Bizet's Habanera (Carmen) in the style of Shostakovich

[julieta1202]

no me gusta tu estiol de tocar ekl piano sin ofender ji ji ji ... pero en general tocas bien

[omarnug]

@julieta1202 ¡Tú no tienes nada que decir sobre su forma de tocar!

[MrKipW]

You can hear the Habañera melodies and figures show up from time to time. It's not surprising that some of it sounds like Prokofiev. Shostakovich was bitten by a radioactive Prokofiev — though he still managed to stake out his own musical territory, ultimately.

[caberwacky]

Foot spasms.

[hellomate639]

14 people came from related videos of Habanera instead of seeing the rest of Grayson's stuff.

[fan2jnrc]

Not convincing here...

The true Habanera is much too far...

The challenge would habe been to leave recognize the Habanera and Shosta's style in the same time. Here it's just Shosta... Very nice btw... But no Habanera in all this...

[RafaelMerlo]

Wonderful... And wordless... O.O

But... !

I dare to ask you three joyful surprises:

- Villa-Lobos "Trenzinho do Caipira" in the style of Saint-Saëns

- Grieg "Solveig's Song" in the style of Monteverdi

- Scriabin "Etude Op. 8 no. 12" in the style of Dvorák

Enjoy if you want, Master Rick :D

[Nifuruc]

what the... I was shocked in the beginning... I expected something else... like... the habanera ^^ but I didn't know the style of Shostakovich... anyway... this is a good piano player but I don't like the style... it's too loud and hectic...

[Xepherya]

@Nifuruc

That would be because Shostakovich was loud and hectic :p

[pchantreau]

@Xepherya His waltz #2 is anything but that

[bledjanstufi]

PROFESSSSORRRR!!!!!!!!! bullshit

[bledjanstufi]

PROFESSSSORRRR!!!!!!!!!

[MusicaRicercata]

There is a quotation of the Habañera in the first movement of Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony.

[silentfilm2]

More like Prokofiev toward the end...

[lifeislikewater]

One of my favorite of the guy's video performances.

[mylittleparrot]

Check out Bruce Adolphe's "Piano Puzzlers" on NPR's Performance Today for more like this. I just love this sort of thing!

[TheWolfi1994]

Great! He is the best piano-player I know.

[annamclark]

wow. rather than Shosta, i got a very, erm, Stravinsky-esque vibe from the song. but i'm VERY impressed and the music is lovely!

[FiveDalaNoodle]

@annamclark

I'd say Stravinsky's style isn't as humorous (and dramatic) as Shostakovitch's, but they are quite similar otherwise.

[BlueCougar]

@FiveDalaNoodle I'd describe Sostakovich more as "sarcastic" than "humorous"...

[Somebodylost]

I can't feel the Habanera, 'cause, yeah, it's in Shosta style.

There's small parts where you're here the original tone of the Habanera, but they are very vague.

Nice, though.

[docomeister]

niklum there is absolutely no reason to believe that, you probably didn't listen to enough music.

[niklum1]

And I thought the art of improvisation was dead! No way - utterly brilliant!

[Totennebel]

Search for great improvisers like Wolfgang Seifen, Dirk Elsemann or Stefano Barberino.

[ActMole]

It's nice, but I can't really feel the Habanera.

It's a very nice style, and somehow, the beginning is like how I would play the J. Thompson version of Habanera if I was in one of my crazy states (no offense).

[michel6]

Of course you can not feel the Habanera, because it's on Shosta style, he has nothing to do with Habanera, a latin "shape" of music. He tried to imbue the music with Shosta style, a hugely different style of compositor than Bizet was. I do not think it is possible to play this music and keep the feeling of the Habanera groovy compass, otherwise it would be... Habanera (Carmen) by Bizet, pure and simply.

[Eddbs82]

awesome

good job

[intriga7]

Excellent improv!

[mklambatsea]

fantastic!!!!!!!

thank you

[michelleptk]

the most interesting improvisation i have heard yet

[denpl]

Sort of an outlook on the style of EARLY Shostakovich, which then roughly turns into the style of Prokofiev`s Sarcasms.

[LolImEthan]

Interesting style, you can see how Shostakovich comes in but he sort of lost the essence of Habanera.

[donniebnyc]

its not a butchering, its just different

[llamasinmybackyard]

This is really cool.

[stephhh01]

what a butchering

[wReCktangle]

Nice work.