Pletnev is not trying to show off how good he is. He shows how superb the original composition was and ends up showing how good he is.

@pavelandreev8015

6 ай бұрын

I am absolutely agree with you🎉🎉🎉

Die BESTE Mussorgsky-Interpretation, die ich je gehört habe! BRAVO!!!

What an incredible sound and imagination!! Big applause to both the composer and Pletnev!!!

I’m not usually a fan of Pletnev’s interpretations, but this is amazing!!!

this is a masterclass of how to play piano. Thanks Mr Pletnev,

Mussorgsky wrote this in memoriam of his late dear friend. Pletnev is one of the rare performers who acknowledge this, and doing so brings out a poignancy and profundity lost when played as merely a virtuosic concert show piece.

Gesù .... questa esecuzione è straordinaria mai ascoltato così in ogni singola parte questo è un film musicale

The best performance of this masterpiece I've ever seen!

I keep coming back to listen to this recording every few months. It's one of the gems on KZread.

Мой любимый пианист! Все так обдуманно! Сразу видно играет композитор!

Outstanding dynamics and phrasing. What a touch. I'm spellbound.

I love that when Pletev starts playing he does not sit rearrange his seat and concentrate! He just arrives and plays!!

This just has to be the best interpretation I have ever heard. I love the extra things he adds to it: they really enhance the original, rather than detract from it, unlike other interpretations I've heard. I thought the Great Gate could never be played on a piano as powerfully as Ravel's orchestration; Pletnev proved me very wrong.

I just love how he plays this chord at 19:47 . It sounds so damn cold and cruel, terrifying... The hut on hen's legs was also stirring, especially in the middle part, he perfectly catches the image of a gloomy forest. The great Gate of Kiew was played with all Russian force. It's stunning how he delays the chords in the left hand and creates a bell sound, never heared that before. Incredible, just incredible...

Magnificently played. Pletnev is fabulous.

The last one is absolutely amazing. Intense!

Excellent. One of the greatest pianists of all time.

diesen Pianist hat wirklich etwas mitzuteilen. Pletnev hat alle "Zutaten" für DEN Pianisten. Und es bedarf vieler Eigenschaften. Vorallem fasziniert mich sein Klang, dann seine Disziplin vereint mit Freiheit. ...seine Phantasie, sein Struktursinn, seine Emotionalität. Ein Pianist der wirklich gestaltet, nicht nur "spielt"

@Oldman808

Жыл бұрын

Yes, yes! You are correct! Nowadays music academies grind out cookie cutter pianists who play with impeccable virtuosity and no soul, emotion, or intelligence! Plus, they encourage the pianists to grimace, gyrate, and contort like a dying cow to convey whatever to the audience.

In memoriam! Too few know that about this piece. Salutes maestro!

Let me acknowledge the sound/recording engineer for an awesome job. I heard big church bells! :)

Grazie, grazie, grazie Maestro Pletnev.

This performance in one word "incredible "

Best interpretation of this master piece! Great Pletnev!

@tomaspianist

9 жыл бұрын

ART DUO oh god, I cannot agree with you more!!!!!

Good God, this is amazing. Slava Pletnev!

shit, this is ......mind boggling performance. I an stunned to my bones!!!!!

Incredible performance, and great video too. Thanks for uploading!

Maestro Pletnev”Knocked it out of the park “ with this performance!

Absolutely stunning level of mastery of a music.

My students loved this version of this piece.

This may be the best Pics I've ever heard. Pletnev's playing is so clean, and his phrasing is unique but natural.

extraordinaire! plus personne n'ose jouer comme ça aujourd'hui, avec autant de créativité et de risques : quel dommage!! quelle force de conviction! c'est admirable

Имела счастье слышать вживую.

@stephenloxton43

2 жыл бұрын

This will live with you. A majestic performance.

@rrip7083

8 ай бұрын

Pls describe how it was live on stage

Promenade (1:27) No. 1 "The Gnome" (3:49) [Untitled] (Interlude, Promenade theme) (4:34) No. 2 "The Old Castle" (8:49) [Untitled] (Interlude, Promenade theme) (9:04) No. 3 "Tuileries" (10:04) No. 4 "Cattle" [Untitled] (Interlude, Promenade theme) (13:37) No. 5 "The Ballet of Unhatched Chicks in their Shells" (14:57) No. 6 "Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuÿle" Promenade (16:56) No. 7 "The Market at Limoges (The Great News)" (18:22) No. 8 "Catacombs" (21:42) No. 9 "The Hut on Fowl's Legs" (25:20) No. 10 "The Great Gate of Kiev"

@Anna-cf6hm

7 жыл бұрын

thank you :)

@andreychizov8201

5 жыл бұрын

спасибо!

@aaronsilva9062

5 жыл бұрын

Very nice of you...

@lsbrother

5 жыл бұрын

curious that he misses out the promenade between 6 & 7

@DarkPablo

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Marvellous performance. I particularly like the slightly off-beat E flats around 27:50...sounds much more bell-like. Pletnev is the only pianist I've heard that does this.

@ediccartman7252

6 жыл бұрын

It's a playing of great conductor ,not just a good pianist.....

@fjhaydn6047

5 жыл бұрын

I TOTALLY agree! Perfect rubato!

@piotrskweres8829

5 жыл бұрын

yes!

@LordQueezle

5 жыл бұрын

It's a very nice touch that makes the piano come to life.

@Brian013100

2 жыл бұрын

You should check out Andsnes's performance!

The wonderfulness of this masterpiece is irreplaceable , off the charts.

God, I love Pletnev. He just makes every piece he plays his.

@raulsedeno7779

8 жыл бұрын

do you know whay dont pletnev play the fifth promenade? between the picture of the judes and the marche de limoges

@ThePumpkin506

8 жыл бұрын

Because that Promenade is almost an exact restatement of the first Promenade and is meant to be a reprise. Some people don't like to play it because it really is almost the same as the first promenade, and even Ravel didn't orchestrate it. It's just that it's too similar.

@raulsedeno7779

8 жыл бұрын

ThePumpkin506 Thanks guy!! :D

@miko50474

7 жыл бұрын

.....I am agree , Pletnev is a genius.

@krazdomino4882

5 жыл бұрын

me too, i love him too

The Artist-Painter- Pianist-Conductor-Musician-Composer co-create this magic piece! This is MIKHAIL PLETNEV!!!

This is simply the best performance of this music I have ever heard. The control, the quality of the sound is impressive, astonishing!

@serg68ful

Жыл бұрын

He is professional composer

In my opinion Kissin's performance is mostly only loud and brutal. I prefer this one, because it's full of imagination and new ideas.

I have heard every great extant recording of this, one of the world's greatest piano solos, and I have to place this first,. In every section, and the promenade throughout, it is exquisite.

I love the way he stands up at the end with his foot still on the pedal!

БРАВО !!! ПРЕВОСХОДНО !!! ВЕЛИКОЛЕПНО !!!

Grande pianista! Peccato che Musorgskij avava scritto un altro spartito..!!!

Напоминает живопись, но не на холсте, а прямо в жизни.

Fantastic Piano Sound!

in a lonely word simply wonderful.great interpretation.

My sentiments exactly! Don't know if I'm on the same page as you, (I'm a trumpet player not qualified to critique pianist) but his interpretation and execution made me feel as if I was back in the orchestra! I was hypnotized. Awesome!

He is not playing, he is painting!!!!

@marcorotondi7613

5 жыл бұрын

Vero...bravo. Sono colori gettati nello spazio , solo il Maestro Pletnev però ha la Tavolozza! Marco Rotondi

I've listened to many versions, but this one is one of a kind. Took me a while to accept it. mr Pletnev is like a surgeon. His face says it all, he is master of his craft. The way he moves his hands ... scissors, knife, needle ... Oh, the patient is going to be just fine. He makes no mistakes.

@normhall1622

2 жыл бұрын

Me too. I love Kissin on this and it took me some time to love Pletniv.

@ciararespect4296

2 жыл бұрын

@@normhall1622 I like them both but kissin I prefer. I suppose I've been used to how it sounds and how I play it but fair play to pletnev for finding new harmonies etc. He obviously spent a lot of time working it out

@christube131

Жыл бұрын

Like a surgeon. Brilliant, Notice the green outfit and lighting. Surgeons wear green as the counterpoint of red...

He is God of the sense of sounds balance.

Good grief, this is so glorious that I just can't figure out why the audience doesn't rise, en masse, at the end, and levitate the whole room with their applause. If this isn't the last word in "Pictures at an Exhibition" on the piano, it's pretty darn near. "The Old Castle" is so moody and even wayward; the returns of the promenade are so fresh (as if our gallery-walker were still affected by the picture or pictures just previous); the market is full of such colorful bustle; the cattle are so knee-deep in mire as they plow and lurch forward; the unhatched chicks are so peckingly witty, not merely "cute"; and the clang of the city's bells, pealing out above the great gate, is so enormous and devotional. I almost want to say that, hearing this, it all makes sense to me: where the savagery in Russian composers come from. And I mean that as a compliment. It's a wonderful savagery, and I'm thinking of passages in Prokofieff, places in Tchaikovsky, and some of the really blood-on-the-floor moments in Shostakovich. I love how Pletnev just really lets go and let fly with the pedal sometimes, coloring long sections with muddled impressionistic sonority. Gosh, it's rare to hear a pianist of such tremendous technique who uses it not for showing off, but completely in the service of the composer.

@miko50474

7 жыл бұрын

....Agree....Many worlds into this amazing piano masterpiece...And Pletnev is an absolut wonderful genius....It`s art in finest definition from my point of view.

@tylerd541

4 жыл бұрын

try Gavrilov

@michaelpaulsmith4619

3 жыл бұрын

I was going to make a comment but you put it so superbly. Thank you!

@user-gh3it9fm4x

Жыл бұрын

Послушайте ещё пианиста и дирижёра Ашкенази, он также прекрасно исполняет " Картинки"

Величайший пианист.

Очень люблю его слушать!!! Просто здорово!!! 29.04.2021.Благодарю,Вас!

ОБОЖАЮ М.П. МУСОРГСКОГО !!!

Браво держать у ног стихию и есть искусство.Браво.

Born from the abysses of a desperate soul (Moussorgski, and M. Pletnëv), pierces my own soul...

Браво!

so good. so seductive. love this performance!

sublime, una esecuzione incredibilmente sublime

"Wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man" (Sophocles - Antigone) The end of this video brings that quote to mind. I love the way Pletnev stands up with his foot on the sustain pedal. It's a moment of shared exhilaration with the audience that seems to shout "Pick the fuckin' bones out of that!!!" For better sound seek out the recording of Pictures made by Pletnev in November 1989, at St. Martin's Church, East Woodhay, UK. One of the glories of recorded music.

@agnes28

23 күн бұрын

How can I find it? Thanks

Брависсимо!!!!!

Alquimista de sonoridades!

Mikhail Pletnev adds masterful brush strokes to one of the great piano compositions. I have experienced hearing none better. Also very well filmed - in keeping with the atmosphere of the music.

Wonderful! What a great interpretation. Love Mussorgsky. Love Pletnev. Thanks for posting.

Que potencia!!! Mussorgsky estaba desquiciado!!! Esta interpretación es excelente y muy interesante.

incredible, just blew my mind.

Magnificent interpretation, rendering the piano FUBAR

Just an incredible piano experience. I thank everyone. It is interesting to think how Ravel's orchestration might have pushed the few pianists capable of playing this to extremes that would have been otherwise unsought. This posting is a wonderful gift to the internet.

@miko50474

8 жыл бұрын

+Bob Loosemore .....I am absolut agree with you...this is for me a extasis of pure art.

@marcvincenti6720

7 жыл бұрын

Your comment here is so refreshing; thank you! Spaseba! I left a long comment myself, which I hope give listeners a little added pleasure, if possible. But thank you for your thanks, and for rejoicing instead of finding fault. We need that kind of thing these days. M.V.

@christube131

Жыл бұрын

Excellent observation about the Ravel effect,

@cubycube9924

9 ай бұрын

@@christube131what exactly is the ravel effect?

@christopherwildman3368

9 ай бұрын

Its the way his orchestral version expanded how we experience the original as if Ravel had co-written it with Mussorsky!@@cubycube9924

When I first saw this, being an avid fan of Pletnev, but for any pianist for that matter, the pianism displayed so sincerely and heartily here is so rare it's diamond-like. Many poor fellows tend to think that the ending is riddled with mistakes...like Pletnev thinks he knows how it should sound. Boy does he! What people don't understand is the "mistakes" they hear are, if they would have the open mind, used as a technique to create the sensation of other orchestra instruments that would otherwise be being heard if it were not for the fact that this is a piano solo. That is not to say Pletnev carelessly makes mistakes. He garnishes his mistakes (which are hardly mistakes to my ears) like a master chef garnishes his famous dishes. Truely, they become less and less known as mistakes, but rather textures and hidden voices that the piano was designed to produce and speak. Also what is an ending to an amazing piece such as this without an absolutely and insanely thunderous finale. This rendition has no trouble blowing away the "day-lights" out of me. Pletnev takes the crown on this one...hands down...literally.

@m3bmuadib

4 ай бұрын

What? This piece was written for piano solo.

I might have a dream of Mussorgsky walking in the crowds of somecity in Russia , talking to his late friend . After listening to his incomparable performance , I may dream of Mussorgsky That dream is the ultimate in bliss for me that deeply love and respect and long for Mussorgsky From Tokyo of the Land of the Rising Sun 🇯🇵

very individual, it's good to hear something different for a change....one might argue about some affectations...but in the end this is a convincing interpretation, bravo Pletnev!!

One of the best interpretations i ever heard. Gonna share.

One must remember that in a concert hall, the pedaling does not sound as muddled as here. An exceptional performance!

His interpretation is just amazing.

Heavens! Where and when did he perform those "Pictures"? I'm dazzled!

Me encanta esta interpretación. Hasta ahora solo había escuchado la versión orquestada.

@locrio85

9 жыл бұрын

Mussorgsky escribió esta suite para piano solo originalmente, más adelante fue orquestada por Ravel, y bueno, esa es la versión más popularizada.

The people who don't like Pletnev's playing just can't figure out what the top piano-art is!

Fabuleux morceaux j'adore.

I'm agree with the guy that says that Pletnev it's painting. It's clearly like this. The moves of the hand are like he is not playing a piano, but paint a picture.

Interprétation exceptionnelle.Tout est nuances subtiles, une interprétation sublime à découvrir absolument! Ce pianiste donne à l'oeuvre une dimension nouvelle!

Una Verdadera Exhibición de INTERPRETACIÓN PIANÍSTICA.

La mas sensible interpretación. Gran maestro Pletnev.

Well that was completely different from what I've become accustomed to. Not surprisingly with Pletnev, it's really good and impressive, even though the degree of change is so great that I'm not about to say it's better than a more traditional interpretation such as Kissin's. I'm sure I'll return for another listen someday.

An incredible interpretation! Or, simply - the ONLY interpretation. Incredible, but Mikhail is the only one who got this piece right. All other renditions (Yudina, Richter, Avdeeva, Buniatishvili,... ) are good, great, probably excellent - yet just not "there".

@ciararespect4296

2 жыл бұрын

Kissin is better and not idiosyncratic like this

This guy plays it so much better than I do.

Best sound ever!

Love how he transitioned from the Two Jews to Limoges. I haven't heard anyone else do it that way and it rocks!

Господи, как же это прекрасно. Не хочется подбирать эпитетов. Просто наслаждаться.

Thank you very very much for reuploading this lost one :)

Абсолютный Гений, если здесь уместно применить категорию Абсолюта. Эта интерпретация находится на соединении всех видов искусств: музыки-живописи-литературы-театра. Вероятно эта интерпретация поэтому и абсолютна.

@user-lh5qv5mp3d

5 жыл бұрын

На сегодняшний это недостижимо лучшее.

@andreychizov8201

5 жыл бұрын

@@user-lh5qv5mp3d А Рихтеровская или какая то там знаменитая советская пианистка была? Я не специалист, просто интересно

Surely an extraordinary pianist ... and watching him play makes listening even more enjoyable. Thanks for this opportunity :o)

Para mi es excelente la descripción en idioma de piano de toda la exposición dando vida con la variedad y bien colocado el sistema de grabacion, saludos a los melómanos del mu do desde MEXICO, CDMX .

The competing virtuoso for this magnificent piece is Svitoslav Richter's Sofi performance in the 1950's which is so creative in every moment. Would love for their to be a recorded video performance of Richter's performance.

one of the very few performances of this work that can be compared to Richter's historic 1958 Sofia recital.

@ediccartman7252

2 жыл бұрын

I guess, if Richter had listened to this , he would've stopped playing the piano.

@789armstrong

2 жыл бұрын

@@ediccartman7252 not quite.There are several outstanding performances each of which is like looking at a great painting from different perspectives. my absolute favorite is Sheng Cai who plays the Horowitz transcription as well as Horowitz himself.

@predrag-peterilich900

2 жыл бұрын

@@789armstrong All of them way behind, and below, this rendition, IMHO.

Simply beautiful.

One of my favorite pianists: Horowitz, Richter, Kissin, Pletnev, Andre Watts, Marc Andre Hamelin, the Kontarsky Brothers were incredible (check out the Hungarian Dances by Brahms. Earl Wild recorded some excellent stuff (Chopin Ballads) For tone- quality I would say that Mikhail Pletnev and Horowitz are among the greatest pianists I have ever heard. Yes I have heard Arthur Rubinstein!!! So many Great Pianists, it is very subjective to say who is the greatest pianist. Gyorgy Cziffra's recording of Chopin Waltzes, could be compared to Vermeer's amazing paintings. Now, Horowitz could be compared to Rembrandt's chiaroscuro! Marc Andre Hamelin is like Leonardo Da Vinci's technical virtuosity in His Liszt (Hungarian Rhapsodies)...this could be an exaggeration. All these pianists are stunning!!!! I shall forgo those great living pianists (...) because so many bombastic writers have used and depleted the most hyperbolic adjectives to describing their idols! By the way, check my transcription of Amazing Grace after Franz Liszt (recorded in 1997). I also unraveled the Pre-Raphaelites Technique (Year 2005).

masterful playing!

Spectacular kiev gate

BRAVO!!!!!!!!!

This piece is extraordinarily demanding. It is of a musical nature that prohibits inferior pianists. For years my favorite recording of Pictures was Richter's Sophia recording. Nobody else interested me. Pletnev is awesome.

@tylerd541

4 жыл бұрын

Try Gavrilov.