Pogorelich is a genius. I don't know why they couldn't make it to the finals of the Chopin competition. Such resonance! They brought out the hidden serene sadness in the major key-so moving! It's the best interpretation I've ever heard, bringing tears to my eyes.
The cameraman is a total no-talent! The "bird's eye" shots are a misunderstanding, and the constant close-ups on the pianist's face instead of the keyboard show that the cameraman has no idea about music. In addition, the film shows serious lack of synchronization between image and sound, and the image compression blurs the movement of the fingers. You can listen to this, but not watch it!!!
Ланг Ланг это музыкальный пустышка ,не понимающий ничего в высокой интерпретации музыки, бездушный тапёр ,не уважающий публику и произведения великих композиторов , которые он превращает своей ,, интерпретацией ,, в шумную трескучую мусорную кучу музыкального хлама .
For the "Doppio movimento," he chooses the most stupid-sounding tempo I've ever heard, creating an utterly silly, comical effect, no more dramatic than a Moszkowski etude. The contrast, then, between this tempo and that of the lyrical section that follows is disproportionately gigantic, resulting in an overall architectural 'trainwreck' of sorts. Even when played "properly" (i.e. without exaggerated tempo differences), this movement is difficult to "hold together," but this ill-conceived interpretation is a musical disaster. While the rest of the sonata is played well enough, it's unfortunate that this all-important first movement ends up making a rather poor 'first impression' on the listener.
Like most pianists, he completely ruins the opening 8th-note material of the first scherzo. Everything is the same flat dynamic. Why don't they play the crescendi? To my knowledge, only Benjamin Grosvenor does that.
Mikhail Pletnev - Andris Nelsons No. 1 Chopin PC in E minor, Op. 11; Russian National Orchestra; Orchestra arrangement by Mikhail Pletnev the hall of the Moscow Conservatory in 2004
P's interpretation of the last movement is a let down for me. I have Godowsky's marvelous version in my head. Godowsky finds counterpoint there, where Pogorelich just finds notes. P's version of this is thoroughly modern, no inner voices, no rubato and for me, no interest. Please note: this. is the first time I've criticized anything by Pogorelich.
Pogorelich puts fear back into this piece, as it should be. This interpretation reminds me of Godowsky's grand performance of this sonata. I saw Pogorelich a few times. He was the best of the new post-Horowitz pianists. I love his work.
Плетнев играет самобытно, без всякого пафоса, спокойно, я бы сказала достойно, очень мне нравится. Послушайте еще этот концерт в исполнении Алексея Султанова. Это наш гениальный пианист который уже, к сожалению покинул наш мир очень молодым, и о котором несправедливо умалчивали и умалчивают по сей день в нашей стране!
IMO, those were the best years of Pogorelich's piano. From my particular POV, it's hard to find pianists comparable to that Pogo. Curiously enough, I know more videos than pure audios of that epoch. There are some video gems here in YT. Thanks for putting it here.👍
