This track really is beautiful, little catchy clusters get stuck in your head and strike at you nostalgically. And those little tiny moments that give you a sigh of relief, only to be interrupted by trepidations, spewing more catchy little clusters spinning about, being repeated except an octave down and at a lower dynamic level, maybe-- Skalkatos is right on that fine line between genius and insane, and it's brilliant.
I think the performance is much too tense and abrupt... If I had not seen the score, I would not have thought these rhythms were in there... many parts where it is soggy and unintelligent. It seems difficult, but the interpretation also sounds difficult. A small part of the middle section is in time, but the end is quickly rushed... that last trill is also the most odd thing I have ever heard.
All the 32 Piano Pieces are great and widely and wildly different from each other. It may take a little time to get familiar with them but they are rewarding.
Is it my imagination, or is this played about twice as fast as it is marked? At a dotted quarter at 66-76, one would expect each measure to last almost 2 seconds; yet it sounds like the measure goes by in less than a second.
@mr2loser After listening several times and getting used to the music, I measured an overall tempo of approx. 84-88 for a dotted quarter. So it's definitely faster than indicated at the beginning, though, maybe some tempo modification didn't fit into the frame. (bar 9 is "plus vite" = 80!, then a tempo in bar 10)
Still wondering how possibly one person can play this...
Huh the start of this sounds very similar the the improvisational cadenza done by Hamelin for his version of Rzewski's The People United Will Never be Defeated. I wonder if he borrowed some of the style for it.
This is one of the many great piano works of Skalkottas. The music is often crazy difficult but it has a wonderfully potent, oft playful and expressive effect, and uses a personal method of 12-tone composition that is frequently astonishing in its inventiveness, color, rhythmic schema and so forth to create wonderful works in a medium/trend that didn't last very long in its core, but went on to inspire composers to progress into post-12-tone & total serialization. Let's hear more Skalkottas!
This track really is beautiful, little catchy clusters get stuck in your head and strike at you nostalgically. And those little tiny moments that give you a sigh of relief, only to be interrupted by trepidations, spewing more catchy little clusters spinning about, being repeated except an octave down and at a lower dynamic level, maybe-- Skalkatos is right on that fine line between genius and insane, and it's brilliant.
Quandrify 1 month ago
much to fast !!!!!!
"ReturnOfTheStienway" is right !
wanderratte99 2 months ago
hamelin, right??
marcohorowitz8 2 months ago
I think the performance is much too tense and abrupt... If I had not seen the score, I would not have thought these rhythms were in there... many parts where it is soggy and unintelligent. It seems difficult, but the interpretation also sounds difficult. A small part of the middle section is in time, but the end is quickly rushed... that last trill is also the most odd thing I have ever heard.
ReturnOfTheStienway 5 months ago
This R.U.L.E.S. obviously.
Skalkottas: NOT F'ing around.
nondor13 5 months ago
Harder than Rach 3, for sure.
liszt141 7 months ago
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS PIECE!!!
twilightz0ne1 7 months ago
Catastrophe on a page.
liszt141 7 months ago
Who's the pianist?
tastath 8 months ago
@tastath Your dog.
F14Lolcat 6 months ago
ahhh this is how i cure my insomnia
huzzzzzzahh 9 months ago
This sounds like something extreme!
I LIKE IT.
fatfatat444 9 months ago
i lol'd
maxikin 10 months ago
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Kabrielseiffert 10 months ago
All the 32 Piano Pieces are great and widely and wildly different from each other. It may take a little time to get familiar with them but they are rewarding.
eurisko618 11 months ago
Should be called: Kids Running on Piano
Lisztman88 11 months ago 3
@PoisonPeas shit comment
xodn3300 11 months ago 9
Chuck Norris was in that jungle
newFranzFerencLiszt 11 months ago 15
what a powerful performance. who is the performer? Samaltanos by any chance?
xodn3300 1 year ago
Tarzan gets chased by crack baboons?
addeex1 1 year ago 2
This is the most insane music I have heard all day. Wow!!
emilygclarinet 1 year ago
This caused a catastrophe in my pants.
magdluke 1 year ago 53
@magdluke I usually detest comments like this but it made me laugh.
AmalgamOfMeat 10 months ago
Is it my imagination, or is this played about twice as fast as it is marked? At a dotted quarter at 66-76, one would expect each measure to last almost 2 seconds; yet it sounds like the measure goes by in less than a second.
mr2loser 1 year ago
@mr2loser After listening several times and getting used to the music, I measured an overall tempo of approx. 84-88 for a dotted quarter. So it's definitely faster than indicated at the beginning, though, maybe some tempo modification didn't fit into the frame. (bar 9 is "plus vite" = 80!, then a tempo in bar 10)
Still wondering how possibly one person can play this...
Mravinszky 11 months ago
@mr2loser ... so not literally the double tempo, but it feels like a thunderstorm...
Mravinszky 11 months ago
Needs more banjo.
TaterGumfries 1 year ago 8
Sounds more like "Mistakes in the Jungle." (None-of-the-less, great piece!)
Starbirdy9999 1 year ago
Huh the start of this sounds very similar the the improvisational cadenza done by Hamelin for his version of Rzewski's The People United Will Never be Defeated. I wonder if he borrowed some of the style for it.
lexarsepa 1 year ago
SO EINEN SCHEISS KANN DOCH JEDER!!
Sogar ICH, wenn ich wie ein schwein auf meinem Klavier rumhacke ...
man.. echt .. kein verständnis für sonen schmutz..
Cillitpeng 1 year ago
@Cillitpeng du bist ein richtiger spasti (=
Kabrielseiffert 10 months ago
@Kabrielseiffert Nanu, ich kann mich gar nicht mehr dran erinnern, das geschrieben zu haben. Hatte ich wohl einen schlechten Tag :D
Nichtsdestotrotz muss ich mir erneut Recht geben! =)
Cillitpeng 10 months ago
This is one of the many great piano works of Skalkottas. The music is often crazy difficult but it has a wonderfully potent, oft playful and expressive effect, and uses a personal method of 12-tone composition that is frequently astonishing in its inventiveness, color, rhythmic schema and so forth to create wonderful works in a medium/trend that didn't last very long in its core, but went on to inspire composers to progress into post-12-tone & total serialization. Let's hear more Skalkottas!
eurisko618 1 year ago
who would know you ever messed up.
that would be the hardest piece to judge
Andrea123 2 years ago 28
crazy virtuosity
vincecharus 2 years ago
holy...
SwordlessSlayerIzPro 2 years ago
Wow.
vysehrad 2 years ago
O_O
ultracoolhomies 2 years ago
Nice. I was planning to upload some of these as well. I'll do some others that you haven't posted. Love to see more Skalkottas on YT!!!
PiaNonuTT 2 years ago