Vondracek's finest moment. His studio recording of this concerto is several minutes longer, more rhapsodic and consequently more diffuse. This is tighter. The pianism is jaw dropping and the conception both original and convincing.
@MichaSchlechtriem5 жыл бұрын
For me this is the geatest interpretation by far of this work I have ever listened to.Kudos,Lukas!
@benediktschlegel82334 жыл бұрын
hahahaha what a joke. The version of Giltburg was miles better. Vondracek only did his own interpretation which is very unintelligible for these orchestra. He only played some unrhythmic notes. Further he forced himself to play as loud as possible... I can't stand listening this all the time because I lost my focus for continuing listening.
@MichaSchlechtriem4 жыл бұрын
@@benediktschlegel8233 Vondracek did play this work with my orchestra too.I found it genial and we had no problem following his way and ideas how to play it.It was eye opening for a lot of us.I am ok with you having a different taste,but don't tell me I am telling jokes!!!!! This I find very offensive.I am a pro and not telling jokes!
@jungwirthmartin3 жыл бұрын
@@benediktschlegel8233 definitely not, this version exceeds Giltburg 100 times, technicaly better, musically definitely better and mainly no rubatos for which Giltburg is well known, yes, Giltburg is definitely better at making rubatos every 5 seconds, this is the way how he interprets this concerto as well as preludes by Rachmaninov, terrible!
@benediktschlegel82333 жыл бұрын
@@jungwirthmartin sorry I want to hear a natural feeling and a whole story which isn't the case at Vondraceks version. Even the orchestra couldn't follow him neither understand his story. Vondracek destroyed the natural feeling by using useless and wrong accents. The limits he showed us are needless.
@jungwirthmartin3 жыл бұрын
@@benediktschlegel8233 the jury of the competition had a different opinion:)
@pietermoonen5 жыл бұрын
Drie jaar voorbij en toch steeds wondermooi!!!
@natalievandenblink78025 жыл бұрын
Of all the endings Ive ever heard of this piece, Lukas playing from 54 onwards is the most stirring, the most heart-plucking Ive have ever had the pleasure to hear. Oh this must have been how Rachmaninov wanted it to be played. I find myself clapping non stop at the end. Its just magnificient !!! Thanks and BRAVO Lukas van Dracek. !!!
@benediktschlegel82334 жыл бұрын
I don't think Rachmaninov would like this version... This version is the death of classical music. Sometimes too fast, different phrases didn't match each other, too many heavy accents, rhythmically irregular, orchestra had difficulties to follow him,...
@katerinasofie68794 жыл бұрын
We are proud of you, Lukáš !
@JJTownley_Classical-Composer8 жыл бұрын
As surefooted and solid a performance as I've ever heard. Mr. Vondracek certainly has the goods to be a major pianist of the 21st century. He reminds me of a Czech Bronfman in his crouch and in his face, not quite Bronfman's girth however.
@judsonbrian90233 жыл бұрын
I guess im randomly asking but does someone know a tool to log back into an Instagram account?? I was stupid lost the password. I would love any help you can give me.
@rhysethan22643 жыл бұрын
@Judson Brian Instablaster :)
@TimAerts14 жыл бұрын
This was incredible!
@pureeschaap5 жыл бұрын
@escapiststupor: Thank you for uploading this. The official website of the Queen Elisabeth Competition is a monstrosity! I remember watching this (on screen) when it was performed, and, I think every connoisseur and non-connoisseur (the latter if watching) knew "This is it!". It's only a competition, but he transformed his performance in a transcendental experience. You can also notice the orchestra, lead by the truly great Marin Alsop, is thoroughly enjoying the music. Just check some of the performers while playing: their relaxed body, dreamy eyes while performing! He was the "winner", but that didn't matter anymore. For the Belgian and Dutch fans: he's coming to Antwerp, Queen Elisabeth, playing Rach III, 2/2/2020!
@Lobbelt4 жыл бұрын
Exactly, I was watching this and immediately shared on social media: "turn on your television and watch the competition because this is music history in the making". I can't put my finger on it, but this performance is magical.
@akrishnaa4 жыл бұрын
Goosebumps! Stupendous technical ability coupled with the greatest artistry - thrilling.
@pietermoonen5 жыл бұрын
Subliem!!!Zeer blij dit werk terug te horen in 2019!!!
@leprifacioncustard49216 жыл бұрын
17:20
@PalumboComposer6 жыл бұрын
beautiful contemporary piece… the pianist reminds me Yefim Bronfman in the style and approaching to the piano
@natalievandenblink78024 жыл бұрын
Bravo Bravo Bravo Lukas - whenever I want my heart to be uplifted and thrilled, this is it -- the ending is pure utter magic !!!
@Nicolas300614 жыл бұрын
Misschien al 100x bekeken en iedere keer komen mijn haren rechtop te staan: zo FANTASTISCH mooi. De emotie die hij in zijn spel legt. Brrrr kippevel.
@natalievandenblink78024 жыл бұрын
Yes brrrrr. my hair also can stand up with this performance. Sorry I cant speak your language, but I understand what you are sayin.g
@benediktschlegel82334 жыл бұрын
what a joke... i am in a nowhere while listening these version.
@benediktschlegel82334 жыл бұрын
@@Nicolas30061 Wat een lachertje. Ik hoor geen enkele vorm van emotie. Hij deed maar alsof of hij probeerde emoties over te brengen wat niet lukte. Verder speelt Vondracek heel onritmisch en plaatste hij onnodige accenten. Giltburg daarentegen weet wel hoe dit meesterwerk gespeeld dient te worden. Daar kon hetzelfde orkest met dezelfde dirigent goed volgen en het logisch opgebouwd verhaal goed begrijpen.
@edithhegnauer76658 жыл бұрын
Spectacular, from beginning to end!!!
@benediktschlegel82335 жыл бұрын
too spectacular and too theatrical... No music at all and very irregular which is a big shame. These story isn't understandable.
@koenbaens14285 жыл бұрын
@@benediktschlegel8233 In my opinion music is still very subjective. the fact that YOU don`t like the artistic freedom that is displayed in this performance does not mean it is played badly, it just means that YOU don`t like this performance. It is a fact that a lot of people (Including a couple of people in the orchestra which I know) like this performance a lot. another fact is that he won the competition, and I don`t know you so I can not say a thing about your knowledge about playing the piano in general, but I guess that the judges are more then competent to judge if he was the correct winner of the competition. Please let it go: instead of bragging about this performance, look for one that suites you and enjoy it...
@benediktschlegel82335 жыл бұрын
@@koenbaens1428 that is a real joke. Maybe only some people of the orchestra liked these performance. I think the first horn player wasn't happy at all when Mr. Vondracek runned away in the beginning of that masterpiece. A competition and classical music in general is always a hard world. For me it's a matter to play music in cohesion with orchestra and not only playing piano.
@koenbaens14285 жыл бұрын
@@benediktschlegel8233 There is a difference in `I think` and `I know`. I know for a fact that a lot of people from the orchestra liked the performance, and you think dat the first horn player wasn`t happy, there is the difference: as long als you don`t ask the horn player, your statement is pure guessing and has no value at all. Next to that let me ask you a question: are you an active musician playing in a group on high level, playing with soloists? because i have the feeling that you have no idea what cohesion means in the context of a soloist. in my opinion (an the opinion from a lot of critics that where talking about this competition) something magical happens between the orchestra and the soloist. he might be coloring outside of the lines, but the orchestra is evenly expressive as he is at times. Let me be clear here, I am not trying to convince you that you should like this concerto. I just want you to understand why music is subjective and why a lot of people like this version. In the end there is only one thing that matters: DO YOU LIKE TO LISTEN TO IT? if not, move on look for other music that suits you...
@mr.strange75934 жыл бұрын
@@benediktschlegel8233 The only story being incomprehensible is yours.
@timothyvanaudenaerde45695 жыл бұрын
A beautiful version...
@benediktschlegel82335 жыл бұрын
An ugly version. Mr. Vondracek hasn't understood the philosophy of that piece which results in coordination problems with orchestra. I don't hear the main theme in the beginning of that piece in other parts.
@Ev-wj3lm5 жыл бұрын
Benedikt Schlegel maybe but he won
@rpgisaboutlife43963 жыл бұрын
Listen, really listen, and, maybe you'll hear it as a very high qualitative jury did.
@benediktschlegel8233 Жыл бұрын
@@rpgisaboutlife4396 I have listened other versions. This version can never match Giltburg, Horowitz and Rachmaninov himself. A very unrhythmical and unnatural style of playing of Vondracek. No concept, no real story telling, wrong accents, bad coordination with orchestra.
@lydericmaes62785 жыл бұрын
L’une des plus belles cadences jamais jouées. Notez la polyphonie et la régularité dans le “choral” à 16 voix (2x accords à 4 sons dans le registre aigu et 2x accord à 4 sons dans le registre grave en réponse) Il semble être l’un des seuls à avoir compris que chaque note de chaque accord a sa résolution dans l’accord suivant et que ce jeu de 2x 4 sons + 2x 4 sons crée l’illusion d’avoir 16 voix.
@pauldelcour3 жыл бұрын
As a professional musician it makes me sad some people claim to have absolute knowledge of art. Art is personal. That's what makes it art. Like it or don't, but never ever think you can win someone over to your opinion about art with arguments. Let art be art and enjoy it!
@benediktschlegel8233 Жыл бұрын
sorry this version hasn't created real art caused by musical and technical mistakes. Even the story is unclear
@laviniataormina23944 жыл бұрын
La perfezione.
@lydericmaes62784 жыл бұрын
His cadenza is super good 👌
@rostislavtobolka9529 Жыл бұрын
A Butterfly's Dream: 0-14´ Concerto n. 3 in D minor op. 30: 17´ - 1:00
@luc30648 жыл бұрын
only 2500 views :(
@JaneyBall7 жыл бұрын
4800, now ... still low.
@spwim4 жыл бұрын
20k now
@pascalcocquyt45643 жыл бұрын
Mooiste klassieke stuk ooit geschreven. Nooit te evenaren door niemand.
@pascalcocquyt45643 жыл бұрын
Lucas vondracek plays very emotional this rach3. Great pianist like yefim bromfman.
@gerdlindlar19803 жыл бұрын
overwhelming
@ripinpepperonies97545 жыл бұрын
58:50 his mouth says "aahhhh fuck"
@j.d.miller42033 жыл бұрын
In my opinion, Rachmaninoff would have been horrified by this performance, as I am. Rachmaninoff preferred his music to be played with emotional detachment. Vondráček is overly sentimental with this music, overly emotional. Just do some research on the performance philosophy of Rachmaninoff, and you will find that I am correct about this. When Rachmaninoff is over-sentimentalized the result is gushiness, which ruins the melodic line and destroys the overall architecture of the work in question. That is exactly what is happening in this performance. I don't mind pianists who take a new approach to this work. The problem is that *this* approach is in direct contradiction to the known performance preferences of the composer himself.
@MorbidMayem3 жыл бұрын
Lol, if you want real unbearable sentimentalism go listen to Giltburg.
@j.d.miller42033 жыл бұрын
@@MorbidMayem I just did! Oh my God I'm vomiting as I write this! You are so correct! Rachmaninoff would have taken back every note! So sad!!!!!!!!!!!
@benediktschlegel82333 жыл бұрын
@@MorbidMayem Sorry Giltburg is able to express one story or one concept. The performance of Vondracek goes to no man's land.
@MorbidMayem3 жыл бұрын
@@benediktschlegel8233 Yeah, the concept of garbage.
@rpgisaboutlife43963 жыл бұрын
@@benediktschlegel8233 You are welcome in no man's land with your rather no man's remarks. Stop being "objective" as you can't be.
@kennethdower74254 жыл бұрын
Revolting. He plays this masterpiece like it's a score for some daytime soap opera. He has no concept of musical architecture at all, it's pure effect with way too much sweat. Disgusting.
@kennethdower74254 жыл бұрын
@Simon Matthys LOL! You _clearly_ are an arrogant total fucking *moron* who knows nothing about music or piano performance, not to mention proper grammar, and is easily triggered by someone with a strong dissenting opinion. Bravo 👏
@zgart3 жыл бұрын
@@kennethdower7425 funny that you should call someone else arrogant and then proceed to be extremely condescending as well...
@zgart3 жыл бұрын
@@kennethdower7425 the problem is you claim that he plays it like a daytime soap opera and has no concept of musical architecture but you don’t really support this with any evidence. I find that at this level, the most “unusual” performances (kopatchinskaja comes to mind) the performer actually has a very good understanding of the structure of the piece, and so they have the ability to manipulate it in the way that they feel, which always creates controversy, but I believe that is necessary. How boring would music be if every performance sounded the same...
@benediktschlegel82333 жыл бұрын
@Simon Matthys please listen carefully to this performance. A total chaos and no cohesion with the orchestra. A very boring performance where he didn't succeed making the whole musical story understandable. And a lot of rhythmical mistakes and wrong accentuations.
@benediktschlegel8233 Жыл бұрын
@ Kenneth. He can't even play Brahms and Beethoven
@benediktschlegel82335 жыл бұрын
For me not good at all musically. I hear a lot of stupid and noisy accents. Further I hear a lot of irregularities and stupid tempo changes which results in bad a coordination with the orchestra. The main theme in the beginning of this piece has been the most important one. I don't recognise these theme in other places of the whole piece. It has no sense to listen the whole concerto if you aren't able to play the main theme rhythmically. It's very difficult to focus on listening when some phrases left the musical phases. Mr. Vondracek played too much for himself. Beautiful example is the main theme played by the horn in the beginning. The horn player had difficulties to play that theme because Vondracek was running away.
@mr.strange75934 жыл бұрын
I disagree, Lukas put a whole new view on this concerto, mainly because of new tempo's. And ultimately I feel it makes a lot of sense. Did you know that the orchestra itself marked this concerto as a 'special' one? It's true they needed to keep up with Lukas but they also claimed there was a sort of energy coming from him and the piano that made them feel lifted and energetic.
@benediktschlegel82334 жыл бұрын
@@mr.strange7593 The same orchestra played this concerto much better with Boris Giltburg in 2013. It depends on the soloist.
@mr.strange75934 жыл бұрын
@@benediktschlegel8233 Is this again an attempt of you trying to turn your opinions into facts or do you have an actual source?
@benediktschlegel82334 жыл бұрын
@@mr.strange7593 The fact is that the same orchestra played different. The fact is that most of the humans want to hurry up, even in music.
@mr.strange75934 жыл бұрын
@@benediktschlegel8233 No no, the fact you were trying to chase is that it played 'better'. Orchestra's play different with each and every concerto. What is the point you're trying to make here exactly (leave out your pointless opinions).
@lourdessantiesteban31875 жыл бұрын
There is no comparison with the artistry of Martha Argerich. He, poor thing seems to be practicing with a lot of effort. It is a very difficult concert and you have to be a real artist to perform it.
@mr.strange75934 жыл бұрын
Get your head out of whatever it sits in.
@mr.strange75934 жыл бұрын
@Simon Matthys The same goes for reviewing your comments before you post them.
@benediktschlegel82333 жыл бұрын
@Simon Matthys Yes this is what you are doing. How hypocritical.