This always reminds me of my first year in college and my boyfriend played this entire first movement and I fell in love with this beautiful piano concerto by Robert Schumann as well as the guy who played it for me.
At 24:38, the end begins. 3 minutes and 10 seconds of sustained exuberance until the final chord finishes. Schumann caresses all his major themes one more time before he allows the piece to close.
Oh ya, I couldn't forget the moment I heard this piece the first time, and I cannot forget the first movement theme for the rest of my life. I was in a college library, listening this on a LP carrel.
19:57 WTF is this it sounds too good ! It seems like something you would hear 150 years later ! This, as well as the incredible circle of fifths at 26:39 that Cesar pointed out, makes that piece look incredibly modern and innovative for the time.
@@johnbeuck587 Es una progresión muy sencilla que resulta atractiva en medio de toda la complejidad armónica que le antecede. (I-V-II-VI) Si quieres otros ejemplos, se me viene a la cabeza el primer minuto de: Handel Organ Concerto in F Major 2 mov, escuchalo, veras que se parece aunque sean periodos distintos.
This concerto is so nostalgic for me; in as much as, I remember listening to it as a young child. It truly has passion, yet also vivacity and grace; and is one of my all time favorites. I can well imagine how it must have greatly inspired Rachmaninoff, Grieg and others to write the great concertos which followed it.
agreed, this is what made me composing classical music. So inspiring and I'm so thankful this exists. I still catch myself at times humming the first movement for literally no reason.
This concerto became the love of my life during the mid-seventies. The love and profound sentiments of this work makes it one of the most romantic of that era. The exultant joy of the finale captures, and sweeps the imagination along the avenue of sonic delights and you fall in love over and over. In the top ten of all my classical favorites. Brava Schumann! PWG
I have not heard this piano concerto before, and wow it is absolutely beautiful! The orchestra is gracefully weaved into the piano playing and the piece is simply a brilliancy.
I'm very surprised a lot of people do not truly appreciate this masterpiece. It took me years to get but once I did, I reveled in its glory. Aside from the piano playing, the opportunities the woodwinds get are outstanding. The heart of this piece really does lie in the third movement, which is one of the most happy things one can listen to. And yet, there are places in the second movement that are just so purely intimate and which only Schumann could've produced. Bravo for this piece, bravo to Shelley, and bravo to you Ashish Xiangyi Kumar for uploading this!
It's also one of the most used progression in classical music. But in this piece it is so perfectly written and orchestrated that it really makes it stand out
@@mrjilian07 Personally I think it's the context. As you say, its incredibly common, but the reason it has such massive impact here and not in, say, Vivaldi, is structural: part of this is that up until 26:36 Schumann didn't use it, and the unfettered cycle of overlapping ii V I thus feels as if its 'breaking free' from the preceding music.
Quando tutti ti parlano della musica classica che li emoziona, gli tocca il cuore e ti fanno ascoltare il brano ma ti annoi e non li capisci e poi ascolti questo brano e capisci tutto. Capisci come un brano ti possa scavare nell'anima e toccare il cuore fino all'angolo più remoto e profondo.
Such a wonderful uplifting piece, with many shades of emotion, with a glorious last movement that never fails to bring happiness to those who like classical music
It's like discovering a new manuscript. This first movement tempo reveals so much. It's correct for at least six reasons. 1/Most important, there's no instruction so change tempo. If you just found it in a a Dusseldorf trunk, you wouldn't be tempted to play the first theme radically slower. 2/Schumann was obsessive about marking tempo changes. Look at Kreisleriana, the Fantasie, and the famous end of the g Minor Sonata. It's just not there. 3/ Even though she had many chances to do so, Clara didn't mark a tempo change either. She edited his music, changing details and some of the delightful quirks, and played it regularly. 4/ At this tempo, the concerto has a clear, classic fast/slow /fast form is easy to hear. Played at the customary tempo, the dreamy beginning and recap just sap its energy. Moreover most rubatos just float aimlessly in space. 5/At this tempo, the hemiolas have expressive tension. 6/The movement itself has a unified tempo structure: (a) the A-flat second theme is more or less twice as slow as the first theme; (b) the following octaves clearly connect to the opening bars (not at like Liszt-like speed); (c) the subsequent Passionato is a new, obvious passion; (d) the recap is energetic; (d) the cadenza, marked twice as slow, keeps a unified metric background and energy. 6/ Finally, the coda's tempo is even more energetic against a unified metric background. It's now hard for me to hear it any other way.
slow down there captn' we all human here. In case of alien visitation we might need your thesis paper on this particular piece to _explain the music_ to them but alas this is still 100% emotion-capable, sentiment-aware, earth-inhabitated audience
So is the half-tempo notation in the music not original to the manuscript then? Shelley blew right past that. I just ask because if the directions in the visible music are mistaken then it validates his choice; otherwise it seems ill-informed.
Schumann deserved more credit. He was often overlooked compared to other greats, but to me he is easily among the greats. His sense of melody, rich harmonies and creative orchestration here...what more can I say? Schumann, you are amazing!
Шуман заслуживает большего почтения. Его зачастую обозревают, сравнивая с другими великими, но для меня - он попросту среди великих. Его чувство мелодии, богатая гармония и изобретательная оркестровка здесь... что ещё я могу сказать? Шуман, ты изумителен!
I absolutely love the tempi for the first movement. It doesn't feel too self indulgent and is more about elegance in the face of heartache and the more intense sections from a texture standpoint are filled with so much more vigour
Am I the only person thinks that 11:48 to 12:52 is one of the greatest music ever composed? The atmosphere is so anxious, like a boss BGM, and solve it with a strong aux-6 chord is also really cool. I love this part even more than the 3rd movement.
Piano Concerto in A minor is my favorite piece of music: it's on a cd in my car (for years) and I never tire of it. I LOVE that you display the music so one may follow it. Thank you
Thanks for mentioning that the pianist is conducting-- that explains the fluidity that so many other recordings lack. It must kind of suck to be a conductor-- if you don't look like you're conducting, the less-educated ticket-purchasers say "he's not doing anything," but, if you are conducting, the tempo ends up getting a little delayed (microseconds) every measure as the ensemble tries to figure out whose tempo to observe. Beautiful video and recording--thanks!
The wonderful concerto of Schumann --inspired and led to other concerti --the last movement is captivating as is the previous-Clara played this often and with good intent--bless music before and after
Este hombre ha hecho que me sienta identificado con sus composiciones, apesar que tenia una enfermedad mental y no podia tocar el piano, pudo hacer melodía que solo los locos por la música lo comprendieron, gracias Schuman
I love this interpretation and seen the work in a new light. I've always felt this work was a bit turgid and dull, however, this is a master piece of interpretation and breaths new life into the concerto, by following the composer's directions and (I dare say) his performer's heart.
Tony Matthews "Turgid and dull"? This piece is one of the great romantic concertos of the nineteenth century! Both Rachmaninoff and Grieg wrote concertos heavily influenced by it. What you may describe as swollen or over written is actually passion. Incidentally, how's your concerto coming along? Thought so.
I've haven't written a concerto, (neither did Schubert or Faure, so I am in excellent company,) I have just had to settle for symphonies, tone poems, songs, chamber works, musicals, incidental music, quartets, trios, sonatas etc.... But to get back to your point, I agree it may be one of the great concertos but if you had read my post properly I was saying I now this interpretation had opened my eyes, as previous interpretations I have heard have made it sound "a bit turgid and dull". I do not recall saying it was swollen or over written, these are your words, and yours alone. As regard the two composers you mentioned, both Rachmaninoff and Grieg were accomplished pianists who, I day say, could play this piece themselves and therefore be inspired by what the music said to them, most notably in the opening descending piano flourish. Hope this helps, I've been listening to this work again as I write this... It's a wonderful interpretation... Love it...
About thirty years ago for a public access TV broadcast, the great conductor Georg Solti and the renowned actor Dudley Moore teamed up for a documentary about the orchestra. With an exhibition orchestra, they played this piece, Moore on piano, under Solti's baton. It is the most beautiful rendition I have ever heard.
Fascinating to see how composers influence one another. This concerto premiered in 1845, and franz liszt’s un sospiro was written right after. 3:55 marks the start of a passage that would fit right in un sospiro
Great artist Howard Shelley!! I am always moved by his performance His sound is energetic , powerful and beautiful !! Especially Schumann 's and Hummel 's👏👏👏👏👏
@William Guldfred I agree, but just by at the actual aesthetic quality of the score, the mass of notes, rests and accidentals, together it all looks very unappealing.
@William Guldfred I agree, practicing that opening rn actually, just listening to a few recordings. I would say getting clarity out of the notes you want to bring out between A minor and D minor is harder than the transitions though. But that is what makes that opening so exciting to play, the ability to make it sound completely different everytime you play this concerto
About the short and beautiful phrase at 26:57, how is it related to the main other themes ? It seems to appear only once and only there. Is it a reference to something, and that would signify to the auditor that we are near the end ?
@@trevorbrown5714 both of those have very slow openings. No big deal, and the pianist starts before the orchestra in both pieces. Where as in Rach's Paganini Rhapsody and this one, the orchestra starts with a 1-2 sec gap for the pianist to play
never played Schumann before actually, my teacher suggested this piece to me, absolutely loved it. For me, I love this piece more than any Mozart concertos (not a big fan of Mozart anyways). Preparing this for the upcoming piano concerto audition, hopefully I can do well.
You will do well, keep us posted! Keep practicing those arpeggios in the first movement, over and over and over again, all day long. Play them slowly, over and over. Then increase the tempo gradually, over and over. Over and over, can't emphasize that enough. Funny how the piano passages that are the hardest to play are the ones listeners notice the least.
Good luck at your audition! I have no doubt you'll do well. I recently brought the concerto to an audition, and I recommend practicing most the cadenza and the "Passionato" sections. Those seem to be the most tricky.
Если Вы читаете комментарии, хотелось бы узнать, как прошло Ваше прослушиание, не разочаровались ли Вы в себе, продолжаете ли по прежнему тесное общение с Шуманом, ну, и другими шедеврами, конечно. Пишу 4 года спустя после Ваших слов. Буду заглядывать время от времени сюда, интересоваться. Люблю этот концерт, считаю Его одним из красивейших и, труднейших фортепианных концертов.
As I get older, i find myself preferring the luminosity of Schumann over the more overt drama of Brahms. Also, this is a brilliant performance by both soloist and orchestra
I'm not a big fan of Beethoven no 5, but Beethoven no 4 is one of my favourites pieces ever written. Schumann piano concerto is probably among my top ten favourites piano concertos
I love the detailed notes. Your attention to detail reveals your passion. Well done! I was about to complain about the tempo. LOL. Riccardo Muti was once nearly booed off stage at LA Scala for forbidding his tenor to sing the high C in the aria "Di quella pira" because even though it is traditionally sung that way, Verdi never wrote those notes.
Wishy washy "I find this interesting" from me... Certainly a new take, with the sprightly, lean sections sounding like Mendelssohn...rapid tempo also shifts balance away from melody to harmony in those extended passage-work sections that are are a hybrid of both...I think this ultimately detracts from the uniqueness of this work, which manages to seem tuneful and melodic, when it's actually harmony driven. How many hummable "tunes" does it have, compared to a Romantic concerto like Chopin, Grieg, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky? Far fewer, with the extended development sections being all about modulation, more like a Classical Beethoven Concerto. Brisk tempo makes it resemble a Classical concerto, while a slower tempo seems to me to point out the concerto's hybrid nature more intriguingly and points up the shift towards creating melody through harmonic events.
Yes, you are. 7 billion living humans on the world, but you probably is the only one who thinks that specific part of a well-know concerto is the best.
27:02 how about this spot? Anyone found this temporal modulation (or tonization or a sequence) amazing? My most favorite spots along with the circle of fifth passages. (D major to C major, then 4 bar of incredible major 2nd sequence/modulation, getting to an F-sharp minor prolongation for 8 bars before getting home -- a perfect cadence in A major.) Also, he connected the F-sharp minor chord (vi in A major) to the V 6-4 chord with a French 6th (F, A, B, D#), which creates a chromatic voice leading (F#-F-E) in the bass. (27:13) A die-hard fan of this piece.
This always reminds me of my first year in college and my boyfriend played this entire first movement and I fell in love with this beautiful piano concerto by Robert Schumann as well as the guy who played it for me.
At 24:38, the end begins. 3 minutes and 10 seconds of sustained exuberance until the final chord finishes. Schumann caresses all his major themes one more time before he allows the piece to close.
Is nobody gonna talk about the first movement melody at the start?!?! So beautiful 😍!!!
Oh ya, I couldn't forget the moment I heard this piece the first time, and I cannot forget the first movement theme for the rest of my life. I was in a college library, listening this on a LP carrel.
19:57 WTF is this it sounds too good ! It seems like something you would hear 150 years later ! This, as well as the incredible circle of fifths at 26:39 that Cesar pointed out, makes that piece look incredibly modern and innovative for the time.
Can somebody please explain why this 19:57 sound sooo good. Is there a special chord progression? Or how does it make sense!?
This chord progression is also used similarly by chopin in his first concerto
@@johnbeuck587 Es una progresión muy sencilla que resulta atractiva en medio de toda la complejidad armónica que le antecede. (I-V-II-VI)
Si quieres otros ejemplos, se me viene a la cabeza el primer minuto de: Handel Organ Concerto in F Major 2 mov, escuchalo, veras que se parece aunque sean periodos distintos.
@@ApkSln gracias ;D
sounds like something in a movie
This concerto is so nostalgic for me; in as much as, I remember listening to it as a young child. It truly has passion, yet also vivacity and grace; and is one of my all time favorites. I can well imagine how it must have greatly inspired Rachmaninoff, Grieg and others to write the great concertos which followed it.
One of the most beautiful concertos ever written for the piano
25:23-27:48...the last minutes are so great! I espacially like the alternating orchestra- and piano parts, just perfect!
This performance is so full of fun! and I think the brisk tempo in the first movement works brilliantly! It's surely one of Schumann's best works.
agreed, this is what made me composing classical music. So inspiring and I'm so thankful this exists. I still catch myself at times humming the first movement for literally no reason.
This concerto became the love of my life during the mid-seventies. The love and profound sentiments of this work makes it one of the most romantic of that era. The exultant joy of the finale captures, and sweeps the imagination along the avenue of sonic delights and you fall in love over and over. In the top ten of all my classical favorites. Brava Schumann! PWG
What a wonderful concert: my favorite part goes from 26:23 to 27:20.
I really love at 26:57... BEAUTIFUL!🎹
26:39 someone’s fall in love with this harmony 😍🎹
Cesar Enrique Leiva Escalante Yes
Can`t get enough
It sounds like an anime theme xd
Oh... my tear's bursting out...
Tell me about it!!! :D
I have not heard this piano concerto before, and wow it is absolutely beautiful! The orchestra is gracefully weaved into the piano playing and the piece is simply a brilliancy.
I'm very surprised a lot of people do not truly appreciate this masterpiece. It took me years to get but once I did, I reveled in its glory. Aside from the piano playing, the opportunities the woodwinds get are outstanding. The heart of this piece really does lie in the third movement, which is one of the most happy things one can listen to. And yet, there are places in the second movement that are just so purely intimate and which only Schumann could've produced. Bravo for this piece, bravo to Shelley, and bravo to you Ashish Xiangyi Kumar for uploading this!
Yes 3rd is truly amazing it jsut breezes past everything in one go
Because it is thematically weak, which is typical for the romantic period
Wouldn't really call the 3rd movement the happiest thing I've ever heard tbh
協奏曲が一曲しか完成しなかったなんて!でも唯一の協奏曲がこんなに美しいなら納得というか仕方がないです。コーダがこれでもかと盛り上がりそして私は涙が大崩壊します。初めて聴いたラフマニノフ二番のラストと同じです。王道過ぎても良い。美しいものは美しい!大好きな協奏曲の一つです!
That was literally played to perfection, best interpretation of the essence of Schumann's chromaticism and tonality I've ever heard
26:36 is the most beautiful progression I've heard in my life
It's also one of the most used progression in classical music. But in this piece it is so perfectly written and orchestrated that it really makes it stand out
@@mrjilian07 pretty sure mozart used in his c minor concerto
thanks you for the highlight! beautiful indeed!
@@mrjilian07 Personally I think it's the context. As you say, its incredibly common, but the reason it has such massive impact here and not in, say, Vivaldi, is structural: part of this is that up until 26:36 Schumann didn't use it, and the unfettered cycle of overlapping ii V I thus feels as if its 'breaking free' from the preceding music.
2-5-1s are always considered the most beautiful progressions, especially with the jazzy association in our generation!
Quando tutti ti parlano della musica classica che li emoziona, gli tocca il cuore e ti fanno ascoltare il brano ma ti annoi e non li capisci e poi ascolti questo brano e capisci tutto. Capisci come un brano ti possa scavare nell'anima e toccare il cuore fino all'angolo più remoto e profondo.
At last somebody respecting Schumann's Metronom markings. And - surprise - they are working nicely. Wonderful recording!
Such a wonderful uplifting piece, with many shades of emotion, with a glorious last movement that never fails to bring happiness to those who like classical music
A recording which recorded the orchestra sound so well is always much more enjoyable!
THIS HAS MADE ME COMPLETELY RECONSIDER SCHUMANN, WOW!
Barnaldomort. Yes. This says it all without uttering a single word to the wise.
Charlie Tian Late here but just gonad say: My orchestra is going to plai Rhenish Smphny and this piano concerto with me as soloist in June :)
Why you yelling like this ? And this is one of the weakest Schumann work ever..
@MetraMan09 and the fantasy op 17
@@Alix777. no u
Damn that 3rd Mov just sounds insanely beautiful
hello grimm
This, Right here, is the reason why I listen to classical music
It's like discovering a new manuscript. This first movement tempo reveals so much. It's correct for at least six reasons. 1/Most important, there's no instruction so change tempo. If you just found it in a a Dusseldorf trunk, you wouldn't be tempted to play the first theme radically slower. 2/Schumann was obsessive about marking tempo changes. Look at Kreisleriana, the Fantasie, and the famous end of the g Minor Sonata. It's just not there. 3/ Even though she had many chances to do so, Clara didn't mark a tempo change either. She edited his music, changing details and some of the delightful quirks, and played it regularly. 4/ At this tempo, the concerto has a clear, classic fast/slow /fast form is easy to hear. Played at the customary tempo, the dreamy beginning and recap just sap its energy. Moreover most rubatos just float aimlessly in space. 5/At this tempo, the hemiolas have expressive tension. 6/The movement itself has a unified tempo structure: (a) the A-flat second theme is more or less twice as slow as the first theme; (b) the following octaves clearly connect to the opening bars (not at like Liszt-like speed); (c) the subsequent Passionato is a new, obvious passion; (d) the recap is energetic; (d) the cadenza, marked twice as slow, keeps a unified metric background and energy. 6/ Finally, the coda's tempo is even more energetic against a unified metric background. It's now hard for me to hear it any other way.
slow down there captn' we all human here. In case of alien visitation we might need your thesis paper on this particular piece to _explain the music_ to them but alas this is still 100% emotion-capable, sentiment-aware, earth-inhabitated audience
@@Choptuey guys, Shelley is a genius, all other Schumann piano concertos are too slower, too much. This recording destroyed them all, for sure.
So is the half-tempo notation in the music not original to the manuscript then? Shelley blew right past that. I just ask because if the directions in the visible music are mistaken then it validates his choice; otherwise it seems ill-informed.
This is my one of the real favorite piece along with a Greig piano concerto. Just Fantastic !
Schumann deserved more credit. He was often overlooked compared to other greats, but to me he is easily among the greats. His sense of melody, rich harmonies and creative orchestration here...what more can I say? Schumann, you are amazing!
Шуман заслуживает большего почтения. Его зачастую обозревают, сравнивая с другими великими, но для меня - он попросту среди великих. Его чувство мелодии, богатая гармония и изобретательная оркестровка здесь... что ещё я могу сказать? Шуман, ты изумителен!
I absolutely love the tempi for the first movement. It doesn't feel too self indulgent and is more about elegance in the face of heartache and the more intense sections from a texture standpoint are filled with so much more vigour
Am I the only person thinks that 11:48 to 12:52 is one of the greatest music ever composed? The atmosphere is so anxious, like a boss BGM, and solve it with a strong aux-6 chord is also really cool. I love this part even more than the 3rd movement.
I am with you on this. I listen to this part first to determine if I will listen to the whole performance.
Piano Concerto in A minor is my favorite piece of music: it's on a cd in my car (for years) and I never tire of it. I LOVE that you display the music so one may follow it. Thank you
Thanks for mentioning that the pianist is conducting-- that explains the fluidity that so many other recordings lack. It must kind of suck to be a conductor-- if you don't look like you're conducting, the less-educated ticket-purchasers say "he's not doing anything," but, if you are conducting, the tempo ends up getting a little delayed (microseconds) every measure as the ensemble tries to figure out whose tempo to observe. Beautiful video and recording--thanks!
I am the voice of Robert Schumann and I approve this performance. Bravo.
Thanks Bob!
Came here for Oktan, ended up with amazing music.
Cuanto he disfrutado!! Gran música la de Schumann!! Y pianista y orquesta igual, maravillosos
11:44 one of the greatest codas ever.
True
Yeesss
The wonderful concerto of Schumann --inspired and led to other concerti --the last movement is captivating as is the previous-Clara played this often and with good intent--bless music before and after
Este hombre ha hecho que me sienta identificado con sus composiciones, apesar que tenia una enfermedad mental y no podia tocar el piano, pudo hacer melodía que solo los locos por la música lo comprendieron, gracias Schuman
With complete security this Concert is his masterpiece .
What an absolutely delightful concerto. Schumann is truly a great composer, it's a shame I didn't listen to him more earlier.
Einleitung: 0:00
1. Thema Hauptsatz: 0:06
Überleitung: 0:33
2. Thema Seitensatz: 2:01
Durchführung:
Andante espressivo: 3:53
Allegro: 5:06
Piu Animato: 5:37
Reprise: 6:33
Coda: 11:48
Tutti Akkorde: 12:41
Thank you very much! This description is very good and informative.
I love this interpretation and seen the work in a new light. I've always felt this work was a bit turgid and dull, however, this is a master piece of interpretation and breaths new life into the concerto, by following the composer's directions and (I dare say) his performer's heart.
Tony Matthews "Turgid and dull"? This piece is one of the great romantic concertos of the nineteenth century! Both Rachmaninoff and Grieg wrote concertos heavily influenced by it. What you may describe as swollen or over written is actually passion.
Incidentally, how's your concerto coming along?
Thought so.
I've haven't written a concerto, (neither did Schubert or Faure, so I am in excellent company,) I have just had to settle for symphonies, tone poems, songs, chamber works, musicals, incidental music, quartets, trios, sonatas etc.... But to get back to your point, I agree it may be one of the great concertos but if you had read my post properly I was saying I now this interpretation had opened my eyes, as previous interpretations I have heard have made it sound "a bit turgid and dull". I do not recall saying it was swollen or over written, these are your words, and yours alone. As regard the two composers you mentioned, both Rachmaninoff and Grieg were accomplished pianists who, I day say, could play this piece themselves and therefore be inspired by what the music said to them, most notably in the opening descending piano flourish. Hope this helps, I've been listening to this work again as I write this... It's a wonderful interpretation... Love it...
Turgid means swollen.
That is, quite self-evidently, not the definition he was using. Surely you are not genuinely that confused.
I always enjoy your commentaries. "aggrieved virtuosity" is an intriguing concept. 😊
27:18 I love this Coda!
WHAT A GREAT ENERGETIC SPARKLING PERFORMANCE OF THE SCHUMANN CONCERTO. A REAL DELIGHT.
About thirty years ago for a public access TV broadcast, the great conductor Georg Solti and the renowned actor Dudley Moore teamed up for a documentary about the orchestra. With an exhibition orchestra, they played this piece, Moore on piano, under Solti's baton. It is the most beautiful rendition I have ever heard.
Its such a beautiful piece by a tragic soul
Umm.. why a tragic soul?
@@otakuxgirl6 Yes we.all seem to over do that assumption.about Schumann.
@@otakuxgirl6 Because he tried to kill himself many times and died in an insane asylum?
Fortunately, I get to hear this live in 2 weeks. Can’t wait.
It was cancelled due to covid...
:((
Damn 😔
@Dano Zakerios Liszt Mephisto Polka
Fascinating to see how composers influence one another. This concerto premiered in 1845, and franz liszt’s un sospiro was written right after. 3:55 marks the start of a passage that would fit right in un sospiro
i mean its just the theme of the concerto accompanied by arpeggiated chords. im pretty certain it has nothing to do with un sospiro
ENDLICH JEMAND, DER DAS WERK NICHT ANDEREN NACHSPIELT! Endlich sinnvoll verstandenes Schumannkonzert! Eine Erlösung aus einem Alptraum.
The last movement of this concerto along Moszkowski's violin concerto is the happiest thing I've ever heard!
One of the greatest concertos... the third movement is truly exhilarating in its syncopations and majesty!
Makes me cry every single time Wow Robert you are just a total genius We love you forever Thankyou for your astoundingly beautiful music X
Great artist Howard Shelley!!
I am always moved by his performance
His sound is energetic , powerful and beautiful !!
Especially Schumann 's and Hummel 's👏👏👏👏👏
Not only the first not obtrusively sentimental interpretation, but so inspiring piano playing. Ghanks so much!
Found a two-piano score for this concerto in a "Free Stuff" bin at Conn College the other day...
The first 3 bars look terrifying.
Justus Frantz said that pianists are scared of the beginning of that concerto.
They remind me very strongly of Grieg's concerto. Though Grieg's probably came after.
@William Guldfred I agree, but just by at the actual aesthetic quality of the score, the mass of notes, rests and accidentals, together it all looks very unappealing.
@William Guldfred I agree, practicing that opening rn actually, just listening to a few recordings. I would say getting clarity out of the notes you want to bring out between A minor and D minor is harder than the transitions though. But that is what makes that opening so exciting to play, the ability to make it sound completely different everytime you play this concerto
@@flyingpenandpaper6119 I would argue that the 3rd Movement opening is much more difficult than the first, as there are those octave jumps
About the short and beautiful phrase at 26:57, how is it related to the main other themes ? It seems to appear only once and only there. Is it a reference to something, and that would signify to the auditor that we are near the end ?
isnt it directly derived from what i think is the second subject (26:28)
In tears, beautiful thank you for posting i absolutely loved it
*Imagine if An Tianxu played this at Tchaikovsky Competition instead of Rachmaninov’s Paganini Rhapsody*
Oooof
Jesus I wouldn't be able to resist the horror, also hi romanian comrade
Or worse, Rachmaninoff's 2nd or Beethoven's 4th...
@@trevorbrown5714 both of those have very slow openings. No big deal, and the pianist starts before the orchestra in both pieces. Where as in Rach's Paganini Rhapsody and this one, the orchestra starts with a 1-2 sec gap for the pianist to play
Trevor Brown Rach 2, they’d be waiting the whole time
I didn't want the last movement to end! Lo! Fantastic high.
never played Schumann before actually, my teacher suggested this piece to me, absolutely loved it. For me, I love this piece more than any Mozart concertos (not a big fan of Mozart anyways). Preparing this for the upcoming piano concerto audition, hopefully I can do well.
You will do great so long as you do not doubt but only believe. Great things come to those who try. I mean really try. God bless!
Shuman too cool like musique
You will do well, keep us posted! Keep practicing those arpeggios in the first movement, over and over and over again, all day long. Play them slowly, over and over. Then increase the tempo gradually, over and over. Over and over, can't emphasize that enough. Funny how the piano passages that are the hardest to play are the ones listeners notice the least.
Good luck at your audition! I have no doubt you'll do well. I recently brought the concerto to an audition, and I recommend practicing most the cadenza and the "Passionato" sections. Those seem to be the most tricky.
Если Вы читаете комментарии, хотелось бы узнать, как прошло Ваше прослушиание, не разочаровались ли Вы в себе, продолжаете ли по прежнему тесное общение с Шуманом, ну, и другими шедеврами, конечно. Пишу 4 года спустя после Ваших слов. Буду заглядывать время от времени сюда, интересоваться. Люблю этот концерт, считаю Его одним из красивейших и, труднейших фортепианных концертов.
The best! The very best! Robert would hsve loved this performance.
Thank you Aurélie from Lausanne - for sharing time and space on the train with me... And for sharing your piece 🤗
Great composition, brilliant virtuosity, no place for egomaniac distortion of this masterpiece.
Fabulous performance and so enjoyed following the score-even tho sometimes I was a little behind but finished together!
As I get older, i find myself preferring the luminosity of Schumann over the more overt drama of Brahms. Also, this is a brilliant performance by both soloist and orchestra
The first time I heard this concerto a couple years ago, I absolutely hated it. Now I just love it and cannot stop repeating it!
Thank you for uploading this concert.
A lot of work to show the synchronized notes. That has to be mentioned!
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Everyone talking about 26:39 but how about this beat drop of romantic era at 11:48?
Yes, amazing coda
I love this whole piece!! From start to finish.
I don't listen to this outstanding work often enough.
Just noticed the fugato at 20:37 - Wonderful piece!
This is one of te greatest piano convertos ever. Should rank alomg beerhoven no 5. The refinement and melodic depth is incredible
Te? Convertos? Alomg? Beerhoven? 😂 LMAO nice spelling
I'm not a big fan of Beethoven no 5, but Beethoven no 4 is one of my favourites pieces ever written.
Schumann piano concerto is probably among my top ten favourites piano concertos
@@arg2smooth so what mr clown? You seriously think i cant spell. Get some basic iq
@@andantino5558 top 5 for me.
Love the powerful roll on the timp at the end.
1:01 - Mikhail Oktan, Money... from super events THO (The New Order: Last Day's of Europe).
@@bbal4616 ua-cam.com/video/WbPUG1MzXp0/v-deo.html this will explain that
Refreshing tempo, I find it balances the retrospective moments.
I love the detailed notes. Your attention to detail reveals your passion. Well done! I was about to complain about the tempo. LOL. Riccardo Muti was once nearly booed off stage at LA Scala for forbidding his tenor to sing the high C in the aria "Di quella pira" because even though it is traditionally sung that way, Verdi never wrote those notes.
wow! so brave and powerful! I also boo every pianist off the stage whenever they play ritardando instead of ritenuto
@@dpetrov32 This made me laugh a lot! 🤣🤣
What a lively and inspiring interpretation!!! Bravo!
Greatest concerto of the early Romantic period. A true piece of art coming from the beautiful soul that was Robert Schumann.
anyone else endlessly fascinated by looking at sheet music?
it's like looking at chinese writing unless you actually actively read the sheet music
ULTRA SEVEN last episode brought me here !! what a masterpiece!! never forget that scene!
Truly a pianist killer piece. I'm having a stroke just imgaining practicing this.
This armony at 10:52 the best of 1ts movement
This tempo is perfect. Enjoying so much of this freedom.
good music (so much going on )
5:07 something falls down the stairs
9:26 nice part
5:36 the protagonist 'got away' from the bad guy
The 26:39 Chord Progression is just unfathomably beautiful
Such a great composition and performance!
What a great piece. I can imagine Gershwin reading the score
Fell in love on the first note....
But the first note was a chord :p
26:40〜26:50、、、
The melody of tear gland collapse🥹
THIS IS AMAZING I LOVE SCHUMANN
Gorgeous so far. Thanks for your wonderful parts and commentaries.
Wishy washy "I find this interesting" from me... Certainly a new take, with the sprightly, lean sections sounding like Mendelssohn...rapid tempo also shifts balance away from melody to harmony in those extended passage-work sections that are are a hybrid of both...I think this ultimately detracts from the uniqueness of this work, which manages to seem tuneful and melodic, when it's actually harmony driven. How many hummable "tunes" does it have, compared to a Romantic concerto like Chopin, Grieg, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky? Far fewer, with the extended development sections being all about modulation, more like a Classical Beethoven Concerto. Brisk tempo makes it resemble a Classical concerto, while a slower tempo seems to me to point out the concerto's hybrid nature more intriguingly and points up the shift towards creating melody through harmonic events.
You really know how to pick beautiful piano music.
Aren't the opening chords the same as the first theme of Schubert's Sonata for Arpeggione in A minor?
Similar... but no. Part of the genius of those opening chords is that they actually function as passing notes over an (implied) tonic pedal
Etienne Desaulniers there in making a pretty big case for the faster tempo taken here :)
1:01 epic gamer moment
Russia: Feudalized
Generals: Rich beyond comprehension
Bunyachenko: Purged
Yep, it's gamer time
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Am I the only one who think 11:48 part is the best?
thanks i thought i was crazy
Yes, you are. 7 billion living humans on the world, but you probably is the only one who thinks that specific part of a well-know concerto is the best.
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27:02 how about this spot? Anyone found this temporal modulation (or tonization or a sequence) amazing? My most favorite spots along with the circle of fifth passages. (D major to C major, then 4 bar of incredible major 2nd sequence/modulation, getting to an F-sharp minor prolongation for 8 bars before getting home -- a perfect cadence in A major.) Also, he connected the F-sharp minor chord (vi in A major) to the V 6-4 chord with a French 6th (F, A, B, D#), which creates a chromatic voice leading (F#-F-E) in the bass. (27:13) A die-hard fan of this piece.
Why has no one brought up 20:55? Beautiful key change and melody that comes out of nowhere! And after a great fugal transition
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