I love all five of Saint-Saens piano concertos. Everything he wrote is great.

A sparkling performance of this wonderful concerto. No wonder the orchestra applauded Ms Min with such enthusiasm. Absolutely 100% deserved.

An exquisite performance by an extraordinarily sensitive artist. All musicians are to be congratulated on presenting such a beautiful piece.

This has always been my very favorite classical piece. I was amazed and delighted to discover this beautifully photographed live performance of Saint-Saens 4th piano concerto performed masterfully by Lorraine Min and conducted memorably by the fantastic Tania Miller. I just wish I had been there on that night. I have been asking the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra to present it for years. The first movement is stunning in its understatement and gentleness. In the second movement the recurring melodies found throughout the piece become bold and triumphant. I don’t care to argue about which of the five piano concertos by Saint-Saens is the masterpiece. I’m more interested in experiencing what touches the human heart. This is some beautiful and very memorable music. And what an ending.

@mariannedijzel3075

Ай бұрын

It's a huge favorite for me too. First time I heard it played was by French pianist Philipp Entremont with the Philadelphia Orchestra as it was known then. I was blown away, it was a long time ago, no KZread then.

@johnkling

Ай бұрын

Part of a performance of a tv program with an orchestra sponsored by Bell Labs was online a few years back (and might still be). The historical Entremont performances were energetic.

A truly splendid performance of a much underrated piano concerto.

It's high time for people to notice that classical music is not limited to Bach, Beethoven and Brahms !

@enricomartelloni5208

3 жыл бұрын

Dvorak is also good

@davidjared3402

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree; I thoroughly enjoy the music of lesser-known composers like Saint-Saens, Mendelssohn, von Weber, Borodin, et al.

@georgewbushcenterforintell147

11 ай бұрын

I been slowly liking greig more and more

@SpeedFreaK79x

11 ай бұрын

Exactly! We should also think of Mozart, Wagner or Chopin 🤦‍♂

@victorhugoromerog.5096

8 ай бұрын

Faltó:Mozart,Schubert.Es que es la más hermosa...

Lorraine Min is the best classical pianist I have ever seen. I am totally impressed! Thank you!

a piano concerto that should be played more often....this performance was outstanding....

@TheVaughan5

9 жыл бұрын

Paul Pizzo All 5 of Saint Saens piano concertos should be heard more often instead of the endless repeats of Beethoven's 5 concertos - there is so much great music out there that seldom gets a look in because organizers are stuck with an all too narrow outlook.

Superb rendition of this highly underrated concert by the most underrated classical composer. Saint-Saens is great!

@johne6081

5 жыл бұрын

I don't underrate Saint-Saens. :)

@ruexcited2WholeHearted

4 жыл бұрын

@Troy Hooker ; )

@charlestimberlake5522

2 жыл бұрын

I do think Saint-Saens is underrated. He is often regarded as being a lightweight. No, the underlying structure is there, and the developing of themes is there. Perhaps, typically of French Romantic composes, this is not obvious, but both are there. Plus, there is the surface beauty which is rather obvious. I like all 5 of his piano concertos, but the 4th is my favorite.

@olafzuberbuehler4867

11 ай бұрын

They call the music of Saint Saens "Champagne Music". But this is not at all negative. - And the Adagio of the Organ Symphony is one of the most beautiful pieces in music history.

Truly amazing performance of the very best Saint-Saens had to offer ... a perfect balance between delicacy and fortezza. Bravissimo!

About forty years ago my classical record club's monthly selection was Philippe Entremont playing Saint-Saens' piano concertos No. 2 and No. 4. I wore out the LP. I fell in love with love with the two piano concertos. Later, when CDs came out, I purchased a two-CD set of Entremont playing all five of Saint-Saens' piano concertos and play them often while walking with my mp3 player. I must agree with other commenters that Concertos 1,3 and 5 are also great concertos. Saint-Saens is by far France's greatest classical composer and his music should be played much more in concert halls. His melodies are beautiful.

@kneeman66

3 жыл бұрын

45 years later I still have dreams that the Columbia Record Club is going to come after me for unpaid bills for the 190 records I ordered for one penny.

@gustavolascalea1525

Жыл бұрын

Once it was possible to read the remark of a critic in, I believe, the New York Times... He said something like this: "Yesterday night we were privileged hearing in a concert a young, french pianist who could be classify by a single, plain word: a GENIOUS."

@tomyamartino

11 ай бұрын

I had the same CD with Entremont, 2 and 4. This is where I fell in love with Saint Saens.

@robert-skibelo

Ай бұрын

I grew up with that same recording by Entremont, which our family got from the Wordl Record Club some time in the 1960s. Like you I nearly wore the record out. I've always liked this no.4 better than no.2. When I was 17 the contrary motion octaves in the last movement were the most electrifying thing I had ever heard.

I love the Saint-Saens concerto's. It's deeply emotional, beautiful played. The French composers are also top. It's wonderful

I had never thought of Saint-säens as a genius. This concert, however, had the power of making me reconsider my mind. It's a superb masterpiece. This perception has longed for decades. This is a concert basically based on a single theme. If such a commposer is not a genius, I don't know anymore what a genius is.

@shosha1878

4 жыл бұрын

I suggest the #5 "Egyptian"

@paga123

9 ай бұрын

Personnaly I love Saint-Saens music too. But it is true that he was known as the " more genius composer inside the ungenius " or " the biggest composer inside the little one" !!!

@morphixnm

2 ай бұрын

Saint Saens greatness has always made dummies of his critics.

A musician who at the age of 8 played recitals in which people could call out for him to play one of the 32 Beethoven Sonatas, Camille Saint-Saens had an auspicious beginning to the music world. His music is always sane and beautiful. He is no Beethoven. He is just a magnificent composer and, in his day, a fantastic pianist. He is highly underrated as a composer and people need to recognize his depth of ability. His piano concertos are indeed underrated and they shouldn't be.

Love this concerto... But everybody is talking about 1,2,4,5... Poeple, please take some time to listen the third, its a really stunning masterpiece, it has so unusual melodies, great epic and powerfuls moments... One of my favorite classical pieces of all time

@bowerdw

5 жыл бұрын

At the top of my list of favorite piano concertos are all 5 of Saint-Saens works. They don't get any better than these. Others get as good, but not better.

@tomstarzeck7137

4 жыл бұрын

I have yet to see a video performance of his 3rd here on KZread It is indeed a remarkable piece of music and most certainly underrated!

I wonder one of the reasons this concerto is rarely performed is because of its difficulty ... Ms Min delivers!!

A difficult composer to play and she does it so excellently. The orchestra under Miller is well adjusted to the pianiste's style and tempi throughout too. A truly great performance.

What a treat!

Can you imagine the tremendous joy of the composer hearing and seeing such a brilliant and perfect fluid presentation of his composition?

Wow!!!! Standing ovation!!! Bravo!! Amazing performance!!

At the top of my personal list of favorite piano concertos with the other 4 composed by Saint-Saens.

It has been a long time since I heard Lorraine Min play! She is the full package! Sensitive playing, strong knowledge of the music, beautiful looks and very charming. Thank you so much for posting this!

A polished and technically brilliant performance of the Saint -Saens Piano Concerto No.4, by Lorraine Min.

So touching, so beautiful, all the comments.

I love piano concertos Saint-Saens

@usagi0901

3 жыл бұрын

I Love ur symphonies

@mel63613

Жыл бұрын

Your symphonies are nice too. They tell a 'story', and that's great.

Every time I hear this magnificent concerto I question why it is not played more often in concert halls (at least where I live), other than it's fiendishly difficult for the pianist. Bravo Lorraine Min and the VS!

What a magnificent performance. Ms. Min was in the zone. A perfect connection between soloist and orchestra.

Perfection indeed !

Truly, a dynamic performance!

Saint - Seans wrote this beautiful piece! Ms Min’s playing is wonderful! Enjoy the piece and ignore the critics! Intellectual fashions come and go! Good music is always good music!

Congratulations Lorraine; both for your channel and for your performance.

An autstanding performance from both the soloist and the orchestra. The symbiosis is perfect.

Saint Saens is great, indeed, and this splendid rendition of his 4th proves it. We, who love Music, should be given more chances of enjoying his music.

The fourth pino concerto of Saint Saens is perhaps the most original of the five. I always perceived it as a vast elaboration of choral-llike themes. Lorraine Min, a pianist whom I did noy know, I must confess iy, is an extrordinary interpret of this rigorous concertto.

Great rendition of this concert by Lorraine Min. She plays vigorously and is always in command.

I like this performance

I liked the idea of the composer in the way he connected all the movements in one single piece...

beautiful performance of this two artists and orchestra..

A gem of performance by Lorraine and the orchestra!

I had the distinct pleasure of meeting her sponsor on an Amtrak train trip who turned me onto this incredible musician. I thank Gene and am so pleased to have heard this amazing talent and orchestra.

Superb performance- and the key central section (around 12:00) taken with great romantic spirit as it should be. This compares with my favorite recordings: Collard/Previn, Malikova/Sandering and Casadesus/Bernstein! Thank you for this wonderful performance of one of Saint-Saens' finest concerti!

What I find fantastic about this recording is the pianist’s clarity. That’s something that’s really lacking from the others here on KZread imo. I haven’t heard of her before, but will definitely be checking out her other recordings. Great work!

Just beautiful all around. Superb playing by everyone here.

I'v ealways loved this concerto. how come nobody play it?

The G minor is most often played. However, this one is gem.

For fans of the last half of the concerto, it starts here 13:45 . Movements three and four. III. Scherzo in C Minor; IV. Finale in C Major

6:48 Just beautiful !

@ramylerner5059

Жыл бұрын

Definitely. Sounds like Brahms.

Saint-Saens' best piano concerto. Beautifully played.

Quelle magnifique prestation. C'est précis, ciselé et remarquablement joué. Une heureuse découverte en ce jour de l'an 2023....

Lorraine does justice to Saint-Saens!

Nice!

Magnificent!

La gran Martha Argerich tiene sucesoras!!!!!!!!!!!! Min, Wang, Ott, que generación de magníficas pianistas, una perlita este concierto de Saint Saens, la Argerich de los años 60, temperamento y ejecución pasional, una verdadera delicia.....

Vraiment l'une des meilleures performances de la quatrième concerto pour piano de Saint-Saëns. Même certains des plus célèbres pianistes ne pouvait pas jouer ce concerto ainsi. La clarté et la tonalité ont été exceptionnels. Lorraine Min est en effet une superbe pianiste le plus haut degré. J'ai apprécié sa performance immensément.

@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401

8 жыл бұрын

+Veza Austrift Moi, aussi.

@camilmoujaber4813

7 жыл бұрын

du 4em concerto

Wow, well done! It's a very difficult and highly underrated concerto, but it's one of my very favorites as well!

@katherinetheodore5536

4 жыл бұрын

I’m going

Thank you Miss. Min. This was my first encounter with the Saint-Saens Piano #4, the Victoria Symphony, and your talent. I enjoyed your playing with the orchestra, not over the orchestra. Very nice partnership between all performers. I think I need another listen, or two.

I love this piece and Min does a great job!

Beautiful ~~~♥♥♥

I played this with you this weekend in the Clinton Symphony. I was simply amazed at your talent and performance!

Magnificent rendition of this superb work. Thank you for the discovery

Once Ms. Min set the pace for the theme of the Allegro in the second movement, I knew we were in for it. Met the extreme challenge of this daunting composition with both grace and power. Bravo.

Wonderful piece and a sensational performance!

This is my favorite of the Saens Piano Concertos; it's his most original piano concerti in my opinion.

Bravo ! Wonderful performance !

It`s so great. Thank you very much.

Fine performance of a very good, underrated piece. Such great tunes and superb architecture. A ‘proper’ piano concerto!!

Я счастлива что услышала этот концерт,благодарю

Good, strong playing where needed; sensitive with feeling at others.. Enjoyed thoroughly. Would like to hear more of her playing.

Wow! Stunning performance from Ms. Min in one of the toughest concertos in the entire repertoire to coordinate with the orchestra. Tania Miller was with her every step of the way. I thoroughly enjoyed this and I have heard some abysmal performances of this concerto from men here on KZread, proving once again that it often takes a woman to do a man's job. At the end Ms. Min kinda looks stunned, like she's thinking to herself, "We actually pulled it off." Which they did, in spades!

Incredible !!! - Thank You

Well, this is exactly what i call "a jewel""

Espectacular, grandiosa.

Het is een van mijn favoriete pianoconcerten. Zoekend in You Tube kwam ik deze uitvoering tegen. Verrassend! Wat een virtuositeit en temperament. Nog niet eerder iets gezien of gehoord van Lorraine, maar ik zal haar onthouden. Zo temperamentvol hoorde ik dit concert nog niet. Prachtig. Ook complimenten voor het orkest en de dirigente. Groet uit Holland.

@willygeerinck6

9 жыл бұрын

felixfeyt11 U neemt me de commentaar zo uit de mond!

superbe

Perfection!

What a fun creative piece, never heard it.

@gerardbegni2806

6 жыл бұрын

I always imagined it as a large choral with variations.

JUST AMAZING!!!! IT IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ALIVE VIDEO FROM THIS GORGEOUS CONCERTO...

Splendid!

beautiful Lorraine, Saint-Saens to the true classic listener is not unpopular as remarked below comments. this sounds similar to the Organ Concerto the accomplished listener and the composer is not underrated at all.

Prima di tutto voglio dire che questo video mi è piaciuto tantissimo, adoro questo!!!...anche mi sembra che dall'attimo 21:00 il concerto è simile al concerto per violone di Tchaikovsky nel primo movimento

Une très belle interprétation, malgré une prise de son parfois confuse, de ce splendide concerto où l'art de Saint-Saëns atteint un sommet inégalé: fabuleuses mélodies et variations harmoniques autour de ces thèmes, une coda du 1er mouvement capable d'émouvoir un bloc de fonte, un dialogue parfait entre le piano et l'orchestre qui se mettent en valeur l'un l'autre, la montée en puissance du thème du 3ème mouvement jusqu'au paroxysme de sa conclusion... A mes oreilles, ce concerto est sans doute la plus belle et la plus attachante oeuvre orchestrale jamais composée.

excellent!

My favorite Saint Saens Piano Concertos are the 2 and the 4; the 5 is next, but 1 and 3 are cool too.

Applause covers the last minute of the video.

Mon préféré parmi les concertos de Saint-Saens...

У этого композитора очень красивая музыка !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Les concertos de Saint-Saëns sont tous bons, mais celui-ci est particulièrement flamboyant Bravo à l'interprète et à l'orchestre !

I have several recordings of this concerto, the oldest is with Alfred Cortot, another almost as old is with Alexander Brailowsky and this performance by Ms. Min is as excellent as those of the pianists of the past !

@JJTownley_Classical-Composer

3 жыл бұрын

I'd love to hear the Brailowsky performance of this. Doesn't seem to be on KZread however. Sad.

@ricardomilanese515

3 жыл бұрын

@@JJTownley_Classical-Composer It is an old LP. Unfortunately, not everything is on KZread !

@JJTownley_Classical-Composer

3 жыл бұрын

@@ricardomilanese515 Unfortunately. I loved Brailowski's playing. I always thought he was hugely underrated, never got the attention Rubinstein got even though he was the first to present ALL of Chopin's works in a series of recitals back in 1924, I believe it was.

@CarlosPalombini

Жыл бұрын

@@JJTownley_Classical-Composer, Ciccolini is great too, and it's on KZread.

@JJTownley_Classical-Composer

Жыл бұрын

@@CarlosPalombini Yes, I have all 5 with Ciccolini. 😀

The Saint-Saëns piano concertos used to be played in Brazil but I have never been to a concerto where this concerto was played live. In São Paulo it was just played once or twice many years ago.

Revisando mis antiguos casettes ( ¡ Nunca tuve el valor de deshacerme de ellos ! )...Encontré esta maravilla de Saint-Saens. Después de escucharla en un equipo antiguo, decidí buscarlo en este medio...¡ Y estaba ! . El casette lo feché en 1994 ( hace 21 años al 2015 ) era interpretado por el gran Aldo Ciccolini quien acaba de fallecer en Febrero de este 2015 a los 89 años. Un homenaje tardío a este gran músico de origen italiano y se hizo ciudadano francés, nueva patria que le vió morir en Ansiéres-sur-Seine. Gran interpretación de dos mujeres .

@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401

8 жыл бұрын

+Marcelo Tobar Durand Verdad.

@carloslijoicarcano

5 жыл бұрын

ja ja ja ja............tengo como 300 casettes y yo también jamás he tenido el valor de hacerlo.....Maravilla de música, maravilla de interpretación de la orquesta, la directora y Min creo que está en vías de ser una eximia concertista, como dije en otro comentario, digna sucesora de Argerich.........

Magical....!!!

Saint-Saens' music is very interesting; there is a lot to learn from him (as a music professor). Some people think he's superficial, but so what! He covered all the spectrum of classical music, and his works are very remarkable.

@morphixnm

2 ай бұрын

I think those who say his music is superficial can"t hear the clarity of his genius.

The antiromantic Saint Saens writes here a specific kind of masterpiece, something which is not romantic, but looks rather like variations on a choral-type theme (this appears clearly in the end). The pianist is in the right tone: she does not drive the attention upon her, but is in perfect synergy with the orchestra.

ГЕНИАЛЬНО!!!!!!!!!!

Parabéns Lorraine Min, video com som e imagem de primeira, (congratulation here from Brasil)

Why all the time they play the #2? 1, 4, and 5, are beautiful concertos too...

Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww Je hebt een prachtige Clip geplaatst 💝💕 Weer lekker genieten van jouw muziekje ♫♪ Gezellige Zondagavond met liefs van Elske uit Nederland.

21:00 my favorite passage. So simple and perfect. The real meaning of minimalism.

@simonlsb7079

4 жыл бұрын

preppychrisbou yessssss love it too

@floydgrove6486

3 жыл бұрын

Glorious. Brilliant brilliant composer.

@CarlosPalombini

Жыл бұрын

Delicious!

The No. 4 is my favorite of the Saint- Saens piano concertos. After listening to it on my car's CD (Phillipe Entremont), I put it into my computer at home and came up with Lorraine Min's simply masterful rendition of it. I was just mesmerized just as I am listening and watching it now. Oh, Ceil!

I am a great admirer of the music of Saint-Saens. I see that some have mentioned that Saint-Saens is to some extent underrated. I agree. The common reference to Saint-Saens as the "French Mendelssohn" doesn't help, as I think Mendelssohn is underrated as well. There was a dedicated and developing classical practice during the 19th century; and can be traced from Schubert through Mendelssohn and through Saint-Saens. Wonderful performance. The piece requires both a crispness of execution and full command of the tonal potential of the instrument. Mission accomplished.