Evgeny Kissin Schubert Liszt Erlkonig

[Bitteneindanke]

The Part beginning at 1:34 was the most difficult for me :s

you need big hands although these chords are rolled ...

[lllllllllllllll88]

O O

Holy crow...

[Tader321]

another evgeny kissin great.

[christopher19894]

This guy is the man.

[lourak]

In terms of pure physical strain, this piece ranks among the most difficult to perform.

[TheBoshintang]

richter is the best :]

[vinni666]

evgeny kissin could play some awesome blast beats ^^

[MetalAge19]

i tried to play this but my hands were left with no power in the begining xD this is EXHAUSTING

[PeacefulStrife]

What may seem like perfect pitch, tonality, perfect dynamics and lyricism. Bravo, very well done.

[Lanidrac92]

far better than Yuja's.

[chobeethaninov]

@Lanidrac92 I completely agree. Even in the heat of virtuosity, Kissin never ever forgets the music and making it sing in a special way unique to him. Yuja's doesn't even reach a quarter as expressively deep as Kissin's fabulous interpretation here. Especially amazing, too, since Kissin was only about 18 or 19 here...

[trtnec]

@chobeethaninov you may or may not be right, but you two are comparing professional recording quality (this one) with an amateur camcorder (Yuja's). Please people, if you feel the need to compare at all (which I don't see why), at least make it a fair comparison, such as between two studio recordings or two live professional recordings, or even two live amateur camcorders. Trust me, these things make a HUGE subconscious difference in your emotional preference.

[chobeethaninov]

@trtnec Actually, I am comparing Evgeny's here to Yuja's performance at the Verbier which was expertly and professionally filmed by the Medici TV. Also, if you close your eyes and just listen, there's an obvious difference.

[tombennettpiano]

@chobeethaninov Kissin is both a musician and virtuoso that is true.

[Cooller1993]

@tombennettpiano virtuoso contains not only technique!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Spiritakis]

Fine performance by the young Kissin. He somewhat lacks power and drama in few moments, but overall this is great musicianship and beautiful sense for singing.

[nkesin]

I am amazed. I am really amazed. True mastership.

[jnthnswift2]

his performance is excellent. Yuja Wang's is brilliant, as usual.......

[Chopin1974l]

*voice not vouch. I despise auto correct. Lol

[Chopin1974l]

@korlock3000: Yes, he is playing octaves in both left and right hand. In the original Schubert accompaniment, the vouch takes the lead. In this virtuosic transcription of Liszt, it's all up to the pianist, and Liszt deliberately amplifies the drama and pathos. It's incredibly technically demanding, but Kissin can play anything with ease.

[MrAlvargonzalez]

Well i saw yuja, and i have to say that she is hot, but i afraid that kissing's playing sounds better, maybe he could be faster if that were his porpuse.

Sorry about the english.

[MrAlvargonzalez]

Oh such a good piece !

I mean dont u think?

[Fibiger17]

He looks like Mozart :)

[korlock3000]

In the beginning is he playing those as octaves?

[LordHettrick]

@korlock3000 Yes, as written.

[korlock3000]

@LordHettrick well i dunno. I mean i know its written as octaves, but thats insanely fast, and it sounds like the Schubert version with voice. In that one, you don't play it as an octave.

[spartan29065]

such a good musian......

[reallycool94]

imo this beats the opera version any day

[moreradnick]

How do you not get tendinitis playing this? The left hand is just too hard to maintain at a constant pace.

[Lanidrac92]

@moreradnick That'd be the right hand.

[moreradnick]

@Lanidrac92 My mistake! I've actually played this as an accompanist, it was truly an honest mistake. I have yet to complete the Liszt transcription.

[killersax]

 A great performance. Quite similar to Richter.

[3NUNS]

.... good video because it shows how it is played ... .

[calibardo]

The better is by far Sofronotzky !

[zonatec]

I really love Kissin performances, but I don't like this one. Is too fast. I like Jorge Bolet much more... Probably Horowits is better too. This isn't one of the best from Evgeny. He is great tough.

[Spoofable]

@shusarik no way, berman takes way too many liberties with the music. not to say that i don't like it, it's just totally not as flawless as this one

[shusarik]

Kissin plays the left-hand ascending scale pattern better than anyone (his phrasing is absolutely correct), but the best all-time performance of this piece is Lazaar Berman.

[jorgemtz5253]

Yuja Wang plays only faster, I wouldn´t ever say "better", Evgeny Kissin understand all about this story, every character plays wonderfull following the perfect moment from the story, etc, Wang plays only fast and virtuoso but she seems not to understand in every moment what happen in this piece.

[gitprofnikat]

@jorgemtz5253

Very well said. Listen to Wang's Erlkonig at her Verbier concert yesterday. Also her Gretchen compared to Kissin(also on UTube). Unfortunately, the sound isn't of comparable to Medici's, but I have heard him play both live, and on CD. There is no comparison between the depth of musical understanding between the two, as well as just comprehensive overall musical talent, although both play the spots off the piano. Wang seems shallow and perfunctory by comparison.

[zzfinance]

Oh, if I haven't seen Yuja Wang's playing, I might like this one. Now it is impossible for me to go back XD.

[mmikechi]

Wang plays far better

[insaneCHILD00]

I love Evgeny Kissin's interpretation of this piece. Yes, more than Yuja Wang's although she plays with her body which I wished Kissin would do much more.

[richclayderman]

@insaneCHILD00 well I tell ya I like more wang's body than kissin's...xD

[Malaka57]

What relief for the hands when the Erlkönig begins speaking, even accompanying this song, one's hands threaten to cramp up. ..... What an extraordinary performance of this work!

[ckjpoprulz]

@Malaka57

ahahaha! That is so true!

The Erlkonig may be the antagonist in the poem, but it's definitely the pianist's savior!

[galexwong]

bravo

[NuovoCurioso]

....grandioso Eugeny Kissin...

[PrisLN]

incredible, just as if there was a singer in his hands

[anonymousQ45]

check out yuja wang

[concerto35]

The temptation is to be preoccupied by the challenging technicalities of this piece. However, Kissin overcomes this and goes on to produce a supreme artistic masterwork. Listen to the varieties of shading and nuances that are sensitive to the words and moods of the text. Kissin is a genius.

[blichilde]

shame on you, purezephyr

[OrangeSodaKing]

Hahaha, that's kind of sick though...

This is very impressive.

[KevinBeethoven]

@PureZephyr156 Yeah you're just jealous he kicks ass. Just because he's better than you will ever be at this doesn't mean he has down syndrome.

[PureZephyr156]

@KevinBeethoven I could care less about how well I play the piano, in fact I just made that comment to see how offended people would get, and so far I think i was pretty successful.

[KevinBeethoven]

@PureZephyr156 Ha. Yeah right thats a really old excuse.and i bet You actually did think he had down syndrome, idiot.

[pugay69]

@PureZephyr156 Yeah, I was thinking he had Down's Syndrome, too. Facial features+ huge tongue, etc. He probably has a normal to high IQ, though.

[kKpeaceKk]

liszt is the genius

brilliant "coda"

[freakman931]

no he isn't the kitsch

[demosj]

This is pretty epic right here.

[cpanati]

He makes it sing, as a song should. Amazing hands. Innate musicality.

[PooyaRadbon]

@cpanati , did you know that it was also very difficult for Schubert himself?! the first time he played it for some schoolboys , they cried out to him to repeat it for 3 times! 3rd time he did not play triplets!!! he said because it is to difficult for him! it needs a virtuoso! to me Schubert is a great composer, and Liszt not more than a virtuoso and show-man!

[tr23shortstop]

Well done Evgeny! Thanks for the posting Keuder!

A piece played by Kissin with less than 100K views?! haha it won't be that way for long...

[parsifal3142]

Thanks Keuder. Such elegant hands.