You will NOT find a better performance of this piece anywhere on the net, but if you wanna see a fantastic version of Bumble Boogie (Jack Finna), plug in "Otahal Hummelflug" and be amazed.
His combination of delicate playing and speed really created the image of a flying bee buzzin' around... that's what makes this amazing... the delicateness.
@ZolotayaRybka Hello ZolotayaRubka! Thank you for your comment. Yes, Kissin is amasing! :) Concerning the "heading" (unless you've wanted to make a joke : ) : In the title there are names of two composers. The composer is Rimski Korsakov, and this is arrangement by Rachmaninov (also the composer). It's usual to place composer's name at the first place, and then the arranger's name.
La interpretación es genial,en la actualidad hay pocos pianistas con ese grado de perfección en la interpretación,no es virtuosismo por virtuosismo,la imagen artística está muy clara,creo que Kissin quedará registrado en la historia como uno de los más grandes intérpretes de la música para el piano, es un ejemplo de hasta que punto puede llegar la perfección en ese arte.Ernesto Maseda.
The perfect bumblebee. And as a pianist, I think his technique is absolutely breathtaking. The only way to play it like that is to have perfect control and he's got it. I've never seen anything like it
Did you actually rad that somewhere else or is it actually your own opinion? I'm afraid that it is you who is most probably a clown my little friend. Obviously your superior music knowledge is coming through with such comments! Good man! Well done.
@castlestud What exactly you don't agree with, "my little friend"? You don't think Lang Lang is a clown? Well, no problem. You don't think Kissin is a precious musician. Ok, that could be a problem, not for me, but for you. Just to understand, "my little friend".
Why waste your time trying to convince people that they are right or wrong? When your focusing with 'that part of your brain' (the logical part) your not truly enjoying the art. My advice: If you'd rather listen to Bach or Coltrane or Brittany Spears, go do it! Be HAPPY and listen to what makes you happy! You will never win a 'subjective argument'
@jazztemple2 - I really enjoyed hearing this piece, well worth my 1 minute and 21 seconds. I equally enjoy Gould playing Bach. Just because a piece is virtuoso does not make it unworthy of hearing. Musicians may play their instruments because they like it, but if a musician wishes to play to an audience, the audience must like it too, or they will not be around to listen to the performance. Perhaps you should not be so cynical.
@rsundare, you wrote: "the audience must like it too, or they will not be around." Kissin is amazing. He does not need such a Kafkaesque stunt to draw an audience, only to draw a CRAPPY audience. It is horrible when an artist has to cater to the basest tendencies of a crowd rather than the loftiest. This is not music, in the best sense of the word, it is acrobatics. And I already watched the Olympics. You say that perhaps I should not be so cynical. Perhaps you should not be so naive.
There is 100 times the beauty (at a mere 1/100th times the notes!) in Bach's Aria to the Goldberg Variations. Why would anyone, pray tell, want to spend 1 minute and 21 seconds of their lives listening to a human bumblebee!? The bumblebees in my backyard are faster, AND more beautiful! :-) Sadly it seems that Glenn Gould was spot on correct about certain aspects of the concert hall mentality.
I don't know about the piano Mozart, but as far as violin's concerned, I can tell you that, for example, the dynamics written in his Concerto No.4 in D major are rather intuitive, if you listened to Mozart. I believe that's another thing that makes him special. Beethoven's maybe a bit more lyrical in general. And you just don't know the right way to play Bach, since he's so universal (take Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, it's an endless discussion on the terms of a correct performance).
Yes Kissin is one of the titans of the piano.And if it looks easy is because it is easy.Shortly i will put a video with myself playing this wonderfull piece full speed ( 15 notes per second ).
AHHHHHH! When EVER I click on a link with a famous pianist, I wonder if ANY of the people are truly 'listening' to the music. There is so much critque and critisism. I don't think your brain can TRULY enjoy something and pass judgment upon at the same time! Horowitz, Kissin, Gould, Beethoven Mozart, Brahms They are all MASTERS. Why turn this into a SPORTING EVENT?
@calico992 Quite right, I get bored of reading some of the rubbish people write. They pretend like they know for certain how something should be played when in fact in can be played so many. You don't get that with any other kind of music!
Most virtuosos fear some many of the pieces that she undertakes. I've seen her play the most difficult of Ravel, Beethoven, Liszt, and Rachmaninoff which are without a doubt four of the most technically difficult piano composers. Although there are some songs she may lack what other virtuosos have, there are some where there is no comparison to her flawless interpretations. For example, I personally have never heard a better rendition of the entire piece of Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit.
i agree with you (i wrote that her technique is really good) but music pieces arent only technique - you have to understand the metaphysique behind it
If I give my small opinion to answer your question, I may say technically easy composers are Mozart, Bach, Schumann, Schubert, Haydn, Debussy, Mendelssohn, Vivaldi and (this one's very subjective but) Beethoven. It's very subjective that who says whose compositions are easy or difficult, but that's the way for me I think.
I must say that I believe Mozart is one of the hardest composers to play correctly. Sure he may not have as many notes on one page, or as difficult chords as some composers, but one cannot just play the notes to effectively play Mozart. To play with such precision and such voicing that Mozart requires, I must say that his music is in fact more technically challenging than Beethoven. But of course, this is just my opinion.
blah blah blah what you say it requires to play Mozart is also for every single other composer as well ! remember that ! and also face it, be that metaphysique or with such voicing whatsoever also needs your level of skills in order to express them. technically challenging than Beethoven ? Even Beethoven's Passion 3rd mvnt fminor chord part is more difficult than mozart's sonata #8 excluding the music. oh what the hell. you win I don't wanna care..
wait. I want to say it again. Performing piano pieces can be divided by 2 different aspects generally into skills (technique) and emotion part (metaphysic whatever). When you don't understand the composer's intention of the piece, then that's your problem, but when you understand, the performance depends on whether you can express them or not. This part, where you can express them or not depends on your level of skills (technique) in order to let audience feel your interpretation. Hence,
technique is more important than making music itself out of it and also the reason why other people appreciate technique more important. Assuming if you understand the music of Beethoven's and Mozart's, I definitely say Beethoven's harder than Mozart. I don't care about Beethoven or Mozart, but I actually want you to understand my point of emotion and technique part.
It is harder to play all of Beethoven's notes, you are correct. But it is easier to interpret Beethoven's works than Mozart's works. It is not true that Mozart requires the same thing as every other composer. Chopin did not require the same rhythmical accuracy that Mozart did. Perhaps you are right when you say that Beethoven's pieces are more difficult because one needs to play faster or bigger, but I believe that Mozart's technique is harder to achieve, because his deals more with expression.
I may want to suggest my own opinion, but despite the fact that Beethoven's work is also very great, I don't like the fact that you put him in to the top most difficult composer list. There could be Stravinsky (Petruska), Chopin, Balakirev (Islamey), Alkan as for alternatives. I just wanted to imply my taste of the most difficult composers. chio.
I was only stating him as one of many. And anyways I disagree wth your list of technically easy composers there are THOUSANDS of much easier. Composers like Schubert may not be quite as technically challenging as Chopin, but he is definitely far more complicated than the vast majority of piano composers, which is all I was saying. While most aren'tBeethoven has many technically challenging songs, his Hammerklavier Sonata was considered THE MOST technically challenging piano piece up to his time.
I'm confused that I'd made 2 comments to 2 diff. guys and I think you're replying about the other one, anyways, if you were talking about each composer's big time, then def Beethoven could have been the most challenged composer, but aren't we talking about overall chronologically ? I thought we were. Also, could you, this one's not being cynical, please name one of those "THOUSANDS of much easier" composers other than the names I listed down there ? Asking because I really can't think of one.
I love how I can listen to different musicans and hear something different each time. I play the piano and violin and learn from each great virtuoso, as well as practice, a lot!
It is amazing to read how people argue with each other about the genius of musicians.
I find it much more interesting to listen to the musicians themselves. When you watch Kissin in an interview, for example, you will remark that he is an abslolutely modest and back holding person - very, very sympathic! He would never compare himself with anybody else but respects the work and abilities of other pianists.
So what are you arguing about - probably persons, whose best pianoplay is "Für Elise"!?
@HeiTuGer So... Your trying to say it's dumb for people to argue about "the genius of musicians" as you diss Beethoven! I would have agreed with you completely if you hadn't mentioned Fur Elise...
i saw his recent carnegie concert. it was beyond belief, and he played four encores but got about 25 curtain calls, which all totaled an extra 45 minutes after the official program ended. i had never seen anything like that before.
Well, no, this is not the best one. Rachmaninov's own performance is far better than Kissin's-especially his piano- roll version from 1929. It is also far better than any other I have heard.
Issued by Decca as 'The Ampico Piano Recordings 1919-1929' and recorded in 1979 using an Ampico System installed into a 9 foot Estonia concert grand. This CD was deleted long ago. I know these things because I have been a pianist for50+ years and it is my job to know good piano-playing from bad.
I have an album called "Rachmaninoff: A Window in Time" that has a pretty new recording of the piano roll, I think. Very, very good recording; phenomenal performance.
my god ric55, what an arrogant reply. and estonia pianos are the very worst ever made. and how can ANY performance be "far better" than anything by kissin. and piano rolls always sound faster and clearer anyway because they play the rolls faster. i'm so glad you're the self-proclaimed determiner of "good piano-playing from bad." and isn't there anything in between? HOW ARROGANT AND INANE YOU SOUND!
So you proclaiming that Estonia pianos are the worst ever made [complete rubbish] isn't ARROGANT AND INANE, then? Perhaps you could tell us all who is your favourite Organ Builder so we can see what you know. Kissin is good technically-yes-but so are thousands of others-just as good and better. Piano rolls are only reliable when they have been painstakingly set up by an expert and master-as was the case with the Decca recording. Rach.was a far better pianist than Kissin will ever be.
maybe thats why hes a lot more famous. come on man give a good point if anything ric55. christ why are other people who listen to classical music so defensive.
I like Kissin, but I just found another video appeals to me much more. "Yuja Wang plays the Flight of the Bumble-Bee " It's an incredible version that I've never heard before.
digga der typ, in meiner hütchenspiel crew, mit dem ihm seine flinken fingas, mann allla wie der abgeht, da rockt ja selbst schmit nachbars ihm seine katze nich halb so kräftich. also typ hau weida inne tasten, nich beim üben rassten
I agree with APbiogeek. The clarity of the notes is just astounding. I've been looking all over for the best version of the bumblebee but I think I can stop now.
greatest pianist no doubt. best technique ever!! whoever disagrees, doesn't hear the clarity of every single note played in a mind blowing velocity!!!!!
Kissin killin' it, like usual.
983215ljhlkadbspig6y 2 months ago
You will NOT find a better performance of this piece anywhere on the net, but if you wanna see a fantastic version of Bumble Boogie (Jack Finna), plug in "Otahal Hummelflug" and be amazed.
ayokay123 2 months ago
ФАЙНО!
ХЛОПЕЦЬ ПРАЦЬОВИТИЙ, СТАРАЄТЬСЯ,
ПАЛЬЦІ ПРУДКО БІГАЮТЬ! :-)
Yachshenko 2 months ago
GO FINGERS GO!
RayBeamBlazer 3 months ago
kissin is a bloody genius. period.
JoinThaBrawl 5 months ago
His combination of delicate playing and speed really created the image of a flying bee buzzin' around... that's what makes this amazing... the delicateness.
TheChefdemusic 6 months ago
Wordless..... Just amazing.... Excellent!!!
aposeosi 6 months ago
This is crazy. The speed just seems impossible to even accept.
I wonder how many keys are actually pressed during the minute. That would be fun to know.
Dirkdigglerdan 7 months ago 6
evgeny played it very fast . 1:00 ... i think this is the world record
votemanusyea 7 months ago 2
@votemanusyea if not for speed, definitely for the overall performance
thoughtsthroughsound 6 months ago
11 people got stung by kissin's bumblebee
HanlinSG 7 months ago
kissin's 10 times better than langlang.... I'm a chinese by the way
HanlinSG 7 months ago
Brilliant piece of work!!! Kissin is smashing!
TO THE AUTHOR: Please change the name in the heading. The composer's surname is Rimski-Korsakov!!! Not Rachmaninov :-)
ZolotayaRybka 8 months ago 2
@ZolotayaRybka Hello ZolotayaRubka! Thank you for your comment. Yes, Kissin is amasing! :) Concerning the "heading" (unless you've wanted to make a joke : ) : In the title there are names of two composers. The composer is Rimski Korsakov, and this is arrangement by Rachmaninov (also the composer). It's usual to place composer's name at the first place, and then the arranger's name.
Enjoy the music! :) Have a nice weekend.
pianorainbow 8 months ago 17
@pianorainbow innteresting
nomiclas 5 months ago
@pianorainbow interesting
nomiclas 5 months ago
@pianorainbow Actually the composer's name is Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. So it would be Rimsky-Korsakov/Rachmaninoff.
xtfcr7 5 months ago
@pianorainbow Original "Flight of Bumblebee" is an orchestral interlude by Rimsky-Korsakov. Piano solo transcription was composed by Rachmaninov.
TheHspecker 3 weeks ago
@ZolotayaRybka HIs technique is sooo amazing that I think he'd play well even if this piece was some 3 times faster :)
worras2007 4 months ago
who can honestly say they dislike this video
thoughtsthroughsound 8 months ago
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thoughtsthroughsound 8 months ago
his hair.
KagekiMakoto 8 months ago
Maskin disliked this 11 times because he knows he got owned
farrell360 9 months ago 3
La interpretación es genial,en la actualidad hay pocos pianistas con ese grado de perfección en la interpretación,no es virtuosismo por virtuosismo,la imagen artística está muy clara,creo que Kissin quedará registrado en la historia como uno de los más grandes intérpretes de la música para el piano, es un ejemplo de hasta que punto puede llegar la perfección en ese arte.Ernesto Maseda.
maseda1975 9 months ago
Damn, it's awsome
dianmello 11 months ago
he is a genious!!!
MyGretta 11 months ago
I mean very good ! Dont you think?
MrAlvargonzalez 11 months ago
Mucha bestia !
MrAlvargonzalez 11 months ago
This video is so amazing, i had to watch it 4 times before it finally sunk in....
samdajellybeenie14 11 months ago
Oh mein Gott wie macht er das so schnell mit den fingern. SO FAST!
Nobody48fly 11 months ago
Er hat mit 11 Jahren die Klavierkonzerte von Chopin gespielt
JonnyboyCalippo 11 months ago
Thumbs up if his hair made this vid 10 times better!
lopler123 1 year ago 17
Jesus Christ! a brilliant, coherent performance in just one minute!! I am truly jealous :)
avnertishby 1 year ago
Jesus Christ! a brilliant, coherent performance in just one minute!! I am truly jealous :)
avnertishby 1 year ago
wow
yoyongirlyoyo 1 year ago
maksim sux
mort4mort 1 year ago
@mort4mort lol maksim is baddie
angelixx2 1 year ago
doping :D
konstans1991 1 year ago
he may be pianist , but not from our planet -.-
mosen17 1 year ago 5
1:08 headnut !!
PeterUNlusig 1 year ago
o_O
betolala 1 year ago
holy sh**!!! How is that speed even possible?!? O.o
davidovich00 1 year ago
flowless! pure God..
ivan96148 1 year ago 2
Its to no surprise that he just killed this song in a good way i mean wow the spead and the clarity is awesome
wendellvasquez1988 1 year ago
the power is in the fro
finnwesjohn 1 year ago 4
It is really cool!
glebk0 1 year ago
The perfect bumblebee. And as a pianist, I think his technique is absolutely breathtaking. The only way to play it like that is to have perfect control and he's got it. I've never seen anything like it
Gorillaonabike 1 year ago
@brassmonkeyjew Lang Lang plays to be heard??? Ah... he's the best showman nowadays. Kissin is a musician, Lang Lang is a clown.
Matteo7419 1 year ago
Did you actually rad that somewhere else or is it actually your own opinion? I'm afraid that it is you who is most probably a clown my little friend. Obviously your superior music knowledge is coming through with such comments! Good man! Well done.
castlestud 1 year ago
@castlestud What exactly you don't agree with, "my little friend"? You don't think Lang Lang is a clown? Well, no problem. You don't think Kissin is a precious musician. Ok, that could be a problem, not for me, but for you. Just to understand, "my little friend".
Matteo7419 1 year ago
Well said. You win.
castlestud 1 year ago
Are you really qualified to make these sort of comments? Once you outdo Kissin, then you can call him a robot.
ciliaspippi 1 year ago
The great thing about music is, its SUBJECTIVE.
Why waste your time trying to convince people that they are right or wrong? When your focusing with 'that part of your brain' (the logical part) your not truly enjoying the art. My advice: If you'd rather listen to Bach or Coltrane or Brittany Spears, go do it! Be HAPPY and listen to what makes you happy! You will never win a 'subjective argument'
calico992 1 year ago
Speechless..
alchavezb 1 year ago
Podemos dizer que ele é o cara!!! Toca muito. Fenomenal!!!
drccsce 1 year ago
hes not human
imaking191 1 year ago 5
@brassmonkeyjew :::::: oh dear, clearly somebody needs to know a little bit more about music to make comments like that HA HA
scottyschumann18 1 year ago
@brassmonkeyjew hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, lang lang, good joke
hureimi 1 year ago
@jazztemple2 - I really enjoyed hearing this piece, well worth my 1 minute and 21 seconds. I equally enjoy Gould playing Bach. Just because a piece is virtuoso does not make it unworthy of hearing. Musicians may play their instruments because they like it, but if a musician wishes to play to an audience, the audience must like it too, or they will not be around to listen to the performance. Perhaps you should not be so cynical.
rsundare 1 year ago
@rsundare, you wrote: "the audience must like it too, or they will not be around." Kissin is amazing. He does not need such a Kafkaesque stunt to draw an audience, only to draw a CRAPPY audience. It is horrible when an artist has to cater to the basest tendencies of a crowd rather than the loftiest. This is not music, in the best sense of the word, it is acrobatics. And I already watched the Olympics. You say that perhaps I should not be so cynical. Perhaps you should not be so naive.
jazztemple2 1 year ago
There is 100 times the beauty (at a mere 1/100th times the notes!) in Bach's Aria to the Goldberg Variations. Why would anyone, pray tell, want to spend 1 minute and 21 seconds of their lives listening to a human bumblebee!? The bumblebees in my backyard are faster, AND more beautiful! :-) Sadly it seems that Glenn Gould was spot on correct about certain aspects of the concert hall mentality.
jazztemple2 1 year ago
Must be some hybrid, hyper-evolved species of bumblebees in your backyard. Watch out for them..
demosj 1 year ago 2
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jazztemple2 1 year ago
THE PERFECT PERFORMANCE! ♥
edtskyline 1 year ago
kissin rules!
richclayderman 1 year ago 2
I don't know about the piano Mozart, but as far as violin's concerned, I can tell you that, for example, the dynamics written in his Concerto No.4 in D major are rather intuitive, if you listened to Mozart. I believe that's another thing that makes him special. Beethoven's maybe a bit more lyrical in general. And you just don't know the right way to play Bach, since he's so universal (take Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin, it's an endless discussion on the terms of a correct performance).
Scientist93 1 year ago
first time i hear on the piano
HammerSmashedFace92 1 year ago
Evgeny Kissin is best in "constant" tempo.
BNM321zxy 1 year ago
15 notes per second = aprox. 215 bmp
ImTheCritique 2 years ago
Yes Kissin is one of the titans of the piano.And if it looks easy is because it is easy.Shortly i will put a video with myself playing this wonderfull piece full speed ( 15 notes per second ).
ImTheCritique 2 years ago
HA! He makes this look so easy. It's torture watching these pros and then having to go and practice Gymnopedie. LOL!
GrandPatzer 2 years ago 7
AHHHHHH! When EVER I click on a link with a famous pianist, I wonder if ANY of the people are truly 'listening' to the music. There is so much critque and critisism. I don't think your brain can TRULY enjoy something and pass judgment upon at the same time! Horowitz, Kissin, Gould, Beethoven Mozart, Brahms They are all MASTERS. Why turn this into a SPORTING EVENT?
calico992 2 years ago 69
@calico992 I know, it's sad. Music shouldn't be a sport. It should merely be a way of enjoying yourself and making others enjoy themselves.
miststalker06 1 year ago
@calico992 Quite right, I get bored of reading some of the rubbish people write. They pretend like they know for certain how something should be played when in fact in can be played so many. You don't get that with any other kind of music!
lison766 1 year ago
@calico992 Those who can't do, critique.
4rkadi 1 year ago
very nice
TheThekuwait 2 years ago 2
"Hummelflug" is german for "flight of the bumblebee"
DerPatriarch 2 years ago
his hair looks like jello hehe (not 2 b mean)
tradumily 2 years ago 3
wow fuck such a good player O.o
Hanferle 2 years ago 2
haha you got that right!!!
lison766 2 years ago
now. Who calls this piece "Humbleflug" it sounds like a type of candy. stick with bumblebee
MrSamc94 2 years ago
Ownage!!!!! Honestly don't think you can get better than that. Just amazing!
lison766 2 years ago 2
Yes! You took the words right out of my mouth!
Chidi88 2 years ago
what a rare genius.
cheongyoonghung 2 years ago
Most delicately winged bumble bee.
ulsbolde89 2 years ago
lol, how do you know you're a damn good pianist? you can play Flight of the Bumblebee perfectly in a minute flat
HappyMealwCoke 2 years ago 2
Ho sentito molte interpretazioni su questo pezzo.
Ma certo che quella di Kissin è la migliore!
Kissin is the best pianist!
TheSupermaurizio 2 years ago
great . .
this really sounds like a real bumble bee :]
i love kissin and lisitsa :]
bither26 2 years ago 3
In my opinion Kissin is the best pianist ever!
bjorntgh 2 years ago 3
I fully agree with you
josemiguel95 2 years ago
guys, its alright to support ur personal favorite musician, but lets not forget to recognize each individual for their talents eh ?
this guy's playing was amazing !!
Marindo 2 years ago
piano deities are announced: Rubinstein, Horowitz, and KISSIN!!!! love every piece that u play!!!
posravishtasp 2 years ago
Don't forget the most accomplished of all the modern virtuosos: Valentina Lisitsa.
MusicConnoiseur 2 years ago
She doesn't compare to Kissin
jbz7890 2 years ago 3
her technique is really good, i agree, but she lacks a lot of intensity, that kissin has got, so you cannot compare her to him
LK1403 2 years ago 2
Most virtuosos fear some many of the pieces that she undertakes. I've seen her play the most difficult of Ravel, Beethoven, Liszt, and Rachmaninoff which are without a doubt four of the most technically difficult piano composers. Although there are some songs she may lack what other virtuosos have, there are some where there is no comparison to her flawless interpretations. For example, I personally have never heard a better rendition of the entire piece of Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit.
MusicConnoiseur 2 years ago
i agree with you (i wrote that her technique is really good) but music pieces arent only technique - you have to understand the metaphysique behind it
LK1403 2 years ago
who are technically easy piano composers?
simonjp90 2 years ago
If I give my small opinion to answer your question, I may say technically easy composers are Mozart, Bach, Schumann, Schubert, Haydn, Debussy, Mendelssohn, Vivaldi and (this one's very subjective but) Beethoven. It's very subjective that who says whose compositions are easy or difficult, but that's the way for me I think.
mrkwonsony 2 years ago
I must say that I believe Mozart is one of the hardest composers to play correctly. Sure he may not have as many notes on one page, or as difficult chords as some composers, but one cannot just play the notes to effectively play Mozart. To play with such precision and such voicing that Mozart requires, I must say that his music is in fact more technically challenging than Beethoven. But of course, this is just my opinion.
bianchstah1 2 years ago 3
blah blah blah what you say it requires to play Mozart is also for every single other composer as well ! remember that ! and also face it, be that metaphysique or with such voicing whatsoever also needs your level of skills in order to express them. technically challenging than Beethoven ? Even Beethoven's Passion 3rd mvnt fminor chord part is more difficult than mozart's sonata #8 excluding the music. oh what the hell. you win I don't wanna care..
mrkwonsony 2 years ago
wait. I want to say it again. Performing piano pieces can be divided by 2 different aspects generally into skills (technique) and emotion part (metaphysic whatever). When you don't understand the composer's intention of the piece, then that's your problem, but when you understand, the performance depends on whether you can express them or not. This part, where you can express them or not depends on your level of skills (technique) in order to let audience feel your interpretation. Hence,
mrkwonsony 2 years ago
technique is more important than making music itself out of it and also the reason why other people appreciate technique more important. Assuming if you understand the music of Beethoven's and Mozart's, I definitely say Beethoven's harder than Mozart. I don't care about Beethoven or Mozart, but I actually want you to understand my point of emotion and technique part.
mrkwonsony 2 years ago
It is harder to play all of Beethoven's notes, you are correct. But it is easier to interpret Beethoven's works than Mozart's works. It is not true that Mozart requires the same thing as every other composer. Chopin did not require the same rhythmical accuracy that Mozart did. Perhaps you are right when you say that Beethoven's pieces are more difficult because one needs to play faster or bigger, but I believe that Mozart's technique is harder to achieve, because his deals more with expression.
bianchstah1 2 years ago
I may want to suggest my own opinion, but despite the fact that Beethoven's work is also very great, I don't like the fact that you put him in to the top most difficult composer list. There could be Stravinsky (Petruska), Chopin, Balakirev (Islamey), Alkan as for alternatives. I just wanted to imply my taste of the most difficult composers. chio.
mrkwonsony 2 years ago
I was only stating him as one of many. And anyways I disagree wth your list of technically easy composers there are THOUSANDS of much easier. Composers like Schubert may not be quite as technically challenging as Chopin, but he is definitely far more complicated than the vast majority of piano composers, which is all I was saying. While most aren'tBeethoven has many technically challenging songs, his Hammerklavier Sonata was considered THE MOST technically challenging piano piece up to his time.
MusicConnoiseur 2 years ago
I'm confused that I'd made 2 comments to 2 diff. guys and I think you're replying about the other one, anyways, if you were talking about each composer's big time, then def Beethoven could have been the most challenged composer, but aren't we talking about overall chronologically ? I thought we were. Also, could you, this one's not being cynical, please name one of those "THOUSANDS of much easier" composers other than the names I listed down there ? Asking because I really can't think of one.
mrkwonsony 2 years ago
Good joke. Her looks are better than her play.
silverbud 2 years ago
Too easy for him.
ulsbolde89 2 years ago 7
Eraserhead?
zestydressing 2 years ago
wow...great!
idwaun18 2 years ago 2
Sighz, my orginal idol for bumblebee got owned...
bye Maksim
Hi Kissin :)
karozlee 2 years ago 65
lol check out Hyun-Jung LIM .... she's got a muscle twitch
supersimpson2001 1 year ago
@karozlee Hate to break it to you mate, but have you heared Yuja Wang?
monobrow638 1 year ago
@monobrow638 yeah its just a load of noise, played for speed rather than sound, Kissin's is by far the best!
farrell360 1 year ago
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Pianistiak 8 months ago
@karozlee dont even compare! kissin plays is so softly, it is amazing.
Pianistiak 8 months ago
hummelflug means flight of the bumble bee
i like it
RobDaChoc 2 years ago 2
it sounds so much like a beee!!!!!
christineMP217 2 years ago 2
AMAZING
loozey898 2 years ago 2
Genial Kissin, eres una gran pianista. I LOVE KISSIN!!!
IngridAtenea 2 years ago 2
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maksim also plays an awesome interpretation..
Choquitar 2 years ago
My opinion is that Maksim's performance is nowhere near that of Evgeny Kissin.
zece1314 2 years ago 11
Kissin is the best and Yuja Wang playing the Cziffra version=D!!!
edtskyline 2 years ago
It's the best bumble bee i've ever heard.
gaoxuanwo 2 years ago 9
great
therealbrains 2 years ago
cool!!!
kulisicd 2 years ago
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bakucristal 2 years ago
AHH bees everywhere!!
wait it's just kissin playing *phew*
violetcrumble7699 2 years ago 5
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played too agressively
garamondsv 2 years ago
when was the last time a bee stung you nicely?
MIKE1238673 2 years ago 4
A bee is not a wasp. It makes honey...
garamondsv 2 years ago
OWNED
Und1ne 2 years ago
cause it's Killer Bees !!!!!
gcaee 2 years ago
great performance
skeeleraar 2 years ago 7
I love how I can listen to different musicans and hear something different each time. I play the piano and violin and learn from each great virtuoso, as well as practice, a lot!
LoveMissy100 2 years ago 2
Ok no offence for the guy who's playing it but addmit it, you have to be a freak before you can play this stuff
mil283 2 years ago
depends on your definition of freak. he certainly has an unusual amount of talent..
asdfgftw 2 years ago 5
I'd say the better definition of freak/talent is the crazy bastard that wrote it :)
Mc900ftJebez 2 years ago 5
It is amazing to read how people argue with each other about the genius of musicians.
I find it much more interesting to listen to the musicians themselves. When you watch Kissin in an interview, for example, you will remark that he is an abslolutely modest and back holding person - very, very sympathic! He would never compare himself with anybody else but respects the work and abilities of other pianists.
So what are you arguing about - probably persons, whose best pianoplay is "Für Elise"!?
HeiTuGer 2 years ago 21
Thank you for this! I agree with your way of thinking.
pianorainbow 2 years ago 3
@HeiTuGer So... Your trying to say it's dumb for people to argue about "the genius of musicians" as you diss Beethoven! I would have agreed with you completely if you hadn't mentioned Fur Elise...
BenjaTooooost 1 year ago
kissin is very fast! he is a genius, his hands are beautiful playing
rodrigo51702 2 years ago 3
i saw his recent carnegie concert. it was beyond belief, and he played four encores but got about 25 curtain calls, which all totaled an extra 45 minutes after the official program ended. i had never seen anything like that before.
organboi 2 years ago 2
we can criticize all you want, we cannot do better than Kissin!
bcbdaggtrf75 2 years ago
Shittt The fastest Vresion ive ever heard
Ihi92 2 years ago
almost 55,555 views XP
edtskyline 2 years ago
I know-have you heard the one about the two peanuts walking down the street?
ric55 2 years ago
Well, no, this is not the best one. Rachmaninov's own performance is far better than Kissin's-especially his piano- roll version from 1929. It is also far better than any other I have heard.
ric55 2 years ago 6
how do you know ??
where to find, im curious
gcaee 2 years ago
Issued by Decca as 'The Ampico Piano Recordings 1919-1929' and recorded in 1979 using an Ampico System installed into a 9 foot Estonia concert grand. This CD was deleted long ago. I know these things because I have been a pianist for50+ years and it is my job to know good piano-playing from bad.
ric55 2 years ago
I have an album called "Rachmaninoff: A Window in Time" that has a pretty new recording of the piano roll, I think. Very, very good recording; phenomenal performance.
BenMcCormack91 2 years ago
my god ric55, what an arrogant reply. and estonia pianos are the very worst ever made. and how can ANY performance be "far better" than anything by kissin. and piano rolls always sound faster and clearer anyway because they play the rolls faster. i'm so glad you're the self-proclaimed determiner of "good piano-playing from bad." and isn't there anything in between? HOW ARROGANT AND INANE YOU SOUND!
organboi 2 years ago
So you proclaiming that Estonia pianos are the worst ever made [complete rubbish] isn't ARROGANT AND INANE, then? Perhaps you could tell us all who is your favourite Organ Builder so we can see what you know. Kissin is good technically-yes-but so are thousands of others-just as good and better. Piano rolls are only reliable when they have been painstakingly set up by an expert and master-as was the case with the Decca recording. Rach.was a far better pianist than Kissin will ever be.
ric55 2 years ago
maybe thats why hes a lot more famous. come on man give a good point if anything ric55. christ why are other people who listen to classical music so defensive.
mukeshcuster 2 years ago
I like Kissin, but I just found another video appeals to me much more. "Yuja Wang plays the Flight of the Bumble-Bee " It's an incredible version that I've never heard before.
allthewaythrough 2 years ago
it isnt possible to be this good at piano.
Weaselnator 2 years ago
I can't tell whether this is the Flight of the Bumblebee or the Bum of the Flightlebee.
ric55 2 years ago
lol
kypooh904boo 2 years ago
you, my friend, are a comic genius
plipstaticfildip 2 years ago
I have never heard this piece played so perfectly before, I am completely speechless!
fuchion15 2 years ago 4
dios mio.. impresionante! O_O
nawim 2 years ago
digga der typ, in meiner hütchenspiel crew, mit dem ihm seine flinken fingas, mann allla wie der abgeht, da rockt ja selbst schmit nachbars ihm seine katze nich halb so kräftich. also typ hau weida inne tasten, nich beim üben rassten
brabrab 2 years ago
OUtstandeign
username1p 2 years ago
he should play the czifarra bumblebee, its hardest song in the world possibly
qwert15789 2 years ago 3
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i think its not the hardest cziffra transcription there're more difficult ones
Skygrapped 2 years ago
To Skygrapped: I agree, Yuja Wang plays a more difficult version..
jourdy288 2 years ago
bravo~!
yellowsalsoblues 2 years ago 2
Great!
Impactednapkin 2 years ago
I agree with APbiogeek. The clarity of the notes is just astounding. I've been looking all over for the best version of the bumblebee but I think I can stop now.
damianwrx 2 years ago 5
greatest pianist no doubt. best technique ever!! whoever disagrees, doesn't hear the clarity of every single note played in a mind blowing velocity!!!!!
plus, you gotta love the afro ^_^
APbiogeek 2 years ago 14
I agree, completely, with you, my friend! :)
pianorainbow 2 years ago
Absolutely fantastic. Sweet hairdo aswell ; )
WorldSuperLegend 2 years ago 3
so much notes can fit in one second!
medviation 2 years ago
1:05!!! wow thats a fast fast performance, and so clear and eeven and sickenly good!!!
birminghamcritic1987 3 years ago
really 1:02 starts at 0:03 and ends right before 1:05
kaperisk 3 years ago
actually, it was 1 minute exactly from first to last note. incredible.
coordinator69 2 years ago
his hair sometimes makes laola waves when he shakes his had forward :D
for the rest, such great music doesn't need any other comment =)
chemicalbrothers25 3 years ago