Natalie Erlich performs Litolff Scherzo
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- Опубліковано 22 жов 2024
- Natalie Erlich performs the Litolff Scherzo at the 2006 New England Conservatory Commencement Concert in Jordan Hall, Boston. Donald Palma conducts. See more at natalie-erlich.com.
Without a doubt, this version of Litolff's scherzo is way out in front of the many versions that I have heard. It compares to 'perfect diction' against 'mumbling.' In fact, it's the first time I've ever heard it without there being an apparent race to the finishing line bewteen the pianist and the conduct.In this version, every note of the piano is as clear as a spring day and as fresh as a crisp lettuce.
Well done, Natalie Erlich, you are indeed a very gifted and talented lady. Bravo!
In full agreement with everything you say!
it's simple extraordinary!!!!
Perfect comment Len, I totally agree.
Yes,yes, bot Sir Alfred Curzon's recording of this piece is BETTER!
I’ve loved this piece since I was a young child.
BEAUTIFUL!! I only got to know this tune as a child as my late mother was one of the few ladys who could WHISTLE! She was always whistling classical tunes but I never knew what they were. Sadly she passed without ever giving me a hint WHAT the music was. It took me many years to finally track down Henry Litoff's: Concerto Symphonique No. 4, Op. 102 - 2 The Scherzo! It brings such joy to me of happy innocent days as a child, Natalie plays this with excellence lifting the heart and soul to great heights. You play with such lightness of touch and depth of feeling for this amazing work. Thank you so much Natalie! 👏👏👏👏👏💓
Tom, you are the Pitts, but absolutely spot on. An exemplary performance displaying the highest of keyboard skills. Totally unhurried leaving every note crisp and clear but sufficiently paced to do justice to the original score. An absolute delight; well done, young lady. And many congratulations to the orchestra for their support.
One of my favorite pieces for piano and I’ve never heard it played as beautifully. Bravo.
Stunning "live" performance! Perfect tempo!
I first heard this at four years old, and was charmed by it then! I listen to it now, and
appreciate the elegant beauty of it.
Wonderful: and the tempo is just right.
Our Dad would play this on our radiogram. It was a 78rpm record and one had to turn it over half-way! I still have it in the loft. (The record, not the radiogram...)
A marvellous piece of music. What a pity it doesn't feature higher in the Classic FM Hall of Fame.
Quite. About time Classic FM spruced up their jaded playlist of boring old standards. Although they did introduce me to Christopher Tin's stuff and changed my life This Litolff rendition is super btw.
I remember requesting this over and over again when Classic FM first broadcast. Must have taken them a year and then one day... (Mind you, I also nagged them for Dvorak's Prague Waltz, but there we are.)
Personally, and this is just my opinion, I think this scherzo sounds magnificent at this speed. I've listened to quite a few variations myself, and versions played impeccably at this rate generate what I have labeled as the happiest sounding piece of music I have ever heard in my entire life. This piece, somehow, completes me. :)
Beautiful performance with perfectly lilting tempo and sparkle; most enjoyable. Bravo also to the youthful orchestra and their excellent conductor who keep the piece bouncing along springingly!
Try thus one from the days of 78's!
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Not from 78s! I had the LP! Heard Moura in concert many times- wonderful. Litolff was filler on many concerto LPs- i had also Katin, Cherkassky, Curzon(!!)...etc!
It was Leonard Pennario that first brought this piece into public view when he included it on his immensely popular LP "Concerto Under the Stars" with Carmen Dragon and the Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra. Among the other selection on there: Warsaw Concerto, Swedish Rhapsody (my favorite) Cornish Rhapsody and Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. Ms. Erlich does an admirable job with a tricky piano part and the orchestra is more than competent. I heard Gerald Robbins play this in concert years ago and I recall the orchestra bursting into applause at the end of the mov. with one still to go. He issued an LP of this Concerto on Genesis in the 70's and is presently on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music.
My mum loved the Moira Lympany version back in the 50's. It was on a 78. Microgroove recording was in its infancy back then.
She was pretty darn good too!
@@gregbailey45 Lympany was a darn good pianist. I used to check out her Rach 2 LP on Angel every other week at the local library. Just about wore it out.
First time I have seen it performed . I have the CD of Peter Donohoe and the BSO. Let me share a story told by my mother a dozen years ago. She would always turn the volume up when this was played on Classic FM. Before the war she worked in a music shop in the West End of London and when a potential customer came in to buy a gramophone this piece of music was put on . when she left the shop just before the outbreak of WW2 she was presented with the 78rpm record of the Scherzo. White she was relating this story in about 2002 I recalled seeing an old record box container tucked away upstairs , when I opened the case there was the 78. I bought mum the CD about a month or two before she died , she had only ever heard this one movement before.
I too personally prefer the Peter Donohue version of this song. The tempo and the articulation is just immaculate in my opinion.
Your mum obviously had impecable taste!
Their is such joy in this piece of musical brilliance
Music is the greatest art form, and this proves it
Excellence! And kudos to the conductor for the intelligent, sane and altogether precise pace. He's a bassist? Well, that explains the sanity in tempo, and the reward is brillance--clarity and precision--all round.
Excellent pianist and superb conducting as expected from a top bassist-conductor as Don Palma.
i enjoyed it! So nice to hear this brilliant playing and totally unknown piece to me! Thank you so much!
Just perfect !!!
Sometimes, extreme language is needed to sufficiently express incredible distinction or something truly extraordinary. This woman has exceeded incredible thresholds with this performance. People should appreciate different forms of admiration as a reflection of just how much music can reach ALL people of diverse walks. In other words, "Get over it and enjoy the music in your own way!"
There seem to be very few good recordings of Litolff's scherzo on UA-cam. This is the best I have heard so far. She is so very good. Saying more would just parrot other great comments.Are there other good live recordings of this on UA-cam?
The definitive version is by Moira Lympnay from ath 50's in the last century available on youtube
I relalize this isn't live but this is by far my favourite ua-cam.com/video/ldoQmU8lPRk/v-deo.html
And somehow he puts an extra minute in there....?
Orchestra is perfectly showcasing the pianist. Well paced, no race at all!Adroit is the word I'm thinking of. Bravo Natalie!! This is truly in concert.
So very beautiful - thanks much
Fantastic! Heard it plenty but never seen it.
Natalie, genius. Undoubtedly the finest rendition. Bravo!!!
I know so many Piano Concerto's but this one is a jewel
I love this ! It is very possibly the most difficult piece of music a pianist will ever have to play. Thats if they are capable of doing it without cracking a note.
wonderfully played, thanks again
What a tour de force of manual dexterity.
The definitive Version is by Moura Lympany.
It's quite old, but to my way of thinking, the best.
I was going to say exactly that. She was an amazing pianist, but young Natalie has done a magnificent job here. Full marks, lass.
@@jenniferlang1393 she did a BANG up job... so clean and detailed... and what a DRESS!
When I was only about 9 or 10 years old I was on holiday with my parents at the seaside resort in Scotland. We stayed at a hotel and there was a little gal around the same age or a little older, who would play this piece of music and I was in love with her and the way she said Ooh strawberries and cream
Outstanding performance!
How ever does Natalie do that, it's mindblowingly fast?
my god, this is wonderful!
Bravo!!! And thank you for posting. From San Jose, California
great musical touch coupled with precise technique! it sounds effortless, just like music needs to be.
Needless to add but i will, i agree Thomas
I have to throw in Leonard Penario and Hollywood Bowl Orchestra as one of the pre immeninent performances of the Litoff's Scherzo.
Dazzling, simply dazzling...
Really amazing
Entertaining music
Bravissima, very good performance.
Superb playing!
Merveilleux
This is a poem about fox hunting. Horse gallop at this speed. Any faster is just showing off!
Love this
a truly wonderfull interpitation of this work , but why do people have to use bad language to express there comments it is just not necessary and may be viewed by children.
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Elegant and brilliant.
Best performance of Litolff ever!!!!!!!
Nice job. Too bad they didn't show her hands. It's fascinating to watch a pianist's hands.
But for this smash hit, Litolff would be forgotten today. A pity, because his other concerti are just as worthy :)
accurately played
Wonderful!
Good accents. All notes are there (and heard!). But it is not "Molto presto con fuoco". It is like music for a fairy tale.
It Sounds Like Sir Topham Hatt’s Theme. 😂
It's been used in a film, just not one to do with the Isle of Sodor!
SHE FUCKING SHREDS!!!
shame that the videographer is drunk!!!
I agree with Frozentoes1 - far too slow. The best recording I have heard has to be Peter Donohoe with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. It is truly awesome and was on my Favourites playlist but has now been removed because of copyright issues.