Schubert Fantasia f minor (I) piano 4 hands PAPIKIAN GENIN

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

Beautiful...........

[asianwhitenigger]

You're a fucking faggot

[bobon47]

This rendition is not for me

[lubomudr]

@bobon47 Thank goodness!

[nigeldeacon56]

i used to play this regularly - beautiful work; excellent performance. i think the tempo's about right.

[HorowitzExhuberante]

I don´t know how many times I am listening to your edition. it is a dream!!! And yes, superb performance. It may be funny to watch at LangLang and Marc Yu, both of them may deserve respect. But yours here is still the one-and-only performance.

May be back here after the next 100 times watching and listening to it.

just WONDERFULL!!!!

oh, and not too fast at all!

[fienajohn]

why is it that the people that comment on classical music are always so stuck up and harsh, get off your hight horse

[broadwood1830]

it sounds like ill music, no humour. shurely, schubert was ill, what gives everbody the right to performe it perverted. poor schubert

[Steinway1920]

@fuckyoubugger, I absolutely agree with you. It's too rushed. It takes away the sorrowfulness it has. It's flippant.

[25AnythinG07]

@Steinway1920

i think everyone gets it different,

for some it is too fast, in my opinion it's not too fast

and i think you can still hear and feel the sadness of the song

[moonpagan]

@25AnythinG07 I agree with you completely on both counts. It's funny how people think so subjectively and so many don't even seem to be aware that this is what's going on. In my opinion, this piece is absolutely beautifully played, and that's not saying slower versions of this piece can't be great as well.

Ron.

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[BarneyView]

After watching a movie where this piece was the recurring theme, I just had to hear it again, and this is the video google found for me. Very beautiul; I just wish they played the whole piece!

[fienajohn]

@BarneyView was is madam suzatska?love that movie

[Atento80]

hermoso...

[Sasha0K]

cool!

[classicalmusic29]

Isn't this supposed to be for 2 pianos 4 hands? Cause two of my pianist friends just performed this.

[JLFAN2009]

It is -- but apparently the ranges of the parts differ enough to enable two pianists to perform on the same instrument. I saw a YouTube clip of Lang Lang and Marc Yu doing the same thing.

[bernardocarmopiano]

@classicalmusic29 Schubert wrote this wonderful masterpiece for 1 piano and 4 hands. I don´t know any edition for 2 pianos. I have a duo (with the great pianist Fani Lowenkron) and it´s one of my favorite piece and i love to play it with her. By the way, this duo performance is most beautiful than other by famous pianists. It´s very passionate and brilliant. Thank you, Papikian and Genin, you are great!!

[classicalmusic29]

Evgeny Kissin and James Levine performed this at Carnegie Hall for two pianos and it's very great to listen to. That's why I thought it was for two pianos four hands.

[Sasha0K]

that's 1 piano 4 hands...

[maticoh]

There is a beautiful performance of Robert And Gaby Casadessus, the tempo is a little faster and their passion is unique.

[fbriswalter]

Hallo Olga, ein wunderbar lyrischer wie auch rhthmisch prägnanter Schubert mit viel innerer Spannung; Gratulation und Hochachtung! Martina und Francois

[milena1593]

yes i think you can play with more epression and slower!! it's to fast!!

[olenushka77]

Hello Milena! I do not think, that it is a correct topic for discussion and, first of all, correct point if view, to consider the interpretation - to look for the only correct speed for a piece of music, not considering interpretation itself. There is NO correct tempo for any piece at all, there is a correct tempo for this particular interpretation,

[olenushka77]

depending on the ideas of musicians, their points of view, that concrete day, situation in this very moment of performance, depending on what the musicians want to tell to this very audience with this concrete piece in this very moment - this is live performance!

[olenushka77]

First of all - Schubert was very joung - he died in my age - and I do not really believe, he feeled like an old experienced man and I hate it, when he is played like a dead dog:-) Every age has the right to interpretate

[AsSomedayItMayHappen]

Make a youtube video of yourself and a friend playing this and then you can talk. Until then, pipe down about tempo.

[1113agm]

One doesn't need to be a virtuoso pianist to be musical and have a well trained ear. This performance is much too cheerful.

[AsSomedayItMayHappen]

Did I at any point say, or even imply that one has to be a virtuoso pianist to be musical? I leave it to whoever reads this to decide.

Regardless, this was by no means "cheerful".

[fuckyoubugger]

sorry, too fast

[lubomudr]

sorry, dear fuckyoubugger, too early is always better as too late!

[1113agm]

Not in music - sorry!

[seldomrandom]

@lubomudr your girlfriend would disapprove)

[1113agm]

You are correct - entirely too fast. It's not a race...

[meggy8868]

What do you think of Emil and Elena Gilels performance of same?

[1113agm]

I have listened to many, many performances of this Fantasia, both live (my piano teacher and one of her colleagues) and recorded. It is one of my favorite piano compositions. The Gilels father and daughter performance is, in my opinion, the very best. I'm glad you asked!

[1113agm]

Nice name!

[nico22059]

Actually, I´m playing this, and I think it´s the right pace...could be a little more expressive, but, overall it´s a nice performance

[semiramide1945]

Grazie whitesteamer, so nice to know such beauty exists in this world and that others are left with a lump in their throat and an ache in their heart from something that makes all the dissapointments in life seem unimportant. Ernesto

[semiramide1945]

I love the tempo exactly the way you play it. It seems the older I get (I'm 63), the more Schubert speaks in my soul. It's wonderful that talented artists like the two of you can bring to life again such beautiful music. It;s a rare gift that speaks dorectly to the hearts and minds of people. It sure speaks to this old heart, for inside I still feel young, tears come easily now as old age approaches, I'm deeply touched. Thank you both. Ernesto Vasselli

[whitesteamer]

The Best thing about "youtube" is that you find people and their interest and comments so intune with yourself...

well done semiramide

[yilingseele]

Well said . Not everybody can play Schubert's music it require some degree of maturity . Such talented composer and died so young but hs has an old soul .

This a great performance of Shubert's music

[nadavnaz2]

Great performance. I'm impressed

[Dyltron31000]

This piece and your interpretation and playing are gems. Thank you.

[danceofthegoblins]

Bravo!

This piece was love at first listen for me!

What a melancholy soul Schubert was.

[beanbabo]

Well played.

[katieob17]

AND I think the tempo is PERFECT.

[katieob17]

I discovered this piece the movie Madame Sousztaka. It's a wonderful movie and I am thrilled to be able to watch this played so beautifully. My mother and I learned the first 4 pages (2 each) but never past that. LOVE IT

[maurisk78]

It's a great piece by Schubert that I didn't know! And a great interpretation too! I'd like to have that grand piano..

[zackaroosky1]

Thank you so musch for this performance. One of the best versions I have ever heard.

[JakWho92]

2:00...

this is so extremly cool :D

play this too..

[tufosi]

al minuto 1:35 la tia tiene un fallo,luego hace un careto raro.jaja.en un disco de clasicos populares esta esta pieza,con una interpretacion reciente

[JorPove]

Excelente sincronizacion.Solo conocia la interpretacion de Emil Gilels y su hija que data de por lo menos 40 años atras.

[olgadmy]

Excellent!!! I was listening it already at least 10 times:) ... both parts.

[ValeriaViola]

I love this piece! Wonderful playing!

[olgadmy]

This is very enjoyable and expressive performance - thanks!

[jaycorne]

Wonderful duest playing! You combine very well, which is not easy. I agree with others that the tempo is the tiniest bit too quick, but this does not detract from the excellence of the performance of this truly beautiful piece of music. Bravo!

[1pianolvr]

Bravo! I had played it a bit slower but like your tempo better. Thank you.

[enarev23]

ça rends fou !!! on ne s'en lasse jamais !!!!c'est LE CHEF D'OEUVRE de Schubert pour 4 mains

[maz0000]

I would even say it's the best piece ever written for four hands, all composers considered.

Of course I don't know all that's been composed for four hands, so if anybody has other pîeces of that quality to propose, I'm greatly interested !

[AsSomedayItMayHappen]

I would generally agree. Although, Mozart wrote some very nice pieces for four hands (the F Major Sonata is equisite). Also, the Rubinstein Four Hand Sonata (Op.89) is keeps both the players and audience on the edge of their seats, for sure.

[maz0000]

Thanks for the tips, I'll check it out

[ColinMeloy91]

Beautifully Done. Bravo.

[colind911]

very nice performance!

Maybe next time you can play a little slower

[woodstone61]

yes i agree, it's a little beat too fast but i like it on the allegro vivace.I'd like to listen it in extenso !!!!!

[Enriolyn]

agreed. could be played a little slower.

[anandramanathan]

Very nice and expressive. Thanks for uploading.