Today I travelled from Switzerland to Brescia in Italy to see Mrs. Uchida play Mozart. For lunch I went into a restaurant and there she sat alone at a table having lunch. I went to her table and told her that I came from Switzerland to see her tonight. She said that she will have to make an extra effort to reward my journey. Haha, who would have thought that my trip would be rewarded with this chance encounter.
Wait a minute . This woman was directing the orchestra and this piece never had so much emotion before than I’ve ever heard ! And then , I looked away for a minute to feed my cat . So when I got back , She was playing the piano and directing !!!! She is a force !!❤😻🥰❤️
I've never seen someone play and conduct at the same time, though I have heard of it. Totally cool. When she first flourished her hands over the top of the piano I didn't know she was going to conduct--I thought she was blessing the piano or conjuring the spirits of good performance, LOL!
french would say "tout en finesse" ... it seems she's dropping the notes like water from a source. Magic, happiness and harmony. She is not playing the music, she's sharing a beautiful story. Thank you for sharing ❤
How can anyone speak a word about her faces. She is playing with so much enthusiasme. She is enjoying, feeling, losting herself so deeply in this godamn music. It's like a child who's having fun. I really don't feel like it's acted, i feel like she is so connected to the present moment as she plays. This is amazing. Every solists should look at her and be inspired.
Mozart has this uncanny ability to compose music that is the heights of ecstatic playfulness whilst simultaneously tinged with sorrowful yearning. All this brought to life by this woman's wonderful performance.
How can this only have 47k likes? One of the single most beautiful pieces ever written and done spectacularly. Motzart’s music is exciting, beautiful, playful, dramatic, longing, dramatic, dreamy, heartbreaking, breathtaking and phenomenal. Theres a reason his music is still studied and performed today. It stands the test of time. His music is a spiritual experience.
One of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written. Mozart speaks to us through the ages about the entire range of human emotion. It makes my heart ache and then jump for joy.. and everything in between. This is the apex of human achievement. And the performance is masterful.
this is an amazing piece, although I had sort of thought that his 41st symphony , particularly the 4the movement, and in exterem particularly , about a 2 minute stretch before the end of that 4th movement was the absolute apex of music ever. he had written it as a symphony fugue, and had 5 different incredibly amazing powerful lines of musical melodies all played at the same time at that moment in the piece and made it work 100%of course there is this, but then again, there are different apexes of music Mozart achieved, I mean that requiem mass is just amazing even though he only wrote like half of it but laid out the work for what he didn't completely finish so it was really close to what he wanted, but the stuff he finished himself was just beyond incredible. all the operas like magic flute, don giovani, marriage of Figaro and many others were just beyon compare, the flute and harp piece is literally what it probably sounds like in heaven, as well as one other piece he wrote I can't remember the name of right now. and that music at the very beginning of Amadeus, the 25the symphony, well, he was only 17 when he wrote that. Mozart as a musical genius is literally the apex of music as a whole!just think, just imagine, if he lived only a mere 10 years longer what we would have heard, and now imagine if he lived to retirement age of 65 what we would have had, it is almost incomprehensible
John Adams yes, let's just forget about Mahler, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Brahms, Dvořák, none of them wrote anything that could be considered the apex of music
The perfect evenness of playing. The oh so subtle touches of tone. The wide gamut of color that Mitsuku can bring to these delicate lines. I had a CD signed by her after a concert in NY. When I mentioned how she inspired me to start practicing again, she beamed and said, "Isn't it just a joy to play! Yes! Just to play!" She is a gift.
An utterly magnificent performance of one of (if not my) most loved Mozart Piano Concerto's. Dame Mitsuko Uchida is a living legend - and long may she continue to be!
Мицуко Учида феноменальна! ❤🔥🔥🔥👏👏👏💐💐💐 Когда слышу 20 ре-минорный Концерт Моцарта, уникальный, неповторимый, единственный, кажется, в музыкальном мире, по этой патетике, страстности и пронзительной красоте тем, хочется рыдать от восторга и чувства прекрасного, которые накрывают с головой! И этот Романс 2 части с его драматичной серединой! У меня нет слов!! 🙌🙌🙌🌹🌹🌹 Спасибо, что Моцарт был так чуток к голосу Бога. Это дар Божий! 🙏🙏🙏
Francis, people in general do not understand what the lovers of excellent music feel when listening to a concert like this. I have lost several "friends" who are completely unable to understand what I feel when listening to Wagner, Mozart, Beethoven.....
Haha, I think there are some people who don't like really dramatic reactions to music. I don't either, but if the music is good, I'm fine (And in this case, it's great!) Also, obviously I'm not a conductor, but her fingers when she conducts....... For an example of bad playing but over-dramatic reactions, cue attention to Joshua Bell's Ciaconna
I try to imagine what Mozart's face would have looked like if a 17 YO Rachmaninoff came to Mozart for lessons and whipped out his 3rd Piano Concerto to play for him. "Jesus Christ, kid, what planet are you from?"
@@alhdgysz I like Alfred Brendel's version better, but obversily it goes from Mozart to not even close, no matter who tryes.. It saddens me, he didn't live to finish this masterpiece. I actually hope Alma Deutscher will some day have a go at it, as she is the most brilliant and intelligent composer since Mozart him self. What she did to cinderella is absolutely genius. I can't wait to see what her future holds. ------> Cinderella full opera enjoy. th-cam.com/video/ibvaw1eEaDk/w-d-xo.html
Absolutely, the best k466 performance ever. It is overwhelming and unsurpassed. Especially in the third movement, I can really hear angels singing. Literally God-given talent
Wonderful...the music, and the performance. As Haydn famously said to Mozart's dad on the night Mozart performed this piece..."before God and as an honest man I tell you that your son is the greatest composer known to me."
I don't think a professional, well rehearsed orchestra needs conducting in a Mozart concerto any more than a string quartet does, but yes, great talent!
Not a single moment of this performance was devoid of enchantment. Listening to this interpretation is like rediscovering the sound of Mozart. Thank you for sharing this.
After searching the net... I hold this version of the concerto to be the best :) She is absolutely amazing, the dynamics, tempo, playfulness... it's also good sound. Although I also like Gulda's version, this is the one I listen to daily.
I dont see a single flaw in this rendition. Some renditions are either too fast or too slow some are high in the wrong places and low in the wrong places but this here is perfect.100%
25 minutes, 3 movements, 397 bars, over 20 musicians, AND NO SCORE, EITHER FOR THE ORCHESTRA OR THE PIANO. Not a single mistake in either the execution or the direction. How can such perfection be possible? This woman is pure magic. Impressive!
@@jeanmariefagon Certainly musicians do have sheet music, but I was referring to Ms. Uchida, who doesn't use sheet music for her instrument (the piano) or to conduct the orchestra. THAT'S awesome to me, and every time I see this video it impacts me more and more.
One of the worlds best pianist and performer of Mozart alive today. I had no idea that Mitsuko Uchida also conducted her performances. That was a wonderful surprice. I would have loved to be one of the musicians in this orchestra. Mitsuko is so clear in how and where she wants the music to go. Fantastic!❤
Почему я люблю дирижеров? Особенно восхищаюсь женщинами, кто пришел в эту великую профессию. Смотрите на эту красивую женщину британскую ПИАНИСТКУ и ДИРИЖЕРА Мицуко Утида и восхищайтесь тем, что среди нас есть такие одаренные, кому подвластна великая музыка, и они способны создавать ее с помощью музыкантов своего оркестра!!! ВЫ будете слушать это произведение и с закрытыми глазами, лежа на своем диване, и просто рядом с другими делами, которые будет делать под эти звуки. ВЫ вернетесь к этим прекрасным звукам обязательно МНОГО РАЗ, потому что музыка Моцарта, пианистка - дирижер М. Утида, оркестр слишком хороши, чтобы ВЫ быстро забыли их.
***** I agree. I've performed this piece and it is exhilirating to play as well. One of his masterpieces, IMHO. Also, there's some Beethovenesque stuff in the first movement if you ask me.
Andy S That's what happened when Mozart goes berserk. One of his most unconventional pieces. Perhaps that's why you associate him with the wild and rebellious Beethoven.
Sure..I hear quotes of this in lots of Beethovens works..for example the descending four notes at 1:28 is identical with what Beethoven did in the 1st mov. of the Waldstein sonata.
La miglior concertazione tra strumento e orchestra che si possa comporre o immaginare. Mozart è un'esperienza così intima che diventa un percorso religioso dove non prevale il bene o il male, dove non c'è luce né tenebra, bensì la vita stessa, con tutte le sue espressioni
I have no words to describe the feeling listening to this masterpiece, my favorite Mozart piano concert ever, so much power, so much love, takes my breath away....
The Passion of Mozart’s entire life is flashing in this one concerto. And in this inspired performance, Uchida is tapping into that life logos of Mozart. Note her eyes are mostly closed during the performance and when they are open, she is not looking at the physical objects.
Horwitz is Mozart is phenominal. You would not expect it to be played by him in the way he playes it. There is this great recording in the 50s where he starts with Prokofiev I think (which is evenly phenomial) than switches in an incredible manner.
That's not only playing piano or conducting an orchestra. It's something much more than this. Mitsuko Uchida is a true artist will be always on the Earth with her music!
I just watched this again and I got totally overwhelmed to the point of tears. I'm still at work. It's just magnificent!!! Uchida is just... I mean, she's JUST!!!
Je n'ai pas de mots assez puissants pour décrire les émotions. J'ai été submergée. Merci. Deux talents de génie réunis, Mozart et Mitsuko Uchida. Une interprétation inspirée par la grâce, le travail et le don ! MERCI.
The best orchestral introduction to this piece I have ever heard. Very syncopated and savage. Love her playing and what she awakens in the orchestra in this piece.
I am trying to image Wolfgang, playing and conducting the very first performance of this concerto, with his own piano with pedal-board. But this lady...I am speechless....
VICTOR LOZANO ORTIGOSA I SAW HER IN PERSON 😀 she was AWESOME. My school brought the eight grade band members to symphony hall in boston, and we watched her rehearse
Its nice to think Mozart composed this piece when he was the most happiest. His son was born and his wife and father (who was visiting Vienna) were finally getting along.
Feel the stress developing in the harmonies. I could listen to this every day and find new nuances in her interpretation. The orchestral backing is superb. They sense the inner turmoil of Mozart that she is producing in this performance
Oh, this is such a beautiful performance, sublime Mozartian technique & her conducting proves that she is in total control of this wonderful concerto, her expertise is right there, in the moment...delightful...l♡ved every minute. Bravo!!! I am a fan.
The shaping of this performance defies speech. Exhilarating, alternatively sweet and pleasing, ominous... mkaes one wonder how one could do without Mozart. No way.
Another Maestress performing Wolfie as he would have intended. He would have enjoyed this so much! I have heard many versions, and this is one of the most passionate ever. Thank you, Wolfie, and thank you, Misuko Uchida. You have achieved "last name only" recognition!
Uchida, очень глубокий Музыкант, обладающая филигранной техникой. Её звук невероятно живой, приближенный к человеческой речи. Играть и дирижировать - это непросто, но пианизм безупречно убедительный и не отпускает от себя до конца. Можно сказать магнетический пианизм - во всём исполнении такая Любовь к Моцарту, такая солнечность и прозрачность звучания, что даже минор снимает шляпу перед Сиянием Моцарта. ЕдиноДушие оркестра и солистки накаляют зал и купают одновременно в штриховой выточенности каждой фразы, каждого мотива и дышат одним содержанием сочинения. Очень красивое видео, дающее эстетическое наслаждение и слуху, и глазам. Браво этому слаженному коллективу! Высокий профессионализм музыкантов заслуживает моего восхищения. 👏👏👏👏👏
the exacting play of both orchestra is so good. Reminds me a bit of Toscanini conducting. Also great recording tech, for once the timpani don't kill everything, just short and to the point
Whenever I listened to his music of Mozart’s d minor piano concerto, I can’t help but hum the melody-the melodic themes-together! The themes are so lyrical and singable. All the descriptions by others are so true to Mozart’s music. You can never become tired or bored of his music and Uchida’s expression of it. So beautiful indeed.
Flawless! She lets the music flow through her to us. All of these musicians were each enjoying the music as much as all of us listening and watching this incredible performance! She’s so beautiful in and out!
Absolutely divine. As she stood in front of the piano and orchestra, I thought, my god, she has all that music in her head and her hands. Amazing. Stunning performance by this perfect orchestra, too.
@@acryingonion Could totally detect the Beethoven @12:20 with the repetitive banging of the same key, and also @12:26. My fav cadenza for this piece. 2 of my musical heroes' joint effort. Do you happen to know when Beethoven wrote it?
+Andy S Looks brilliant to me. With such expressive and precise movements , the orchestra knows exactly what she requires. Soloists conduct very frequently, especially with chamber orchestras. Are you saying this because she's a woman? If so , you're living in the nineteenth century !
Mitzuko Uchida, congratulations. you play Mozart better than any one. you are the best player of Mozar. feel the music, feel the piano, the orchesta. Thanks for make us happy!!!!!!
So very moving and beautiful. To see and hear the interplay between piano and orchestra, with Madame Uchida so masterfully being both pianist and conductor, is a delight. The depth of emotion combined with technical mastery of every musician here brought me to tears. Fabulous!
Uchida is a treasure. I have spent the morning watching/listening to Mozart concerti played by some of the biggest names on stage. I heard fingers missing spirit. I heard spirit with spongy fingers. I heard over-calculation. Now I am listen to this, this volcano both play and conduct, and crying my eyes out. An Uchida Mozart performance should be a bucket-list item for people--even if they have to travel to hear it. A bonus is cadenzas by Beethoven, who captured the spirt of this great work.
Morart and Ms. Uchida had a spiritual connection! They understood each other very well, and she interpreted the piece wonderfully! A Great expert in many classical music. Salute! 🥰🤭🤗
She feels the music by heart and she comunicate telepatic with the members of the orchestra. Beautiful! All the dislikes are superficial judging her mimic.
Never seen playing and conducting at the same time, such intense emotions when I see how much she loves Mozart's music and expresses it, a real genius! Now I saw something absolutely new and unfamiliar to me, and I really love it now.
Se o próprio Mozart estivesse presente na plateia estaria emocionado com o desempenho dessa grande pianista japonesa que, além do mais, sabe conduzir uma orquestra sinfônica como poucos e sente-se a emoção no ar , impressionante.
Mitsuko Uchida, Thank you so much for a most wonderful rendition of this concerto with the lovely and skilled young orchestra. I'm sure Mozart was with you all in spirit and enjoying himself hugely. He would have loved the new instruments I believe. I'm glad to have heard this. It was bubbly, dramatic, funny and extremely beautifully put together. Thank you all. A great recording. Cathy Jones, Adelaide SA
The perfect pianist/conductor performing the perfect piano concerto with the perfect orchestra in the perfect city. Is it a dream or am I old and already in heaven? Yes, it must be heaven. 🌺
Today I travelled from Switzerland to Brescia in Italy to see Mrs. Uchida play Mozart. For lunch I went into a restaurant and there she sat alone at a table having lunch. I went to her table and told her that I came from Switzerland to see her tonight. She said that she will have to make an extra effort to reward my journey. Haha, who would have thought that my trip would be rewarded with this chance encounter.
Omg, I was at that concert too!!! I hope you enjoyed your trip to Italy ❤️❤️
Y,ra si Lucky
Wow! Lucky you 😊😉
Wow😮did you enjoy it?
What did she play, what was the program?
A performance like this raises up the human race above the trivial and trite of the daily existence. Bravo
Except it also raised lots of trivial comments here.
Absolutely right. I listen to this during exercise while i'm recovering from intense back surgery. ❤
Wait a minute . This woman was directing the orchestra and this piece never had so much emotion before than I’ve ever heard ! And then , I looked away for a minute to feed my cat . So when I got back , She was playing the piano and directing !!!! She is a force !!❤😻🥰❤️
There are many performances of this piece where the pianist conducts the orchestra, but this is by far the best of them in my opinion.
Mozart did the same thing when performing this piece.
It was the style for the pianist to also conduct the orchestra, especially in small ensembles like this one.
so is your cat ... to distract you from the concert ... 😍😍
I've been listening to this while I work, and when the video ends, I play it again. I love this. It's beautiful!
She does not only play and conduct. She is the music
Yes!
The performer is Always a part of the music!
Yes.
Mozart is magic, and Mitsuko Uchida is a magician.
Agreed.
Sell said.
I've never seen someone play and conduct at the same time, though I have heard of it. Totally cool. When she first flourished her hands over the top of the piano I didn't know she was going to conduct--I thought she was blessing the piano or conjuring the spirits of good performance, LOL!
The first flourishing of her hands are the best part, the music goes through the flourishing of her hands forward, extremely precise conducting
Amardeep Singh Love your comment Amardeep
Conjuring the spirits of good performance... that's what conducting essentially is.
: - )
This comment is gold 😂😂
french would say "tout en finesse" ... it seems she's dropping the notes like water from a source. Magic, happiness and harmony. She is not playing the music, she's sharing a beautiful story. Thank you for sharing ❤
Well said,,
what do the french know about music?
@@PlushPineapplegood that music has no borders! 😂but language knowledge does. This is la nuance 😂
How can anyone speak a word about her faces. She is playing with so much enthusiasme. She is enjoying, feeling, losting herself so deeply in this godamn music. It's like a child who's having fun. I really don't feel like it's acted, i feel like she is so connected to the present moment as she plays. This is amazing. Every solists should look at her and be inspired.
It's still cringey to watch
@@sithlord8977 then don't
@@sithlord8977 you know nothing of Uchida
@@stansmith9293 but I know Mozart would also laugh..he had a sense of humor unlike you guys
@@longfeijiang2449 😂
Mozart has this uncanny ability to compose music that is the heights of ecstatic playfulness whilst simultaneously tinged with sorrowful yearning. All this brought to life by this woman's wonderful performance.
Love your description! Even in the darkest moments one can imagine Mozart grinning and having fun writing music so well.
@@matttondr9282 1111qq1q
She does that the BEST Description for Mozart.
13:40
Wannabe trash.
This performance, the pianist, and all musicians are over the sky. Word cannot appraise it. A magnificent, wonderful concert.
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How can this only have 47k likes? One of the single most beautiful pieces ever written and done spectacularly. Motzart’s music is exciting, beautiful, playful, dramatic, longing, dramatic, dreamy, heartbreaking, breathtaking and phenomenal. Theres a reason his music is still studied and performed today. It stands the test of time. His music is a spiritual experience.
Those are likes!😂
Without any doubt. Happy to know that we feel the same about his music ❤
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It should have 47k dislikes
Yes. My stance on it is there ought to be even more likes.
I love her passion...! Mozart could be so happy to see her playing his masterpieces...!
I do thinking the same. Thank you for saying that.
MOZART-KOMPOZYTOR WSZECHCZASÓW!!!
這首又不是第九號
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Jose Alvarez I think so : )
One of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written. Mozart speaks to us through the ages about the entire range of human emotion. It makes my heart ache and then jump for joy.. and everything in between. This is the apex of human achievement. And the performance is masterful.
well said.You expressed in words what I feel Everytime I listen to it
This and a few other pieces by Mozart are the only things that keep me considering him as one of the greatest.
I like your comment. as that I was talking
this is an amazing piece, although I had sort of thought that his 41st symphony , particularly the 4the movement, and in exterem particularly , about a 2 minute stretch before the end of that 4th movement was the absolute apex of music ever. he had written it as a symphony fugue, and had 5 different incredibly amazing powerful lines of musical melodies all played at the same time at that moment in the piece and made it work 100%of course there is this, but then again, there are different apexes of music Mozart achieved, I mean that requiem mass is just amazing even though he only wrote like half of it but laid out the work for what he didn't completely finish so it was really close to what he wanted, but the stuff he finished himself was just beyond incredible. all the operas like magic flute, don giovani, marriage of Figaro and many others were just beyon compare, the flute and harp piece is literally what it probably sounds like in heaven, as well as one other piece he wrote I can't remember the name of right now. and that music at the very beginning of Amadeus, the 25the symphony, well, he was only 17 when he wrote that. Mozart as a musical genius is literally the apex of music as a whole!just think, just imagine, if he lived only a mere 10 years longer what we would have heard, and now imagine if he lived to retirement age of 65 what we would have had, it is almost incomprehensible
John Adams yes, let's just forget about Mahler, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Brahms, Dvořák, none of them wrote anything that could be considered the apex of music
Mozart brought more beauty into our world in his short life than anyone else who has ever lived.
Except for Jesus Christ who died for our sins.
He never fails to lift me up.
Это божественно...дай бог имбыть здороыми и дальше радовать нас
Mozart - the God of classical music himself. Eternal and immortal
I agree! Other than Jesus, Mozart brings me more joy than anything or anyone. His music is simply glorious! All of it!!
内田光子さんの音楽に対する溢れるほどの情熱と愛情を感じます
本当に素晴らしい音楽家だと思います
The perfect evenness of playing. The oh so subtle touches of tone. The wide gamut of color that Mitsuku can bring to these delicate lines. I had a CD signed by her after a concert in NY. When I mentioned how she inspired me to start practicing again, she beamed and said, "Isn't it just a joy to play! Yes! Just to play!" She is a gift.
Mitsuku?🙄
She really is.
She certainly is!
An utterly magnificent performance of one of (if not my) most loved Mozart Piano Concerto's. Dame Mitsuko Uchida is a living legend - and long may she continue to be!
The opening is a joke how mysterious and powerful
@@marshan1226 I'm pretty sure that I agree with you, my friend - however, the use of the word 'joke' confuses me slightly?
The greatest work of music ever written. A masterpiece of emotions and beauty. Uchida and orchestra reign supreme.
Мицуко Учида феноменальна! ❤🔥🔥🔥👏👏👏💐💐💐
Когда слышу 20 ре-минорный Концерт Моцарта, уникальный, неповторимый, единственный, кажется, в музыкальном мире, по этой патетике, страстности и пронзительной красоте тем, хочется рыдать от восторга и чувства прекрасного, которые накрывают с головой!
И этот Романс 2 части с его драматичной серединой! У меня нет слов!! 🙌🙌🙌🌹🌹🌹
Спасибо, что Моцарт был так чуток к голосу Бога. Это дар Божий! 🙏🙏🙏
1. Allegro (in D minor) 0:56
2. Romanze (in B-flat major) 15:41
3. Allegro assai (in D minor, ending in D major) 24:37
This should be the first comment. Thanks!
écoutez au lieux de mesurer le temps
this is a triumph. im making a note
How? What parts of the concerto is your timing relating to? What does 0:56 mean - 56 seconds? Again - how?
Ken Karapetian leave youtube..
why is there dislikes? this performance is incredible
People fall in hate very easy... they prefear to be ignorats :/
Francis, people in general do not understand what the lovers of excellent music feel when listening to a concert like this. I have lost several "friends" who are completely unable to understand what I feel when listening to Wagner, Mozart, Beethoven.....
Haha, I think there are some people who don't like really dramatic reactions to music. I don't either, but if the music is good, I'm fine (And in this case, it's great!)
Also, obviously I'm not a conductor, but her fingers when she conducts.......
For an example of bad playing but over-dramatic reactions, cue attention to Joshua Bell's Ciaconna
There seem to be haters for everything! . . . . Makes them feel better, I guess. Sad.
Dragan Milunovic
This is the best interpretation I've heard. The color of mozart interpreted by Mitsuko Uchida can be perceived very clearly.
I try to imagine what Mozart's face would have looked like if a 17 YO Rachmaninoff came to Mozart for lessons and whipped out his 3rd Piano Concerto to play for him. "Jesus Christ, kid, what planet are you from?"
@@JJTownley_Classical-Composer lol
This has nothing to do with Mozart. The style is wrong.
Listen to Fischer Ann's recording...
@@alhdgysz I like Alfred Brendel's version better, but obversily it goes from Mozart to not even close, no matter who tryes.. It saddens me, he didn't live to finish this masterpiece. I actually hope Alma Deutscher will some day have a go at it, as she is the most brilliant and intelligent composer since Mozart him self. What she did to cinderella is absolutely genius. I can't wait to see what her future holds. ------> Cinderella full opera enjoy. th-cam.com/video/ibvaw1eEaDk/w-d-xo.html
@@frozenhorse8695 what are you talking about????
He did finish this piece.......
The fact that she was also conducting the orchestra destroys my self-esteem even more.
Absolutely, the best k466 performance ever. It is overwhelming and unsurpassed. Especially in the third movement, I can really hear angels singing. Literally God-given talent
No, by far not. K466 with Valentina Lisitsa - without pathetic mimmik.
@@bastonyx Robert Levin :)
Try to listen gulda's
@@bastonyxoh please. Lisitsa is an average concert pianist of reasonable skills. Never anything to write home about
Clara Haskil...an older superb player of this concerto
Diese Frau spielt mit verstand und Herz und nicht nur mit Technik. Unfasstbar!❤
But her technique is flawless!
Aber sowas von!
The insertion of advertising in a piece of music like this is a crime against humanity!
When Mozart's father read orchestration in the third movement, he cried.
how did you know that?
@@araortegajaimes6605 From Leopold's letter to Wolfgang, as well as his sister, Nannerl. This is also mentioned in Mozart's biography.
@@StanObirek thanks!
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Mozart father was the best thing happened to Amadeus Wolfgang Mozart, his sacrifices didn't go waste, here we are talking about him after 230 years.
Wonderful...the music, and the performance.
As Haydn famously said to Mozart's dad on the night Mozart performed this piece..."before God and as an honest man I tell you that your son is the greatest composer known to me."
This was Hadyn's response to the last 3 of the 6 string quartets Mozart dedicated to him.
that is the exact same thing Salieri said to Mozart just before Mozart died in his sleep while assisting him
When two geniuses (Uchida and Mozart) come together, the result is devastating for the emotions.
Yes,
Literally playing with one hand and conducting with the other.
What a talent!
I don't think a professional, well rehearsed orchestra needs conducting in a Mozart concerto any more than a string quartet does, but yes, great talent!
Not a single moment of this performance was devoid of enchantment. Listening to this interpretation is like rediscovering the sound of Mozart. Thank you for sharing this.
After searching the net... I hold this version of the concerto to be the best :) She is absolutely amazing, the dynamics, tempo, playfulness... it's also good sound. Although I also like Gulda's version, this is the one I listen to daily.
Poss.listen to Clara Haskil..also does a superb version..
I dont see a single flaw in this rendition. Some renditions are either too fast or too slow some are high in the wrong places and low in the wrong places but this here is perfect.100%
25 minutes, 3 movements, 397 bars, over 20 musicians, AND NO SCORE, EITHER FOR THE ORCHESTRA OR THE PIANO. Not a single mistake in either the execution or the direction. How can such perfection be possible? This woman is pure magic. Impressive!
outstanding, isn't it? the bar is raised for both pianists and conductors, ha
This is most impressive to Americans, who are used to every bar being set so low, they are even amazed at mediocrity.
Well, the musicians do have a score (see 16:05) but that doesn't take anything away from this magnificence of this performance.
@@jeanmariefagon Certainly musicians do have sheet music, but I was referring to Ms. Uchida, who doesn't use sheet music for her instrument (the piano) or to conduct the orchestra. THAT'S awesome to me, and every time I see this video it impacts me more and more.
One of the worlds best pianist and performer of Mozart alive today. I had no idea that Mitsuko Uchida also conducted her performances. That was a wonderful surprice. I would have loved to be one of the musicians in this orchestra. Mitsuko is so clear in how and where she wants the music to go. Fantastic!❤
Почему я люблю дирижеров? Особенно восхищаюсь женщинами, кто пришел в эту великую профессию. Смотрите на эту красивую женщину британскую ПИАНИСТКУ и ДИРИЖЕРА Мицуко Утида и восхищайтесь тем, что среди нас есть такие одаренные, кому подвластна великая музыка, и они способны создавать ее с помощью музыкантов своего оркестра!!!
ВЫ будете слушать это произведение и с закрытыми глазами, лежа на своем диване,
и просто рядом с другими делами, которые будет делать под эти звуки. ВЫ вернетесь к этим прекрасным звукам обязательно МНОГО РАЗ, потому что музыка Моцарта, пианистка - дирижер М. Утида, оркестр слишком хороши, чтобы ВЫ быстро забыли их.
Спасибо , Ирина !
Гергиев намного круче))
прекрасная музыка и дирежер
Браво!!!!!!
Татьяна Полякова Molte grazie per il vostro ottimo commento!
I once heard this was Beethoven's favourite Mozart concento :)
he wrote the cadenzas for the 3rd movement
Beethoven's favorite was the 24th.
@@eddythefan Also for the first movement
Considering he wrote cadenzas for the concerto... that’s a safe bet
How to identify those?@@eddythefan
This piece never gets old for me (:
***** I agree. I've performed this piece and it is exhilirating to play as well. One of his masterpieces, IMHO. Also, there's some Beethovenesque stuff in the first movement if you ask me.
Andy S That's what happened when Mozart goes berserk. One of his most unconventional pieces. Perhaps that's why you associate him with the wild and rebellious Beethoven.
Andy S Beethoven actually really like this piece and was said to have used this piece as an inspiration for a lot of his early work.
Sure..I hear quotes of this in lots of Beethovens works..for example the descending four notes at 1:28 is identical with what Beethoven did in the 1st mov. of the Waldstein sonata.
***** I agree %100
La miglior concertazione tra strumento e orchestra che si possa comporre o immaginare. Mozart è un'esperienza così intima che diventa un percorso religioso dove non prevale il bene o il male, dove non c'è luce né tenebra, bensì la vita stessa, con tutte le sue espressioni
I have no words to describe the feeling listening to this masterpiece, my favorite Mozart piano concert ever, so much power, so much love, takes my breath away....
It's also my favourite Mozart piano concerto. Daniel Baranboim's my usual go to, but this just hits it out of the park.
The Passion of Mozart’s entire life is flashing in this one concerto. And in this inspired performance, Uchida is tapping into that life logos of Mozart. Note her eyes are mostly closed during the performance and when they are open, she is not looking at the physical objects.
@@jaylinn416 Like any true artist, she's in 'the zone'.
I feel exactly the same 😉
To me, the best Mozart's piano concert. After this one, not much known but very beautiful, the
9th Concert
"play Mozart like it was Chopin and Chopin like it was Mozart" - Horowitz
Pablo Casals said that TO Vladimir Horowitz...LOL....
@@mr.saxahornist hhahahahah
Horwitz is Mozart is phenominal. You would not expect it to be played by him in the way he playes it. There is this great recording in the 50s where he starts with Prokofiev I think (which is evenly phenomial) than switches in an incredible manner.
That's not only playing piano or conducting an orchestra. It's something much more than this. Mitsuko Uchida is a true artist will be always on the Earth with her music!
I just watched this again and I got totally overwhelmed to the point of tears. I'm still at work. It's just magnificent!!! Uchida is just... I mean, she's JUST!!!
Even when both hands are occupied with playing, Ms Uchida is conducting through the forward energy and clarity of each phrase rising from the piano.
I love how exhilarating this Mozart concerto is. all those jabby punchy fortissimos. She really brought this to the next level IMO
Je n'ai pas de mots assez puissants pour décrire les émotions. J'ai été submergée. Merci. Deux talents de génie réunis, Mozart et Mitsuko Uchida. Une interprétation inspirée par la grâce, le travail et le don ! MERCI.
It just doesn't get any better than this. Spellbinding. That is all I can say.
Magical, genius, heavenly and goosebumps through it all.
I have watched this performance countless times; I am enthralled with Uchida. One of the greatest pianists!
I got all choked up watching this performance. The music, the musicians, the conductor. Oh my!
The music, the musicians, the conductor. Oh my!
Oh YES ! Oh YES ! Oh YES ! already after 3 bars, she was moving my heart & my eyes got wet. Thanks for this performance heard in Sweden 2015/16.
+ndansome the high you get from listening to this is better than any drug, coming from an ex-drug user.
+Sluff Adlin I combine ;-)
i never knew that a piano soloist could take the role of being the conductor! D:
Still can’t get enough of this interpretation, even after a few years of listening to it.
The best orchestral introduction to this piece I have ever heard. Very syncopated and savage. Love her playing and what she awakens in the orchestra in this piece.
I should thank the conductor of the orchestra for sharing the joy of this beautiful performance with audiences.
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Uchida is numero uno. One of the best Mozart interpretations - and her piano playing is flawless, magical even.
I am trying to image Wolfgang, playing and conducting the very first performance of this concerto, with his own piano with pedal-board. But this lady...I am speechless....
It's like Wolfie wrote this for her....
I listen and listen and listen AGAIN, AND AGAIN, .... I always enjoy this concerto. Mitsuki Uchida I LOVE YOU!.
Marry her then.
Мицуке 68 лет
ошибся 66 и она замужем
VICTOR LOZANO ORTIGOSA I SAW HER IN PERSON 😀 she was AWESOME. My school brought the eight grade band members to symphony hall in boston, and we watched her rehearse
завидую вам !!! Она великолепный исполнитель
She truly puts her heart and soul into the music, plays passionately with much love
Completely agree! Can totally hear it in the sound the love she has for this music.
Easily one of the finest interpretations of K.466.
I think Ushida is absolutely one of the best pianists there are. Deeply grateful for our musical times together❤.
Its nice to think Mozart composed this piece when he was the most happiest. His son was born and his wife and father (who was visiting Vienna) were finally getting along.
You could hear it in the music.
The more recordings of her I listen to, the more I'm blown away. She interprets Mozart and Beethoven near perfectly!
No matter how many times I watch this video, I always have tears.
Me too.
Me too: tears for fears...
Same
Me too
The same here
素晴らしい音楽家に、インターネットを通じて出会えたことに感謝申し上げます。動画を作成してくださった方に頭が下がります。ありがとうございました。
I think this is one of the best-interpreted performance of the piece. the musical flow is very elegant yet grandiose.
Feel the stress developing in the harmonies. I could listen to this every day and find new nuances in her interpretation. The orchestral backing is superb. They sense the inner turmoil of Mozart that she is producing in this performance
Literally one of the greatest pianists of our time, flawless performance
Mitsuko also plays Liszt exceptionally
theverygoodpiano
Ridiculous! She manages the orchestra when she is not in the piano!!!!! But !! When she plays who manages the orchestra ? Stupid posture!!
How do you think Mozart did it you genius?
michel alain f
Oh, this is such a beautiful performance, sublime Mozartian technique & her conducting proves that she is in total control of this wonderful concerto, her expertise is right there, in the moment...delightful...l♡ved every minute. Bravo!!! I am a fan.
The shaping of this performance defies speech. Exhilarating, alternatively sweet and pleasing, ominous... mkaes one wonder how one could do without Mozart. No way.
her modesty is the inner treasure that she performs on the piano, hearing her live is an extraordinary experience...
Another Maestress performing Wolfie as he would have intended. He would have enjoyed this so much! I have heard many versions, and this is one of the most passionate ever. Thank you, Wolfie, and thank you, Misuko Uchida. You have achieved "last name only" recognition!
I agree - this is just so on the money.
Uchida, очень глубокий Музыкант, обладающая филигранной техникой. Её звук невероятно живой, приближенный к человеческой речи. Играть и дирижировать - это непросто, но пианизм безупречно убедительный и не отпускает от себя до конца. Можно сказать магнетический пианизм - во всём исполнении такая Любовь к Моцарту, такая солнечность и прозрачность звучания, что даже минор снимает шляпу перед Сиянием Моцарта. ЕдиноДушие оркестра и солистки накаляют зал и купают одновременно в штриховой выточенности каждой фразы, каждого мотива и дышат одним содержанием сочинения. Очень красивое видео, дающее эстетическое наслаждение и слуху, и глазам. Браво этому слаженному коллективу! Высокий профессионализм музыкантов заслуживает моего восхищения.
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This is my favorite Mozart piano concerto and this is an immaculate performance of it. The way the orchestra and piano play off each other is sublime.
the exacting play of both orchestra is so good. Reminds me a bit of Toscanini conducting. Also great recording tech, for once the timpani don't kill everything, just short and to the point
Whenever I listened to his music of Mozart’s d minor piano concerto, I can’t help but hum the melody-the melodic themes-together! The themes are so lyrical and singable. All the descriptions by others are so true to Mozart’s music. You can never become tired or bored of his music and Uchida’s expression of it. So beautiful indeed.
역대급 모차르트 콘체르토 20번이네요. 우치다에게 경의를!
Wow! Genial!!!
Zwischen Sanftmut, Träumen, Fantasia und Aufbegehren.
Noch nie habe ich Mozart so vernommen.
Tausend Dank!!! ❤
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she is so good-just amazing ,so emotional playing ,and recording is just perfect.
and Mozart must be smiling in heaven...
Each note is delivered with power, precision, and with an emotional tone. Amazing.
I do not have the words to describe how much I love this performance. This is my all time favorite! Uchida is such a wonderful pianist.
I feel the same way Michael. It is spectacular... I wish I could find this performance on CD.
I share with you that thought
こんな間近に、内田さんの指が見えるなんて、幸せです❤
Flawless! She lets the music flow through her to us. All of these musicians were each enjoying the music as much as all of us listening and watching this incredible performance! She’s so beautiful in and out!
Absolutely divine. As she stood in front of the piano and orchestra, I thought, my god, she has all that music in her head and her hands. Amazing. Stunning performance by this perfect orchestra, too.
This is so wonderful. I'm standing in my kitchen applauding lol.
The first time i listened to this concerto i swore this was Beethoven, this is so ahead of Mozart's time. So impressive
late Mozart and early Beethoven are often so close. Sometimes it feels like Mozart's spirit lived on in Beethoven after his much too early demise.
Ignoratti abound.
Beethoven wrote cadenza for mvt 1&3 for this concerto as Uchida played here, and it was allegedly one of Beethoven's favorite.
This is my absolute favorite piece of Mozart, and piano is not even my instrument… fantastic performance
@@acryingonion Could totally detect the Beethoven @12:20 with the repetitive banging of the same key, and also @12:26. My fav cadenza for this piece. 2 of my musical heroes' joint effort.
Do you happen to know when Beethoven wrote it?
I love how she feels the music and it shows on her face and the way of conducting the orchestra... not to mention the virtuosity of her piano playing
lovely, energetic, emotional, solid: she has a Mozart inside
Yes,exactly.maybe W.A.Mozart has the exactly character.
***** Which biographers?
***** yes but she shouldn't conduct. Looks very unnatural.
+Andy S Looks brilliant to me. With such expressive and precise movements , the orchestra knows exactly what she requires. Soloists conduct very frequently, especially with chamber orchestras. Are you saying this because she's a woman? If so , you're living in the nineteenth century !
+Andy S as conductor she's doing nothing. that orchestra plays this music without conductor. she's just a decoration. (a show off disgusting one)
A wonderful performance - a true artist, she feels every note.
Susannah MacDonald Is there a better performance? None come to my mind.
You can play if you try . My dear sis
I heartily agree.
Can’t agree more
Mitzuko Uchida, congratulations. you play Mozart better than any one. you are the best player of Mozar. feel the music, feel the piano, the orchesta. Thanks for make us happy!!!!!!
So very moving and beautiful. To see and hear the interplay between piano and orchestra, with Madame Uchida so masterfully being both pianist and conductor, is a delight. The depth of emotion combined with technical mastery of every musician here brought me to tears. Fabulous!
Uchida is a treasure. I have spent the morning watching/listening to Mozart concerti played by some of the biggest names on stage. I heard fingers missing spirit. I heard spirit with spongy fingers. I heard over-calculation. Now I am listen to this, this volcano both play and conduct, and crying my eyes out. An Uchida Mozart performance should be a bucket-list item for people--even if they have to travel to hear it. A bonus is cadenzas by Beethoven, who captured the spirt of this great work.
Matsuko Uchida is simply brilliant.
Morart and Ms. Uchida had a spiritual connection! They understood each other very well, and she interpreted the piece wonderfully! A Great expert in many classical music. Salute! 🥰🤭🤗
She feels the music by heart and she comunicate telepatic with the members of the orchestra. Beautiful! All the dislikes are superficial judging her mimic.
Mironica Emilia
De gustibus non est disputandum.
I saw colours come out of her hands as she conducted.
Amazing
Live in Colorado do you?
Or Washington
synesthesia.
yes? you called me
peppino di capri
Never seen playing and conducting at the same time, such intense emotions when I see how much she loves Mozart's music and expresses it, a real genius! Now I saw something absolutely new and unfamiliar to me, and I really love it now.
It’s so nice to see a woman set free to express herself so creatively. A high level of emotion, interpretation and creativity that is uninhibited.
Se o próprio Mozart estivesse presente na plateia estaria emocionado com o desempenho dessa grande pianista japonesa que, além do mais, sabe conduzir uma orquestra sinfônica como poucos e sente-se a emoção no ar , impressionante.
Brilliant...she does Mozart proud....and I'm his Aquarian sister, violinist and lifelong fan!
Mitsuko Uchida, Thank you so much for a most wonderful rendition of this concerto with the lovely and skilled young orchestra. I'm sure Mozart was with you all in spirit and enjoying himself hugely. He would have loved the new instruments I believe. I'm glad to have heard this. It was bubbly, dramatic, funny and extremely beautifully put together. Thank you all. A great recording. Cathy Jones, Adelaide SA
The perfect pianist/conductor performing the perfect piano concerto with the perfect orchestra in the perfect city. Is it a dream or am I old and already in heaven? Yes, it must be heaven. 🌺