!!!! And this man came to our Community Music School and played and responded to questions! I'm listening to this magnificent playing while I'm working on my computer and I'm still "knocked over." Wow!!!
@Hitherto90
11 жыл бұрын
Very few pianists can let the music speak for itself. Well done Hamelin. I wish you many more successful years as a performer.
@1blairt
10 жыл бұрын
This guy has really aged in the last ten years (too many airports?), but his artistry is greater than ever. Hope he sticks around for a long, long time.
@friendlyjew7278
5 жыл бұрын
Thomas Blair Mr hamelin is not u familiar with hard work. Hesa very accomplished musician.
@SmartDumbNerdyCool
2 жыл бұрын
It's called life
@javascriptkiddie2718
Жыл бұрын
@@SmartDumbNerdyCool DIVORCE
@javascriptkiddie2718
3 ай бұрын
@@SmartDumbNerdyCooldivorce
@SmartDumbNerdyCool
3 ай бұрын
@@javascriptkiddie2718 +100 grey hairs
@vladibaby79
8 жыл бұрын
Dieses Stück braucht solche Pianisten wie ihn. Nur mit dem höchsten technischen Standard kann man die Stimmunge und die Phrasierungen, die vielfältigen Nuancen dieses Werkes zur Geltung bringen. Die musikalischsten Stellen sind so oft mit so vielen Tönen überladen, dass es höchstes Können braucht, um musizieren zu können. So viele Pianisten verzerren das Stück mit ständigem unnötigen Bremsen. Bravo mr Hamelin.
@JamesLongPDX
9 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest pianists you will ever hear.
@Alex-oy6ss
5 жыл бұрын
definetely not the greatest
@oucutie1
5 жыл бұрын
Arcady N With respect to your opinion, Hamelin is THE greatest pianist that ever lived Imo. There are the others, but, they are only the “others”.
@ronwalker4849
3 жыл бұрын
THIS IS SO SWEET AND TENDER THAT IT REMINDS ME OF A MOTHER SINGINGING A LULLABY TO HER BABY TO SLEEP. THE PIANO IS TRANSFORMED INTO ANOTHER INSTRUMENT OF GREAT LOVE.
@aeolianartists
8 жыл бұрын
This is another of the great top 10 pianists who is a pianist's pianist, command performance, great piano architecture string from beginning to end.
@emilyhutjes
5 ай бұрын
I have heard young Alexander Malofeev play this Sonate no: 2. I love his and Mr. Hamelin's performance. Thank you for posting. 🌷🌷🌷 (Holland-eu 2024)
@liudmilakveglis4379
9 жыл бұрын
Hamelin is the best pianist of our time
@highintrial
7 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@davidxpopescu
6 жыл бұрын
The best pianist of our HISTORY :)
@patricioapaez
6 жыл бұрын
David Popescu agree as well!
@kubo648
6 жыл бұрын
As much as I love his performances, he is one of the best pianists. There are certainly more great pianists of his calibre around today, think Krystian Zimerman for example.
@donkgated8074
5 жыл бұрын
I think Hamelin definitely has the deepest understanding of technical proficiency in piano playing of any pianist alive today (and possibly ever). Others may be flashier, but omg look how effortlessly he plays everything - ridiculous!!
@luisfrodrimaz
8 жыл бұрын
Magnífico, absolutamente magnífico. Hamelin se sitúa en la élite de los grandes pianistas. Sin tanto ruido mediático como otros, merece estar reconocido por el público musical con un valor mucho más alto del que hasta ahora se le otorga.
@mosaicclassics
7 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love his restraint. Nothing flamboyant. Just pristine music!
@Rob-kd5ny
8 жыл бұрын
The greatest pianist who has or will ever live, playing to superhuman heights in our lifetime, enjoy!
@MP-uo6qd
6 жыл бұрын
what's wrong? Can you play?
@punkpoetry
5 жыл бұрын
Rob Walsh wipe the froth off your mouth and try to relax
@olgavorobeva9252
6 жыл бұрын
For me Hamelin is my guide to the art
@paderuski1
10 жыл бұрын
Fantastic performance of a beautiful piece of music.
@christophertwigg4550
8 жыл бұрын
Statistics are cruel. How can one person be so mechanically perfect and musically too? Think if Liszt, Rach, Alkan, etc. were around today they'd be awed by such a talent as MAH. Nice work Steinway too!! pity that (most of) the great composers from past eras never heard their masterpieces performed on a modern day instrument.
@Norman68623
6 жыл бұрын
I completely share this impression, also on this particular Steinway. The tuning is so crisp, bright, sharp, lucid, i don't know what to say. It makes a difference.
@christopherczajasager9030
2 жыл бұрын
The Steinways Rachmaninoff used were...magnificent!!!
@MNKorsak
8 жыл бұрын
What a blessing to listen to the Master
@ozmediamike8346
7 жыл бұрын
We're all praising Hamelin for his brilliance and Hamelin's praising Rachmaninoff for his brilliance!
@kikiy727
7 жыл бұрын
this is the version of Rachmaninov Sonata 2 i love the most
@Alex-oy6ss
5 жыл бұрын
you should listen Cliburn, Horowitz, Kocsis interpretations
@SeigneurReefShark
3 жыл бұрын
Also pogorelich and Sultanov
@lunchmind
6 жыл бұрын
His technique and soul are breathtaking.
@robertadeangelis9948
8 жыл бұрын
madonna che pianista !!!!!!!favoloso, non ho parole...
@MP-uo6qd
6 жыл бұрын
at least he passed his diploma with a good grade.
@MrKTaskov
4 жыл бұрын
An incomparable pianist and super musician in this extreme work of Rachmaninoff!
@jonathantaylor5514
2 жыл бұрын
Hamelin is an artist and sometimes we fail to recognise artists
@msmorado
2 жыл бұрын
so beautiful......I feel like I am in the middle of blooming garden.
@fslubin
9 жыл бұрын
I think you put Hamelin and Sokolov in the same room, there will be a crack, and California will fall into the ocean.
@eddievollbio
8 жыл бұрын
+fslubin have you heard Sokolov's Chopin Sonata No.3 in the concert? it's so worth a visit. ;)
@crowdmaker
7 жыл бұрын
Would it help if I said that this room would have to be in California? (It's a way of praising these two pianists.)
@lsbrother
5 жыл бұрын
like matter and anti-matter? - they'll destroy each other?
@sergio6357
5 жыл бұрын
ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
@orsemcore
4 жыл бұрын
no one asked?
@angelferreira6762
6 жыл бұрын
Very beautiful utilization of the une corda pedal. Only pianist I see who can pull of such extensive soft pedalling and not compromise the integrity of the sound.
@UniverCT
9 жыл бұрын
Real talent and mastering is when you can make it look so easy! And he does it ~ every time he plays!
@jeremiebazinet
11 жыл бұрын
every piece he record is probably the best versions
@tinselPixie
10 жыл бұрын
His interpretation is his own of course, every soloist puts their own spin on pieces. I know I'm watching a Master because he makes it look effortless. Bravo!
@ronwalker4849
9 жыл бұрын
Jeanne Haessler JEANNE, JUST TAKE ONE LOOK AT HIS FACE, HIS EYES, AND YOU WILL QUICKLY SEE THAT THIS IS NOT A PROCESS MADE TO LOOK EASY. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT FEATS A HUMAN CAN ACCOMPLISH.
@avocatdenis
6 жыл бұрын
Yes indeed. I recently heard an interview with the pianist Louis Lortie (phenomenal Chopin Etudes recording on Chandos) and he stated that people don't realize just how physically and mentally demanding performing professionally is. He himself had to stop for a few years because of the toll on the body.
@stephenjoeagi
11 жыл бұрын
Superb. Probably the best version on record. Thanks
@jasperpabroa4737
6 жыл бұрын
good God he is making the sonata alive!!! such pianism
@MrInterestingthings
Жыл бұрын
Ive never heard the GM prelude played like this before . I think it's the most impressive , memorable ,quiet ,slow voicing feels like Elgar transposed onto Rach's aesthetic . A paen but not the efulgent full of middle voices Slavic heavyhandedness that we normally hear in Rach playing. The g# minor always spectacular again here has the overdone ,easy intensity taken out .Strong but a new stylish way of playing Rachmaninoff. I've never wanted to write a pianist before(IngridHaebler deserves adoration). So I'll say it here -thanks for a better way to play Rach. A true Symphony for Piano !The 2nd Sonata would be impossible to play the way he played the 2 preludes . The business of the Sonata will give us intensity .Hamelin's sound and textures in the Sonata are wonderful .There is not the characteristic violence we always get in Rach. I don't agree with that but it's still a wonderful way to play Rach ! Someone else said it perfectly "he maintains a degree of distance from the passion "
@sergekandalaft7084
6 жыл бұрын
Enjoying what he is playing!
@NN-rn1oz
Жыл бұрын
A virtuoso in the truest sense! Unlike most other pianists, there seems to be no fear of playing "wrong" notes, because every note he plays sounds good, so there are no wrong notes! He is the only one who could do this since Horowitz, and probably Franz Liszt before that. Absolutely astonishing.
@timbruer7318
Жыл бұрын
What control, and what a sound he gets.....
@richardy6945
9 жыл бұрын
As he commented in an interview, he had some woeful feeling while playing in front of the audience who "listens to, talks about, and eats Rachmaninoff." : )
@mikaelingman3203
9 жыл бұрын
Maybe he is the most talented pianist in the world!
@u.v.s.5583
7 жыл бұрын
But maybe he puts in much work, too!
@normsucks2073
6 жыл бұрын
Having talent does not mean not working.
@MP-uo6qd
6 жыл бұрын
maybe he did when he was a student and young man.
@MP-uo6qd
6 жыл бұрын
Did he ever say that?
@Vlad-lm4zv
5 жыл бұрын
Definetely he is not. Sometimes shallow perfomance
@AlejandroSanAntonio
11 жыл бұрын
Honestly, I prefer now how he performed now Rachmaninov's second piano Sonata more than in the 90's... Perfect!!!!
@fredericlinden
4 жыл бұрын
What a musician ! Spectacular !
@sfsphil
11 жыл бұрын
I am always left with the feeling that this is miraculous...MAH is just amazing!
@thomastsang2507
9 ай бұрын
Hamelin's rendition ranks with Horowitz's and Van Cliburn's as the summit of rach sonata 2.
@thefxbip315
5 жыл бұрын
Such Soul! loving every note! fascinating!
@Overclocked3770K
10 жыл бұрын
This was performed exactly 1 year and 1 day ago today!!
@emilgilels
9 жыл бұрын
Not any more! ;-)
@051963mf
8 жыл бұрын
So beautiful.
@mobilephil244
3 жыл бұрын
Probably the only performance that will ever compare with Horowitz. Brilliant and moving.
@riccardo50001
Ай бұрын
This is certainly not the Rachmaninoff we typically hear. I see I posted 7 years ago when this fine pianist performed and spoke at my former school. He is certainly a pianistic genious!
@mikaelingman3203
9 жыл бұрын
Playing piano looks so easy!!!
@Atombre4ker
4 жыл бұрын
Not for someone who plays the piano :D
@hansthijs
3 жыл бұрын
Great start with the no.5😮
@patricioapaez
11 жыл бұрын
Awesome!!! thanks so much for posting! :D
@georgerobertodlugosz2428
Ай бұрын
Hamelin playing Rachmaninoff in his little-known works of the general public rescue a little of the Rússia clássic history
@avocatdenis
7 жыл бұрын
Bravo maestro Hamelin.
@johannsebastianbach3411
7 жыл бұрын
Is this the original version or the revised version of the sonata??
@melchiorhaller2041
6 жыл бұрын
WIKIPEDIA: A performance of the original version lasts approximately 25 minutes. A performance of the revised version lasts approximately 19 minutes.
@342567345
5 жыл бұрын
top top top!! Great M.A.H!!
@cristinachen8856
6 жыл бұрын
Pure elegance
@ronl7131
8 ай бұрын
Nice chops
@thomgeo8073
4 жыл бұрын
გენიალური მარკ ჰამლინი!!!! კოსმიური მისტიკური წვდომა! სულისშემძვრელი პიანიზმი!
@Danihogwda
7 жыл бұрын
24:10 until the end I feel the earth is about to break in pieces those are some fat and delicious chords
@TheClassyClassen
4 жыл бұрын
13:35 19:40
@Nonconform14
2 ай бұрын
MAH is a genious...
@almaenge_tv
Жыл бұрын
6:00 sonata no.2, 1st mvt.
@brozors
10 жыл бұрын
I like how he plays the revised version of the 2nd sonata, which is more musically pleasing than the complex original.
@davidluck7285
9 жыл бұрын
no, it's just easier on the hands. The 1913 original version is the one to play. Same with the 2nd symphony, now usually performed uncut. And, someday, we may even get to hear the original, "Russian" version of the 4th Piano Concerto in regular performance
@thebrainnugget
9 жыл бұрын
David Luck The edited version is easier (mostly because of the 5-6 minute time reduction), but it also is much more focused and compositionally intuitive than the original. I think Hamelin knows this. I personally enjoy both, but still prefer this one.
@os4mike
8 жыл бұрын
I agree, I much rather listen to this version than first edition. Rach was right.
@claudioparrella183
2 жыл бұрын
Rachmaninoff e Hamelin sono 2 pianisti - compositori
@깨알별
11 ай бұрын
너무너무너무…….아름답다
@МаргаритаДроздик-к9щ
6 ай бұрын
❤❤
@Jantsenpr777
10 жыл бұрын
Beautifully played! But check out Van Cliburn's performance live, from Moscow. Then tell me.
@Overclocked3770K
10 жыл бұрын
Horowitz is still the best
@ChanelBear4Evah
10 жыл бұрын
Banana Hunter Pro LIKE HELL!
@EmptyVee00000
10 жыл бұрын
Agreed, Van Cliburn and Ashkenazy are the best, so far.
@ronwalker4849
9 жыл бұрын
Joel Seda THE GREAT VAN CLIBURN, PLAYING THIS SONATA LOOKS ALMOST LIKE AN ORGASMIC FRENZY. THAT´S WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE WHEN ONE IS ENJOYING THE EXPERIENCE.
@ChanelBear4Evah
9 жыл бұрын
Ron Walker I wonder why Hamelin always gets such shit thrown his way because he doesn't go into Frenzied Histrionics when playing!? People say it makes his playing unexciting, Cerebral, Robotic. It's not how HE Performs on the stage IT'S HOW HIS HANDS PERFORM! And the Notes flow from his fingertips with the Fluidity of water in a stream... His Playing is Beyond Reproach and that he isn't Orgasmically Spasming in a Rhapsodic Thrall only means that you must focus ON THE MUSIC! Shouldn't that be the way it is anyway? If i wanted dancing I go see the ABT!
@ixxabat1
11 жыл бұрын
I think he probably just prefers this version musically? Rachmaninov obviously revised it for a reason. But I think both versions are great in their own right.
@johannsebastianbach3411
7 жыл бұрын
My favorite interpretation of the passage in 4:12 is that of Lugansky's. You should check that out!
@richardy6945
11 жыл бұрын
agree. shortened though.
@lnicoll100
11 жыл бұрын
Is there anything Hamelin hasn't played?
@williambunter3311
5 жыл бұрын
I would be fascinated to meet one of the thumbs down brigade and ask him why????
@yandon8878
8 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure I could do that if I wanted to....
@yandon8878
8 жыл бұрын
(I jest, of course. Talent like this comes around but once, twice a generation)
@박홍열-y7x
9 жыл бұрын
best
@loboris1995
11 жыл бұрын
Horowitz 1968 is not bad too .
@nunyabusiness8538
2 жыл бұрын
16:00 rachmaninov snapped
@tsaihengmao7197
6 жыл бұрын
" the basic of culture"
@doffoffo
3 жыл бұрын
6:00
@だん-z9t
2 жыл бұрын
13:35
@99Grigor
10 жыл бұрын
He kinda bows like he's a business man that just gave a good speech. Strange. He always looks calm, cool and collected almost to the point of being somewhat bored. Maybe this music is just too easy for the guy.
@nafetsolev
9 жыл бұрын
Heute sind die Menschen taub, die solche Statements abgeben können. Das Altertum hat es bewiesen: Taube wurden als tumbe, heute heißt das, als dumme Menschen angesehen. Beweis: obiger Kommentar
@boncasuffiit
11 жыл бұрын
Qui sont les deux niais qui "n'aiment pas"?
@Gerrit-p9o
8 ай бұрын
Though this is very good playing, it is markedly inferior to the legendary Vladimir Horowitz performance of the sonata.
@carmen6169
2 жыл бұрын
O lo Interprtas a su tiempo o prefieres el Circo. 🥹
@IbstisztBlogspotHkgracomtey
10 жыл бұрын
IMO it is too fast at the end of the sonata.
@mattmason1014
3 жыл бұрын
If you think this is good, listen to Cliburn on this work. He makes Hamelin sound like an accountant running numbers, which admittedly is not hard to do. But still, listen to Cliburn and thank me later.
@claudioparrella183
2 жыл бұрын
Hockey
@ottondwadela3205
8 жыл бұрын
10 people prefer listening to Justin Bieber
@Vlad-lm4zv
5 жыл бұрын
Maybe they just prefer better perfomances of Rachmaninoff instead of Hamelins
@xyzpno6847
5 жыл бұрын
@@Vlad-lm4zv Haven't really heard any better ones.
@Alex-oy6ss
5 жыл бұрын
@@xyzpno6847 Have heard a lot of better perfomances. Volodos, Gilels, Cliburn, Horowitz, Shimkus... Dont like his shallow interpretation of the 2 sonata. Lack of deep sound.
@xyzpno6847
5 жыл бұрын
@@Alex-oy6ss It's all subjective. I wouldn't call this a shallow interpretation with a lack of deep sound. Maybe it's not as rich as the sonority that Volodos gets, but definetly not shallow. Anyways, to each his own.
@ciararespect4296
Жыл бұрын
@@Alex-oy6ssthis is far better than those you mentioned
@Fritz_Maisenbacher
10 жыл бұрын
Did you ever FEEL something , Mr. Hamelin ?
@jesterchrome
7 жыл бұрын
Maybe you're just deaf or insensitive to his genius musicality
@luclafor
6 жыл бұрын
+Fritz Maisenbacher Do you ever feel something yourself ? Listen to 16:04 and tell me you feel nothing
@celach
6 жыл бұрын
Sad that people think you have to have an epileptic seizure at the keyboard to prove you have emotions.
@ibuprofen303
6 жыл бұрын
The OP obviously thinks that the musician doesn't "feel" anything unless they're moving around in a fake and exaggerated fashion while playing.
@teddythemlgcorgi7309
3 жыл бұрын
@Michael Davison ridiculous comment
@Filipjazzman
10 жыл бұрын
24.00 wrong bass note(
@ronwalker4849
9 жыл бұрын
Philip Anderson NOT AN INTELLIGENT COMMENT. ALL GREAT PERFORMERS PLAY WRONG NOTES. BUT ART IS NOT PERFECTION. ART IS INSPIRATION AND THE ERRORS DISSAPPEAR. MAYBE YOU ARE 100% "PERFECT"?
@ChanelBear4Evah
9 жыл бұрын
Ron Walker My Piano Teacher said one of the most valuable lessons he learned was from Horowitz who when asked by a Pupil about wrong notes... he responded, "Don't worry about playing wrong notes, it's how you recover after playing the wrong notes that matters!" so even the Great Horowitz as Brilliant as he was made mistakes... it just that you don't fall apart after them that makes the mark of a true Musician!
@DELLAGE100
9 жыл бұрын
and BTW the bass note at 24:00 is not wrong,Rachmaninoff often is creating organized chaos meant to be played with the feeling of the instant leaving dissonance free to grab people's emotions in every way,Rachmaninoff write those impossible notes precisely to allow us to lift higher emotionally .."that wrong bass note" comment is beyond ridiculous,it proves there is so many people that just can not understand music,ever ...sad .
@javascriptkiddie2718
6 жыл бұрын
He does that in Supervirtuoso too I don't think it's an accident!
@tangistanguy
3 жыл бұрын
sorry for asking, are you a basketball player ?
@淳功夫
7 жыл бұрын
boo!
@simonmaginn1479
4 жыл бұрын
There's only a few years between the 2nd Sonata and the 3rd Concerto, but they feel a world apart. The 3rd Concerto is bombastic, frequently 'giocoso', showy, verbose, even. Not to decry it, it's a sensational piece of work, but it's a public piece, a 'statement' piece. This feels like Rachmaninov thinking aloud, sometimes tentative, as in the 1st movement's lovely 2nd subject, a figure that seems to unspool itself only with some wariness, as if improvised. The 1st movement is a masterpiece of organisation and condensed emotional charge, dark, haunted, malevolent even. Peals of monstrous bells, nightmarish scales, descending into some ultimate abyss. The 2nd movement is as close to weeping directly onto the page as you can find, I think, with Rachmaninov seeming to grieve for the lost world of simple Romantic sincerity as Modernism crashes and shrieks all around and the old order collapses. The cadenza runs out of control, the hands becoming separated, one finishing after the other. Nothing really fits anymore. The finale is brisk, with a whacking great tune to finish off, as only Rachmaninov has ever known how. Stand up and cheer stuff. Hamelin masters it all, seemingly without even trying, delivering the big moments with stunning authority and directness whilst curating individual gestures and thoughts like treasured memories. Amazing performance of an amazing piece. Hats off all round.
@ianmoore5502
2 жыл бұрын
10/10, would germinate the seed of artistic beauty that this performance was over the course of 150 years again
@daveluttinen2547
4 жыл бұрын
At 23:10 the party is over for me : this is the most exquisite performance of this section I have ever heard. It is waterworks time. BRAVO!
@ChanelBear4Evah
10 жыл бұрын
I saw this same Recital with Gaspard and His own Paganini Variations Here in Michigan in Jan. and I must say... it was one of the absolute top experiences of my life! His Playing is beyond Explainable... How he Plays the most Mind Numbingly difficult passages with the ease and grace and elegance of a Prima Ballerina is Truly A gift from another plane! That is why He is one of my two Idols... He is gifted beyond Measure!
@fredericlinden
4 жыл бұрын
So very well expressed !
@pereriksson93
3 жыл бұрын
I agree totally, but Terrill tell us, who´s the other idol of yours?
@arie4011
3 жыл бұрын
@@pereriksson93 for me the only one better is horowitz
@nafetsolev
9 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest pianists of all times. But only for people with ears. Wer das Spektakel braucht, sollte lieber einige seiner Kollegen hören. Dieser Pianist braucht das nicht, dafür ist er ein zu genialer Musiker!
@mamacordella
9 жыл бұрын
nafetsolev Spektakel, you got that right, ganz genau ist was Herr Hamelin anbietet & performed. Yeah, right on Spektakel, ganz toller sound. I am so sick of you guys kritisieren.
@b1sing53
Жыл бұрын
Ja. Er spielt hier in Montreal am 12en Mars. Freude und der Hammerklavier.
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