Hamelin Waltz Op.64 No.2 Jazz "Chopinata"

[Azzy1921]

@zurnaik chopin didn't even liked his own music

[mistou26]

This man is a genius .. not only one of the greatest living pianist .. but also a marvelous composer !!

How cant you see that it is not an insult ... just a tribute having the form of an incredibly talented joke ... ?!

[TommyDai1]

this guy turned chopin's music into whore-house-music, its an insult

[stevey226]

@TommyDai1 Hamelin didn't compose this. It was composed by Clement Doucet.

[Azzy1921]

@stevey226 ok then sorry hamelin an fuck you Clement doucet

[stevey226]

@Azzy1921 I beg your pardon? If you have no appreciation for the music kindly take your foul words and leave.

[Tintenfix]

@TommyDai1 you must be like... old. This is a clever and fun take on a masterpiece. Simple as that. It's not the same piece.

[e4e5sf3sf6]

qwertyuiopasdfghjkl;zxcvbnm,. Oh, I apologize. I had to remove the semen from my keyboard.

[Forseti6288]

I prefer the originals but this is very neat! =)

[MagicDolphinGO]

what is this bourgeois nonsense

[TommyDai1]

im sure chopin himself would have grabbed the piano with his bare hands and thrown it to hamelin for this insult to his music

[Rotwatcher]

@TommyDai1 Don't know much about Chopin, do you.

[TommyDai1]

@Rotwatcher i know more about chopin than you would ever know about music. and this is disgusting has no taste at all

[Rotwatcher]

@TommyDai1 Gosh, that's some assertion there. Care to back it up with, you know, evidence? For example, how old are you, how long have you been playing piano and so on?

[TommyDai1]

@Rotwatcher Off course i am 44 years old and have been studing music since i can remeber, chopin is my all time favorite composer and this collage of his pieces has no taste at all, its a freak show

[TheKawaiiDango]

Amazing...

[brandonscherrer]

looks like tom hanks :P

[lenagenpsanter]

does anybody has the sheet music????



[bearburbero]

nothin' more to say: fantastic! I like it very much...!!!!

[e4e5sf3sf6]

Anyone know where to find the sheet music for this? pleeeaaase :)

[pianoplayeruk]

Marc Andre Hamelin is unquestionably the world's greatest living pianist.

If you agree give me a thumbs up

and if you don't?

then go get your ears tested.

[utubuser10]

@pianoplayeruk ...on my way to the ear, nose and throat doctor...they'll have muzak playing there, too.

[crazypianist1234]

Hamelin is amazing!!!!

[mosen17]

40 000 views ->30.11.10

[JDL615]

Horrible! he would have been perfect for the lawrence welk band, great honky-tonk!

[demosj]

1:38 - that's from the fifth Brahms Hungarian Dance, the Cziffra version.

[967Capricho]

Dissacrante sino all'inverosomile ma altrettanto  geniale con un virtuosismo elegante .

[zheng1904]

Besides the three pieces mentioned by some viewers, there's also a touch of the Black-key Etude during one of the transitions.

[zheng1904]

Hamelin really got not just fingers but brain and mojo~

[Mrphilharmonic]

More like ragtime than jazz. Very clever though. Fusion?

This guy has some rare technique. I liked "Rainbows" in this version. It really works in a bizarre way!

[RemovdSande11]

why doesnt he compose his own music instead of doing lame transcriptions *no offence ?

[zheng1904]

@RemovdSande11

Hamelin does compose quite a few works. BTW, what's wrong with doing transcriptions? Palestrina, Bach, Mozart, Liszt, Ravel were all brilliant transcribers. That's just part of the music history. P.s. This transcription was not by Hamelin but jazz pianist clement Doucet. It is anything but lame.

[stevey226]

@zheng1904 Oh xD I should have read you whole comment before I corrected him too! The sheet music looks easy, but it's rather hard!

[stevey226]

@RemovdSande11 He didn't transcribe this, Clement Doucet did...

[studiolabs]

@RemovdSande11 He does in fact compose as well. Look it up.

[pianisamet]

Stride..=)

[Manfredk12]

third theme is fantasie impromptu op. 66

[maxdesp]

Ahah that piece suits perfectly to Hamelin. What a lovely performance with laughs

[Adrenalyn3]

Hamelin has time to enjoy his own playing while blasting through this incredibly challenging piece at 240 clicks a minute...

[vimana19]

I don't think these swedes in the background have a scooby... I'd be going mental.

[hotsickle]

@vimana19 yep, yea, yo

[vimana19]

This is just so wonderful.

[hotsickle]

@vimana19 it certainly is.!..just they way I wish I could play

[vimana19]

@hotsickle u Kan. I only spent half an hour at it and look what I got, not much, but it is a start. He looks a wee bit Glen Gouldish, eh?!

[d4ni3lschi4v0]

Hamelin lo toca todo ya no existe alguna pieza que el no pueda tocar así de simple tan solo tocando Alkan lo dice todo... y este vals esta hermosisisimo lo amo cuando lo toco lo disfruto y me encantaría tocar esta versión jejejeje

[zurnaik]

Chopin himself would have been delighted with this :) :)

[virtual7insanity]

@zurnaik

 100% lol

[edtskyline]

This doesn't nothing of the Chopin essence, but it's quite cool =P!! Hamelin is a geniuos!!!

[mielenkintoista]

suena demasiaaaado bueno!!!! me encanta!!!!!

nunk el piano me habia sonado tan divertido!! siempre hermosiiisimo... pero nunk tan absolutamente divertido!! jaja escuchar esto me hace sonreir!! jaja lo maximo!

[NabilKhemir]

Love this!!

[marcphilos]

Is there anything this guy can't do?

[chutdigadut]

@marcphilos lol probably NOT

[Grigor99]

The guy is a freak of nature! But great!!

[Kiarinadia]

Thanks you so much for that video! I can't stop smiling...adorable!

[Kiarinadia]

Thanks you so much for that video! I can't stop smiling...adorable!

[atree3]

why call this a waltz when it is in a duple meter?

[Kiarinadia]

@atree3 Because the original is a waltz but to make it a fox-trot there is no way to have it triple meter!

[jasonextreme]

Genius is apparent in this modern-day virtuoso.

[Rubatoforever]

Clément Doucet was not french but belgian.

By the way, this pieces is really cool !

[guitartappingpro]

NOOBS

[lorenzoriccobono]

it seems ragtime, not jazz...

[KawhackitaRag]

The original subtitle on the published score is "fantasia in fox-trot rhythm on the motifs of Chopin", which it is!

It is a great example of the 1920's method of fox-trot playing, call it novelty or stride or whatever other ridiculous term music critics have come up with in the past 50 years to describe the piano styles of a decade they usually didn't actually live through.

[MEpianist]

Doucet's stuff is genius, check it the sheet music on IMSLP

[yourfriend7l]

pretty good, but I preffer the original version

[AxelOssa]

Me too plz! thx for upload!

[oscarconroy14]

Is there any way that someone could send me the sheet music for this! Please! :)+

[ulsbolde89]

People not able to keep from smiling. I too am unable, through this medium of a computer screen.

[TwelfthRoot2]

I like what Hamelin did with this waltz. I will always like the original the best, but this is very cool.

[Roe27Ger]

It's not merely a waltz: it starts with the Heroic Polonaise in A flat, op.53 and from 1:23 you hear the lyric middle part of the Fantaisie Impromptu op.66, which is also the melody of Judy Garlands famous song "I'm always chasing rainbows". There are sevaral other hints at Chopin melodies, so it is more of a 'potpourri'.

[TwelfthRoot2]

Whether or not it is technically a waltz, he took most of the melody from Chopin's waltz Op. 64 No. 2 (like it says in the title). It also has a dancy rhythm to it. I am familiar with all of Chopin's works. Also, it is unimportant to me that Judy Garland used Op. 66 in one of her songs.

Thanks,

Tony

[Roe27Ger]

Well, I couldn't care less whether or not it is 'unimportant' to you. My remark about Judy Garland is merely meant as possibly interesting extra information, not to be of any 'importance' to you - I don't even know who you are...

[SimonDanellPiano]

@Roe27Ger Ha! No it was for you to show off as a Know-it-all, and we all know that.

"It's not merely a waltz" Oh rly?

[KawhackitaRag]

Judy Garland didn't use it - the people who composed "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" used it. Judy Garland simply recorded that song, so don't blame her if you don't like it - blame the people who wrote the darn thing. There was a composer's strike in the 1940's (I believe), and so quite a lot of classical works were "adapted" by hack (and, occasionally, talented) composers to become popular songs and swing tunes. In my rather uppity opinion, the old "ragging the classics" tradition was superior.

[akagrin]

It is the Military Polonaise at the beginining

[KawhackitaRag]

I agree it is very cool, and Mr. Hamelin's performance is stellar - but I would like to just clear up that this arrangement is from the 1920's and was done by a French gentleman by the name of Clement Doucet, who was a rather famous popular pianist in France at that time, sort of the French equivalent to Billy Mayerl (although each of course brought their own distinct and special musical qualities to their performances and compositions). He also had a famous piano duo team with Mr. Jean Wiener.

[17mathieu]

Does anyone know what happened to the video of Hamelin's performance of Alkan's Festin d'Aesope from this same concert?

[flic71]

mdòòòòòòòòòòòòòòòòò un GENIO!!!!!!

[LetTheMusicFlow1]

how cool...he turned a Waltz into a duple timed piece.....

[THEDEMP03]

How creative :D

[kamil3546]

I wanted to hear Mr. Hamelin executing Chopin but that ... what the fuck.... and I like it .. Three great Chopin works in jazzy arrangement - cool

[F14Lolcat]

@kamil3546 executing Chopin... wait, WHAT?!?!

[Desmonddd2002]

the most cute thing about this piece but it remains to be dedicated and chopinish.

[Kapomafioso]

reminds me Military polonaise, waltz in c sharp minor (op 64 no 2)...third theme I can't identify...

It's very catchy, original...I'll give it 5 stars!

[woozam]

fantasie impromptu in c# minor op.66

[danedaworld]

...no it SHOULD remind you cus it IS xD lol

cmon he shoulda made a second one xD

[Kapomafioso]

Yes, I know, I already found out :)

If you liked it maybe you could watch Pierre Yves Plat playing jazz fantasie impromptu, I also liked jazz Moonlight sonata...

[PersianRifleman]

Third theme is Fantasie Impromptu

[PersianRifleman]

@Kapomafioso - Third theme is Fantasie Impromptu

[massy1111]

geniale

[tonyshawk]

lol effortlessly played. this piece fits perfectly into hamelin's repetoire

[8eclipse8]

somebody knows where I can get the sheet of this peace, because I really love that arrangement and I'd love to play it, thank you

[oscarconroy14]

I agree!

Where is the sheet music for this!

[KawhackitaRag]

You can get it from Benjamin Intartaglia's website "Le Ragtime Francais". There are both a French-language and English-language versions of this site. In both cases, you can find the sheet music (and recordings by Doucet himself) on the "Classiques" or "Classical" section of the website (link on left sidebar), which lists most, perhaps all, the French ragtime composers that Mr. Intartaglia knows about. Enjoy!

[mikern2001]

It is a tribute to the undeniable greatness of Chopin. So many great composers have looked to Chopin for inspiration and sometimes imitation. Get off your high horse, joseph.

[dawidmysle]

haha this is fantastic :) I love the original waltz, but this creative and catchy arrangement is, in my opinion, a refreshing take on Chopin's music... I got the sheet music today, can't wait to learn it!! it sounds so fun :)

[nguyenvietcuong1990]

i regret that hamelin isn't as famous as the others

[writerspleasure]

a real evocation of the old popular music from the early part of the 20th c. - wonder if it was taken from a piano roll?

[goobleglob]

i dont think so, it's a written composition. i have the score.

[pianoman1984]

no it wasn't taken from a roll, it is however put onto piano rolls by quite a few rollcompanies. the best being the Pleyela roll, which is recorded by Doucet himself if I recall correctly

[nguyenvietcuong1990]

i agree with goobleglop, its a variation on fantasia imprompt and waltz op 64 no2

[rvn10rvn17]

anyone knows from which dvd this is taken?

[MisterJSF]

C'est juste monstrueux ! :O

Bravo !

[vananhthepianist]

oh wow!

[mistrzu2007]

IMO discrace to Chopin. Great playing though. I believe the first part is the military polonaise (jazz interpretation that is)

[josepharimathea]

Here here. Anyone who has a special place in their heart for the irreplaceable contribution Frederic Chopin made to this world woud never go where Hamelin goes. By the way, it was noted a long ago how indebted Scott Joplin was to Chopin...

[CheekyVimto08]

Why, what's wrong with this?

[josepharimathea]

Well it's hard to explain if you're not devoted to Chopin's genius. But hearing someway treating Chopin with such lack of respect, when he sacrificied so much of himself for his art, and for whom even one alteration by another musician (e.g. Liszt) caused him so much distress, is actually painful and deeply hurtful. It's not a question of whether Hamelin is being clever or not, it's just the insensitivity to one of the most sensitive musicians of all time that is so distressing.

[CheekyVimto08]

Hmm. But there's so many variations and I want to hear them all. And Chopins music is played so often why not mix it up a bit? It's got to be better than playing it the exact same way forever.

[pianoman1984]

I don't think this has anything to do with treating Chopin with disrespect. I'm very devoted to Chopin's music. I love it. But I also love this composition, which to me is a piece of art in itself, not a chopin-ripoff, but then it can still be beautiful. I think Doucet did a great job here. It was very popular in those days to 'rag up' a classic piece, and I'm sure all these composers/arrangers had a great respect for the original piece, or they wouldn't have started writing it.

[KawhackitaRag]

I believe it was intended as a lightly humorous homage to Chopin; after all, his work is so overplayed by amateurs (not all of them enthusiastic about his music and sensitive or caring enough to give a proper interpretation of it) that Mr. Doucet probably intended this a jab in their direction, rather than in Mr. Chopin's!

I believe that goes for almost every other instance of "ragging the classics" - it is almost always done with the "war-horses", the "chestnuts" of the classical repertoire.

[Kiarinadia]

@KawhackitaRag Thanks for all those infomations!

[afertyus1000]

@Kiarinadia thats ok but for your information the word 'information is plural so just say 'thanks for all the information'!

[gamma357]

This made me smile : )

[arc27]

I'm curious exactly what he was doing with his hands at the very start of the video.

[afertyus1000]

probably shaking out any wrist tension?i wonder what chopin would've made of this? great

[realismnotideology]

この楽譜欲しいんだけど

アムランよ、売ってるのかい？

[edziomy]

nice signs, do they mean something ??

[realismnotideology]

>do "they" mean something ??

what do you point out "them" ?

[ChesterFanningChorno]

And they say there is no humor in classical music.

[robbiethemann]

they do?

[maddorox]

since when? O_O there are many humorous classical pieces. :3

[wiwi10191019]

A extremely difficult piece, but Hamelin made it look so easy.

[Alvarordonez]

aaaahhhhahahahahahaha....it's TOO funny......I always enjoy those kind of pieces

[KawhackitaRag]

Brilliant performance! It's great to see this on Youtube again!

You should make it clear that this composition "Chopinata" based on themes by Chopin, was not composed by Hamelin but rather by Clement Doucet. I see he is listed in your tags so that's a start.

This is like a nameless editor erroneously crediting "Russian Rag" (by George L. Cobb) to Dick Wellstood on an album, when Wellstood simply performed it.

[matthew1722]

?!?!?!?

[slobo1987]

This song is so unbelievably cool! Got

it on my brain:)

[virtuosoji]

kjgjh

[Pianerad]

He's the best! Awesome! )) Would like to request music score for it.

[virtuosoji]

I got this score. If you write down your e-mail address, I'll send to you. But, I think, the score I got is somewhat different from Hamelin's performance.

[woozam]

Hamelin arranged the score. but i don't have Hamelin's

[w3sp]

Hamelin transposed the Doucet sheetmusic by a half key and modified a few things.

[llxie78]

Well, apparently Hamelin modified some parts of the piece. It still sounds fantastic! Although I feel the arrangement is somewhat simplified than its original version. Has anyone got the score of this revised version?

[imawsome13]

I have the original score and the version Hamelin plays is much more difficult.

[Talaahi]

hello..

I'd like to ask if you may send me the score that you have.

thanks alot...

[nousernamewhatsoever]

Definitely one of the coolest stuff I've heard!

Pity it's so difficult to play :)

[mikenbondi]

The original 7pp Doucet arrangement is sight-readable. Hamelin has spiced it up a bit.