Alexandre Kantorow - Liszt Piano Concerto n°2

©️ KONSERTHUSET STOCKHOLM

Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra,
Simone Young (Conductor)

Oct 28, 2021

[richardharting]

" Magical hands" is right. Hands of a spectacular musician.

[CarloStella-es]

Alessandro Magno con la potenza delle armi, conquistava imperi e uomini. Alexandre Kantorow, con la potenza del suo genio musicale, conquista cuori e anime di chi l' ascolta! In questo mondo travagliato da armi e guerre sono solo personalità come la sua che possono dare all' umanità la speranza di un mondo migliore.❤😊❤

[emilyhutjes]

So that was delightful, well done all of you. Thank you. 🎹🎼🎶🌷🌷🌷 (Holland)

[xavierbordes]

Sensibilité dans l'interprétation tout à fait neuve. Admirablement adaptée à ce Liszt ondoyant et plein de surprises... modernes ! La chef d'orchestre collabore remarquablement à la force fantasque de ce concerto rarement aussi bien exécuté par un orchestre ici leste et vigoureux à la fois !

[surkova_a]

Волшебные руки Александра! Не перестаю восхищаться!🔥

[alexeiduval]

Pas uniquement à écouter mais aussi à voir. Phénoménal

[josearmandoestrada]

Prodigiosa, la manera como interpreta este complicado concierto de Liszt, captando lo extremos contrastes a los que nos enfrenta, por ese vistuosismo especial de la época en que fue escrito; los pianísimos complementan de modo formidable con los pasajes en fortísimo; la combinación, cello-piano es admirable, La capacidad de Kantorow para captar el alma del autor es única.

[philipsmith]

In my opinion, this is the better of the two Liszt called concertos. Alexandre plays it beautifully, as he does everything he performs.

[armstrong]

A beautiful performance filled with poetry and bravura. Kantorow gives every note meaning.

[ljiljanastanic]

Fantastic concert, Alexandre plays phenomenal, and the conductor is so cute, I will watch the concert again right away!

[javiertrabajo]

one of the most finished and electrifying interpretations of the work, comparable to the great reference versions of RIchter and Berman. Kantorov is the most sophisticated and representative piano soloist of the great tradition of interpretation of the 20th century.

[richardhaute]

i very rarely cry to classical music ... but at 13:03 ... the pianist played this passage normally faster than most pianists do ... and it was like a rush of emotion for me ... and i cried. not all pianists can play at lighting speed rates like martha agerich, yuja wang, and apparently THIS GUY! playing it faster ultimate changes the emotion of the passage. I have heard pianists play this particular passage at excrutiatingly slow paces ... even slowing down the hit of the one note per every octave at the end ... Ritardando ... ultimately losing the effect of the building ... slithering up and down notes ... gaining momentum ... adding more notes to be covered by the right hand in the same time interval ... playing it so SLOWLY ... adding no triumphant build-up ... to launch into the next orchestral march phase ... alexandre hit the nail on the head with this passage playing it as fast as he could ... like it was a piece of cake! it blended all the notes and chords together in a BURST OF EMOTION ... in a way that playing it slow could never achieve

[fannymazioux]

Non seulement son toucher est incroyable mais egalement sa gestuelle. Il doit etre connecté à Liszt

[hvanngil]

thank you for showing me the way to KONSERTHUSET STOCKHOLM

[ヨーク公リチャードプランタジネット]

If France Clidat were alive, she would have admired his playing. As she once did for Enrico Pace.

[kpdywo]

Канторов возвышен в этом концерте Листа

[borisbloch]

Боже мой, какое анти-эстетическое впечатление производит эта дама- дирижёр! Ведь сейчас борются за большую доступность профессии дирижёра для женщин чтобы можно было ценить именно их черты- большую лёгкость, элегантность и т п

[АнатолийМатычко-ун]

Оркестр и дирижер не чувствуют солиста. Жаль. Канторов хорош!

[grantcurry]

A magnificent interpretation, but please get rid of the beard. It suits you, not.

[mytake]

I wonder why the pianist comes on stage and isn't shaved, and dressed only in a shirt while the orchestra is in full tux and white bowtie? Most Nordic orchestras play at a clumsy amateur level but this orchestra is not bad today. Although the pianist played fabulously, the synergy is not there between the performer and the orchestra.