Ivo Pogorelich ..The Encore in Vienna, 2015 ..Balakiriev - Islamey ..

[@nancyrevzen7798]

he makes the piano work 10000 percent . he owns the piano.

[@MaScalo4508]

I think Ivo has always OWNED this piece. He got its meaning, which is not a flashy virtuoso piece. Is a majestic and also melancholic legacy that the composer got from his beloved country, Russia. As such, its meaning raises above piano pyrotechnics. I think Ivo has always known that, and you can tell that, from this and many performances of this work 👏🏻👏🏻.

[@林柏辰-m7i]

he is still handsome and has good manner in his sixty.he has lived a disciplined life .he is like a masterpiece.a man deserving respect. i admire him not just his piano artistry

[@whatsmylogin]

Pogo in top form. Lots of nuances you don't hear from others. The power and dynamic range are impressive

[@natzhao3260]

The high standard that guards the worlds best musician is rather unforgiving sometimes, and pogorelich is one genius who didn’t comply with the rules. His refreshing interpretations is a shock to many people. I’m so sad that he’s in this state now after the death of his wife. It annoys me when people criticise him of using sheet music. Ignoring the fact that memorised repertoire only became a thing because of Liszt. A musicians capabilities shouldn’t be criticised even if they choose to use sheet music. Bravo pogorelich

[@DJStefandeJong]

Whilst Liszt is my favorite composer for piano I dislike the fact he caused this memorised repertoire thing ... if you don't have to focus on remembering something flawlessly you can do much more with the music in terms of interpretation which Pogorelich is showing time and again. Richter also mostly played from sheet and he is also considered one of the all time greats.

[@wanderer6972]

@@DJStefandeJong Richter said that you cannot possibly remeber ALL the details in the music.

[@DJStefandeJong]

@@wanderer6972 ​correct and I feel this statement is likely true because most of the modern pianists are technically flawless but boring to hear.

[@christopherczajasager9030]

Re using a score in concert, love another great artist whose answer to why:" because I can read music"

[@fabriziogarzi9892]

Certo, concordo, lo spartito va bene.

[@kpokpojiji]

Still in command of an astounding technique wedded to truly original musical thinking. Never afraid to risk it all, to reach for more.

[@timotot123]

He is an artist in the truest sense, and his Islamey is like no other. I would've been sitting on the edge of my seat during that performance

[@789armstrong]

As usual, its like hearing it for the first time. A Pogorelich trademark.

[@Ivana-1981]

Genijalan.. kao i uvijek ❤️ veliki maestro Pogorelić 🎶❤️

[@strangenoise-mt2zf]

Люблю просто ❤❤ Настоящий Музыкант, Человек , Мужчина .❤❤

[@julianantun1735]

His technique is so flawless, you don´t even think his moving his fingers!

[@jasondickinson4132]

I saw his little finger, just little little bit, move 14:32 ...

[@palmerplantagenet]

I got a chuckle out of how Mr. Pogorelich pushed the bench out of the way with his foot just before he bowed at the end. With all his seriousness, this man's eccentric humor is a delight.

[@НадеждаБогданова-р7э]

Как же его любят слушатели! Какие аплодисменты! И это тоже звуки: звуки Радости и Восторга! Спасибо ,Вам! 5.11.2020.

[@brigittequerre8319]

Quelle fluidité...quelle grâce dans le jeu sans cesse retravaillé d'Ivo Pogorelich....C'est toujours des instants de bonheur et d'émotion....

[@ramonareyofficial]

I think He is not "one of the..." He is the Only One

[@alvarojosetasconospina3583]

Asombroso..Arte..Ciencia..Espíritu.. Técnica imposible d superar por nadie. Es solo Su Invención..así no sólo es THE BEST. SINO AYUDO A MILES D PERSONAS CN SUS FUNDACIONES A MÚSICOS Y ENFERMEDADES CRÓNICAS TERRIBLES ..Y FUNDO HOSPITALES CN SUS GIRAS..TODO PARA EL MUNDO. ÉL Y ALISSA KEZERÁDZE..SER EXCEPCIONAL..

[@Highinsight7]

This guys just amazing... one of the GREATS of all time!

[@HermanIngram]

MrLisztian One of the greats of the 1990s.

[@jonashasageremtkjrjensen]

@@HermanIngram yes. And 80's

[@MaScalo4508]

And, if he didn't have arthritis, of our time

[@JSSison]

Jesus christ, Islamey..........one of the most difficult works of all time, and after all that he's been through, just wowowowowowo!

[@abrahammateosgallego550]

No words! 👏👏👏

[@petrouchka2011]

There is something very gigantic and overwhelming in his phrasing and timing. Like a titan aiming at a target by a huge bow and arrow.

[@PhillipLWilcher]

If you cannot bear witness to the genius at work in this man, you know not of the power of Music to transcend the trials and tribulations of a life that has known heartache unlike most, and brought to stricken mind a measure of divine healing. Pogorelich is one of the greatest musicians of our time. Even at his most idiosyncratic of moments, he resonates Truth and Beauty because his is a soul steeped within the moment of its own being, whilst ever being at the mercy of the moment. I have learned more about the varying sonorities of but one note from his musical mind, than I have from any pianist of the 20th century and present day. He resonates such worth, however wayward the extremes. He is to the world of piano what Rudolf Nureyev was to ballet. A necessity that sees his art form survive through simply being who he is. I love him!

[@HermanIngram]

Phillip Wilcher LOL

[@conradtorrez9193]

Phillip Wilcher 1800s

[@gesualdodavenosa6537]

Well said!

[@PhillipLWilcher]

@@gesualdodavenosa6537 Blessings, Gesualdo!

[@Tamasan100]

💖💖💖😻👍

[@cupy80]

Fcuk me…insane, messy yet genial…hate and love the performance at the same time. He has such an incredible power and charisma, he is a rockstar indeed!

[@MrRafaelgeraets]

👏 Bravo! Real artist great performance. Thank you

[@hakimkurniawan1436]

Heard so simple and lightly for him to make people enjoying the piece. Just like skill full person in work. I think he is a great pianist.

[@ИринаСтародубцева-ц4о]

Я считаю его версию гениальной Я не сравниваю его исполнение ни с тем, как Иво играл раньше, ни с другими пианистами, я просто слушаю и наслаждаюсь Браво , Маэстро!

[@excelsior999]

It's no wonder that even pianists in the Top Tier don't go near "Islamey." It's a real knuckle-breaker, but Maestro Ivo has been performing it since very early in his career. Bravissimo‼

[@nicolafeller5286]

What an incredible execution. The sound is so full, round; themes, inner voices, armonies are well expressed; the emotional charge is great. What does it matter if there is a slower tempo or there are few wrong notes? Fantastic.

[@HermanIngram]

Nicola Feller ‘Execution’ is a good word.

[@photo161]

Well observed....well said.

[@timotot123]

Absolutely. What an extreme privilege for the audience to witness such greatness

[@ЛюдмилаОвчинникова-г6я]

Иво Погорелич великий музыкант, восхищаюсь его талантом и мастерством! Браво, Ивушка !

[@kaleidoscopio5]

A powerful and not average interpretation of this piece. Actually, I like it.

[@irenenaselli2429]

Un pianista increible frente a una obra descomunal. Impactante !!

[@olegcaetani]

mi piace ancora di più che l'esecuzione della Carnegie hall anni prima. Questa respira di più! Comunque nessuno suona questo brano come lui!

[@fabriziogarzi9892]

olegcaetani, Cziffra e in parte Horowitz.

[@Qwerty-hj1ml]

This is just divine.

[@7tachyon263]

Ivo is unique same as ever was.

[@volodymyrmovchan4947]

Всім, хто ще не читав, раджу Олеся Бердника "Хто ти" і "Вогнесміх", Миколи Руденка "Енергія Проґресу". Іво Погореліч - це Нікола Тесла МУЗИКИ, Творець Гармонії!

[@hughlazarus7806]

Mr Pogorelich you are a master with out any Question

[@ronl7131]

Love Pogorelich Artistry

[@HermanIngram]

🤔

[@Qwerty-hj1ml]

2:06 his gesture 😂

[@querrebrigitte5376]

Quelle maestria dans ce jeu ample, maîtrisé mais harmonieux...Ivo Pogorelich a retrouvé la passion dans l'interprétation , presque la fougue de ses débuts....après un trop long silence où la maturité a fait égalemant son œuvre....Qu'il nous enchante encore longtemps!....Merci à Gazda Mitke II

[@christopherczajasager9030]

And the lyrical section with an allure and charm as Shura Cherkassky.......

[@harryford6689]

he is just intriguing... occasionally, rumbling tone and profound colour, the next moment a crumbling mess. but somehow the finale still blows my head off. he seems to hit you when it matters. he's not what he was in 1990 playing this piece but my god he is still unique

[@deconcoder]

OMG so good to see this dude playing again. Hope he comes to the US soon..

[@HermanIngram]

Rob Williams I booed him in Southern California so he won’t be coming back there.

[@HermanIngram]

KRS-TWO He deserved to be booed. He pounded the piano into oblivion.

[@tommasomarino1575]

@@HermanIngram Maybe you can't understand he's music? When we listen to Ivo Pogorelich we do not listen to Chopin, Mozart, Ravel or Liszt... We listen IVO POGORELICH and THAT is a fantastic thing! If you booed him you don't need to be happy or anything else, remember this: you booed to an artist. Greetings from Italy! (Ps. Ci manchi, Maestro...)

[@HermanIngram]

@@tommasomarino1575 I booed a man who has contempt for his audience.

[@gesualdodavenosa6537]

@@tommasomarino1575 Ci manchi davvero, Maestro!

[@c.t.y.2405]

fantastic!!!!

[@thomasbarth4901]

Er ist ein ganz Grosser, einfach ein Genie...... Man kann es nicht in Worte fassen.....

[@edgarcattaneo7629]

Absolutely true...

[@petergolding5733]

I knew M. Pogorelich well when he lived in London in the late 80's and 90's. I went to many of his concerts with him and witnessed possibly the most brilliant pianism I've ever seen (the Carnegie Hall 1990 and 1992 examples stand out as utter perfection where one was pushed back into the seat by the sheer power). These videos do him no justice at all. In this one he can certainly still play all the notes well, but the musicality and thread is nowhere to be seen. Compare this to the 1992 Carnegie Hall video and it is quite appalling. People are going to see him for the spectacle of a pianist who is a shadow of his former self rather than a complete artist now

[@Maisiewuppp]

Still running rings around many a renowned artist, though. Always worth listening to. Don’t be so negative. Look at the comments. The communication with the listener is absolutely front and centre. That’s the point of performance.

[@petergolding5733]

@@Maisiewuppp I wasn't being negative - I was telling the truth. He simply cannot play well anymore. He has totally gone off the rails - he himself said that when he saw Horowitz perform in Japan, it was like a beautiful vase that had unfortunately cracked in many places. That is now what he is like. I have no wish to go and see Ivo play now - I will cherish my memories of the many times I saw him when he could play well - probably better than anyone I ever saw (and I saw Horowitz, Richter, Gilels, Argerich and many more)

[@НаташаАнаковская]

Браво!!!!!!

[@sinisab69]

Ivo is piano rockstar. So incredible personality. What Pavarotti is for opera and belcanto, Pogorelich is for piano.

[@lauraguelpa5646]

Pavarotti sapeva cantare e Rispettava il testo,ivo noooo!!! inascoltabile!!!!

[@danielet.2524]

Laura Guelpa Ivo ha avuto gravi tragedie. È stato fuori dalle scene per molto tempo. Ha vari problemi di natura fisica. Di certo non è come 20 anni fa, ma è sempre "quel pianista che nasce ogni 50 anni". Pagherei qualsiasi cosa per vederlo in recital

[@NEPOZELJNI]

sinisab69 so true 👍

[@Charccy]

​@ Laura Guelpa - non commentare mai ciò che non capisci

[@fabriziogarzi9892]

@@lauraguelpa5646 , Pavarotti era spesso sgrammaticato, faceva come gli pareva. L'ho visto in teatro decine di volte...non era come nei dischi.

[@mensabs]

The audience should be bowing to him!

[@HermanIngram]

mensabs The audience should be booing him.

[@ukdavepianoman]

Agree although if they bowed that low, their heads would hit the seat in front.

[@Dan1418]

Guys! You see the music sheets all tear apart? This is how much we should practise to become a legend!

[@loveispatient0808]

Yah!!

[@nadesmond6029]

Oh, hello, coughing woman. Pleasure meeting you. Your husband and I go way back.

[@kennysong4680]

If you guys expect his playing to be this or that. Why not be unbiased and appreciate a different musical mind approaching the piano

[@johnpolhamus9041]

A TOWERING performance!

[@joycetseng5452]

Sounds like when he was at younger age! And that piano needs to be tuned after this!

[@romearomeo]

Sempre geniale.

[@bachopinbee5991]

Man it looks so easy for him,too easy for him. What can I say,and he seems improvising and revising it on stage as if he had played it years ago and is coming back to it.

[@theUroshman]

That's exactly what it is. He played it years ago and is coming back to it. Now he is rediscovering the piece all over again. He is a different man than he was when he was young, so this piece sounds completely different now than it used to. It's like Glenn Gould playing two extremely different versions of Goldberg variations.

[@theUroshman]

You should listen to his rendition of the same piece from 27 years ago; go and check "Ivo Pogorelich ..Recital in Carnegie Hall ..May, 7 ..1990 .." starting from 1:25:00. I personally like it much better than this one, plus the sound was professionally recorded unlike this one. That was purely ingenious and probably the best ever interpretation of this piece. Youthfully fresh and perfectly executed. One and only Mr Pogorelich.

[@HermanIngram]

Yes. It is easy for him to pound the piano with absurd left hand accents.

[@excelsior999]

@@HermanIngram How do you know that it's easy? Is that what YOU do? The truth of the matter is that many big-name pianists avoid this work because of its difficulty.

[@HermanIngram]

@@excelsior999 Easy for him.

[@raffitorossian6994]

Mr Pogo9relich is an excellent, virtuoso pianist....i wish him my best.

[@Schleiermacher1000]

Turning the notes over is an art when they are so tattered. Applause for the employee!

[@loveispatient0808]

Well! Is he being paid?

[@gesualdodavenosa6537]

@@loveispatient0808 Good question. I never was.

[@DJStefandeJong]

@@loveispatient0808 I think so. I Know many do get paid when doing this in a real concert setting for a master pianist like Pogorelich

[@chvishal]

What's this mean

[@Greg-kz8ts]

@@chvishal i think they're talking about the page turner.

[@Chopin4321]

alchemy...ether...melody...harmony...structure...mystery....soldier...discipline...sacrifice...grace...eternity

[@volodymyrmovchan4947]

Dкую! Хоч Ви розумієте, що з нашими мірками до Космічного Генія годі підходити. Будьмо!

[@stefanprost6901]

Unfuckingfassbar! Was für ein Genie!

[@joelkatz8729]

My God! With no cuts! Who else does that?

[@1810darko]

apsolutly, brilliant!!

[@guillaumedupont7565]

Yes, gentlemen, the imbecile judges and jury members of the competitions where this singular genius was rejected, yes, gentlemen, the hateful and jealous critics, yes, gentlemen, the narrow-minded purists who say that music is like that and not like that.. All those who have much maligned M Pogorelitch this artist who suffered so much in his personal life know that the ovations and the love of the public certainly erase a lot your stupidity and can a little the blows of fate suffered by this man with such a generous heart

[@iamwhatiam6281]

13:08 the page-turnee said him: ‘bye bye, I have to go home to trash my piano’

[@ernestopizzi4447]

Meraviglioso

[@juliushorvath56]

FANTASTISCH !!!!!

[@66FKC]

I found those broken pages actually quite cool. More worried if they would fall off from the stand when the page turner made the turn...

[@loveispatient0808]

Or worse get blown away by the draft of wind!!

[@denisesapnal8189]

although it’s not beautiful perfect sound but so so touching…..❤

[@RoboticsBay]

I would have loved to hear that recorded

[@ukdavepianoman]

His playing is very idiosyncratic...but it seems less so compared to some performances from previous years. I really enjoyed this performance. Some of his tonal control and phrasing in the quieter sections is really remarkable.

[@HermanIngram]

ukpianoman2015 I love how he pounds the piano!

[@josephhapp9]

The sound recording on the mobile phone is distorted for all the loud passages.

[@excelsior999]

Of course.

[@raoultak]

Ingenious......

[@라임오렌지-n3v]

와오.... 신박해

[@andreslka]

One needs a special mental skill to play Islamey as an encore.

[@foxvideo2233]

POGOR IS GREAT!

[@mariaantonietta6845]

Supremo!!

[@alegal752]

Grazie Maestro Pogorelich .🙏🎶🎵🎼

[@paolofranceschi6874]

Grande Ivo... 🎉

[@ukdavepianoman]

Typically idiosyncratic in the Ivo way. Mixture of great lightness with pounding (which maybe works for this piece). Extraordinary phrasing in the slow section. Even by professional pianists standards, his hands seem huge with very strong fingers.

[@tomowenpianochannel]

Pogo hands are giant, strong and slender, a miracle. This performance may seem strange to those who blast through Islamey to beat the fastest time... But this is one of the most musical Islameys out there, by a (very) long way. Pogorelich played it ultrafast in his twenties. For sure. But this is more spacious, breathable; slow overall but not so slow in the toccata sections, unquestionable musicality and a granite determination.

[@conradtorrez9193]

ukpianoman2015

[@goc32wm]

I have heard many, many renditions of this piece, but this is by far the best...not even his own rendition from 1990 at Carnegie Hall can match this...in fact, not even close. Can anyone suggest another that may be as sublime as this?

[@gtimny]

Time to change the batteries in your hearing aid. Sorry, but this is a hash.

[@HermanIngram]

Yes. He pounds the piano even more mercilessly in this performance!

[@MARTIN201199]

Herman Ingram you need a Doctor or a psychiatric to examine you.

[@polskapianist]

does he ever smile?

[@pi5549]

Funny, his 1988 Carnegie Hall recording (which evinces the virtuosity of the pianist) has much higher popularity than this, which evinces the beauty of the music. I guess being wowed is easier than falling in love. 10% thumbs down, humans fascinate me!

[@chvishal]

Yes. I too am intrigued by the human species.

[@JoePatrych]

If you mean Islamey, it was not 1988 - either May 7, 1990 or Feb 20, 1992

[@garyprestonpianist]

Wouldn’t want to be the guy turning pages.

[@aglefpueschel1828]

Pretentious and eccentric, more Pogorelich than Balakirew, more Pogorelich than annythin else. But still phenomenal...

[@emanuelivanpuchek]

❤

[@chita1205]

nice

[@zhiyi666]

鼓掌声是100，钢琴声1，说话声0.01，这是什么宝藏视频

[@robertflynn6686]

I like the guy!!

[@florencevinit648]

EBLOUISSANT. THE MASTER.

[@excelsior999]

I found his shuffling the pages of that old and tattered sheet music (rather buyng a new copy of the score) to be an endearing and even charming eccentricity.

[@TheCitybike]

Where?

[@HermanIngram]

Does he pound the piano when he gets nervous? Looks like it.

[@gryffynda1]

He looks so sad and defeated, like, all this beautiful bombastic playing, so what, 'cause the woman I truly loved is dead and gone.

[@Yhiith]

ehm no

[@РоманДуменков]

Как эффектно маэстро швыряет ноты на пол...! Таким образом уничтожая их внличие.. Надесь что без свидетелей он не пытается их использовать не по назначению..!😅😅

[@InvalidShortcut]

Divine

[@adriandurand4531]

Le son est vraiment horriblement capté. À part ça, Ivo en prend un peu trop à son aise avec le tempo.

[@437composer]

seems very. very. tired. he is not the pogorelich now. disappointment.

[@HermanIngram]

Yep

[@josianecruveiller9551]

Nooooooo..... Seriously??? What's that?

[@mattiasorge4136]

pogorelich has always been a much discussed pianist, since his first performances which, apart from certain Scarlatti, Bach and Beethoven 111, revealed objective limits of understanding of the text. Today with these performances of virtuosic and tiring pieces, the undoubted technical and physical resources of the time having ceased, the said hidden limits appear in all their evidence behind an alleged softer and more lyrical but also very presumptuous reinterpretation ... in fact the audience applauds and we'll have to get over it

[@pi5549]

And so what if he reads from the score. Will you upvote if he balances a ball on his nose? You want a circus? A Guitar Hero? srsly, close your eyes and realign.

[@OE1FEU]

Wow. That was probably the most incoherent performance of Islamey I have ever listened to.

[@HermanIngram]

Peter Lemken Thank G-d that somebody has ears!

[@null8295]

you have listened wrong

[@hanshartmann8205]

Man muss ja nicht gerade dieses Stück als Zugabe spielen, wenn man ein ALTER Mann ist. Carnegie Hall 1992 - da hat er es noch gut gespielt. Diese Aufnahme ist vielleicht technisch vermurkst. Aber ich sehe sie als verhudelt und übermäßig manieriert an. Aber wie man sieht, kommt es vielen Leuten nur auf den Show-Effekt an.

[@JoePatrych]

That Feb 20, 1992 Islamey- which was an encore - is generally considered by knowledgeable piano folks to be the best they have ever heard live.

[@totallyawesome5884]

Why always, it seems, at least for recent performances, that the sound is always so bad? Pogorelich performances are always poorly presented. Surely such a great performer deserves better.