Ivo Pogorelich Plays Chopin Prelude Op. 45 Videos

Plazmatix Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - Pogorelich is VERY good...I don't really have a problem w/ his "planned playing" as people derride....his dynamic control is marvelous and he's excellent at delineating the individual notes....look at how relaxed his hands are while he plays...I have a feeling that Marthe Argerrich would walk out of this forum of so-called critics also....

yukyo85 Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - c# prelude is one of his acclaimed repertoire as his Gaspard is highly acclaimed, though most people say his weird and unique.

sagalat Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - I agree with ejasiewicz. The profound crystalline control really works. Best performance I've heard. Wait until you hear him perform the Brahms 118/2 Intermezzo

tooursuccess Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - For those of you who like to hammer someone - try getting the control and emotion he gets out of this piece.

thomas12311 Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - I have practised this piece for four mouth. And I think that I can play everythings but the emotions is not enough. I tried so hard to find that. T_T

nibelungensohn Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - pretty good

pawdaw Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - So, so, so beautiful. I love how he plays the cadenza so softly........

jjp009 Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - Wow, he genuinely looks carried away and about to cry at 3:05 to 3:21. You can tell he's really moved by this piece and is probably not faking that emotion.

cheeseclo Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - wow. you're right. theres no way he's faking that.

cheeseclo Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - haha. yeah. he's a great musician. to have such emotion for a piece is amazing.

happygolucky2000 Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - why cant i see this video?

vnsn72 Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - Simply Great

alfasumo Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - He was born on a piano!!!!!!

AvaMaria70 Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - was he really?

YugoMix Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - yugoslavia !! go Ivo

ProkofievRules Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - I love watching his hands move. So nimble. Never hurried.

sviatoslavberezovsky Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - one of the most beautiful piece ever written

PhillipLWilcher Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - I can't listen to this glorious piece and not think of Scriabin.Can you? Indeed, if Scriabin wrote it, it would be have been Scriabin at his best That's the wonder of Chopin looking towards the future just as he did with his second Prelude. And here we have the wonder of Pogorelich's interpreatation - what a marvel! You know, the thing I so admire with Pogorelich is his ability to see beyond the printed page and illumine so many hidden treasures in the music.Phillip Wilcher

PhillipLWilcher Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - I've come back to this.I had to! The hidden wonders of these redolently immortal and suspended pages by Chopin played by Pogorelich - like passing through the colours of a rainbow - I love it! I do think had it not been written by Chopin at all but penned by the youthful Scriabin it would have been one of Scriabin's finest pieces. That's the wonder of Chopin....Phillip Wilcher

scotcking Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - It's a little slow for me. It destroy's the continuity of the piece. Ivo is a fine musician and I respect him greatly. However, for this piece, I like the tempo played by Michaelangeli better. Chopin's marking is Sostenuto, meaning sustaned, and while there is some flexibility in tempo, Ivo's tempo is a little slow for me. I feel that it is "over milked". I have recorded it here.

jamtnas Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - No, I think Ivo actually got it right this time. The Sustenuto marking suggests that it SHOULD be "milked" (read: sung).There are far to many approaching this piece like an etude, or in some pathologic cases: like a flat-footed metronome walk (or jog) in the park, with little or no sense of melodic continuity - the one thing that matters in this case.

misotoma Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - My favorite musician, composer and improvisor has to be this, Chopin. Understanding how music works is addicting, and Chopin is the unexcelled music 'player' ever. So appeasing to my ears, it's a shame the world over cannot appreciate this beauty. But still all they live long.. thank God! their music and names aren't lost with time in history. oh yea and i love this Coda.. peace.

fosco85 Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - simply great

eriksatie9 Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - I agree, I love how he plays chopin! it's amazing...

54spiritedwill54 Says:

Jul 7, 2008 - He is a genious