Emanuel Ax - Brahms - Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major, Op 83
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Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major, Op 83
1 Allegro non troppo
2 Allegro appassionato
3 Andante
4 Allegretto grazioso
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Bernard Haitink, conductor
Live recording. London, Proms 2011
![Yuja Wang: Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major Op. 83 [HD]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/BszBccYHuAk/mqdefault.jpg)
There really isn’t another pianist quite like Maestro Ax. Whilst a world class musician, his down-to-earth nature exudes kindness, humility, and enjoyment. What a lovely man.
Brahms 2 makes me feel privileged to be alive. So does Emanuel Ax.
I'm sure Emmanuel Ax feels privileged to be alive after playing this noble and grand work.
How is every piece by Brahms a literal masterpiece. and Emmanuel Ax gives him so much justice!!!! Amazing job!!!
Brahms is well known to have burned many of his works which he thought were less than great. And in his very last days when he knew he would soon die, he burned many of his original manuscripts of works we have never heard.
@@watutmanthat’s extremely disappointing. I have been listening to classical (umbrella term, I’m well aware) music for over 20 years now and somehow skipped Brahms. Only in the last month have I decided to give him a solid try and OH BOY have I been missing out.
@@DStrick2008 I never get tired of listening to his German Requiem. ua-cam.com/video/ZXU9vqVdudM/v-deo.html
No matter how many times I listen to this Brahms concerto, there are still layers and depths of meaning that are conveyed each time I listen. Such beauty Brahms plumbs.
I saw him live over a year ago.. Such a delightful pianist, and also a very respectful and modest man in the way he adresses his audience :)
His playing is awesome, and how he keeps eye contact with orchestra. I never had the privilege to attend his conceets . But as to modesty and addressing the audience, by way of contrast: take this selfindulging superstar for instance, one named Mr Schiff: when someone had a fit of sneezing during a Schiff-Goldberg-variations matinata I attended some 25years ago, the maestro literally stopped playing, and instead of politely saying "Gesundheit" with a smile and thus making lifelong friends of the whole audience, he told that guy in the audience off in an embarrassing way. (no, it wasn't me😄)
Owing to his anal sphincter like behaviour that morning he will always remain engraved in my memory as just that: an anal sphincter. And I don't care the length of the three letter accolades trail behind his name.
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The greatest piece of music ever written!
Emanuel Ax so easy to warm up to. He radiates his own warmth when it comes to the relationship with “his” conductor, “his” musicians, “his” piano etc. What’s not to love??? I’ll be his disciple any day of the week!
Thrilling. Transcendent! Sublime.
Simply one of my favourite piano concertos of all times. Long live to Johannes Brahms, Emanuel Ax, Bernard Haitink and this wonderful orchestra!
I love this guy. Ax so clearly takes delight in his fellow musicians. The synergy between him and them gives rise to something sublime. Brahms would smile.
ditto!
I think part of the synergy arises in how well Brahms weaves all the instruments together.
Laura Siebenga Brahms was the most amazing of composers. How he was able to get so much power out of an orchestra of Classical-era proportions was unprecedented in a time where orchestras were expanding exponentially (think Mahler, and Bruckner).
Brahms: the arch-Romantic, yet always guided by a sense of Classical period constraint.
That's for sure. Can't you just see that image of Brahms smiling. I just love his music.
I forget how he put it but Ax has said he's a huge fan of all his colleagues and truly loves to hear them (he probably knows many many of the best on a personal level). What a fine guy!
Masterpiece of symphonic literature. One of the most inspired pieces. Beautifully played by Ax and Haitink
Such a beautiful collaboration between the well loved Bernard Haitink and the much admired Emanuel Ax. Such pure music.
It never ceases to totally blow my mind how anyone can write a piece of music like this let alone play it. Ax said he's always a little nervous playing the Brahms Second because of its complexity. He doesn't look nervous to me. He seems to be enjoying it!
Brahms’ music is so dense and mesmerizing. That second movement has such a huge sound.
It's worth it just to watch Ax enjoying himself.
Listen to his music is a privilege and a pleasure, looking at him wiggling smiling and singing makes the performance more alive and happy. He is also a delightful human being. I love him!
What an incredible performance. Maestro Ax blends into the orchestra perfectly when required, his staccati imitate perfectly the pizzicati of the strings. I’ve rarely seen such a symbiotic relationship between a soloist an€ the orchestra.
the piano player is a joy to watch as much as the orchestra plays beautiful music
I saw Mr Ax yesterday in the Naples, Florida Philharmonic, also playing Brahms. What a wonderful person, just so natural as he is here. Never posing or displaying false emotions. Great pianist! Thank you.
@Tahmas Shiraza He is..and loves what he does. I have never understood the rub against the man.
@@flapnoman he is. I observed him performing and working with the student orchestra at IU during a summer session (early 80's?) and he was wonderful. Energetic, funny, and so naturally collaborative.
1.Allegro non troppo 0:02
2.Allegro appassionato 18:14
3.Andante 27:51
4.Allegretto grazioso 38:47
Thank you, Erkan -- I really needed to hear the Andante again. It moved me so much that I could not just leave it behind to go into the next movement. Now I have heard it twice again.
Nice one.
I really love the Allegretto Grazioso....it make me feel so.....I don't know ...so excited and energetic.
What you get in spades from an Emmanuel Ax performance is pure unadulterated joy with the piece he is playing.
He smiles, he wiggles in delight, he looks at the orchestra with surprise and joy.
Emmanuel, you are great! I love your playing! There is room in this concert universe for a great human being and you are that person!
A brilliant pianist!
I agree !!!
Truly "one buttock playing"!
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@Musa Rudy Instablaster :)
I love how mister Ax is turning to the orchestra frequently, like he is the conductor. I haven't seen this before!
A lot of the old fashioned musicians/ pianists do this- to conduct along with the original Conductor- to keep the tempi and the rubati up to excellent contrapuntal precision.
I forgot how much I love this concerto.
The audio on this vid is excellent... thanks to all who played it, AND to whoever was the sound engineer.
Love this guy! He radiates warmth and his involvement with “his” orchestra, conductor and piano 🎹 moves me to respond. He’s made me his fan! I love Emmanuel Ax!!
One of my favorite piano concertos. Emanuel Ax was just amazing when he did a special performance with the Orchestra Iowa in 2018. 🎼🎹🎵❤
I saw an interview with E. AX & Philadelphia orchestra conductor Yannick Nezet Seguin, both seem like gentlemen but I was really touched with how down to earth and likable Ax was. And grateful every day he can do what he loves. I really respect him
My ultimate favourite performance of this concerto❤❤❤❤❤ thank you
Emanuel As is a stand alone "marvel" and "charmer" at the same time. I couldn't agree more with others who have left similar complimentary remarks. Brahms compositions
are charged with such energy and deeply conceived melodic content. Folk music is
not far away in his thoughts, as it is with many other composers. Bless his spirit, which has become his legacy of inspiration and admiration, to say nothing of the exhilarating delight left to us to enjoy and respond to in our individual processing. Lucky us to have this performance and for the effort to post it.
Ax. Haitink. And some of the world's best instrumentalists, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. I like the light and balanced sound that comes from having just the right number of string players, neither too many nor too few. And truly we won't find better musicians playing this music.
I saw this Brahms cycle in Amsterdam, 4 symphonies combined witj the concerto's, 1st concerto/Ax, violinconcerto with Janine Jansen and the double concerto with the Capucons, simply the best Brahms ever.
Simply an amazing live performance. All these prerecorded, edited masterpiece productions are fine and dandy, but nothing compares to the raw, unedited brilliance and emotion of a "one-shot" performance of such a fabulous work!
This is one of my favourite concertos. I learnt it when I was about 18 but was never lucky enough to play with an orchestra. Emanuel Ax is one of the best players of this concerto I have heard, and I have heard many but no one can surpass him. He is so natural and a joy to watch. He obviously loves playing and being in touch with the orchestra. I love the way when he is not playing he likes to watch the orchestral players with real joy. Thank you Emanuel. You are a sublime player and give me great joy every time I listen and see you.
I fully agree
The Best Brahms concerto no 2 players Are really Sviatoslav Richter with The Paris Orchestra conductor Lorin Maazel=Richter The Genius Brahms piano concerto no 2! Grigory Sokolov With The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra video UA-cam from 1987! Sokolov The Best piano sound Ever! Sokolov The most vital rhythmic Beat! Sokolov The most Titanic!) 3: Edwin Fischer from 1942!) 4 Van Cliburn! Why Van Cliburn because Van Cliburn better than The stiff Claudio Arrau and Arrau' s stiff Brahms concerto 2! Van Cliburn better than The Mechanical Boring dull stiff machine player Ever Krystian Zimerman's Brahms concerto 2) 5: Khatia Buniatishvili in Israel The Rubinstein competition! )
😊😊😊😊mn. Nnnnnnnnnnnnno
@@RaineriHakkarainenYou disliked the Zimerman recording?!?! (assuming we’re talking about the 1985 recording with Bernstein). That recording is exceptional in quality and clarity.
Siento lo mismo. Hermosa pieza. Magnífico pianista.
The first time I heard this concerto was a recording of Van Cliburn playing I was hooked.This was also as masterful, Bravo.
A relistening and still the best. In my youth I enjoyed Clifford Curzon's performances of this concerto and they too took me into another world.
I remember the first day when Emmanuel Ax came onto the stage to participate in the Rubinstein competition way back in 1972 and it was clear right from the beginning that he was a great pianist. This is so close to Rubinstein's performance. It has all the different textures of sound and clarity and nobility. Grandeur and NONE of that awful banging you hear from lang land or even worse that guy Kissing.
And that cello solo at the beginning of slow movement😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 oh my God. But whole.orchestra sounds superb, what a great musicians are they... unbelievable
This has to be my favourite piece of music - the interplay between orchestra and piano is sublime. I first heard it played some fifty years ago by the Greek pianist Gina Bachauer, whose interpretation was magnificent. I have been searching for someone who played it as well but I thought everyone else fell short of her performance, until now - this recording is perfect. Thank you so much Mr. Ax for this wonderful music. I listen to it so often.
Stephen McCarthy New Zealand 2.3.2018
I just love reading fellow music lovers comments about what a piece of music means to them and their memories of past performances or recordings. Thanks for sharing! Wishing you many more years of beautiful listening. 🌺
What a fabulous piece of music!
After being so besotted by Horowitz for many years, once I discovered Emanuel Ax I was smitten, especially with the Brahms 2 - it was one of the first I learnt and always my favourite. I too love the way he obviously enjoys playing and I love the way he interacts with the orchestra. What a wonderful amazing musician. Thank you. This is one of my very favourite recordings of Mr Ax. He is a truly rare musician.
Emanuel Ax is my musical hero. I listen to him all of the time when I am driving to the coast here in Australia. This is my favourite piece of music.
This brought me to tears. Ax is magnificent!!!!
Ditto Virginia. And we all smile when Brahms smiles. Especially Maestro Ax ❤️
I was there, BBC Proms No. 49, 2011
Bravi. BRAHMS is wonderful, this is a masterpiece
Bravo! Bravo! Once again, Ax delivers a magisterial reading of this leonine concerto by tossing off its complex and virtuosic structure with resistless aplomb.
Beautiful performance. What an incredible work! If I had to choose a piano concerto to take with me to a desert island for eternity, I believe this would be the one.
Im the same one, so lets go together! 🙂🤚
This is one of my favorite concertos of all time. I first heard it played by Rudolph Serkin with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra in the early 60s from a Columbia album my father had, which i still have. Since then I've heard it performed by many artists including Vladimir Horowitz, but always came back to Serkin. This performance is the best "non-Serkin" I've ever heard with the added benefit of video. It's not an easy concerto to play. Anyone who can master it deserves the utmost credit. Ax does a fabulous job as well as the orchestra. His left hand is incredible. Thank you Classical Vault for posting this.
Try for example versions from Wilhelm Backhaus
@@lablous I've heard Wilhelm Backhaus play it. He does a great job.
I also have that album and have always loved all my recordings of Rudolf Serkin. I saw him once live at Penn State University when I was an undergrad in the ‘60s. I loved the sound quality of those Columbia records, especially those engineered by John McClure. This Ax video is outstanding and brings visual context to my appreciation of Brahms. I played it last night for my 2 year old grandson. He does not tolerate music he doesn’t like. He fell asleep during the second movement, a sort of Brahs lullaby.
@@chriswaters4598 I would think the third might be more peaceful to fall asleep to but obviously he enjoyed it, the most important factor. Thanks for your reply.
The way he engages with the orchestra really draws you in ,wonderful to watch and a truly wonderful performance and probably a wonderful human being.
I saw him played at the opera house in Sydney. He is amazing. I almost cried
Je suis très impressionné par le ' détachement ' que le pianiste semble avoir, avec son jeu.
Cette envie de communiquer avec l orchestre, avec le jeu, mais aussi avec le regard.
Cela montre une technique et une maîtrise exceptionnelle, une connaissance de chaque note de cette oeuvre majeure, de chaque instant de cette pièce maîtresse de Brahms.
Pour moi, l une des meilleures versions live, un ensemble cohérent, spectaculaire, et tellement émouvant dans l andante, avec ce magnifique thème, notamment, au violoncelle.
Bravo, bravo, bravo !!!
incredible performance. Ax is such a wonderful musician.
I was never a huge Emanuel Ax fan - I may have to reevaluate after this performance - warm, lucid and flowing with a fantastic arc. Magnificent - bravo sir!
+eeradinator
GENAU so ergeht es mir! Dieses 2.Brahms von Ax ist eine Sternstunde...auch vom Orchester generiert! Das Orchester spielt keinen langweiligen Ton. Ax trifft Tempo, Dynamik, spielt bis ins Letzte mit differenziertem Ausdruck.
Wunderbar dichte Geschichte, das 2. Brahms so gespielt.
Herzlichen Dank an Alle!
Have you heard his Beethoven no.4 recording?
A brilliant performance: how could any pianist be note-perfect in playing such a demanding piece?
Check his Mozart PC 22 on UA-cam. I haven’t been a fan of his in the past, but that’s changing.
I saw Emanuel Ax a few weeks ago and he's is a wizard on the piano! He also engaged with us as the audience and played a number of encores, it was so lovely :)
Many nice comments here on Manny Ax and rightfully so. I forget sometimes just how great he is. And the joy he shows making music. Wonderful.
Good Lord: Maestro Ax, Maestro Haitink and the Chamber Orchestra bring to life the best piano concerto ever written!! This is a stunning collective effort that develops into the musical heavens. This is the performance that keeps us suspended until the final notes. Thank you so much for this foray into perfection.
Emanuel Ax is a confident pianist. He is competent and masterful. His playing allows me to get at what Brahms is conveying.
You can really tell he's enjoying the orchestra as much as we are. Cool!
I love how Manny seems to converse with the orchestra! Like, we're all in this together, mates! He's wonderful! I think he carried the orchestra along, more so than Maestro Haitink. But bravo to all!! Especially the cello soloist!
And live recordings are best, most pure feelings, no polished or several takes. Love love it. Incredible collaboration and feel between orchestra and Emmanuel❤❤❤ how I wish to listen to this again somewhere live
Such a deep, rich tone! Fearless playing.
I love Emmanuel Ax. Excellence, humility and warmth. And Brahms #2 is such an amazing piece too. My favorite section in this piece starts at around 26:20. Great recording, thanks so much for sharing.
Also my favourite section is around there!
26:24? ❤️
2:25 ❤ beautiful theme by strings
6:50 ❤ beautiful theme by piano
14:28 ❤ beautiful theme repeats again ❤
When will we stop applying term “the best” to our favorite musician ? There were and still are incredible pianists, that brought joy to our ears and hearts. If they sound “perfect” to us, that doesn’t matter they are to others. Pianists’ different interpretations make the same music multifaceted, colored differently. Otherwise the mechanic piano would do it the same every time, o joy!
I think Ax gets better with age. This is a warm and lucid performance.
Correct. Kindly refer to my comment on this earlier post. Warm and mellow would be my comment on this performance.
lovely, rounded tone, I may add- nothing harsh, elegant.
What a beautiful music!! His hands are also beautiful!!
Check out this Piano Concerto please: ua-cam.com/video/4oB_Ux7PDS4/v-deo.html
Emmanuel Ax transforms the first movement into a fantasia. The Brahms 2nd. Sounds “hot off the presses” sparkling new! Ummmbibiss! PWG. P.S. I had thought to listen only to the first movement. So much for that!
The coughing fit that everyone threw once the music stopped is simply wonderful.
I could never understand what causes all this coughing at concerts. I've attended with bad colds and still haven't.
@@chrislinhares7311 I don't think they have a cold so much as they just have to make a sound after having sat quietly for so long.
why didn't they clap??
Peter Varga I am late to answering, but you don’t in between. Not until the very end.
Simply the most wonderful performance. Sadly I only recently discovered the Brahms 2nd. Not proud of that but I have listened to this recording at least 10 times since. I smile, I cry and it even keeps me inspired while working out. I love the “wow” at the end because that is exactly what I felt! Thank you Emmanuel Ax! 💞
Don't forget to thank the composer!
Passionate, involved, powerful and involving playing. Bringing out the chamber-music element of this great work. I remember his participation in the Leeds Piano Competition some years ago. Excellent.
How absolutely lovely, Mr. Ax! You bring the tender & powerful out in this magnificent concerto. Thank you for playing WITH this fine orchestra.
Ich melde mich NOCH einmal. Zwischenzeitlich habe ich viele andere, auch hervorragende Interpretationen gehört. Ich komme hier zurück und falle erneut in Begeisterung.
Diese Musiker bringen - bei aller Leidenschaft - soo viel LICHT in das grosse Brahmssche Werk, es ist eine Riesenfreude aufs Neue.
Danke, Musiker! Danke, dass ihr lebt und spielt! Einen jeden Einzelnen könnte ich umärmeln und drücken, allen voran den liebenswürdigen Emanuel in dieser seiner Sternstunde.
This is a musician playing music!
Brahms … no words to express the beauty and depth of this masterpiece. Keeping me constantly wondered.
Mr Haitink understood Brahms so very well, they are awesome partners with Mr Ax and the orchestra. Maybe the tempo of the first and third movement should have been slightly slower allowing the depth of the music opening up better, otherwise the 4th movement was in perfect tempo in my sense. The orchestra and all its soloist sound absolutely beautiful. Always a joy to listen this music but the details, excitement, freshness, cheerfulness, the richness of sound at this performance were superb. Mr Haitink we miss you, rest in peace!
If this doesn’t bring you some measure of joy and happiness and put a smile on your face, I don’t know what will....it’s amazing how effortless this appears for ‘Manny,’ knowing full well how nervous he probably is inside. Note perfect....by no means. Ironic how it often seems that many of the easier ‘gimme’ notes are the ones that so often escape. That said, these do not detract in any way from what is a beautifully rounded and exquisite interpretation and performance. In an age when it seems that practically everyone now plays and performs Rachmaninov 3, it’s really refreshing to hear this other once-feared ‘monster’ concerto again. I would like to see more of today’s outstanding generation of pianists programming the Brahms concerti more often. In many ways, Brahms 2 is a much more difficult beast to pull off - perhaps that’s one of many reasons why. Hmmm...
Thank you for being such a great Maestro AND precious, unassuming human being, Mr Ax.
You are simply a nice guy. I watched your 1O1 interviews in your weekend cabin. No Superstar fancy monkey business BS. Just nice, modest, jovial, dziękuję Ci bardzo.
And PS, same goes for maestro Haitink too. We owe you & the Concertgebouw Orchestra & maestro Arrau the all time best Emperor 1960 recording. Dank U veel.
Brahms -- absolute genius
Muss mich nochmal melden, höre das Konzert zum zweiten Male.
Hervorragend, einfach weit hervorragend! Bis heute war mein Favorit Cécile Ousset mit Kurt Masur und dem Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, eine auch sehr temperamentvolle Interpretationen mit unendlich vielen Blumen drin....und ab heute habe ich zwei Favoriten.
Oh, meine Freude ist gross!
I love watching Emanuel Ax's expression as he comes to the end of the Third Movement. A sustained smile, almost childlike, appears on his face -- watch for it 38:30. And why not? He's been engrossed in the keyboard before him and he takes a brief pause to appreciate what he's doing. And another big smile as he completes the last notes of the Concerto -- this man loves what he does.
6:55 The fire of the Romantic Era is lit.
Brahms was one helluva hombre. This concerto is one of a kind.
R.I.P. grande Maestro Bernhard Haitink. You leave some recordings that cna hardly be surpassed.
Such a generous musician!
Beautiful really. Thank you! I love this performance with two of my favorite musicians. I was browsing the Emanuel Ax catalogue on UA-cam, and after his Mozart PC 22 (which is a big recommendation, his candenzas are superb!) I came across this Brahms. With Haitink (the guy still lives, 90) this is so beautifully and powerfully performed!
I like Brahms and Ax playing Brahms
Ax puts the passion into the _Allegro appassionato_ like no other.
This is my favourite piano piece ever, especially with Andante. Thank you Mr. Ax.
Simply outstanding.
This was Jessye Norman's favorite piano concerto, according to the interview done in honor of her gifting to the Library of Congress of her papers. 2019.
Bravo! to all the musicians involved!
Wonderful! Amazing! This great big pianist, Mr. Ax, Maestro Ax; I love his powerful presence! Sound, rhitmic conduction. One only word: great.
Très belle interprétation d'un grand et vigoureux pianiste discret qui fait juste ce qu'il juge bien. J'ai aimé cette version.
Am a new follower of Ax and dag-nab-it I love ❤️ his interaction with the orchestra! He’s always watching them when he’s not actually playing. I sense a warmth about him that I like very much! (Not to mention his more than adequate skill at the piano.) He May have a new fan. Better late.........!
That was a treat!
What a very fine pianist, I must explore more of his recordings.
Am I the only person who prefers Haitink as an accompanist?
I love this music! I love this orchestra! And I also love this pianist... )))
I love this concerto, and Mr. Ax does a great job playing it. BRAVO!
fantastic performance. Axe tackles Brahms with the enthusiasm of enjoying a Sunday Dinner. As good a performance as any I have heard live or on CD BRAVO !!!!!
It's SO uplifting SO Brahms, His connection with the orchestra...phenomenal. looks like he could lead this as well as play....I wonder if this has been done? 73 years old? this year. what a monster of piano! DG
This is just awesome! A beautiful orchestra and the stupendous performance of Brahms by Emanuel. I love this version.
Потрясающее исполнение. Это настоящий Брамс. Настолько красочно. Сочный мощный звук фортепиано. Великолепный оркестр и великий дирижёр!
Großartige live Aufführung dieses perfekt konstruierten Konzerts mit gut artikuliertem Klang des Soloklaviers sowie perfekt synchronisierten und gut harmonisierten Töne anderer Instrumente. Der erfahrene Maestro dirigiert das ausgezeichnete Orchester im majestätischen Tempo mit effektiv kontrollierter Dynamik. Einfach wunderbar!