柴科夫斯基第一鋼琴協奏曲 - Alexis Weissenberg （法）演奏 卡拉揚指揮

Tchaikovsky - PIANO CONCERTO No.1 - Alexis Weissenberg & Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker, Philharmonie Berlin

柴科夫斯基一共寫了三首鋼琴協奏曲，其中《降b小調 第一號》 是唯一被演奏得最多的一首，作品中略含俄國味的主題， 以及充滿斯拉夫式粗線條和色彩的管弦樂法，正是這首樂曲的魅力所在， 這首鋼琴協奏曲是第一流的鋼琴家們競相演奏的曲目。本曲作於1874年，於1875年十月在美國波士頓首演。

　　作品完成後，並未按照一般的習慣立刻在自己的國家初演，是因為當時莫斯科音樂學院的校長，柴科夫斯基的友人尼古拉·魯賓斯坦 （Nikolay Rubinstein， 1835 － 1881，俄羅斯著名鋼琴家安東·魯賓斯坦的弟弟）斥責此作品華而不實，無獨創性，不適於用鋼琴演奏。柴科夫斯基對此感到很屈辱，但他對這首樂曲有很大的信心，於是把樂譜寄給法國鋼琴家漢斯·封·彪羅（Hans von Bulw，1830－1894）,由這位鋼琴家旅美演出時在波士頓首演，獲得巨大的成功。十一個月後，才在俄羅斯上演，同樣也獲得了成功。後來，尼古拉·魯賓斯坦鄭重地向柴科夫斯基謝罪，從此之後他經常把這首樂曲加在他的演奏會曲目裏，於是二人和好如初。1889年，柴科夫斯基將這首樂曲略加修訂，成為現行的樂譜。

　　作品共分三個樂章：

　　第一樂章 極為莊嚴而不太快的快板，降b小調，3/4拍。本樂章是全曲中最為著名的樂章。作品以四支圓號的引子為開始，隨後展現的是極其雄壯和輝煌的主題（片段1），這個激動人心的主題甚至比整部鋼琴協奏曲還要著名，是每年柴科夫斯基音樂節的開場曲，也經常被大量的影視作品所引用，為廣大聽眾所熟知。

　　第二樂章（樸實的小行板，片段2）和第三樂章（熱情的快板，片段3和片段4）也都十分出色。 這部作品是柴科夫斯基的代表作之一。

Alexis Weissenberg (born July 26, 1929) is a Bulgarian -born French pianist .

He was born into a Jewish family in Sofia and had piano lessons from the age of three with Pancho Vladigerov . He gave his first public performance at the age of eight. After escaping to Israel in 1945, where he studied with Leo Kestenberg, he went to the Juilliard School in 1946 to study with Olga Samaroff . He also consulted Artur Schnabel and Wanda Landowska . In 1947 he made his New York debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra under the baton of George Szell playing Rachmaninoff 's Piano Concerto No. 3 . Between 1956 and 1966 he took an extended sabbatical for the purpose of studying and teaching. He resumed his career in 1966 by giving a recital in Paris ; later that year he played Tchaikovsky 's Piano Concerto No. 1 in Berlin under Herbert von Karajan , who called him "one of the best pianists of our time".

His recording of the Liszt Sonata in B minor of the early 1970s has been described by Bryce Morrison in "Gramophone" as one of the most exciting and also lyrical.^{[ citation needed ]} He is also well known for his readings of Schumann , Rachmaninoff, and many works by Frédéric Chopin , including the complete works for piano and orchestra, the piano sonatas nos. 2 & 3, the nocturnes, and the waltzes. Among his other notable interpretations are those of Johannes Brahms 's Piano Concerto No. 1 , with Carlo Maria Giulini and Riccardo Muti , ("Les Introuvables d'Alexis Weissenberg", 2004), Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 with Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic , and the same composer's Piano Concerto No. 3 with Georges Prêtre and Seiji Ozawa with the Boston Symphony Orchestra (also with Leonard Bernstein and the Orchestre National de France ).

He also made a highly praised recording of Stravinsky 's Three Movements from Petrushka .

Tchaikovsky - PIANO CONCERTO No.1 - Alexis Weissenberg & Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker, Philharmonie Berlin