Hamelin in Stockholm - Chopin-Godowsky - Studies 3/14

[stephievon]

that performance was the shit!! wow, excellent...

[keota52248]

I love that Hamelin plays this repertoire as beautifully as he plays Haydn Sonatas.



[wilbur1960]

The Eb Minor Etude seems so effortless for Hamelin. Remarkable to say the least.

[cowzilla8]

Chopin + Beast Mode = Godowsky.

[jeanlucchapelon]

great but a little circus!!!

[utubuser10]

i adore hamelin and am completely amazed by his pianistic and musical prowess, but i've never been a fan of godowsky's re-workings of these etudes. seems superfluous and unnecessary, even a little contrived. i've been listening to these ever since i discovered from an album i borrowed from our library almost 40 years ago (i did eventually return the LP record). the intellectual aspect and the emotive content, in my esteem, are not sufficient to warrant them to be any more than novelty pieces...

[1984ekul]

This is piano porn of the most explicit order.

[Eztoez]

I adore the second etude - beautiful

[AmalgamOfMeat]

2:58 the most impressive thing I've ever seen a pianist do.

[Yamsareverytasty]

and hamelin isn't even left handed! I could watch that spidery hand for hours...

[cowboytim98]

That's a fairly small, intimate room... I'm surprised he didn't shatter their little champagne glasses!

[belialah]

I would like to see Volodos Playing this etudes.

[utubuser10]

@belialah YUJA WANG!

[werq34ac]

I like Hamelin as a pianist. Berezovsky not so much. And Hamelin's repertoire is just fantastic.

[patricioapaez]

@werq34ac Berezovsky is good but inconsistent :I

[ann03071874]

@patricioapaez Its true, however his 2002 recording of the Transcendental etudes is really mind blowing!

[Sorcerer88]

unbelievable. great to see his fingerwork.

[ollie3003]

Yeah! ive learnt the 2nd study he plays, but there is no comparison even if i worked on it for another 100 years

[Frozentoes1]

Hard to beat. He and Berezovsky are the only pianists who do this repertoire justice.

[SlyStallone208]

@Frozentoes1 I second this. Both are the greatest pianists of our time. I would love to see Hamelin's interpretations of the transcendental etudes and juxtapose them with Berezovsky's. Both are such technical monsters and I personally love both interpretations. I think Hamelin just may have the upper hand in the size and diversity of his repertoire.

[ZioJafar]

@Frozentoes1 Also Libetta and Grante ;)

[belialah]

@Frozentoes1 I think that the italian pianist Libetta too.

[RediForKing]

@Frozentoes1 I think he and Berezovsky are the only one who even play them.

[dido93]

@Frozentoes1 Libetta too......