This makes me sad but reminds me how short a life can be. I was born when this guy was becoming a househoild name - the most amazing American piano player of the 2nd half of the last century. I saw a comment on another video - no one has been able to imitate him -how true - I don't mean the persona, but rather his playing - you just don't see the same thing - sure there are the so-called cocktail pianists that flutter up and down the keyboard - and sound quite pleasant, but he was the best.
What is he playing at 357; near the end he merges it with another classical piece or are they the same? He plays it all the time and it is extremely beautiful!! Maybe his own creation?
This was filmed in 85. This is the year his doctor later said he started to have health problems associated with AIDS. I hate this happened to him. I loved all the kindness and glam
@Thejbirdy Don't beat yourself up. We are all at different points in our lives. The main thing is realizing where we are and began improving immediately. When we ourselves change and show and act the change we unknowingly (or know) influence others.
He was a genius and I find myself copying my runs and arpeggios after his (though on the clumsy side, laugh). Have a grea life and be all the good you can be!!!
@jamesdfox1972 go easy on him! He brought a lot of great melodies to people may have never had the chance to here them. Plus it's VERY difficult to play piano on television like this...cameras are up your nose and all the good stuff you do in rehearsal can magically disappear. ah, c'mon...he's a blast.
Liberace did something that very few pianists were able to do: He gave the average person an appreciation of good music. He always understood his audiences and knew what they wanted to hear. In the process, he brought pleasure to millions. I will never forget him or his kindness.
one of the best improvisors but his performances of classical pieces are strictly popular renditions not as written , say the polonaise at 2.50 for example . sounds good , pleasing , but not up to concert standard , and i'm sure he wouldn't claim they were
@LadyMonster - I believe the rhinestone one was heavier. As for the craftsman who added the mirrors & rhinestones to the pianos, his name was John Hancock. He worked exclusively for Liberace for years. I had the opportunity to meet him while working for the Liberace Museum.
I'll never forget one of the last scenes in the tv movie that was made about his life. Liberace is deathly ill. He plays a few bars on his piano, then stops in the middle of the piece and slowly closes the keyboard cover--realizing that he will never play again.
When I read your comment I thought it would be nice to see the scene. Then I thought about it and decided I would rather not. Remember him as he was, a brilliant showman.
liberace plays simple piano pieces from the chopsticks waltz of 1877 to the music of the great liszt, tchaikovsky and beethoven; from the classical to the contemporary, from american, spanish to latin music ---- and make them all sound so simple and yet so grand at the same time. what a great artist! a real virtuoso! no doubt one of the best, if not the best, musicians in our time!
It's actually Etude No. 3 in E major from Frederic Chopin's Etudes (op. 10). Chopin was perhaps history's greatest composer for piano, and Liberace was perhaps its greatest performer.
Thanks for the info. I would have never guessed it.
DirtSeven 3 weeks ago
Does anyone know the name of the first piece he plays? I cannot remember.
DirtSeven 1 month ago
@DirtSeven etude, opus 10 number 3, known as tristesse
justTrinidad 3 weeks ago
This makes me sad but reminds me how short a life can be. I was born when this guy was becoming a househoild name - the most amazing American piano player of the 2nd half of the last century. I saw a comment on another video - no one has been able to imitate him -how true - I don't mean the persona, but rather his playing - you just don't see the same thing - sure there are the so-called cocktail pianists that flutter up and down the keyboard - and sound quite pleasant, but he was the best.
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What is he playing at 357; near the end he merges it with another classical piece or are they the same? He plays it all the time and it is extremely beautiful!! Maybe his own creation?
Thanks!!
Gary2837 1 year ago
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Gary2837 1 year ago
Mmm,
'Ashton Kutcher's Dad'
Call1800POO 1 year ago
this music is used on the song 'no other love' by jo stafford.... beautiful
danceman5000 1 year ago
This was filmed in 85. This is the year his doctor later said he started to have health problems associated with AIDS. I hate this happened to him. I loved all the kindness and glam
YouCanSayIt 1 year ago
P.S. And that is extraordinary talent...I love this music.
Thejbirdy 1 year ago
A very nice fellow, certainly flaming gay but nice and kind and THAT is what counts right? Right.
Thejbirdy 1 year ago
@Thejbirdy Ditto!!
Gary2837 1 year ago
@Gary2837 And it doesn't even matter what his sexual preference was, that was just a dumb thing for me to say.
He's a genius.
Thejbirdy 1 year ago
@Thejbirdy Don't beat yourself up. We are all at different points in our lives. The main thing is realizing where we are and began improving immediately. When we ourselves change and show and act the change we unknowingly (or know) influence others.
He was a genius and I find myself copying my runs and arpeggios after his (though on the clumsy side, laugh). Have a grea life and be all the good you can be!!!
Gary2837 1 year ago
@Gary2837 Thanks Gary. I guess I found him eccentric more than anything else and as a musician myself I can respect that actually...
Thank you for the understanding, pretty rare on Youtube.
Peace!!!!
Jbirdy
Thejbirdy 1 year ago
Chopin...
EsmeraldaIris36 1 year ago
Wonderful musician.
MrJuno6 1 year ago
So wonderfull.
mettebonnor 1 year ago
Just brilliant
CRAIGOLEARYoz 1 year ago
@jamesdfox1972 And yet nobody's ever heard of you. He had a very different quality.
bored1980 1 year ago
@jamesdfox1972 go easy on him! He brought a lot of great melodies to people may have never had the chance to here them. Plus it's VERY difficult to play piano on television like this...cameras are up your nose and all the good stuff you do in rehearsal can magically disappear. ah, c'mon...he's a blast.
PianoCeleb 2 years ago
nice man! one of the greatest pianists with sense of humor! he will be missed by many!
ForeverJohnnyCash 2 years ago
Liberace did something that very few pianists were able to do: He gave the average person an appreciation of good music. He always understood his audiences and knew what they wanted to hear. In the process, he brought pleasure to millions. I will never forget him or his kindness.
keyboardmagic 2 years ago
This is beautiful,I love you Liberace!!!!
balto4 2 years ago
one of the best improvisors but his performances of classical pieces are strictly popular renditions not as written , say the polonaise at 2.50 for example . sounds good , pleasing , but not up to concert standard , and i'm sure he wouldn't claim they were
fingerscarr 2 years ago
with how flamboyant he was, one often forgets his virtuosity, demonstrated here.
AmazingShoestring 2 years ago 3
chopin
71caruz 2 years ago
One of the greatest piano players ever.
Apurlec 2 years ago 12
WOW,great video and music peice's.....it is a sad loss of a great man & piano player...peace be with you Lee...<3
redwing46901 2 years ago 4
Any way to find the interview he did after this?
louwil65 2 years ago
He has been a HUGE inspiration to my piano playing. I wish he were still alive.
louwil65 2 years ago
I wonder which is heavier - the rhinestone covered piano or the mirrored one? And, where are those craftsmen now that put those together?
LadyMonster 2 years ago 2
i go for the mirrored!
markmarshall39 2 years ago
@LadyMonster - I believe the rhinestone one was heavier. As for the craftsman who added the mirrors & rhinestones to the pianos, his name was John Hancock. He worked exclusively for Liberace for years. I had the opportunity to meet him while working for the Liberace Museum.
keyboardmagic 2 years ago
I'll never forget one of the last scenes in the tv movie that was made about his life. Liberace is deathly ill. He plays a few bars on his piano, then stops in the middle of the piece and slowly closes the keyboard cover--realizing that he will never play again.
farmerne 2 years ago
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His mommy should have called him Fagerace. What a fucking buttfucking queer!
BillyHead67 2 years ago
Why are you watching this video then?
louwil65 2 years ago
@farmerne
When I read your comment I thought it would be nice to see the scene. Then I thought about it and decided I would rather not. Remember him as he was, a brilliant showman.
Soi6Fan 1 year ago
liberace plays simple piano pieces from the chopsticks waltz of 1877 to the music of the great liszt, tchaikovsky and beethoven; from the classical to the contemporary, from american, spanish to latin music ---- and make them all sound so simple and yet so grand at the same time. what a great artist! a real virtuoso! no doubt one of the best, if not the best, musicians in our time!
michaelgabriel5000 2 years ago 3
A GREAT artiste and showman!
Harvey030547 3 years ago 11
How does he find all these wonderful videos!!???? Thank God someone has and posted them.. wow!!!!!!1
louwil65 3 years ago 4
there is a dvd set, 3 disc i think, rel in sept-08, couldnt tell you where to get it though!
markmarshall39 2 years ago
They never show the flat side of those mirrored pianos, I wonder if they are all cracked from being moved.
tnmtemerity 3 years ago
I used to know how to play this song just as good if not better O.O ........ OMG !!
MemoryofLightwaves 3 years ago
Which piece? That is a melding of at least three Chopin piano pieces.
tnmtemerity 3 years ago
Me(to my Japanese husband)
Have you heard of Liberace?
Him
No
Me
This is him
Him
Harvey Keitel
tokyosigsy 3 years ago
what a great man
scortis99 3 years ago 2
Just Beautiful!!!!!!
accordionfriends 3 years ago
Does anyone know when & how liberace died? How old was he when he died?
mttponce 3 years ago
67 and I believe he died of aids about 1986 or 1987 I think.
dalard2161 3 years ago
He died of AIDS at 67
louwil65 3 years ago
The title of the piece "No Other Love" with other songs as medley should have been written so we can easily find this piece next time.
cherina58 3 years ago
It's actually Etude No. 3 in E major from Frederic Chopin's Etudes (op. 10). Chopin was perhaps history's greatest composer for piano, and Liberace was perhaps its greatest performer.
xmrhyde 3 years ago 2
so what exactly is the name of the part he's playing at 2:50?
greeniem 3 years ago
It's the polonaise in A-flat major by chopin but i think they made a new song out of it titled something like "No Other Love" i think.
88Keysbaldwin 3 years ago
My Favourite piece
Beautiful
dannypurtell 4 years ago
class act...love it.
arvinwynn 4 years ago 2
top stuff
rolls1972 4 years ago 2
wow he was kinda big wasn't he?
keithnc67 4 years ago
he was huge., wait what do you mean?
markmarshall39 3 years ago
i mean i don't ever remember seeing him that heavy
keithnc67 3 years ago
i thought you might have been talking about his popularity, peace.
markmarshall39 3 years ago
its probably just the suit or something...
88Keysbaldwin 3 years ago
right on. Thanks for helping with that. I've heard it before, like in 8th grade lol and loved it, always wondering what it was since. So thanks :)
greeniem 3 years ago