Grigory Sokolov - Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2

[@special1740]

Best I’ve heard. Every note emphasized, passionate Russian performance.

[@aeolianartists]

This has got to be one of the finest pianists on the planet...

[@malenasheytanova9967]

He is.

[@robertcohn8858]

I've always admired the power and beauty of Sokolov's performances. This recording is proof positive that he is one of the greatest. Thanks so much for posting.

[@ritoquaglia2190]

Esplosive piano sound. Perfect and shocking way of playing by Sokolov.

[@keplergso8369]

Sokolov is a genius. Here he was 16 years old ! Incredible !!!

[@999Gunter]

I've listened to this video countless times and had never realized this, it makes it so much more impressive to pull such a rendition at 16, Sokolov really is on a whole other level

[@isaacvandermerwe744]

@@999Gunter I agree. An astounding feat for any pianist, let alone a 16 year old like Sokolov here

[@GeorgeHazan]

17, he was born in 1950

[@roo159]

@@GeorgeHazan could have been before his birthday :)

[@Jack-hy1zq]

16 😮

[@paulpiano2370]

Nessuno interpreta questo concerto con la magnificenza di Sokolov.Quest'uomo quando posa le dita sulla tastiera mi fa venire i brividi.Per me è il piuù grande pianista vivente,un gigante che adoro!!

[@StuartEdser]

OMG, this is absolutely extraordinary. Never have I heard this concerto played with such clarity and such passion. Sparkling like firelight.

[@nadiadesimone8645]

Agree!!!

[@fritzk6435]

Yes!

[@bosomgirdle]

Saint-Saens was a genius. Liszt described his playing as "uncanny" -- powerful, fluid, subtle, faultless.

[@TheSoteriologist]

This is what seems to happen with everything Sokolov touches.

[@ЭмилияАзбель]

​@@nadiadesimone8645❤❤

[@hanra1]

No one else can play saint saen's 2nd piano concerto as beautifully as this.

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

The Titan The Giant of The piano Grigory Sokolov his Saint-Saens piano concerto no 2! Brahms piano concerto no 2.( THE MOST TITANIC Ever!!) Mozart piano concerto no 24! Chopin piano concerto no 2! Haydn concerto 11( a suprise not vital rhythmic vitalness! Sokolov his Haydn was around The Softest Ever! The White yellow gas was risen from The piano! ) Chopin piano concerto no 2!! After Sokolov played These concertos then All The others pianists Are only DUST ZEROS!!! Sokolov versus Horowitz 100-0!! Sokolov versus ABM 500-0 ABM THE CYBORG HUMAN MACHINE!! Sokolov versus Marc Andre Hamelin 100-0 Sokolov versus All The others pianists 100-0!!

[@johnlovric5896]

Emil Gillels

[@AB-vd8rt]

Listen to Arthur Rubinstein’s performance before reaching such a determinate conclusion

[@Link9058]

@@AB-vd8rt i listened to his first and i still think this one is better

[@상혜이-j3e]

​@@RaineriHakkarainen ĺ

[@usstockchannel]

I heard over 10 versions, I honestly think he plays the first part the best with passion. Others really sounds plain

[@nikafischer814]

Лучшего исполнения этого концерта я не слышала. ГЕНИАЛЬНО!

[@АлексейБризе]

да,я тоже

[@KleopatraNichkina]

А как же исполнение Эмиля Гилельса?!

[@JumpDiffusion]

Соколову здесь 16 лет.

[@user-bz3zs5cx1o]

Полностью согласг

[@elenakyriakidi8864]

Поэтому так страстно играет. Великолепно! Один из самых лучших в мире!

[@yurijkhainson4615]

Помню эту запись с молодости. Поражает и в музыке, и в конгениальном ей исполнении какое-то бехжалостное совершенство, безудержность. В третьей части всякий раз - восторг, слезы на глазах. Чудо!

[@nataliabogatyreva7551]

безжалостное совершенство! Потрясающе сказано

[@markdenemark7298]

@@nataliabogatyreva7551 Совершенство всегда безжалостно ко всему, что не совершенно. В этом его суть. Так что, звиняйте, нелепицей восхитились...

[@user-bz3zs5cx1o]

А Плетнев Вам как?мне кажется тут много экзальтации

[@KleopatraNichkina]

@@user-bz3zs5cx1o Я в восторге от исполнения концерта Михаилом Плетнёвым! Очень проникновенно.

[@toparbitr0923]

Вы правы - безжалостное и беспощадное совершенство. Кроме восторга ничего не вызывает. Хочется потрогать исполнителя и убедиться, что он реально существует во плоти. Но исполнение Гилельса лично меня захватывает сильнее. Думаю, что там просто больше земного, эмоционального, нервного, личного, совпавшего у этих двух грандиозных личностей - Сен-Санса и Гилельса.

[@catherinejones9396]

This was incredible. The work is an absolute cow to play at three-quarters the pace. Mr Sokolov drew out all of it's glorious resonances. Thank you a real treat.

[@seanparsons4649]

Am I alone in thinking Saint Saens was the greatest? Lately I just can't get enough of his music.

[@jeromepages1042]

You are not alone...

[@McCainnn]

Yes, alas, very underated composer !

[@fullofdance3732]

No, you're not alone, I'm love him too!...

[@michaelbrodsky1221]

No--I feel the same way. What talent.

[@linkinthegame2574]

A very very great composer ! Specially his piano concertos

[@ИгорьПочкаев-ю1ж]

Да ,Соколов - глыба ! Исполнение такого уровня за который композитор жмёт руки , со словами : ,, Я так это и слышал ! Благодарю Вас - Маэстро ! "

[@elenashakhnovich262]

Восторг! Счастье! Потрясающе!

[@temurikhorkhomelidze2798]

Музыка великая, Григорий Соколов блестящий музыкант.

[@thesouthernredbean]

Temuri Khorkhomelidze k

[@Morgandaful]

Sokolov feels and plays this music, the ultimate musician. Do we all realize how lucky we all are to be able to listen to such artists? It is a bliss... St Saens was clearly the last French romantic composer, his trageydy is that he probably died so late when his world had gone, but he was extremely inspired, he opened new ways for music.

[@dhomaskim]

16살 소년의 무게감이라고는 도저히 믿기지 않네요. 이때부터 남다른 해석능력이 두드러집니다. 저는 디아벨리 변주곡을 듣고 소콜로프에게 완전히 반했어요. 자료를 찾다가 여기까지 왔네요. 음악 공유해 주셔서 감사합니다. 잘 들었습니다.

[@stevenyourke7901]

A unique talent. Truly one of the very greatest pianists of all time.

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

Come on Steven!! Grigory Sokolov=THE GIANT OF THE PIANO!!! THE TITAN OF THE PIANO!! Grigory Sokolov his playing Chopin piano concerto no 2! Brahms piano concerto no 2! Mozart piano concerto no 24!! Saint-Saens piano concerto no 2!! AFTER GRIGORY SOKOLOV PLAYED THESE CONCERTOS THEN ALL THE OTHERS PIANISTS ARE REALLY ONLY THE DUST ZEROS!! Sokolov Versus All The Others Pianists 100-0!!!!

[@stevenyourke7901]

@@RaineriHakkarainen Sokolov is truly amazing! I’m in the USA and I never heard him until fairly recently on KZbin. I don’t think he’s concertized in the USA. But the first time I listened, I knew I was listening to a musical genius.

[@ИринаСержантова-т4ъ]

Блестящий пианист, таких мало. Слушала концерт Сен-Санса для фортепиано с оркестром №2. Потрясающе.

[@alain1959]

Saint-Saëns est sous-estimé. Ce concerto est un des plus beaux de toute l'histoire de la musique.

[@emillirion]

by 17 yrs old Grigory Sokolov. T-T just amazing

[@kisa1970]

великолепно!!!такого исполнения я не слышал никогда!!!

[@felixdragovetsky9224]

evgeny kiselev

[@KleopatraNichkina]

Эмиль Гилельс исполняет потрясающе.

[@thetwomuffin]

This has to be the best recording of this concerto in existence, incredible!

[@giuliafogaroli1944]

Grandissimo Grigory !

[@riccardobistesi8632]

Nessuno interpreta questo concerto con la magnificenza di Sokolov. Quest'uomo quando posa le dita sulla tastiera fa venire i brividi. Anche per me è il più grande pianista vivente, un mostro sacro, un gigante che adoro! Fa sognare!

[@nandiniOM]

Absolutely, in every cell, not only from head to toe, but throughout my infinite galaxies! Grigory FOREVER!

[@constantin250]

He was 17 just 17 !!!!! 🙌

[@jeffturner2102]

Superb playing! My favorite version of this! Another great version is George Lee playing as a young boy! Then Lee playing in his late teens much improved! Well worth looking!!

[@timofeymuhortov]

Потрясающая музыка, в руках гениального пианиста! Спасибо вам большое, получил огромное удовольствие!

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

Only the brilliant pianist Grigory Sokolov???? Grigory Sokolov=THE GIANT OF THE PIANO!! THE TITAN OF THE PIANO!!

[@alexanderprives4509]

Григорий Соколов это Проявление Божественного Замысла в форме Музыки на Земле.

[@unashamedaccompanist]

How did I not know about this version!!! Love love love, this concerto. Love love love, Sokolov. My heart just skipped a beat *swoon* my new favorite version.

[@alydon2]

It is no wonder this musician has a cult following as everything he touches seems to be fresh-minted in the most amazing interpretations - this being no exception.

[@simonprecheurllarena]

Went to listen to him and it was the best concert of my life.

[@rsjmd]

Wonderful performance, and, yes, to think he was only seventeen, he seems to have the special insight to this music as he has shown for so many composers since then. Thanks

[@user-yduvznc]

Amazing! Einfach sprachlos.

[@Someherbaltea]

It's epic! Maestro Sokolov!

[@СвятославИгоревич-ь6ц]

Ух! Соколов - потрясный пианист!

[@opricnik]

Questa è la esecuzione definitiva: non ce n'è per nessuno dopo di lui. Senza parole ogni volta che la ascolto.

[@jeanguydewargny]

Les critiques peuvent dire ce qu'ils veulent sur Saint-Saëns, il n'empêche qu'il est un compositeur remarquable dont le talent est notamment illustré par ce merveilleux concerto n°2 .L'interprétation de Grigory Sokolov est de haute qualité. Néanmoins celle d'Arthur Rubinstein restera dans les annales.

[@benjaminravail5028]

Je reste cependant plus attaché à celle de FR Duchable.....mais ne dit-on pas: tous les goûts sont dans la nature 😉

[@elisabethsteltzlen]

Absolument Splendide !!!!!!! Belle Précision, un délié "magique"..... Grand Artiste Maestro SOKOLOV...!!!!!!

[@GeorgeHazan]

Я когда-то выбирал себе для переписывания в хорошем качестве запись этого концерта и начал склоняться к паре Роже+Дютуа, когда наткнулся на это и надолго завис... Из советских пианистов это точно лучшее исполнение

[@temurikhorkhomelidze2798]

14 мая буду слушать Григория Соколова в Парме. Какое счастье

[@stonefireice6058]

Счастливчик! К сожалению, он отказывается от концертов в Америке, хотя там огромная группа его поклонников, которые его знали лично и по концертным турам.

[@ВиталийРябчук-м7с]

Один из любимых форт.концертов.

[@KhagarBalugrak]

This is the best I've heard from Sokolov. This recording makes me conclude that he's even better than Horowitz and Rubinstein were. I can't think of a single pianist who is better.

[@benjgr9044]

Zimmerman?

[@WCtrainer1]

Sokolov is on another planet of piano gods. His hands, fingers and wrist are compatible to none other.

[@789armstrong]

Abduraimov is now the best kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpi0e4mBjM6Mlac

[@ruexcited2WholeHearted]

@@789armstrong It is amazing!

[@789armstrong]

@@ruexcited2WholeHearted there is also a 1951 recording with Gilels that Claudio Arrau said he would have to have if he was living on a desert island. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jp6lioipe52geqc

[@marwamahfouz2396]

one of the dearest music pieces to my heart especially this marvelous playing.

[@baltoman24]

This is still the most frequently played French piano concerto- and a great work, one of 5 excellent concerti for piano and orchestra from Saint-Saens. The Number 5, - the most impressionistic - could easily replace the over-played Rachmaninoff concerti from time to time. And the Number 4 is another great work, quite severe. Complete sets are available- Roge/Dutoit, Collard/Previn and Malikova/Sanderling are all excellent. thank you for posting this, a fine performance.

[@tomtriffid]

Matthew Mosca Not really. Either of the Ravel concertos is more frequently played. (But the St. Saens # 2 and #5 are both delicious!)

[@stephanelafleur8083]

Matthew Mosca Thanks for your comments. Bien que français moi-même, je ne connaissais pas ce concerto! Les ombres de Ludwig et de Brahms apparaissent... Sokolov superlatif!

[@kirillkva]

thomas thompson Bruchner

[@rsjmd]

The 4th has always been my favorite, first heard by myself in the sixties by Robert Casadesus, and recently reissued last year and able to be hears on YT

[@lerunya17]

I played 5th during my student years and was so surprised when I found that it was almost unknown by the majority of the academy population. It's so beautiful.... the world really doesnt do it justice.

[@CarborundumKid]

The wild man of the piano brings an astounding combination of majesty and insanity to the tarantella in a way that no one on the tube can really approach, and, after all, a lot of heavy hitters mess with this concerto.

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

The wild man of the piano G.Sokolov can also suprise you.I was in a concert G.Sokolov played Haydn 11 d major with a cotton candy tone.All of his playing was a soft around like a yellow white air.G.Sokolov was a magic nice ghost playing Haydn 11.But really it was a strange concert.

[@jordandoronila9490]

Amazing! Sokolov!

[@paulpiano2370]

Mi riesce veramente difficile comprendere chi riesce a muovere critiche,sebbene blande,a questo astro della tecnica e della sensibilità interpretativa pianistica.Credo di poter affermare che un simile genio.un simile talento potrà forse essere uguagliato ma mai superato.Che il Signore conservi a lungo quest'uomo che ogni volta che sento suonare mi apre le porte del trascendente.

[@franciscoespinozagamboa6490]

elocuente expresión "apre le porte del trascendente", verdaderamente

[@ТИТОССИЛИЙ]

Музыка шедевр...исполнение мастера....Респект.....

[@malenasheytanova9967]

Goodness! It seems he was 17 or possibly 16 by the time of this recording. And yet, if he were 68, would it have mattered? Who can ever better this - where, when? No splashing and echoing in the Presto - every single bit carved out like a diamond's facet: perfectly clear, perfectly articulated, brilliant, vibrant. And the beginning - what can I say... let them deaf illiterates enjoy their Malofeev and Yuja Wang, Lang-Lang and whatever product the mass production throws at them: this is where art existed. Every bit of this recording is a MASTERPIECE!

[@AuroraOOrlov]

Excellent performance. Thank you!

[@delphinnet1]

Explosif sans que cela vienne nuire à l'expressivité. De toute beauté encore. Merci.

[@галинакулаго]

Спасибо большое!

[@nbharakey]

I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it. Igor Stravinsky

[@riccardobistesi3368]

Grazie infinite per le emozioni che mi ha suscitato. Un'interpretazione prestigiosa, una tecnica grandiosa, complimenti!

[@zegorayeb]

He left me speechless.

[@alimjamburshin4117]

Божественно!

[@marcela77777]

2.36 👌 I have no words, so nice... Thank you, dear Maestro Sokolov ! 👋🌼

[@abrahampresence8297]

Of all the performances of this concerto i have heard, this one is the best. I heard nuances here i never heard in other recordings. The tempo is also to my liking, especialy the last presto movement, not to fast.

[@southtexaspiano3813]

One of my favorites

[@felixdragovetsky9224]

South Texas Piano 6

[@stefanmollsen.8269]

hervorragend, Sokolov Klavier, toll wie er spielt ich liebe sein Klavierspiel

[@phillipoos]

Magnificent !

[@galinaprozorova7903]

Как всегда гениально!!!

[@pianolady516]

Great pianist

A poesia de Saint-Saëns é sublime e a interpretação de Sokolov tange a do próprio autor.

[@greeneyesmexico]

Flawless interpretation. Love it. Thanks for uploading.

[@RimmaBohdan]

Without words! Это просто.... слов нет! Исполнение просто божественное!

[@carmenchao3651]

Piano god. Age 17. Dazzling! Many thanks for this wonderful post.

[@piumosso]

Замечательное, выразительное исполнение

[@ЛюдмилаЕкимова-е2й]

Изумительно!

[@MrSarMax]

Идеально!

[@suchihnubermsternenzeltube6013]

Absolutely splendid.

[@jmdeheredia]

""" amazing interpretation """ l'intro est superbe !!! le rubato discret !!! les notes scintillantes des aigus des arabesques puis les grands accords de la coda !!! ils sonnent comme des grands gonds !!! puis le thème exposé dans le mouvement suivant !!! qui sera répété dans tout le déroulement du concerto !!! trés beau jeu de Sokolov !!! une pure merveille !!! 5.17 quel raffinement de ce passage si beau !!! quelle sonorité de ce repetitivo cadençé , furieux combat des ces accords 6.45

[@LaurentThomas44]

Bravo pour vos commentaires... et, là, juste à 17 ans... chapeau bas, très bas (tellement que :attention de ne pas se faire mal au dos en se relevant, lol)

[@stephanelafleur8083]

jmdeherediaz Oui, je suis d'accord avec ce que vous exprimez bien. Sokolov appuie le romantisme dans le 1er mvt, mais la justesse des accords, la technique si évidente de perfection nous emportent au-delà de ce que Saint Saens lui-même aurait pu imaginer

[@PatrickJacquin-z3f]

Peu apprécié des compositeurs russes souffrant d'un complexe de supériorité Saint Saens demeure un grand compositeur d'une dimension universelle et de surcroît français.

[@philippetallec2180]

Impressionnant , vertigineux !

[@아목동아]

루빈스타인의 예술성, 미켈란젤리의 찬란함, 리히터의 폭풍, 호로비츠의 악마성 모두 녹아있다

[@Roosslani]

Amazing modulation at 5:50

[@carmenchao3651]

Beautiful!

[@jmdeheredia]

quel tempo diabolique ce mouvement final !!!! un feu d'artifice !!! un combat de sonorités !!!

[@Mikagetu-j7q]

This is a masterpiece!

[@tuncheturunche8987]

Sokolov : invariablemente brillante.

[@pianistajs]

Oooooo! I like that complete reduction to pianissimo during those octave/chord jumps. I like when an artist goes completely unexpected and does it well. Very nice.

[@Mauccampos]

Saint-Saëns was a stupendous composer, who wrote a large number of astonishing melodies. Unfortunately his legacy is not always remembered as it should, perhaps because he was outside the Germanic-Italian axis of classical music. PS. Great recording, one of the best I've ever heard. I do not really like the Rubinstein's - it's too slow in my opinion.

[@violinhunter2]

Definitely right!!!!!

[@creationacc]

Listened Kantorow ?

[@Entertainer114]

Jean-Philippe Collard's recording of all 5 Saint-Saens concerti has been my gold standard for all of them. But this Sokolov interpretation is marvelous.

[@andrewbarrett1537]

You can tell from listening that he LOVES this piece. And I love hearing anyone play anything who LOVES what they are playing, and aren't just playing it because they have to. Both he and the orchestra seem to love this piece (as does, apparently, the conductor), and all three (the soloist, the conductor, and collectively, the orchestra) seem to be perfectly attuned to each other and really caring, not just phoning it in. I mean, caring about making this MUSIC, and not just making a technically perfect performance. From what I've heard of recorded classical music in the past 50 years, that's a bit of a rarity, IMO. This is SOOOOO enjoyable. Thank you for posting!

[@nbharakey]

Or course! In one of the interviews Sokolov said that in order for him to introduce a piece to his programme, he must love it and that he must feel like playing it at that given moment. And also he pointed that conductors who love music are very rare. That's one of the reasons he stopped playing with orchestra. You can also check him playing Brahms Concerto No.2 with Hungarian National Symphony Orchestra under Lu Jia. In that performance I felt the same level of devotion of everybody involved.

[@JorgeCasalsLife]

Belleza exquisita, lágrimas y estremecimiento.

[@albinocortellazzi]

the tarantella is absolutely brilliant..

[@KorgKronos2011]

I am from Recife in Brazil south america and i think that this video was great!!! Thanks for sharing that with us down here in this part of the world.

[@ЭскендерМеметов-о3д]

Гениально...

[@ИрэнаИ-н2в]

Изумительное по красоте и мелодичности произведение! наслушаться невозможно! некоторые моменты напоминают музыкальные темы фильма "Открытая книга" Виктора Титова...

[@philippetallec2180]

A chialer tellement c est beau !

[@estiekretschmer1427]

Great rendition! I've been listening to George Li's version (both when he was 12...! and as an adult) - really astounding. I marvel at his technique, emotional approach and clear tone. However, Sokolov's a smidgin slower, which brings out a lot of clarity and a different feel. Amazing how the same piece can do that.

[@keesvancitters2701]

At the age of 17...wow!

[@trancosomarcus]

Estou pra ouvir gravação mais perfeita de um concerto que nem essa.

[@ceciliapaisajes]

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡Bravísimo!!!!!!

[@Chilinessa]

Imagine, he was just 17 when this recording was made!

[@iwonabierowicz890]

Genialnie 😍😍😍😍😍

[@laurentstuderlafontaine8077]

Fougue et tendresse / Splendide

[@olgaluts6761]

Великий Соколов! Великий Сен-Санс!Чудо единения!!!!