Vladimir Ashkenazy plays Beethoven's Piano Concerto 2 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink. Royal Festival Hall, London, 1974.
Beethoven was one of the greatest composers of all time. The five concertos he composed for piano are musical different masterpieces. But they are of a sublime sensitivity that touch us at the bottom of our soul. This concerto translates through music the most happiness and complex moments of our lives. Long live for the glorious and amazing music composed by Beethoven.The Vladimir Ashkenazy is an superb pianist who plays this concert with extraordinary talent and sentiment. What magnificent recording, thanks for this fantastic moment of pure joy.
The finest playing from Ashkenazy as pianist was from approximately 1963 to 1980 in my humble opinion. These concerto performances are brimming with vitality and sensitivity buttressed by a superlative technique.
ბეთჰოვენივით ჩაესმის მუსიკა აშკენაზს ასე გასაოცრად რომ გრძნობს თითოეულ ნოტს! და შესანიშნავად გადმოგვცემს დიდებული გენიის -საოცრად ეულად დარჩენილი ადამიანის- დიდი ასოებით - უფლის მიერ ბოძებულ წყალობას ! მადლობა ყველას !!!!! მადლობელი ვარ მეც, რომ ვისმენ ბეთჰოვენის მუსიკას !!!
Thoroughly happy to experience this performance of 42 years ago. What a wonderful gift that time cannot erase; that I can experience whenever. Thank you for this video of a great pianist. Bravo!
"Wonderous" cadenza!!! I didn't know Ashkenazy wrote cadenzas, but doing so put hims in a different league than those who doesn't. This is really adding more to the interpretation than not doing so. I love this concerto and I wish I was able to play it.
8:30 I like the way ashkenazy puts 1 on a note for a natural emphasis. Not the first time to see him do this. I'd have overed a 3 Rd or 4 th, a la chopin etude op 10 no 2. But probably not very Beethovenian , the result
Ashkenazy wrote cadenzas. The one he wrote for the finale of Mozart's D minor concerto was a bit long so he ditched it for Beethoven's when he played and conducted later on (in the '80s). I recall he complained that cadenzas for Mozart's C minor concerto were very difficult to write. Anyway, I strongly suspect he wrote this cadenza. Beethoven wrote his own years after writing the concerto so it's not necessarily representative of the original style but I can't say why Ashkenazy avoided it.
After a minute and a half it occurred to me, what if there was a piano concerto where the pianist just sat there for the whole thing and played nothing. I know I could do that, but, it would only go over in Toronto.
I am so glad I found this. The melody from the last movement was driving me mad. The first two notes were usurped by the NYC subway system to indicate opening and closing doors. One day I mused: "Wait a minute. That sounds like something famous." But I thought it was a Beethoven symphony. Wrong after skimming all nine. Then I finally figured out it must be the Emperor piano concerto. Off by three concerti. Along the path of obsession, I was steered to Google Listen and Shazam. So I whistled it, then again, then again. Nope. "This is a hard one." "Try again." Sorry, Beethoven, you simply are not web friendly. Are you even trending?
Someone opined that Ashkenazy may have written it but he had many to choose from. I found my way to this performance because I was trying to find someone playing something other than Beethoven's which I have always felt is completely inappropriate even though it is quite a piece of work in its own right. FYI, here's a list of cadenzas for the 2nd concerto that I found online. Opus 19 28. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). 1809. 29. Carl Czerny (1791-1857). London: Cocks & Co., 1810. 30. Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870). Berlin: Simrock, 1855. 31. Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894). Mainz: Schott, 1862. 32. August Henrik Winding (1835-1899). Leipzig: Steingräber, 1875. 33. Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924). Leipzig: D. Rahter, circa 1890. 34. Carl Heinrich Reinecke (1824-1910). Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1895. 35. Bernhard Stavenhagen (1862-1914). Copy in possession of Dr. H. Lewy, Munich, 1905. 36. Camillo Horn (1860-1941). Leipzig: C.F. Kahnt, 1909. 37. Gino Tagliapietra (1887-1954). Padua: G. Zanibon, 1920. 38. Ignaz Friedman (1882-1948). New York: G. Schirmer, 1936. 39. Julian Carrillo (1875-1965). Paris: Editions Jobert, 1942. 40. Leo Weiner (1885-1960). Milan: S. Zerboni, 1951. 41. Maurice Lewis. Copy in Library of Congress, 1954. 42. Wilhelm Kempff (1895- ). Berlin: Bote & Bock, 1967. It's a sorry situation we don't hear more of these more often. The article gives a list of alternate cadenzas for all the concerti. symposium.music.org/index.php/21/item/1903-exploring-cadenzas-to-beethovens-piano-concertos
ბეთჰოვენის საოცარი, გენიალური, დიდებული მუსიკის მოსმენას არ გაცლიან!!! ვიღაც უსაქმური ბოროტის მიერ ჩართული იდიოტური რეკლამის გამო !! სად გაგონილა! საფორტეპიანო კონცერტის მოსმენისას ვინმემ რომ რეკლამა გააკეთოს დარბაზში ეს იგივეა !!!! ადრე ამას არ აკეთებდნენ და ახლა რომელი სპილოდაბიჯებული აკეთებს ამას !!??!!
I don't think people should question using the score. Some people need their resources in front of them, and other people are completely in their head. It takes all types of brain styles to make the world. Some people are more visual than others. Personally, I think a score is gorgeous and delicious like a treasure map, and I just want to keep it near to get a deeper understanding of the music. Others don't feel the same way, and that's fine. Should we be annoyed that all the members of the orchestra didn't bother to memorize their parts and changes to the bowings and dynamics and tempo?
By 18:47 the guy with dark glasses (almost mid-shot) had fallen asleep. It must have been noticed because they zoom in to eliminate him from view. Later, when they resume that angle, he's gone! Maybe they shot him. In fact, I wonder if the idiot's still alive to tell the tale of how he missed such a great event.
Aww. From 12:00-13:00 he's smiling though! I think maybe he just got so cozy he couldn't help himself! I get it. Maybe he went to lots of great events in his lifetime. No need to be so "ferocious".
Ha ha fair comment! I wasn't really angry. Maybe a bit harsh but I hope, if he did witness other great events, he managed to remain conscious long enough to preserve some great memories. I saw Ashkenazy twice as a boy and both occasions are etched on my memory. Regards
Beethoven was one of the greatest composers of all time. The five concertos he composed for piano are musical different masterpieces. But they are of a sublime sensitivity that touch us at the bottom of our soul. This concerto translates through music the most happiness and complex moments of our lives. Long live for the glorious and amazing music composed by Beethoven.The Vladimir Ashkenazy is an superb pianist who plays this concert with extraordinary talent and sentiment. What magnificent recording, thanks for this fantastic moment of pure joy.
The finest playing from Ashkenazy as pianist was from approximately 1963 to 1980 in my humble opinion. These concerto performances are brimming with vitality and sensitivity buttressed by a superlative technique.
ბეთჰოვენივით ჩაესმის მუსიკა აშკენაზს ასე გასაოცრად რომ გრძნობს თითოეულ ნოტს! და შესანიშნავად გადმოგვცემს დიდებული გენიის -საოცრად ეულად დარჩენილი ადამიანის- დიდი ასოებით - უფლის მიერ ბოძებულ წყალობას ! მადლობა ყველას !!!!! მადლობელი ვარ მეც, რომ ვისმენ ბეთჰოვენის მუსიკას !!!
One of my favourite renditions of this concerto, by one of my favourite pianists.
One of finest version if not the finest...
Ashkenazy is a wizard at the piano.
Thoroughly happy to experience this performance of 42 years ago. What a wonderful gift that time cannot erase; that I can experience whenever. Thank you for this video of a great pianist. Bravo!
"Wonderous" cadenza!!! I didn't know Ashkenazy wrote cadenzas, but doing so put hims in a different league than those who doesn't. This is really adding more to the interpretation than not doing so. I love this concerto and I wish I was able to play it.
What a beautiful cadenza!
Wish I knew about it when I played it in '76!
This was an amazing concert series. Superb piano playing.
Wonderful. Perfect, to my ears. Thank you.
Thanks for your answer. It's always a pleasure to hear a new cadenza for something.
8:30 I like the way ashkenazy puts 1 on a note for a natural emphasis. Not the first time to see him do this. I'd have overed a 3 Rd or 4 th, a la chopin etude op 10 no 2. But probably not very Beethovenian , the result
هذا الرجل يكاد يرى بيتهوفن ويعيش معه حلم وقت إنجاز العمل، حلم الإبداع الذي يستخلص أعمق ما في الإنسان.
Un pianista brillante, preciso pero muy expresivo. Haitink, impecable y Beethoven... está todo dicho
Amazing
You're welcome, Jamie. It's always a pleasure to interact with a knowledgeable and inquiring mind such as yours.
The best recording of this concerto I have heard is with Rudolf Serkin, Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. I highly recommend it.
Come on! Serkin roug
Come on! Serkin roug
Serkin rough raw piano sound! Kempff Gilels Radu Lupu Ashkenazy more colorful beautiful piano sound than cold Serkin!
인간이 아름답고 위대하다는걸 느껴요
웬지 눈물이 나요
감사합니다 ♥
Ashkenazy wrote cadenzas. The one he wrote for the finale of Mozart's D minor concerto was a bit long so he ditched it for Beethoven's when he played and conducted later on (in the '80s). I recall he complained that cadenzas for Mozart's C minor concerto were very difficult to write. Anyway, I strongly suspect he wrote this cadenza. Beethoven wrote his own years after writing the concerto so it's not necessarily representative of the original style but I can't say why Ashkenazy avoided it.
I was just going to post the question of whether this cadenza were his- it immediately struck me.
Estoy de acuerdo con el Sr Patiño sobre la cadenza - un autentico maestro.
Magnificent!!!
This is crazy! Only 221 views? For an Ashkenazy-Haitink LPO performance?
Excelente una caricia para los oidos
After a minute and a half it occurred to me, what if there was a piano concerto where the pianist just sat there for the whole thing and played nothing. I know I could do that, but, it would only go over in Toronto.
Best viva
I am so glad I found this. The melody from the last movement was driving me mad. The first two notes were usurped by the NYC subway system to indicate opening and closing doors. One day I mused: "Wait a minute. That sounds like something famous." But I thought it was a Beethoven symphony. Wrong after skimming all nine. Then I finally figured out it must be the Emperor piano concerto. Off by three concerti. Along the path of obsession, I was steered to Google Listen and Shazam. So I whistled it, then again, then again. Nope. "This is a hard one." "Try again." Sorry, Beethoven, you simply are not web friendly. Are you even trending?
The conductor looks like he's doing a great job. Such purposeful, precise movements. But no one in the orchestra seems to be looking at him!
No wonder, it is only the great Bernard Haitink!.
❤❤
What cadenza does he play in the first movement? It is not the usual (and for me better) 1809 Beethoven cadenza.
Someone opined that Ashkenazy may have written it but he had many to choose from. I found my way to this performance because I was trying to find someone playing something other than Beethoven's which I have always felt is completely inappropriate even though it is quite a piece of work in its own right.
FYI, here's a list of cadenzas for the 2nd concerto that I found online.
Opus 19
28. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). 1809.
29. Carl Czerny (1791-1857). London: Cocks & Co., 1810.
30. Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870). Berlin: Simrock, 1855.
31. Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894). Mainz: Schott, 1862.
32. August Henrik Winding (1835-1899). Leipzig: Steingräber, 1875.
33. Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924). Leipzig: D. Rahter, circa 1890.
34. Carl Heinrich Reinecke (1824-1910). Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1895.
35. Bernhard Stavenhagen (1862-1914). Copy in possession of Dr. H. Lewy, Munich, 1905.
36. Camillo Horn (1860-1941). Leipzig: C.F. Kahnt, 1909.
37. Gino Tagliapietra (1887-1954). Padua: G. Zanibon, 1920.
38. Ignaz Friedman (1882-1948). New York: G. Schirmer, 1936.
39. Julian Carrillo (1875-1965). Paris: Editions Jobert, 1942.
40. Leo Weiner (1885-1960). Milan: S. Zerboni, 1951.
41. Maurice Lewis. Copy in Library of Congress, 1954.
42. Wilhelm Kempff (1895- ). Berlin: Bote & Bock, 1967.
It's a sorry situation we don't hear more of these more often.
The article gives a list of alternate cadenzas for all the concerti.
symposium.music.org/index.php/21/item/1903-exploring-cadenzas-to-beethovens-piano-concertos
I think this cadenza is beautiful, profound... and a bit too short.
Goodness, I didn't know there was another first movement cadenza to this concerto! Who wrote it?
ბეთჰოვენის საოცარი, გენიალური, დიდებული მუსიკის მოსმენას არ გაცლიან!!! ვიღაც უსაქმური ბოროტის მიერ ჩართული იდიოტური რეკლამის გამო !! სად გაგონილა! საფორტეპიანო კონცერტის მოსმენისას ვინმემ რომ რეკლამა გააკეთოს დარბაზში ეს იგივეა !!!! ადრე ამას არ აკეთებდნენ და ახლა რომელი სპილოდაბიჯებული აკეთებს ამას !!??!!
265 already ;)
beethoven sonate 12
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Loud ads during the middle of the song.
I am kind of astonished that Haitink still need the score. Then I thought again.
I don't think people should question using the score. Some people need their resources in front of them, and other people are completely in their head. It takes all types of brain styles to make the world. Some people are more visual than others. Personally, I think a score is gorgeous and delicious like a treasure map, and I just want to keep it near to get a deeper understanding of the music. Others don't feel the same way, and that's fine. Should we be annoyed that all the members of the orchestra didn't bother to memorize their parts and changes to the bowings and dynamics and tempo?
@@zBeestBeest I love your comment ❤️
is it true that beetoven composed this piano concerto first but published it second ?
It´s true.
By 18:47 the guy with dark glasses (almost mid-shot) had fallen asleep. It must have been noticed because they zoom in to eliminate him from view. Later, when they resume that angle, he's gone! Maybe they shot him. In fact, I wonder if the idiot's still alive to tell the tale of how he missed such a great event.
Aww. From 12:00-13:00 he's smiling though! I think maybe he just got so cozy he couldn't help himself! I get it. Maybe he went to lots of great events in his lifetime. No need to be so "ferocious".
Ha ha fair comment! I wasn't really angry. Maybe a bit harsh but I hope, if he did witness other great events, he managed to remain conscious long enough to preserve some great memories. I saw Ashkenazy twice as a boy and both occasions are etched on my memory. Regards
ferocel : I don’t think that shooting of audience members is allowed. It could interrupt the performance.
Rondo 24:10
There's no need to look at him.
???
Thoroughly enjoying this until a pig of an advertiser thrust his snout into the middle of the first movement!
Amazing
Amazing