A. Khachatourian: Violin Concerto in D minor. I. Allegro moderato

[@ummitkoc]

His lower octave is incredibly rich, also the double tongueing in the lower octave is perfect, my jaw hit the floor :O

[@alhdgysz]

He is nothing compared to Pahud...

[@ummitkoc]

@@alhdgysz There's no need to compare them. Denis is another taste of flute playing and I like him a lot. By the way, Denis and Emmanuel get along together, they're really good friends. They do masterclasses together in Canada every single year. In my view, Denis is technically better than Pahud, especially on acceleration, however Emmanuel's interpretation is another level. I adore Pahud's inspiration.

[@YLIU]

@@ummitkoc I have quite the same comments like you, really appreciate his low powerful octave, seems he has very super hard rock inside going through all the octaves. and about Pahud, his performance is not so direct like Denis, sometimes you feel it's easy by his performance, cuz he hides all the difficult parts inside. anyway both are my on my list, also the principal flute player Walter Auer, his sound is really so pure like elf king .

[@riktovia]

@@alhdgysz are you joking? Denis plays in a different weight class ... Pahud is acting playing the flute, but if you don’t see his head, his forced movements, if only the sound remains, it’s boring, empty. Denis is pure knowledge, humility. Absolutely my no. 1

[@alhdgysz]

@@riktovia lol, you have absolutely no idea 😅 He is the least boring flutist, I've ever heard. His tone is amazing. On the other hand Dennis is unmusical, his tone is not so great.

[@kseniaavramenko8612]

Божественная флейта, божественный Денис! Лучше, чем идеально! Великолепная пианистка- браво!!! Слушаю и наслаждаюсь♥️Сердце поёт♥️♥️♥️

[@Natalie-dw9jy]

The technique is unreal. Absolutely incredible performance

[@alhdgysz]

Listen to Pahud

[@jonah797]

@@alhdgysz Not everything is about comparisons. Get some perspective.

[@mingjunli2862]

@@alhdgysz...trop de commentaires comme ceux de toi seraient désagréable...

[@m.g.5019]

but take a minute to applause pianist 👏🏻

[@lucamatranga]

Pianist is wonderful. To accompain a master, it needs a master.

[@FotoFavoloso]

You are listening to the heir of the throne of Sir James Galway..........Denis's lower register and overall command of the instrument is a force to be reckoned with.

[@rudolphmcneill3333]

Amen.

[@ThomasMulliganFlute]

😍😍

[@alhdgysz]

Galway cannot make a decent sound... On a different note, Denis is nothing compared to Pahud....

[@juliecicero3277]

@@alhdgysz when you get to this level there is no "Who is better".......there is only style

[@alhdgysz]

@@juliecicero3277 you would be right, if we would compare two musicians with somewhat equal talent/musicality. However this is not the case here. Pahud has much better tone control, then anyone (prove me wrong). Let's take a fairly easy piece. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqS4c2ZuoMSho7c The tempo is easy, the key is friendly. So it is not a hard piece. Until you get into the different colours. You can see how much can he do with his flute. And nobody can match this.

[@johndaker9489]

Let me be clear, especially to all you people comparing Bouriakov to whomever: Denis Bouriakov is in a category all by himself, and so you cant compare. He blows away any other flutist alive or dead. Technique, articulation, tone, projection, it's not even a conversation. If you cant' hear it, then your understanding of the flute is very little. There are other decent players, but they can't play half as good. A musician like Bouriakov comes around once every 200 years, or more. This man has a freakishly unique technique for blowing loud in the low register and tonguing it hard. He does it louder, faster, better. And don't say that 'loud doesnt mean good'. Im not speaking of playing loud makes you better. I'm saying its an ability that he has and can do it when the music dictates it. 'Faster' - same thing. He can rip through the most difficult passages with ease. Tonguing'- I've never heard anybody tongue faster. Now, after stating all that, his tone is like nothing I've heard before. I keep thinking its his magic head-joint/ flute combo, but we all know its not that. If it was, then everybody could match him. Let me say this; I once attended a master class he did in Los Angeles at Colburn. I was alone, like a loser, sitting up high in the small room, he was on stage. He didnt play at all for the first 2 girls that played, he just talked. But then he picked up his flute to demonstrate something. And I literally could not take it. I had to get up and leave. I walked out (James Walker looked at me shocked) across the street to the underground parking at Disney Hall, and drove home. His tone was too much to bear,, it was too beautiful. It was actually shocking. I was so moved, I was beyond crying. Dazed and confused, I drove out the driveway in the underground street and got so lost, I didnt know where the hell I was or where the freeway was. I could have been killed had my car broke down. His tone was so loud and full, that I knew then I could never ever play that well. Not only loud, but the quality of his tone is unique. In flute playing, tone comes first, then everything else. If your tone sucks, then your dead to me. I saw Rampal play 3 times when I was around 10 to 13 years old. His tone was beautiful, sweet and special. Ive seen Galway, hes loud and great. I never really heard a flute till I heard Bouriakov in person.

[@lillii2222]

Denis is one of a kind. His music reminds me why I love music.

[@lucpraslan]

Beautiful. I love this concerto and I love your sound 🎶🎵💙

[@rudolphmcneill515]

Omg. Absolutely BRILLIANT.

[@rudolphmcneill3333]

Since first hearing this BRILLIANT young man I have not been able to get enough. PLEASE come to Boston.

[@pamelakeightley3472]

You are the best!..I think I've fallen in love with the flute again!

[@jimmillen8738]

Just love the instrument you've chosen to play

[@DanielShaoflute]

this is like the most awesome thing. ever.

[@alhdgysz]

Nope. Listen to Pahud's recording.

[@robertol.p3199]

You are crazy... 😱😱😱😱 It's Perfect... Amazing!!!!!!

[@lucpraslan]

Go Denis! I love this work 👍👍

[@flutelover112]

I love the cadenza!

[@BellaRachel13]

I am calling this "glorious." A Russian performing in the Russian School with all the insight of Heifitz. Bouriakov is a blessing! Bouriakov is to this performance what Galway is to "Danny Boy."

[@jimmillen8738]

And that points out why i dislike Galway --- his "popular" recordings are what put him on the map. And made him more money than G-d has. He is a disrespect to classical music in his greed.

[@gcg8187]

@@jimmillen8738 Annie's song goes hard bro, itd b so cool if denis did something that. Then everyone gets to hear how cool the flute is

[@johndaker9489]

@@jimmillen8738 I get where your coming from. And I don't love Galway, but I respect him. And he earned the right to record shit songs like John Denver and all that other crap just to make money. I think once you get the Principal Flute job at the Berlin Phil and you rip it up for years, then you can go out and record anything you want. Having said that. Bouriakov is much better than anyone to ever live.

[@garyzimmaro9857]

What a great performance

[@juridadiani464]

Dorogoi Denis! Welikolepno,grandiozno,neobyknowenno wyrasiteljno, texnitsheski bljestjashtshe,washa igra otsharowywajet w wysshei stjepeni!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Iz odnogo iz samyx lutshshyx skripitshnyx konzertow 20.weka wy proizweli odin iz samyx blestjashtshix fleitowyx konzertow 20. i poka tshto i 21.wjeka tozhe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GROMADNOJE WAM SPASIBO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Eta muzyka budet zhitj wekami i nje toljko w zwutshanii skripki no i washjei wolshebnoi fleity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@juliecicero3277]

Yes, whatever works is okay by me

[@beaferrandis7852]

I completely fell in love with this piece

[@alhdgysz]

Then listen to Pahud's recording. Your jaw will drop!

[@danielbohorqez]

TREMENDO, sin duda uno de los mejores para mi.

[@danivel72]

I am impressed!!

[@KarinaEijo]

I think I would be terrified of doing this one more than the Ibert and Nielsen concertos combined!

[@RichardAuber]

Naoko Ishibashi is also a great player

[@ТаняКим-6104]

Best perfomance ever. Im dying

[@anna.t.m]

perfection

[@l.xaviercano7053]

Bravo!! 👏🏽

[@arusminassian4101]

Bravo, amazing 👏

[@donaflute]

BRAVO!!! :)

[@АртемТокарев]

Браво!

[@cutefidgety]

@BABISKANAS This is the original cadenza written by khachaturian himself :) though, there are a few places (e,g chords on the violin) that have been adapted for flute, and some other parts have been added in as well.

[@jimmillen4660]

Incredible performance. Where does such talent come from? Step aside, Galway --- you've been replaced.

[@ThomasMulliganFlute]

It's good to see new virtuoso talent coming through but let's not forget the massive contribution Sir James has made to the fluteworld since the 70s.

[@alhdgysz]

Galway LOL :D Many school is teaching the exact opposite...

[@macchi_tayan]

Genius

[@tomgreene8480]

wow!

[@THEBOSS47MLG]

How do you feel you changed on flute in 11 years, from your techniques to what you like to play, and how you choose to play them? Do you feel you have stagnated on the flute in your position? What are you thinking of when choosing your next move in the realm of music?

[@andersonc.ferrareti9714]

Best flute player Ever!

[@jimmillen2241]

I love the permanence except t feel that the pianist overshadow his playing in a number of measures.t IMO,

[@BABISKANAS]

Astonishing... I, too would like to know who's is the cadenza

[@allysonmartinrawlings8810]

BABISKANAS Khachaturian’s edited by Jean-Pierre Rampal

[@garyzimmaro9857]

Denis, Can you please talk about your headjoint set up

[@allysonmartinrawlings8810]

Gary Zimmaro last I talked to Denis he had an Altus Flute with a Miguel Arista headjoint with a Louis Lott cut

[@jimmillen8738]

I noticed that he plays from the left side of his embouchure ---- the only other flutist I've seen play this way is the late Jean-Pierre Rampal who had a "split lip". Any comments on this?

[@dragonfablesdragon]

Jim Millen actually when i had a masterclass with him he spoke about it,but he feels that it works for him thus he uses it.i dont think there a specific way to play an instrument because if it suits you and sounds brilliant and still has the flexibility and ability like other flautists or better then no one can really say anything

[@michelleong2762]

My flute teacher played with him before, and she told me that when he smiled he tended to smile to one side, so it follows that his natural embouchure would also be off center. Mine is also a little off center. It's not a special technique you would train on purpose as far as I know.

[@jimmillen2241]

Thanks Hammy and Michelle for your explanations.

[@4gnostic]

Do you have the link? thx!

OMG!!!!!!!

[@kepoism]

Hi Jim, I'm sorry if you misunderstood me. I am not a flute player, but I do play the harp in an orchestra that accompanied a violin soloist. I am, however, killing myself practising right now because every instrument has their crazy pieces, isn't it?

[@jimmillen8738]

Good for you. As the old saying goes: "how do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice"

[@bonbons7111]

👏

[@lisajiang9400]

unreal

[@anlinwang2]

the khachaturian for flute????????????? whaaaaaaaaaa

[@principalflutist]

Possibly one of the greatest flutists. Except he's missing Galway's "signature" vibrato.

[@danielwang2155]

Thats a good thing. Why need he have it? Leave it to Galway!

[@jimmillen8738]

I agree --- "Sir" Galway's vibrato is his signature. Except he needs to step aside ---- Denis is better

[@allysonmartinrawlings8810]

He doesn’t need the Galway vibrato. Denis is better! Hands down!

[@juliecicero3277]

As I understand it, Galway is one of HIS mentors

[@cutefidgety]

If I'm a flute player, I should go kill myself right now... Luckily I'm not, but as part of an orchestra that played this with a violin soloist (and listened to it countless times in the process) I can say that this is simply superb

[@jimmillen8738]

Yes it was written for violin --- but don't "kill" yourself. Bouriakov's performance was transposed for flute. Practice, practice. You'll get it. Don't give up now. Regards, Jim.

[@donangelo666]

Where can I get this sheet music for free

[@jimmillen4660]

Yeah --- it jumps out like a trumpet. Hard to believe it's a flute. Maybe Altus is the best?

[@lucpraslan]

I play an Altus. I love it 👍👍

[@jimmillen4660]

I guess that addresses taste in music (as in bad taste) --- as well as incredible talent. I doubt that your "band" ---- or anyone in it can play this incredibly difficult piece. As far as "three times more views" ---- well, that speaks for (their) taste. Too bad there isn't legislation for poor taste.

[@Houdini176]

My "band" did a shit metal cover a couple years ago and posted it on KZbin. It has three times more views than this... Sooo fucking sad.

[@jimmillen8738]

So much for ignorance and bad taste.

[@arusminassian4101]

👏