Khatia Buniatishvili - Prokofiev - Piano Sonata No 7, Precipitato

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Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Sonata No 7
3. Precipitato
Khatia Buniatishvili, piano

[@richardvolpe7664]

What astonishes most of all are the positive comments found on this page.

[@franciscobiro7047]

When speed comes at the expense of expression. I don't hear a war sonata here, just a pianist rushing to get the fastest rendition of this sonata in the world.

[@wilh3lmmusic]

And still losing to Katsaris Edit: typo

[@wint55]

must have been quite a line at the powder room

[@ЕкатеринаИсаева-с9г]

@@wint55 😜😄😜😄😄❣️❣️

[@whitearrowgo255]

I never thought you could play this piece too fast. Seriously wtf

[@Sweet_Jazz]

I feel like I am back in commute traffic. Everybody in a big hurry to get to work. Tired and frustrated once we get to work.

[@ilanshapiro4708]

Exactly the point. Mission accomplished!

[@jean-yvesbranquet3634]

Mais.... pourquoi si vite.??? On ne perçoit pas les subtilités harmoniques du texte... Triste...

[@iconologics7417]

Rapidísimo y brutal!! Después de escuchar esta impresionante interpretación, cualquier otra parece hecha a cámara lenta. Me parece fantástico el plus de energía que le da a esta increible pieza y que se cree un debate a favor y en contra. Eso le da vida a este Gran Arte que es la música.

[@opulenciainsatisfecha188]

Precipitato

[@iconologics7417]

@@opulenciainsatisfecha188 Tal vez, demasiado...

[@samwilliams7975]

The more I listen to this rendition, the more I understand what Katia was going for. - a total cacophony of noise, after the orderly second movement, serving to highlight the subtlety of the anti-war movement Prokofiev wrote this under. I won't pretend it's my favourite rendition, but there is an artistic sensibility here that is not entirely overshadowed by the high tempo and inaccuracies.

[@richardvolpe7664]

Oh my god - - did you actually say it? "Artistic sensibility"? (You can't possibly mean this!)

[@samwilliams7975]

yeah I totally did mean it @@richardvolpe7664

[@samwilliams7975]

Sure - do you actually think she's stupid enough to hammer the keyboard with no thought to detail? I'm not saying it's a standout performance, or even a particularly good one - just that she had an idea about how it could work. I appreciate her creativity, perhaps not the final output@@richardvolpe7664

[@maestrfranz777]

Argerich, Pollini, Bronfman, Sokolov, Gould, Lisitsa, Wang.....quello è Prokofiev. Questo polverone indistinto di note sinceramente è un'altra cosa.

[@eliseyborys9533]

Lisitsa ?? Really... Lol

[@gpapa31]

I was with you till you mentioned Wang.

[@maestrfranz777]

@@eliseyborys9533 Considero la Lisitsa una grandissima pianista, sia per tecnica che per sensibilità e intelligenza interpretativa.

[@ifoundleon]

The breakneck speed ruins all of the rhythm. Slow down! What a mess!

[@richardvolpe7664]

Of course, but I'll bet she thinks this "RUN-through" is truly fabulous! Just like her Mephisto Waltz. (Have you heard it? Check it out when you have 3 minutes to kill).

[@ЕкатеринаИсаева-с9г]

Лучше А,Султанова никто не исполнит!!!!!!!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏

[@Pianoman_B]

Согласен на 100%

[@willemboone7912]

No wonder there are so many wrong notes if you take it at this ridiculously fast tempo!

[@richardvolpe7664]

But even if every note were in place, the hysterical tempo generates musical destruction.

[@ilanshapiro4708]

Horowitz. my idol for many years, played many wrong notes. Was beautiful and sublime none the less. Others have pointed out that we have become a musical audience obsessed with wrong notes to the point that we don't hear the artist. Won't be a problem soon with AI!!

[@willemboone7912]

@@catzcatzcatzcatz Goodness me, listen after 2.14, there are TONS of wrong notes! Poor Prokofiev...

[@VILAYATU]

Really precipitato!

[@micheledelhomme7680]

Oui , c est ça , tres precipitée!!

[@Terry1950Men]

CH Grigory Sokolov

[@chrisjames789]

Absolutely fabulous! The power of her playing in this performance makes the music quite frightening.

[@micheledelhomme7680]

Pas du tout fabuleux, trop rapide, ecoutez donc Sokolov, Argerich, Bronfman, Gould !!

[@richardvolpe7664]

You dare to describe this monster-display of sheer vulgarity as 'fabulous'? Well, sometimes we hear, in response to an outstanding performance, expressions such as "She really nailed it", or "Man - - she killed it!" Let's go with those last three words, not in the complimentary sense, but in the literal sense. If there were any such thing as "obscenity in music". then this is it, folks!

[@FCarraro1]

until 2:12 it was honestly great. Then it's just random key banging....

[@richardvolpe7664]

The only way the word "great" should be used here is to pair it with "disaster".

[@scotking9123]

What a mess. Full of wrong notes. Speed for the sake of speed and a complete lack of clarity for the most part. Misha Dichter much more impressive with speed and clarity.

[@richardvolpe7664]

I'd like to know why KZbin persists in presenting this atrocity. It certainly isn't 'instructive' in any sense, and it carries with it the possibility of creating a false impression for first-time listeners who'll think that this toxic 'delivery' is what the composer intended. There's only one thing good about this presentation. Her dress.

[@elijaguy]

precipitarsi verb common rush into, rush, dash, storm, plunge precipitato fuori rare rushed out precipitare verb rare precipitate, fall, dash, plummet, crash

[@hugginduff]

almost anyone could play it that fast if you are not concerned about hitting the correct notes. She has the best technique of any pianist. Listen to her first page of "Ondine". It is nothing short of miraculous, but she screws up the climax. She needs a new teacher

[@richardvolpe7664]

The best technique of any pianist? Well, glad we've got that straightened out. And what is her first page of "Ondine" supposed to tell us?

[@MrRbjunior83]

Just listen to Valentina Lisitsa’s performance! This is very hard work, all my respect, but it isn’t a show business, and it’s not the Prokofiev music... 😐

[@nadyayo]

Соколов.

[@gailmatney1523]

A complete mess

[@easyreader8859]

Elle est très dynamique sur ce morceau, certains trouvent que c'est trop, moi ça ne me gêne pas quand c'est vivant et habité comme interprétation.

[@micheledelhomme7680]

Ecoutez Sokolov , c est beaucoup plus habité , pour reprendre votre formule

[@easyreader8859]

@@micheledelhomme7680 Chacun est en droit d'apprécier un artiste. Bonne journée à vous.

[@micheledelhomme7680]

@@easyreader8859 et ce qui est bien , c est de pouvoir donner chacun son opinion

[@ЕкатеринаИсаева-с9г]

@@micheledelhomme7680И Алексея Султанова на Конкурсе Чайковского в 1998 году!!!!!!!❣️❣️❣️💥💥💥💥💥

[@11vlyleven]

This is really astounding! Looking at the score, this piece is in 7/8 time, and everything she plays is what's notated in the score!! At this tempo, it is hard enough just following along the score, let alone playing it! I don't think I could get my brain, much less my hands, to function that quickly. Heck, I can barely keep up just listening! Brava, Khatia! Fun!!

[@justadude641]

No, she doesn't even play half of the notes. It's ridiculous...

[@TheNPCKiller132]

@@justadude641 yeah she kinda just omits half the notes lol.

[@poultonmichel94]

And she plays a lot that are not in the score!!!!

[@arminmtb2716]

Bruh there is a recording of prokofiev hinself playing this sonata, playing at less then half of this tempo. Maybe do some research before making stupid claims like these

[@richardvolpe7664]

Brava? Fun? Are you crazy? This is a (thankfully) one-of-a-kind act of murder in music. To even THINK of this piece being done this way would be obscene. But to actually dare to subject the hapless listener/viewer to such a musical massacre is inexcusable. Does she imbecilically think that such a hyper-frenzied execution makes for an effective musical experience? Even a speed demon like Lang Lang wouldn't disgrace himself to THIS extent. For those first-time listeners who've been poisoned by exposure to this ghastly "interpretation", may I suggest that you seek an 'antidote' in the form of listening to performances by Horowitz, or Richter, or Pollini, or just about any pianist out there. And don't ever go near this video by Khatia again!

[@micheledelhomme7680]

Non , ce n est pas bon, elle est en retard , elle court apres le bus!!

[@BugBear1969]

Awful. No need for that speed. Technically she is incredible, undoubtedly, but there is no musicality at that speed and it is just showing off...badly. Rubbish.

[@opulenciainsatisfecha188]

Superlativo, Sublime, Non Plus Ultra Espectacular, que más decir.

[@siyanomtshongwana4902]

I love her but this felt too fast for me but I'm not a pianist so I wouldn't know

[@willemboone7912]

You are right, it's WAY too fast!

[@djembesoloshorts]

wow this is so so stupid. Listen to Sokolov and Pollini young lady...

[@micheledelhomme7680]

Oui , ecoutons Sokolov, !!

[@uw4646]

Auf jeden Fall mitreißend!

[@richardvolpe7664]

Nein! Man soll grasslich sagen!

[@wizardpickle]

She's amazing but at this tempo even someone of her talents ends up being splashy / sloppy. Dial it back and get it a bit cleaner and more precise. Prokofiev is already dissonant enough without having a bunch of missed notes in the climactic sections of the piece

[@AZ-ew6oy]

This may be the most anti-musical "interpretation" of standard rep that I've ever heard.

[@ЕкатеринаИсаева-с9г]

Согласна!!!❣️❣️❣️

[@richardvolpe7664]

Yes! The only thing I'd do to your sentence is to change "may" to "has to".

[@willemboone7912]

I so agree, she should feel ashamed for this!

[@jorgeisaacgonzalezprieto6590]

No sé entiende.

[@originaltommy]

Why?????

[@elijaguy]

"because I want and I can.?"

[@ЕкатеринаИсаева-с9г]

ИСКАЗИЛА ВЕСЬ ЗАМЫСЕЛ ПРОКОФЬЕВА, ВЕЛИКОГО РУССКОГО КОМПОЗИТОРА!!!!❣️❣️❣️ !

[@haoyangwu6173]

Hats of to the technique, brava!

[@richardvolpe7664]

You're finding a way to COMpliment this train wreck, this travesty, this massacre?

[@haoyangwu6173]

@@richardvolpe7664 I can’t give compliment to the music. But still, the technique here is quite incredible. I wish I could have such technique.

[@richardvolpe7664]

Sheesh!@@haoyangwu6173

[@jeanlucchapelon]

C’est vraiment trop vite ! Elle a voulu se débarrasser ??

[@roku401]

Bunitashvili remains to be my favourite interpreter of the precipitato!!!!!

[@justadude641]

It's because you are not a professional musician...

[@richardvolpe7664]

Well now, ain't that nice?

[@horacetumela1260]

Bravissimo Dommage pour la fin....

[@ericwjones811]

Playing fast is not a flex when you’re making a lot of mistakes. 😅

[@realmanjamal]

shes just pushing pressure on herself bro

[@scottishfold9276]

Wow brava!

[@arjanvanderroest6105]

Terrible musicmaking of A extraordinaire pianiste

[@marylinmol5145]

Absolutely not.

[@lorrainelager852]

This is much improved, much more accurate, despite a still shaky, cacophonous ending.

[@willemboone7912]

Much improved compared to what? Did she play it even faster than this??

[@richardvolpe7664]

The kindest thing that can be said about this shitty run-through is - - well, I guess I've already said it.

[@anothermusicfan]

This Sonata is extremely difficult, so, I admire her just for being able to play it. She starts out well, with a mistake here, another there… But the ending becomes a big mess, and it makes me wonder what’s the point of rushing so much to an extent where the pianist loses control of the piece…

[@willemboone7912]

@@anothermusicfan it's one big show off and not only of piano playing...

[@fogueman]

she obviously is gifted with outstanding talent and her piano skills are enormous. I wish he used them to play this piece in a different manner. This is too rushed and the final minute is hardly understandable

[@marikhutsishvili2243]

For such high temp you should be Argerich to make it. Otherwise sounds just technique which is fine but still lacks the spirit.

[@chrisVes1]

C'est une nouvelle version ?

[@stephane5562]

Quel talent, bravo Khatia !👏

[@micheledelhomme7680]

Bien trop rapide , c est catastrophique

[@slytherin3034]

Cousin It

[@scottishfold9276]

Just wtf😳sublimeee

[@geosutube]

Well, hello to another great young artist shattering the presuppositions of older listeners. Open your G-D plugged up minds.

[@pianist9]

What’s the point to play that fast? The last page was totally a disaster, please respect every single note that Prokofiev has written.

[@richardvolpe7664]

Just the last page? Her mad-woman attack at the very beginning is an immediate sign of a musical murder taking place. As I said elsewhere, the only good thing about this presentation is her red dress.

[@nelsonlps]

She really respects the Precipitato so I think that it’s great!

[@RoseGoldKR]

Personally I don't think this really does the precipitato justice. It's supposed to be suddenly explosive, but she doesn't leave enough room for the intensity to show in sudden bursts, its just constantly, and continuously, at maximum intensity the entire time through the piece. By all means you can enjoy this piece being played however you like, I'm all for a pianists personal interpretations! But to call it respecting of the original score would be wrong in my opinion.

[@richardvolpe7664]

Great? Let's just say it stinks. She must think 'precipitato' is 'prestissimo'. Such fine, intelligent, musical judgment on her part!

[@maestrfranz777]

Esecuzione insensata, una insana esibizione di pseudo-virtuosismo che uccide impietosamente ogni significato musicale, una totale mancanza di rispetto nei confronti del senso compositivo sacrificato sull'altare del più bieco ego esibizionistico. Davvero incomprensibile.

[@An-br7hb]

E' un brano di Profokiev. Suonato ed interpretato così come è stato scritto da lui. Da che pulpito viene la predica?

[@maestrfranz777]

@@An-br7hb E' sufficiente che tu abbia la pazienza di ascoltare tutte le esecuzioni più importanti per renderti conto della differenza. Nessun pulpito, non è il caso di cercare la polemica, è, semplicemente, diritto di opinione, supportata da evidenze esecutive.

[@An-br7hb]

@@maestrfranz777 nessuna polemica semplicemente non capisco perché tutta questa critica nei confronti di un artista e di un esibizione che, almeno per quanto mi riguarda, ho apprezzato molto. Questione di gusti.

[@maestrfranz777]

@@An-br7hb Dal canto mio apprezzo di più altre sensibilità esecutive, nelle quali escano maggiormente i nessi compositivi del brano. Dal punto di vista dei gusti personali, nulla da ridire, hai ragione, ognuno ha i suoi.

[@elijaguy]

many remarks here are so ridiculously old fashioned. An artist is telling you something new, and you tell him: this is not how we are used to it. Like Jean Cocteau said: An art critic is like a carpenter who looks at everything as if it were a chair. You show him a lamp, he says: it is a bad chair.

[@garykrist2749]

Well, this is better than previous versions from her that I've heard, in which she hits about half of the notes correctly. But your contention that playing this thing absurdly fast is some kind of new, revolutionary interpretation is just silly. She's not telling us anything new. She's telling us that she can play this piece really, really fast.

[@elijaguy]

@@garykrist2749 I dont contest the validity of your criticism, yes, all is true. However she is also saying that there is a possibility of a message of loss of control beyond a dangerous threshold beyond a speed which can be controlled. Savagery. Most other great interpretations emphasize a fantastic level of control, notably Pollini, Gould, Richter, and many others. Some play near the threshold, like Horowitz, Martha, dear Martha, etc, as you all know well. There are so many great classical interpretations. You may not like Buniatishvili's suggestion, diabolic suggestion, perhaps, but it is legitimate to suggest. Unless you live under Stalin or Putin, BTW. Altogether we live in an era when there is very little space to say "something new", because everybody sits comfortably at home and listens and watches 50 performances of each peace, like in a morning cereal's supermarket shelf. This is a price we pay for the total technology of recording and duplicating. The once ubiquitous rarity has become a rare commodity. Even in my childhood a "new" interpretational suggestion would be something you would have to go some way to encounter, in a concert, or even in 45 vinyl records. I still remember the experience. Myself at a Martha or Rubinstein concert in the late 1960s, was a revelation, something of once in a long period, let's say, of a few years. Today they are all in a computer's keyboard distance. Nice but there is a price to pay for it.

[@richardvolpe7664]

Verbose comment, yes. Convincing? No.@@elijaguy

[@willemboone7912]

Right, so you are old fashioned when you like an interpretation of this piece by a pianist who plays all the notes? And you are supposed to find it cool when someone like Katia plays so fast that you literally can no longer recognize a piece? I am very open to a lot of interpretations, but this has nothing to do with Prokofiev: it's one big show off, as if she wants to say: "Look, I can do this in half of the time, ain't I fantastic?'

[@christophercurdo4384]

Seriously? Listen to Sokolov and hear the piece played with amazing musicality. This, despite however one wants to define 'precipitato,' is not a race. Terrible performance.

[@blackiefitzpatrick6611]

Very Nice

[@isaac7701]

First vid in 3 years lol

[@davidhammerbeck2590]

Excellent interpretation, though the ending (as noted by others) is a bit off. She reminds me a bit of Argerich's interpretation from the 1966 video, though not quite reaching Martha's level of power and precision.

[@richardvolpe7664]

Excellent interpretation? This must be your first exposure to this piece, her performance of which is so vile that Prokofiev himself wouldn't have recognized it. Khatia probably isn't even aware of how much she's disgraced herself here, because there are other videos of her playing (i.e. destroying) this poor piece in different locations. The massacres were similar in every case.

[@willemboone7912]

I beg to differ re 'not quite reaching Martha's level of power and precision': Martha sometimes plays/played 'insane' tempi, but she was/is always in control and had/has perfect tone projection, all qualities that Katia lacks, she will never reach Martha's transcendental level. Strangely enough, Martha thinks highly of her!

[@ericsteph]

you go girl ... 😅

[@richardvolpe7664]

Where? To hell?

[@Poliya-falopera]

Solo miro esto por que tengo que hacer tareas

[@danielfrancoise8881]

PRECIPITATO👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏BRAVO 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@richardvolpe7664]

What the hell! You say "Bravo" to this merciless massacre? It would seem, then, that this is your first exposure to this music, and you have nothing to compare it with. Her asinine display here has nothing to do with how the piece should "go". The only good thing that can be said about this - - this "presentation" is that she looked attractive in that red dress.

[@ЕкатеринаИсаева-с9г]

МАЗНЯ ПО КЛАВИШАМ!!!!🙃🙃🙃 НЕ ДУМАЕТ, О ЧЁМ ЭТА СОНАТА!!!! ПОСЛУШАЙТЕ СУЛТАНОВА, БРОНФМАНА, ПЕТРОВА, СОКОЛОВА, ОЛЬГУ ШЕПС!!!!❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️

[@Pianoman_B]

Согласен на 100%. Все время шум надоедливый и плюс безчувственное исполнение. Играла только чтобы хвастаться. Султанов - вот кто исполнил эту сонату совершенно.

[@ЕкатеринаИсаева-с9г]

​@@Pianoman_BСУЛТАНОВ-- ГЕНИЙ!!!!!!! ❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤

[@centamin846]

precipitato speedrun

[@alexandredarrasse5068]

Listen Horowitz !!!!!

[@jimronsivalli1675]

Yuja Wang does a much better job IMO. Khatia is more of an actress than a pianist.

[@mariamchaduneli9325]

Brava.

[@richardvolpe7664]

Brava? Are you crazy? A more apt word would be "bruta".

[@yakinikuuuu354]

아ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 뭐하냐 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@jordimiguelnovas]

68 dislikes ¿?¿?¿?¿?

[@willemboone7912]

Yes, 68 persons don't like Prokofiev on steroids! The amount of wrong notes at the end is truly breathtaking!

[@cziffra-eg9st]

she turned the war machine into a joyful rumba

[@hugowilliams1988]

sound like horse racing.