2nd Hungarian Rhapsody - Horowitz Version

[g7727]

wow! You're great.

[lodleyoo16]

i dont know if i'm feeling this version... but who am i kidding?! i cant even play this piece more than half as well as this dude ( in other words, i suck at this =b) but i think he added a lot of random notes that didn't need to be there... =S

[laserdamsel]

reminds me of the tom and jerry episode...LOVE IT :D

[think0902]

nice song

[ThineisTheKingdom]

Hey....  It's better than I can do on this piece at this point, and it was very good regardless. Keep up the good work!

[tfcrew]

From what I hear..I think that Franz Liszt would have been flattered.

[SkuLL17935]

very well played !

[mistralcaydamli]

oh well.. now that ive listened to it i realise ive been a bit too hate in asking that question. theres plenty of differences that can be heard especially following the middle part :)

[mistralcaydamli]

can somebody tell me whereabouts are the major differences between the liszt and horowitz version are?

[vnguyen06]

very well played

[gideonbodden]

very enjoyable playing

[captaincool987]

I was thoroughly impressed. keep up the good work!

[CodyNelsonMusic]

I really like the power you give the Lassan.

On the performance as a whole, you aren't Horowitz, but you are definitely concert material. I'm impressed love the performance. Looking forward to more.

[bhela]

there was nothing wrong with this interpretation. very nice

[shin7scarlet1]

yes there is.

it's just you don't notice it.

somehow this guy knows how to cover it up. i played 2nd hungarian raphsody too and it's not that easy to play with.

[Reeal15]

Would you mind pointing out what is wrong about it, since you obviously know all about the song yet didn't feel the need to say what is wrong about it? Music's an art, not a science. Just because he doesn't play it exactly like someone else doesn't mean his INTERPRETATION is wrong! If he covered anything up he did a damn good job and it sounds just as musical and enjoyable to me. I agree with bhela, very nice.

[shin7scarlet1]

yes it is indeed enjoying but if you are a good composer or a musician then you will notice it. in 8:30 the lassan beat was way to slow and it makes your imaginable character running in very slow motion and somewhere in 7:19 he pressed a key that doesn't match on everything which makes your imaginable character like stumbling in the corner. music is not just by hearing it we are suppose to understand it's meaning.

[mohammadpad]

I am not a piano player. But, by looking on the music sheet of liszt and listening to Horowitz version I found out that Horowitz's is much more difficult to play. But it still keeps the spirit of the origin. But, lang lang's performance is completely different. I cant say its waht Liszt ment to be.

[MoonMankkkkkk]

This is absolutely the worst piano solo that I have ever heard, and simply the worst interpretation of one of the greatest piano solos of all time.

[docdicey]

And who are you? Let's hear your interpretation.

[StoudemireSTAT]

haha at the last chord.

very goodperformance, a long way to go in speed in the friska but still very good.

and to those who said this is better than lang lang, hey its very good, but not THAT good, yall just lang lang haters is all.

also i rekon the horowitz arrangement is better:) but ilove things with flair

[visualpiano]

It's Liszt-Horowitz version, with some notes and variations added himself.

Extraordinary!

[frizzastyle]

wow. i've heard countless interpretations of this piece (horowitz version and original), in concert and recorded from many famous pianists (including Martha Argerich live!), but i really felt moved by your interpretation. a fantastic rendition of horowitz/liszt's masterpiece. you are a maestro at what you do - wrong notes are trivialities. and i found the tempo quite satisfying.

subscribe+favourite! i look forward to hearing more of your pieces if you ever choose to post them.

[StoudemireSTAT]

i admire anyone who can play this piece, ots incredibly hard, ima start learning it when im 16 in two years time.

[utulip56]

why don't they compose and play a complete variation

[adamsuigeneris]

Listen...you may not be Horowitz - yet - but that was pretty sensational. Good work.

[flippingfo0l]

whats the difference between the horowitz and liszt version

[K189T]

hear, you'll find differences ^^

[flippingfo0l]

thanx. i like them both anyway. Ive learnt the liszt version on piano

[K189T]

Ok, but why do you see "whats the difference between the horowitz and liszt version"?

[carlsjoseph13]

i think there is...05:13 and above tells you

[oakhill49]

if it's a piece... where did the rest of it go? i'd like to hear the whole thing

[Reeal15]

smartass :P

[oakhill49]

just trying to enjoy me some "music." is someone going to not let me call it music?

[Reeal15]

No, lol, I just thought your first comment was funny lol.

[hidersine2000]

sheesh every youtube text response list degenerates into a shouting match about semantics

just cool it, and enjoy the music, no matter what you call it...

[oakhill49]

songs have to be sung?

[OrangeSodaKing]

technically, yes. hence the similarity between the word "song" and "sing/sung/sang"

music composed for instruments without singing is called a "piece"

but lots of people use the word song interchangably these days. i don't, but i don't get harsh on people that do. i was just explaning what pianogal18 was saying.

[MaiKatsuya]

I dont see anything wrong with this performance. In fact it is very very good! Bravo to you!

[minetto2]

even if it is as good as Horowitz, i had pleasure listening to him, i think that all that is important

[oakhill49]

well pardon me, but my ears tell me that it's a song. sorry maage

[pianogal18]

a song has words... this is particular PIECE of music does not have words

[thomandy]

One Can call a piano piece a song!! Why? Cause the piano got voices, the registers on the piano ranges lots of different voices, and even though its not a song with words, its a song sung by the piano.

[shrapnel360]

a "song" requires a human voice with lyrics. This is called a piece, not a song, as not human is singing along with it.

[thomandy]

I do disagree with you! :) And I already explained why in my previous comment! Even Mendelssohn had a series of Piano pieces he called: "Songs without words"! :)

[shrapnel360]

He named them that. That doesn't mean that it makes it musically okay to call piano pieces "songs," without making yourself look uneducated.

If you read what Webster's dictionary says, this is the definition of a Song:

Song: a. A brief composition written or adapted for singing.

b. The act or art of singing

[thomandy]

You are correct in your definition! And those same words are used on Wikipedia! But, when reading further than the main definition one finds this: ""Colloquially, song is sometimes used to refer to any musical composition, including those without vocals. In music styles that are predominantly vocal-based, such as popular music, a composition without vocals may be called a song".

[shrapnel360]

Wikipedia isn't a reliable resource. I received my masters of music years ago, and I never, once, heard a musical piece be referred to as a song in school.

[thomandy]

Yeah, I know, and I do agree with you at least on the subject that its not the proper way to express oneself in this matter. Its just that I see so many discussions about this issue on different videos, just felt I wanted to say that in a way to call it a song isnt directly wrong. I never call a piece a song, I used to but not anymore. Still I feel this discussion often seem to put the music itself in the shadow :)

[stradavarius]

write your own cadenzas... unless you can play Horowitz's better than he can... which you cant!

not neccissarily better than the original and not as the composer intended because where is the improvisational aspect of the piece?

might as well learn the original it is just as good(better perhaps?)

I cant play it all i hasten to add... yet

[plantmister]

i think the horowitz version is an over-complicated interpretation of the piece. This piece should be open to all interpretation. But i like this performance, tho slow. =]

[volodya2]

bravooo!

[oakhill49]

what a good song! enjoyed it all. stop hating on this performance!

[Silkemaage]

its not a song

[tiggxtreme]

Probably the closest modern performance I've seen to the Horowitz performance. Wonderful performance!

[Sanch3zn]

fail@horowitz version

[fantommass]

I like this more than Lang Lang.

[bluedanube64504661]

@fantommass this man use the music rules , lang lang use his heard , how can i say that , becouse i play hungrhaps no2 same like lang lang its make u hppy

[awatkins69]

I don't think that was bad.

[GeorgeLee]

Better than Lang Lang.

[AllegroDemolish]

7:00 - 7:10 is the best part of the song~

overall is ok~

it'll be better if u can make less mistake~

of coz lang lang's playing is much better~!

[pianochick1]

I really enjoyed this piece. Although there are mistakes (and no one is perfect), he played very well. I applaud the fact that he can even play this difficult piece! Sounds beautiful!

[robisan]

This isn't exactly horowitz's version. Some things are completely different. I know it's still hard and you do an ok job on it but it lacks something for me to truly enjoy it. Around 8:30 is way too slow. I'm learning the horowitz arrangement of it and it has to be a lot more lively in the friska. But still you did ok.

[Godzillaman]

Although he made mistakes, he was good.

[HarutTheSorcerer]

Music is art, the players interpretation is up to him and how he plays it is what makes it unique.

[Jalyson]

good :D

[Enzo24680]

U should not compare!!!

[Mattyb2001uk]

I loved it! Keep it up.

[Krerksakul]

lang lang is better

[takezohimura]

yah man ^^ good work here =D

of course there still something wrong there, but tottally agree with cziffra. you're going in the wright way ;D

keep it up =D and good luck ^^

[cziffra1980]

Good sound in the opening. Nice to hear it played musically. I think Horowitz splits that scale up and down in the lassan between both hands on the way down (makes it a lot quicker). Could take off more in the second half, but it's certainly not bad like those idiots suggest.

[octopus876]

Not too bad but this piece is way too hard for you. Keep practicing...

[brandy77777]

WTF ?

this guy is just crap !oO...it's a concert? people have paid for this? cant believe that

lot's of wrongs notes ! you totaly destroyed the piece.Keep training.sorry dude, but my grandmother can do better

lol to SkuLL17935 ...

[Phyte]

Your grandmother is fucking amazing at the piano.

[SkuLL17935]

OMG !!

GREAAAT ! Maybe the last chord doesn't sound good ..But you totally GOT IT ! Good job !

give us some new videos ! I can't wait (and you're sooo hooooooooot;) )

can you teach me?