Maria Yudina plays Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition 1/4

[@cabbycab]

this is unbelievable. how vital!--what fantasy! She conjures scenes of darkness, danger, whimsy and glory right before our eyes like a baba yega! Enchanting.

[@voolare]

I read in Neuhaus' book about this performance; it's amazing how she immediately shocks by pointing out the specular structure of the main theme; basically the first six notes are specularly repeated by the next 6 notes,and that makes the theme!Yudina plays the second set of six notes slightly more piano... GENIUS! Thanx so much for posting this jewel!

[@weikko79]

Thanks for this! One of the most interesting performances of the Pictures ever committed on disc. I have this on LP, btw.

[@ccdg1066]

Thank you for the upload - I had not heard of this great pianist before and glad to have finally "discovered" here, all thanks to you. This piece is one of my all time favorites. Mussorgsky wote such great imaginative colour and character. As did Ravle and so I like the collaborated piece, too!

[@LukasWeber64]

I really like how she shows the different feels of each of the promenades just perfectly.

[@truecrypt]

And it's exactly my point! It's an audio recording turned into video with only goal in mind - make it available to wider audience. To rate it according to video quality is like to rate audio performance according to quality of the CD box! BTW there are not enough stars to rate Yudina's performance. It's another dimension...

[@SarrasaniPianoCircus]

I agree. A candidate who plays so at a competition will be cut off, no doubt. But this version is simply wonderful.

[@shpilk]

I like the playful interpretation of 'Gnomus'; somehow I think Mussorgsky would like it, too. It's her interpretation, and it's very good. She has tremendous feel for the flow of the piece. It's all good.

[@ffurgy]

Whoof...those are STRONG hands...not many women have that kind of strength....(I think of Amparo Iturbi as another in that league). And Yudina's playing of this "monster" suite is awesome. I can imagine walking between Hartmann's pictures, even...thank you for sharing her works...

[@truecrypt]

It amazes me how naive (or even worse) some "comments" could be... Do you really think Yudina couldn't play Gnomus the way all "good students" do? Try to find out WHY she played it differently ("badly" in your view).

[@beth_levin_piano]

Brava- thank you so much!

[@pianomanrsn01]

Yudina is not one of my favorites, but to give her her due, she does play very skillfully. Sometimes I do not like her interpretations, but there is no denying her talent.

[@QuocBinh-us7lb]

Who needs your due.

[@paulostroff99]

truecrypt,I could not agree more. As you know I have spent the day listening and researching this brave and vital individual. You were quite right in your assessment of her background,as I enlisted at no pay-a relative who tells me that the answer is in the meaning or translation of her family name.Best wishes

[@truecrypt]

Whatever you mean the point is - there is a certain level of performance/mastery upon which one should always ask himself - "May be I don't like it because of the lack of experience, education, understanding..."? I'm sure you'll find plenty of "very sophisticated" people who would insist that Mona Lisa is just an average painting... Beware such people!

[@QuocBinh-us7lb]

As a pianist Yudina is as out of the ordinary as is Moussorgsky as a composer.

[@truecrypt]

No, it's not a case. GnarlyPanda informed me that his low rating based on poor video quality (i.e. only 2 static images). GnarlyPanda considers YT mainly as a video medium and rates accordingly.

[@truecrypt]

Well... I'm all for freedom of expression, but user GnarlyPanda simply enjoying to rate performances as low as possible. I don't mind if he does it on my own videos, but to rate Yudina with 1 star is simply sick (even if he doesn't like or understand it). Probably another "disturbed" and unrecognized "genius"... ;)

[@thunder1909]

I meant right or wrong in interpretations, not the basics of musicality and stylistic aproaches.

[@paulostroff99]

Different interpreting then I am used to,but that is hers to decide.The playing is obviously brilliant,and that leads me to inquire as to what his rating might be were there no video. There are as I'm sure that you know-some without.One that comes to mind is Ezio Pinza with some female movie star.

[@truecrypt]

well, thunder 1909, if Yudina's performance is judged upon video quality, I reserve the right to have my own opinion on such "freedom of expression". I'd rather prefer people express their opinion on music qualities. And BTW, there IS "right and wrong".

[@NozarMortazavi]

Old castle (my fav) is played way faster than other pianists I know. it's strange isn't it? maybe yudina was right?

[@NozarMortazavi]

I also like piano version and Ravel's one, but I might differ you about necessity of Ravel orches. work, for I found in history pic at exh. was meant to be orchestral but modest was a bit too lazy (busy to be optimist!) to write all his thoughts on paper. so Ravel saved as much as possible IMHO, and piano version stands as an original statue.

[@MusicJamesChannel]

It amazes me how badly gnomus can be played When played right it has an incredibly spooky feel to it that's almost chilling, but so many performers seem to turn it into a clunky mess

[@Hohenschonhausen]

Marija Judina you can either like or hate, no more possibilities!!

[@QuocBinh-us7lb]

Ya, you know something about music or you don't.

[@thunder1909]

And maybe Truecrypt, there is a performance where the critic is an educated musician, and tells himself "I don't like it because of the pianist's lack of understanding of musical aspects" or "I don't like it because the pianist doesn't understand the piece, and interprets it wrong", which may be the case with GnarlyPanda.

[@rugby52732]

Which recording is this ? Thanks !

[@havskatt]

Not human

[@thunder1909]

You cannot judge people like that. Perhaps he doesn't like the way Yudina plays it, but it his own opinion. You are wrong to penalize him for it. There is no right or wrong Truecrypt, although I wholeheartedly agree with you on the fact that rating this a 1 is wrong. Do you have a recording of Yudina playing Mussorgsky's Duma?

[@hugobickel]

Me julga mal sem me conhecer... Sou um artista. Não sou um brasileiro idiota, nem brasileiro sou. Apenas nasci no Brasil, o que é diferente... Dedico minha vida à música, filosofia, história, pintura, poesia e literatura. Se isso é ser estúpido, ok, sou.

[@hugobickel]

Por causa de pessoas como você tenho vergonha de ser brasileiro. E isso porque você tem alguma cultura, gosta de música erudita... Mesmo assim é mal educado, como todos os nossos compatriotas. Kissin é o melhor intérprete dessa obra. Yudina transformou a vecchio castello numa valsa, tirando toda a profundidade que essa música possui.

[@missveryenthu]

why?

[@thunder1909]

Oh, wow. In this case there is nothing to talk about as he wasn't even rating musicality and Yudina's playing.

[@chaoss5070]

To not like an interpretation is one thing, but to say that she plays poorly is completely wrong. If you listen to the rest of the piece - not just Gnomus - her technique is irrefragably good.

[@paulostroff99]

truecrypt-But nothing is (totally) black or (totally) white. They are always comprised of shades in between. Panda has a right not to like the performance or style,but not to give it the one star.Her playing alone deserves 4 stars.

[@sshuck]

@Jamesdude2000 I agree with you, Gnomus sounds awful. Guess I'm going to get "too many negative votes" too....Oh well, small price to pay for allowing myself to not like something a celebrated musician did.

[@QuocBinh-us7lb]

Oh bugger off.

[@schimmlz]

This version of gnomus destroyes all the tension. You may discuss whether right or wrong... but in my opinion it is less to dramatic... as if lurch (=addams family) playes the piano. NO TENSION!!!! auf steirisch: ouni iagenda gfü!!! wia wüstn sou a spaunnung aufbaun, du kristkindl !!!

[@hugobickel]

Essa é a pior versão dessa obra prima. Ela estragou a segunda promenade, a gnomus e a vecchio castello. GOOGLE TRANSLATOR