The Rite of Spring Part I new Daniel Rivera

[sexypianista]

Bravo!

[Geisterschiff]

Wonderful!!!

[meowkie]

He really should have found himself a stagehand or someone to turn his pages---I mean, bristol boards. :|

[silviatoledo]

Bravo Maestro Rivera!! Maravilloso arreglo e interpretación! saludos

[BastoOblivium]

Le Sacre du Printemps a vraiment besoin d'une grande variété de timbres pour s'exprimer pleinement. Un piano seul ne peut pas lui rendre hommage. Par contre avec un orgue pourquoi pas ?

[pepe4666]

Do you know what that's mean "transcription" word???

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Ovviuosly with 10 pianos can be better :-)))))

[DarkoBeautyFantasia]

Just imagine this same arrangement being played on a concert organ.

[TomOwen77]

So far (this part) is really very good. I have been learning the Raphling transcription too. It is almost as effective as Stravinsky's own 4-hand version. In the violent sections this is all great. A bit robotic in the opening and the first quiet pause. Looking forward to the real tests later in the piece

[NOPELAOS]

oh my god!! what an arrangment for piano solo 1000 stars!!

[klapsikopatiko]

you are a genious

[bricktom]

bravo

[Noshirm]

Daniel Rivera is really amazing. From his purposeful stride out onto the stage to his riveting performance of this magnificent transcription to the way in which he retains throughout the attention of his audience, he has earned my respect! I must see if he has released this recording on disc. Thanks for this incredible post! I would now like to hear him in more such transcriptions. Bravo, Mr. Rivera!

[LeonComposer]

Good lord. I never thought you could manage to fit the essence of the Sacre into a piano piece, but it seems you can. Bravo!

[fatisphat3]

Stravinsky was russian, so it would be a v not a w

[timmymcdee7]

That's what I meant, not that it was originally supposed to be a piano piece. It was commisioned as one of the ballet russes i know. And i just considered a four hand piano in its origin being that it was originally composed in just those four staves and since he wrote it out by on the piano. I know he had full intention of orchestrating it later on which he did for the ballet.

[Serse10]

Um, no, it was not composed by Stravinsky as a four-hand piano piece. He composed it using 4 staves in a four-hand arrangement before orchestrating it. He then played through it with Debussy for a select group of people who took very well to the music. His intention was to compose a ballet, not a four-hand piano piece.

[timmymcdee7]

that last comment was supposed to be a reply to flyingbanana7 btw. lol oops D:<

[MothmanCometh]

One of the best interpretations for 2 hands piano I have ever seen. Bravo to Mr. Riviera.

[davis1337]

he takes so many pauses and has strange dynamics.

he should have 2 hands more.

[xpersonx]

Well, he's trying his best anyway.

Personally I thought his playing was really intense, and I don't remember any pauses that the orchestral version doesn't have.

He's doing dynamics, the recording audio is kind of bad though so it's hard to differentiate some stuff.

[lucianodomenico]

I am studying this piece and I can say that Daniel Rivera masters it !

He even play things from the original score that is not on the transcription...

[ThomasCrown299]

it happen becuase its a Rivera´s arrangment on the Raphling´s Transcription.

Rivera is one of the best´s pianist all over the world.

Thanks for this video !!!

[polkafolk]

I am searching so hard for a descente CD recording of this Rivera interpretation. Do you have any clue ? no sucess so far. I just found the Dickran Atamian record, download the samples. it really sucks...

[Tromb0wnage]

it sounds pretty cool on piano! i do like it better for full orchestra, but nice work!

[flyingbanana7]

this is ridiculous, the rite of spring should never have been transcribed for piano

[lucianodomenico]

oh, sorry to disappoint you but it was composed ON a piano :-)

[weas89el]

Why not?

[ThaSchwab]

Yes, it was composed on a piano, but for a full orchestra.

[Sausahga]

@lucianodomenico I always thought it was and orchestrated from that. Standard for most composers since the invention of the "pianoforte".

[timmymcdee7]

it was composed by stravinsky as a four hand piano piece lol

[muniozgur]

La ostia, impresionante.

[fricoepolente]

Really Great!!now I'm goin' to listen the next part...

[robbiethemann]

i thinks this could be played with a bit more dynamics. still pretty impressive but i wish he wasn't reading it.

[Noshirm]

Has the Atamian transcription of this work been posted as well?

[ctimur]

Very impressive.

[skeltube]

I wish the sound quality was better, or best, that it would be recorded on cd.

[Margotbear]

Well done. Excellent performance.

[longebane]

great stamina!

[tomtimtem]

amazing, thank you for posting

[Pianowrestler]

This solo transcription is much better than the one by Leyetschkiss (ed. G. Schirmer). Giuseppe Verdi plays it very well, although I miss the soft mysterious parts sometimes (f.e. in the Sacrificial Dance). The best transcription I've ever heard is for 4 (!) piano's by Maarten Bon. I don't know if it is released on CD.

[veege04]

*speechless*

i've watched a four-hand piano version of the Spring... i thought it impossible to play this solo. How wrong was I?

this is legendary.

[jakethesnake10000]

I saw the title of this, and realized that the entire piece was to be played on piano alone, and I thought "No way!" Then I watched it, and YES, this man must be congratulated on all fronts!

[moltovivace]

i have the sheet music to this, as well as the firebird and petrushka. until now, i didn't know it was actually playable! great stuff.

[valarking]

Apart from some things I didn't like with how he played the intro, I liked this a lot. VERY exciting playing, I would love to have been there.

[grundelmusik]

Great pianist, great transcription!

FANTASTIC!

[agreatguy6]

For some reason, I get the impression that he just wants it to be over.

[Mindrg]

I heard it with an orchestra on a cd, it was stunning, it's respectable music!

[maynardthegod]

What a stunning performance, the pianist must must be congratulated. This piece broke all the musical boundaries, and the genius that was Igor Stravinsky, continued to do so throughout his long life. Can we have more please?