Liszt - La Campanella (Gekic)

[09273212731]

I don't know whether he looks like Hermoine or Hagrid. What do you think? :I

[MrElicottero]

@09273212731 I think he's one of the best Liszt performers ever, so while listening to him I don't have to think about it.

[09273212731]

@MrElicottero Yeah, you're definitely right. ^__^

[electrocuteanna]

I like this version.

[jakmere]

oh, I loved this version of the final re-capitulation. It was inventive, virtuosic, and galvanizing. It makes the standard version seem plain. It's great.

[sometimesilovelife]

Paganini is furious, liszt-paganini !!!!

[ASAngelo]

Magic ...

[gsprpltv]

nicer than the standard version

[noamkrief]

Take Rachmaninov for example, when you hear him play his own compositions, they are far from what's on the sheet music. Take the middle part of the G minor prelude, middle section, he roles the chords on the right hand. I don't see that on the sheetmusic. The composer has the "right" to change his own works at will, the dilemma is whether a pianist has the "right" to change other composers' music. Like I mentioned - with Liszt I tend to lean towards - YES.

[noamkrief]

Nothing is missing. It takes great skill to play this composition and make it seem "easy". I don't know if I agree with the improvisations, but if I were a betting man, which I am not, I would bet my money that Liszt improvised at every performance of his works. With Liszt it's ok, it's almost as if he wants us to. Look at the rhapsodie#2 - he actually notes that we improvise a cadenza right?

I don't think Liszt would mind! He'd like it. Beethoven would probably kill you if you changed his work.

[ReminiscenceS2]

something's missing...

[classicaland]

Bravo!

[chrism216]

i hated all improvisations except the last one.

fitted that little variation quite beautifully within those octaves.

[xxblue123xx]

lady or man

[s355093]

4:18 make the same mistake with yundi li :)

and 3:57 is wonderful arrangement !Franz Liszt would like it if he had heard this

[predoje]

3:57 ???

[blaekflauer]

Martomcuser: Listen to Yundi Li's performance, it's simply brilliant.

[aslan2100]

he looks like that actor from "back to the future". the doc.

[mat8347]

He definitely seems so relaxed while he's playing this monster of a piece... And that wildly flaying right thumb of his is great to watch... And, of course, I'd give him first prize for any dead composer look a like competition... He looks exactly like the old oil paintings

[martomcuser]

I wouldn't say this is the best recording of the piece, nor it's better than Kissin's. Gekic has his own sound, but those little improvs make the piece nasty. Kissin definitely plays it better than Gekic, and if some of you want to hear the real shit, listen to Cziffra's performance. No one plays Liszt's works better than the amazing Georgy Cziffra.

[88Woland]

@timmer7000 You are wrong...check this out again. It is MUCH better than Kissin, in every way. Not that Kissin's performance is bad. He is excellent pianist, and a honest one at that(which is rare today), but this is light years away from kissin...another level

[ericmarju]

i love is performance & the music

[KBPersonalTraining]

I like his little improvisations! Brilliant!

[65coro]

@timmer7000 I disagree. Listen again. Gekic appears much more at ease and plays with more force. Everything seems to flow nicely and his tonal quality is definitely superior.

[gulimchenuts]

0_0 i thot the player was a girl! omg

[Vojdan2]

If you use your imagination, you can make out little floating hands playing the piano. It's creepy!

[CharlzTheAssasin]

I thought it was a woman! I was like, "Woah!, Big hands there! And then you see HIS face!

[predoje]

@CharlzTheAssasin hehe, is that a compliment ?

[CharlzTheAssasin]

@predoje yes. yes it is :-) haha

[gouloum2222]

omg until 1:16 i thought it was a girl who was playing. lol

[brassmonkeyjew]

@gouloum2222

She has man hands... Pretty looking face though :)

[hotbebimauz]

stupid embellishments, but your inetrpretation is really FANTASTIC

[TripleRhu]

when it's 3:58, it sounds quite different from others, which i like :p

[chrism216]

oh my, what would i give to hear liszt himself play his pieces??

[shiaghisan]

@chrism216

The question is: what WOULDN´T I give to hear liszt himself play his pieces?

[glitzerperle]

perfect! i could watch this again and again!

[BirdsBrasil]

It sounds so easy... kkkkk!!! :)

[ianpretorius]

I dont see why people are so dogmatic over the original interpretation I enjoyed the embellishments and IMHO Ive watched a few other performers videos before this one and this performance out shines all the others 10 to 1 ;)

[XxPIANOLOVExX]

BEAUTIFULL !!!! 5*****

[Likeafoxow]

wow

[glitzerperle]

krasse scheiße!!!

[feridapurisic]

wow its soooo good!!!! :)

[mccreadyk]

embellishments are firmly within the tradition. Great Performance. Thanks

[lolkikker]

this is no doubt the best interpretation i ever heard of la campanella. Everything is so heavenly and so smooth.

Bravo !!

[Astathis]

I really think you don't need those BAD embellishments to prove that you're a great performer ;)

[mrpukh]

@Astathis they're not bad, you're a dick

[alanlehman]

Wow. Technically this is truly brilliant. I'm not sure I care for his special embellishments.

[werewethere]

Yeah, it's a bit of gilding the lily

[shotkong]

this is possibly the best recording of this piece I have ever heard. BRAVO!

[1iamtheboss]

@shotkong

Have you ever listened to Evegeny Kissin's performance of this piece?

[VicBoy4491]

amazing