Marc-André Hamelin - Supervirtuoso Documentary Part 1/10

[TheWatsche]

Goddamit! I searched for a documentary to finally learn how his name is pronounced correctly. No kidding.

[PointyTailofSatan]

Sounds like Bill Evans at 3:00

[hjiuhfhrehui]

whahahaha xD maruku andure amelrin xD

[exelpaperclip123]

What's the name of the first piece being played in the video?

[mikeydeeish]

Put "Transcribe Audio" on

[thecollective09]

@mikeydeeish Its hilarious!

[L4RSLink]

2:25 what piece is that?

[wonderfalls2]

According to youtube translate (beta) the lady is saying,

"to me today that those ski admits it made it quite has received your costume pasty message" at 1:47

[Botchlae]

Maruku Andore Hamolin

[CammehYaBams]

Marc Andre Hamelin gets all the pussy, bitches.

[physphilmusic]

"Almost every student, every young student these days plays the Rachmaninoff Third Concerto, which is EASY, and you wouldn't tell anyone it's EASY...."

I'm speechless...

[penguinshin]

@physphilmusic

i think he said "which isn't easy" , not "is"

[Piggywarz]

@physphilmusic YOU HEARD WRONGLY

its "which ISNT easy"

[trumpetier17]

@physphilmusic Almost every student, every young student these days plays the Rachmaninoff Third Concerto, which ISN'T easy, and you wouldn't tell anyone it's easy...."

[tomekkobialka]

4:50 gave me nightmares!

[Laudan08]

WTF IS THAT OCTAVE PIECE PART???

[lexarsepa]

I love that dramatic scene when the credits role  down with the Liszt Fantasia and Fugue on the Theme B-A-C-H playing.

[ChrisWatch]

I'm glad they let him speak english and speak it to him.  1 of the things I can understand for now.

[rusz]

good documentary, but do u have english subtitle for this? couldn't understand the presenter's language. i don't speak japanese

[sammarco02]

Worst Medtner of all time !

[clearsunnysky]

wtf?? it's in japanese.

[Jerrez]

supatechnisian better than lang lang-san

[TheJgutierrez]

HES THE BEST PIANIST EVER!!!!!!!!!!

[LetTheMusicFlow1]

ma-ru-ku an-du-re hamarin is how they say his name....lol

[Elicgt]

haha

[wiwi10191019]

Do you know who published this video, can I still buy it now?

[mikejr41387]

is there an english version anywhere??

[ShearZone101]

Thanks a thousand times 4 this documentary...

[3lilium3]

thx

[laqin007]

That lady had crush on him. lol, I think she had a huge explosion down there.

[wargreymagic]

1st 2 seconds is the variation on the theme of 'the people united will never be defeated' by rezewski

[tomekkobialka]

What's that piece he plays from 0:18 to 1:17. Anyone know? :(

[drkokolores]

This is F. Liszt with Fantasy and Fugue on B.A.C.H.

[tomekkobialka]

THANKS!

[CalgarySpeller26]

What is he playing from 0:07 to 1:16?

[Poojoj]

Anyone know what he's playing at the end when he's testing out the different pianos?

[ReturnOfTheStienway]

end of alkan sonata op.33

[sanctusignis]

It is the end of the first movement of Alkan's Grande Sonate.

[strangepeaches]

Anyone know what the first two seconds are?

[strangepeaches]

Or more specifically, which variation on Rzewski's United People is it?

[sanctusignis]

1st clip - Variation 35

2nd clip - Variation 30

[LetTheMusicFlow1]

3rd clip - Kapustin's Second Sonata (jazz)

[pianomike1]

WHY on earth doesn't this genius quit this much-ado-for-nothing fingerbusting bullshit, give himself to and the audiences jazz, stride, boogie, rock'n'roll, cocktail piano, etc...music for the people, what! Rachmaninoff and Chopin with their spine shivering, heart renting melodies come closest.

Nice to have heard Kitten on the Keys in the interview. Was that HAmelin playing?

[mua05yi]

Anyone knows what he is playing at 2:25?? I cant read that japanese kanji...

[mafulumi]

Radames Gnattali: Negaceando!

[mua05yi]

Thanks! Now i just need to find the score somewhere...

[Aul1kki]

Is there english subbed version of this documentary somewhere? It would be nice to know what those japanese parts means.

[Evilzx87]

I know the music that plays in the background when marc andre talks to the japanese lady is rachmaninoff's piano concerto no 3 1st movement

And to the people who have no idea what the language of the documentry. ITS JAPANESE. how ignorant can you be..

[MountCashelTuck]

can someone make a list of the music in this video?

[heroicpolonaise]

emm.. is there an english version? i dont understand a sht from this one, hehe

[swatz25]

i can hear and understand the music but wtf are these guys saying??

[GeminiHJM]

This is B-A-C-H by Liszt for piano

[chu71]

Alkan s piano concerto by Hamelin is amazing , makes John Ogdon s performance look "poor"

[tunpon1]

0:00 ~ 0:02 what music? so powerful

[jsphweid]

People United Will Never be Defeated - a very long piece!!!! In those two seconds, the left hand has the melody of the song/piece.

[EilisErina]

in Chinese ? :(

[leomulder]

It's japanese. : P

[lilalo15]

really? ok sorry

[EilisErina]

all right :)

[rickardlindroth]

which pieces starts at 5.36 and 6.55:) please answer:P

[MatteoTessarolo]

Alkan Allegretto Alla Barbaresca from "Concerto for Solo Piano"

Probably arranged by himself....

[celach]

There's nothing to arrange, it was written as a concerto for the piano only

[MatteoTessarolo]

Ok, it's for piano solo, but I readed the original score, and is totally different

[celach]

its not, you sure you have the right score, and the right part of it? Op.39 No.10

[qwertyuiop10111]

That's the end of the third movement of Alkan's Concerto for Solo Piano, which is No.10 from the Op 39 12 Etudes in the Minor Keys.

[mdeonx12]

Hamelin is no doubt the absolute piano god of this century/millenium; PERIOD.

[IloveAlexisBledel689]

He plays Sorabji like no one else.

[sanctusignis]

How true! I wonder if he will ever release excerpts from Opus Clavicembalisticum...or even in its entirety. That'd be a feat! The only interpretation I've heard that's even remotely correct and true enough to the music is that of Jonathan Powell.

[IloveAlexisBledel689]

I totally agree!

Cheers.

[ghmus7]

I have never seen anyone play octaves like him, it's like they are single notes.

[guitarmanK1982]

nice to hear someone play Medtner ;)

But he has a habit of making everything sound like an encore - i love his playing (and wish i could play like that!), but some 'nice' instead of 'flashy' music is also good.

Then again, the programme is called 'supervirtuoso'!

[JOHNNYWADTON]

could you specify which part is Medtner please? which minutes?

[guitarmanK1982]

at 1:19 he is playing medtner. It is one of the 'forgotten melodies' - can't remember which one though, i haven't played them in years ;)

[nonnon86]

it's from the forgotten melodies, second cycle op. 39 no. 3 "primavera" :)

[JOHNNYWADTON]

Thanks alot ! =D

[Poojoj]

What's that craziness he's playing from about 0:45 to 1:10? Anyone know?

[cybermarkkus]

Liszt : Variations on the name of Bach

[TomOwen77]

Liszt - Fantasia on B-A-C-H. Try Kun Woo Paik for a good recording, or I think Brendel has recorded it too.

[BlackMasterJoe89]

what the rag piece at 4:49?

[ReturnOfTheStienway]

kitten on keys, zez confrey

[BlackMasterJoe89]

whats the piece at 0:01

[inBloomfield]

rzewski people united

[IAMLISZT]

watching hamelin humor this idiot is horrifying

[Poojoj]

I agree, she's completely clueless. It's actually a bit embarrassing.

[LongDriveChamp03]

whats the piece at 2:25? please does somebody know???

[IAMLISZT]

definitely something kapustin.

[sanctusignis]

It's actually "Negaceando" by Radames Gnattali.

[tdavis2797]

the sound is kapustin-esque, but the left hand is a bit too conservative to be kapustin. there's usually stronger rhythmic presence in the left hand that what we see here. i HOPE it IS something kapustin,but i doubt it. i've been scouring my kapustin recordings for this piece, but i have yet to come across it.

[zkool5]

Funny little "thinking-in-the-box" discussion of who the "greatest pianists" are... LOL

Also funny how nobody cares to provide criterias/definitions of what they consider as characteristics of a great pianist (otherwise it's unjustifiable), instead they just ramble on with names. Another important factor is the experience/knowledge of the person naming the names.

[Frozentoes1]

People "ramble on with names" because history proves these pianists to be generally accepted as being "great". Authoritative authors/critics such as Harold Schoenberg (former music critic of the NY Times) have written extensively on "the great pianists." You may want to educate yourself, just a little.

[zkool5]

Thanks for the advice. In fact, I do have Schoenberg's "Great Pianists" and have gone back to it countless times over many years (in serious need of rethinking in retrospect given its publishing year) and it's definitely a good source for anecdotes and such on pianists of past generations. I find his outspoken manner of criticism and certain principles on musicianship quite commendable.

[LongDriveChamp03]

I still love that song at 3:17

[rollindubs28]

do you know what song that is?

[SwePianoholic]

Can we have an translation please, I don´t understand the music :)

[wfarnaby]

Interesting that 3 of the 5 greatest pianists of all time (2 classical and 1 jazz) are Canadian.

[malak789]

ya that totally must mean that canadians are superior or something...HA!

[phyramus7]

Yes, it's as interesting as almost noone (out of Canada) can name any Canadian composer or painter. I really don't think that Youtube is a place for patriotism.

[tonhalakhat]

could you tell me exactly who is that 5?

[Frozentoes1]

Really? Let's see: Stephen Hough (English), Boris Berezovsky (Russian), Martha Argerich (Argentinian) etc... etc...

And of the older generation: Emile Gilels (Russian), Vladamir Horowitz (Russian), Arthur Rubinstein (Russian?), Joseph Hofmann (American?), Joseph Lhevine (Russian), Dinu Lipatti (?), Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (Italian) etc...

Seems to me, most of the "greatest" pianists are Russian. Then again, who cares?

Get real wfarnaby.

[jinfiesto]

Rubinstein is polish. Lots of good Polish pianists.. Can't forget them.. And Jewish pianists.

[nickus32000]

Howowitz-Russian

Rubinstein-Polish

Hofmann-Polish

Lhevine-Russian

Lipatti-Romanian

[tonhalakhat]

i guess oscar peerson, glenn gould, and hamelin is this 3, but who are the other 2? and REALLY hamelin is one of the greatest pianists? i would really listen some music from him, not ONLY paraphrases.

[fairalways]

Sniff...I'm hurt. Art Tatum....anyone?

[CIROFERRIGNO]

Forza forza iscrivetevi al secondo livello di pianoforte nel vostro conservatorio dove  vi verrano rispiegate le solite cazzate già dette..........vogliamo vedere come si suona ...basta con le chiacchiere....questo è suonare............

[sanctusignis]

This guy is simply the greatest.

[DanMarcy1]

What is that piece he's playing at 30s?

[LongDriveChamp03]

i didn't expect hamelin to have a deep voice.

[LongDriveChamp03]

whats the piece at 3:18?

[jultyl]

ca m'a l'air d'etre du kapustin

[tastenmensch12]

hamelin is the greatest!!!!

[radurak]

This is not really a documentary actually. Most of the time you see hamelin play something which is fine....but not that interesting. I expected them to tell something, to explain, but little information is given. The only interesting thing is found in part 5 where hamelin expliains symmetrical inversions.

[nonnon86]

I am very sorry to have disappointed you :)

[radurak]

sorry -- thanks for uploading. ;)

What else do i have to say that it's not your "fault", and that i did not dislike it at all? However, you have to admit that there simply aren't that much explanations and most of the time he's playing. A documentary is something else. ;)

[nonnon86]

That's alright, I agree.

If you think that's worth mentioning, no problem :)

[Ebubu69]

I think it's a Kapustin piece.

[NeoComposer]

Hehe, Super Virtuoso Bros... If only he had a brother.

[medpiano]

"Supertechnician" --- I translated that one for myself. LOL!!

[didyougethathing]

what is he playing around 2:27?

[jefftam1234]

Ebubu was wrong, it was Gnatalli's Negaceando

go search it on youtube, there is another performance of this by MAH in germany (the complete piece)

[elevateme]

learn japanese then

[celach]

I love the first 2 seconds XDDD

[kipjames]

Thank you so much for posting this entire documentary. How fortunate we are to be living at the same time as this towering, monumental, breathtaking musical genius.

[nonnon86]

You will need someone to do that who can actually understand Japanese.

I can't. =(

Well, and I was so distracted with the music that I never really got disturbed by not understanding.

[amishan92]

Pleace, pleace add subtitles, o.k?

Thank you.

[daeviydt]

who cares what the commentators are saying! they never have anything interesting to say anyhow! "ooh, ah" they say... we can very well understand Hamelin, can't we? Do we need anything else?

[Tacitus87]

this is great.but unreachable for about a billion of us.pleeease ad subtitles!

[afertyus1000]

can anyone put english subtitles on this?

[nonnon86]

Oh, but music is the language all of us can speak.

[BachFong11]

I cant love it unless I understand what they are saying!!!