Aram Khachaturian: Piano Concerto in D-flat major, Op.38 I. Allegro ma non troppo e maestoso II. Andante con anima III. Allegro brillante Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Orchestre de Paris Kazuki Yamada, conductor
I feel cheated because I’m 40 years old and only really started to explore Khachaturian. I don’t believe his music got a fair shake in the West due to his Soviet ties. Politics aside, I find this concerto exhilarating beyond belief.
It is a releasing opus to perform...the feeling of utter freedom is wonderful! You realize exactly what the composer was experiencing for his country, the love and the anguish !
In addition, look up the late William Kapel who died tragically at the height of his concert work. His performance later inspired me; also, the great Leo Pennario, whose recording is the ultimate.
I saw this concerto on Nov 4, 2023 played by Thibaudet and conducted by Dudamel with the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra. This was by far the best interpretation of this concerto I've heard in my life. Thibaudet was unbelievable and Dudamel was fantastic. Together they brought this piece to such a high level that would make Khachaturian extremely happy and proud. I can't complement enough about this performance, all I can say is that I couldn't stop yelling "Bravo" at the end.
@@user-wd9mf3cw8p yes, Gayane is also fantastic, not just the Sabre dance (which is extremely famous), but also Gayane's adagio (for strings) which was used in movies like Alien and 2001: A Space Odyssey. Also his music from Masquerade is excellent.
To understand how to play the works of this great composer, one must listen to the folk music of his people many times. Khachaturian's works are so popular that they are listened to at family celebrations, and the saber dance from the ballet "Spartacus" is even danced. I am glad that many have discovered this great composer.
Thank you for your beautiful sentiments about one of our nation’s biggest sources of pride!! Khachaturian’s glorious music is truly inseparable from Armenia’s national identity ❤🙏🇦🇲
Certainly one of the very greatest piano concertos of the 20th century and, like all of Khachaturian's works, very seriously underestimated. A great work.
@@papagen00 he didn't say that. He said "one of the.....greatest.... of the 20th century". I find it pays not to paraphrase people incorrectly then negate it, it's just nonsense.
I've read so many comments on so many TH-cam posts of Kachaturian's music saying, 'Why have I never paid more attention to this composer?' I am among these ranks. I just watched The Hudsucker Proxy again, and realized the main theme was not Carter Burwell but Aram Kachaturian. I am going to have to listen to everything this guy wrote. Every single piece.
Gayaneh is the best semi-forgotten ballet. Everyone knows the legendary Sabre Dance but nobody knows it came from Khachaturian’s ballet and it has so many hidden gems!
Okay, I see everyone praising Thibaudet and rightly so. But what makes this performance great is an outstanding orchestra and a conductor who knows his stuff. Khatchaturian's music is rhythmically complex, so the interplay between soloist and accompaniment makes or breaks this concert. A heartfelt Bravo to the OdP and Yamada.
Except that Thibaudet takes a completely different tempo when he comes in. It’s like they never rehearsed, or had different ideas about tempo. Listen carefully. The orchestra is behind the first few measures. I personally like the conductor’s tempo better. I’ve played this Concerto several times. It was the first Concerto I learned in college. I don’t agree that it’s rhythmically complex. It’s pretty straightforward. Nothing like Bartòk 2nd! Not even close in terms of difficulty.
@@danielgloverpiano7693 I see what you mean - it might just be a rough start - Tibs trying to lead from the front instead of on the horse he was given. Mostly enjoys himself though!
@@michaelhoste_ I posted my own very old performance of the first movement last night. You’ll notice I took the tempo I was given, even if I might have thought it too slow. That’s what you’re supposed to do. You can gradually increase it over time. That’s what I was taught. th-cam.com/video/egFvLYFm_QI/w-d-xo.html
Both of the Khatchaturian concerti I have listened to are underrated, IMO. Not as fond of his other work as I am of the Violin Concerto but may give them more listens in the future now that I don't have to buy CDs of them.
I have been listening to western classical music for the last 75 years. Only now I discovered Kachaturians wonderful piano concerto. The rest of my life is made.
In classical music concerts there's always that one guy who shouts bravo first and louder than everyone else and sometimes I wish the cameraman found him lmao
It's so nice to be among so many Khachaturian appreciators. I grew up with Kapell's interpretation and feel it MAY be equaled, but not surpassed. But I am happy when anyone plays it. To me, Khachaturian is very unique. He is the greatest melodist since Tchaikovsky and the greatest counterpuntalist ever. In his music, the themes he uses along with the main themes are exquisite and give the works such emotional depth. Even his orchestration is moving. Vastly underappreciated!
I still have my Kapell LP. I fell in love with it when I was in the 10th grade, and I'm 75 now. I agree, he will never be surpassed, but this is lovely.
I had overlooked your comment. So true about William Kapell...one of my first musical heroes, reinforced by his tragic early death. AMAZING Interpretations and technical performances.
Kacharurian is incredibly original in his compositions. This concerto as well as the cello one has a very especial sense of rythm. It's "modern, very modern music". For few bars certain music like Gershwin's years later produced can be listened. Great and magnificent!
Dear JY Thibaudet , thank you very much for playing this great music and representing Armenian culture at its core. Amazing Armenian folklore elements all throughout and what an opening!!! Made us very proud indeed....
I love your comment. Being from the UK I don't see that Armenian cultural aspect but I feel more connected to the music knowing that people can still hearing it as a living part of their own culture in the modern day.
Such a colourful and beautiful concerto which deserves to stay in the repertoire for a very long time. Jean-Yves Thibaudet is so magnificently a powerful pianist with a wonderful imagination. Well done Kazuki Yamada.
This is the greatest performance of this very difficult concerto, bar none. Jean is such a great pianist that he pushes the tempo in the dramatic way the composer would have liked. It is a concerto that needs a flexibility of tempo and Jean is absolutely pushing all limits because he "has the fingers to do so." It is mind-boggling that he never seems to run "out of steam" and the concerto never sounds rushed, just dramatically intense! Wow!!!
Non avevo mai sentito la Musica di questo Compositore. È eccezionale, meravigliosa. Mi ha dato gioia e tranquillità. Grazie ❤ Buongiorno Mondo ❤ Pace e Amore ❤ Bravissimi ❤
I have listened to this recording 40 times, and now I am going to listen to it again. Today, while cleaning the living room and tidying the house. It cascades through apathy and fills my house with good pleasure.
Long live JYT! I just adore this man. And yes, as one commentator noted, the orchestra and the conductor are equally as sublime. What a joy it must be to live in Paris with so many fine orchestras. And now the negative: TH-cam placed ads in the middle of the second movement. In. The. Middle. Of. The. Second. Movement. Ridiculous!
Love all Kachaturian concerti, piano, cello and violin. It is modern music that can be enjoyed as one use to enjoy Rachmaninov, Liszt, Beethoven or Mozart. It gives a lot of pleasure to one's senses and full hapiness. Thank you Thibaudet. Orchestra and conductor as well. Good job!!!! 👏👏👏👏
This is the best performance of this concerto I ever heard.And I have over decades heard a lot performances. This is the performances I always wanted to hear, and now a dream comes true. Kudos to all invovled and a big hug!
@@vijaykrishnan7797 because as much as I respect your opinion and liberty of taste, there are also some objective aspects of composition, and there I must say, it is rather mess without inovation 😁 No hard feelings of course, but when you want to discuss greatest piano concertos,we must look elsewhere. It is fun I give you that 😁
probably best performance!!! i am shocked! French and japanese play armenian music like they were born in Armenia and lived there whole life. absilutely genial playin!!! bravooooooo!!!
Isn't 20th century classical music a real hoot! Think of the variety of composer and their varied music: Khachaturian, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Gershwin, Barber, Menotti, Chavez, Vaughan Williams, Hovhanness, Hanson, et al. It's truly a feast, with the mass communications to make sure everybody can have a slice of the pie. Was there ever such an age?
Such a deeply emotional performance of this glorious piano concerto. The first movement is so joyful and full of vigor. The second movement Is laced with sadness and beautiful emotional depth. The melody is so heavily influenced by Arabic music yet stamped with Khachaturian's unique harmonic style. The musical saw part adds so much more to the movement. It always sounds to me as if someone's crying and adds so much more to the sadness. Absolutely stunning performance
Wow, how can I have gotten to 48 years of age without realizing that Khachaturian had written a piano concerto?!?! I only know him for the Gayaneh Suite.
My favorite piece by Khachaturian is his 3rd Symphony. I love the interplay of the organ and the orchestra, it's not something we get to hear very often. And of course, like most Caucasian orchestral music, it has plenty of loud trumpets and plenty of percussion. Giya Kancheli and Avet Terterian are a couple of other really good classical composers from the Caucasian region that are worth checking out.
I remember having loved this when I was young. (am now 85) Just rediscovered Khatchachurian again, and I realise more than ever why I love it so much !Strange how one can be English/ Norwegian, living most of one's life in France, and suddenly feel Armenian so deeply! Wonderful music, wonderful performance ! THANKYOU !❤❤❤❤❤
Yes, "Ach du lieber, mein schatz", a thousand times over!!! Mr. Aram & Mr. Jean are beyond words! How very wonderful it is to see a soloist so "into" the music at hand!! This has to be one of the ALL TIME great pieces of music & performances! The "Armenian savor" simply "reeked" of gorgeousness!!! Are Aram & Jean really human??? The "lump" in my throat will forever be there!!!!! "Gesundheit"!
This is a wonderful performance. It requires a lot of energy by the pianist and the conductor. It's not performed often simply because it's extremely difficult. But when accomplished such as in this video, it shows the luster of the composer as well as the orchestra and the pianist.
Wonderful composition. I've loved playing it for years and wonder why it isn't heard more often. You hear bits of "Spartacus" every now and then. No one composes more romantic dissonance than Kachatorian.
Absolutely fabulous - everyone, Jean-Yves, the conductor, the orchestra, even the audience! Why is Khachaturian's fantastic music not heard more often, especially in Britain? His music would captivate any audience ,anywhere. What a performance.
Thank you Orchestre de Paris and Jean-Yves Thibaudet, for this wonderful concerto. I have listened to this Concerto past 40 years, and this would be one of the best, Thibaudet plays clear, complete, assertive. Thank you again!
My brother Felix Hug performed this concert at age 16 with the Symphony Orchestra of Namibia. I remember once during the rehearsals the first violinist stormed off stage, because he feared Felix would literally bring down the stage with his powerful performance (at around minute 22, I think :). Thank you for posting this. My favourite piano concerto till today.
I felt that all the necessary constituent elements, piano soloist, conductor and orchestra really produced a memorable performance/recording of this wonderful contemporary concerto.
Jason is right. I´d bet many pianists just fear it. Several sections are as difficult or more than the Ossia Cadenza of Rach 3. A rarity of this Concerto is the use of the flexatone or musical saw.
Knock out work, knock out performance!! So original .Years ago I used to drive through the night listening to this work, placing the listener in another land. Across in America, Gershwin seemed to be doing a similar thing, helping to find another dimension for piano and orchestra.
I never noticed how long Thibaudet's fingers are. Unbelievable. He was really fantastic in this concerto. It was also my first experience with this piece. It must be one of the most challenging piano concertos around!
8:12 i know this bass player ! He was playing sometimes at the Orchestre National du Capitole, but i didn't see him for a long time :( He always showed a smiling face when he played and that was so enjoyable !
One of the first public performances of this Concerto - November 21, 1937, Leningrad Philharmonia, Grand Hall. Lev Oborin (piano) Together with the Fifth Symphony of Shostakovich (the first performance also). Yevgeny Mravinsky (conductor)
This has made my day, my week and my month. I studied this Concerto, and performed against a piano accompaniment - 34 years ago. What an inspired, forward-pushing performance. Thibaudet solves some of the problems in this Concerto with his sheer aptitude and grace Bravo to Kazuki Yamada as well!
It is good to get the reaction of one who has played this work, Mmah. And I'm so pleased you like the Jean-Yves interpretation. I've always been a big fan of his playing, and it is mystifying that some here feel he plays it too quickly. Being but a humble hobby pianist, to my ear he plays fast where it demands speed, and slowly and oh so sensitively in the quiet passages. Still, everyone is entitled to their opinion! Whatever, doncha just marvel at the rhythmic variation and flow! Love it
Purtroppo, per mia ignoranza, non conoscevo questo concerto ed e' stata una magnifica rivelazione, grazie!!! E' splendido e travolgente. L'esecuzione è, secondo me, impeccabile, CHE BELLO; BRAVI!!!!! Comprerò subito il disco!!!!!!
The passage starting at 5:32 is one of the most wildly exciting I know of in a piano concerto. Knocks me for six every time I hear it, no matter who's the soloist!! Who needs speed when there's this to get high on?!!
I've never seen a piano player quite as "feeling himself" as this- and I can certainly see why. Magnificent piece! Fun fact: This song is what my grandmother played which attracted her husband, an opera singer, in 1964. What a strange feeling that gives this song...
One of my very few recorings of any music in the late 1940's. Playing this on a player and speaker combo, I didn't hear much of the quieter passages. This music and a couple of other classical pieces got me through many "allnighters".
Thibaudet's pianism is like missiles, bullets, that hardly ever miss the bull's eye, sort of like Michelangeli. Something perverse and wonderful about it. Jean-Yves also loves to fly around, chopping at the bit, to see how virtuosic he can be.
I feel cheated because I’m 40 years old and only really started to explore Khachaturian. I don’t believe his music got a fair shake in the West due to his Soviet ties. Politics aside, I find this concerto exhilarating beyond belief.
So happy you’re discovering his stunning music 🎶 ❤🎉 it’s truly one of the biggest hidden gems of all classical music
It is a releasing opus to perform...the feeling of utter freedom is wonderful! You realize exactly what the composer was experiencing for his country, the love and the anguish !
In addition, look up the late William Kapel who died tragically at the height of his concert work. His performance later inspired me; also, the great Leo Pennario, whose recording is the ultimate.
So you do not like Borodin, Tchaikovsky, etc. Is only another style of music, is abosutly modern, thats all
Just saw him play it with Dudamel conducting at Disney Hall Nov 4, 2023. Wow!
🎶🇦🇲🎶🇦🇲🎶Aram Kachatryan Արամ Խաչատրյանի հայ ազգի մեծն զավակ 🎶🇦🇲🎶
I saw this concerto on Nov 4, 2023 played by Thibaudet and conducted by Dudamel with the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra. This was by far the best interpretation of this concerto I've heard in my life. Thibaudet was unbelievable and Dudamel was fantastic. Together they brought this piece to such a high level that would make Khachaturian extremely happy and proud. I can't complement enough about this performance, all I can say is that I couldn't stop yelling "Bravo" at the end.
Khachaturian was obviously one of the greatest modern composers.
definitely. Check out his ballet music (especially Spartacus) and violin concerto.
@@adriendecroy7254what about “Gayane”? (Sable dance )
@@user-wd9mf3cw8p yes, Gayane is also fantastic, not just the Sabre dance (which is extremely famous), but also Gayane's adagio (for strings) which was used in movies like Alien and 2001: A Space Odyssey. Also his music from Masquerade is excellent.
To understand how to play the works of this great composer, one must listen to the folk music of his people many times. Khachaturian's works are so popular that they are listened to at family celebrations, and the saber dance from the ballet "Spartacus" is even danced. I am glad that many have discovered this great composer.
Sabre Dance is from Gayaneh, another highly underrated masterpiece of the ballet world. ❤
Thank you for your beautiful sentiments about one of our nation’s biggest sources of pride!! Khachaturian’s glorious music is truly inseparable from Armenia’s national identity ❤🙏🇦🇲
Saber dance is from khachaturians Gayane balet. NOt Spartacus
Colorful to the fullest extent! All Armenian landscape and colors are in this concert. It is like a book about Armenia.
Certainly one of the very greatest piano concertos of the 20th century and, like all of Khachaturian's works, very seriously underestimated. A great work.
let's not get too carried away with superlatives here. this is far from being "the greatest". it's an interesting curiousity piece that's about it.
@@papagen00 he didn't say that. He said "one of the.....greatest.... of the 20th century". I find it pays not to paraphrase people incorrectly then negate it, it's just nonsense.
I've read so many comments on so many TH-cam posts of Kachaturian's music saying, 'Why have I never paid more attention to this composer?' I am among these ranks. I just watched The Hudsucker Proxy again, and realized the main theme was not Carter Burwell but Aram Kachaturian. I am going to have to listen to everything this guy wrote. Every single piece.
And I must say that JY Thibeaudet is one of my favorite pianists. His rendition of the Ravel Piano Concerto in G is absolutely perfect.
Gayaneh is the best semi-forgotten ballet. Everyone knows the legendary Sabre Dance but nobody knows it came from Khachaturian’s ballet and it has so many hidden gems!
Okay, I see everyone praising Thibaudet and rightly so. But what makes this performance great is an outstanding orchestra and a conductor who knows his stuff. Khatchaturian's music is rhythmically complex, so the interplay between soloist and accompaniment makes or breaks this concert. A heartfelt Bravo to the OdP and Yamada.
Yes, the conductor is in the zone!
Except that Thibaudet takes a completely different tempo when he comes in. It’s like they never rehearsed, or had different ideas about tempo. Listen carefully. The orchestra is behind the first few measures. I personally like the conductor’s tempo better. I’ve played this Concerto several times. It was the first Concerto I learned in college. I don’t agree that it’s rhythmically complex. It’s pretty straightforward. Nothing like Bartòk 2nd! Not even close in terms of difficulty.
@@danielgloverpiano7693 I see what you mean - it might just be a rough start - Tibs trying to lead from the front instead of on the horse he was given. Mostly enjoys himself though!
@@michaelhoste_ I posted my own very old performance of the first movement last night. You’ll notice I took the tempo I was given, even if I might have thought it too slow. That’s what you’re supposed to do. You can gradually increase it over time. That’s what I was taught.
th-cam.com/video/egFvLYFm_QI/w-d-xo.html
@@danielgloverpiano7693 If I'm really honest, IDGAF. This is one of those performances that is just perfect in spite of the (numerous) imperfections.
A very underrated piano Concerto that should be played more especially by this guy
Both of the Khatchaturian concerti I have listened to are underrated, IMO. Not as fond of his other work as I am of the Violin Concerto but may give them more listens in the future now that I don't have to buy CDs of them.
I think the Khachaturian piano Concerto is more tuneful than the violin Concerto but take check it out for yourself
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I agree, but the orchestration in the Violin Concerto is some of the best I've ever heard.
This Concerto deserves to be heard and performed much more often.
A Piano Concerto and a Violin Concerto that both need to be programmed more. They stand up with the best that the 20th Century has to offer.
Just out of curiosity, what do you think of his cello concerto?
I have been listening to western classical music for the last 75 years. Only now I discovered Kachaturians wonderful piano concerto. The rest of my life is made.
This pianist just crawled into my soul with his second movement. What a beautiful man you are, Jean-Yves.
In classical music concerts there's always that one guy who shouts bravo first and louder than everyone else and sometimes I wish the cameraman found him lmao
You are so right ! :)
I did it once lol
Yes, obnoxious.
Omg yess that would be so funny
Otherwise, how would the rest of us know the concert is over? 🤔😂
It's so nice to be among so many Khachaturian appreciators. I grew up with Kapell's interpretation and feel it MAY be equaled, but not surpassed. But I am happy when anyone plays it. To me, Khachaturian is very unique. He is the greatest melodist since Tchaikovsky and the greatest counterpuntalist ever. In his music, the themes he uses along with the main themes are exquisite and give the works such emotional depth. Even his orchestration is moving. Vastly underappreciated!
I still have my Kapell LP. I fell in love with it when I was in the 10th grade, and I'm 75 now. I agree, he will never be surpassed, but this is lovely.
This performance was outstanding. A powerful, sensitive interpretation by Thibaudet and the orchestra under the skillful baton of --?????
Totally agree. Very underrated composer.
I had overlooked your comment. So true about William Kapell...one of my first musical heroes, reinforced by his tragic early death. AMAZING Interpretations and technical performances.
@@francisschwartz1641 Kazuki Yamada
Kacharurian is incredibly original in his compositions. This concerto as well as the cello one has a very especial sense of rythm. It's "modern, very modern music". For few bars certain music like Gershwin's years later produced can be listened.
Great and magnificent!
THANKS ONCE AGAIN FOR THIS VIDEO...jzpatelut..
Merci a JY Thibaudet pour son interpretation de cette oeuvre fantastique.
Bravo genius Aram Khachaturian, I'm proud you are Armenian!
The Andante is seriously with soul... and what a soul!!
[00:13] -- 1. Allegro ma non troppo e maestoso
[14:37] -- 2. Andante con anima
[24:58] -- 3. Allegro brillante
What an amazing third mov
@@kerencanelo8580 And first and second!
Absolutely stunning performance. Glorious piece of music which is never heard enough in this country (Britain).
Just after the 20 minute mark--look how well this pianist understands the poetry. Wonderful!
BOTH ,,,PERFECT...MAESTRO ,AND PIANIST.....AND KHACHATURIAN......
Dear JY Thibaudet , thank you very much for playing this great music and representing Armenian culture at its core. Amazing Armenian folklore elements all throughout and what an opening!!! Made us very proud indeed....
He indeed made us very proud and did justice to this concert!
I love your comment. Being from the UK I don't see that Armenian cultural aspect but I feel more connected to the music knowing that people can still hearing it as a living part of their own culture in the modern day.
Yes, Khachatourian really thought how proud he was going to make you...
Such a colourful and beautiful concerto which deserves to stay in the repertoire for a very long time. Jean-Yves Thibaudet is so magnificently a powerful pianist with a wonderful imagination. Well done Kazuki Yamada.
This is the greatest performance of this very difficult concerto, bar none.
Jean is such a great pianist that he pushes the tempo in the dramatic way the composer would have liked.
It is a concerto that needs a flexibility of tempo and Jean is absolutely pushing all limits because he "has the fingers to do so."
It is mind-boggling that he never seems to run "out of steam" and the concerto never sounds rushed, just dramatically intense!
Wow!!!
The best comment in the chain. No better words!
Non avevo mai sentito la Musica di questo Compositore. È eccezionale, meravigliosa. Mi ha dato gioia e tranquillità. Grazie ❤
Buongiorno Mondo ❤
Pace e Amore ❤
Bravissimi ❤
I have listened to this recording 40 times, and now I am going to listen to it again. Today, while cleaning the living room and tidying the house. It cascades through apathy and fills my house with good pleasure.
Long live JYT! I just adore this man. And yes, as one commentator noted, the orchestra and the conductor are equally as sublime. What a joy it must be to live in Paris with so many fine orchestras.
And now the negative: TH-cam placed ads in the middle of the second movement. In. The. Middle. Of. The. Second. Movement. Ridiculous!
Love all Kachaturian concerti, piano, cello and violin. It is modern music that can be enjoyed as one use to enjoy Rachmaninov, Liszt, Beethoven or Mozart. It gives a lot of pleasure to one's senses and full hapiness. Thank you Thibaudet. Orchestra and conductor as well.
Good job!!!! 👏👏👏👏
This is the best performance of this concerto I ever heard.And I have over decades heard a lot performances.
This is the performances I always wanted to hear, and now a dream comes true.
Kudos to all invovled and a big hug!
Came for the flexatone, loved the entire performance.
One of the greatest piano concertos ever composed!
nope
@@tomasrendek3172 😂why would you do that
@@vijaykrishnan7797 because as much as I respect your opinion and liberty of taste, there are also some objective aspects of composition, and there I must say, it is rather mess without inovation 😁
No hard feelings of course, but when you want to discuss greatest piano concertos,we must look elsewhere.
It is fun I give you that 😁
@@tomasrendek3172 cools , my personal favourite include rach 3 and Greig's piano concerto in A minor
@@vijaykrishnan7797 Mine Beethoven 4th, Brahms 2nd and for a pure joy of pianism Liszt 1 :)
Armenia is proud to have you, GREAT KHACHATURIAN
probably best performance!!! i am shocked! French and japanese play armenian music like they were born in Armenia and lived there whole life. absilutely genial playin!!! bravooooooo!!!
Jean is special indeed, but highly underrated, always admire his work as soloist and accompanist.
This performance deserves 200,000+ views. Bravo, Thibaudet !!
And Thank You, 1oo....
I. Allegro ma non troppo e maestoso 0:14
II. Andante con anima 14:37
III. Allegro brillante 24:57
Isn't 20th century classical music a real hoot! Think of the variety of composer and their varied music: Khachaturian, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Gershwin, Barber, Menotti, Chavez, Vaughan Williams, Hovhanness, Hanson, et al. It's truly a feast, with the mass communications to make sure everybody can have a slice of the pie. Was there ever such an age?
I am left speechless. What a brilliant masterpiece. Mssr Thibaudet is an absolute genius.
Thanks so much for posting this marvelous performance.
Thibaudet really absorbs his mind, heart, emotions into the performance. This devotion plus a phenomenal finger technique brings the music to life!
Such a deeply emotional performance of this glorious piano concerto. The first movement is so joyful and full of vigor. The second movement Is laced with sadness and beautiful emotional depth. The melody is so heavily influenced by Arabic music yet stamped with Khachaturian's unique harmonic style. The musical saw part adds so much more to the movement. It always sounds to me as if someone's crying and adds so much more to the sadness. Absolutely stunning performance
Thibaudet is quite superb in this underrated masterpiece.
Wow, how can I have gotten to 48 years of age without realizing that Khachaturian had written a piano concerto?!?! I only know him for the Gayaneh Suite.
should definitely check out Spartacus if you get a chance!
Listen to his violin concerto !!!
My favorite piece by Khachaturian is his 3rd Symphony. I love the interplay of the organ and the orchestra, it's not something we get to hear very often. And of course, like most Caucasian orchestral music, it has plenty of loud trumpets and plenty of percussion.
Giya Kancheli and Avet Terterian are a couple of other really good classical composers from the Caucasian region that are worth checking out.
I remember having loved this when I was young. (am now 85) Just rediscovered Khatchachurian again, and I realise more than ever why I love it so much !Strange how one can be English/ Norwegian, living most of one's life in France, and suddenly feel Armenian so deeply! Wonderful music, wonderful performance ! THANKYOU !❤❤❤❤❤
Yes, "Ach du lieber, mein schatz", a thousand times over!!! Mr. Aram & Mr. Jean are beyond words! How very wonderful it is to see a soloist so "into" the music at hand!! This has to be one of the ALL TIME great pieces of music & performances! The "Armenian savor" simply "reeked" of gorgeousness!!! Are Aram & Jean really human??? The "lump" in my throat will forever be there!!!!! "Gesundheit"!
WOW! Genius indeed; I felt volcano erupting from inside me . So intense. and this performance is PERFECT
This is a wonderful performance. It requires a lot of energy by the pianist and the conductor. It's not performed often simply because it's extremely difficult. But when accomplished such as in this video, it shows the luster of the composer as well as the orchestra and the pianist.
agree in general Kachaturianshould be played much more often.
polskapianist Khachaturian works aren’t (mostly in the public domain, you can’t find them on imslp)
That passage starting at 9:00 is absolutely magical! I'm in love.
Wonderful composition. I've loved playing it for years and wonder why it isn't heard more often. You hear bits of "Spartacus" every now and then. No one composes more romantic dissonance than Kachatorian.
unfassbare präzision... rhytmisch, dynamisch, ...großer bogen - makroskopisch und mikroskopisch... synchron. tief. total musikalisch. extatisch. bin vollkommen begeistert angesichts derartig künstlerischer kapazität
Wonderful!! This guy is getting a real workout and I am sure he is exhausted after such a dynamic performance!
Absolutely fabulous - everyone, Jean-Yves, the conductor, the orchestra, even the audience! Why is Khachaturian's fantastic music not heard more often, especially in Britain? His music would captivate any audience ,anywhere. What a performance.
Thank you Orchestre de Paris and Jean-Yves Thibaudet, for this wonderful concerto. I have listened to this Concerto past 40 years, and this would be one of the best, Thibaudet plays clear, complete, assertive. Thank you again!
My brother Felix Hug performed this concert at age 16 with the Symphony Orchestra of Namibia. I remember once during the rehearsals the first violinist stormed off stage, because he feared Felix would literally bring down the stage with his powerful performance (at around minute 22, I think :). Thank you for posting this. My favourite piano concerto till today.
One of the most beautiful slow movements ever composed.......A marvelous performance !..x
Bravissimo JY Thibaudet and the conductor and the orchestra! BRILLIANT performance of this great concerto, underrated indeed.
Not just a great performance, but amazing camera work as well.
I felt that all the necessary constituent elements, piano soloist, conductor and orchestra really produced a memorable performance/recording of this wonderful contemporary concerto.
Thank you, it's shocking !!!
Oh, wow, why this isn't played more often and fully appreciated is puzzling. Spectacular in every way.
Not many people can play it.
Jason is right. I´d bet many pianists just fear it. Several sections are as difficult or more than the Ossia Cadenza of Rach 3.
A rarity of this Concerto is the use of the flexatone or musical saw.
I first heard this in 1960 by a friend on her sr. Recital...we were all blown away. But this man is the best!
Knock out work, knock out performance!! So original .Years ago I used to drive through the night listening to this work, placing the listener in another land. Across in America, Gershwin seemed to be doing a similar thing, helping to find another dimension for piano and orchestra.
I never noticed how long Thibaudet's fingers are. Unbelievable. He was really fantastic in this concerto. It was also my first experience with this piece. It must be one of the most challenging piano concertos around!
8:12 i know this bass player ! He was playing sometimes at the Orchestre National du Capitole, but i didn't see him for a long time :(
He always showed a smiling face when he played and that was so enjoyable !
One of the first public performances of this Concerto - November 21, 1937, Leningrad Philharmonia, Grand Hall.
Lev Oborin (piano)
Together with the Fifth Symphony of Shostakovich (the first performance also).
Yevgeny Mravinsky (conductor)
Why doesn't it get played more? Well, hard to get hold of pianists this good, for starters.
Probably the only Piano Concerto to include a Flexatone. What an superb work!
Not used here, however!
@@farhadnawab7642 17:44 and further
Yes, I was looking for that!! but did not find here!
I was wondering what instrument was making those sounds!
@@farhadnawab7642It was used, just not shown on camera. I guess there is a danger in highlighting such an odd instrument.
This has made my day, my week and my month. I studied this Concerto, and performed against a piano accompaniment - 34 years ago. What an inspired, forward-pushing performance. Thibaudet solves some of the problems in this Concerto with his sheer aptitude and grace Bravo to Kazuki Yamada as well!
It is good to get the reaction of one who has played this work, Mmah. And I'm so pleased you like the Jean-Yves interpretation. I've always been a big fan of his playing, and it is mystifying that some here feel he plays it too quickly. Being but a humble hobby pianist, to my ear he plays fast where it demands speed, and slowly and oh so sensitively in the quiet passages. Still, everyone is entitled to their opinion! Whatever, doncha just marvel at the rhythmic variation and flow! Love it
A FIREY EXPRESSION OF THE GENOCIDAL GRIEF AND JUST PASSIONS OF A GREAT NATIVE PEOPLES; NOT UNLIKE OUR OWN "FIRST NATIONS"!
Bravo, JEAN YEVES TIBAUDET AND Maestro KAZUKI YAMADA!!!
Beautiful Concerto!
He makes everything look so easy! I love watching him play in addition to the hearing.
I daresay this
masterpiece is
the greatest work
of art to ever come out of
Armenia, or even the greatest THING!
Except for thousands of devoted Christians!!!
@@susanhawkins3890 yes!
What about Khachaturian's violin concerto? :))
What about Sergey Khachatrayan?
BRAVOOOOOO.....🙏✊❤✌
Purtroppo, per mia ignoranza, non conoscevo questo concerto ed e' stata una magnifica rivelazione, grazie!!! E' splendido e travolgente. L'esecuzione è, secondo me, impeccabile, CHE BELLO; BRAVI!!!!! Comprerò subito il disco!!!!!!
My brother recommended it. Had never heard it before. Such a masterful concerto and pianist.
the arpeggios at 6:30 are absolutely majestic
Naysayers aside, Thibaudet is brilliant in this
neglected masterpiece. We are blessed to have his performance.
this really should be played on the stage more often.
Most definitely agree...didn´t know this concerto and absolutely love it!
The passage starting at 5:32 is one of the most wildly exciting I know of in a piano concerto. Knocks me for six every time I hear it, no matter who's the soloist!! Who needs speed when there's this to get high on?!!
interplay of orchestra and piano from 6:05 to 6:15 also knocks me..
Same for me too. That part is so EPIC
I first heard this concerto on BBC radio 3. I was hooked immediately!
In my opinion, this is the best performance of this concerto
en mono, il y a celle de W.Kapell avec Koussevitsky, très belle
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I love to play the Khatchaturian.. and I really love Thibaudet's interpretation.
Let me know if you need a saw player! :-)
@@jazzyfiddler I actually performed it once and they used a theramin. It worked perfectly .
I've never seen a piano player quite as "feeling himself" as this- and I can certainly see why. Magnificent piece!
Fun fact: This song is what my grandmother played which attracted her husband, an opera singer, in 1964. What a strange feeling that gives this song...
Just love Khachaturian.
What a strange love...
oh my god i finally found the piece that was stuck in my head... i had been humming 1:39 for ages
What an underrated pianist. He’s amazing.
He is more famous than the concerto.
Underrated? Some people listen only to his performances of Rachmaninoff
such a spirited performance. I think that Aram would have been more than happy!
Tremendously propulsive performance! Fell in love with Kapell's performance on LP when I first heard this concerto at age 14 (63 years ago).
One of my very few recorings of any music in the late 1940's. Playing this on a player and speaker combo, I didn't hear much of the quieter passages. This music and a couple of other classical pieces got me through many "allnighters".
Spectacular performance. A wonderful pianist/ musician!
First time I have heard this and love it. Thank you from NZ
This is terrific
Like I'm hearing this concerto for the first time.
Makes you wanna dance 💃 🕺..the power of the music 🎶!
I have loved and played this Concerto since a student after hearing the great Leonard Pennario perform it. This performance is exciting too.
AMASING KOMPOCER-AND A SENSIBLE PIANIST- FIRST TIME I HEARD THIS KOMPONIST- I CLOSED MY EIES AND STANGE
FIGURES-FULL IMAGINATION GREAT EN MOTION---
Thibaudet's pianism is like missiles, bullets, that hardly ever miss the bull's eye, sort of like Michelangeli. Something perverse and wonderful about it. Jean-Yves also loves to fly around, chopping at the bit, to see how virtuosic he can be.
Блестяще!!
KHACHATURIAN, MUCHAS GRACIAS.
NOS DEJASTE OBRAS MARAVILLOSAS!!!
Le deuxième mouvement est une merveille. Et quels interprètes !
Oui mais on n'a pas entendu le flexatone. Du moins, pas moi en tout cas.
Number 1 Pianist !!! ❤Can’t stop enjoy ☀️☀️☀️♥️♥️♥️
Brilliant Composer Brilliant Pianist Brilliant Conductor !
Bravoooooo