(HQ) Transcendental Etudes No.1-3 (Berezovsky)

[Pavle245]

Hello, I'm 15 year old pianist from Serbia. I've learn the first etude and I've thought that I've nearly learnt second. But, when I turned on the metronome, it showed that I was playing second etude much slower. It will be very hard to increase the speed. Any suggestions?

[MertezAad]

@Pavle245 Just practice and become more familiar with the piece.

[Rachmaninoffkid]

@Pavle245 not really the place to ask..

[BasileusR]

@Pavle245 speak to your teacher

[Pavle245]

2:22 to 2:51

One of the most beutiful things that I've ever heard...

[kzelmer]

I hate his performance of Paysage. Too fast, no expression... Berman and Ovchinnikov beats Berezovsky.

[CaptainColon]

I could watch him play molto vivace even without the sound. Amazing.

[Laudan08]

Epic effect! 1:27

[anderwold1]

I can't wait for the future where genetically engineered babies born with 7 fingers play stuff 10x more fantastic than this (if it is even possible to be more fantastic)!

[Tu16]

@anderwold1 Berezovsky has 10.

[Choltik]

He plays the etude no1 like if it was nothing!

Amazingly played, for me, best interpretation of this etudes in youtube

[nDNrMatt2]

Throughout the whole of molto vivace, I was crying. Not only because of the awesomeness of the piece, but mostly because just by listening I could visualize how terrifyingly difficult it is. My gosh. 

[rachellyra22]

this is when his shirt was dry. tehe

[MrSamc94]

I think Liszt reincarnated into Berezovsky.....

[MetroidMilkMan]

1:28 I literally blinked and missed it.

[johnliamten]

something tells me that Berezovsky and Liszt would have been damn good friends

[TheMegaOrrin]

Maan, i want to play this so bad, if only for the simply AMAZING intro.

Too bad I probably would never be able to play that without like, 1 1/2 years of 4 hour practice sessions.

Bravo!

[ToxicLabProductions]

wow, you realize in the beginning of the first etude, he plays the chord that spans more than a tenth, freaking big ass hands

[SlyStallone208]

1:14-1:19 That "rolling" sound is sooo cool!!! I absolutely love it along with the rest of Molto Vivace.

[ph4nt0mf1ng3rs]

wtf @ no. 2. woooow. Awesome.

[arthurrf84]

I find the tempo quite fast for all of the 3 studies. It seems to me that the technique and virtuose are valorized over the more melodical parts of the song. The melody's appreciation therefore somewhat limited, specially in the 1st and 2nd studies. Certainly, however, I couldn't do better.

[geuros]

@Celach - please i'd be very pleased if you give me a link of all individual mp3's from this concert. Thank you in advance :D - this recordings are amazing

[mountainmanchuck]

Geez, how does he *not* notice the bead of sweat hanging off his nose at the end?!

[maratom34]

Thank you for posting this. I decided in my old age to study the lives of great pianists and their music. I would appreciate any help, and suggestions.

[celach]

@maratom34

Liszt

Alkan

Henselt

Godowsky

Berezovsky

Hamelin

[YuWoTerryLam]

Stephen Hough

[sickley1]

@celach surprised you didn't list chopin?

[celach]

@sickley1 Chopin is overrated in my opinion... everyone and their mother has recorded his etudes and preludes.

[sickley1]

@celach Idk if I would go as far as to say he was overrated, but I see your point. However, you must remember that even Liszt held Chopin in high regard. He may not have been as good of a pianist as Liszt was, but Liszt actually conceded that Chopin was the better composer. It's, in my opinion, more of a case that Liszt is underrated than Chopin being overrated (kind of like saying that Antonio Salieri was underrated rather than saying Mozart was overrated.)

[afertyus1000]

@celach probably becuase they are fantastic pieces but over-played spoiling their freshness like mendelssohn

[OverFjell]

@celach Undeniably a great composer though

[adamdcFaN]

@celach Chopin was a master.

[Pavle245]

@celach Check out scherzi.

[Pavle245]

@celach Mr. Chopin was dad for all of those you mentioned, except Liszt, in my opinion.

[eu08071996]

@celach Yes, thats ok, but 0.000000000001% of them (and of their mothers, if you want) recordered it like he wanted.

Are you the kind of person who only like fast fingers and machines and fall asslep with beutiful things well played like chopin´s peaces? Because you seem like that -.- when robots start playing piano you gonna support they?? well, i always thouth circus was for children but maybe i´m wrong...

[ohhhjizz]

@celach How does the fact that he is popular make him overrated?

[kzelmer]

@celach Chopin overrated???????????????? Piano its not only about difficult...

[celach]

@kzelmer It's also not about general consensus either. I find him overrated. His sonatas are nice, sure. But I find much of his music not to my tastes.

Also if you look carefully I said "in my opinion". Cheers.

[bobomber]

@celach Compare Liszt's etudes to Chopin's. One might say it is like comparing "noise" to music. :p

[celach]

@bobomber "one" might also say the opposite.

[bobomber]

@celach One might say such a thing. But only if they were a classical music hipster.

[Keytaster]

@maratom34 you definately have to check Ervin Nyíregyházi! He was some crazy guy...

[ohhhjizz]

@maratom34

horowitz

kissin

[xxh3llfir3xx]

LOL. the number 1 (preludio) was so easy for him. it was like a warm up you could tell because the last chord he just shrugged it off while chewing some gum or something :]

[ToxicLabProductions]

@xxh3llfir3xx  yeah lol he fucking owned those arpeggios

[extremelyfatchicken]

i am so jealous right now

[MasterofPainfulDeath]

THis is HQ not HD............

[celach]

@MasterofPainfulDeath meh I gave in and re-labeled it HQ

[salabertian]

Whoever these cameramen are, they need to be shot. No one wants a close up of his face, just show the hands please.

[maulcs]

The best Molto Vivace EVER! I fucking love it.

[fukkiemukkie]

The emotion, the feeling, the touch in the 3rd part is incredible. Never heard a ´big´ pianist play like that.

[MRFARMS]

cel its HQ not HD. RAWR!

[Egide0]

PRECISELY!

[celach]

I called it "HD" before Youtube supported HD, so they called it HQ.

[Egide0]

Funny Berezovsky Moments

1) At 0:40 he senses something smelly in the air, and so he bends his head towards his armpits.... just for the sake of being sure!!

2) At 1:21 as he hits the notes on the keyboard, he silently thinks: "TAKE THAT MR I AM A TOUGH STEINWAY!"

3) Starting at 5:00 he takes a glance at the audience and SUSPECTS a pretty lady standing... he continues to play but can't help himself to look for at least 2 more times!

4)At 5:33 Berezovsky begins to fall asleep...zzzzzzzzz

[EvangelineSky]

Cute. XD

I watched this video twice before reading your comment..and I lol'd at each point. =]

[Egide0]

yep... I just want people to enjoy the beautiful performance by Mr. Berezovsky and a little humor as well.

=]

[AlexanderWung]

yep......... i realized that after reading ur comment..........lol

[Gothic1982]

The camera technique at 2:42 makes the Steinway look MASSIVE.

[rflo1981]

Take a closer look at 1:32.

You will see the keyboard moving back to 'tre corde' posittion, because Mr. Berezovsky releases the soft pedal. For those who aren't made familiar with the mechanism: when pressed, the soft pedal moves the entire keyboard and the hammers so they hit only one string of each note, instead of three.

[mahallati]

Wow you are right! It's very hard to spot.

[rflo1981]

It`s easier to see in HD and full screen and in the sharp keys.

[schumannetudes]

it hits 2 of the 3 strings not 1

[rflo1981]

You are right.

Some pianos of Mozart's time was able to hit only one string. But modern pianos it´s two.

[addeex1]

Yeah, but soft pedal isn´t so common, is it? :S

[electronicjo1]

First time I played on a Steinway, I discovered this "feature"; felt weird.

[MagicZeric]

Is it a mistake at 2:20 or the arpeggios are like this?

By the way, except some time where he plays to fast for me (begin of Vision) the whole thing is so great

[mickyj300x]

Nope, there's no mistake at 2:20. And I agree, this whole concert is great.

[jimmyg01011]

Actually, there may be a mistake there. It's very difficult to tell with the speed he is playing at, but one of the chords within the "arpeggio" definatly sounds wrong.

Still, Berezovsky is great, my favourite performer of these etudes.

[mozeskriebel]

incredible.

[mickyj300x]

Wow. That's all I can say. Wow.

[OverFjell]

He plays the third one while hardly even looking at the keys O:

[Sithreis]

At first I thought it may have been out of sync, but no....he's just that fast.

[FredilYupigo]

lol, yeah, that's Berezovsky! :)