Lev Oborin plays Khachaturian Toccata - video 1967

[@Miaskofiev]

Khachaturian and Oborin were friends at Moscow Conservatory. Lev was the first to play this Toccata, in 1932. He also premiered Aram's Piano Concerto in 1937, which was dedicated to him.

[@arinalazgiian7589]

Великолепно, спасибо .

[@Queeen7q]

Хачатурян рассказывал, что, услышав на одном из консерваторских концертов Токкату, Игумнов подошел к нему и спросил, на каком курсе он учится. Когда же узнал, что Хачатурян вообще не пианист, а виолончелист, очень удивился... :-)

[@josemourapiano7768]

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[@vova47]

1:26, magic - Oborin is not just playing the piece or piano, he's playing his audience, creating a mood, a special atmosphere. That's what a performer should strive for! Without it, any super technique is meaningless.

[@anttisairanen9485]

For a true musician there is no audience, perhaps one person in, but the music.

[@alexeilyubimov7760]

@@anttisairanen9485 what is music without communication?

[@keybawd4023]

I love the way these Soviet films have to show members of the public with adoring, rapt expressions during any performance.

[@johnnytruant578]

Honestly they look less rapt and adoring than audience members filmed during typical American live tv segments, they kinda just look like they are listening to some music with focus lol

[@QuocBinh-us7lb]

A bit like but not so overdone as with the judges in American idol😂

[@alisalegato]

Оборин -высоко профессиональный с безупречным пианизмом и тонкой музыкальностью !!!Аристократ в пианизме!!!!Спасибо!!!!

[@alexandervavoulas6843]

Oborin delivers lessons of high technique and depth, maintaining the fast tempo throughout the piece in an amazing way. The recording unfortunately does not help to better showcase this amazing performance.

[@НанаГеворгян-й4щ]

Гениальное исполнение,спасибо👏👏👏

[@Karine-Ov.88]

Обожаю....

[@Cacau40]

A melhor interpretação que eu vi dessa música!

[@KarineKocharyan-x9z]

Спасибо...

[@ВалентинаСвирина-м6л]

Гениальная музыка и гениальное исполнение.

[@punkpoetry]

Beautiful music, thanks

[@letsgobrandon4601]

Put at 1/8th speed to hear me play the same piece wow

[@monikafeniello9528]

Zeitlose Musik , ein unglaublicher Interpret. Und eine grossartige Technik. 🌹

[@MrGer2295]

Beautiful ! Thanks for sharing!

[@FamilyProductionKZ]

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[@marinapopenova54]

Очень нравится исполнение!!

[@glavkotbegemot1250]

Браво Благодарю

[@severindusell2468]

Is it really true that Lev was the first pianist ever to interpret this piece for performance?

[@ADGO]

Yes apparently so, many years before he played in this video.

[@michaelcui2000]

No he was not the first person to play this piece for a concert 🤨

[@michaelcui2000]

He is a good player😃

[@alisalegato]

Пианизм высшего пилотажа !!!

[@anttisairanen9485]

Excellent.

[@stefanocerato6931]

❤❤❤

[@vivvpprof]

This is so Soviet :D him sitting on a rickety chair instead of a piano stool, the piano being held together by metal bars, its polish destroyed, I suppose the terrible sound quality is actually not a fault of the recording. And on top of that, immensely talented Oborin and a captivating perfect rendition... What more to say. USSR in a nutshell.

[@mendax1773]

You forgot to say that this video is apparently from a kinescope, not video tape. Video tape quality is usually better. I guess there was no video tape in the Soviet Union. Perhaps they didn't want to trample on Ampex's patents.

[@yangyixiacao5734]

nice

[@РоманДуменков]

Под впечатлением таккаты Прокофьева возможно)

[@moonlight__2601]

👍👏👏👏

[@petershea8199]

Funny how they don’t show the hands during the octave jumps…🤔

[@spocksjohnson5594]

He missed the lyricism of the middle section. It was a real blur.

[@philtro99]

I know what you mean, but I kinda liked the way it flowed from start to finish. The middle section is a bit neurotic in the first place, considering the whole rest of the piece.

[@jonathanm.9801]

plb I mean it’s marked “Andante Espressivo.” I know music is all about interpretation, but most of the general consensus of the musical community and I believe there’s a stark contrast between “Allegro marcatissimo” and “Andante espressivo.”

[@ЕлизаветаСмолина-й5щ]

Кто в каком классе это играет/будет играть(если зашёл, чтобы послушать, как звучит произведение, которые предстоит самому сдавать)? Я в 9)

[@technology-b2388]

Я в 7

[@moonlight__2601]

Я в 12 лет ( 7 класс)

[@kjade5870]

2 курс, дорогие мои, подвиньтесь✌

[@hongwoo369]

장점:매우 빠르다. 단점:너무 빠르다...

[@miyeokguksoegogi1120]

상상도 못한 한국사람

[@Vitelix.]

😧 Ееее6лвллать, вот это техника...

[@ActivBowser9177]

I liked it, but I felt the middle was tooooooooo fast.

[@rickovery]

I agree.

[@ajmittendorf]

He plays some parts of the music so fast that you can't hear the effect that the writing creates.

[@robert.m6755]

He might be old but damn is he fast. he is even faster than Gyorgi Cziffra.

[@AsrielKujo]

@@robert.m6755 eeeeh not really

[@robert.m6755]

@@AsrielKujo He is in terms of arpeggios

[@AsrielKujo]

@@robert.m6755 eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhh

[@tea_bergamot]

С одной стороны вроде бы гениальный человек, все в его игре окей... Но вот слушаю произведение (сама его уже буквально до атомов расчленила разобрала и собрала) и меня просто воротит. Все так невообразимо зажевано.. Он точно хотел закончить поскорее и свалить домой. Других обьяснений подобному каверканью и давлению у меня нет.

[@abocas]

Surprisingly, Oborin made it past his mid-60' In spite of his obvious obesity. Suppose the piano did offer some excercise ....

[@studiolensa]

Hmmm he keeps accelerandoizing ??!?!?!?!?! My understanding of this piece was ver rhythmic, no variations

[@willtowers1532]

it is still very rhythmic, rhythmic isnt mutually exclusive with strict time keeping. also hes performing, aka impressing people

[@jimthebeet8862]

@@willtowers1532 just to put this out there - a performance should NOT be to impress people, it should be to make art

[@willtowers1532]

@@jimthebeet8862 yeah i agree. to me it seems like that's what he's doing though

[@darknessoffido1195]

Great, though a bit fast in the middle and rushing a little

[@samuelthompson5506]

Lev Oborin was a classmate of Khachaturian's, and subsequently the first person both to perform and record the composer's Toccata.

[@Rominator-y7r]

То есть автору

[@mariaizmaylova9097]

To fast

[@user-ch6gh2tj1n]

good technique but I hear wrong notes and a lack of dynamics.

[@connypiano5038]

A famous pianist and teacher - but he plays like an ice-mashine...

[@DEMIAN-NAIMED]

Very nice for Czerny Etude of velocity!!!! Worst interpretation ever!Awful and unjustified accelerando all the time.Many notes are completely vanished.First of all the piece is not so crazy fast.It is indicated marcatissimo,very rhythmical,stable tempo.Even in the Vivace (which is molto prestissimo here) there are strong accents written in the score.The Andante espressivo is ugly,not expressive at all and very fast again...I think he was in a rush to be ready for the meal...Poor hungry Lev...

[@prejdak]

For me this is the best interpretation (just the slow andante espressivo section could be slower), I learned the piece because of hearing it. He played it as it was supposed to be, not some overdone kitsch. And add to that this: Mr. Oborin was the first pianist to perform it since he knew Kchachaturian in person.

[@oscar_matthews]

How could you be so disrespectful to one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century?! Shame on you, and your obviously simple mind. The recordings of Oborin and Flier are as good as they get

[@DEMIAN-NAIMED]

@@oscar_matthews Relax Max... I wasn't talking in an insulting way about your Dad... What a huge problem people have with listening to different opinions....!!!

[@1964tamsin]

Awful