Today I travelled from Switzerland to Brescia in Italy to see Mrs. Uchida play Mozart. For lunch I went into a restaurant and there she sat alone at a table having lunch. I went to her table and told her that I came from Switzerland to see her tonight. She said that she will have to make an extra effort to reward my journey. Haha, who would have thought that my trip would be rewarded with this chance encounter.
Mozart has this uncanny ability to compose music that is the heights of ecstatic playfulness whilst simultaneously tinged with sorrowful yearning. All this brought to life by this woman's wonderful performance.
How can anyone speak a word about her faces. She is playing with so much enthusiasme. She is enjoying, feeling, losting herself so deeply in this godamn music. It's like a child who's having fun. I really don't feel like it's acted, i feel like she is so connected to the present moment as she plays. This is amazing. Every solists should look at her and be inspired.
I've never seen someone play and conduct at the same time, though I have heard of it. Totally cool. When she first flourished her hands over the top of the piano I didn't know she was going to conduct--I thought she was blessing the piano or conjuring the spirits of good performance, LOL!
Wait a minute . This woman was directing the orchestra and this piece never had so much emotion before than I’ve ever heard ! And then , I looked away for a minute to feed my cat . So when I got back , She was playing the piano and directing !!!! She is a force !!❤😻🥰❤️
Horwitz is Mozart is phenominal. You would not expect it to be played by him in the way he playes it. There is this great recording in the 50s where he starts with Prokofiev I think (which is evenly phenomial) than switches in an incredible manner.
Francis, people in general do not understand what the lovers of excellent music feel when listening to a concert like this. I have lost several "friends" who are completely unable to understand what I feel when listening to Wagner, Mozart, Beethoven.....
Haha, I think there are some people who don't like really dramatic reactions to music. I don't either, but if the music is good, I'm fine (And in this case, it's great!) Also, obviously I'm not a conductor, but her fingers when she conducts....... For an example of bad playing but over-dramatic reactions, cue attention to Joshua Bell's Ciaconna
The perfect evenness of playing. The oh so subtle touches of tone. The wide gamut of color that Mitsuku can bring to these delicate lines. I had a CD signed by her after a concert in NY. When I mentioned how she inspired me to start practicing again, she beamed and said, "Isn't it just a joy to play! Yes! Just to play!" She is a gift.
One of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written. Mozart speaks to us through the ages about the entire range of human emotion. It makes my heart ache and then jump for joy.. and everything in between. This is the apex of human achievement. And the performance is masterful.
this is an amazing piece, although I had sort of thought that his 41st symphony , particularly the 4the movement, and in exterem particularly , about a 2 minute stretch before the end of that 4th movement was the absolute apex of music ever. he had written it as a symphony fugue, and had 5 different incredibly amazing powerful lines of musical melodies all played at the same time at that moment in the piece and made it work 100%of course there is this, but then again, there are different apexes of music Mozart achieved, I mean that requiem mass is just amazing even though he only wrote like half of it but laid out the work for what he didn't completely finish so it was really close to what he wanted, but the stuff he finished himself was just beyond incredible. all the operas like magic flute, don giovani, marriage of Figaro and many others were just beyon compare, the flute and harp piece is literally what it probably sounds like in heaven, as well as one other piece he wrote I can't remember the name of right now. and that music at the very beginning of Amadeus, the 25the symphony, well, he was only 17 when he wrote that. Mozart as a musical genius is literally the apex of music as a whole!just think, just imagine, if he lived only a mere 10 years longer what we would have heard, and now imagine if he lived to retirement age of 65 what we would have had, it is almost incomprehensible
John Adams yes, let's just forget about Mahler, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Brahms, Dvořák, none of them wrote anything that could be considered the apex of music
An utterly magnificent performance of one of (if not my) most loved Mozart Piano Concerto's. Dame Mitsuko Uchida is a living legend - and long may she continue to be!
***** I agree. I've performed this piece and it is exhilirating to play as well. One of his masterpieces, IMHO. Also, there's some Beethovenesque stuff in the first movement if you ask me.
Andy S That's what happened when Mozart goes berserk. One of his most unconventional pieces. Perhaps that's why you associate him with the wild and rebellious Beethoven.
Sure..I hear quotes of this in lots of Beethovens works..for example the descending four notes at 1:28 is identical with what Beethoven did in the 1st mov. of the Waldstein sonata.
I try to imagine what Mozart's face would have looked like if a 17 YO Rachmaninoff came to Mozart for lessons and whipped out his 3rd Piano Concerto to play for him. "Jesus Christ, kid, what planet are you from?"
@@alhdgysz I like Alfred Brendel's version better, but obversily it goes from Mozart to not even close, no matter who tryes.. It saddens me, he didn't live to finish this masterpiece. I actually hope Alma Deutscher will some day have a go at it, as she is the most brilliant and intelligent composer since Mozart him self. What she did to cinderella is absolutely genius. I can't wait to see what her future holds. ------> Cinderella full opera enjoy. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ibvaw1eEaDk.html
How can this only have 47k likes? One of the single most beautiful pieces ever written and done spectacularly. Motzart’s music is exciting, beautiful, playful, dramatic, longing, dramatic, dreamy, heartbreaking, breathtaking and phenomenal. Theres a reason his music is still studied and performed today. It stands the test of time. His music is a spiritual experience.
Absolutely, the best k466 performance ever. It is overwhelming and unsurpassed. Especially in the third movement, I can really hear angels singing. Literally God-given talent
I dont see a single flaw in this rendition. Some renditions are either too fast or too slow some are high in the wrong places and low in the wrong places but this here is perfect.100%
french would say "tout en finesse" ... it seems she's dropping the notes like water from a source. Magic, happiness and harmony. She is not playing the music, she's sharing a beautiful story. Thank you for sharing ❤
I don't think a professional, well rehearsed orchestra needs conducting in a Mozart concerto any more than a string quartet does, but yes, great talent!
Je n'ai pas de mots assez puissants pour décrire les émotions. J'ai été submergée. Merci. Deux talents de génie réunis, Mozart et Mitsuko Uchida. Une interprétation inspirée par la grâce, le travail et le don ! MERCI.
After searching the net... I hold this version of the concerto to be the best :) She is absolutely amazing, the dynamics, tempo, playfulness... it's also good sound. Although I also like Gulda's version, this is the one I listen to daily.
Not a single moment of this performance was devoid of enchantment. Listening to this interpretation is like rediscovering the sound of Mozart. Thank you for sharing this.
Wonderful...the music, and the performance. As Haydn famously said to Mozart's dad on the night Mozart performed this piece..."before God and as an honest man I tell you that your son is the greatest composer known to me."
I just watched this again and I got totally overwhelmed to the point of tears. I'm still at work. It's just magnificent!!! Uchida is just... I mean, she's JUST!!!
Почему я люблю дирижеров? Особенно восхищаюсь женщинами, кто пришел в эту великую профессию. Смотрите на эту красивую женщину британскую ПИАНИСТКУ и ДИРИЖЕРА Мицуко Утида и восхищайтесь тем, что среди нас есть такие одаренные, кому подвластна великая музыка, и они способны создавать ее с помощью музыкантов своего оркестра!!! ВЫ будете слушать это произведение и с закрытыми глазами, лежа на своем диване, и просто рядом с другими делами, которые будет делать под эти звуки. ВЫ вернетесь к этим прекрасным звукам обязательно МНОГО РАЗ, потому что музыка Моцарта, пианистка - дирижер М. Утида, оркестр слишком хороши, чтобы ВЫ быстро забыли их.
+Andy S Looks brilliant to me. With such expressive and precise movements , the orchestra knows exactly what she requires. Soloists conduct very frequently, especially with chamber orchestras. Are you saying this because she's a woman? If so , you're living in the nineteenth century !
I am trying to image Wolfgang, playing and conducting the very first performance of this concerto, with his own piano with pedal-board. But this lady...I am speechless....
I have no words to describe the feeling listening to this masterpiece, my favorite Mozart piano concert ever, so much power, so much love, takes my breath away....
The Passion of Mozart’s entire life is flashing in this one concerto. And in this inspired performance, Uchida is tapping into that life logos of Mozart. Note her eyes are mostly closed during the performance and when they are open, she is not looking at the physical objects.
Feel the stress developing in the harmonies. I could listen to this every day and find new nuances in her interpretation. The orchestral backing is superb. They sense the inner turmoil of Mozart that she is producing in this performance
VICTOR LOZANO ORTIGOSA I SAW HER IN PERSON 😀 she was AWESOME. My school brought the eight grade band members to symphony hall in boston, and we watched her rehearse
La miglior concertazione tra strumento e orchestra che si possa comporre o immaginare. Mozart è un'esperienza così intima che diventa un percorso religioso dove non prevale il bene o il male, dove non c'è luce né tenebra, bensì la vita stessa, con tutte le sue espressioni
The best orchestral introduction to this piece I have ever heard. Very syncopated and savage. Love her playing and what she awakens in the orchestra in this piece.
That's not only playing piano or conducting an orchestra. It's something much more than this. Mitsuko Uchida is a true artist will be always on the Earth with her music!
Whenever I listened to his music of Mozart’s d minor piano concerto, I can’t help but hum the melody-the melodic themes-together! The themes are so lyrical and singable. All the descriptions by others are so true to Mozart’s music. You can never become tired or bored of his music and Uchida’s expression of it. So beautiful indeed.
@@acryingonion Could totally detect the Beethoven @12:20 with the repetitive banging of the same key, and also @12:26. My fav cadenza for this piece. 2 of my musical heroes' joint effort. Do you happen to know when Beethoven wrote it?
+david sym It is a poor and insensitive generalization to define all of Mozart's music as 'gentle'. Although some of his pieces may be in a light, airy, style not all fit into this broad category you present - this piece happens to be out of the scope you force all of Mozart's music into. Need another example? Look at the Reqium.
Se o próprio Mozart estivesse presente na plateia estaria emocionado com o desempenho dessa grande pianista japonesa que, além do mais, sabe conduzir uma orquestra sinfônica como poucos e sente-se a emoção no ar , impressionante.
Its nice to think Mozart composed this piece when he was the most happiest. His son was born and his wife and father (who was visiting Vienna) were finally getting along.
the exacting play of both orchestra is so good. Reminds me a bit of Toscanini conducting. Also great recording tech, for once the timpani don't kill everything, just short and to the point
Flawless! She lets the music flow through her to us. All of these musicians were each enjoying the music as much as all of us listening and watching this incredible performance! She’s so beautiful in and out!
Это исполнение… пианист и оркестр - это не просто музыка, это живая стихия - Мощная! Волшебная! Прекрасная! Захватывает и не отпускает! Великолепно! Спасибо!
One of the worlds best pianist and performer of Mozart alive today. I had no idea that Mitsuko Uchida also conducted her performances. That was a wonderful surprice. I would have loved to be one of the musicians in this orchestra. Mitsuko is so clear in how and where she wants the music to go. Fantastic!❤
The shaping of this performance defies speech. Exhilarating, alternatively sweet and pleasing, ominous... mkaes one wonder how one could do without Mozart. No way.
