The Sleeping Beauty Tchaikovsky arranged and performed by Mikhail Pletnev

Live performance from November 1989 given in The Wigmore Hall, London. Unfortunately the first few notes are missing but I believe the quality of the performance as a whole easily makes up for this. Pletnev recorded this commercially around the same time but there is far more risk taking in this live performance. Not available commercially.
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[@adriennebeecker5000]

The GENIUS of Maestro Mikhail Pletnev illuminated here in the arrangement and performance. What a gift his music is to humanity!

[@ericrouach]

pletnev did this arrangement with true respect and love, fantastic!

[@michaelbrodsky1221]

terrific--as much for what it says about the greatness of the score as for what it reveals about the brilliance of Pletnev's transcription--and rendition. Truly grateful for your upload.

[@MrPizzazz79]

Its a real treasure to have this live recording - around the same time as his Virgin studio recording. Both are strikingly if only subtley different.. Thanks so much for sharing this ! Any chance of the rest of the concert ? We're waiting with bated breath!

[@user-zm5zu3po4e]

Бравоооооооо!!!!!!!!bravissimo!!!!!!!!!!!

[@hotbebimauz]

Thank you for posting this superb and creative performance. Pletnev is a genius for writing this arrangement and his his variety of sounds, dynamics and emotions is beyond belief. His interpretations are always full of vividness and surprises. Pure magic.

[@2snowgirl520]

Thanks for posting. 🎼🎹

[@adriennebeecker5000]

Absolutely transcending!

[@koichiyasutani9732]

Thank you for sharing the live.

[@philharmonikerfan]

I think this was available on Virgin Classics, coupled with the Tchaikovsky Pathetique symphony with the RNO in a 2CD set. And perhaps the Phillips Great Pianists series. Not this performance, a studio recording.

[@classicaloracle]

Absolutely sure. I was there! I left the cassette recorder timed to run at home. Recently edited this digitally in Adobe Audition but have not interfered very much. The quality is good because it is a Nakamichi cassette recorder which was the same one used to make the recording. I will post the rest of the concert in due course.

[@tufsoft1]

Pretty sure I was there too, he gave a beautiful performance of Pictures at an Exhibition

[@1psoas9]

So much MUSIC in this performance. Some people play all the notes but none of the music. Here the notes are there but what you hear is the music! I hear that at a recent Rachmaninoff concert in NYC Trifonov played the Silver Fairy's variation for his encore. Maybe this is the new Russian school,. Let there be more playing like this!

[@АлександрЖихор-н7п]

Патрясающе

[@Konstantin_Mamontov]

Adagio, bar 76, third note in right hand accidentally played F (correct is F sharp), after that, all of the following pianists perform the same wrong note

[@Janaceks_Dad]

Fantastic, but the piano is miked too close up, making the playing sound harsh in louder passages

[@classicaloracle]

It's a cassette from the 1980s and the BBC made the original recording. Pletnev was playing loud and hard and, as I was at the concert, I think the recording quite accurately reflects the sound he made on that day.

[@zinam5795]

After A. Ziloty!