Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 1 - Best Piano Transcription I Have Ever Heard

[MrChow11]

that fucking noise is ruining everything,it's like he's playing in airport

[Meltedsnake4]

Really, Really impressive, I love this arrangement!

[peridot1326]

Im so sad that there isn't 'Love' button....

[mrbelever]

Whoa... the orchestra version sux after hearing this:) Pity that some folks are rubing some dry wood in the background:D

[TheLiv96]

This is amazing!!! I'm learning this song right now but I don't think I could EVER play it nearly as good as him!

[bayreuth79]

That was atrocious

[GypsyPianist]

Does anyone know if this is the guy's own arrangement?

[Camexplode]

normalerweise würde ich sagen das hört sich total scheiße an.. aber ich glaube ich kann einfach viel zu schlecht klavier spielen, und in wirklichkeit ist das ein wahres gedicht was ich da gerade höre :D

Naja ich mag ja auch keinen Trüffel ^^

[tjtheplay]

Or it sounds like somebody else is playing rachmaninoff in the background?

[tjtheplay]

Wow I need the sheet music!!! However, it sounds like too much pedal is being used but he changes it frequently. Maybe the sound quality or something is wrong with the piano?

[ImmortalSpecies]

I can't find the sheets for this arrangement :/

[alicnik]

My friend just saw me watching this and asked if I had been looking at the Blake Lively leaked pictures.

[TouchTheSky34]

From 2'02" my eyes are stucked opened like this O_O !!

[carldudesons]

uhmm anyone can gives me his name?

[luvgush1983]

Stunning!



[Raed103]

I love it, it will be better if the sound quality is more clear!

[Energiedrankje]

Someone is playing Rach's 2nd piano concerto 1 mvt in the background :)

[wacatz1]

BRAVO , BRAVO!!!

[casioPX500L]

do sauter digitalpanos to?

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[felix0911176727]

Incredible technique !

[cvalkan1]

the background noise ruins this--it might be the "best" but i can't hear it

[TheonainLove]

Does anyone know his name???

[Tbop3]

Has anyone got the score transcription?!

[weaselwoop]

All you guys sayin he's pretentious because of the gestures he does while playing probably don't play the piano, because even after my short experience of playing (a year and a half) even I am unconsciously doing things like that. I'm pretty sure he's not doing it to show off, but instead it's a testament to how much he loves this song and how much he has practiced and understands the piece.

[rdhr151]

@weaselwoop Precisely! I would say that every piano player has their own style and methods of playing...It also helps with his timing and adds feeling and depth to the music you hear.

[handoelahlawy]

what is this shit

[ReturnOfTheStienway]

cool. but so much background noise!!!!

[freeurmind2002]

THE BEST I HAVE EVER HEARD!!!!

Thanks unloader ...

[boernt1]

ich will auch so spielen können.....

ich bin immernoch bei diesen anfängerschnulzen :-(

[Lavthao]

His technique fingers - name "Pinocchio". Man of wood)))

Play music - cool!)

Sorry for my inglish =)

[Countessm3]

I played this piece when I was younger (this arrangement too), and while I was good, I was no where near this level of mastery and talent. Amazing. I'm getting goose bumps just listening to it. 27 PEOPLE ARE JEALOUS OF HIS TALENT.

[cezaryolszewski]

@Countessm3 whose arrangement is this please?

[harvardkarbodie]

How in heaven's name did he hold his concentration in that environment?

[finalcloud13]

2:00 - 2:40 Oh my god.

[julietta1976]

To Atemlos2585- the noise is because the pianist was demonstrating the Sauter piano at the Frankfurt music fair - and there are other pianos playing at the same time ! To JDthommo who commented on fingers played too flat : He plays with flat fingers where appropriate, i.e. where there are octaves and 'big' chords at high speed- you can't do this with bent fingers! His technique is excellent.

[malkalaustriat]

j'aime bien ce morceau mais je trouve cette interpretation un peu brutal,

remarque c'est un morceau de haut niveau mais bon

[NOSEhow2LIV]

@malkalaustriat: Oui, comme tout le monde a l'habitude d'entendre cette oeuvre avec orchestra, une version solo peut paraitre "brutal." La manque de la masse de cordes, cuivres, etc, enleve les couleurs et la possibilité de "chanter" le theme de style grandiose.Mais c'est souvent comme ça pour les "version solo;"par ex: Rhapsody in Blue par Gershwin lui-meme,(solo)manque forcement le grand souffle de la version la plus connue, avec grand orchestre!

[93pianogirl]

And I trust all of you negative commentators can do a better job of playing this? Oh, and what a big word for you dim-wits! Pretentious. You morons, can't you be a little kinder to this man? He did a very good job without the technique. It takes talent to take a piece and play it without the music. Use of technique is just a bonus.

[elliniwendy]

Wowee !!! fantastic ,amazing ,and all the other adjectives to describe this most talented pianist ,who is ???? thanks for posting

[s071302]

That's GREAT!

[zachattack19942]

That was absolutely excellent!

[JDthommo]

What a pretentious little rat! Making stupid gestures like that, he loves every second of attention he can get. A piece of advice for him would be to not play so flat fingered. I wonder how good he'd be if his technique was tested.

[Chuckles543]

@JDthommo There are times for flat finger and curved finger technique; for instance, this man uses more curved playing for runs, and flatter fingering for chords. And to be fair, this man's technique is better than mine, and in all likelihood, unless you are a concert pianist, probably better than yours as well.

[lawinnn]

Pretentious.

[SpazzzDog]

He gets real messy and it starts to fall apart towards the end. You can't try to sneak in the melody without doing those chords right, otherwise it just sounds chaotic and you make yourself look like a flamboyant dilettante.

[atemlos2585]

What is that horrible battleground noise? It is played in supermarket?

[volodya2]

Check out Michele Marvulli.

[Nades129]

One word: holy-shit.

[HidHerr]

Who is him?

Thanks.

[gmhmilenio]

Virtuoso! Ahh to play like this..*sigh*

[TheFrightenersDeath]

is this joja wendt?? oO

[KaitoELL]

ЗАМЕЧАТЕЛЬНО!!! БРАВО!! БРАВО!!!!!!!!

[stephenjoeagi]

This is Paul Davis a super virtuoso, who should record this transcription commercially. Superb.

[nikitas85]

good performance indeed! Lousy audio quality, unfortunately!

[gildardosuarez]

Poe que la chusma habla!

[fredericfranc]

This pianist is maybe not quite ready yet for Carnegie Hall, although he is clearly pretty close, but he is plenty good enough for Hollywood, and while hi contracts are being drawn up, should stop over in Las Vegas.

[milesandmicah]

magnifique

[singinginachurch]

JESUS THIS IS AWESOME.

Does anyone have the sheet music for it?

[BassicStorm]

please give my sheets 4 this!!!

[jengirl2]

i love this piece! my goodness...i wish i could play piano, let alone give a fantastic performance like this.

[dgaranin]

Who might be this excellent pianist? This is really a tour de force!

[swemusnet]

Impressive!

[her0esfan]

Wow, I wish I could play like that! Is he a concert pianist?

[vicktoriaono]

amazing !

[8636daniel]

fartlestucks .....I TOTALY agree, you coined it perfectly I could not have said it better!!

[ExpressStaveNotation]

I agree now he doesnt stick to the score, but I still dont think any of it is improvised. He certainly has a great piano technique for speed and power. But the figurations he uses all through are extremely difficult, mechanical and worked out, dividing the theme between hands, with fast figuration all round it. He also has a showmanship, with facial expressions, "looking for notes" etc to make it seem he has just thought of what to play at the moment, but I don't believe it isnt all worked out.

[ExpressStaveNotation]

To back up my last point, look at 1.01. His arpeggio is just four right hand notes, than a pause and one note with his left hand over the top, but all the background noise in the pause makes it sound just like all the other big double handed multi- octave arpeggios!

[8636daniel]

cronullaguy....I totally agree its not that i cant be done, its just that, that would place this pianist in an entirely new bracket that WEEE are all possibly afraid of conceiving.

If its was totally improv then bravo great Maestro...But I still need a factual confirmation.

[ExpressStaveNotation]

OK, I still believe it is all practiced and not spontaneously improvised. To learn the exact notes as Tchaikovsky wrote them is a lot of hard work. Then you have to add in the orchestral part. Then he does these extra original figurations in his arrangement. You cant improvise that stuff. Whoever said it is improvised needs to give his proof. Till then I stick to my opinion.

There is heaps of background piano noise, giving the impression that guy is playing more notes than he actually is.

[fartlestucks]

@ExpNotation, just listening again:surely the point is that this player DOESN'T know the real piano part,the octaves,arpeggios,inversions,e­tc, are NOT Tchaikovsky's!So he's obviously not wasted time studying the score,why would he spend time practising a false version?Most likely the Theme is basically worked out,the middle improvised, and"let's see what happens" at the end! "Classical"players are mostly prisoners of the score,so can't believe it possible. But for a seasoned improviser, easy!

[8636daniel]

Please somebody answer me... was this an impromptu improv. in the concerto??

[ExpressStaveNotation]

No, he has very skillfully worked it all out and practiced it heaps. Plus I like the little ending he made up. But it is all based on the one theme. My version is just as good but goes into the other main themes of the whole concerto.

"Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 1 (4 min version)"

[NOSEhow2LIV]

In fact, it's mostly improvised,all the solo cadenza is made up on the spot,and the idea of playing it at all, as i understand,is that it's the only Noise likely to be heard at all amid the other Noises! A sort of ironic joke in fact.(I heard the "joke" a couple other times,each time different!)

Your version is very worthy, but lacks electricity, and IMO, is ruined by having that ghastly passive synthesiser trailing along.

[hrspwr69fstbck]

@ExpressStaveNation well done for your efforts but don't compare your version to this. This one is unheard of

[fartlestucks]

@ExpNotation, you really can't compare your version; you work in some of the other themes,true,(a bit clumsily), but it simply loses momentum and has little of the live animal quality found here. You certainly play well, but not enough to lift it out of the ordinary. This guy just wants to play around the Big Tune, I'm sure he'd have added on other themes if he wanted. So, no comparison.

[NOSEhow2LIV]

All the solo cadenza,(middle part), is improvised on the spot,(that can be heard and seen!). The orchestra/piano is more or less worked out, altho, as i heard it a couple of times elsewhere(and since, have seen another vid of it), it is different each time, and much seems left to chance. As i understand, it's a sort of ironic joke anyway, not to be taken seriously......

[ExpressStaveNotation]

I also play this theme with piano and orchestral parts all in, and have a YouTube video of it in concert. Also incorporating the last movement cadenza and big theme.

[ExpressStaveNotation]

Search for

"Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto 1 (4 min version)"

[buellwinkle69]

The most exciting piano performance I have heard yet... I hope we can find out who the performer is, he should be world known... ! !  !

[krapbrian]

does anyone have a sheet music for this?

[saikoza1]

Wow. I'm not an expert on classical music - but this guys got more talent than Britney Spears & Madonna put together. In fact, it is shameful to even compare them with each other.

[AgitoKingOfFang]

Oh my god.... Oh my god.... I think I just heard and watched a miracle. This is one of the most wonderful things I've heard. Breathtaking....

[MrKipW]

Terrific technique -- unshakeable, too, sticking to that tough part with all the background noise. Great expression.

The closest thing sheet music is Grainger's arrangement of the opening. It sounds like this until maybe a minute from the end when this pianist adds even more embellishment to the score and takes a different ending. Anybody who wants to play this should start with Grainger, and when they have it down cold, then they can probably add more themselves!

[Greek3211]

@MrKipW do you know a website that has the sheet music?? It would be great if you do. Thanks

[MrKipW]

@Greek3211 The Grainger transcription is recent enough, as far as I know, that it's still in copyright and should be available from Schirmer or another music store online. It was published by Schirmer as a single piece of music — excerpt from the first movement — and cost 80 cents when I got it, so it might be five bucks or so now. Percy Aldridge Grainger is the arranger. He did the same thing with the Grieg concerto.

[thesilvershining]

Geez, just *one* hand for the piano part of this concerto is hard enough.. to play the piano part with *both* hands plus the orchestra part? Wow. Overload. No way.

[slobo1987]

Can someone please stop the other pianoes in the background! This ruines a faboules performance.

He plays great!!!

[gamat1990]

it is great , two part in one. very hard version to play.

[Stunt2one]

Thank you for changing the title, then we will not have to read the thing we all know about Van Cliburn.

Thank you for uploading it too, but you must know that half of the views are mine =P

Greetings!

[beaverteeth92]

Who is this guy?

[Malaka57]

@beaverteeth92 .... I already mentioned this once.... he is a guy named Paul Davis I think, he tests pianos (I met him at the Frankfurt Music fair, 1986. You ask him to play something, and he does. Doesn't matter what: Reminiscences de norma, Allegro Barbaro (Alkan), Don Juan Fantasy, etc.... he just does it, ... no need for notes when they are in your head... He's sort of a genius...

[saikoza1]

No kidding!!!

[Malaka57]

Absolutely no kidding. I was reporting for a radio station and interviewed him back then. In fact, i "spotted" him in the room with 2500 pianos (imagine the din) ... he was banging out Alkan's Allegro Barbaro, which drew me likeke a moth to a flame. I have long been a fan of Alkan ever since I discovered a Lewenthal record in the late 70s... Anyway. It was a great afternoon with him going through the pianos... There was a plexiglass one, I remember...

[Malaka57]

@saikoza1  forgot to mention..... the strange spiky finger technique.

[dzeljpiano]

What a artist !!!!!!

[aleksfeldman]

We LOVE it!!!! What is his name? Great performance!!

[RomVlad]

HIS FOOT IS PUT TOO MUCH ON THE VERY RIGHT PEDAL! no offense. it was beautiful

[fartlestucks]

It's everyone else's pedals at the same time,

(100's of them) causing the confusion.

[dsumhank]

i agree with julietta1976

very impressive :)

[kokodog11]

I am sorry but his foot is tooo heavy on the loud pedle!

[fartlestucks]

I am sorry but your hearing is toooo faulty! All that resonance comes from 100 other pianos being played at the same time, causing confusion of sound. The "pedle" is not the cause!

[Malaka57]

more like 2000 pianos.... (see my other comment).... it's the frankfurt music fair..... ;-)

[julietta1976]

This is a wonderful performance. However, judging from previous comments, it seems that many listeners have just not got it! You can't compare this performance to Van Cliburn's because he is not JUST playing the piano part, (as Van Cliburn was)! This pianist is playing the piano part AND a version of the orchestral parts both at the same time. Whoever posted it originally should have perhaps called it 'Best Piano Transcription I have Ever Heard'

[SpazzzDog]

@julietta1976 He does a bad job of it too, towards the end.

[MartinPadderborn]

Van Cliburn's performance when he won the Tchaikovsky prize in Moscow is the greatest performance ever of the dozens of recorded versions of this great concerto. The synchronisation of piano and orchestra is out of this world and Van Cliburn's playing borders on the supernatural; from the stunning articulation in the bravura passages to the wonderful delicacy of touch in the slow movement. The finale is just incredible, no wonder the Russians went wild.

[mahler151]

Listen to Van Cliburn's version. sure this guy's good, but I like Cliburn much more.

[JackDragoon]

its different

imo this version is better because i really love how he added melody without the orchestra

[mahler151]

And I found that very interesting, but if you want a perfect version Van Cliburn's is the best.

[8636daniel]

Was this all Improv?

[8636daniel]

Citronicus can you give history one this Maestro??

Rank GENIUS!!! WHO IS HE?

[yochanah1]

Genius!

[tribbett33]

omg i play this piece...but NEVER like him...

it made me cry. :) beautiful!!

[evandrosm22]

Not the Youtube's best version...

[Chrisjuchniewicz]

Then what is?

[scissorhands5643]

This is amazing! I love this! The only thing that stinks is the background noise. :[

[5I11I9I14]

He plays amazing !!!

[simonetr81]

best version? I don't get it? just because he is playing both parts at the same time?

What is it good for? Hands-Acrobatics??

Sounds like... like... rushing.

Anyway, thank you for sharing this vid, citronicus.

(sorry for my english)

[lovemetu]

It might be very clever,but it sounds bloody awfull to me !!

[javier2161]

un barullo insoportable

[uhartchristian]

this pianist has understood the technique of horowitz...

[agathaga]

wow,, pure passion!!

[cmonutube]

awesome!

[finalcloud13]

This man is simply amazing. Wow!

[karazh]

i want him to give me his sheetmusic :D

[OhNoesItsSydney]

I didn't realize that the melody switches between the hands. Wow

[Aardvarkiologist]

amazing

[gpablito14]

there is nobody who could clean al this terrible noise in the background??? this is great!

[cleyregarda]

mi scusi ma io sento un gran casino!!!!

[hrspwr69fstbck]

i'm so glad someone captured this on camera. Unbelievable! Never seen anything like it.

Thanks for sharing

[Fair41]

for me this is superb and added to my favourites list

[Joernsen81]

Wow, unbelieveable how good he is.

it is interesting that there seems to be no upper limit in playing piano....

This guy needs to get famous, does anybody know who he is?

What a talent.

[czmeph]

Yeah. Unbelievable what can be done with just two hands ;-)

I deeply regret the background noise. Actually I would travel anywhere in the world just to hear him play in a music hall...

Nobody in here seems to know who he is, the question has been asked several times here, yet no answer. I'm offering a reward :-P

[ruffanreddy4]

The pianist is the wonderful Paul Davis!

He is English.

[czmeph]

Truly wonderful. I have never seen anyone play like this. Simply breathtaking performance.

Hopefully I'll be able to find out more about him. I really want to hear more.

[ruffanreddy4]

He is English, but most concerts are in France. However, he also often demonstrates pianos in shops and piano centres in the South of England, London and elsewhere. This clip may be from one of his demonstrations.

[browningbobby]

Background noise :(((

[BrookHornblower]

yes, I know him.

[ordepteixeira]

Good but not the best.

The best is Van Cliburn version of 1958.

[LetTheMusicFlow1]

no doubt. There can be no contest.

[Joernsen81]

Except the fact that Van Cliburn "just" plays the piano part... ;-)

[Terrorlady80]

Wow ich bin begeistert! Diese Leichtigkeit...wie er locker und flockig mit seinen Fingern über die Tasten rutscht....unglaublich. Tchaikovsky ist eh hammer schwer zu spielen....und er zieht das runter wie als wären es "alle meine Entchen".

[guidoulolo]

what a talent ... a pitty tha back noise of the shopping center :(

[czmeph]

who is he?? anyone?? It's AMAZING!!

[just0green]

amazing

[ldloc]

very good. What his name?

[ADVERTlSEMENT]

Meh

[VTNCPL]

What is the name of the pianist?

[VTNCPL]

what is the name of the pianist?

[VTNCPL]

Incredible !!!

[BlackRoseVirus1326]

It's Amazing....

[TchaikovskyPwns]

amazing.

[TheFilantrop7]

Liszt reincarnated!

[ghostpianist]

Very interesting.

[Sinfoniette]

There goes Liszt again...

[TrueDiligence]

Lang Lang has a better interpretation

[FuocoID]

Heh, sounds as if he held the pedal throughout the entire piece, even though he didn't.

[prongated]

...is it because it's in a piano dealership, and other people were also playing in the background?

[ReclaimTheGlory]

Is there any sheet music available??? I would be willing to pay for it!

[BoratBrother]

modern day reincarnation of Liszt!!!

[M1RoN41K]

Что за пошлость? Удалите видео на хрен

[johihesu]

идиот

[M1RoN41K]

Это ты идиот тупой, я играл этот концерт с оркестром уже несколько раз, и знаю, что такой цирк(играть всё на одном рояле) оценят только люди, которые к фортепиано не имеют никакого отношения

[M1RoN41K]

И кстати, великий Чайковский наверно перевернулся 30 раз в гробу

[eltachimetro]

che kbron nms pk no t entiendo D:!

[MichalKroo]

ага, сыграй так сначала... наобород офигенный показатель российской культуры...

[M1RoN41K]

Ага, американцы никогда по-настоящему не смогут сыграть русскую музыку...ну разве что Клайберн