Mitsuko Uchida - Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 4 in G major, Op 58 

She and the orchestra are really talking to each other. A fabulous performance.

Who the heck waits for all the build up and anticipation and then COUGHS on the opening note?! Put a sock in it or get thrown out!!!

Who looks around like she does to the conductor to the orchestra and how she looks to her keyboard the way she does with excitement of a child playing is a true musician. The 4th probably the most difficult concerto for interpretation and technique is well developed. A great interpretation by a great musician. Love Beethoven love her.

THE best live performance I have ever attended was of Ms. Uchida playing piano and directing from the piano the English Chamber Orchestra in Mozart's piano concerto no. 22. Us, the audience, was left stunned by the performance. I felt emotionally moved with sort of a buzz for several days afterward. This happened nearly 40 years ago and I still remember it vividly. I even remember Ms. Uchida's outfit.

i swear the fucking audience has their own cough concerto going on

Her Beethoven is tremendous.

The most skillful and heartfelt interpretation. Uchida is most talented but also a special person who is here to make our world a better place.

Doubtlessly one of the greatest piano players of our times! She plays Mozart, Beethoven and Schumann in the most perfect and soulful way.

The way how she understands and 'sings' the orchestra parts, I can already predict how great her performance will be...

There's a reverence and delicacy in this performance and Dame Mitsuko has the magical ability to illuminate the whole work differently from any other pianist. So good that it dragged me away from my reading until I had to desist altogether. A very rare occurrence.

Talk about dramatic moment ... that entrance fixed with anticipation and then such gentle pressure on the keys to bring out the sublime. A gift that keeps giving, thank you Mitsuko Uchida.

神のつくった芸術。 言葉が出ない。涙しか出てこない。

Mitsuko is probably my all-time favorite pianist!

The performances of Uchida on Beethoven, Mozart, Schumann, and Schubert will always be very close to my heart. She understands these four so well on a musical level, that whenever she plays their compositions, it is almost as if she is communicating with them directly. It is the joy of every composer to hear their composition come to life, and Uchida is there to explain to them how beautiful the music is that they heard in their heads. I am sure that Beethoven, Mozart, Schumann and Schubert would be happy to know that their compositions are still played, and at such a high level of musicality and sensitivity.

[00:11] I. Allegro moderato [20:50] II. Andante con moto [25:39] III. Rondo (Vivace)

Ms. Uchida's style is well suited for Beethoven's most original piano concerto. She captures it's mercurial qualities, playfulness, mistery and ethereality.

Great performance! Haters get over yourselves regarding her facial expressions. If you've ever played Beethoven, you know the music is amazing and your body gets possessed by the spirit. She's also communicating/acting to the conductor so he can interpret and react with the orchestra.

I want to praise the wind instruments and conductor for adding such gorgeous and balanced color behind Uchida. It really enhanced the performance.

If you only hear the first few chords, you are in another world....Thank you for this inspiring performance

What a wonderful dynamic and heartfelt passionate performance... To me this was Beethoven's finest piano concerto... It has the most beautiful second movement - Mitsuko and orchestra were playing together perfectly... Bravo

After listening to Ms Uschida's masterclass right before, takes this masterpiece to a even higher level.

What a second movement . What a wonderful dialogue between piano and orchestra. What messages of pain and hope at this time when the world is about to explode.

Memorable performance, beautifully played, I was in the arena, near middle front. One of my favourite Beethoven 4 symphonies.

Aaaah, the fourth ... ! This uniquely magnificent and beautiful concerto. Hard to describe this performance because it is just so, so incredibly brilliant .. !!! The orchestra and conductor, absolutely fabulous. And excellently recorded. Mitsuko Uchida is almost beyond description. Her interpretation is just so amazing that it shows perfectly the under realized great genius, giant genius of Beethoven. You can see in the this whole performance what a giant Beethoven really is.. That very short coda to the first movement and final coda shows very clearly this great genius of Beethoven, all so magnificently performed by orchestra and Mitsuko. Fantastic 😊

A gem. She is pure joy and sublime emotions.... Live performance transcendent beyond music and listening; another communicative conscious realm. That's great art.

la concentration et la préparation du premier accord !!! ces deux mains avec le poids du corps !!! superbe !!!

WHAT a recording! headphones on, sit back and relax to experience a trip. WONder full. What control, what dexterity. Beautiful. I suspect that my brain does not work as well as hers and I'm grateful to hear it. Complete and utter respect for the conductor too though. What a marriage of conductor, soloist and orchestra. In parts it's sublime. Leaves me full of love and admiration for the piece and the art

The purest approach to Beethoven both from soloist , conductor and orchestra.

i COULD WATCH THIS LADY ALL DAY. i LOVE HER PASSION AND THE CARE SHE TAKES OF THE MUSIC.

Sitting, listening in my car at lunchtime I just heard her play this on WQXR radio New York and had to make a comment. I do not know if I heard this particular recording or a different one, but I am stupefied at how she can make that piano ring like a bell. I do not know what the correct term is, but I'll call it a "glissando" how she strikes the keys going up and down the Scale, and I heard each note ring like a bell, and the low notes were played much like thunder in the background... As others said here, the first word that comes to mind is "sublime". Edit: I am listening again, this time on RU-vid on Bose Earbuds, and I must say it sounded more dynamic when I heard it in the car, plus the was no audience noise between movements (maybe it was muted on the radio) or this YT recording is different from what I heard on the radio.

Mitsuko Uchida is living every sound! the magic of music!!!

This wonderful woman was born to perform this concerto, Beethoven's most heartfelt and introspective. Her playing reminds me so much of Emil Gilels.

I feel Beethoven's soul in Dame Uchida's piano performance.

Her articulation is extraordinary.

I love Uchida

Mitsuko Uchida is well known as a Mozart player, but this performance proves that she is excellent in Beethoven as well. 内田さんはモーツアルトの演奏家として知られていますが、この演奏を聞くと、彼女のベートーベンも素晴らしいと思います。シカゴでの生演奏も何回か聞きましたが、彼女は本当に日本が誇る世界最高の演奏家の一人です。末永く、御健康を祈念しています。

This is the best interpretation ever listed for the concerto n°4. The sentiment and interpretation of the pianist is equivalent to the compositor genius. Sublime using deeply the piano virtuality, Mitsuko Uchida is technically flawless. Relevant is the sublime way how she extracted the superb sound, that becomes this masterpiece magnificent. The player interior feeling of the music is amazing.Viva Beethoven and this superb pianist!!!

God gave Uchida to us. she adds so much grace and lightness on the keys. Great orchestral color from the players.

The entire orchestra without a shadow of doubt is postively belessed.

Für mich eine persönliche Offenbarung. Sie hat sich schon seit längerem in mein Herz gespielt. Uchida gehört für mich zu den 2 besten Pianistinnen aller Zeiten. Aber hier geht es über die Normalität weit hinaus. Ich höre nun seit über 55 Jahren Klaviermusik und hatte selbst einmal einen originalen Steinway Flügel.. Aber ich kann mich nicht erinnern so ein wundervolles Klavierspiel jemals gehört zu haben.Haben Sie Dank dafür, Frau Uchida !!

Mrs. Uchida, great concert pianist, dynamic and sensitive at the same time. A great performer of the genius Beethoven.

I think she is in another realm and is feeling every note i n her spirit

GREAT MUSICIAN , GREAT PIANIST, IMPECCABLE STYLE , ORCHESTRA , MARISS JANSONS , THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC.

This is now my favourite piano concerto.

I love how when she lands that final chord she reveals how much force it had required all along.

Namumyohorengekyo it's ultimate Beethoven piano concerto ever played out so absolutely perfect. True music captured Uchida no other pianists could ever realised. what a grace and sprit

She is so unbelievably AMAZING! I love the faces she makes too :)

shes such a genius. beautiful. phenomenal

All credit to the visual and sound directors and production staff. Every musical moment captured perfectly.

Just without any words: Beethoven! The Master of classical music! It`s music from heaven. Heavenly, celestial, divine, godlike! There are three Masters: Bach, Beethoven and Mozart. And Beethoven is surely one of the Greatest artists ever! It‘s like a dream, Not understandable for a simple human being!

Her dynamic and control is unreal. A true maestro pianist. The understanding of the structure and the execution of beautiful piano playing. Unlike any no. 4 I’ve ever heard. Truly sublime.

So beautiful and powerful and yet delicate like the wings of a butterfly. Wonderful performance orchestra and all. Mitsuko Uchida has such grace, expression and total command.

28:13 My favorite segment; always brings tears in my eyes. my lost love returns to my memories............

Uchida, Jansons, the Bavarian RSO - what a combination!

This can only be a work of a genius!!

‘Ole sister Uchida plays this most Shakespearean poetic of piano concertos like an Ancient Greek tragedy chorus whispering at the impending death of the heroic Titan. This, my favorite of Beethoven’s piano concertos tells a dynamic tale that’s both earth shattering and redemptive. If music expresses wordless odyssey’s this truly epic journey takes all the world along to stand in awe at the expression of the great genius sonic boom by Ludwig Van Beethoven. PWG

A treasure of an interpretation !!! Bravissima Maestra Uchida ! RIP Great Maestro Mariss Jansons :(

Absolutely exquisite. I could go on for days attempting to describe the beauty, eloquence and resplendence of Ms. Uchida, this orchestra and Ludwig Van. It just gives me chills.

I like Mitsuko Uchida very much.Her performance is great

Beautiful...I have seen this video maybe 100 times!

Wunderschön interpretiert. Das spürt man schon beim ersten Anschlag von Mitsuko...

There is so much pure joy in this concerto!

this is the most inspiring and soulful performance for me! With lightness and verve!

She really flexed with those ornaments in the beginning of the final movement 💪🏼

She gives me goosebumps. Such passion.

A Fabulous live Performance by Uchida/Jansons and Bavarian Radio Symphony. This must be a pinnacle.

Großartige Leistung von allen, Orchester, Dirigent, Uchida und natürlich vom Komponisten! Danke fürs Teilen.

Merci Mitsuko, pour cette sublime interprétation du concerto no 4 de Beethoven ! Que du bonheur !

What a wonderful combination, the orchestra and Uchida playing as one... Uchida gets the utmost soul-felt sounds from this wonderful piano concerto, in my opinion, one of the best that Beethoven wrote, especially that wonderful slow movement..... Every time I hear Uchida playing this I feel like I have gone to heaven.....

Absolutely gorgeous!

In a performance of this concerto at the Leeds piano competition, the conductor Mark Elder, believed that the slow movement to be inspired by the trial of Jesus by Pilate. Listening to this wonderful performance on Good Friday, I'm inclined to agree with him. "Where do you come from?" he asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him no answer. Thank you sharing this.

My favorite concerto to play bassoon in.

El duo perfecto.Mitsuko Uchida al piano y conduciendo Mariss Jansons y luego una magnífica orquesta.

She is one of the Gramophone Hall of Fame. Well done!

I love her expression as she plays. A God given talent!

She speaks to Beethoven himself in the moment before her fingers touch the keys

Amo troppo questa donna ❤ Grandissima! ♥️🌈

twoset brought me here and I was not disappointed

uchida made my day.. what a wonderful life..

Absolutely fabulous videography and sound by the BBC.

She appears to have Gods Blessing.

Uchida is magic.

one a of the best composizione ever,,, ludwig i love youuuuuuuuu

She gave me a new insight for much further improving my own performance. Thanks so much Ms Uchida.

The 4th Concerto and the Choral Fantasia always leave me in tears of joy. What a great combined effort by soloist and orchestra! Bravo to all.

This beethoven concert is really a másterwork only for high spirits AMD sensible...

I've listened to this piece with wonder and ecstasy for 50 years (still thick the Fleisher/Szell is the best). I think Ive heard it just too many times, and then time passes and I hear it again, like now, and it's magic again; really, a miracle.

Goosebumps to the cadenza! Outstanding!!!

I still say Ludwig was the world's first great jazz composer

Thank you. Utterly lovely. Every moment. This sounds ridiculous, but she reminds me of Evgeny Kissin in that when she performs I am never seized by anxiety that she may do something “wrong.” For me, she is a perfect pianist and musician, with a delightful sense of humour and mischief. Thanks also to the orchestra and to Mariss Jansons for a great performance.

Ella nos demuestra que con pasión, esfuerzo y mucho sacrificio el ser humano puede llegar a realizar las más difíciles proezas.

meravigliosa ineguagliabile interprete, donna di immensa sensibilità, affascinante!

Mariss have gone and I have no notice about Mitsuko! She plays wonderfully this concert!!!

It can't exist a better rendition of this concerto (except for Backhaus)

People who are joking about Ms Uchida faces don't deserve to be here

Top performance💕💙💕💙💕💙❤Divine🍀

Very pretty,her performing is simply,faithful and respetable,happiness.

Beautiful!

Goddess of the piano

Marvelous!!