Max Reger - Klavierkonzert f-moll op.114 (P.Serkin, GWO, Blomstedt) 

This concerto is FULL of Unresolved emotions. I don’t even think Reger understood what he was composing. It just seems like an ENDLESS road and no where to go.

Super! Endlich eine kongeniale Aufführung dieses zu Unrecht vernachlässigten Geniestreichs. Danke!

REGER und 2Gentlemen am Pult und Flügel, umrahmt vom GWO - purer Hochgenuss 😊

Thanks for uploading this concerto. Obviously Peter Serkin's dad, Rudolph, was as great a Reger champion as Herbert Blomstedt is now. It's a splendid performance, and in particular the spirituality of the Largo 22:40 in the middle is stunning.

Ich bin über alle Maßen begeistert! Endlich eine Filmaufnahme von der 114!! Und dann noch mit Blomstedt und Serkin! Ganz großen Dank, Sie schließen eine Lücke!

Es en verdad, una gran interpretación. Un gran concierto. Estoy sin palabras.

His father Rudolf performed this concerto with the Philadelphia orch

A totally unforgettable work. Have just watched a live performance from the Phiharmonie Berlin with Marc-Andre Hamelin.

Meines Empfindens nach eine der verrätseltsten spätromantischen Musiken, hier in einer Weise gespielt von Peter Serkin, der dem Werk in seinen Tiefen die aus Regers Lebensstil wenig vermutete Religiosität gehört spürbar wird. Ich erlebe hier Orchester, Dirigent, Pianist und Klavier kongenial verwoben. Diese Aufnahme berührt mich sehr tief und nachhaltig, ja geradezu erschütternd.

Grazie molte per questa importante esecuzione e per aver postato il video... Ovviamente il Concerto Op 114 di Reger rimane, quantomeno per l' ascoltatore medio, uno dei meno appetibili Concerti solistici scritti per il pianoforte.... Non vi si trovano temi suadenti od orecchiabili, non ci sono virtuosismi brillanti e giocosi, né trovate timbriche accattivanti, ma questo brano rimane esemplare, in qualche modo, non solo dello stile maturo del suo Autore, ma anche del perfido, sottile processo di dissolvimento della tonalità che in Reger trova attuazione mediante un impervio e grandiloquente uso dei procedimenti cromatici, che innervano ogni parametro della scrittura, Melos, armonia e strutture polifoniche.... Il fascino più direttamente fruibile della pagina sta nell' uso forte e retorico di una tecnica pianistica post- brahmsiana, colma di accordalita' pronunciata sempre con enfasi, e in un gusto espressivo quasi kitsch, tesa come è la pagina verso una emotività incandescente e feroce, in continua lotta con la materia.... Grazie, documento importante questo video.

what is happening is rather intense...

Wow. This is a wonderful juxtaposition of deep reflectiveness and torrents of activity.

Reger could not write a so-called pretty melody. But no one can write music as Reger did. He could write very complex and dense music with very simple motive. He was another kind of genius. Anyway P.Serkin looks like Reger. :)

Much understanding of Reger by the conductor and soloist

... Qué Gran misterio la música... Como puede ser que compositores como éste no me transmitan absolutamente nada? Y un Rachmaninov o incluso Schoemberg me lo dicen TODO!

Благодарю!

Well, Reger certainly was not Brahms and he struggled to write memorable melodies and often got lost in excessively dense structures. But this concerto has quite some great moments. Wonderful to have such an exemplary reading of it. ❤

WUNDERBAR!

A really very good recording. Reger's compositional outpouring, however, remains mostly like hot lava rolling over everything.

26:45

Sounds like everything except F minor to me.

As good as it gets. Wonderful to see Blomstedt and Serkin and the fabulous orchestra. But this concerto never was and never will be a hit. Reger tries so hard to say something with all his notes, but he doesn't really get there. Perhaps he hadn't anything to say... Lots of sauce but very little food underneath.