Anderson & Roe | DER ERLKÖNIG | Steinway Piano Factory

[tallpaul3985]

the erl konig.I take it to mean the grim reaper and when he wants you he gets you.

[truthcrusade]

Fantastic!

[LShackley]

By the way, you video watchers, if you don't know what Erlkonig is about, you need to find a translation of the poem, which will make more sense out of this video.

[kaishodjs]

@LShackley Der Erlkönig (often called just Erlkönig) is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It depicts the death of a child assailed by a supernatural being, the Erlking or "Erlkönig" (suggesting the literal translation "alder king", but see below). It was originally composed by Goethe as part of a 1782 ballad opera entitled Die Fischerin.

[LShackley]

@kaishodjs Thanks for the information for those not already familiar with the story!

[LShackley]

Sweaty piano players...my favorite (not).

[flootloops]

Gesamtkunstwerk. 

[Fringants3615]

amazing !

[MrAlkaro]

you made me scared of my piano!

[michrousos]

creepy!



[alexanderzhao]

swallowed by a Steinway.... creepy!

[Levcold]

НУ КТО НИБУДЬ МОЖЕТ ОБЪЯСНИТЬ СМЫЛ СЕГО БРЕДОРА????

[Frenrichnermorti]

Great video, but I have to say that it's more comedic than artistic.

[KrystalPlaysPiano]

Epic....Wow.

[shilkoff]

I absolutely love this video.  One of the most creative, beautiful and bizzare videos I've ever seen.

[ivanaoboejovic]

Steinway eats pianists!!

[stellaoboe]

This is insane. Absolutely love it.

[mcmusician1992]

This is AWESOME!! Absolutely marvelous!! I love it!

[kempedkemp]

I love everything the two of you do!

[The882mel]

Best thing I've ever seen.....

[knarfor]

I knew I wasn't the only this has happened to!

[dmitrybachinsky]

Poor Shcubert! If he new what they do with his music he would never write this. Don`t show your children :-)

[appa609]

Do not touch pianos in factory. They will kill you.

[nerdface92]

@appa609 haha yeah...well obviously they had permission or something :P

they were awesome though :)

[Aang1]

This is what happens when classical music and a Japanese horror film have a baby.

[Sklerrrrrr]

I hate when I play piano and it starts throwing me around the room and it tries to eat me.

[southwestguy223]

@Sklerrrrrr happens to me all the time

[008kiraly]

when the music is played with great spirit, it will produce incredible music like this

BRAVO

[iCapybara]

31 people prefer "YouTube MOONLIGHT comments!!" ( watch?v=Bd5bl4e--KU ).

[stormdreaker]

so steinways eat you .... ?

[jefftam1234]

Terrible arrangement. Absolutely superfluous, the Liszt version already did what you have to do with 4 hands with only 2. You really didn't add anything to the piece besides the little ornament in the middle around 2:20.

Video production-wise is great. Interesting use of special effects.

[wavethrower]

@jefftam1234 I actually believe that they made it a four hand duet so they could play it together. If you had watched any of their other videos, you could have realized the both are capable of playing anything they fancy. The song is very stunning, and the four hands brings it to life.

[welcherg]

EPIC

[grixgrix1]

Love it! - always great to find gems like this that show it's not music from the Ark, but current as ever. Please make more and come to London (UK) and play ;-)

[somepianist]

I'll be honest, I usually dislike your arrangements- as with many of Liszt's transcriptions for example, I find them full of virtuosity and bravura, and void of musical depth. This one, on the other hand, I am very impressed with, but I think it has more to do with your film director and how the video was shot than it has to do with your actual arrangement. Anyone who knows the actual story will understand what is going on.

[absintheangel777]

FANTASTIC! I know of at least a dozen people who will love this video. You fuddy duddies really need to get a life. A sense of humor and IMAGINATION is the first indication of intelligence. All you naysayers are completely void of such intelligence. Well done Anderson & Roe!

[poldidak]

@absintheangel777 Word, Angel!!! And humor includes understanding dark humor. Kudos to Anderson & Roe and filmmaker Matthew Brown for a feast for the ears AND the eyes.

[loydsheryl]

Weeelllll...superb arranging and performance AS ALWAYS. But sadly, this is one video I cannot show my young piano students. I'm really bummed about that, because when I saw that you had arranged Der Erlkonig, I was quite excited. I thought it would be a sure winner in motivating young people. But not this way. :-( Very creative, though.

[vaitamin]

I think its very artistic and imaginative.

[alexsandr7777]

I agree absolutely not real playing video, why they just don't play for real instead of play the super star game?

[domenico777]

TERRIBLE, kfake movie, they don't play, it's not realistic, just a mounting

[itunes333]

absolutely horrible video, lack of taste

[kenkenken091]

woahhh!! the piano is alive!! *goosebumps*

[wilbur1960]

What number was that Piano? I want to make sure that I don't get near that thing.

[AlexMarti85]

Der Erlkonig- It depicts the death of a child assailed by a supernatural. vide makes perfect sense :)

[pisoprano]

That was so creepy. And I loved it.

[ericblowtorch]

Spectacular! Shades of *The Legend of 1900*!

[mumps59]

May I please have your wrists?

[picturemusic75]

Excellent, thank you:)

[Plavo94]

That was intense. Brilliant video and performance :)

[MusikMajor]

I'm having some trouble deciding if this video is hot as hell, or completely messed up.

Love it!

[dutchsamoan]

Disturbing. For some non-disturbing videos check out ThePianoGuys channel.Cheers :)

[xzdazedzx]

I lol'd. Good job. =)

[ShentonCapra]

impressive and imaginative



[gdekkere]

Theatrical and imaginative visuals...and absolutely electrifying pianism. Bravo!

[ellenjoh]

Quite expressive.....

[meknight77]

Really incredible playing and artistry - fantastic!

[Prematurj]

Great work!

[royrock317]

Der Pianokônig.

Wer kommt so spät mit Tönen und Klang?

Es ist der Piano mit seinem Drang

Er hat die Kinder wohl in dem Arm,

Er fasst sie sicher, er hält sie harm.

[dallasm21]

This is just exquisite, and also kinda sexy.

[jpd295]

F A N T A S T I Q U E !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Classicalmelodys]

Awesome video! But I'm not sharing it with my students....yet another reason not to practice!!! Happy Halloween!

[zimnaya]

Hynotic, powerful, perfect playing....magnificent video! Although I sing the 'Erl-Konig', I have to say that I now much prefer this four-hand version. It communicates the fear and the madness, the myth and the delirium... Congratulations!

[Fiddler12]

Amazing. So intense. Scary beautiful. And by god, its Schubert!

[syzygy2539]

weird

[DrawnByPencil]

bravo.

[MrCosy33]

@stosswalkinator - as much as Berezovsky while playing the Liszt Transcendental Etudes :P

I think I've shown everyone I've seen today this video and they all say the same thing - that they think both the brilliant music and video are awesome, and that they are now afraid of the piano.

[MrPiano1994]

I love this so much! You bring such a different type of coolness to Classical Music

[cjpiano79]

Creepy and crazy, I love it!

[mccarlson52]

What a wonderful arrangement and performance!

[stosswalkinator]

3:29 Wow. How much can you sweat?

[gpduck21]

Amazing! Can't wait for Nov 15th.

PS - Come back to Texas!

[4ubi]

the beauty of madness..

[Niquoite]

OMFG! Amazing!!!

[AngelaJSun]

Holy crap.

[kdj24370]

Wow, great job. Both in the musicianship and the video itself!

[MariusChamberlin]

Could guys show a behind-the-scenes video of this? I'm really curious how you guys made all of this. By far your best video so far!

[classicalmusic29]

Happy Halloween!!! 8O

[MoneyManTC]

This video was awesome

[Yaf0]

The Best Video of a Piano performance ever.

[MariusChamberlin]

I was literally JUST watching videos of Der Erlkönig. Not only that, but I did a project on Schubert for my German class! You can imagine my surprise when I saw this.

[isayhionthe75]

That was some excellent filmography there.

[isayhionthe75]

Steinway!!! I could tell within the first 5 seconds!!! I want to go!!

[TrevRockOne]

That was sexy!