I was listening to this while working on the computer when it livestreamed during the 3rd stage. But this Sonata played by Gadjiev made me drop everything and listen to it carefully. Words like breathtaking and profound fail to fully describe this
I listened to this interpretation in live streaming. On rare occasions I got so excited during a competition: I had tears in my eyes. By far the most beautiful sonata of this edition: thanks, dear Alexander.
Listening to it for the second time now, his performance really spoke to me in the livestream of the competition, and I'm convinced this was the most striking 24 minutes in the entire competition. He connected with the music, the audience, the livestream audience, the judges, the divine!
Folks, this is the performance that earned Alex the Final round. There was no other moment in the competition that left the audience enraptured to this degree. It was one of those "musical moments" that my high school band director used to long for: an almost holy or divine experience that no one can deny. It caught me completely off guard; and to a fault, everyone on the live chat was stunned. And it's not like this work is obscure or under-represented in the competition, rather the work of Gadjiev paid off to the benefit of everyone "in the moment."
@@organboi the response is appropriate to the work. This Chopin 4th movement isn’t a virtuosic display of emotion, it’s the cold wind through the grave stones.
First of all, thank you Gadjiev for this absolutely brilliant performance. Well deserved!!! Secondly, this prize just proves that Mr Zimmerman is an all-time legend - out of all the sonatas he listened to, he picked this particular one and rightly so, this is THE BEST sonata in b flat minor. Once again congrats and Grazie Gadjiev!!!
@@tralala827727 last edition Garrick Ohlsson said he would award the sonata prize to Kate Liu, so its more likely that Zimmerman chooses the award winner
My family always tells me that I am not given to crying about anything. This sonata moved something in my being, struck a chord. Thanks for this marvelous interpretation
great romantic drive excellent performace ,not to talk about the professional control . For my taste better than the Bb sonata of the winner that did not reach my soul. bravissimo great playing of a supreme masterwork. Technique control musicality and soul.
15:21 The use of the sustain pedal to make the upper voices more colorful is absolutely genius... I've never heard this passage played this way before.
Shocking. This guy has his own voice, and it's a fantastic one. I never heard the finale like that before, where one can hear different voices among the unison going one. Glorious. And during the covid disaster, no less.
that final chord of the first movement was jaw dropping just the way he brought down the dynamic from the traditional loud final chord to a more rounded and subtle chord
Брависсимо !! Вся жизнь Великого Шопена прекрасно изложена в этойм творении гениального польского Музыканта .Огромная сердечная благодарность прекрасному исполнителю Гаджиеву БлагоДарю
какая вдохновенная игра!! Каждый звук живой!! слов нет !! Bravissimo!!!какой огромный талант!! Щедрый дар от Бога Искреннее сердечное спасибо! Великий музыкант и блестящщийпианист !!!
Spannende Aufführung dieser romantischen und fein komponierten Klaviersonate im relativ freien Tempo mit überzeugendem Anschlag und dramatischer Dynamik. Einfach atemberaubend!
Kurczę, byłem dzień później na performensie Bruce'a Lee, ale to wykonanie jest debeściarskie. Hamowana pasja Gadjeva przemawia do mnie bardziej niż wyluzowana lekkość Brusa.
A truly magnificent performance! Everything seems judged and executed just right: tempo, phrasing, dynamics, rubato, pedalling, etc. I am sorry he was not awarded first prize, l take solace knowing that we'll hear a great deal of him in the coming years. After all, Trifonov also was a runner-up at the 2010 competition.
