Grieg - Piano concerto - Michelangeli / Frühbeck de Burgos

[@michaelmostavlanski3425]

The best interpretation and implementation of Grieg's piano concert that I've heard before....

[@orazioguanciale4904]

I would never get tired of listening to astounding performances like this from Benedetti Michelangeli. It is like admiring a sculpture from ancient Greece. Pure perfection

[@alessandrodelmonte5765]

Sonorità inaudite, insperata, timbro unico, tempistica divina. Non cercate altrove sentite la passione, l ' amore per la musica, la suprema padronanza del Genio assoluto: ad occhi chiusi come foste in chiesa in raccoglimento religioso, pensando al volare delle mani sulla tastiera.

[@frederickfrederikfre]

Totalmente d`accordo. Nonostante ció, come tutti i Geni, Michelangeli non é per tutti. Per sfortuna o per fortuna. Noi intanto ce lo godiamo per quello che in lui riconosciamo.

[@francoriva55]

Nessuno di coloro che amano la grande musica disconosce la Grandezza di questo immenso artista per il quale provo una sconfinata ammirazione. Cio' detto di immdnsi pianisti la musica ne e' piena.. almeno un cinquantina di quelli che conosco... pertanto non condivido espressioni assolutistiche quali " nessuno come lui, gli altri non sono alla sua altezza " ecc ecc.

[@orazioguanciale4904]

È proprio così concordo totalmente. Quali sono gli ingredienti per una performance di questo tipo resta per me un mistero. Benedetti Michelangeli va oltre il genio

[@SELMER1947]

Since 50 years I've listened to all the great pianist of the XX century and I love a lot of them... Cziffra, Sofronitsky, Guilels, Richter, Lipatti, etc but Michelangeli is the greatest pianist of all time

[@raphaelkreutzer8063]

Lipatti is unsurpassed he had the best timing (in musical terms) and was even more brilliant in this concerto than Michelangeli, but Michelangeli shows here the most fiery performance I've ever heard. So both are in a class of their own.

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

There are better ones than Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli.Better technique players V.Horowitz Grigory Sokolov M.Pletnev Better piano sound than ABM Radu Lupu W.Kempff A.Rubinstein E.Gilels. ABM was not the greatest

[@SELMER1947]

@@RaineriHakkarainen Nobody is better than Michelangeli, he has the best technique, the best sound, the best musical reading...Richter himself considered him as the most perfect pianist on earth !

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

@@SELMER1947 ABM The most brutal horrible grim touch piano sound ever. There are the better ones V.Horowitz E.Gilels D.Lipatti G.Sokolov W.Kempff R.Lupu S.Richter A.Rubinstein M.Pletnev(more power than ABM) and so on ABM not the top 25 ever. ABM not even the best Italian M.Pollini much better more genius than horrible ABM

[@SELMER1947]

@@RaineriHakkarainen It seems you know better than Alfred Cortot himself ( who considered him as the new Liszt...) Argerich, Richter, Ciccolini, Pollini, Neuman, Moravec, Celibidache, Walter and many others the deep respect and admiration they had for the " horrible Michelangeli " I don't want to waiste my time anymore with stupid guys, Bye bye

[@francoriva55]

Questo Suonoo !!!!!!!! Sublime divino !!! Mamma mia ...

[@paracaparaca]

All comments mention Benedetti Michelangeli, deservedly no doubt, but the orchestra and the conductor are part of the achievement!

[@orazioguanciale4904]

Certainly the conductor and the orchestra deserve their part. But Benedetti Michelangeli 's performance is decidedly beyond human capacity

[@ruggerodalpozzolo2711]

Dopo avere ascoltato attentamente le esecuzioni dei più famosi pianisti ( ARRAU , RUBINSTEIN ED ALTRI) sono arrivato alla conclusione che ABM è rimasto insuperato per l'esecuzione complessiva di tutte le parti di questo splendido concerto.A tutt'oggi nessuno è stato in grado di rendere meglio l'essenza dello spirito di GRIEG.....

[@dorinamoldovan3629]

Affascinante,sublime,divino;la sua maestria ha superato il limite umano.Penso che nel Paradiso ABM diletti gli angeli e dia gloria a Colui che l'ha benedetto di tanti doni.

[@stefanholz7166]

The God of Gods playing. Phenomenal. Saw him several times when I was young. Never will forget this. 💐 This was recorded in London

[@PCgamer923]

This piece made me want to learn piano. It is the music that is played in heaven if it exist.

[@user-qn8nv5wb2g]

Мне 82 и я много слушал исполнителей, Артуро впервые моему восторгу нет предела, игра на одном дыхании и форму держал великолепно, браво маэстро

[@jean-mariedethier5495]

Absolument incomparable ! On n'a jamais joué si "haut" et avec une telle splendeur !

[@canman5060]

The performance of the first movement cadenza is the ultimate achievement in this world.

[@SELMER1947]

The greatest who ever lived

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

IT IS not! The greatest pianists of All Time really Are Artur Rubinstein ( The God) Grigory Sokolov ( The Titan The Giant of The piano) Emil Gilels ( The King) Wilhelm Kempff ( The most beautiful piano sound) Stanislav Igolinsky ( better than Lipatti) Sviatoslav Richter Maurizio Pollini Vladimir Ashkenazy ( The volcanic piano sound) Mikhail Pletnev ( The most Powerful Prokoviev piano concerto no 1) Alexei Lubimov ( The Genius) Radu Lupu ( The sound Brahms piano concerto no 1 with The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1996 video KZbin) Solomon Cutner ( The structure of music)

[@antonioarmella353]

@@RaineriHakkarainen I totally disagree because I listened ABM live: uncomparable

[@alanbash2921]

@@SELMER1947 ...Horowitz once told me that of all Grieg Concerto recordings, Michelangeli’s was by far the Best !……… even though he thought that Michelangeli was very poor in Scarlatti !………… in late 1989 Mr. Horowitz told me that he was getting ready to record the Grieg Concerto....I can only imagine what a wonderful Tornado of a performance that Would have Been !

[@frederickfrederikfre]

I love this concert by Grieg, I have listened to interpretations, but a performance like this, especially of this cadence, I have not found, although there are very good ones. It is breathtaking.

[@pasqualelocatelli487]

Inarrivabile,la perfezione assoluta....inutile trovare altre parole...sublime..sto

[@user-ug1jj2if7q]

A justly famous performance Both Poetic and Exciting!

[@clive7092]

Never heard anything like it in my life. Astonishing.

[@natalievandenblink7802]

Undoubtabley the most glorious playing of this piece I have ever heard. Grieg must be ecstatic in heaven. I have goose bumps all over and tears of joy at the end. Never heard energy like this. He must have enjoyed playing this so much that we can feel it. Oh thank you Arutro Michaelangelli, thank you from every cell of my being.

[@erickverran653]

Look up the Cziffra/Benzi recording from 1961.

[@CImum]

Young energy... try Alexander Malofeev... goose bumps, too.

[@tedthorbjornsen6917]

you are so very right, really quite unbelievable

[@stevehinnenkamp5625]

Mich made it his own. Captured the soul of Grieg along with a great conductor and orchestra.

[@stonestone1000]

@@stevehinnenkamp5625 I dont think any composer can match Grieg. He had IT

[@kaleidoscopio5]

One can agree or disagree with Michelangeli's interpretation, but he was on fire. Massive phenomenal playing.

[@beckerhanshermann8372]

That's the way it is. Such a fiery game can hardly be heard today. Rather, the frequently played concerts seem worn out and lifeless.

[@lucalanzoni6155]

cosa dire ....SEMPLICEMENTE FANTASTICO

[@AngeloDeAngelis748]

👍 Perfetto

[@thomasbarth4901]

Michelangeli war der perfekteste Pianist aller Zeiten, es gab und gibt viele Große, aber er schwebt quasi über allen, ich habe ihn 1975 in Karlsruhe gehört, ohne Worte.....

[@beckerhanshermann8372]

ABM hat in Karlsruhe gespielt? Kaum vorstellbar (ich lebe seit über 10 Jahre hier), aber schön für die Karlsruher. Ich habe ihn Anfang der 70er Jahre in Zürich mit einem Haydn-Konzert gehört und irgendwann in den Jahren mit einem Recital in Hannover.

[@pvonberg]

Superhuman playing.

[@user-ru8vy1uz7c]

Bravo bravo bravo bravo brilliance fantastic grandiose music concerto pianist super genial

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

ABM THE CYBORG HUMAN MACHINE KING ROBOT PIANIST EVER!! The greatest pianists of All Time Are really Artur Rubinstein ( The GOD) Grigory Sokolov ( The Titan The Giant of The piano) Emil Gilels ( The King) Wilhelm Kempff ( The most beautiful piano sound Ever) Sviatoslav Richter ( The Genius) Mikhail Pletnev ( The most Powerful Ever) Alexei Lubimov ( The Big Genius) Solomon Cutner ( The Best structure of music! Solomon Cutner The highest IQ points Ever) Radu Lupu ( The most colorful piano sound Ever) Vladimir Ashkenazy ( The most colorful volcanic piano sound Ever) and more- ABM never played The Best piano concertos like Mozart 24 JS Bach Concerto 1 1052 Chopin 1-2 Brahms 1-2 Prokoviev 1-3 Saint-Saens piano concerto no 2 Rachmaninov piano concertos 1-3 ABM played The second-rated concertos like Mozart piano concerto no 15 Haydn concerto G major Liszt piano concerto no 1! Why ABM never played The Best piano concertos! The people would find out The ABM My art is empty trash awful art! ABM i going to bash distroy Grieg concerto With brutal accent after brutal accent after brutal accent! The people Will love me! 99% of The people they love The trash art and The trash pianist bashing distroying Grieg concerto!! ABM THE CYBORG HUMAN MACHINE KING ROBOT PIANIST EVER!!

[@nicolacalabrese5773]

Il più GRANDE PIANISTA di tutte le Galassie

[@Alessandro_da_Rimini]

Performance TITANICA. Mio nonno mi racconatav che quando Michelangeli suonava questo concerto si giravano anche le statue.

[@pierluigidinardodimaio3708]

mi hai fatto strozzare dalle risate ! ! ! ! ! in positivo

[@giuseppedibiase5213]

Confermo...da nonno

[@orazioguanciale4904]

Grandissimi. Benedetti Michelangeli e il nonno

[@caseyhawk8357]

Love the passion and genius.

[@cookie2000ify]

Probably the best Grieg you will ever hear. There was no one to compare with Michelangeli.

[@AlexPashkov]

+Mario P You mean Lipatti with Alceo Galliera...?

[@AlexPashkov]

Sorry ,I didn't know Arrau recorded Grieg Concerto with Galliera as well, - great fact also...But could you send a link of Lipatti playing Grieg concerto, - live recording with Ansermet, - I thought there is just single recording of his Schumann concerto...(???)...

[@vcherrrix]

maybe the best YOU will ever hear, but far from the best ever recorded!

[@vova47]

@@pensaable No one cares about your preferences.

[@SELMER1947]

Fully agree

[@driesanalog4187]

Pianists of this kind are 1 in 100 years.

[@enricoreggioli4625]

Dries Analog maybe.............I’m not sure.............

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

You are wrong with this.There are better technique players than ABM like V.Horowitz G.Sokolov M.Pletnev(more power than ABM) These folks have or had a better beautiful piano sound than Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli like A.Rubinstein E.Gilels Radu Lupu W.Kempff.

[@salomonibrahim4040]

d2d4e6 You can‘t say he‘s wrong. Music is subjective. In your opinion Horowitz and Sokolov are all better pianists but thats your opinion. For example, I like ABM more that Rubenstein or Horowitz. And that‘s my opinion. Theres no „wrong“ in music taste. He just thinks ABM is something very special that happens every 100 years. Have a great day

[@NOSEhow2LIV]

Well, thank god for that!

[@xzzx4664]

@@salomonibrahim4040 there is wrong to a certain degree, but comparing the geniuses is pointless as they have transcended another level of interpretation. This is not an exact science, but its not far from it

[@mashtali1]

this version of the second movement is superb.

[@nadiadesimone8645]

Passionate and poignant

[@RB14149]

Der größte Pianist aller Zeiten.Danke ABM!!!

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

ABM played second-rated concertos like Mozart no 13! Haydn G major! Liszt no 1! ABM never played the best piano concertos like JS Bach 1052! Saint-Saens no 2! Brahms 1-2! Chopin 1-2! Rachmaninov 1-3! Tchaikovsky no 1! Mozart 24! Prokofiev 1-3! ABM his Grieg is brutal accent after brutal accent! ABM his Grieg third movement coda 26:49-26:55 so awful bad structure!

[@beckerhanshermann8372]

@@RaineriHakkarainen Tchaikovsky's piano concertos are among the best really? They have a strange value system.

[@gianpaga11]

Indimenticabile Maestro!

[@SELMER1947]

No words are strong enough to describe the cadenza of the first movement !!!!

[@Ace-dv5ce]

Might be the most aggressive sound and powerful sound I’ve ever heard from a piano, this live would be a religious experience

[@thomgeo8073]

GOD IS LOVE MICHELANGELI TOO

[@RobertoMessana-sf8yc]

Lui non è un pianista, LUI È IL PIANOFORTE.

[@vurria123]

This is the 1960's when Michelangeli was overwhelming. The world's greatest other pianists all knew he was the greatest at that time. Listen to (and the video is also available) the Beethoven Op. 111 from 1964. The legendary Prato 1967 performance is still available (it is back on YT as of two weeks ago). This specific performance of the Grieg is impossible, for power, rhythm, strength, drama, and details. Even later sometimes - listen to the Munich April 1985 - he was impossible, unapproachable.

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

ABM never was The greatest. Better Ines Grigori Sokolov(The Titan The Giant of The piano) Artur Rubinstein(The God) Emil Gilels(The King) Sviatoslav Richter. Wilhelm Kempff Radu Lupu Wilhelm Kempff Mikhail Pletnev(More powerful than ABM)

[@beckerhanshermann8372]

@@RaineriHakkarainen Talk of the "greatest pianist" is utter nonsense. Firstly, there are also great female pianists and secondly, even the supposedly greatest has weaknesses and cannot do everything equally well. But ABM has made history with his interpretation of the Grieg concerto.

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

@@beckerhanshermann8372 How about The women pianist like Maria Grinberg ( Mozart piano concerto no 24 an amazing!) Natalia Trull Prokoviev piano concerto no 3 Laura Mikkola Mozart piano concerto no 22( The Queen Elizabeth piano competition 2nd place ( ABM was 7th) and so on!!

[@antonioarmella353]

@@RaineriHakkarainen stop with the story of 7th place, ABM was only eighteen and the verdict was scandalous

[@ilyashmalts9493]

Гениально!Лучшее исполнение этого концерта!

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

NOT TRUE! ABM his Grieg playing= Brutal accent after Brutal accent after brutal accent! ABM his Grieg concerto 3th movement coda is one.of The.weakest! Olli Mustonen Mikhail Pletnev too so awful 3th movement coda! The Best Grieg concerto players Are really=Radu Lupu ( The most colorful piano sound Ever!) Emil Gilels ( The King of All pianists ever! The Golden piano sound Ever for Grieg!) Artur Rubinstein Dinu Lipatti!.ABM played The second-rated concertos like Mozart piano concerto no 15! Haydn concerto G major! Liszt piano concerto no 1! ABM never played The Best piano concertos like Mozart 24 Brahms 1-2 Chopin 1-2 Prokoviev 1-3 Rachmaninov 1-3 Saint-Saens piano concerto no 2! JS Bach Piano Concerto no 1 ( Harpsichord concerto 1052) ABM THE CYBORG HUMAN MACHINE KING ROBOT PIANIST EVER knew that The Best plays The best piano concertos so ABM THE CYBORG HUMAN MACHINE KING ROBOT PIANIST EVER i am going to bash distroy Grieg concerto With brutal accent after brutal accent! ABM knew that The people 99% of them love The Bashers Distroyers greatly! ABM not The greatest pianist! The Best greatest pianists of All Time Are really=Artur Rubinstein ( The GOD) Grigory Sokolov ( THE TITAN OF THE PIANO THE GIANT OF THE PIANO) Emil Gilels ( The King) Wilhelm Kempff ( The most beautiful piano sound Ever) Sviatoslav Richter Mikhail Pletnev ( The most Powerful Ever) Radu Lupu ( The most colorful piano sound Ever) Vladimir Ashkenazy ( The most colorful volcanic piano sound Ever) Alexei Lubimov ( The Genius no 1 Mozart piano concerto no 27) Maurizio Pollini ( The Genius no 2) Solomon Cutner ( The most perfect structure of music! Solomon Cutner The highest IQ points Ever) Proffesor Malinin Said that Mozart playing is The most difficult! The Best greatest Mozart piano concertos players Are really=Mozart 17 Dezo Ranki Mozart 18 Vladimir Ashkenazy Mozart 19 Radu Lupu Mozart 20 Vladimir Ashkenazy Mozart 21 Radu Lupu ( The others The Good=Artur Rubinstein Murray Perahia Maurizio Pollini Vladimir Ashkenazy Stanislav Bunin) Mozart 22 Laura Mikkola Natalia Trull Jörg Demus Robert Casadesus Mozart 23 Solomon Cutner ( The others The Good=Grigory Sokolov Wilhelm Kempff Maurizio Pollini Vladimir Ashkenazy Murray Perahia Stanislav Bunin Vladimir Horowitz Radu Lupu) Mozart 24 Grigory Sokolov Maria Grinberg ( The Good=Wilhelm Kempff Mikhail Pletnev Gina Bachauer) Mozart 25 Murray Perahia Mozart 27 Alexei Lubimov (.The others The Good=Emil Gilels Vladimir Ashkenazy Murray Perahia Natalia Trull Stanislav Bunin).

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

ABM playing 26:49- 26:59 is so awful like nervous breakdown! Olli Mustonen The weakest that part! Pletnev his 26:49- is so Bad too!

[@CaroleHoldem-lh4np]

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[@stevehinnenkamp5625]

The piano embellishments always contribute to the work. By some miracle they are an indispensable part of the fabric.

[@SaBiNuKi]

Arturo was such an incredible soul :)

[@Matthan678]

One of the greatest performances...totally dedicated..electric...completely immersed in the score

[@beckerhanshermann8372]

Wonderful and unrivalled! Víkingur Heiðar Ólafsson and many other pianists and soloists can pack their bags.

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

ABM played the second-rated piano concertos like Mozart no 13 15 Haydn G Major Liszt no 1! ABM never played the Best piano concertos like Mozart 24 Brahms 1-2 Chopin 1-2 Prokofiev 1-3 Rachmaninov 1-3 Saint-Saens no 2 Tchaikovsky no 1 JS Bach 1052 Scriabin Beethoven no 4 and so on! ABM i am going to distroy and bash Grieg concerto with brutal accent after brutal accent! ABM his Grieg concerto 3rd mvt coda is not that good structure! More genius than ABM=Sviatoslav Richter Solomon Cutner Grigory Sokolov Maurizio Pollini Stanislav Bunin! More powerful louder than ABM=Mikhail Pletnev(Prokofiev piano concerto no 1 by Pletnev!) The Second Loudest was Lazar Berman! The 3rd Loudest was Erwin Nyiregyhazi! ABM was a boring Cyborg Human machine! ABM had no Flow no rhythmic vitalness!

[@beckerhanshermann8372]

@@RaineriHakkarainen And you have no spirit. You bore people with your ranking lists and your strange prioritizations. There's something sick about that. Und Sie haben keinen Geist. Sie langweilen mit Ihren Ranking-Listen und Ihren merkwürdigen Priorisierungen. Das hat etwas Krankes.

[@beckerhanshermann8372]

@@RaineriHakkarainen What nonsense you have written there!

[@amarillisamarillis8147]

Лучший пианист на все времена. Спасибо за наслаждение музыкой в его исполнении.

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

NOT TRUE!! Come on Amarillis!! ABM THE CYBORG HUMAN MACHINE ROBOT KING PIANIST EVER!! The Best Greatest Pianists Are Really=Artur Rubinstein ( The GOD!) Grigory Sokolov=( THE GIANT OF THE PIANO!! THE TITAN OF THE PIANO!!) Emil Gilels ( THE KING!!) WILHELM KEMPFF ( The most beautiful piano sound Ever!) Sviatoslav Richter Mikhail Pletnev=( The Most Powerful Ever! Prokoviev piano concerto no 1) Alexei Lubimov ( The Genius no 1 Mozart piano concerto no 27!!) Maurizio Pollini ( The Genius no 2!) Solomon Cutner ( The perfect structure of music! Solomon Cutner The highest IQ points Ever!) Maria Grinberg Natalia Trull Rosa Tamarkina Dimitri Bashkirov ( Mendelssohn piano concerto no 1 by Bashkirov! Bashkirov The Best piano sound Ever!) The piano Proffesor Malinin Said that Mozart playing is The most difficult! The Best greatest Mozart piano concertos players Are really=Mozart 17 Dezo Ranki Mozart 18 Vladimir Ashkenazy Mozart 19 Radu Lupu Mozart 20 Vladimir Ashkenazy Mozart 21 Radu Lupu ( The others The Good=Artur Rubinstein Murray Perahia Maurizio Pollini Vladimir Ashkenazy Stanislav Bunin) Mozart 22 Laura Mikkola Natalia Trull Jörg Demus Robert Casadesus Mozart 23 Solomon Cutner ( The Others The Good=Wilhelm Kempff Grigory Sokolov Vladimir Horowitz Radu Lupu Vladimir Ashkenazy Murray Perahia Maurizio Pollini Stanislav Bunin) Mozart 24 Grigory Sokolov Maria Grinberg Mozart 25 Murray Perahia Mozart 27 Alexei Lubimov ( The others The Good=Emil Gilels Vladimir Ashkenazy Murray Perahia Stanislav Bunin Natalia Trull) ABM played The second-rated concertos like Mozart 15 Haydn concerto G major Liszt piano concerto no 1!! ABM never played The Best piano concertos like Mozart 24 Brahms 1-2 Chopin 1-2 Rachmaninov 1-3 JS Bach 1052 concerto! Saint-Saens piano concerto no 2! Prokoviev piano concertos 1-3!! ABM i going to bash distroy Grieg concerto With brutal accent after brutal accent after brutal accent after brutal accent!!!!

[@amarillisamarillis8147]

@@RaineriHakkarainen никто не запрещает любить игру АВМ, или не любить)) Слушайте, сравнивайте, получайте удовольствие))

[@qahl2000]

Simply Amazing.

[@MayaNature113]

Exceptional performance

[@AntonioPaterno]

Meraviglioso…la cadenza poi mette i brividi…come velocità già ben pochi pianisti potrebbero suonarla a quel modo (senza uscire di strada…) ma poi? Nessuno ha la potenza, il suono e il timbro di ABM. RIP😢

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

Not so fast! More powerful Louder than ABM=Mikhail Pletnev( Prokofiev piano concerto no 1 by Pletnev!) The second Loudest was Lazar Berman! Wilhelm Kempff( the most beautiful tone!) Emil Gilels( golden tone!) Radu Lupu( most colorful sound!) Artur Rubinstein Vladimir Ashkenazy! ABM his Grieg brutal accent after brutal accent! ABM played second-rated concertos like Mozart no 13! Haydn G major! Liszt no 1! ABM never played the best concertos like Brahms 1-2 Chopin 1-2 Prokofiev 1-3 Rachmaninov 1-3 JS Bach 1052! Tchaikovsky no 1! Saint-Saens no 2 Mozart 24!

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

ABM his Grieg finale third movement coda 26:49-26:55 so awful bad structure!

[@tamararomanovskaya8499]

Гениальное произведение Великого композитора,очень талантливое исподнение,душу завораживает от такой прекрасной музыки Да здравствует Классика!!!

[@stevehinnenkamp5625]

Utterly captivated! Someone in latter respinse wrote: "Santanic, angelic " I agree, but the performance in no way sounds bi-polar. It is merely icy cold and warm like woolem blankets in the right places. A performance to bring risks to a great concerto

[@leongunnyli6059]

This is not a meticulous version. But the passion inside explains itself how this concerto should be played. Grieg started as Schumann, but landed on a totally different and probably vast theme -- one man and the world. Appreciated to the orchestra and Michelangeli .

[@johnruggeri843]

Magnificent Thank you-John

[@laiglevoleseul6072]

Electrifying playing, no one apart ABM can play like this. And he makes not very great music sound very great, he did the same with his famous recording of the terrible Rach 4 concerto, which is a very poor work, but with ABM on fire at the piano it is like a scintillating etude from start to finish. Incomparable, and for those of us lucky enough to have heard and seen him live in the concerts he gave in London in the late 80's and around 1990, life changing events, I assure you.

[@Matthan678]

I went to all his London concerts and recitals during that period save for the Emperor concerto all, save the Beethoven 3 with Tilson Thomas, were extraordinary. I also went to Bregenz and heard him do two Mozart concertos 20 and 25 where he conducted from the piano! sublime!

[@jeremyd1021]

I agree, The Beethoven 3 was not his best. He seemed very detached that evening, like a ghost almost.. You will doubtless recall then during Gaspard, in le Gibet, someone outside the hall must have sent what sounded like 300 glasses or cups crashing from the bar. The audience froze and I was convinced ABM would just walk off stage, but his concentration was so intense I don't think he even heard it, as he did not miss a beat, whereas all in the audience surely skipped several beats of their heart. Every pianist in London would attend these concerts just wishing they had an ounce of his command and charisma and the atmosphere was electric, always. The problem is that such experiences made it almost impossible to go to concerts thereafter. Once you have witnessed the very last stone at the top of the pyramid, everything else palls. The only recital that came close which I am sure you went to was Richter at the Barbican, 3 Mozart sonatas and 12 Etudes of Chopin, a last minute change of program from Bartok, Hindemith and Prokofiev, dispatched in a whirlwind, as he was in a furore that evening

[@nosehow2liv525]

I might add that i was one of many who heartily disliked the cold, aloof, over-controlled performances of ABM, either in London or elsewhere. Same with this ghastly rending; clangy, speed-obsessed, insensitve to phrasing, flow of tempi, Grieg's spacious atmosphere goes for nothing.... ABM has his unconditional admirers, fair enough, but don't assume it's a universal opinion. ABM's reputation for accuracy also suffers a series of blows here. Anyone who continues to hold the discredited view of Rachmaninoff 4th concerto today has lost the right to be taken seriously! Fortunately, l'aigle vole seul....ainsi que ses opinions!

[@Farahmand1010]

@@nosehow2liv525 Tu es ridicule...

[@NOSEhow2LIV]

@@Farahmand1010 Merci! Je suis soulagé!

[@contrapuntoyfuga]

Versión apasionada y sensible, como requieren los pentagramas de Grieg. ¡Fantástico!

[@lionelthiebaud7081]

Sublime version du concerto de Grieg par Michelangeli

[@duwir5959]

unbelievable beginning, Michelangelis best recorded Grieg concert, only to compare with Richter, Lipatti and Andsnes recordings.

[@stephenkelley5948]

I love ABM! His love of folk music comes through here. I still like the old Entremont/Ormandy ,and the Rubinstein, and the Grainger piano roll with Sydney orchestra.

[@AngeloDeAngelis748]

👍 Perfetto

[@fiorellabrancacci1921]

Grandioso e inarrivabile

[@user-ol1md3mn5u]

Блестящий! Браво!

[@funkycatglasses01]

Amazing performance! When he plays the 8ves, he sounds like he has 4 arms

[@canman5060]

I tried his speed but never get to catch up.

[@canman5060]

Sounds like he has 10 arms !

[@kaleidoscopio5]

He splits the octaves and it is easier to play them fast

[@micheleangelaccio9494]

@@canman5060 10 dancing fingers

[@francoriva55]

14 ' 57 in poi !!!!!! Suono incredibile

[@alfiolocatelli5093]

Dislike is for advertising in the middle of the video. Michelangeli just perfect.

[@rudolfgolez3241]

wow! of course!

[@notaire2]

Spannende live Interpretation dieses romantischen Konzerts mit glänzenden Töne des Soloklaviers und gut harmonisierten Töne anderer Instrumente. Der erfahrene Maestro dirigiert das ausgezeichnete Orchester im inspirierenden Tempo mit völlig effektiver Dynamik. Echt bewundernswert!

[@Pogouldangeliwitz]

Ihr "Stil" ist unverwechselbar, aber ich meine das mitnichten als Kompliment...

[@789armstrong]

A titanic performance. Comparable to Rachmaninoff playing one of his own Concerto's.

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

The Titan of The piano The Giant of The piano Grigory Sokolov his Chopin piano concerto no 2! Brahms piano concerto no 2! Mozart piano concerto no 24! Saint-Saens piano concerto no 2! After Sokolov played These concertos then All The others pianists Are only The DUST ZEROS!!! Sokolov versus ABM 5000-0!!! ABM THE CYBORG HUMAN MACHINE! Sokolov versus Horowitz 100-0!!!. Sokolov versus Marc Andre Hamelin 100-0!! Sokolov versus Van Cliburn 100-0!!! Sokolov versus Rachmaninov 100-0!! Sokolov versus Krystian Zimerman 25000-0!!!. Krystian Zimerman The Mechanical Boring stiff dull machine player Ever!!!

[@ljiljanastanic9076]

Absolutely divine

[@enricos.9380]

Exegi monumentum aere perennius.......

[@stevehinnenkamp5625]

It sounds like a Viking has taken control. The great conceto consents.

[@giorgiosalmaso5903]

The Gratest of all!

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli not the greatest.ABM plays this Grieg concerto 26:49-26:55 so awful.Better ones A.Rubinstein(The God) Emil Gilels(the King) Grigory Sokolov(The Giant The Titan) Wilhelm Kempff(Genius) Radu Lupu(the Sound) Mikhail Pletnev(the most powerful)

[@antonioarmella353]

@@RaineriHakkarainen again, you are obsessed

[@Pogouldangeliwitz]

@@antonioarmella353 Leave the maniac alone. He might have a chainsaw.

[@jhkoh4355]

Bravo

[@francoriva55]

Bellissima esecuzione . CADENZA super. GRIEG un genio. Ma i puzzoni dicono che questo concerto e' opera bella ma non eccezionale . Per me lo e ' ...

[@canman5060]

I tried his speed on the first movement cadenza on the extremely rapid octave runs but fell short many times.

[@JaquesCioran]

wow .... !!!

[@johncitizen9540]

This is fierce

[@alanbash2921]

In The Fall of 1989 Vladimir Horowitz was preparing to surprise the Public with a Great Treat.....to record The Grieg Concerto !!!!!! ......but fate intervened.......we can only imagine what it might have been like !!!!!...... He hinted.......that he had " a totally different view of how HE would Perform this Concerto " !!!!!!!!

[@kaleidoscopio5]

Hard to believe....Horowitz didn't played or record any piece by Grieg, so I can't see the connection between them.....myth also says that he was thinking in play Beethoven Third Piano Concerto 🤔

[@alanbash2921]

@@kaleidoscopio5 Horowitz once asked Rachmaninoff which Piano Concerto was the Greatest one ever written....Rachmaninoff immediately replied......Grieg’s, !!!!……Rachmaninoff said:...” it has everything, passion, great themes, octaves galore, an amazing Slow Movement and a glorious finale “....and Liszt himself was astonished at the 20 year old Grieg’s accomplishment when he sight read the brand new score ....it’s sad to think that Grieg would write no more Piano Concerti, and just various small and inconsequential Piano Works. Horowitz told me on several occasions that Beethoven didn’t know how to write for the Piano and he Preferred Clementi’s Sonatas to Beethoven Sonatas !…… he gave the Fugue of the Hammerklavier Sonata as an example of terrible Piano writing. I know it’s hard to believe, but Horowitz also had odd taste in Piano Concerti ...He only recorded 1 out of the 4 Rachmaninoff Concerti, 1 out of the 5 Beethoven Concerti, Zero out of The 5 Prokofieff Concerti and Zero out of the 2 Liszt Piano Concerti, Zero out of the 2 Chopin Concerti, no Schumann Concerto..but, I’m sure that his Grieg Piano Concerto would have been Magnificent.

[@erou_al_munciisocialiste7665]

@@alanbash2921 Would Horowitz have been able to interpret it that way kzbin.info/www/bejne/laa1d3Z7eLShd5o ? I do not think.That's something else.

[@nilsholgersson6893]

9:12

[@789armstrong]

cadenza at 8:15

[@nadiadesimone9853]

Voglio i nomi di chi ha messo "dislike"

[@luigidiilio7988]

Eppur ci sono.... Incredibile. Mi vien da pensare che il sublime non sia per tutti!

[@renato45222]

Davvero?

[@Radiobestia1]

GIA AVEVA PERDONATO JESU A TUTTI CHE IGNARONO COSA STANNO FACENDO! PIUTOSTO COMPIANGERE LA LORO SORTE; CHE E ESSERE PRIVATO DI CAPACITA DI LASCIARCI PORTARE AL INFINITO!

[@giuseppedibiase5213]

La gaussiana prevede gli idioti

[@Paolo00ism]

INGENEROSI A DIR POCO!!!

[@nadiadesimone9853]

👏🌹👏🌹👏🌹👏🌹👏🌹👏🌹

[@hannas883]

18:03

[@germanchris4440]

Does anyone know if Michelangeli ever performed Rachmaninoff's 4th Piano Concerto live?

[@incontrariomotu]

There’s a recording from Roma, with the RAI orchestra conducted by Caracciolo.

[@germanchris4440]

@@incontrariomotu Indeed, I have found it. Thanks a lot!

[@stevehinnenkamp5625]

What some might not realize is when the piano plays the 1st theme it is indeed echoed by the orchestra. Npt an imitation--an echo---only a great Norwegian composer could have thought of.

[@stevehinnenkamp5625]

If Franz Listz did indeed sight-read the Grieg Grieg concerto he must have been green with jealously. It far outshines his very fine works.

[@CarmenReyes-em9np]

Grieg ?

[@thomgeo8073]

მიქელანჯელი სიყვარულის ჰიმნია

[@Queeen7q]

Every mediocre student of musical college can play this Concerto "correctly" and boring... But only a genius can make it like THAT ('life and death').

[@rickardroach9075]

It's obviously sped up... it's a semitone higher. 🙄

[@kaleidoscopio5]

Nope 😌

[@AlbertoJamases]

Ja, ja, ja.

[@giuseppepuccidibenisichi8660]

Ok ok ok ok ok ok

[@luizabibescu7024]

SĂ FIE DE UN MARE C...T CEI CU RECLAMELE LOR .SĂ OPRESTI CONCERTUL SA DAI RECLAME CU SALAM ARATĂ GRADUL DE CULTU RĂ SI DE RESPECT PENTRU MUZICĂ ȘI NU NUMAI. CINE LE DĂ DREPTUL SĂBATJOCOREASCĂ TOT CE E FRUMOS ȘI EDUCATIV SAU POSTE NU SE VREA ACEST LUCRU,MAI BINE RĂMINEM DOBITOCI AȘA CUM VOR EI .....STRĂINII PE CARE I-AM CAM SPETIAT CU EDUCAȚIA NOASTRĂ. NE-AȚI VÎNDUT ȘI NE MAI VINDEȚI DAR ȘI VOI VRĂSMAȘI STRĂINI MURIȚI SI VOI ȘI SIGUR......ÎNAINTEA NOADTRĂ

[@giuseppedibiase5213]

Senza melassa. Il solito ABM fuori dal coro.

[@AlexanderArsov]

Insane performance. Some utterrly compelling moments, some downright ridiculous ones. ABM must have smoked something dangerously strong before the performance. He is way beyond the speeding limit in some places. On the other hand, it's nice to hear Grieg's Concerto played in a powerful, athletic, no-nonsense way. The work's hardly a masterpiece, but it doesn't deserve the dreamy sentimentalising it is often subjected to. Hilarious to read the spiritual orgasms about Grieg and ABM in the comments.

[@Pogouldangeliwitz]

No offense, but if you don't get repeated musical orgasms here, you're irrevocably impotent.

[@EmptyVee00000]

Why all the added notes? Tasteless!

[@clivepearsall6616]

There have to be several miss-prints in the Score that you have. i am, of course, assuming that you can read a score? I have heard this performance several times and detect no 'added notes' in it, either from the Soloist or the Conductor. Tasteless??

[@nogatram1]

Too idiosyncratic - too much Michelangeli and not enough Grieg.

[@SELMER1947]

clueless comment

[@nogatram1]

​@@SELMER1947 I very much respect your defence of a musician of exceptional genius. There is always a place for artists with such big egos as they can shine new light on a work. However I feel that he has allowed his showmanship and bombast to dominate at the expense of the music. While there are great moments in this performance, the overall effect is, as I say, too much Michelangeli and not enough Grieg.

[@katherineparadis-chateaune8004]

@@nogatram1 I would like if you can give me pianist names for Grieg (any piece). Since I want to know more about this composer, I thought you could give me some suggestions :)

[@nadiadesimone8645]

Too much stronzate

[@umegghju]

@nogatram1 The guy at 27:13 does not agree with you

[@antonellamajorano5348]

Esecuzione tecnicamente perfetta, bello il suono ma ...la poesia dov è? Non c'è. Il confronto con Rubinstein è d'obbligo...lui sì riesce a creare quell'atmosfera magica del nord, della natura , delle tradizioni, delle fiabe norvegesi. Michelangeli ha sfoggiato grande tecnica ma ...poca anima.

[@nadiadesimone8645]

In questa esecuzione non puoi proprio dirlo.Più appassionata di così è impossibile suonarla.Solamente tu non senti l'anima... Se poi è una presa di posizione questo è un altro discorso.

[@Paolo00ism]

Commento ingeneroso!!!

[@antonioarmella353]

Commento semplicemente senza senso

[@orazioguanciale4904]

Suonare meglio di così è impossibile. Commento non oggettivo

[@nosehow2liv525]

For speed freaks only. Clangy, harsh, brutal, unryhthmic, inaccurate, false tempo relationships, lacking any lyricism, atmosphere or Griegian "spaciousness"... ABM fans only. Music-lovers steer clear!

[@neilford99]

Tripe.

[@jurgendegryse6408]

You listen too slow.

[@katherineparadis-chateaune8004]

May I ask you for some pianist names that achieved a just comprehension of Grieg? This composer interests me, and usually people who post comments like yours know very well the stuff.

[@stephenkelley5948]

All your estimates seem quite narrow., and should be deleted.

[@giuseppedibiase5213]

Dog likes Rubinstein, I suppose

[@francoriva55]

Grandissimo ... grieg grnio... michelangeli sonorità incredibili !!!

[@user-qn8nv5wb2g]

Вел, почему не опубликовали, мне 83