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  • He took too many liberties with the rhythms, there are several points where they are not played as they're written. I also think that the middle section could've been played slower, it should have a completely different, more emotional character than the mechanical beginning. I find that it's an instinct to play this piece quickly as well. Sometimes, as pianists, we get caught up in speed and technique, that we forsake color and contrast. He played powerfully, but this piece has more to offer.

  • Fastest and most "contemporarily" played version of this piece I've heard so far. Also the best!

  • I should really try to learn this song again. It's actually not THAT hard. It is fun and colorful!

  • Great skill! So much better than I could ever play it - and I do, badly.I thought it was a tad fast though and you could use more expression. Overall, fantastic.

  • Right now... I felt in love with this...

  • such amazing possibilities...

  • very well performed!

  • glad to see that not only well suited asian people can play the piano in such perfection :-]

  • Isn't each phrase supposed to be strictly following the tempo and not fluctuating to fit it to your own comfort? It's a toccata!!!

  • @artyzach

    Yea totally agree with you on that, sure his a very command of the piano, but i couldnt help noticing how people changes the tempo to accomodate their playing instead of the other way around. This type of interpretation might suit the baroque toccatas more

  • @artyzach In the andante part of it where he played all those wierd chords and 2:3 polyrhythms is where it is rubato and supposed to be different. His dynamics could've been better in places where it should count.

  • I'm playing this now :D inspiring

  • weird, it goes calm at the middle....

  • Que buena Interpretación, realmente espactacular

    

  • Great interpretation. I've played this song as well and your interpretation sits so nicely to me!

  • Espectacular, me encanta escucharla... MUY BELLA...

  • @buttaman8302

    It's always better to let the other say that you play better than someone! And it's not encouraging what you say. A comment like yours, in my opinion is to be cancelled, as absolutely out of the context!

  • indelicato

  • I played Toccata 2 years ago.. I love this composition. It's very hard to learn how to play it, but when you learn, you're the happiest person in the world :D

  • Warning. This piece really screws up the B-flat above middle C on your piano.

  • @CJBrewification no kidding lol

  • @CJBrewification like, detunes it?

  • @lovetohate12 Yeah, and might wear out the action a bit... :-) Especially after you've been playing it for like 6 months cause it's your favourite piece ;-D

  • @CJBrewification So it's not just me! Thank christ, I thought I was just playing it badly but I could definitely remember I used to be able to.

  • That was incredible!:) I hope one day I will be able to play this

  • WOW! great playing I had a hard time playing Toccata before

  • love it

  • Hair flip at the end = best thing ever.

  • @looney1023: My point was that he isn't playing the correct notes. He plays wrong notes, harmonies and chords in WAY too many places, because I suspect he has misread them

  • @LordN3mrod Can I add that there could have been a greater use of dynamics (I barely hear a difference from fff to p in this recording).

  • napoleon dynamite

  • is it a "rubato interpretation" or a lazy interpretation?

  • Aram Khachaturian- Armenian greatest composer!!!

  • good 

  • He played it VERY GOOD, FANTASTIC JOB!

  • You played this piece beautifully.. You really captured the emotion in this piece. = )

  • why is each phrase in a different tempo? thats a little bit awkward...

  • @HomerJ666 It's a rubato interpretation.

  • im playing this for nyssma(:

  • AWESOME playing! I loved this piece...but only got as far as about 2:40. I love the way you play it though...especially how you don't control the way to feel about it, such as the ending.

    Great playing, beautiful section after the 2:40 mark...

  • I think that he's being a little too dramatic at the end...

  • @Pieyana Try playing the piece. That's what happens.

  • WOW i am quite a pianist myself but compared 2 u I am nothing!

  • it's good having a base to learn this song from. Thanks

  • lol i am 14 and trying to play this song and it is like taking forever!!!

  • Is that Michael Cera?

  • I played this at my college scholarship audition.

  • That was great.

  • my friend is learning that and she wants to kill herself. 13 pages of joy

  • @yungluvzaza: I agree with your friend! I love the piece though.

  • very well done I am learning this for a piano competition and still struggle with the part from bottom of page eight to the top of page nine and i absolutely love how you play that part

    it was excellent :)

  • @Furystar2

    AND YOU'RE A TROLL!

    SEE I CAN TYPE IN ALL CAPS TOO!

    post a vid of you playing it if you really think you're better...

  • USE YOUR EYES TO READ THE SHEET MUSIC!!!

  • @LordN3mrod

    It's called memorization. It's nowhere near as impressive if he is reading sheet music the whole time, and has to pause to flip the pages.

  • Oh mon dieu, tant de fautes, et JAMAIS on ne doit se reprendre en public.... Could you respect the sheet music please ? many, too many mistakes...!!!!!!!! Sorry but event if the seven first seconds were great, i don't like it at all !

  • Always a delight to listen music composed by the armenian genius, Aram Khachaturian.

    Congratulations for interpretation, Allan.

    Happy New Year!

  • This guy COMPLETELY flips out at the end

  • excellent interpetation!!!

  • YAY KHACHATURIAN :D

    amazing piece. i just started learning this :)

  • ....

  • ちょっとテンポの変化が大きいと思います

    

  • nostalgia

  • u guys have been fighting for more than two weeks- the way this is going I would say neither of u have a life

  • GREAT performance, great sound... this is one of my favourite compositions ever!! Thanks for sharing !

  • 1:16 :Q_________________________

  • I love how you have brought out the melody and accented certain notes - it has a tune that I never heard when I was playing it. You also play quietly where I interpreted it to be loud. It's nice! Thank you.

  • Khachaturyan was a master, he qas a best, he was the lasr classic composer in the world, & one of the bests!

  • yeah Aram Khachaturyan was a perfect, he was the last classic composer!

  • Khatchaturian was a master!

  • I liked that movie he was in where he got the girl pregnant

  • he played his best 5 years ago, at 14 years old, and he is better than this child, i am Armenian, thats why i am speaking english not yet, and i now about aram khachaturyan more than you can imagine!

  • Great job check out me playing it too plz :D

  • want to listen a real toccata, type hayk sahakyan toccata

  • @arsench1992 he played it WAYY to fast, and with absolutely no emotion, that hayk guy.

  • why did you playing on piano very bad? this is the worst version of toccata! if you

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  • This guy completely flips out at the end...

  • @Injustsu if you are serious you probably haven't seen proper pianists yet

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  • @Injustsu *gives it a clout

    "baam, there you have it!"

    brilliantly performed!

  • fabulous

  • As an amateur pianist, I, too, am well aware of the pitfalls of becoming too mechanical and losing insight to a piece after practicing it for a long time. But, that's part of the rigors and challenges of practicing any piece -- to keep it fresh always. Even while practicing, pretend that you're already performing it in front of people (but maintain all the appropriate practicing rituals and techniques).

  • BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    

  • What a delightful "blast from the past" - still one of my fave solo pieces!

    I think it would be worthwhile to try playing the outer sections in just ONE tempo - a medium tempo. Also to do this for the middle section. This isn't necessarily for performance, but to gain an expanded perspective of the way the piece builds inner momentum without necessarily altering tempo for each sub-section. Try it and see!

  • why is this guy so tank?

  • Токката красиво!!!!!!!!!

  • КОСМИЧЕСКАЯ ТОКАТА!

  • Man this is great :P Visit my channel if you want to see me playing it

  • PHENOMENAL

  • flat fingers....

  • @vcupiano his fingers are fine, at least he can play it.

  • Did Khachaturian ever play this himself, does anyone know?

  • I love this song! it is unbelievable. i just started learning this piece yesterday.  let me tell you it is extremely hard and i am only 14

  • @Lancerbody2012 i dont really think i like it...its gonna be my last year studying piano for the past 9 years, and i agree its reallly hard, not to mention its like 12 pages. oh, and im not even 14 yet. :P

  • @95hamsterlover it's 13 pages

  • @TheAznmofo ooh, big difference

  • @95hamsterlover

    lol i'm just saying..

  • @TheAznmofo well stop saying and mind ur own beeswax, plz

  • @95hamsterlover i guess there really is a maturity difference between teenagers.. getting so mad at a simple correction..

  • @TheAznmofo arent u so clever? get a life, dumbass

  • @95hamsterlover "get a life, dumbass" ? so you assume that i have no life and that im dumb, because i corrected you on how many pages a piece has? *clap clap clap* fyi i DO have a life (i go out to wherever every weekend) and im in advanced biology, advanced literature and composition, advanced algebra 2, etc. try not to falsely assume things.

    good day.

  • @TheAznmofo omigoodness, really?!? that is so awesome! congrats! *sarcasm*

  • @95hamsterlover

    lmao, you were in no position to use sarcasm. your above comment fails.

    i said good day! (fez reference)

  • @TheAznmofo and ur comments are so much better?

    u know what? i really dont give a shit about this conversation anymore, so just shut up, please.

    i say good bye!

  • @95hamsterlover rofl, you're the one who got aggressive first, XD

  • @TheAznmofo ur the one who just HAD to comment on my comment... yeah.

  • @95hamsterlover

    lolll

  • @TheAznmofo Why are you fighting over the number of pages? There are different editions to this piece, one might have 12 pages, the other might have 13. Just watch the performance.

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  • @daniele90ish Shut Up! Learn by he! I hate this ignorant person! He's a fantastic piano player! Incredible! Poor people!

  • @daniele90ish ..i think your comment says more about you than the repected and succesful composer ..aram khatchaturian..but ignorance has its own strange charm

  • I just started working on this piece. This is incredible. I love this guys style. He has in his mind what he interprets Katchachurian wanting this to be and he delivers it.

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  • OMG! I used to play this piece when I was 16! I am 65 now! Damn! Would love to play it again! Loved your interpretation. If you're in shape, this piece is a lot easier than it sounds. Beautiful, sir. You show how it's done! Loved it!

  • there are no words to describe the beauty of this song

  • excellent. learning this at the moment.

  • he looks funny at the end :P

  • Love the ending! You really get into the spirit of the piece!

  • I like your playing. It inspires me.

  • I've never joined a post with fellow pianists. I have played some very simple little songs from this composer for many years, and never knew he wrote anything else. I would like to obtain the music and try it. It's nice that you support one another. I don't have any and have played my entire life.

    I like this composer.

  • To 1:50, that sound very popular as Peter Gabriel

  • Beautiful !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!

  • magnifique!

  • Splendd esecuzione!

    GRANDE!

    Grazie

  • yeah¡¡¡¡ you are very good you musn't listen the critics for other person you are good and this piece i will play in july of 2010

  • why isn't there one single satisfying video of someone playing this toccata on youtube?

    The toccata isn't that difficult to play indeed! All the chords and phrasing are very suitable for anyone's hand... You just need a good ryhtmic sense and emphasis

  • yes,you are so right,but listen to "yuri boukoff" thats the best i found and its really good.very clear sound and the only one in rhytm.

  • check your tempi. you change them almost every 4 measures, horrible

  • fantastic piece!

  • imo, this toccata is one of the most fun pieces to play, it's not all that difficult, but so much FUN!

  • you got that right

  • i love this, but i try to play it slightly faster... I really like your accents and clarity, though!

  • I dont like the guy playing it but i like the song.

  • I come to find that after studying a peice for 6 to 12 months, it becomes harder to put emotion into a peice that becomes mechanical.. idk..

  • AMEN!!! I have been playing a Rachmoninoff piece for a year and I have no emotion to put in it. :P

  • @wevil770 Same here, its because you probably get bored of it, i would give the piece a break for a while then start up again, it worked for me.

  • @wevil770 You're so right about this! Take a few steps back, as many as you need, let it "sink in," and approach once again! Then, let it friggin' RIP! Have you ever noticed that killer musicians go way past their technique? That's what technique is for, I think. Ya gotta get it before you can "let it go." Love, from a fellow musician.

  • @wevil770 how can you denigrate this interpretation whith the only argument that he didn't put any emotion.. If you can't put emotion after 12 months of works it's probably that you doesn't like piano. the more you work, the more you know your piece and the more you'll be able to put emotion. Every musician say normally that to play a piece you have to work. So your remark is totally abberant for a person who isn't a critic in music. I regret that I don't master english to say everything i think

  • I forgot how cool this tocatta is! Thanks for the reminder! nice playing man

  • It's OK, but the rythm change near the start is completely off! Apart from that, it's good ;)

  • SO - WHERE IS YOUR SUPPOSED ROCKING PERFOMANCE ON YOUTUBE??????!!!!! Back up what you say, Chick!

  • i'ts cool but no ''extraordinaire'', (i'm french), i think he must do '' plus de nuances'' exemple piano at the 3.00 min.

  • I love this interpretation. So much feeling and energy. Crisp and colorful. Don't listen to the critics - this is brilliant!

  • I do find the tempo changes a bit too drastic, but not bad at all! I just found a new version of this piece on youtube, possibly my favourite that I found on here, search for - Khachaturian - Toccata (Paul Israel)

    Really nice interp. I think...

  • i know this has nothing to do with your performance which was quite good . . . . but what the hell are you wearing dude . . . . .you're very kALEIDOSCOPIC LOL =] =] =] I prefer kahn's version . . . .sorry

  • you better watch: ,,lagidze - rondo toccata"

    much better nice and good caucasian piece and toccata.

  • the tempo is very good, wathever the tempo is a produc of the feelings of the interpeter, this is art, and we can not be so mathematics!!!

  • the rhythem isnt right at the beginning

  • great job!

  • At the beginning of the piece I look ak him in astonishment by the precocious change of tempo and the speed, but flowing the performance I like it and I appreciate his interpretation. Metronome uses to study and to stimulate something new; ok 120, but he doesn't distort till the point of a misinterpretation of K. intentions & agoge. For me only a pity for that Db acciaccato of the right hand towards the end and a corona to much hasty in the closing chord of last bar.

  • i really like his tempo..

    doesnt everybody change their tempo when the time is right

    hes just playing it with his own interpretation