Poulenc: Concerto for Two Pianos | Argerich | Kang | Manze | NDR Radiophilharmonie

[@chloegidon661]

J'adore ce concerto exceptionnel et inimitable de Poulenc un vrai bonheur fantastique!

[@slowpainful]

This piece covers all the bases: from outrageous silliness and frantic Looney Tunes rough and tumble, to ecstatic otherworldliness and tender chansons from the music hall, with hardly a moment to transition from one to the other. In this sense Poulenc's a modernist, for sure, despite his nod to classical forms. It is forever humbling to see and hear Ms Argerich, who brings such musicianship and authority, also sheer excitement-some of her super fast tempi made me bite my nails with anxiety, but I'm guessing Poulenc would 100% approve- to every note she plays, and yet more joy to know how generously she mentors young players. There is no one to approach her. An uplifting experience with these two players and such a fine orchestra, too.

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you, much appreciated!!

[@treesny]

If you listen to any of Poulenc's recordings of his own piano music, you will find that he often took "super fast tempi" in fast music. I think he would have certainly approved of this superb performance!

[@JeffreySelbst]

mARTHA IS A GODDESS.

[@bryanlucchesi]

Such a great concerto show piece... I think many saw the earlier Jussen brothers video of this concerto. But now we have Martha Argerich! Blazing tempos, precise, yet lovely pliable pianissimos. So happy to see this post!

[@NDRKlassik]

Awesome, thank you so much! :)

[@carlosurbanejasilva1881]

Few pieces in the entire classical repertoire are as much fun as this concerto. Thank you Monsieur Poulenc!!

[@NDRKlassik]

We are very happy that you like the piece so much!

[@garyblais8602]

A Superb rendition: Agerich and Kang do Poulenc great justice . The interpretation and tempos are bang on. Brava.

[@francescoelia.marino]

Martha, as per usual, brings unusual beauty to a piece and a charismatic input. Of course, I don't even mention the technical aspect of it because that is well established. This duo was beautiful, and I love how Martha likes to play with young pianists and make them flourish.

[@richardf.2720]

Pureté des notes et du son. Un vrai bonheur.

[@NDRKlassik]

Merci beaucoup!! :)

[@hovannesjagaspanyan3770]

Wow. What a tempo.

[@slowpainful]

No kidding, right? Martha A can be counted on, if you'll pardon the pun, to add that extra élan to whatever she plays, just to keep you on the edge of your seat!

[@shin-i-chikozima]

This wonderful performance promotes spiritual uplift and awakening, and activates the soul, and unrivaled, and outclassing

[@dudeforcaster8630]

Cloying word salad. A famous person once wrote "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture." Happy you enjoyed the performance but such meaningless hyperbole is too much.

[@jean-jacqueskaselorganreco6879]

a gem to hear this with Argerich,wow. Kang just has the score for optical symmetry...

[@NDRKlassik]

🤩🤩🤩

[@xanderstuivenberg]

16:41 - 17:06 Gosh, why does that sound so good!? Amazing :)

[@notaire2]

Wunderschöne und spannende Aufführung dieses kompakten doch perfekt komponierten Konzerts mit klar artikulierten doch perfekt entsprechenden Klänge zweier technisch fehlerlosen Soloklaviere sowie gut vereinigten und ebenso perfekt entsprechenden Tönen der anderen Instrumente. Der zweite Satz klingt echt schön und auch mysteriös. Im Kontrast klingt der dritte Satz echt lebhaft und auch inspirierend. Der intelligente und geniale Dirigent leitet das hoch funktionelle Orchester im gut analysierten Tempo und mit effektiver Dynamik. Wunderbar und atemberaubend zugleich!

[@NDRKlassik]

Vielen Dank! :)

[@leonardoiglesias2394]

Geniale dirigent.

[@JDS0409]

Thank you NDR Klassik for uploading this wonderful concerto!

[@NDRKlassik]

You are very welcome! :)

[@scuunjieng]

agree

[@Scriabin_fan]

6:30- 9:14 sounds like it could be a minimalist piece from today. Poulenc was ahead of his time here. Thanks for uploading this beautiful performance of this lesser known piece.

[@NDRKlassik]

Our pleasure!! :)

[@slowpainful]

You might not know, and my apologies if you do, but: Poulenc was enchanted by the sounds of the gamelan, a tuned percussion instrument from Indonesia, which I believe he heard at an exhibition in Paris in the 1930s. He's attempting to reproduce that mysterious sonority in this passage. For me, time stops during this interlude, it's like a portal to another world...

[@Scriabin_fan]

@@slowpainful I didn't know this, thanks for sharing!

[@lylecohen1638]

For me, the short moment at 2:39 totally sounds like something Louis Andriessen could have written, for example, in De Staat.

[@scuunjieng]

thank you for this wonderful and deeply appreciated post. I don't know of any composer as consistently charming and witty as Poulenc

[@NDRKlassik]

Hi, stephen, and thank you so much for listening!

[@scuunjieng]

@@NDRKlassik keep your excellent posts coming and hope i will have the opportunity to visit your distinctive hall and listen to your orchestra live

[@NDRKlassik]

Yes, please! We'd love to welcome you at the Elphi! :)

[@sansovino4124]

My favourite piece by Poulenc and what a lovely piece it is. Bravo to all concerned!

[@NDRKlassik]

Hi, Sansovino! Thank you, much appreciated!

[@anacletwilliams8315]

Thank you.

[@ewablondzik]

Thank you for uploading! I was there, it was wonderful concert...

[@NDRKlassik]

Oh, lucky you!! Thank you so much!

[@verdiguy]

What a wonderful performance of a really splendid work. Thanks for the upload!

[@NDRKlassik]

Our pleasure! :) Thank you so much!

[@honda412000]

First time I "see" this superb concert beeing played. I hope NDR plays ans films other pieces from Poulenc like his piano concert. His sound is something out of this world .

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you so much! :)

[@TheIpazia1]

Grazie mille per la condivisione, una meraviglia, Bravissimi! 💕

[@NDRKlassik]

Grazie per questo bel commento, meraviglioso! 💕

[@쪼링-i9k]

씽크가안맞아서 아쉽지만 내최애 연주가의 연주영상을 방구석에서 듣게해주심에 감사❤

[@jocelynemiloradovic2767]

Magnifique !!! Merci beaucoup !

[@enriquevillafane6258]

Hermosa obra, llena de matices, colores y sutilezas; te atrapa de principio a fin. Admirable el trabajo de las solistas y la orquesta. Un regalo para los oídos y el alma.

[@NDRKlassik]

Muchas gracias!! Estamos felices!

[@antest008]

❤️. Genius playing, particularly by the pianists (of course, as expected), amazing chords, variation of sound/melody on the actual composition itself.

[@da__lang]

Wonderful piece. Beautiful interpretation.

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you :))))

[@jhernangiraldo2380]

Bellísimo. Una obra magnífica cuya interpretación es una demostración de suprema maestría. Gracias por presentarla y permitirnos disfrutar de esta fantasía. jh.

[@NDRKlassik]

Muchas gracias por este lindo comentario!!

[@galinakrivulin6767]

Divine concert on all 4 counts! Thank you for upload.

[@NDRKlassik]

You are very welcome! :)

[@bobsimon8377]

Such a wonderful performance by all. Bravo...

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you, much appreciated!!

[@ДиляраМахмудова-д9с]

Впервые слышу этот концерт, Марта Аргерих как всегда на высоте! Темп сумасшедший, техника великолепная,потрясающая музыкальность! Возможность играть с самой Мартой- особое счастье и удача!

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you, much appreciated!

[@thmsrttg]

Breathtaking.

[@NDRKlassik]

Agreed!!

[@safla2010]

Bravissime 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@NDRKlassik]

Grazie mille 😊

[@ruthmcintyre2313]

This is my go-to when I need something to lift my spirits.

[@MM-111]

Großartig ! 🌹🌹

[@NDRKlassik]

Vielen Dank!

[@firzaakbarpanjaitan]

Did i hear influences of gamelan? Amazing performance by all artist! ❤❤

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you!! 🤩

[@stevenkettlewell1618]

@@NDRKlassik The only time I've heard this piece performed live was years ago in Toronto and I don't remember who the soloists were. One of the friends that went to the concert with me grew up in Indonesia and he jumped up in his seat when the "gamelan" section started... that's sure what it sounded like to him!!! :)

[@NDRKlassik]

Ha! Thank you for sharing!!

[@slowpainful]

Yes, you absolutely did. Poulenc heard a gamelan ensemble in Paris in 1931 when there was an expo, and he was enthralled by the sonority and uses it in several works. You have a very accurate ear (and apparently Poulenc had, too)!

[@valerieheinderyckx4506]

Génial..!❤

[@NDRKlassik]

Merci!!

[@parcivalg.5659]

Molto bello; tutto estremamente interessante, di gran gusto anche alcuni richiami Mozartiani (k466 secondo movimento) inseriti in un contesto moderno e in modo magistrale. Davvero geniale e anche gradevole, idee limpide. Grazie per averci dato questa splendida pubblicazione.

[@NDRKlassik]

Grazie mille!

[@culturalivrebr]

What a splendid larghetto

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you ver much!

[@ufukgoksu9851]

wunderschön.

[@NDRKlassik]

☺️☺️☺️

[@daniels7052]

Thank you for uploading this

[@NDRKlassik]

You are very welcome! Thank you for joining us!

[@jacobsalomon5820]

Only a few minutes into the first movement - someone's having a LOTTA fun here. Allegro non troppo? Sounded pretty molto to me, at least until it slows down at ~ 3 minutes in. Interesting now but not as much fun. Reminds me of Shostakovitch's Piano Concerto No 2.

[@addufourny]

Le son est splendide 🎶🎵🌟👌🏻

[@NDRKlassik]

Merci! 🤗

[@leslieseale9761]

Incredible! Ty

[@DamianKH]

A Beautiful performance! Well done.

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you!! :)

[@christopherczajasager9030]

A wonder..especially M.A. at 81!

[@NDRKlassik]

🤩🤩🤩

[@jorgecampos5693]

¡Deslumbrante!

[@NDRKlassik]

¡Muchas gracias!

[@huismanq]

Many thanks! Filmed two months before all hell broke loose. Do you think it's possible to post their 3 encores as well?

[@NDRKlassik]

I actually had to double check the date to remember which of the recent hells you referred to ... We'll check concerning the encores!

[@huismanq]

Sorry, I ment the coronavirus outbreak ;-)

[@ejb7969]

How quickly some of us forget ... :)(

[@NDRKlassik]

Too many kind of hells to choose from recently!

[@luisdiazlopez3712]

El comienzo del Larghetto evoca a Mozart, me parece.

[@Hussain_Eidani]

Wonderful ❤

[@melaniamonicacraciun9900]

we celebrate today the Chinese National Day, music gifts are my very favorite ones, never stop believe in, let's dedicate this EPIC performance those who need to become your supporters from now on, big loving hug gorgeous performers, music makes life worth living 🍀🍾🥳👏🥂🙋👍🥂👏🍀😘🌺🤩🥰🎂💐🎂😍😍🤗🤗😍🤗😍🤗😍🤗🤗 Happy birthday Big Mamma China wonder on earth

[@srothbardt]

Best performance of this I’ve heard. Hardly great music, they make it worth spending time.

[@ejb7969]

Hardly great music ???? Listen closer! Easily great music !!!! Some of the greatest harmonic writing and orchestral textures of the 20th century! It's absolutely exquisite! It bears repeated listening, which I've been doing for the past few months -- and this performance provided many revelatory new details! I can't get over how completely wonderful this performance is. PS - It's music by a French composer, performed (as I've said) miraculously by Argentine and Korean soloists wirh a German orchestra conducted by an Englishman! That cast is as magnificent as the concert hall!

[@NDRKlassik]

Thank you so much, we share your enthusiasm! :)

[@MarcPeterBallay]

Das Konzert ist ein einziges Zitieren anderer Musik. Herrlich.

[@antomontinaro]

Una bellissima esperienza l'ascolto di questo capolavoro poco frequentato. Interpretazione di alto livello.

[@NDRKlassik]

Grazie à Voi!!

[@doninvictoria]

Wow -- just before the pandemic. Nobody masked. A concert from another age

[@NDRKlassik]

Feels like it, indeed!

[@villafloridiana]

9:21 l'incipit del 2" movimento sembra scritto da Schubert😄

[@NDRKlassik]

Ci piace l'idea! :)

[@believewhom]

13:39 베토벤 소나타 같다가도 14:37 지브리같기도

[@ye2z]

♥︎

[@ye2z]

0:35

[@ye2z]

7:47

[@isaacparra2071]

◑ 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊 ◐

[@fatdoi003]

gee... Martha seemed couldn't get off the seat soon enough....

[@francescoelia.marino]

she always does that! :)

[@maithanhduy5669]

When I watch this video, I feel like I'm watching two piano teachers instructing their students, not me enjoying a performance by two pianists. 😃

[@pascalgallez1126]

J'ai entendu meilleur (et de loin), et il me semble que les deux pianistes ne sont pas à la hauteur.

[@benedictcowell6547]

I have problem with Poulenc. I love his work but it is inconsistent with my usual preferences. But he has enchanting melodies. . I think it must be that I was educated I France and my fiance introduced me to his work and of course she must be right.