Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54 (Shelley)
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- A deep, warm, sensitive recording that features the sort of freely lateral playing that brings out the best in Schumann. The tempos are brisk, light, but there is not a hint of the sort of aggrieved virtuosity that often spoils Schumann.
00:00 -- Mvt I, Allegro affettuoso. If you think the opening theme is played too fast, you might be surprised to learn that Schumann does not indicate at measure 4 that you're supposed to slow down to an andante, though nearly all pianists do this. Shelley keeps the allegretto throughout, and his account features some gorgeous interaction between pianist and orchestra, possibly facilitated by the fact that Shelley is conducting from the piano.
12:53 -- Mvt II, Intermezzo. Yet another instance of Shelley choosing a refreshingly fleet and graceful tempo (the movement is marked not andante but andantino grazioso, though it's rare to hear this carried through in practice).
17:36 -- Mvt III, Allegro Vivace. Beautifully transparent textures, perky and precise figuration, with lovely woodwind playing and surprisingly exuberant cross-rhythms. - เพลง
26:39 someone’s fall in love with this harmony 😍🎹
Cesar Enrique Leiva Escalante Yes
Can`t get enough
It sounds like an anime theme xd
Oh... my tear's bursting out...
Tell me about it!!! :D
The first 3 bars look terrifying.
Justus Frantz said that pianists are scared of the beginning of that concerto.
They remind me very strongly of Grieg's concerto. Though Grieg's probably came after.
@William Guldfred I agree, but just by at the actual aesthetic quality of the score, the mass of notes, rests and accidentals, together it all looks very unappealing.
@William Guldfred I agree, practicing that opening rn actually, just listening to a few recordings. I would say getting clarity out of the notes you want to bring out between A minor and D minor is harder than the transitions though. But that is what makes that opening so exciting to play, the ability to make it sound completely different everytime you play this concerto
@@flyingpenandpaper6119 I would argue that the 3rd Movement opening is much more difficult than the first, as there are those octave jumps
At 24:38, the end begins. 3 minutes and 10 seconds of sustained exuberance until the final chord finishes. Schumann caresses all his major themes one more time before he allows the piece to close.
11:44 one of the greatest codas ever.
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Yeesss
19:57 WTF is this it sounds too good ! It seems like something you would hear 150 years later ! This, as well as the incredible circle of fifths at 26:39 that Cesar pointed out, makes that piece look incredibly modern and innovative for the time.
Can somebody please explain why this 19:57 sound sooo good. Is there a special chord progression? Or how does it make sense!?
This chord progression is also used similarly by chopin in his first concerto
@@johnbeuck587 Es una progresión muy sencilla que resulta atractiva en medio de toda la complejidad armónica que le antecede. (I-V-II-VI)
Si quieres otros ejemplos, se me viene a la cabeza el primer minuto de: Handel Organ Concerto in F Major 2 mov, escuchalo, veras que se parece aunque sean periodos distintos.
@@ApkSln gracias ;D
sounds like something in a movie
Damn that 3rd Mov just sounds insanely beautiful
hello grimm
THIS HAS MADE ME COMPLETELY RECONSIDER SCHUMANN, WOW!
Barnaldomort. Yes. This says it all without uttering a single word to the wise.
Charlie Tian Late here but just gonad say: My orchestra is going to plai Rhenish Smphny and this piano concerto with me as soloist in June :)
Why you yelling like this ? And this is one of the weakest Schumann work ever..
@MetraMan09 and the fantasy op 17
@@Alix777. no u
*Imagine if An Tianxu played this at Tchaikovsky Competition instead of Rachmaninov’s Paganini Rhapsody*
Oooof
Jesus I wouldn't be able to resist the horror, also hi romanian comrade
Or worse, Rachmaninoff's 2nd or Beethoven's 4th...
@@trevorbrown5714 both of those have very slow openings. No big deal, and the pianist starts before the orchestra in both pieces. Where as in Rach's Paganini Rhapsody and this one, the orchestra starts with a 1-2 sec gap for the pianist to play
Trevor Brown Rach 2, they’d be waiting the whole time
One of the most beautiful concertos ever written for the piano
25:23-27:48...the last minutes are so great! I espacially like the alternating orchestra- and piano parts, just perfect!
In tears, beautiful thank you for posting i absolutely loved it
Is nobody gonna talk about the first movement melody at the start?!?! So beautiful 😍!!!
Oh ya, I couldn't forget the moment I heard this piece the first time, and I cannot forget the first movement theme for the rest of my life. I was in a college library, listening this on a LP carrel.
27:18 I love this Coda!
What a lively and inspiring interpretation!!! Bravo!
I love this whole piece!! From start to finish.
Love the powerful roll on the timp at the end.
26:36 is the most beautiful progression I've heard in my life
It's also one of the most used progression in classical music. But in this piece it is so perfectly written and orchestrated that it really makes it stand out
@@mrjilian07 pretty sure mozart used in his c minor concerto
thanks you for the highlight! beautiful indeed!
@@mrjilian07 Personally I think it's the context. As you say, its incredibly common, but the reason it has such massive impact here and not in, say, Vivaldi, is structural: part of this is that up until 26:36 Schumann didn't use it, and the unfettered cycle of overlapping ii V I thus feels as if its 'breaking free' from the preceding music.
2-5-1s are always considered the most beautiful progressions, especially with the jazzy association in our generation!
What a wonderful concert: my favorite part goes from 26:23 to 27:20.
I really love at 26:57... BEAUTIFUL!🎹
Not only the first not obtrusively sentimental interpretation, but so inspiring piano playing. Ghanks so much!
This is my one of the real favorite piece along with a Greig piano concerto. Just Fantastic !
This concerto is so nostalgic for me; in as much as, I remember listening to it as a young child. It truly has passion, yet also vivacity and grace; and is one of my all time favorites. I can well imagine how it must have greatly inspired Rachmaninoff, Grieg and others to write the great concertos which followed it.
I have not heard this piano concerto before, and wow it is absolutely beautiful! The orchestra is gracefully weaved into the piano playing and the piece is simply a brilliancy.
Came here for Oktan, ended up with amazing music.
A recording which recorded the orchestra sound so well is always much more enjoyable!
Gorgeous so far. Thanks for your wonderful parts and commentaries.
Thank you, that was lovely, so much rhythm and counterpoint!
Great to study
I am not very interested in Schumann, but this concerto is splendidly gorgeous and the last is a masterpiece.
Totally agree. I just can’t get into his symphonies, but this concerto is utterly inspired. I like some of his chamber music too, but the piano concerto is definitely his standout work for me.
Schumann was undoubtedly a genius though who is comparable to his top contemporaries - much of his work are masterpieces.
@@JamesBower-yj6ewSchumann was a genius but idiosyncratic compared to other composers like Beethoven and Mozart, and even compared to his contemporaries Brahms and Chopin. Schumann’s style lacks a universality that makes those other composers central to the canon.
That was literally played to perfection, best interpretation of the essence of Schumann's chromaticism and tonality I've ever heard
One of the greatest concertos... the third movement is truly exhilarating in its syncopations and majesty!
This concerto became the love of my life during the mid-seventies. The love and profound sentiments of this work makes it one of the most romantic of that era. The exultant joy of the finale captures, and sweeps the imagination along the avenue of sonic delights and you fall in love over and over. In the top ten of all my classical favorites. Brava Schumann! PWG
Fabulous performance and so enjoyed following the score-even tho sometimes I was a little behind but finished together!
Such a great composition and performance!
Such a wonderful uplifting piece, with many shades of emotion, with a glorious last movement that never fails to bring happiness to those who like classical music
I don't listen to this outstanding work often enough.
Piano Concerto in A minor is my favorite piece of music: it's on a cd in my car (for years) and I never tire of it. I LOVE that you display the music so one may follow it. Thank you
I absolutely love the tempi for the first movement. It doesn't feel too self indulgent and is more about elegance in the face of heartache and the more intense sections from a texture standpoint are filled with so much more vigour
At last somebody respecting Schumann's Metronom markings. And - surprise - they are working nicely. Wonderful recording!
I am the voice of Robert Schumann and I approve this performance. Bravo.
Great composition, brilliant virtuosity, no place for egomaniac distortion of this masterpiece.
Cuanto he disfrutado!! Gran música la de Schumann!! Y pianista y orquesta igual, maravillosos
WHAT A GREAT ENERGETIC SPARKLING PERFORMANCE OF THE SCHUMANN CONCERTO. A REAL DELIGHT.
This performance is so full of fun! and I think the brisk tempo in the first movement works brilliantly! It's surely one of Schumann's best works.
agreed, this is what made me composing classical music. So inspiring and I'm so thankful this exists. I still catch myself at times humming the first movement for literally no reason.
Great artist Howard Shelley!!
I am always moved by his performance
His sound is energetic , powerful and beautiful !!
Especially Schumann 's and Hummel 's👏👏👏👏👏
Am I the only person thinks that 11:48 to 12:52 is one of the greatest music ever composed? The atmosphere is so anxious, like a boss BGM, and solve it with a strong aux-6 chord is also really cool. I love this part even more than the 3rd movement.
I am with you on this. I listen to this part first to determine if I will listen to the whole performance.
Its such a beautiful piece by a tragic soul
Umm.. why a tragic soul?
@@otakuxgirl6 Yes we.all seem to over do that assumption.about Schumann.
@@otakuxgirl6 Because he tried to kill himself many times and died in an insane asylum?
Found a two-piano score for this concerto in a "Free Stuff" bin at Conn College the other day...
Fortunately, I get to hear this live in 2 weeks. Can’t wait.
It was cancelled due to covid...
:((
Damn 😔
@Dano Zakerios Liszt Mephisto Polka
I didn't want the last movement to end! Lo! Fantastic high.
It's like discovering a new manuscript. This first movement tempo reveals so much. It's correct for at least six reasons. 1/Most important, there's no instruction so change tempo. If you just found it in a a Dusseldorf trunk, you wouldn't be tempted to play the first theme radically slower. 2/Schumann was obsessive about marking tempo changes. Look at Kreisleriana, the Fantasie, and the famous end of the g Minor Sonata. It's just not there. 3/ Even though she had many chances to do so, Clara didn't mark a tempo change either. She edited his music, changing details and some of the delightful quirks, and played it regularly. 4/ At this tempo, the concerto has a clear, classic fast/slow /fast form is easy to hear. Played at the customary tempo, the dreamy beginning and recap just sap its energy. Moreover most rubatos just float aimlessly in space. 5/At this tempo, the hemiolas have expressive tension. 6/The movement itself has a unified tempo structure: (a) the A-flat second theme is more or less twice as slow as the first theme; (b) the following octaves clearly connect to the opening bars (not at like Liszt-like speed); (c) the subsequent Passionato is a new, obvious passion; (d) the recap is energetic; (d) the cadenza, marked twice as slow, keeps a unified metric background and energy. 6/ Finally, the coda's tempo is even more energetic against a unified metric background. It's now hard for me to hear it any other way.
slow down there captn' we all human here. In case of alien visitation we might need your thesis paper on this particular piece to _explain the music_ to them but alas this is still 100% emotion-capable, sentiment-aware, earth-inhabitated audience
@@Choptuey guys, Shelley is a genius, all other Schumann piano concertos are too slower, too much. This recording destroyed them all, for sure.
So is the half-tempo notation in the music not original to the manuscript then? Shelley blew right past that. I just ask because if the directions in the visible music are mistaken then it validates his choice; otherwise it seems ill-informed.
Without a doubt I see little bit of Grieg's future concerto in the finale here.
Incredible orchestration... by far the best feature of the many great features of the piece!
ClassicMusicVids This rendition is great! But if you may allow me, I can wholeheartedly endorse the recording from Maurizio Pollini and Berliner Philmarmoniker conducted by Claudio Abbado. You won’t regret my friend if you truly love this piece.
Pretty interesting you say that. Most people don’t think Schumann was a very good orchestrator (myself included actually). But it’s neat to finally hear someone say it.
And with the textures chosen, the pervasive influence of Mendelssohn's G minor concerto can be heard.
ClassicMusicVids exactly. This has a lot of phrases whose origin seem to belong to griegs piano concerto in a minor
I am the one who most like Greig piano concerto. I agree with you.
Schumann deserved more credit. He was often overlooked compared to other greats, but to me he is easily among the greats. His sense of melody, rich harmonies and creative orchestration here...what more can I say? Schumann, you are amazing!
Шуман заслуживает большего почтения. Его зачастую обозревают, сравнивая с другими великими, но для меня - он попросту среди великих. Его чувство мелодии, богатая гармония и изобретательная оркестровка здесь... что ещё я могу сказать? Шуман, ты изумителен!
1:01 epic gamer moment
Russia: Feudalized
Generals: Rich beyond comprehension
Bunyachenko: Purged
Yep, it's gamer time
About thirty years ago for a public access TV broadcast, the great conductor Georg Solti and the renowned actor Dudley Moore teamed up for a documentary about the orchestra. With an exhibition orchestra, they played this piece, Moore on piano, under Solti's baton. It is the most beautiful rendition I have ever heard.
The last movement of this concerto along Moszkowski's violin concerto is the happiest thing I've ever heard!
This tempo is perfect. Enjoying so much of this freedom.
Amazing work played amazingly.
Refreshing tempo, I find it balances the retrospective moments.
THIS IS AMAZING I LOVE SCHUMANN
Wonderful !!! thanks also for the score
You really know how to pick beautiful piano music.
FANTASTIC PERFORMANCE!!!
Quando tutti ti parlano della musica classica che li emoziona, gli tocca il cuore e ti fanno ascoltare il brano ma ti annoi e non li capisci e poi ascolti questo brano e capisci tutto. Capisci come un brano ti possa scavare nell'anima e toccare il cuore fino all'angolo più remoto e profondo.
Makes me cry every single time Wow Robert you are just a total genius We love you forever Thankyou for your astoundingly beautiful music X
Just noticed the fugato at 20:37 - Wonderful piece!
Este hombre ha hecho que me sienta identificado con sus composiciones, apesar que tenia una enfermedad mental y no podia tocar el piano, pudo hacer melodía que solo los locos por la música lo comprendieron, gracias Schuman
I'm very surprised a lot of people do not truly appreciate this masterpiece. It took me years to get but once I did, I reveled in its glory. Aside from the piano playing, the opportunities the woodwinds get are outstanding. The heart of this piece really does lie in the third movement, which is one of the most happy things one can listen to. And yet, there are places in the second movement that are just so purely intimate and which only Schumann could've produced. Bravo for this piece, bravo to Shelley, and bravo to you Ashish Xiangyi Kumar for uploading this!
Yes 3rd is truly amazing it jsut breezes past everything in one go
Because it is thematically weak, which is typical for the romantic period
Wouldn't really call the 3rd movement the happiest thing I've ever heard tbh
The best! The very best! Robert would hsve loved this performance.
anyone else endlessly fascinated by looking at sheet music?
it's like looking at chinese writing unless you actually actively read the sheet music
Potencia, sorpresa, fuerza!
Una maravilla escucharlo!
Thank you Aurélie from Lausanne - for sharing time and space on the train with me... And for sharing your piece 🤗
Fascinating to see how composers influence one another. This concerto premiered in 1845, and franz liszt’s un sospiro was written right after. 3:55 marks the start of a passage that would fit right in un sospiro
i mean its just the theme of the concerto accompanied by arpeggiated chords. im pretty certain it has nothing to do with un sospiro
Thanks for the video. Very much appreciated :D
so beautiful
The first time I heard this concerto a couple years ago, I absolutely hated it. Now I just love it and cannot stop repeating it!
3/4 time for third movement, you know schumann wanted to have fun here
(and sounding very modern)
This armony at 10:52 the best of 1ts movement
Pleasantly surprised, delightful. So well played.
1:01 - Mikhail Oktan, Money... from super events THO (The New Order: Last Day's of Europe).
@@bbal4616 th-cam.com/video/WbPUG1MzXp0/w-d-xo.html this will explain that
ULTRA SEVEN last episode brought me here !! what a masterpiece!! never forget that scene!
26:40〜26:50、、、
The melody of tear gland collapse🥹
Thanks for mentioning that the pianist is conducting-- that explains the fluidity that so many other recordings lack. It must kind of suck to be a conductor-- if you don't look like you're conducting, the less-educated ticket-purchasers say "he's not doing anything," but, if you are conducting, the tempo ends up getting a little delayed (microseconds) every measure as the ensemble tries to figure out whose tempo to observe. Beautiful video and recording--thanks!
Fell in love on the first note....
But the first note was a chord :p
The 26:39 Chord Progression is just unfathomably beautiful
What a great piece. I can imagine Gershwin reading the score
Cecile Ousset's recording of this and the Grieg concerto are my favorite interpretations.
good music (so much going on )
5:07 something falls down the stairs
9:26 nice part
5:36 the protagonist 'got away' from the bad guy
Einleitung: 0:00
1. Thema Hauptsatz: 0:06
Überleitung: 0:33
2. Thema Seitensatz: 2:01
Durchführung:
Andante espressivo: 3:53
Allegro: 5:06
Piu Animato: 5:37
Reprise: 6:33
Coda: 11:48
Tutti Akkorde: 12:41
Thank you very much! This description is very good and informative.
I love this interpretation and seen the work in a new light. I've always felt this work was a bit turgid and dull, however, this is a master piece of interpretation and breaths new life into the concerto, by following the composer's directions and (I dare say) his performer's heart.
Tony Matthews "Turgid and dull"? This piece is one of the great romantic concertos of the nineteenth century! Both Rachmaninoff and Grieg wrote concertos heavily influenced by it. What you may describe as swollen or over written is actually passion.
Incidentally, how's your concerto coming along?
Thought so.
I've haven't written a concerto, (neither did Schubert or Faure, so I am in excellent company,) I have just had to settle for symphonies, tone poems, songs, chamber works, musicals, incidental music, quartets, trios, sonatas etc.... But to get back to your point, I agree it may be one of the great concertos but if you had read my post properly I was saying I now this interpretation had opened my eyes, as previous interpretations I have heard have made it sound "a bit turgid and dull". I do not recall saying it was swollen or over written, these are your words, and yours alone. As regard the two composers you mentioned, both Rachmaninoff and Grieg were accomplished pianists who, I day say, could play this piece themselves and therefore be inspired by what the music said to them, most notably in the opening descending piano flourish. Hope this helps, I've been listening to this work again as I write this... It's a wonderful interpretation... Love it...
Turgid means swollen.
That is, quite self-evidently, not the definition he was using. Surely you are not genuinely that confused.
Amazing !!! ❤️
The original first version of the first movement. of this concerto offers yet further insight and some completely different piano writing as well as different orchestral textures. Worth rediscovering the unaltered version .
As I get older, i find myself preferring the luminosity of Schumann over the more overt drama of Brahms. Also, this is a brilliant performance by both soloist and orchestra
Truly a pianist killer piece. I'm having a stroke just imgaining practicing this.
Man!!! That’s CRAZY hard.
26:39 26:57 fantastic sound
never played Schumann before actually, my teacher suggested this piece to me, absolutely loved it. For me, I love this piece more than any Mozart concertos (not a big fan of Mozart anyways). Preparing this for the upcoming piano concerto audition, hopefully I can do well.
You will do great so long as you do not doubt but only believe. Great things come to those who try. I mean really try. God bless!
Shuman too cool like musique
You will do well, keep us posted! Keep practicing those arpeggios in the first movement, over and over and over again, all day long. Play them slowly, over and over. Then increase the tempo gradually, over and over. Over and over, can't emphasize that enough. Funny how the piano passages that are the hardest to play are the ones listeners notice the least.
Good luck at your audition! I have no doubt you'll do well. I recently brought the concerto to an audition, and I recommend practicing most the cadenza and the "Passionato" sections. Those seem to be the most tricky.
Если Вы читаете комментарии, хотелось бы узнать, как прошло Ваше прослушиание, не разочаровались ли Вы в себе, продолжаете ли по прежнему тесное общение с Шуманом, ну, и другими шедеврами, конечно. Пишу 4 года спустя после Ваших слов. Буду заглядывать время от времени сюда, интересоваться. Люблю этот концерт, считаю Его одним из красивейших и, труднейших фортепианных концертов.
Fascinating!!!! I love it. As soon as I listened to it, it catched my fancy and I was happy to get to know its composer is Schumann who is one of my favorite composers! I love Schumann's music
24:10 😍🎶🎹
Reminds me Tchaikovsky
Greatest concerto of the early Romantic period. A true piece of art coming from the beautiful soul that was Robert Schumann.
I love this channel.
ENDLICH JEMAND, DER DAS WERK NICHT ANDEREN NACHSPIELT! Endlich sinnvoll verstandenes Schumannkonzert! Eine Erlösung aus einem Alptraum.