Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No 1, Martha Argerich & Alexandre Rabinovitch COMPLETE

[@sealove36]

After watching this performance about a zillion times, I finally get it. There are lots of pianists who, with effort, can play the notes Prokofiev wrote, but this genius, this Martha, not only plays but she plays "with" Prokofiev. Her body language is the clue to how much she enjoys what she's doing herself as well as how well she coordinates with the orchestra. I think that's why just about every time I play it, I need Kleenex, the genius is so great.

[@guidovernaglione5127]

Totally agree with you!

[@tigerboom9030]

Nice sponsor

[@fritzk6435]

@@tigerboom9030 lol

[@Nigel-fy5jg]

Totally agree with your comment.

[@patcomery3520]

Please listen to Juan Floristan’s version, particularly the beginning.

[@anibalmarone8277]

Spectacular performance by an absolute amazing piamist, fantastic composition by a very young Prokofiev. A must see.

[@grigorisgrigoriou]

I'm sure even Prokofiev himself would have been fascinated by this performance. Amazing rendition of the style and musical intentions.

[@nelbanelba6998]

Colosal!!!!!

[@DivingDuckDon]

So Right You Are. Truly Magnificent Performance!

[@rationalthinker-2024]

Martha is really on another level.

[@alexwang8799]

I hate it when KZbin add appears in the middle of this master piece by the finest composer, conductor and soloist. Putting adds in between is just so sacrilegious...

[@davidberlant5096]

You need to get some good ad blocking software.

[@LushunNotFound]

sacrilegious

[@albion1012]

@@davidberlant5096 easily said, but when Ad-blocker installed itself on my computer (I didn't ask for it), KZbin refused to play videos until it was uninstalled. So, as I would agree with @alexwang8799 that the placement of advertisements in the middle of classical music is as he says sacrilegious, what good ad blocking software would you recommend?

[@Wolf-if1bt]

You can also download the video with a third party or online tool

[@albion1012]

I already posted this but KZbin has not it seems added it, but in answer to David Berlant, I had Ad-Blocker on my computer and KZbin refused to show videos until it was uninstalled... so I would like to ask him, what 'good ad blocking software' would he recommend?

[@cjrr124]

Those little smiles from Martha melt my heart

[@sealove36]

Apart from the fact that every time I hear her play this (or anything by Prokoviev, or anything) I get chills, I am blown away by the way this particular concerto serves as an absolute display cabinet of all of Martha's technical skills, strength, touch, clarity, emotion, sensitivity to the orchestra, and on and on. This short work is art when done by her, and seems a bit less when done by others.

[@rationalthinker-2024]

Yes, absolutely. Same thing for me when I hear a piece of Beethoven executed by her. You think notes are notes but no, she can add something more to it and it is not well understood what that something else is. She is just amazing.

[@prototropo]

And I agree as well. She collaborates so beautifully with the conductor, while other soloists can perform as if they were large, self-contained islands. And with her Magellanic approach, she manages to fashion entire continents out of the piano-which is already the “continent of the orchestra.”

[@JOHNDOE-fr2jw]

You need to hear Gavrilin

[@JOHNDOE-fr2jw]

or Floristán ones

[@Kev1nt]

@@JOHNDOE-fr2jw yes, the Floristán version gives more prominence to the piano in the opening bars, my preference.

[@carlosurbanejasilva1881]

Out of this world. Argerich is second to none and Rabinovich does an equally fantastic work with the orchestral part. Breathtakingly wonderful.

[@jorgegalvez9025]

Martha, eres grandiosa, interpretas a un gigante de la música contemporánea con la maestría de un genio musical!

[@rhysevs]

Long live the Queen of Pianists!

[@roku401]

Rhys Evans The two greatest women pianists, Martha Argerich and Clara Schumann!!

[@bingbongtoysKY]

the giant circles in the opening! like the planets moving! then to total Prokofiev piano freakout, i love this thing

[@EnoVarma]

Martha is one of the wonders of this world.

[@drrabner47]

16 years after this performance......still no one can touch her

[@wai701b6]

Except Yuja Wang

[@drrabner47]

@@wai701b6I totally disagree, although I do think Yuja is an excellent pianist. Argerich owns this piece.

[@SupportTheArts-yo8ox]

Yuja Wang just did!

[@nicolasgut6534]

@@wai701b6 I respect Yuja totally but I don't think so at all 😅

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

More colorful beautiful piano sound than Argerich=Wilhelm Kempff Emil Gilels Radu Lupu Artur Rubinstein Vladimir Ashkenazy Grigory Sokolov! More genius than Argerich=Sviatoslav Richter Solomon Cutner Grigory Sokolov Maurizio Pollini! More powerful louder than Argerich=Mikhail Pletnev( Prokofiev piano concerto no 1 by Pletnev!) The Second Loudest was Lazar Berman! The 3rd Loudest was Erwin Nyiregyhazi! Horowitz his technique better than Argerich's technique! Argerich not the best genius! Argerich not the most powerful! Argerich not the best piano sound!!

[@samovarmaker9673]

Liszt himself is conducting!

[@DanielMartinez-nw1pn]

Lol 😂😂😂

[@djsksoddjk]

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ👍

[@juancarlosbevilacqua5160]

@@DanielMartinez-nw1pn ⁹⁹9

[@joelshuan]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@CumCarvalho]

Kind of...🦧🤔

[@friesiancat1184]

My favourite Prok 1! Argerich is phenomenal!

[@jordanthukkaram]

I've heard this piece so many times but never before have I been brought to tears by it. Well done Argerich.

[@christopherczajasager9030]

I, too.... !

[@musisavante6036]

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[@herbertmarshal]

I was deeply impressed by yhe conductor...bravo ...

[@alexanderzenit_8084]

Most of my life I have been living outside of Russia, not much thinking about her. And only when I am listening to that masterpiece I feel homesick. I do not remember how that home looks like.

[@anic131313]

Damn I love and admire her so so much....

[@juanjoseescrivasegui2185]

Grande Prokófiev, magnifica interpretación.

[@MartynaMiau]

It makes me cry! Bravissimo!!! Dear Martha, you are amazing.

[@hwh1946]

She is a fabulous talent and has been her entire career. Great musician.

[@christopherczajasager9030]

ARTIST...MUSICIAN

[@PhedraBcn]

Probably the most fascinating about her. She is now 79 and remains as impressive as before. She hasn’t lost anything...

[@MrHe3909]

Martha is phenomenal!!

[@birgitbofarull4410]

to have been able to witness a concert of this realm is reaching heaven. if the audience missed their location, they shouldn't be on Earth. PERIOD.

[@peterlunow]

never a dull moment with Argerich !

[@constantreader8760]

Soloist & conductor both dress like their generation -- hippies. I love it. Right on!

[@jennlizzy2019]

Prokoviev Piano Concerto No. 1 is hands down in the top 5 most difficult piano music ever composed. inspiring, emotive, piano concerto ever composed.. Martha Aregriech is the most consummate pianist to master this work of art. That is a fact. I listen to many other accomplished performances of Prokoviev P.C. 1, but Martha's passion and interpretation recieve the gold medal.

[@Pogouldangeliwitz]

I love how Aregriech plays the P. C. concerto. So politically correc, comrade!

[@Muneca.b.]

Это гениально...... Хочется плакать от счастья....

[@pilarsalas6228]

no me canso de escuchar a Martha Argerich y Rabinovitch la complementa estupendamente, que asociación musical más perfecta.

[@atpr500]

Cierto. Martha es muy especial.

[@shedskin01]

I am a traditionalist and always struggled to embrace this concerto when I heard other interpretations - until today. Prokofiev and Argerich together are powerful, are brilliant! I want more! I am speechless! I’m in awe!

[@jonnieinbangkok]

Really, the first time I heard it I thought it was amazing...maybe just stick with Mozart and Schubert and leave 20th Century music to others.

[@ofilosofoouumfumante5655]

​@@jonnieinbangkokwe're gatekeeping Prokofiev

[@andreyartemenko5167]

Обожаю Марту Аргерих!!! Это супер пианистка во всем мире!!! 😘😘😘💯👍🎶🎼🎧🎼🎶😍👌💯👌

[@brucemcintosh8260]

This is my first ever MARTHA ARGERICH clip. Prior to this, i was A Virgin. Now i am Totally Besotted! Such a Wonderful Performance, despite open-air venue, buzzing insects and coughing. I really Dig Ms Argerich's excellent performance and relaxed style here. I love Rabinovic's Goth Conducting, and how at the end, he's sweating profusely, but Ms.Argerich jumps up, gives him a peck on the cheek and saunters-off Fresh-As-A-Daisy! BRAVO MARTHA ARGERICH!!!!

[@franckwade721]

+BRUCE MCINTOSH Ah ah I was at that concert, it's in the south of France, in august, that's why Mr Rabinovitch sweats a lot; and as for the cicadas they are truly insanely noisy, but when the music begins you forget them and you just enjoy. The Château de Florans is a magical setting for the piano festival, the only real annoying thing is the massive summer transit of rich and snobs who migrate from Paris posh districts to the Luberon for the occasion !

[@slowpainful]

+Franck Wade And it looks like most of them were in the audience on this occasion. Is it just my imagination or was the audience looking bored and like this piece that was modernist about 100 years ago was too strange for them? Even if you don't like a piece of music, you've got to give some appreciation to the soloist and orchestra! Cochons!!

[@Danzig987]

+Franck Wade The cicadas are one thing -- we were subjected to the croaking of consumptive frogs during a recent National Symphony Orchestra concert at Wolf Trap that was also accompanied by lots and lots of rain ...

[@mariedonofrio5598]

Phillip Nones “Consumptive frogs”? Lol! 😆

[@christopherczajasager9030]

"- relaxed style " ???? ,-more like a cat about to spring! As B.Morrison wrote : " she eats fire for breakfast "

[@sharonsmithers3711]

Just absolutely fantastic Prokofiev Concerto played with so much enthusiasm and energy, brilliant conductor and pianist thank you . Played from the heart.

[@vadicodf]

Sometime ago, I was in a speech with an soloist piano lady, and I saw "I like too much the first Prokofiev piano concert". She tried to correct me " The second?", "No, I really mean the first". She was surprised.

[@MauComposer]

What a wonderful Piano Concerto! I've heard this concerto for the very first time and I love it!

[@josephlaredo5272]

Phenomenal for anyone. For a 70-year-old, incredible. She never ceases to amaze and delight.

[@kenjohnson2567]

Have never seen pianist having so much fun playing WITH the orchestra. A superb master of the keyboard. Thank you, KZbin, Ms. Argerich, et.al.

[@tomasalfaro2011]

How wonderful is to see her playing relaxed in public, at her maximum, playing as a child, expressing without fear.. Lovely performance! (both pianista and conductor) Chapeau!!

[@hsmith1932]

I keep returning to this amazing performance of a truly amazing piano concerto. I have collected more than 1,000 CDs of all the great classical masterworks but now defer to the computer where I can SEE and HEAR such glorious music as this. Martha Argerich - what a consummate performer!!!!!!!

[@antosorbo]

Meravigliosa esecuzione di un concerto unico per inventiva e originalità!

[@adelesteff3902]

C'est toujours "pareil" avec Martha Argerich : c'est magnifique, sidérant, limpide… et puis il y a ce mystère…

[@Alix777.]

Non il n'y a aucun mystère justement, vous avez raison, c'est toujours pareil, c'est brillant, confondant de virtuosité, mais ça reste à la surface, c'est creux. En bref c'est de l'esbroufe.

[@rigel48]

@@Alix777. Oh! un petit monsieur qui n'aime pas Martha Argerich et qui tient à le faire savoir. Et avec quels arguments !

[@christopherczajasager9030]

The most brilliant, knowing and idiomatic performance I have ever heard or could hope for.I am sure that S.P. is delighted...

[@jczcameron]

Love the timpani player at 0:07 clapping with his drumstick!

[@tedjones42]

Jamie Cameron ii

[@hopesonmakokha5217]

what on earth XD

[@cahcadden]

Ha! Usually we "clap" with wood stick against wood stick!

[@stephenritchings8135]

Heh. "What is the sound of one hand clapping . . .?"

[@Jane-zh4fd]

Absolutely fabulous performance

[@Ian24s]

Glory be. Prokofiev, Argeich, and Rabinovitch !! Superb

[@Ian24s]

12:14 this is charm messing around with charm. Prokofiev

[@Ian24s]

14:46 Then he's basking in molten mojo

[@Ian24s]

Have to say there's a version out there that's superior to this. Sort of goes without saying though. Richter and Ancerl. Monsterous performance.

[@Ian24s]

Slight wince ↑ ↑

[@harrissimo]

This is one of my favorite piano concertos being played by one of my favorite pianists

[@christopherczajasager9030]

Very discerning

[@Piotr-jx4bu]

She's specjalist of prokofiev

[@estebanhaziel6790]

00:29 Allegro Brioso 07:18 Andante Assai 11:34 Allegro Scherzando

[@gabyguala]

Masterful, amazing godess Martha Argerich plays in every sense of the word with the piano, the Orchestra and the composer. It always brings tears to my eyes. Maravillosoooooo!!!!!!!!!!

[@Leo52542]

Stunning performances every time!!!!! Leo

[@ananratt8694]

She born to play something like Tchaikovsky,Prokofiev.,Rachmaninov. Once in a life wanna hear her live performance.

[@meredith218461]

Extraordinary pianism from the great Argerich. This work is tailor made for her.

[@michellechung126]

Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No 1 I love this music because Prokofiev shows his perfect talent as the composer, pianist and conductor. I love his all works as they are very magnificent and wonderful!!1

[@stephenritchings8135]

If I'm not mistaken, this was his school thesis or graduation piece . . .

[@christopherczajasager9030]

What a delight to hear this once again.

[@janicezany]

Magnificent performance! Resplendent in the requisite sparkling, dynamic pianism. I do believe that Argerich was born to play Prokofiev. Maybe he envisioned her and her formidable KB gifts in a dream the night before he composed it.

[@johannsebastianbach3411]

I just come back to this concerto when I’m feeling very down! It just makes me so full of hope again dunno why

[@jbut1208]

On the plane Richter now Argerich! Both play this in a breathtaking fashion! Why do I need more?

[@justap19]

Droga Martho, czas biegnie nieubłaganie do przodu. Wszyscy stajemy się dojrzalsi i coraz bardziej doświadczonymi muzykami. Jednak to co Pani tu prezentuje na You Tube z koncertu na żywo jest fenomenalne. Ponad czasowe. Gra Pani ten KONCERT w sposób nadzwyczajny. Żaden pianista/tka nie potrafił jeszcze nigdy dać temu dziełu tyle barw, spontanicznej narracji, tyle ciepła zarazem, tyle liryki i tyle, aż tyle temperamentu czasów współczesnych : XXI wieku. Tak, pianiści niestety nie potrafią dziś tak w sposób absolutnie unikalny, kreować ten arcy trudny technicznie i arcy genialnie napisany Koncert. Jest Pani najlepszym odtwórcą, a ściślej Stwórcą pierwszym i jedynym tego dzieła. Uważam Panią za grającą tutaj światową najcudowniejsza premierę Sergiusza Prokofieva !!!!!!!!!! Justyna Philipp, pianistka

[@BritinIsrael]

She is a "Master" musician, and has been for many years. This is another great performance of a very exciting and tuneful work by Prokofiev.

[@nickwright6034]

This is a truly magnificent performance of an outstanding work.

[@Leo52542]

Ms. Argerich is a genius at the keyboard. She plays with great feeling and emotion. She has her critics, but believe me as a striving pianist in my youth, it takes a great deal of physical work to perform and make beautiful music. I rate her above Artur Rubenstein, who I heard live in the Hollywood Bowl in my youth, then at Redlands University where I was a piano major. If only it had been Argerich. Cheath

[@saturnined]

She's truly amazing. And the way she interacts with the orchestra, like she knows their parts as well as her own - pretty damn good! (And who knew Billy Bob Thornton could conduct! )

[@mamacat321]

LOVE when she smiles at an orchestral part :)

[@hsmith1932]

An absolutely awesome performance. Surely amongst the greatest of pianists! And Prokofiev - such an innovative composer What a truly great combination!

[@rocco7131]

La maravillosa Martha Argerich, una de las más importantes artistas existentes. Bravo !!!

[@delossbrown5804]

This is an absolutely wonderful performance. My great thanks to the poster.

[@ianhays1669]

Scintillating and uncommon in every detail - powerful and rich playing with a wonderful orchestra.

[@IvanGreindl]

*Impériale* -- comme toujours !

[@dancinmiriam8165]

Glorious! The first description that came to mind. When I was a young thing I had to let Prokoviev grow on me. He is now one of my favorites. And, Martha is perfect for this piece. Thank you for posting.

[@dalereynolds970]

I love everything that Martha plays and her strength through years of illness. Great performance.

[@TJFNYC212]

I do not love everything Martha plays...her " too fast Mozart and work on the more intimate pieces of Chopin and Brahms are not to my liking...but what she does well: the Russians, Schumann, Schumann is sans pair. Her recordings and performances of the Chopin e minor concerto, the Ravel, the Beethoven 1st and 2nd are sans pair and the list could go on and on. As Eduardo Delgado says, "es única."

[@robertjason6885]

What incredibly beautiful hands...that yield both power and tenderness. Terrific performance by all. Maybe my 10th visit.

[@rationalthinker-2024]

Prokofiev possesses Martha - no other explanation for such a powerful and vibrant performance. It is Prokofiev sitting there inside Martha and playing :)

[@jbut1208]

Absolutely breathtaking playing! Bravo, bravo!!!

[@whatever5575]

i feel this music is composed by a mad genius. the level of dexterity demanded by this piece is unreal.

[@slowpainful]

This is nothing, if you haven't heard Prokofiev's 2nd concerto, it is even more fiendishly difficult. Argerich herself won't touch it, I've heard. Prokofiev was a genius, he wrote this while still a student at the Conservatoire and he won the piano competition playing this - his own concerto. It was a case of "mud in your eye!" to most of the teachers who couldn't understand his modernist compositions.

[@davidberlant5096]

@@slowpainful Check out Yuja Wang's performance of the Prokofiev 2nd. It will put you up into another world! Especially her playing of the 1st movement cadenza.

[@catharticartist1]

She is amazing. Prokofiev, brilliant.

[@joachimsteinhilber1414]

double concerto...for orchestra, piano and cicadas...

[@Microcurseex]

This comment made me lol so loud. I was looking to see if anybody else noticed the crazy hiss or if it was just me.

[@kevinvargas2763]

You made my day

[@alinonymous]

Thanks for identifying that noise; now that I know it feels less annoying for some reason. :-)

[@Hussain_Eidani]

Amazing performance ❤

[@Snafuski]

I am sure the audience, barring a few who accidentally stumbled into the festival tent, was quite aware of their priviledge. Argerich is a not exactly an unknown pianist and many many many people admire her and appreciate her genius. And I am sure many were thrilled to hear this relatively little played Prokofiev concerto. No disrespect.

[@poplife123]

The greatest living pianist bar none ......

[@cnlee3676]

Susan Scheid, thank you very much for your contributions that we all can enjoy this awesome piano concerto.

[@Nigel-fy5jg]

Sublime performance.

[@IMAWriterRobJ]

The rhapsodic, almost improvisational nature of this most excellent concerto suit Ms Argerich just fine. This, along with her extraordinary performance (also on KZbin) of the Shostakovich No 1 concerto for piano (and trumpet) are as entertaining to watch as they are to listen. Though not technically quite as pristine as she can be, she captures the youthful exhuberance of this piece. The "2nd movement"..of sorts...is, IMO one of the composers loveliest, and most evocative scores. The harmonies border on jazz before the 10 minute mark, and that almost "spooky" section at 10:30 has been imitated by several film composers, as much of this entire concerto has. It might be odd to say, but I enjoy this concerto every bit as much as the No 3. In some ways, it is No 3's companion, as is Shostakovitch's kindler and gentler No 2 piano concerto (written for his infant son Maxim) is to the composer's first Piano concerto. This is also a VERY fine video, with audio that, through my recording studio Monitors is demonstration worthy in it's balance and musicality.

[@ThePianoPlayer4Ever]

The second movement is so beautiful.

[@Daniel_Zalman]

She always had a spectacular finger staccato technique.

[@da96103]

0:20 Martha asking the audience: Don't you think he looks like Liszt?

[@robertchoward]

This is an absolutely brilliant and devoted performance! The mastery of Argerich and Rabinovitch is comprehensive, the orchestra sounds splendid and the audience is obviously very appreciative. I find several of the comments below to be shockingly juvenile and sad.

[@hendrikbarboritsch7003]

This left me in tears of joy

[@amanteamada1]

* Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No 1 * ¡¡¡ CÓMO me GUSTA !!! Este concierto es MARAVILLA PURA FABULOSA !!!!!!! MARTHA. Una OBRA de ARTE esta representación del 2005 MGRACIAS x compartir ARTE

[@paulbyrnesrmt2929]

Wowwww. That was amaaaazing. She's such a powerhouse. Never felt like she'd miss a note too. Shivers watching that

[@legatus1000]

GREAT GREAT PIANIST!!!! fabulous!!

[@cahcadden]

I like the cicada background, as well!

[@donaldmccormack7580]

Like everything she plays, Martha plays with her soul. She shows a total oneness with the music and so makes it comprehensible to us mere mortals. Thank you.

[@birgitbofarull4410]

Cuánto amor y temperamento!!!!! Como hubiera dicho mi padre: va sobrada!!! Martha grande!!!!

[@Scorpion92vi]

The greatest playing!

[@martaday8802]

Extraordinaria¡¡ MARAVILLOSA¡¡Te deseo FELICIDADES A MONTONES¡¡ Cuanto placer, cuanto deleite cuanto gozo que nos brindas¡¡ GRACIAS¡¡

[@ziegunerweiser]

Of all music written bearing the modern sound is there anything that compares to the piano concertos of Prokofiev ? What could be better than that played by the greatest pianist ever recorded ?

[@etherealtb6021]

Agree on both accounts!

[@RaineriHakkarainen]

Not True!! More colorful beautiful piano sound than Argerich=Wilhelm Kempff Emil Gilels Artur Rubinstein Radu Lupu Vladimir Ashkenazy! More powerful louder than Argerich=Mikhail Pletnev! The second loudest was Lazar Berman! More genius than Argerich=Sviatoslav Richter Solomon Cutner Grigory Sokolov Maurizio Pollini Alexei Lubimov Stanislav Igolinski! Argerich not the best genius! Argerich not had the best piano sound! Argerich not the most Powerful! Argerich can not be the greatest!!

[@VersaillesP88]

Époustouflant ! Interprétation de Martha absolument renversante.Œuvre de "jeunesse" ! Quelle fantastique expérience.

[@amanteamada1]

Siempre MAGNÍFICA !!!! MARTHA Te admiro, te a m o . bendiciones desde ARGENTINA. Sos ÚNICA.

[@jimpern]

I have said for years that Martha Argerich is the greatest concerto pianist of the last 60 years, and this video just backs that up. I'm blown away by the fact that at times she was playing while not even looking at the keyboard.

[@brjones27]

Some of the best music ever made.

[@MelancoliaI]

What a fascinating and unsettling piece of music. It sounds like what an alien who really wanted to sound like Tchaikovsky would compose. Even at this young age and musically inspired by a known master, Prokofiev just couldn't hide the fact that he was a true and original creative genius.

[@MNfrogman]

I never tire listening to this performance. It is the only other performance that thrills me as much as a fifty-year-old recording by Moura Lympany.

[@marcosmiranda6120]

Prokofiev é insano! Insano! Insanamente bom!

[@PaulSmith-qs1es]

martha is the simply the best the best at this one.

[@DC-op6no]

not only at this one

[@eva9691]

Perdón obra tocada por sus manos es la mejor interpretación ❤❤❤está considerada la pianista del milenio .