Thanks for uploading this. I must say this is one of the most musical interpretation of this sonata I have heard (I have heard a dozen interpretations). I am not a fan of Pogorelich but his interpretation is the first I hear, where the pianist takes a far deeper musical approach and the musical interpretation is placed far above the the usual mechanical (technical) aspect. Well done Mr Pogorelich.
This is a titanic, stupendous, and unique performance; this great pianist always gives us more than the notes.whether our not you care for his interpretations,. coupled to one of the. most gorgeous tones and tonal palettes of any pianist known to me. I adore him.
Tonaly beautiful and very strange...Pogorelic makes such a magical world of music...He is allowed to transform music because he rules piano in every possible way...Something like Maria Yudina...He transforms music reather in something more beighter then others.He does not abuse music like Glenn Gould...He simply make it brisder and brighter and so allow new insights in many composers...
In this interpretation Ivo lays all his wondrous cards upon the table, a gift to this world in honesty and profound insight, a measure of the master himself. Thank you ivo for spending time with us. Go well.
Very cool actually. He does something new with it. Powerful, sonorous, rhythmic, articulate with tremendous clarity, poetic and...rather tempestuous where it needs to be. Why not?
truly miraculously work of interpretation. Such genius. I just close my eyes, listen to this and imagine "The Tempest" story in my mind. He really made me to loose myself and dive deep into imagination. Magically now I just sit there with Pogorelich, with Beethoven and Shakespeare. Thank you Maestro for this experience and being part of my life
I heard him play live in Harrogate years ago. One of the great musical experiences of my life. Utterly unforgettable interpretation of Mozart's Alla Turca, for instance. Delicate and deeply intelligent playing. Not for the many perhaps - but so what?
Ingenious and quite personal, I can even understand opinions below diverged. How a classical artist having so many fans and anti-fans even in his 50s.... There has been pros and cons on almost every interpretation. Kinda living legend of Ivo Pogorelich. Then why no more new release since 2007?
ivo is way beyond sound, ...pogorelich has the most powerful and perfect union of form, harmony and melody, i have no doubt he is the best interpreter ever, surpassing maria callas and horowitz, and at the level of the greatest composers to whom he seems to play for.
Unité et cohérence dans la conception, choix personnels et séduisants.Poésie et passion remarquablement maîtrisées.Très beau, vraiment très beau. ET prise de son "à la hauteur".
Immense interprète...plus subtil , peut-être moins fougueux qu'à ses débuts, plus mûr, et qui semble transfigurer le drame dont il a mis si longtemps à "émerger".... jeu d'une grande sensibilité . Hélas trop rare en France
So very odd and yet very convicted. Some pianists' unconventional interpretations of pieces just sound random, with no structure, or as if they are trying to do something different and it really is just for show. It is obvious that he is playing exactly as he wants to.
+Olav Blok Oh yes he does -- but not in THIS interpretation I've known -- and performed -- for over sixty years. In other repertory his strained, grotesquely slow tempi and exaggerated dynamics make listening to him an This, however, despite its admitted eccentricities, has much to recommend it.
Por favor,si hay alguien que sepa de que año es wsta grabación que lo diga,me parece genial,como todo lo que interpreta Ivo,pero,pienso que pueda ser de sus primeros veinte años ,o menos,como intérprete. Gracias
Il invente des conflits dans le dernier mouvement...et c est ce qu il fallait faire !! On entend les vagues se fracasser sur les rochers , et non , comme f habitude ,voit une rivière monotone couler !
Ouaghlani Alaa's channel. I guess by taking new routes to interpretation, is what I mean. He’s very daring, and at the same time very careful to stay true to what I think he feels is the intention of the composer.
Very romantic rubatos for BEETHOVEN. Difficult to follow the beat, particularly in the slow movt. The final movement should have 3, not 2, beats per bar!!!
What a pity too much 'sostenuto', and does he make music with the right beat, due to the sound of the 'Viennese Classic'? - For me he changes the tempo too often. Parts are beautiful in sound but not in style!
I had to stop listening about half way through. I think it is uncontroversial to say that this fiasco of a performance from Pogorelich, (though technically without fault) is way out of range of any stylistically normative standard for a Beethoven performance. But that is nothing new for Pogorelich.
+lourak613 Horse Puckey! It just doesn't fit your preconceived notion of how one should play Beethoven. It's certainly not the way I played it, and I wouldn't want to, BUT that doesn't stop it from being completely fascinating. When all this music we know and love so well was brand new, there was no STANDARDIZED way of interpreting it. Of course, I agree it speaks to me directly from the page, and I have always based my interpretations on my instincts -- and a considerable amount of tuition by a few great masters of the instrument ;-) -- but there is no ONE WAY to do these things. I'll say one thing for Ivo, he makes us LISTEN. His playing moves the concert going experience far away from the usual stilted ritual -- mind numbing celebration of the expected with no surprises allowed. The second movement is beautiful by even the driest, most academic standards. Ivo plays with great depth of feeling. Unlike Gould, who did many outrageous, truly unacceptable, even offensive things to Beethoven and Brahms, Ivo is not merely putting us on.
Thanks for responding to my comment! Well - not to belabor the point - It is an indisputable fact that Beethoven was not shy about giving instructions to the pianist when a major change of tempo is called for. The extreme swings in tempi, from Pogorelich, in this performance, would unquestioningly earn Beethoven's wrath. Again - this is not to question Pogorelich's genius - that is not the issue. The pianist must not impose his own personality to the detriment of what the Composer desires to communicate. Not with Beethoven, at any rate - his personality was about as much as we need to get a thrilling and profound message...
C'est faux, c'est même tout le contraire ! Pogorelich, depuis sa reprise des concerts et son ralentissent systématique des tempos, donne une nature vivante et organique aux œuvres qu'il interprète, à la manière de Celibidache.
