Tchaikovsky - Pletnev. Concert suite from the ballet The Nutcracker -Alexei Volodin, piano

[@mauriat0507]

1. 進行曲 (0:06) March 2. 糖梅仙子之舞 (1:57) Dance of the Suger-Plum Fairy 3. 塔郞泰拉舞曲 (4:03) Tarantella 4. 冬天的松樹森林 (5:22) A pine forest in winter 5. 俄羅斯舞曲 (9:37) Trepak (Russian dance) 6. 中國舞曲 (10:50) Tea (Chinese dance) 7. 雙人舞 - 進場 (12:17) Pas de deux, The Prince and the Suger-Plum Fairy

[@abrahanerns8107]

thanks

[@alexmusic6058]

8. (8:20) Damn idiots applouding in the middle of a piece

[@ManuelaGaribotti]

THANK YOU

[@yhyyyy706]

王志仁 我是跳芭蕾舞的

[@blackbeard0074]

I cum

[@ItsElenaB]

you know a pianist is good when they can make a piano sound like loads of different instruments just by their touch and tone with it.

[@ramonmiranda223]

and when just the fifth finger can create myriad (magnificent) tone colors!

[@johnb6723]

And he has the instrument for it too - a Steinway.

[@sandrabolanostorres2351]

que dijiste hablo español

[@johnb6723]

@@sandrabolanostorres2351 Shhhh, you'll wake the babies up. Lol.

[@MrRjcosta]

Indeed! I agree Wirth you👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Janaceks_Dad]

This has to be one of the most acoustically perfect halls in the entire world...

[@video1248]

Music Man agreed!! Totally...

[@Aufrichtig-und-wichtig]

Ever heard of Berliner Philharmonie?

[@francisgarnier308]

Vous plaisantez, je suppose ?

[@williambunter3311]

At last!!! A cameraman who keeps the focus on the pianists hands, where it should be, rather than wandering all over the place e.g. the pianist's face, the hall, the audience et al. A great part of the pleasure for piano lovers is to enjoy the technique of great performers. The combination of sight and sound is entrancing. Well done!

[@jinweixu5731]

So true

[@glennbourque111]

I enjoy the facial expressions and audience reactions. I enjoy the fingers, but I don't need to see them every minute.

[@eddygonzalez6018]

Exactly 💯 As a pianist, I rather have the camera on the keyboard. Left, right and above angle.

[@malikkarim1791]

@@eddygonzalez6018 same

[@izzyjamm4]

definitely. really appreciated the occasional cuts to see audience reactions, but it's so frustrating when the cameraman pulls away from the keyboard during technically and musically interesting moments. makes me wanna pull my hair out.

[@jnhernandez8692]

His phrasing, his tonal control, his dynamics. his power, and his sensitivity all imbued in his interpretation of The Nutcracker Suite brought me to tears as I listened to him play with all the marvelous beauty. emotion, and brilliance of his fabulous performance. I am impressed.

[@pghagen]

With respect to Mikhail Pletnev who made this beautiful transcription. And of course to Alexei Volodin for his incredible virtuosity.🎹🙏

[@BernardProfitendieu]

let's not forget Tchaikovsky, please, the font of all these beautiful melodies

[@wolfie1g]

still can’t get over how amazing this whole performance was

[@Ju-lb2dz]

Pas de deux was AMAZING I had no idea a piano could make so many notes at the same time and yet sound so perfect Just amazing

[@steveegallo3384]

@Ju-lb2dz -- Exactly....BRAVO from Mexico City!

[@prins_af_danmark]

TECHNICALLY CHALLENGING. BEAUTIFULLY PLAYED.

[@freeqwerqwer]

What a master of the piano. All applause were deserved for such a fabulous performance.

[@MsrAlaindeFerrier]

I understand that the Russian audience clap in between scenes of ballet music, so it's just a Russian way. Actually I quite like that. Alexei's performance is astounding Bravo

[@derkov]

Russian applause is gratitude for the pleasure, but not for the work that has been done, like others

[@rustememiraliev2180]

I believe this is simply not being educated in music, as clapping in between moments of one piece is considered to be rude to pianist, as it distracts his/her concentration.

[@MsrAlaindeFerrier]

@@rustememiraliev2180 yes I get that totally, but also yet not probably needed here, could be 'food for the artist' leaving no doubt as to the appreciation of the audience?

[@abiakkk]

It’s a st Petersburg thing

[@riccardofontanesi1271]

The point is you should not applaud untill the piece is not finished, in this case, the suite. It's like clapping between movement of a sonata. As someone mentioned, it is lack of education and understanding of what you are listening to, IMHO

[@renatofabbro5263]

Impeccable technique and artistry. The range of colors he gets is amazing.

[@stalkerstomper3304]

I agree, though the arrangement was crafted impeccably to allow for such a skilled pianist to be rewarded for adding articulation and the highest level of dynamics and control.

[@retrogamerdave362]

A nice Steinway really helps a lot

[@mirama4986]

Love his artistry and musicality, let along his impeccable technique. I have heard him live playing Tchaikovsky piano concerto, and it was the best I have ever heard.

[@ГульсумУмбеталиева-ф5о]

Если можно поставить 1млн. лайков я ставлю 👌👌👌 Несколько лет слушаю Вас , Маэстро , знаю всё Ваше творчество . Доброго здоровья , светлого позитива ! Казахстан 🇰🇿

[@barackobama2722]

Я лучше и чутче игры не слышал ни у кого. Потрясающе. Он мастер звуков!

[@JramLisztfan]

This piano and concert hall are unbelievably amazing. And of course the performer completely knocks it out of the park

[@TyLo-di5ih]

The way he plays the 4 movement always makes me emotional absolutely beautiful

[@happyland5982]

Дизлайки от зависти что ли ставят? Переслушивал уже сотни раз - лучшего исполнения никогда и ни где не слышал.

[@МарияЛеонченкова-ь8г]

Наверное. Мне очень понравилось исполнение . И я поставила лайк. По моему очень хорошое произведение. И хорошо исполнено.

[@kolokolombo1]

Перечтите сказку Эрнеста Гофмана "Щелкунчик и мышиный король", послушайте музыку к балету в исполлнении стмфонического оркестра, посмотрите балет и проникнитесь этой сказкой, мечтой о счастье и о вечной любви, чистой, бессмертной , детской. Все эти эпитеты никак не подходят к этой сюите в исполнении Володина. Потрясающе громко,грубо, бравурно, блестяще, тенически легко, бездумно, с огромным напором, зверским наездом на зал.... публика любит эффектную сногсшибательную игру . Да точно, да попадает, да, выгребает все и с запасом, но мы же не на спортиаых состязаниях. И слушать это громыхалово даже в идеальном варианте невозможно. Цель у исполнителя- потрясти слушателя своей виртуозностью, а не раскрыть перед ним вечные темы любви, красоты и бессмертия средствами маленькой детской сказки. Короче от замысла Чайковского в исполнении Володина осталось ... ноль целых х. десятых. Но если хотите услышать и увидеть достойное исполнения откройтеYou Tube Детям, созданное специально для юных зрителей, найдите эту сюиту в исполнении Ивана Бессонова MY ELEPHANT 586 просмотров от 6 марта 2021 г. Думаю, что вы услышите огромную разницу в прочтении, понимании и исполнении этой сюиты. Фея Драже звучит просто гениально к мальчика. У Володина Фея Драже больше напоминает Фрекен Бок или злую Бабу-Ягу. Грубая и топорная. Блестящие виртуозные возможности неприемлемые к контексту содержания обесцениваются. И рада бы поучиться, но могу только посочувствовать- "Сила есть ума не надо". Чему здесь завидовать? такую техничность, громкость, бравурность и т д. В в "Дикую Охоту" Листа, в "Мазепу, в "Дон Жуана" Листа- это да. А в Чайковского ......, так У Чайковского в тексте mf стоит прямо в 1-м такте.

[@ЛюдмилаЖукова-ж7х]

Я дизлайков не ставила. Но мне больше всех нравится Щелкунчик в исполнении Маслеева

[@boring4472]

Не волнуйся ради тебя гугл сделала дизлайки невидимыми

[@СергейЛагутин-с4ж]

Только хотел сказать что дизлайки Маслеевцы ставят, а они уже здесь.

[@ajayaymusic]

Trepak- incredible! Accuracy, speed, articulation, technical fluency. Mind blown! Sheer brilliance. Love it!

[@РиммаСкороходова-п3ч]

Вы большой мастер, уважаемый маэстро! Спасибо и брависсимо❤

[@bingo1232]

A. Volodin''s delivery service is working overtime! The good are in excellent shape, their tastefulness impeccable, the their beauty inextinguishable.... THANK YOU M. Pletnev (this music needs (in these times of sometimes BS & nastiness)) Lord please help our mother Earth. If enough people believe in PEACE.... it shall happen. Greetings from the USA!!

[@ezranixon7699]

That was unbelievable!!!

[@ryan2128]

I don't comment that often, but this performance is worth commenting on. Regarding this piece, absolutory one of the best I have ever heard

[@innociduousnepheliad8140]

March from Nutcracker has a different feeling in me. It makes me confident, proud and stable. It has different aroma around it.

[@sognatricedellefavole1202]

Simply perfect. Spectacular. "Pas De Deux" made me cry, it' s enchanting, so emotional. :,) Wonderful performance.

[@avuncular300]

Such a brilliant transcription for the piano.

[@stephaniesticks6672]

The grand pas gave me so much warmth, it's my favourite

[@aidangittings]

I played that version of March in my 8th grade Christmas piano recital

[@orlandocfi]

A very full and rich sound similar to Volodos. Absolutely stunning performance.

[@lillischiller1471]

Блестящее исполнение и переложение тоже! Браво! И спасибо.

[@bennyksmusicalworld]

This is the perfect example of technique serving in favour of music, not the other way around. Incredible.

[@nickk8416]

Wow! this guy has the chops! Jorge Bolet used to say "if Schnabel had fingers and Rhosine a soul, we'd all be out of business". He has more fingers than soul but he does have them both. Outstanding.

[@abiakkk]

What a stupid statement by Bolet!

[@tobyfrederick8931]

you are very excellent . i ever seen such perfect piano nutcraker songs. thank you so much

[@martinocasiraghi8607]

Un grande pianista che suona in un modo fantastico... Un vero piacere ascoltarlo....

[@LauraPiano]

This video literally was my youth ❤️ I just watched it again after years and I feel so nostalgic 🥺 I'm just so happy this is still online

[@MultiRatchet100]

Absolutely amazing how he moves his hands so gracefully. It looks like he is completely immerse in his own world with Tchaikovsky´s piece. Here is the difference between a pianist who likes to play and the one who doesn´t. He played all of it just with the piano, immitating all the background instruments. It is wonderfull to see people loving their job. What a perfect musician. Bravo! I hope I could play ``Pas de deux´´ as good as him. It is something that I want to learn since I was a teenager

[@jackcurley1591]

What a fantastic performance by Volodin, truly a first rate technician and musician! And what an important and special piece of music this transcription by Pletnev is - akin to the Liszt/Beethoven transcriptions!

[@nogatram1]

I am so glad that I discovered this performance. I now understand why someone said that Ivan Bessonov was ' the next Volodin'. After hearing this, all I can say is that Ivan has a very high mountain to climb - BUT - I believe that he will climb it!

[@ГалинаСеребрийская]

Великолепие! Сколько красок! Любимейший пианист!

[@lauraj8674]

Wow. My first time seeing something like this and I can only say: Wow!!!

[@kengerfil]

The performance is absolutely brilliant!!! Blown away

[@chrismartinez5711]

Kind of blown away by how beautiful A Pine Forest in Winter is. How did I not notice?

[@homeadvantagerealty-florid7760]

Some of the folks commenting don't seem to realize that this is a NEW arrangement of these portions of the N.S. Pletnev's arrangement and Volodin's playing made me come amazingly close to forgetting I was listening to one person playing one piano and not an orchestra. So glad we got to see Volodin's hands throughout except for a few shots of the audience.

[@SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648]

He makes it looks so easy too.

[@tobisteffen]

If you listen carefully, you can hear the two additional invisible hands that he is blessed with.

[@ws7403]

This is a level of mastery that few will ever witness, fewer will ever appreciate, and almost none will ever themselves attain. I’ve watched the pas de deux portion of this performance probably 50+ times, and listened to Pletnev’s own recording of it another hundred or so. It never gets old. I am aware statements like these risk pretension, but I truly believe this to be the pinnacle of art.

[@olgabordinovskaya727]

Гений! До слез. Стою и плачу

[@shin-i-chikozima]

This funny atmosphere‘s performance is wonderful and attractive and intriguing

[@УляКовалева-в3и]

Как же это красиво! Просто волшебно

[@Ciaran55]

I love this - it's so perfect, and all rather magical, mischievous...

[@michaelstroud8547]

what an amazing rendition of a masterpiece

[@TheSunshinedreamer1]

Wow, Sir - Extravaganza-such a fabulously amazing performance of such passionate articulation and perfect technique that is expressed with intense excitement and sonorous beauty! LOVE THIS SUITE ARRANGEMENT. THANK YOU for sharing:)

[@rahkmaninov9692]

Bravo! One of the most enjoyable video or performance I've ever seen.

[@robertveralli394]

Truly magnificent !

[@veronicamarino112]

I search You Tube for the version of the Pas de Deux. I look through the night, then I walk out on a field and here it is! The BEST!!!!!

[@ferube4171]

may be ivan bessonov

[@taoyezhang868]

Wow ! Very brilliant ! Learn with yours' version !

[@v23452]

This performance is near perfect to my taste. Which is peculiar because other performances are either "not on par", or might be preferred by people with other inner "sense of rhythm". Here, when I expect a passage to go smooth and quiet, it goes this way. And when my expectation is of sharp sound - I'm not disappointed. So, I have the best match between my inner "melody" and the sound of the piano. It is absolutely pleasing to listen to. Great job!

[@video1248]

Volodymyr Telnov *Congratulationsssssssssssssssssssss*

[@therainforest4314]

A very beautiful performance, Alexei. :-)

[@innapetrova5109]

Best ever performance.

[@maryjanemccoy1159]

Wow that looks hand crampingly hard to play! And his fingers were all a blur! Talent!

[@Mary-c1q]

Magnifique ❤❤❤

[@tegan2950]

15:45 to the end left me bamboozled that was magical

[@BB1951]

4:04 I can't even begin to imagine how difficult that must be to play. And it's amazing.

[@youngwhashin1941]

The best piano version! My Russian hero!

[@adriennebeecker5000]

So well defined with making the piano sound like various instruments! Exceptionally well performed! Splendid work here.

[@catheriinteus9224]

Masterpiece , what a gentle way of playing

[@studentoftheword6115]

Unbelievable wonderful. Fantastically done.

[@tommeng6522]

The time where clapping in between movements is fine. This was super impressive!

[@danielmateofitness7618]

On my bucket list to be able to play this good..

[@malcolmdale9607]

Pity you don't add being able to speak English well to your list.

[@annageber4954]

I wish I could play like this, bravo!

[@christopherpawlowskimusic8388]

Love it Maestro!!!

[@jamesfpianist1168]

Definitely inspiring. 👍

[@aimanndecastro5329]

The last song is soooo awsome

[@DiegoCarrillo3]

*Piece

[@marinazugni4804]

BRAVO!

[@yazmindiaz4836]

Woooo que lindooooo tocaaaaa❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏👏

[@salamandra6758]

Que' interpretacion tan maravillosa !!!

[@terrencelane6031]

Absolutely beautiful ❤️

[@joncaju]

Some in the audience started clapping in the middle of a piece (8:20). Most shockingly, this performance took place in Mariinsky Concert Hall in St Petersburg, Russia. You would think of all people in the world who should know better! Lol, the pianist started shaking his head when the audience started clapping.

[@fiar2003]

It's not unusual to clap at that moment as it's generally the end of a dance or solo in the ballet itself. But the SMH moment was still funny as hell

[@thegreatnorth9080]

@@fiar2003 Wow, that's actually a cool fact, thanks, I've never seen the actuall ballet. And ya, the head shaking was great. What surprised me is that they're clapping at all after each number. I can guarantee that no one at my school would clap between the pieces of a suite like this but that might just be where I'm from

[@UmchoFilm]

1. В зале были сплошь нерусские 2. Но любители балета, где аплодируют каждой партии, даже а одном номере.

[@a23oj28]

@@UmchoFilmHow do you know the audience is entirely non-Russian? Sounds ridiculous

[@almakid2506]

ARTE , me emocioné escuchando esto , se nota cuando alguien tiene el don del arte y definitivamente el lo tiene , encima el cascanueces una de las obras mas hermosas que existe, gracias maestro un lujo.

[@Gandruin-Romer]

Nadie tiene un don. Nadie nace enseñado o le regalan el conocimiento. Es trabajo, sacrificio, fracaso, aprendizaje y mucho, muchísimo tiempo después, éxito.

[@MaximVavilov]

Просто БОГ! Это шикарно, спасибо!

[@militaryandemergencyservic3286]

THE NUTCRACKER was arranged for piano by Sergey Taneyev, but in view of the difficulty of this arrangement, Tchaikovsky made a simplified one of his own. This work was carried out at the end of August 1892 [46].

[@施智筌鋼琴演奏]

so beautiful

[@gam19652]

Bravo ! Maravillosa ejecución magistral !

[@potatoklavier2375]

He has a very sensitive ears. oh lovely sound......!!

[@APeacefulPlace]

Awesome show of skill and talent.

[@zliu1995]

The last piece, Pas de Deux, is always emotional. Well played!

[@NaughtGinger]

Thank you for sharing this video-great talent and such a magnificent piece of music to play-so beautiful!

[@shortcoversbymon1098]

bravo ! breathtaking 😍😍

[@Chistov_Ilya]

Занимаюсь уже с марта , дошел тольео до первых 15 секунд

[@erikacareaga4006]

Tocas perfecto ❤️ Algún día aprenderé a tocar como tu ❤️

[@pie3566]

Excellent. Amazingly difficult

[@ulisespachecosanchez5058]

More than nice the melodies, teacher...thank you...so lovely too, really...very nice in the interpretation, wonderfull...

[@stxxryblues9075]

I was in the concert. It sounded so calming that I actually fell asleep. It wasn't a bad thing, it's just that I fall asleep when I hear a good song 😆

[@Ктоздесь-э1ы]

Исполнение лучшее

[@marianabtz5246]

Super genial!!!!🥰

[@白拍子花男]

プレトニョフの編曲は単にオーケストラをピアノに移行させたのでもなく、技巧をひけらかすための編曲でもなく、音楽をピアノに同化させてるところがすごいよね…🥰

[@silviasantos4215]

Bravo...........excelente interpretación..............................

[@fitnesbook]

Hello Silviа!)

[@SUDDEN599]

Прекрасно!

[@fishermeng8111]

Masterpiece!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@milagrosperellohernandez1675]

I love this

[@jimmyalderson2468]

8:23 don't know whether I should be laughing or angry

[@fangweiyan910]

dude did you realise that in the end, he waited for a long time after he finish to show the audience that it is disrespectful?

[@Valentina-xv5fj]

?

[@video1248]

Jimmy Alderson you would be laughing + angry

[@video1248]

Jimmy Alderson ‘cause that’s what I am right now...

[@video1248]

Fangwei Yan uhhhhhhhhhhhh..... no. I didn’t realize that.