Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto n. 5 op. 55 - Dino Ciani / Claudio Abbado

Dino Ciani plays the Prokofiev's Piano Concerto n. 5 op. 55
Claudio Abbado conducts the Rome Symphony Orchestra of Rai
Severino Gazzelloni, flute
Rome, 1968

[@NOSEhow2LIV]

Fantastic,most gripping,with all the edge-of-seat qualities not often found today,complete with broken string and demented devilry,the 3rd movement particularly savage,the orch coming thru by a miracle.Abbado,conducting from memory- what a risk in this rare piece,works wonders with a sub-standard orchestra who rise heroically to the occasion;love the intensity of 4th mvt. How wonderful to find this unexpected document;thank you so much for sharing it.

[@antoniavignera2339]

Prezioso documento. Grazie!

[@burjreview]

Prokofiev was a genius, and this performance one of the best. LOVE the second movement.

[@marcparella]

This was 1968 when Prokofiev still scared the stuffing out of most symphony patrons. Today there are All-Prokofiev Concerts all over the world.

[@infoqwe]

3 grandi musicisti per un grande compositore.
L'amico Dino in questa performance mostra tutto il suo talento.
Grazie per la pubblicazione,

[@nuevopianista]

QUE BELLEZA , MI CONCIERTO FAVORITO!!!!! AL FIN ALGUIEN QUE SUBIÓ ESTE VIDEO , MIL GRACIAS, YA ME HABÍA CANSADO DE ESCUCHAR LOS 3 PRIMEROS, ESTE CONCEIRTO ES LO MAXIMO, GRACIAS .... TOTALES

[@ssprokofiev]

This is priceless! Performances of the Prokofiev 5th were rare in 1968 and this excellent account is therefore quite a treasure. The pianist performs with great spirit and Abbado conducts with his usual precision. Bravo! A fine post! Oh... I should also mention that to have Severino Gazzelloni in the orchestra, an artist who performed the Prokofiev Flute sonata so well during his career, is an added treat!

[@muslit]

abbado conducting by memory - sweet!

[@verasantarelli4088]

Un video che vede insieme due miti Dino Ciai e Claudio Abbado nel Piano Concerto n.5 ...Esecuzione che testimonia la grandezza di questi due immensi musicisti ...Dino Cani ci ha lasciato giovanissimo in un tragico incidente d'auto, ma le sue esecuzioni testimoniano una stella di prima grandezza nel firmamento pianistico che non sarà mai dimenticato!

[@giovannirivoira5496]

Che splendore!grazie!!

[@wolfgango1991]

Grazie mille per questo tesoro!

[@ukdavepianoman]

Meraviglioso. Very vigorous performance of this wonderful work by Prokofiev.
Grazie mille per questo video.

[@WCaron23001]

This is fantastic! I have been looking for a video of this iconoclastic work forever...thanks for posting!

[@albertocantoni5064]

Un concerto molto particolare ma con Dino Ciani e Claudio Abbado tutto diventa grande musica

[@AfroPoli]

Fantastico... sublime - grazie mille!

[@verasantarelli4088]

Sublime video con Dino Ciani e Claudio Abbado!

[@Nessuno777]

Grazie mille!!!! Non avevo mai visto un video di Dino Ciani

[@goodmanmusica]

grazie per questo raro video!

[@tuomasperttula5827]

Broke G-string in 1:55.... so much that I love Prokofjev, why did he have to do this😆

[@fed809]

Grande esecuzione. Dino Ciani e la splendida orchestra della RAI di Roma degli anni d'oro, orchestra che è stata eliminata negli anni 90. Un vero crimine contro l'Italia e gli italiani. Ci avevano suonato tutti i più grandi dell'epoca, compreso Igor Stravinsky

[@jakubstruzynski8124]

I. Allegro con brio 0:10
II. Moderato ben accentuato 4:47
III. Toccata: Allegro con fuoco 8:22
IV. Larghetto 10:22
V. Vivo 16:55

[@umegghju]

Dzięki Kuba

[@wnaenni]

Grazie mille!!!!

[@volodya2]

Azz! Grazie!

[@LuciaVenturiniViolaConcert]

Meraviglioso!!!

[@ssprokofiev]

I see that I commented on this video almost a year ago, finding it a brilliant offering. I would like to add that I find it puzzling that Dino Ciani was not better known in his time. He was a brilliant pianist. That is obvious. He should have been ranked with Pollini and maybe even Michelangeli. If I can judge from this performance, he was that good.

[@ssprokofiev]

Ah! Now I see that Ciani died in an accident at the age of 32. What a loss that was! Surely he would have become recognized as one of the great pianists of his time.

[@WCaron23001]

Now if I could only find a video of Prokofiev 4 for one hand, I could die a happy Prokofievphile.

[@snaaptaker]

I'm about three years late (Sorry!!), but there is a video of Prok4 on YT, with Gary Graffman. If you haven't yet found it (and I hope you have), Check it out. Enjoy. ☺

[@WCaron23001]

snaaptaker Thanks for the reference. Awesome, I love this weird little one hand concerto.

[@fortepianowalter]

ma quanto ha corso qua Abbado? era ancora giovane.. :)

[@carlosbonds2513]

William Kapell= Dino Ciani =32 legends.

[@pacomaschio]

Musica!

[@volasemprealto]

waw ma che talento!!!

[@MrInterestingthings]

Committed to this music as they all are .The last few pages of 4th movement are divine but hard to make sense of this work at first hearing.sometimes Prok uses neo-classical lean textures and other times not but the harmony is always 20th century!

[@mol4d]

yes

[@elwisw]

La BBC ha 5 orchestre ed in Inghilterra non c`e` la tradizione per questo tipo di musica...

[@AaronPetitPiano]

0:21 Sviatoslav richter violin.

[@Bulbophile]

lol

[@blauereiter1]

se vedo quello che ha messo non mi piace gli sputo in un ecchio.

[@carlosbonds2513]

dino ciani = william kapell great artists

[@cubanbach]

that was very Faustian.....

[@GiuseppeFochesato]

.... but, is it music??

[@Rajamitaj]

Ciani looked like Dustin hoffman

[@felicetodde5773]

Do you have good glasses, and above all a good acoustic trumpet?

[@chl6824]

I don't intend to accuse prokofiev(and people who like his music)....but I can't understand his musical sense at all.

[@chl6824]

*****

[@cubanbach]

hahahahah you think?

[@Kalen1457]

Personally I hate this concerto...it sounds WAY too cartoony.