Boris Berezovsky - Chopin - Etude Op.10-1,2,3,4

[SakramEleventh11]

00:29 n. 1

02:18 n. 2

04:03 n. 3

08:14 n. 4

:)

[bobuline]

Also, is andrewfinch1066 modest and pleasant?

[andrewfinch1066]

He sounds just like every other modern Russian pianist in this repertoire. I play it with more subtlety and a lot more tonal color.

Also, is Berezovsky homosexual?

[Kinjutsuu]

@andrewfinch1066

I think you are right, I wouldn't even notice if this video was named for instance "Lucas Genuishas Chopin etude...."

He is way too ugly to have a girlfriend so I think he's homosexual. But I don't think Ashkenazy is, he's a very sexually attractive man.

[andrewfinch1066]

@Kinjutsuu Yes, he is ugly, he is probably, as you say, homosexual. This other name you mention, it sounds Lithuanian, maybe? Lithuanians will probably play just like Russians, yes?

[leoncioviolin]

BRAVOOO

[brucewileshain]

You obviously don't know an awful lot about "musical substance". Nevertheless I will soldier on on my 64-key casio. Think he's got perfect pitch? (obviously) Sounds plenty damn elegant to me.

[dexterityhunter]

... I strongly doubt that there is a worse manual skills to musical substance ratio than Berezovsky's ...

[sawataro72]

He plays 10-1 and 4 very fast without losing essence of the music.

He is sexy, not scary.

[dancingwithoutwords]

too much pedal in the first one but I've never heard some one like this. Not so elegant, but extreme technique

[ZebryRolly]

SAPETE SE NEL 2011 ORA TERRà CONCERTI IN PUGLIA?

[squoocher]

yeah john's right. he sounds bored. the slavic cunt. i'd cut his balls off i could. that'd teach him to be too full of testosterone. make him slow down and appreciate dynamics a bit more. what an arsehole.

[TheKiatia]

@squoocher

Tu est jaloux? Ca s'arrive, mec. Calme-toi et prend de l'eau. сквошер. Berezovski est genial.

[CEM3321]

僕はエチュードop10no1を練習しているけど、信じられない­くらい簡単そうに早く弾いている。

自分がどれだけ低い所にいるか痛感させられる。

彼のように弾けるようになるには一生かけて出来るかできないかだ­と思う。

とにかく凄い、この動画に出会えてよかった。

そして、ボリスさん、あなたはすごいよ。

[cooldudep]

he's raping the piano, someone stop him

[puterabeethoven]

what piece this man cannot play? none.

[miseriamia]

is this godowsky version?

[matt7722]

@miseriamia No, original version.

[JosquenD]

@miseriamia no

[idoram24]

I usualy dont like this artist , I think he is to often bored and boring but this time I am speechless

[KegPatcha]

I don't know what it is, there's something scary about him, the music and the atmosphere. He plays so well it looks like he's not from earth. He has the hypnotic effect. Truly amazing.

[OldRabit]

Simply superb!

[Gusakov]

 Мasterpiece !!!

[Patryk429]

George Cziffra Improv Etiude Piano

[Doomilax]

This guy is amazing. Im a fan.

[ibk1980]

I would criticize I if could play better and because I can´t I shut up :-D

[darrenabcd1]

how come people dislike this

[Hjominbonrun]

@darrenabcd1 Because the Dislike button is right next to the like button. Youtube fail. Accidental dislikes.

[darrenabcd1]

@Hjominbonrun good explanation, yeah!

[otirudam]

anybody that has the audacity, tenacity and skill to play this type of music has to be in another realm of human consciousness and existence. Its another dimension of human experience and living, an out of the ordinary reality. Its truly an extraterrestrial form of life.

[MyExGirlf]

So effortless it's not even funny.

[jaythoven67]

After seeing Lang Lang flail around Boris looks so motionless at the piano. I mean he barely moves at all. It's so refreshing.

[jaythoven67]

The guy running the cameras has a nack for choosing the worst times not to show his hands.

[schmitty135]

Not up to par. Phrasing needs some work. You should hear my neighbor's kid play this ballade.

[TheKeenanBoy]

@schmitty135

It's not a ballade...

[pianoestoril]

@schmitty135 it's a Song, not a Ballade

[BiomekanikSok]

10. no.1 is really bad

[leexian89]

beautiful...

[raa4566]

wow this is precious, thanks for the upload!

[petie32]

Virtuosity without even sweating.

[ulviliegi]

10/1 MY GOD!!!

[TommyDai1]

the 3rd was fair,

[johnalt16]

Relentless 10/1! So good

[nearenough3]

Fabulous. How can playing of these pieces be any more clear, any faster, any more dynamic? If they can be, let all the complainers here post them on You Tube, and we will judge. I have tried for years to play these works (yes, all 4) and could not ever approach B's ease and security and artistry.

[BlazeKenny]

@nearenough3 For example, Richter has a faster tempo of op 10 no 4...its pretty amazing. So is Berezovsky. Its just a different approach to virtuosity

[Ianthe22]

@BlazeKenny You are answering him with another piece as an example. There might be some similarities, but they are still different pieces.

[BlazeKenny]

@Ianthe22.......Op 10 no 4 IS included in the video

[Ianthe22]

@BlazeKenny You are right, it is. I think the difference doesn't lie in the virtuosity. virtuosity is pretty much the same thing. I think if you want to find a difference, it's simply because richter plays it faster. And the piano ofc also makes a difference. Right from the start Richter pushes and forces the melody to go on, Berezovsky waits and delays it a bit. But the way they play their pieces pretty much describe their different personalities. It's actually pretty interesting.

[JusticierodelYuTube]

thanks for the video

[Gibson29]

What a beautiful piano

[wrigleyx]

what a technic!! he can play so quickly!! perfect playing

[MrLex58]

6 Idiots .

[BachFong11]

Berezovsky is the worst pianist I've ever heard. Why is he famous?

[MrLex58]

@BachFong11 Idiot.

[belialah]

@BachFong11 Berezovsky is the worst pianist?

Dude record urself playing just the first page of the first etude, then wait for people opinions...Jesus...

[colourfulwithaU]

@BachFong11

What specifically is wrong with his playing?

[BachFong11]

@colourfulwithaU Well.....Besides the 14,000 wrong notes. The first Etude has no color to the different harmonic changes. In other words, he lack harmonic inflection in this piece. I think as a whole, he is just playing them as studys rather than an actual, sophisticated musical work of Chopin.

[karazh]

@BachFong11 maybe he is as a supervirtuoso also bored by the facility. Imagine u just played the godowskysutdies on them with also no difficulty...but of course no excuse to examine through such wonderfull pieces! but maybe we can cant blame him too much if we imgaine this ?

[tvb93]

@BachFong11 and you are the fucking most stupid nerd ive ever seen!

[Frederikamusic]

@BachFong11 prank

[Grigor99]

No. 4 is incredible though.

[smopoo]

Holy fuck, like.

[ann03071874]

Fuck that's awesome playing of the 4th Etude there lads

[smopoo]

I love you! I love all of you! :D

[ann03071874]

@smopoo I love you too!

[openmindspace]

Is an 11th for a 13 year old big or average?

[Jujuliana287]

number 3 isn't good. It lacks of emotion.

[Grigor99]

@Jujuliana287 It actually pretty much sucks.

[anonymousQ45]

a lot of cursing here

[ljoekelsoey4]

that no.4 was monstrous

[richclayderman]

silentviolins is kinda right

[lhc89]

He sits really high on the chair, which gives him easier access to the full range of the piano. That in conjunction with his inhumanly big hands and technique practically eliminates all sense of difficulty for him.

[SilentViolins]

Mmm... I definitely like Berezovsky's Liszt better than his Chopin...

This feels a bit... tasteless? It sounds like he's trying to get the pieces over with instead of enjoying them.

[mamourizd]

He hates Chopin. Maybe the reason why.

[gioberbe]

satyu131089  i really can agree with U... any way it is very diff. to perform in spite of big hands... word "easy" isn't correct here.

[satyu131089]

etude 1 is of course relatively easy for large hands but still a very controlled arm movement , wrist guidance and the entire playing mechanism needs to work...

btw i feel berezovsky is more of a virtuoso pianist than an eloquent musician,these are not exercises for the finger but emotional pieces too.. while ashkenazy, horowitz and pollini were the other way....that's what makes them legends but berezovsky still a pianist...

[franticbrainremover]

He plays the first one so effortless because his hand is so fucking big that he can reach a 10th easily, like i do with an octave.

[ERICQUEZADA95]

these set of etudes are easy unlike Liszt Etudes

[mrkwonsony]

You should have said it's "easier than Liszt's", not "are easy" which makes totally different meaning. I agree that Liszt's Etudes are difficult but this set of 24 etudes by Chopin, including every single etude which has been rated as "quite difficult" is very subjective to say but it's okay if you meant easy for him, not for you or any and every single piano player.

[johnl5r3w]

you can tell hes bored

[kazukiongaku7]

one of the best comments that made me laugh so hard :P

[hayyu2008]

WOW!

[missati13]

very fast, very fast, But with plenty of emotion. Sense of the rythm. Jes!! Amazing. You're my favorite player from the new generation (since Rubinstein, Horowitz..)

[leanbackandlisten]

great technique; all in all just amzing

[lhc89]

these etudes are simply childs play to him

honestly, i come back to this video every now and then and wonder how he does it

[Aul1kki]

Same here! There is nobody else who play these like this.

[RaoulTorresi]

troppo freddo, anche se incredibilmente bravo, nel numero 1 si sente un po' di melodia incredibilmente

[Prepared2Die]

he makes it look easy

[Aul1kki]

I don't get that op. 10 n. 1. Everybody who have played that knows what I'm talking about. It's so nearly impossible to play it like that, it's just terrifying!

[nicoejz]

very hard one, i know it by fingers.

[vrljikkerssfesst]

i think etude Op.10 No.1 tests the reach of your hands.

[irutheniucam]

気持ち悪いくらい上手い

[rvn10rvn17]

the no 1 is really fast..

[pianoaccount23]

too bad he doesnt care

[Webarton]

I don't get what is so special about phrasing.. the composer WROTE the phrase, the PHRASE is in the music.. I think people are missing the point nowadays. The expression is in the music, the vessel, or the pianist's job should be to give the piece life and play with REAL SOUND AND TONE. And the more I see all these pianists, the more I see that their hand is just hovering over the keys, sure they are not missing any notes..but WHERE IS THE SOUND?

[Webarton]

I don't agree with any of the things you just wrote. Sorry. However this man is playing very tensely, with locked wrists and etc. My prediction is that this performance is mic'ed up.  That isn't tone.

[antoinezygfryd]

J'ai son cd et après plusieurs écoutes, je peux affirmer que ce pianiste ne comprend rien du tout à Chopin.

[KarenTopikyan]

Браво Борис!!!!!

[Alejandro270193]

he hates Chopin, he says that on his interview. and I don't like his Chopin...

[antoinezygfryd]

Oui,écoutez plutôt Dinorah Varsi.....

[Alejandro270193]

sorry, I speak englsh and spanish

[superstarduc]

hey,berezovsky play Scherzo CHopin where?

[Alejandro270193]

is that the same Piano that was used by Freddy Kempf to play the Pathetique?

[lhc89]

02:04 bored much? lol

musically i have seen better performances from him, he's still fucking amazing though, he makes the chopin etudes look so easy

[GingerCockBeard]

@lhc89 listen to it . sounds shite

[yusuke11367]

@lhc89 its so true. he plays them so easily..

[ChrisWatch]

His playing on these pieces feels uninspired. He seems like he is playing this out of obligation. There is no truth or actual reason behind his playing of these pieces. Clearly he is technically stable, but musically he seems bored and makes up for it in speedy moments. I'm not saying this is bad. I'm just saying he isn't really trying to play music here.

[Aul1kki]

I agree with you and people should be able to hear and see that too. So why your comment is marked poor. For him in these pieces might not be any challenge so it's kinda boring to play these. But his 10 1 is just amazing! Technically the best, but not musically. 10 2 is not that good as 10 1. 10 3 Is amazing technically, but again musical side is not that good. 10 4 is lightning fast, and technically again amazing, but he is banging a little bit.

[Ally123234]

@Aul1kki - I find your attempt to Analyze Berezovskys proformance ammusing

[Aul1kki]

@Ally123234 Well it is actually. With my poor english skills it's sometimes hard to produce anything that doesn't sound like arrogant kid whining just abut everything. However I think it's important to learn to laugh, how stupid you were. Because now I can't really understand why I never wrote that. Trying to analyze something with condensed vocabulary is a joke in itself.

[Frozentoes1]

His opus 10 no. 1 sucks. Mr. Robot at the piano...fff all the way. Oye.

Listen to Louis Lortie or Agustin Aneavas for a superlative performance of this etude.

[Maja90LOVEBerezovsky]

Which year is that? :)

[fdaltrey]

How fucking big are his hands? At least a 12th?

[nicoejz]

@fdaltrey I think he has normal hands, like ours.

[Ianthe22]

@fdaltrey Maybe his hands are, but one doesn't need a 12th hand range to play these pieces.

[chipncharge94]

@fdaltrey which makes it easy to play op 10 no 1, but very dificult to play op 10 no 2

[BlazeKenny]

@fdaltrey Richter had C-F2, Rachmaninov C-G2

[indigoblue555]

About the Op.10 n°1 there are two more renditions by B.B. which are fairly better omop.

[FuzzedRMI]

What he looks like is meaningless; he's not a rock star. The only thing that matters is the music, and he plays this material incredibly.

[mdoub]

he look's pretty unexcited. sounds excellent though, if not a little moshed up by the excessive reverberations of the concert hall