Yefim Bronfman: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

[@HibuAnkha]

Had to watch his performance because of that bloody piano reel......

[@xluci_.4]

SAME LOL

[@XoxoHadz]

OMG ME 2

[@Lucki.charm.z]

ME TOO LOLLL

[@xiao.11]

SAME

[@salinman9034]

Did he bleed??

[@saechel7702]

ついに先日、生でブロンフマンandウィーンフィルのラフマニノフpコン3番を聴けました。ずっとこの動画で憧れていたので期待外れだったらどうしよう…とちょっと心配でしたが、そんなバカな心配した自分が恥ずかしいです。 底なりするピアノ、信じられないほどのpp、3楽章通して体の震えが止まりませんでした。泣いてる観客もいました。

[@omiyaomiya6974]

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[@いりはす]

めちゃくちゃ羨ましい...

[@fukutomemasayuki7164]

全身全霊の魂の演奏！ ピアニストは勿論オケ、指揮者 全てが揃わないと存在しない演奏 崇高な世界に打ちのめされた 外面的なパフォーマンスが無く 長いフレーズ感 イヤイヤこんなつまらない批評は要らない！

[@globalc3849]

This is a monster of a performance. 10/10. Brofman is a genius and a consummate professional to play it this perfectly live. Inspiring and sensational. Bravo a thousand times.

[@SirReginaldBlomfield1234]

Couldn't agree with you more 👍🇬🇧

[@robertjason6885]

A thousand and 1.

[@Astrid-jt8cd]

There is only one who can play this way. Even to play this last part at a moderate tempo is devilishly hard. I just cannot believe how wonderfully he was able to master thus probably the hardest piece in the whole piano repertoire. This kind of genius that he has cannot be taught. It's a gift from the almighty

[@miyaling4992]

ラフマニノフの3番が好きでたまたま、nhkの放送でみた、、ドンドン迫力を増し重戦車のようなのに、繊細なピアノ、ひたすら圧倒された。史上最高レベルのラフマニノフ3番に間違いない

[@rorona1350]

I totally agree with you. His pedormnace is like something huge and dignified, and it’s overwhelming.

[@fukutomemasayuki7164]

人間の崇高さを感じ させる演奏 外面的なパフォーマンスは微塵もない 最近のパフォーマンスを意識した演奏にウンザリしていたので生徒に無理矢理聞く様に勧めています

[@sergeirachmaninoff7805]

Whoever wrote this must have been a genius...

[@finishme2753]

So glad you're here to listen to all the different interpretations of your masterpieces.

[@Jomtek]

I appreciate the fact we have the same favourite composer. Rachmaninov is a genius, he's different from all of the other modern and late-romantic composers. And forever I'll give his music a little place in my heart.

[@DAVEDIKIAN]

@@Jomtek Why "a little place" ? A big , a huge place into your heart. He deserves it !

[@sebastian-benedictflore]

Sup dude

[@jwilliams8210]

My man! здороваться - yo'

[@eduardorios9409]

I heard-saw him live with the CSO in Chicago''s Symphony Center and it was overwhelming. My wife asked if I was sick at the end because I was crying and couldn't join the standing ovation. She had never seen me cry in 40 years of marriage...

[@hansbosch5117]

S

[@djavanshirgadjiev3521]

Thank you for russian genius...

[@irinakapetanovic4975]

I can relate to that completely. ❤️

[@pauljohnston3884]

Yes, but we have to ask why you were crying. You had, after all, been married for 40 years.

[@prototropo]

It’s always ok to cry for, or from, music. The temporal lobe of the human brain processes music, emotion and memory; so we are entitled, even impelled, to honor the evolution that coordinated our anatomy to respond in a meaningful way to specific sounds. If Beethoven’s Ninth evokes ineffable joy, or Barber’s Adagio evokes profound grief, for virtually everyone, it’s for an ancient reason.

[@luluume626]

もう何回聴いたかわからない。 生きててよかったとすら思える。 奇跡の演奏だと思います。感謝

[@gotogood]

何年にも渡り繰り返し聞いていても感動が薄れない。本当に素晴らしい演奏。この動画に出逢った後、ブロンフマンがウィーンフィルと共に来日し同じコンチェルトを演奏しました。長年の夢だった生演奏を聴けたこと。そして演奏の素晴らしさ。ずっと涙が止まりませんでした。

[@マーサ-m6c]

こういう演奏がクラシックの醍醐味！最近やたら外面的パフォーマンスが嫌味なピアニストが多いからより凄みとカリスマ性を感じさせてくれる

[@ZumRotenIgel22]

めちゃ共感できる

[@ukdavepianoman]

As someone who has battled through this concerto on a regular basis and knows every note I can say this is an extraordinary performance. Full of passion and contrasts. I particularly like that Bronfman doesn't dawdle in the slower passages - the notes speak for themselves - he keeps the momentum going but still in a very lyrical way. The chordal passage of the cadenza is perfect - strictly in time (more or less) which creates much more excitement. His technique is outstanding as is his understanding/feeling of how the music should be played.

[@margareteast5670]

Couldn’t have said it better. Phenomenal!!!

[@min-ou4bl]

Who's here after Lim's performance? Both are incredible!!!

[@amgx9670]

@JC Choe this concert was 2004 so he was 46

[@Numberonesorabjifan]

@JC Choe many famous world class pianists were also playing Rach 3 at that age for example malofeev and seong jin Cho. As crazy as it sounds, playing rach3 at age 18 isnt that rare anymore 😥

[@ryanbonin1009]

Nothing against Lim. Love his playing. But this performance is far superior. Quite possibly the greatest live recording we have.

[@이상호-l5c1z]

@@ryanbonin1009I think Lim got lots of inspiration from this performance.

[@はしもとなおこ-j2n]

I am all set a little music.

[@空ちゃん-t5s]

これ生演奏で聴いた人 本当に幸せですな！

[@aaronslens]

The best performance of Rach 3 to ever exist. Thankful to see him live.

[@chiragraju821]

Greatest cadenza ever played

[@youngactorsplayhouse8127]

It gives me hope in humanity that this video gets almost 75,000 views per year.

[@randomcubing7106]

That's too little mab

[@huninyanko]

ソリスト、オーケストラ、指揮者それぞれが完璧な仕事をしている。 お互いが全てを出し尽くして産まれた奇跡のような演奏！

[@fukutomemasayuki7164]

正にその通り 奇跡の演奏ですよね ソリスト、オケ、指揮全て揃わないと出来ない演奏 これを観ているとコンクールなんか小さな世界と思ってしまう

[@鴨明]

実際に会場で聴き、とんでもない演奏に出会ってしまった、そしてこれ以上の演奏に出会うことはあるまいと思ったが、今でもその感想に変わりなし。本気のゲルギエフ＆ウィーンフィルのサポートも極上。ちなみにソリスト疲労困憊かと思ったらこの後3曲もアンコールに応じ、それにも驚愕‥

[@annaradin6067]

absolutely the best rendition of this outstanding concert! both Bronfman and Gergiev are superb!

[@GMihua]

without doubt one of the best performances in 21 century

[@kaya22]

I listened to this on my headphones at work and literally 40 minutes passed without me pressing a single key on my keyboard. 15 goose-bump attacks, and 3 tissue boxes later I am contemplating that if the entire purpose of my life was just to have heard this piece, it was a life worth living.

[@davidsimpson9647]

Totally agree and the idiot who insulted you in the reply should have his ear drums bust

[@pauljohnston3884]

Could i suggest that you listen to Horowitz?

[@SymphonyBrahms]

@@pauljohnston3884 Rachmaninoff quote about his Piano Concerto No. 3 and Horowitz: Horowitz remained a champion of Rachmaninoff's solo works and his Piano Concerto No. 3, about which Rachmaninoff remarked publicly after a performance in 1942: "This is the way I always dreamed my concerto should be played, but I never expected to hear it that way on Earth."

[@pauljohnston3884]

Now, David. How do you know that kaya22 hasn't suffered burst eardrums? Before he heard this performance, I mean. On the other hand, he comments on the piece, not the performer. The piece is that good, that an inferior performance is no detraction. I do wonder what sort of "work" he does, however.

[@rozconniwestsand7841]

Rachmaninoff's 2nd has always made me want to cry. This does make me want to cry BRAVO!

[@Zamzummin]

Everyone knows the Rach Piano Concerto No. 3 is hard, but this isn't just about hard work... Yefim Bronfman is a genius. His piano is on a level above anyone else, so exceptional in his mastery of this piece that nobody can touch him. The lucky audience in Tokyo that evening didn't realize they had just heard the greatest version of this piece that will probably ever be recorded.

[@pauljohnston3884]

Nobody can touch him?? Not Horowitz?

[@MrCinemuso]

I think you're getting carried away by your appreciation of this performance. There are other great performances at least equal to this.

[@waltertheus3467]

@@pauljohnston3884 For one thing, Bronfman gets almost all of the notes right. You really can't say that for Horowitz.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

@@waltertheus3467 Bronfman gets almost all the notes right. And Horowitz gets all of the notes right.

[@estocadatx8172]

Personally I am a big fan of both (and going to see Bronfman this Sat in Houston) - how lucky we are to have experienced both through the wonderful medium of KZbin!! Not to mention Argerich et al...!

[@ぴこぴこ-f9y]

KZbinでみれるなんてまじで時代に感謝ー

[@vulcan1429]

Let's give a shout out to that magnificent Steinway AND the tuner. What an outstanding job.

[@waltertheus3467]

@chhatrapal singh You must have a vivid imagination

[@ift65536]

Better be a Steinway, what other brand could take the weight behind that B-flat chord at 35:31?

[@AL-pu7ux]

lol by the end it did not hold its tune in the upper register. but it sounded very in tune to start

[@johannesasfaw]

Honestly thousands can tune like that but very few if anyone can approach gergievs absolutely masterful conducting and bronfmans insanely awesome playing. So the shout out is unwarranted in my opinion. Just realizing this was a comment made 5 years ago but what the heck it’s classical music things last ages :)

[@dede4004]

19:43/39:35, shows a close up of the STEINWAY AND SONS on the piano, above his hands. Love Steinway!!

[@佐藤信之-o7i]

この曲を作ったラフマニノフも凄いと思うけど、それをここまで弾きあげるブロンフマンは何なのかっていう衝撃を覚える。 これ程の演奏を生で聴けた人が心底羨ましい。

[@ぴとぴとぴいと]

オケの人達がものすごく楽しそうに演奏してる。ブロンフマンの迫力と情緒あふれる演奏に感化されて、仕事を忘れて本当に音楽に没頭していたのではなかろうか。

[@omiyaomiya6974]

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[@omiyaomiya6974]

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[@marlyharris]

My drug of choice = Bronfman and Rach 3. Once a week at least. No side effects but a sustained musical high.

[@CMHudson85]

Marly Harris Mine too :)

[@LhizJordn]

I just came today for my fix ;)

[@swz1986]

As a pharmacist i say those are the best drugs out there !

[@ihatetheparty6340]

Marly Harris Close your eyes and enter another world where purest emotion rules. Thank God, Rachmaninoff was not a bloody communist!

[@fpv_am]

+Marly Harris he is your drugdiler nigga from moldova)))))))))))))

[@子供おじさん-l4d]

youtubeで色々聞き比べてみたけど、やっぱブロンフマンの３番が最高

[@jenniferw683]

Bronfman + Gergiev + Rachmaninoff=SUPERB

[@owengette8089]

11:20 a famous stormy passage in the piano literature- I’ve heard it countless times by dozens of pianists, but none with such impeccable clarity and such force.

[@audichunes]

This is the first time I picked up on this part as my favorite section that maybe specifically only this man can perform. Only heard a couple other performances. Makes me feel like the most possible amount of release of frustrations/anger/emotions in yet a most graceful way by way of the melody and specific pauses etc.

[@audichunes]

Particularly until 11:44 starts up. Then I think I like others' plays of that. The ending flurry of piano before the flute is just about as good as 11:21-11:43 though.

[@snailmusk9468]

@@audichunes I 100% agree. This was my first performance I got used to, and while I've grown fond of others since, nobody quite touches the perfect clarity, rubato, tempo, and power Bronfman applies here. His performance here of this specific passage is one of the most iconic musical moments of all time for me.

[@emilkats5225]

11:08-11:18 - No one but Bronfman

[@mangomerkel2005]

​@@audichunes I always listen to Bronfman's cadenza for 11:21-11:43. My favourite part.

[@Chaz1030]

People give so much credit to the first movement, but from 21:30 -22:30 is in my opinion one of the most breathtaking passages in all of classical music

[@worstpianist3985]

Also 27:55 and 37:22

[@vijaykrishnan7797]

Wow so coincidental I closed my eyes to enjoy that part exactly before reading this

[@ねこサンわんサン]

yes yes yes yes yes

[@BorisGhelman]

Yes best part.. but Marta version is better

[@pierluigifrasca7451]

N1

[@先輩先輩-w9q]

うますぎる…なんだこの迫力は

[@Arsen9561]

Сила музыкального искусства. Её прелесть в том, что для неё нет государственных границ. А теперь представьте, что композитор данной музыкальной композиции "Сергей Рохманинов" смог отразить всё это на бумаге.

[@roribielak1679]

I’ve watched this video a zillion times and have seen Bronfman play at several concerts, and he is the most brilliant pianist alive today.

[@789armstrong]

This is among the very greatest performances of Rachmaninoffs 3rd piano Concerto.Bronfman has the technique, vivid imagination, power and sweep, and a deep understanding of every note. He also allows the music to speak for itself rather than infect it with an abundance of mannerisms as most pianists do.

[@magetaaaaaa]

carl armstrong I agree, due to the popularity of this concerto, I hear it a lot on the radio and there are many performances online as well. It's played a lot, but it's not played at this level very often. My favorite performance is probably Earl Wild with the Royal Philharmonic, you should listen to that one as well.

[@789armstrong]

magetaaaaaa I have 35 recordings of this Concerto.Earl Wild is superb, but those cut 55 bars are very annoying.(His MacDowell #2 is also fabulous, on the same CD)Bronfman lets the music speak for itself rather than try to find a hidden meaning in every note as many of todays pianists do.I believe you would also like Horacio Guttierrez and I also really like Valentina Lisitsa.Their youtube performances are not representative of their best achievements however.

[@magetaaaaaa]

carl armstrong Gutierrez is excellent. I have a recording of him playing Prokofiev's concerto's 2 and 3. His first movement cadenza is so clean and powerful, I don't think I've ever heard its equal. As for the Rach 3, what do you mean by 55 cut bars?

[@789armstrong]

magetaaaaaa Earl Wild skips 55 bars the same as the composer.Its very frustrating to hear this truncated version.10 bars are missing from the 1st mvmnt 25 bars missing from the 2nd mvmnt and 20 bars missing from the 3rd mvmnt.Check your timing: Bronfman is 39.35 minutes where Wild is 35.19 minutes long.

[@IMAWriterRobJ]

carl armstrong, Carl I have the very same Wild LP...yes LP! The MacDowell IS wonderful. As I recall, the Byron Janis 3rd may have had those cuts as well, as (I'm sure you know) did Rachmaninoff's own, due to the length of the 78s...which I owned, then donated to my alma mater, the University of Miami Frost School of Music. Horacio Gutierrez and I studied with the same teacher in Miami, the tremendous Edward Chumbley. The first time I heard Horacio play, I immediately knew I needed to think about a possible 2nd career! Years later he invited me to his playing of the Rach 3rd at the Hollywood Bowl. He is a wonderful person as well as wonderful pianist.

[@789armstrong]

There are many Rach 3's on youtube, but this one takes the cake. Bronfman is one of the few pianists that lets the music speak for itself. The result is a titanic, edge of your seat performance, that eclipses 90% of the competition.

[@IMAWriterRobJ]

Hey Carl. Hope you are and yours are well. A couple years back I "stumbled" upon another wonderful live performance, "Proms", with pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk. He and his conductor were unbelievably locked in. It's magnificent music making. He has another with the Concertgebouw that's also excellent. Still, the Bronfman is it's own treat...none quite like it.

[@felesha]

If you enjoy Bronfman’s play them I believe you will enjoy Yuja Wang’s play like wise.

[@789armstrong]

@@felesha yes hers is among my favorites. the CD won the Gramophone Award 'critics choice' when it came out in 2013.

[@winifredtrout1]

Takes the biscuit

[@vijaykrishnan7797]

You all heard of 1951 Horowitz's performance?

[@masayuki-bv7gq]

伝説のコンサートですね 最終楽章、最後の部分の推進感、オケとの一体感が凄い

[@omiyaomiya6974]

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[@ootamanabu6254]

ウオ～～～！　オジサンたちの底力を豪快に見せ付けた演奏。みんなが絶叫も当然。 しかもＷＰＯの団員たちもブラボーと本当の拍手を入れてますね。 重量感のあるズッシリした演奏！

[@brianramirez8255]

Still the best performance I've heard of this masterpiece.

[@truthinbottle99]

Yes!!!!

[@Luka_c123]

i think this will change your mind: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXPGkmawbMd0qqc

[@Populous3Tutorials]

true, and sorry to give you the bad news you're most likely not going to listen to a better one... thats both good and bad! :D

[@johne6081]

I have trouble picking one favorite, which is probably why I have about 10 Rach 3 CDs in my collection, including Valentina Lisitsa's.

[@samueltaylor9935]

Still the best

[@creandoCOSASdiy]

This is the best performance i've ever heard of Rach 3. Control, precision, absolute domain of dynamics, perfect rythm. 10/10.

[@horobitch7599]

この演奏会に行けた人を、　心の底から羨ましく思うわ。

[@wholzman2]

The ending sounds like a old movie as if to say, "I now have found happiness". Mr. Bronfman is brilliant .

[@laurenceday1]

Remarkably beautiful with an extremely gifted pianist and the integration of the full orchestra , I can listen to Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto #3 repeatedly.

[@ivanmills3398]

I have not heard a finer reading of this concerto - including Ms. Argerich whose performance is phenomonal and more feral than Mr. Bronfman. Mr. Bronfman does not leave the orchestra in the dust even though his tempi are quite fast. The ensemble between orchestra and piano, which is extraordinarily tricky in this work, is unequaled in all the recordings and performances I've heard. And this is LIVE! I had the privilege to turn pages for Mr. Bronfman in St. Paul MN when he and Hugh Wolf, then conductor of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, performed Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" on 2 pianos. That was a nerve racking experience. Mr. Bronfman was most gracious and I got to see up close just what a phenomonal pianist and musician (musician first, then pianist) he is!

[@ivanmills3398]

That is a fine performance. Completely different sounding piano - much brighter and glassy but passionate mixed with academic. I still prefer Bronfman but enjoyed Mr. Andses performance very much! Will have a 2nd listen when I get 40 minutes to do so! Argerich is Feral, Ashekenazy, academic, Bronfman and Andses in between but Bronfman has a little more abandon in my opinion, which I like.

[@willoooooooob9]

***** ...I agree with Ivan. They are both great in their own right I prefer Bronfman also. Yuja Wang is another pianist that does a fine performance of this piece. She is also amazing and I love her technique. I think our opinions are personal preference to a great extent. Heck, they're all great or they wouldn't be performing with such professional orchestras.

[@alvinware]

meh, a little to fast for me. brillant, oh yes!

[@turgaykaya6429]

You are very lucky🎉

[@robertoa.m.3984]

In this performance you realize music and talent are God's gift to humanity. This is towering, gigantic greatness. All three, Yefim, Valeri and the Viennese, come together to give us an unsurpassable performance. Makes one wonder what Rachmaninov's and Mahler's performance in New York must've sounded like!! This is Heaven on Earth.....

[@LKemp-lr1ky]

WONDERFUL!! But his weight scares me a bit. His profession is stressful. A stroke would be heartbreaking. . . this man is pure genius. You are right; music is a loving gift...!

[@mangomerkel2005]

Mahler is scaringly overrated. He wasn't popular with the musicians at the orchestra.

[@erinbennett8383]

God bless you

[@joseojeda665]

​@@mangomerkel2005that's just wrong, Rachmaninoff himself praised his conducting

[@mangomerkel2005]

@@joseojeda665 I am currently reading a biography about him that confirms what I said.

[@joerossm]

I saw Bronfman play the Rach 3 just last night with the Madison Symphony Orchestra. Astonishing! Have not yet returned to earth. I also saw him play Prokofiev's 3rd back in 2008 -- the greatest concert I ever saw. It feels great to be alive.

[@UnknownPascal-sc2nk]

Where in 2008? I happened to land in Oslo and noticed machine gun cases at the airport. Inquired. One concert only that night. My friend and I arrived too late to purchase tickets but were admitted gratis. Awesome gift.

[@atom-san]

映画shineでこの曲を知りDヘルフゴット、アルゲリッチ、ホロビッツの演奏を CD、KZbinで聴いてきました。どれも素晴らしいけれど、この演奏が間違いなく最高と思います

[@b1i2l336]

This really IS the greatest performance of this I've ever heard, and I've heard many. I'm a professional pianist.

[@merciatreasurehunting6244]

Tempo is everything with this piece I find. It's spot on in this performance

[@chiragraju821]

The Ossia bears a stratospheric aura that can not be captured in words. With every passing note at the first, you are captivated by the urgency it encapsulates. Then, as the famous theme begins after the "golden rain" of offset notes down the keyboard, all pain in the world is represented by those few bars of music. The existential pain, and how it is inevitable and at the same time, beautiful. Finally, it contemplates and sings into a final crescendo- and is an epitome of the fact that you can make music out of pain.

[@mangomerkel2005]

This fabulous comment is one extra reason why I am learning the Ossia! I also love to write these detailed and emotional comments about Rachmaninoff's music, and you did it amazingly well!

[@ich_heisse_GavaLochVati]

25:40 からの第2→第3楽章への流れ何回でも聴ける

[@williamsimonds5429]

This guy has the hands needed for this work. Incredibly great performance. Exciting tempos and fantastic phrasing. Have found a new pianist. They are not all fantastic but try their best to satisfy not only the audience but the music. This Mr. Bronfman is in a class of Rachmanioff Greats. Thank you sir.

[@micheldab5561]

I keep coming back here to reiterate how this is THE all time great signature performance of this piece. The others are all a cut below

[@gulnarami239]

So am i...❤ have never heard better..

[@NikhilHoganShow]

0:28 I. Allegro ma non tanto 10:10 Ossia Cadenza 16:20 II. Intermezzo: Adagio 26:01 III. Finale: Alla breve

[@junz154]

The Nikhil Hogan Show z

[@apianoadventure]

thanks

[@vijaykrishnan7797]

Is the cadenza non-unique? Can it be changed from player to player?

[@FranciszekSt]

@@vijaykrishnan7797 There's also toccata cadenza. Ossia was written first, but Rach decided to compose toccata cadenza, because it suited his vision of the concerto better. Ossia was left "as an option", as Rach seen toccata to be more suitable for the concerto

[@vijaykrishnan7797]

@@FranciszekSt oh thats new information to me ,I always preferred Horowitz playing this piece and his cadenza seemed different.Seach up 1951 horowith rach 3 in youtube thats the best version in my opinion , actually this piece is my favourite piano concerto and I tried hard finding the perfect player and recording.

[@iedacyrillopereira4291]

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!!!!

[@ondinehd6889]

Finally, a pianist who SINGS the opening theme, instead of hammering every single note!! And so wonderful, what he does at 29:59! So many pianists seem to totally miss the transformative magic of this very moment, and ridiculously barge through it without a clue, while Bronfman fully captures it.

[@nicolaimartin3803]

I think this might be the best interpretation of Rach 3 that I've heard to date

[@alexandergroot8367]

Umistakably the best performance nowadays of this concerto which was written as a challenge for pianists. Yefim has everything !! Technical skills, rubato and all very honest and genuine. He has the magic to give you goosebumps and only a handful of pianists have this amazing ability. For me this is "THE" interpretation of Rach 3

[@wanderlustig8037]

my mother encouraged me to go with her to listen to a performance of this in Glasgow. it changed my life. Every time I hear this rendition I cry for her memory.

[@Fritz_Maisenbacher]

35:27 and this is heroic , able to give hope to any forgotten soul ....

[@siyanomtshongwana4902]

I first heard parts of this concerto when I watched a film called 'Shine' back in the 90s I think I was 10. I fell in love. I'm 34 now and I still discover something new everytime I hear a different performance. I am absolutely blown away by this rendition. I will keep coming back to it for as long as it is available. How lucky are we that we get to listen to so many different versions of this monumental work, at will?

[@tommeggle4386]

I always had Argerich as my favourite for the 3rd Rachmaninoff, but this is clearly the most powerful and moving performance .. .epic, timeless and magic

[@guilhermejjj4439]

I agree

[@HJKey]

Don't agree. Argerich is MUCH better. She's more sophisticated, clean and she creates an atmosphere that is not present in this "powerful" performance

[@makaan699]

@@HJKey She doesn´t play the ossia candenza though, which gives people a reason to listen to other recordings as well.

[@katyab92]

@@makaan699 I love the alternative cadenza. It's so powerful. It's a wonder more "pianists" don't play it...this man is my hero

[@samaritan29]

@@HJKey ARGERICH is overrated asf

[@sebastianpicht5111]

By FAR the greatest performance of this piece.

[@IvanBunny]

Months later, I come back to this. He didn't wimp out on the Ossia Cadenza, he dominated it! This Rach 3 performance is perfection.

[@umuttasdogen8917]

22:05 this is the most beautiful and heartbreaking passage i've ever heard in my life.

[@あきほあきほ-h6m]

お見事な演奏ですね。素敵。。 大カデンツァをこんなにも情感豊かに弾かれる方を初めてみました。

[@omaroabboud]

the final 5 minutes.... simply wow. he nails it.

[@goktugblack]

This is the very best Rach 3 interpretation ever. Both in terms of orchestra and soloist. The ossia cadenza is just pristine. Also whenever I like a pianist I go for his/her Rach 3. Every time it is ossia cadenza:)

[@Smilthy]

Ossia Cadenza for ever 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[@chiragraju821]

The Ossia bears a stratospheric aura that can not be captured in words. With every passing note at the first, you are captivated by the urgency it encapsulates. Then, as the famous theme begins after the "golden rain" of offset notes down the keyboard, all pain in the world is represented by those few bars of music. The existential pain, and how it is inevitable and at the same time, beautiful. Finally, it contemplates and sings into a final crescendo- and is an epitome of the fact that you can make music out of pain.

[@emilkats5225]

Благодаренье Богу за вас, Сергей Васильевич, за дар этой бессмертной музыки. Glory be to God for you Sergei Vasilevich, for the gift of this timeless music! Quarter of the views here are probably mine :) I can't stop listening to this. Mr. Bronfman, Mr. Gergiev, WP are absolutely brilliant!!! I have not heard Ossia Cadenza and Finale quite like this by any soloist or orchestra. BRAVO!!!!👏👏👏👏👏

[@jon7547]

This is my favorite performance of Rachmaninov's 3. Yefim, you are the best.

[@pauljohnston3884]

Get a life, asshole.

[@patrickwhiting4831]

@@pauljohnston3884 I get you're a troll but why?

[@nassera]

@@pauljohnston3884 The paul troll says get a life. Got it. I bet you're beautiful.

[@vijaykrishnan7797]

Hmm I request you kindly to please listen to Horowitz's 1951 performance.

[@jesika7869]

I agree, I find I always pick Bronfman for Rach 3. Martha Argerich did a superb version, but to me Bronfman is most expressive of the contrasts of explosiveness and quiet in the piece. Even Horowitz did not compare, and Lugansky, who is a consummate Rachmaninoff artist, does not, either.

[@pabloespinosa6289]

I have seen almost all versions of this concerto and I am pretty sure that this is the best.

[@xxxander0203]

No matter how many times I watch this, I'm still overwhelmed by his remarkable performance. Best version indeed in my opinion.

[@pablos5463]

I can't help but smile and be filled with happiness every time I hear the ending. a concert that generates many emotions in me, suddenly the sadness of life is nothing compared to the emotion that this concert generates in me. from its cadenza, that every time I listen to it my skin hurts, going through the adage full of mystery and loneliness until reaching the last movement with a glorious ending. Without a doubt, the bars of rach 3 are loaded with power in every note that is played. Thanks Rachmaninoff for giving us this!

[@seanjung2123]

Magnificent!! The best pianist of all for Rachmaninoff piano concerto 123. Now I cant hear other painist playing. This guy is so powerful, More accurate notes & so emotional !

[@IMAWriterRobJ]

I must TOTALLY agree with the superlatives being accorded Mr Bronfman. What can one say but that we witnessed greatness, from the beautiful humility of his simple statement of the opening theme, through the brilliant cadenza, the gorgeously played waltz of the 2nd movement, and fire of his 3rd movement. Speaking of the cadenza, his gorgeous pedaling allowed all the harmonic changer through, yet provided the overtones and colors to meld into a cascading torrent of sound. As someone aptly said earlier, he OWNS that cadenza. None ever better, for ME. His confidence inspires, and puts the listener at ease, knowing all will be as it should. Kudos MUST go to this wonderful conductor and orchestra, Maestro Gergiev and his toothpick. Has there ever been a more nuanced, emotional opening orchestral pages of the 2nd movement? I attended a performance the 3rd in Los Angeles decades ago, featuring Mr Bronfman and I believe if memory serves Zubin Mehta. A fine performance, but not nearly performed with the Authority, and total command of this performance. A grateful thank you to the presenter of this most incredible and VALUABLE testament to both pianist and conductor, and monument to the great Sergey Rachmaninov.

[@CMHudson85]

Robert Jason Robert Jason All so well said. He definitely OWNS that cadenza! :) I've listened to everyone I can find and overall I find this one to be superb in all the key moments which, in this piece, make one artist stand apart from the others.

[@marthajane6617]

+SpaghettiToaster You said recording, is there a dvd of that performance?

[@marthajane6617]

+Robert Jason I agree wholeheartedly, this was absolute perfection, just beautiful it nourishes the soul, Rach and Bronfman = perfection. Thank you for your description of this piece, it was written so beautifully but most importantly you typed it so a lay person like myself felt every word, thank you.

[@IMAWriterRobJ]

+martha jane , that is so very gracious of you to say. I believe it was Carl Armnstrong, below who first made me aware of this particular KZbin performance. I had seen Bronfman perform this most wonderful concerto in Los Angeles MANY years go. This performance exceeds that one greatly.

[@IMAWriterRobJ]

+SpaghettiToaster Thanks much for the recommend.

[@maxkaminsky13]

Best recording on the internet.

[@maxkaminsky13]

27:55 is so GOOD!

[@maxkaminsky13]

Nice restatement of the mov 1 melody in mov 3 at 31:48.

[@SquealingGucciPiggy]

Best Rach 3 ever played! Bravo Yefim!

[@vincentvillegas7773]

I remember as a kid I took piano lessons. I would ride my bike twice a week to my teachers house and paid one dollar for a one hour lesson. Being from Texas, I started to play football and slowly stopped going to lessons. I wish I could live life again and go back to the day I stopped learning to play the piano. Every time I hear this Piano Concerto I think of what life could have been.

[@mr.p5446]

There is no piece of music so sublime . Rach 3 is the apex of music .

[@Dylonely_9274]

Mahler

[@jenniferw683]

Bronfman is amazing~ The best Rach 3 I've heard~Great way to start the new year!

[@luismigueltoromillan5195]

This interpreter's version is beautifully achieved, nice tempo, accents, volumes, dynamic. It all seems absurdly easy for him... Technically close to perfection and full of feeling that almost makes me cry. Yefim's ossia cadenza is the best among all other master pianists IMHO. Why this man is not more widely known? I wonder.

[@fritzwert6649]

He is... in Bavarian Broadcasting, you'll encounter him very often.

[@lkrupp215]

Well I thought I’d heard it all but this, THIS is amazing.

[@penguinlybra]

The most beautiful piano concerto. One of the best orchestra's ever. A great conductor. An incredible pianist who really attacks the music. This is the bomb!

[@jeandemontebello3223]

I'm speechless. Stunning performance

[@broccolijung1920]

I've heard many players, but Yefim is the one I think the best of the best...So when I hear someone play this piece...I end up coming back to him and listen it again..

[@gulnarami239]

Не могу понять, почему у Юнчана Лима за полтора года 13 млн. просмотров, а здесь за 11 лет 1,6 млн... Или я что-то не понимаю.. У Лима, конечно, филигранная техника. Но слушая это исполнение, всегда захватывает дух и слезы льются.. Какая-то здесь магия присутствует❤❤

[@BLUENOMADIC]

This performance is great, but music is just music and let's get rid of the prejudice. Do you understand?

[@gulnarami239]

Ok, agree..

[@user-limlover]

임윤찬은 한국 아이돌 느낌이라

[@user-limlover]

38:38 gooood……❤❤

[@ondinehd6889]

@@user-limlover "Korean idol?" What does that mean? Because Lim's performance was beautiful, very poetic and lyrical.

[@mrmatt24]

I get the chills at the beginning of Bronfman's 3rd movement here every time I listen.

[@Lochcie]

こんなに素晴らしい演奏を聴けるなんて、いまの時代に生きていてよかったと思います！

[@Arsen9561]

Это правильно 👍

[@swz1986]

One of the best piano concertos of all time. This is simply a master piece...

[@ronnie9077]

bronfman undisputedly plays the piu vivo section the best. His ossia cadenza is also magnificent and my favourite

[@jwilliams8210]

Good Lord! That was fantastically played!

[@tucsonlivestream3203]

His hands are just amazing. They flow like water over the keyboard. He is a miracle to watch.

[@johnnauman347]

Yefim is a great man, inside and out. All humility and grace.

[@bcing75]

I must have watched many dozens of performances of this concerto and this one is undoubtedly the best I've seen. Bronfman is phenomenal!

[@pauljohnston3884]

You've "watched?" This is music, friend. Shouldn't you be listening?

[@katyab92]

I know what you mean! This man has reawoken this concerto for me. I can't wait to learn it properly now, especially with the alternative cadenza 🤩

[@tigerhernia]

Yes. Bronfman is awesome, so is the Weiner Orchestra. This is a piece so easily led wild by the pianist for the orchestra to struggle to keep pace. I feel the two parties work great together, very wholesome, particularly at the end of the 3rd movement.

[@jcotoj]

You should listen to Kissin-Osawa version, for me it is the best.

[@Populous3Tutorials]

@@pauljohnston3884 in fact, this is a youtube video :)

[@spiritualatheist1]

Yefim Bronfman is planet-moving, super-humanly lyrical, stupendous - and cond. Valery Gergiev contributed mightily as did the sound men in creating a beautifully clear sound, every nuance perfectly placed and audible. Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, playing at Suntory Concert Hall, Tokyo, November 21, 2004.

[@Maxdewinter123]

Is this perhaps the greatest rendition of this masterpiece ever captured on tape?

[@katyab92]

Yes!!!🤩

[@0suckball0]

absolutely

[@folco9882]

There is an equally magnificent rendition by Maestro Bronfman and the Berlin Philharmonic under Sir Simon Rattle at the Waldbuehne Berlin 2009

[@Maxdewinter123]

@@folco9882 thanks x the tip.

[@julien-marcelonceuponatime3265]

Completly agree but once a day is essential for well-being !!! Bronfman is fabulous in rach and Wien with Gergiev and it's miraculous. A moment of happiness.

[@jhyounyo]

This is surely one of the finest performances of this work.

[@vasilisneorun1700]

This kind of music makes life worth living and bearable...i hope you can take the music with you after life...

[@laurenceday1]

Haunting alluring compelling as I feel the rising tempo and simbiotic allure of the violins and horns inviting the piano of the superb Bronfman to the peak performance of Rachs memorable #3 in D Minor

[@Erge08]

Can't stop coming here, watching this awesome Performance! Still, years later, the best Rach 3 on KZbin! Superb orchestra - and... Bronfman, oh, he's both a machine and a genius!

[@johne7345]

Years ago my wife and I had the privilege of hearing him perform this with the San Diego Symphony. I splurged on front row center mezzanine seats, and it was worth every penny.

[@MaraSilvamaramaRama]

WIth no doubt, God descended to that Concert Hall when Yefim, Gergiev, each member of the Orchestra, and all of the components of that System (including the instruments and the audience) converged.

[@OdinLimaye]

By far, the best interpretation of this beautiful masterpiece!