It's probably just jealously talking but there's something really unsettling about watching such macabre and tense music played so effortlessly.

@gerontius34

Жыл бұрын

Not only 'unsettling', but down right spooky.

@atalantak9205

Жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly.

@laurentbarre7887

7 ай бұрын

Effortlesy ? Its just you were'nt there when she had produced so much efforts to learn this piece of art during hours, days, weeks, month....

@alanpotter8680

7 ай бұрын

@@gerontius34 Malofeev takes the piece to another level. He actually is enjoying playing it.. that grin of his..

@jamesrobert4106

4 ай бұрын

​@alanpotter8680 To be that extraordinary at his age is mind boggling.

She really brings out what I think is the essence of the composition, the monotony amidst chaos, emotional but distanced. Lovely.

@richardvolpe7664

2 ай бұрын

Emotion, in THIS piece?

@valkhorn

18 күн бұрын

@@richardvolpe7664yes. Are you deaf? There’s tons of expression.

She plays what technically seems impossible so effortlessly.

She is a wonder of the world, a force of nature. A virtuoso from the get-go. Sheesh. Still got it in her 80s too. What an artist!

Martha's playing is always about the music, not about Martha. That's why she's a winner!

‘Astonishing’ doesn’t begin to describe how great her performance is! 😎🎹

Positively astonishing. I think Prokofiev himself would be absolutely amazed.

@richardvolpe7664

8 ай бұрын

Even more flabbergasted if he heard Haochen Zhang or Yuja Wang.

@rigel48

2 ай бұрын

@@richardvolpe7664 They are good but not better.

"You can't stop an avalanche rolling down that hill"

Wowsers. What a marvel, Charles. Thanks so much, Hywel x

Contrast this with her Scarbo and her genius is undeniable. What a treasure her art is.

This is gold thanks for uploading it

Father forgive us, we are not worthy of such magnitude.

Amazing!! Thank you for uploading this!

I absolutely love her complete mastery of right and left-hand dynamic reciprocal communications on the keyboard. Brilliant delivery. :)

I used to be bursting with exaggerated self-confidence and thought, given enough time, I could play anything. If somebody had shown me Prokofiev's Toccata, I would have clearly felt my limitations even then and said, that I would need several lifetimes, to be able to do this. What makes Agerich so extraordinary here, the difficulty of overcoming it, is not her concern, but rather the musical language, the melody in between.

@j.s.42822

Жыл бұрын

Out of curiosity, what could you play when you held that belief?

@ScaramouchedaVinci

Жыл бұрын

@@j.s.42822 Chopin's Revolutionary Etude, Op.10, for example.

@j.s.42822

Жыл бұрын

​@@ScaramouchedaVinci I suppose that's pretty far off, but not ridiculously so, I think? I'm currently at a slightly higher level, and I can give or take this Toccata, but I'd like to play Ondine sometime in the next few years. We'll see how that goes🙂

@kondsiccMusic

9 ай бұрын

@@j.s.42822 Goodluck with the Ondine. Its so hard getting the opening right cus of the pianissimo and the repeated notes.

@j.s.42822

9 ай бұрын

@@kondsiccMusic It is. I try just the opening sometimes to see how far I have to go. Still pretty far!😄But I'm getting closer. I used to test myself similarly with the opening of Rachmaninoff's Op. 39 No. 1, and that one is actually not difficult at all for me now.

Grazie mille per la condivisione davvero straordinaria Martha Argerich💥❤️

Thank you for posting this. Awesome.

I just love it when it goes back to the initial figure at 3.31. Makes my hairs stand up every time. So powerful

Awesome! Thank you so much for sharing

Magnifique !!! Merci !!!

🤩! Like a rock concert!! Amazing!! 🙏🎹🙌😍

great performance

The greatest pianist ever is a subjective, ridiculous, unanswerable notion. But if it was answerable, Martha Agerich would win a lot of the votes.

Can never listen to her enough’

Her gifts are the most monstrously beautiful! She is a demigoddess!

Just fantastic, and in.credible

Unbelievable!

@eateeharris4503

Жыл бұрын

I believe it. I just watched it for the 2nd time to be sure to be sure.

So heavy💗

Bravo 👏

I gotta say between her performance and Yujas, Martha’s is more musical and expressive. Which is no easy task considering this composition.

@eyevon6387

3 күн бұрын

Yessss, at times when yuja was playing it felt like she was just playing the notes and I could baerly hear the actual melody

@valkhorn

3 күн бұрын

@@eyevon6387 disagree. Yuja is still extremely expressive with it you have to listen a bit more carefully but it is there. Argerich just does more.

Maravilhoso

Todos estamos enamorados de ella

Yes, that’s right... Martha is definitely Martha.

Incredible thank you! What dvd is this from originally?

Amaizing! She stands out from other pianists as always.

I get the feeling Malofeev took a lot of notes from her performance. Pun not intended.

Copado!

❤

Was this recorded in 1965?

@petergolding5733

Жыл бұрын

I think it was March 16 1960 in Hamburg but I may be wrong

I’m not afraid to admit. I have a crush on Martha. Bravo. Such skill on such a difficult piece!

@daniel27939

3 ай бұрын

She doesn't look like that now, dude... Then again, I have a crush on Elizabeth Montgomery, who died many years ago.

@LiquidTurbo

3 ай бұрын

@@daniel27939 I’m well aware. Lol. It’s possible to appreciate someone for that particular moment in time..

@daniel27939

3 ай бұрын

@@LiquidTurbo Well put. I agree that it is possible. Interesting concept.

@none5020

Ай бұрын

You guys are both weird people who need to go out more.

🌹🙏🌹

4:07 true argerich fashion 😭

My teacher just recommended I do play this for a competition yesterday :) (the maximum length is 5 minutes which is cringe but this is a great piece and 4th legit gets $1k)

Michael Jackson would have wanted to dance when he heard this performance🤠 and I hear Martha is his fan

I'm mad about her. All the comments below times infinity. Wow!

After that....... No comment.

Do you mean there is a bad quality Martha performance of Prokofiev Toccata?

@jonathanstupidcheesespaghetti

11 ай бұрын

It's referring to the video quality, not her performance quality.

@jeffaldridge4051

10 ай бұрын

Great joke😂. I got it….

The only competitor to this performance would be Horowitz.

Étrange, ce que l'être non disposé musicalement que je suis perçoit, en différence des commentaires plus avisés participant d'une dissection de l'oeuvre. Car l'écoute qui m'accompagne tout au long du chemin très accentué de l'oeuvre et loin de toutes sensations d'un quelconque obscur, y perçoit comme une flamboyante rythmique . Et le piano ne s'y trompe pas en imprimant à chaque note si incisive, sa résultante sonore.

Oltre i limiti dell'umano

Of course the young Argerich erea 70 '-80 and aftee : Argerich with orchestras , stop solo piano : j hope not the same career for Yunga Wang !

@richardvolpe7664

8 ай бұрын

What's that you're saying?

@rigel48

2 ай бұрын

@@richardvolpe7664 I think he regrets that Martha Argerich stopped playing solo too early in her career.

Jesus H Christ!

@richardvolpe7664

8 ай бұрын

Now what in hell is that supposed to mean? Is it a criticism, or did you spill your beer on the sofa?

yujia wong's is also amazing

Good. Still Yuja in front, I would say.

@jamesrobert4106

4 ай бұрын

I think I agree. Yuja makes it incredibly sharp and clean in its delivery. Nobody can say what the definitive version should be, but her performance was extraordinary.

@rigel48

2 ай бұрын

Yuja Wang is technically as good, but a little too much mechanical.

Gilels is infinitely superior in this piece, so much more musical.

@richardvolpe7664

8 ай бұрын

What the heck do you mean - - "musical?" If there existed some expressive, melodic phrases in these pages (there aren't any, by the way), I'd understand, more or less, where you're coming from. But this is essentially a mechanical kind of style; we're not talking 'Chopin nocturne' here.

Sure, Martha nailed it, but listen to Yuja - much more interesting and clean.

@rigel48

4 ай бұрын

"much more interesting"? in what way? They are both brilliante and I do not see why one should be more insteresting than the other.

@jamesrobert4106

2 ай бұрын

I think both versions are incredible. Yuja plays it in a manner that seems to more capture the sharp madness within the piece.