Liberace playing a classic

[craigmob100]

Probably the most perfect player of all time!! Wonderful!!

[CornerOfTheUniverse]

I wish my brother George was here ....

[GOATAli]

Of all the pianists I have seen, Liberace's hands and fingers seem

to be the most perfect and fluid and natural. He looks so effortless

when he caresses the keys. They glide so smoothly over the keys.

[KingRizlaa]

...now that's what I call a piano!

[kentusmaximus]

Clair de lune aaaaahhhh

[SaFanFan]

Thank you Balto4 for your response. Eventhough I am not in my 20's anymore I can say that there is nice music nowadays. I love classical music, not all of it, I like older songs not all of them etc. But some compositers stand out and some interpretators as well...just like the immortal Liberace.

[balto4]

SaFanFan: Your welcome,I like all kinds of music,just so much of it is commercial now. Liberace was one of a kind thats for sure,will NEVER be another!!!!

[SaFanFan]

It's sexual orientation has nothing to do with his great talent. He was a great performer and eventhough I was in my childhood in the '50's, I listened to him and his music.  Today, his music still enchants me and brings back so many good memories of 'those were the days....my friend''.

[balto4]

SaFanFan:I am with you 100% I don't care either,he was talented. In fact I only discovered maybe two weeks ago and by mistake and he is already a fav of mine!!! I wasn't even born in the 50's but I generally prefer older music anyways. Most 'music' today is crap anyways!!! Long live Liberace!!!!

[jfktwo]

One of the greatest piano players/entertainers ever born. So happy I was around for the real live career of Lee.

[nancyfloressantos]

A very great performer..............

[freeble123]

what he's doing is so hard and he makes it look so easy!

[tpbricknw]

Sweet! Dean Martin and Liberace!

[markmarshall39]

this man made 50,000.00 a week in the 50's, i wish i made that in a year!

[Apollogranforte]

More than Clair de Lune, it sounds like Clear the Saloon!

[KYgelly]

queerer than a football bat

[markmarshall39]

1st time i have ever heard that!

[CanadaCraig]

It's so sad that advertisers [Today's 'sponsors'] won't support anything 'nice' on TV because they are so singularly focused on trying to appeal to a demographic that isn't watching TV. [Teenaged boys - for the most part] How ironic. Thank goodness shows like this one have been taped so those of us who still appreciate quality can - every now and then - be reminded of what WAS. Craig

[iampears]

Liberace, one of the greatest pianist & entertainer of all times. Also, I read, he has made more money than all of the classical pianists combined during his time. One of Liberace's legacy is the Liberace Foundation that has been providing scholarships to music students through colleges & universitties.

[refrmcetsryt]

Should have listened to his stuff sooner. His genius seems to have been in his incredible ability to give a passionate interpretation to everything he played, regardless if he was less than completely faithful to his source material.

Too bad he is playing on an inferior engineered instrument. His sound could have become so much better.

I'm begining to believe (in general) it takes a gay man or a straight woman to evoke the most sensitive of colors from classical music.

[danceofthegoblins]

Watch the vid on here of him doing his rendition of Liszt's 2nd concerto! One look at those rings all over his hands and the Baldwin logo and one realizes his technique is truly mind boggling!

[estagonandfire]

being gay dosnt make u more sensitive, it makes u want to fuck men

[copacabana1971]

This is TV when TV was entertaining. Nowadays TV is just too busy...or boring. I remember when late night TV had all the stars on. Folks you could only see in Vegas. They'd sit around, smoke and drink, and then entertain. Man, it's a different world now.

[zentaivillain]

Why did Liberace play the piano? Because he sucked on the organ!!

[pianoss89]

so stupid.....

[martinimerlin]

When he had his local TV show in LA,, one of his sponsors was a mortuary. He did live commercials for the sponsor, and played Clair de Lune, commenting that his rendition of the song was the most requested music at the funerals at the establishment.

[aperfectfailyour]

This is great, but shame on who ever thought it would be better and more amazing than this song already is and add some dumb dancing prostitutes to run around

[JonEngland]

Your comment reflects the thinking of a crass philistine.

[wheelchairmaniac]

awesomeness. pure skill that is

[AngelaWilkins919]

I use to listen to this when I was little pretending to play piano on my moms coffee table..

[btpolitic]

He was probably on the border of musical genius, probably had a-d-d , what he did was amazing and looked like a walk in the park for him. I would have liked to see him in a true classical concert situation.

[danceofthegoblins]

I've read that he was a prodigy and started out all classical and turned flamboyant because of the income factor (tho I'm sure it was part of his personality too). He used to give recitals and he said so few people would show up that he'd take requests! Can you imagine!: I'd love to have seen something like that-a purely classical recital and him playing what you asked him to no less!

[zeekin]

an excellent performer no doubt, although I think I prefer the more traditional interpretation of this particular piece. Seems like he's turned every chord into a run and not much else.

[JonEngland]

This is ENTERTAINMENT, NOT a recital. This rendition is remarkably faithful to the original. "Damning with faint praise" (an excellent performer, no doubt!) is a self-evidently churlish and singularly ineffective and malodorously tell-tale practise of the unproductive, small-minded, artistically bankrupt and culturally winnowing.

The joy this enterainer gave, and continues to give decades after his passing ring deeply and resonantly.

Enjoy your solitary puritanism.

[zeekin]

Thanks, I will. Enjoy your self-righteous indignation :)

[piesceslady]

liberace live forever.....i missed you....god is with you in heaven

[cnmmnc8852]

Does Lee take many liberties musical and otherwise? Yes and yes. Always did. Remember when you're performing on camera the 'clock is ticking', he knows when he has to come to a close. He's conscious of what he's doing, no question about it. The rise and fall of the phrases are like burnished gold(the flailing dancers notwithstanding). The last measure,a Liberace 'signature' (major thirds up in d flat major?)is positively liquid.

[Ulysses61]

I love Lee, but I think he takes way too much liberty with this piece and plays it too quickly and with too much bravado. I say this with the greatest respect, because I adore him, but Liberace excelled on up-tempo pieces, not a piece like Clare de Lune. He's still marvelous!

[ITILII]

You'd have to go back in time and get Bach, Beethoven, Chopin or Mozart to find a more gifted piano player

[danceofthegoblins]

More like Liszt!

[cantraveller]

Absolutely the most amazing pianist / showman I have ever seen! Wish I could have seen him perform in person!

[bitterchew]

what's with all those Curtain Faries?

[kylecrazyford]

this si one of the most beutiful pieces of music i've ever heard, and Liberace puts the finishing touch on it. making it perfect.

[TheGreatRichter]

I think Liberace was born out of an age of great entertainers, celebrities and icons from the early to mid 20th century. The so called celebrities and entertainers of today are not a patch on the old ones by a long way, thet are too pretentious and not as charismatic or talented in my opinion.

[16071956]

what a star, one of my favourites, so calming

[Stupak289]

He takes way too much freedom for my taste. Blech...

[Jponce111]

On this piece I think he does

[BEACHYHEAD]

If you did a world survey of the single most beautiful piece of music of all time, the result would without any doubt be Claude Debussy's "Clair de Lune". Liberace's version is brilliant ... time stands still ... the sky outside my appartment changes colour...and the tears start flowing ....

[cycimian]

Liberance was like bruce lee, a force of natural nature, his dedications are academicm i just wish my time machine was working,

[legard2]

This must be one of the few recordings of Liberace playing a classic almost totally straight. He adds extra notes and pulls it about a bit, but it shows his technique for a controlled and singing tone.

[GrandPatzer]

Is this the original version (written by Debussy), or was it Liberace's own version? It is really nice.

[jlba3]

it is the original version, but he definately adds his stlye a lot

[bk392]

But he was too polite a man to tell them to get lost.

[Kkianco]

wow great to hear laire de lune played with feeling he didnt need those dancers around him

[bluewingtip]

Superlative!!!