Martha Argerich / Erich Leinsdorf / New Philharmonia Orchestra Franz Liszt : Piano Concerto No.1 in E-flat major London, 1973 1st time full video in colour
There is an irresistible momentum in Martha Argerich's playing. It is brilliant but not flashy, it is powerful but not brutal, it is sensitive but not maudlin, it is her and nobody else.
This is my favorite Argerich performance of the Liszt Concerto #1 in Eb. So much power, brilliance, and lyricism. And she played the concluding octaves at 17:20 so fast! Even faster than she played them during other performances of this concerto.
Thank you once again! I remember there was a fragment of this in Georges Gachot's documentary and I always found it sensational. Great to see the whole performance now!
There has been an excerpt with the first movement turning up on RU-vid for several years, but what a fantastic experience to see the whole performance. My gratitude Charles! Leinsdorf didn't care for Liszt (according to his autobio), but I cannot imagine that he would not have loved Martha's effortless prowess in one of Liszt's greatest works. I grew up near Boston when Leinsdorf was director of the BSO, and I still remember a concert with Serkin playing the Mozart D minor and my first exposure to the Brahms Bb.
@@william-michaelcostello7776 Judging by the RCA recordings issued during L's reign, things were rather a mixed bag, though that is another discussion. I attended very few BSO concerts as a boy, a bit highbrow for my parents, though every year we went to the Pops. Arthur Fiedler was kind of a God in Boston at the time, and he had an incredible charisma, hard to describe. But the evenings were always so festive, and I did learn new (serious) repertoire.
Aparte del hecho de que es una pianista genial, creo que no hay otro musico clásico con una colección tan grande de presentaciones, colaboraciones con otros musicos, entrevistas, libros y documentales en su haber. Coinciden su emorme talento , con su éxito y su fama.
At 6:20 now that's a hairDO honey lol. It would be fascinating to know what Liszt, arguably the most influential pianist and piano teacher of all time, would have thought of Martha's playing.
@lourensg on the whole true. However, from the 60s, there's an astounding film (must have been very expensive to make) of Tchaik 1 with Weissenberg/ Karajan. if anything, it's a bit over choreographed. Here, there's more sense of spontaneity/ live occasion.
