Alice Sara Ott - Hungarian Rhapsody No.2

[cel232]

I'm a grand fan of Alice. She's a great pianist.

[mkeiko100]

If don't have anything nice to say, I think you shouldn't comment, unless you can play better than her. But, if you believe you can play better then her that is arrogance!, It will show in your performance, if you are a musician. People will pick it recognize it immediately if you perform. All world class musicians are humble because your personality shine in your performance. I haven't met this pianist, but I believe she's has something in her to move the audience.

[Handeltasche]

CAN ANYONE TELL ME IF IT IS POSSIBLE THAT I CAN PLAY THIS??? I CAN PLAY MOONLIGHT SONATA 3rd movement, thx :)

[Lawrencelovespiano]

@Handeltasche

You should be able to play the Lassan section, but the Friska section requires a lot of practice. However there are some sections of the Friska that are quite easy, like the octaves at the end. In the Friska, you need flexible and fast hands. I know this, because I have played this and the Moonlight Sonata 3rd movement. :P Just practice, focus on the Lassan first, then go to the Friska.

[newsweekrocks]

i don't like her interpretation of this piece. she is talented but i really didn't like her play.

[DanielAzrad]

From 00:00 until 8:04 it was all great and I loved it , but from 8:05 I don't know what got in to her and it seems like she tried to be unique, but jeez.. she totally destroyed the end of the piece.

[wjk60]

" I admire all the concert pianists. I think sometimes they work their heart out and we (oftentimes the ignorant) just slam them. I appreciate their dedication, skills, and contribution to an otherwise pretty messed up planet. .." How true!

[VanessaMaeFan18]

im a novice when it comes to piano concertos. i have specifics when it comes to the piano and i like this rendition of the hungarian rhapsody,

[MsGibbone]

Failed

[justinmeridabikes]

This is a male pianist's piece. With the exception of a certain Martha Agerich.

[hanamano37]

@justinmeridabikes Not these days! Jung Lin owns the Liszt hr2. Martha Argerich to my knowledge never recorded this, agree she would have played it as good as anyone ever. I would put Lin's performance and Martha's being so much better than all the male pianists of today.

Too many off-base comments and phony criticism of this pianist. You have to be blind to not see she is beautiful and you have to be deaf not to hear she plays great, whether you like the interpretation or not.

[Uzzyuz]

She's perfect. Why people don't like her?

[Joh1Aerilon]

Wow, that was fast!!

And I just loved her little smile at the end.

[anonymousQ45]

look at the way her arms move at 5:41 to me thats the highlight of the performance, watching her almost animated-style technique. 

[antonius0123456789]

Dear Sara Ott,

May I suggest you to use a Red Chongsam next time?? It will be wonderfull.

kind regards

[antonius0123456789]

wonderfull music , wonderfull woman.

[familyguy1153]

Marc Andre Hameline plays this song the best.

[mathsprofessional]

RED = Primary Colour for h3r?

[00rubby00]

was the part of 8:55-9:10 arranged?

[2hyeok]

@00rubby00 i am pretty sure yeah

[vicentetoalombo150]

Sarita, eres una excelente pianista

[twooffour]

Whose cadenza is that?

[bwinkled]

Jung Lin's version is awesome

[Evesification]

she gives good handjob.

[flythrough123]

Rushing is a cardinal sin.

[pericojuarez]

Best interpretation I've heard of this favorite piece. This babe is hot!!!

[loveflowers39]

She is fantastic & I love her!

[TaterGumfries]

Gal does a real good job.

[holdredger]

I posted a video of 17 virtuosi attempting to play the alternating octaves at the end of this piece. It's amazing how bad the studio recordings are. A college student who posts himself playing Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6, left this comment:

"I had 5 minutes laughing at the greatest virtuosi. Please crucify me!

Seriously, many virtuosi released messy recordings, and there is no shame to criticize their manner."

Alice is in the group of pianists.

[aliciawamozart]

amazing !!!!!!!!!!!!! well done miss LISZT

[hadrianfour]

Magnificent!!! Critics, eat your hearts out. You will never achieve this greatness.

[fishard517]

i love the sudden blast of energy that comes out around 5:40. love it

[buddydog1956]

She's a good lookin' babe! And she plays pretty damn well!

[Uzzyuz]

26 people are rotten.

[robertslistening]

I think she is a rising star. I don't think Liszt would have played it that way, (probably with more flair). This actually was played quite thoughtfully (nice dynamics). I look for her future success. I admire all the concert pianists. I think sometimes they work their heart out and we (oftentimes the ignorant) just slam them. I appreciate their dedication, skills, and contribution to an otherwise pretty messed up planet. She's only 22 or 23 now, so lot's of music left in her.

[classicalalways]

A respectable performance and she certainly can create excitement. She plays the work better than Lang Lang, but many people do. But it's nice to see DG and some in the world of hype sometimes actually pick a pretty good pianist to showcase. Still, Lisitsa in this work is probably the artist who plays it at the highest level - it's hard to beat how easy she makes it look. But it's very nice to see an outstanding young pianist deserving of the publicity.

[Bret6464]

@classicalalways Lang Lang plays another work, that is the Liszt-Horowitz HR2 and on that piece Horowitz and Volodos are unmatched :-) On this, the Liszt HR2, the extraordinary performances are from Rachmaninoff, Moiseiwitsch and Jung Lin, those are in the stratosphere both in technique and in musicality and expression. Agree this is a respectable performance, wish she had not followed Lisitsa and Hamelin in overuse of pedal and slowing down the tempo too much - she does play well.

[kubirauntain]

I think she's more beautiful than Monica Bellucci.

Most beautiful woman alive

[hjuniform]

Even more Liszt than Liszt !! Astonishing performance !

[MrRicksStudio]

To those of you who criticize the tempo changes, you totally misunderstand the "Hungarian rhapsody" idiom. This is NOT a Sousa march, people. Her style is something of a throwback, and she plays it in a manner similar to the way turn-of-the-century pianists played it.

[JC08HP]

She's truly beautiful... And she seems to enjoy this piece more than any other pianist that I have seen.. Simply breathtaking...

[ajhendrick]

A very interesting interpretation - rubato is expected in these Hungarian Rhapsodies, but she takes it to the kind of extremes you might expect from Liszt himself. A little bit of the melodic line suffers, but she makes you see the piece with different eyes and ears, which is a great accomplishment for such an old warhorse.

[ILmaestroBart]

i don't have anyword to describe her...she is wonderfull

[dorkas3000]

truly beautiful with talent

[Carwell]

I do think that every single living human being on this planet should love to hear her marvelous performance.

[PetervonBelvedere]

She plays this piece with unusual sensitivity. She is not supposed to perform as a robot, as far as I can tell.

[CrankYankersAlex4408]

Eh...



[ThePaperclip37]

23 people are deaf

[twooffour]

@ThePaperclip37

Ms. Ott has made 14 more people deaf :DD

jk, jk

[y1g1tcn]

@ThePaperclip37 also blind, she is beautiful

[IXIWineIXI]

@ThePaperclip37 and one retard who had to point that out

[nrrgellegani]

Very soulful. She really feels what she's playing....  That piece was really proven to be really hard to memorize.... I like La Campanella too.

[MegaAlexNO1]

loved it :o) I can also play this

[bawaboy27]

Loved the Style!

[sortabli]

Incredible perform.

[thomasoeler]

shes soo hot...!!!!!

[CerebralCortexan]

That poor piano! I tell you....it really took a beating there...

[kubirauntain]

The reason why the mean comments are written is there should'nt be a genius musician beautiful like this because the god is impartial.

[PrinceXTC86]

Yo seriously, I think she's pretty awesome at the piano, but hell, whats the matter with those irregular irritating speed changes. What ever happened to rythm and beat...isnt music supposed to be fluent in a way...

[funfor1life]

I'm sorry but I HAVE to say bravo! As an absolute devotee of Liszt, this is my duty (and please, mark my words)

[ricard]

jealous much? how can you not be able to tell just from listening that she is an awesome pianist. Plz all haters crawl back into the hole u came from

[tpe54]

Beautiful Woman, Stunning pianist! Great video production,

Her playing hits me in the gut and makes me misty in the eyes. She first pulls me in with her beauty then when she plays, her beauty takes a back seat. She's almost flawless with her hands. She shares her feelings. She inspires me to practice the piano. I found her CD and play it every day. She is like a lovely vortex.

[loveflowers39]

She is so far above me in inteligence in and talent I feel like a dog listening to its master.

[SaveAmericaFightNWO]

there are so many mean comments cuz they just jealous:) shes brilliant

[Adrian20092802]

A ja pierwszy raz ten utwór usłyszałem w bajce Tom and Jerry,hihi!Niezła wariacja!

[remindbender]

hehe...shut the fuck up...the lady has got the job ;-)

[Pablopnp]

the fucking retarded critics, are but poor devils who are useless, and they show here your failures in life.

[555paint]

She is put togerher if nothing else...yum

[Overlord1389]

she looks like shes having an orgasm xD

[funfor1life]

Not only does she enable Liszt's spirit and music to come to life again but she also makes them swirl and laugh together! Thank you.

[raffocastro]

I´m in love !!!

[grab1piece]

I feel life in your music. This is the most important thing in music playing.Thanks.

[holdredger]

She did not murder the piece. She plays very exciting. I posted a video of many pianists trying to play the ending from the past 100 years. Sara is one of the best. I also posted a new one today comparing faked Liszt versus the real thing. Click on my name and check it out.

[RubyDeWitt]

Erm, I actually think she murdered the piece. Too much banging - if I may express it in this professional way ;)

[legendviolin]

wunderbar

[thedamful]

she plays the piano as good as she looks!

[sagi60800]

She's 'ott'... and honnestly, plays wonderfully!!

with grace, technique and maturity, Her rhapsody is very very interresting, different from the version i've heard, but interresting, a mix of passion, strengh, accuracy...

[MrPneunomia]

Can someone tell me if the part between 8:52-9:10 is part of the original piece?

[JakWho92]

@MrPneunomia

Liszt indicated an optional cadenza in the score. Pianists can either play the editor's one or improvise/compose their own, like marc-andré hamelin for example.

[hidkidd]

@JakWho92 thankyou tell me that!

[hidkidd]

@MrPneunomia ya i don't know too!

can someone tell me

[contagious6969]

holy shit...amazing!!! Finally someone who plays the song without trying to show off and murdering the song. Love it.

[dotcom97]

Everyone else can criticize her as much as they want, but the truth is that they don't recognice talent. They need to compare in order to say that something is good, and they feel important because of this. They don't enjoy noone or nothing because everything it is compared immediatly with someone or something else. I want to see them playing in front of hundreds of people. I mean, Deutsche Grammaphon knows she is talented, why can't you aknowledge her?

Amazing!

[mindovermattjr]

you're hot. I absolutely love anyone that plays Liszt this well.

[mindovermattjr]

dadada dun dadada dun dadada dun dadada dun

=D

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[bo10gotj]

her aspect is so fragile, still ger playing is so, but sooo powerfull!

[musicase]

Holy GOD, she 's amazing

GRaet Graet performance

[musicase]

Holy GOD, Graet GREAT GRAET performance

Jesus Christ what can she play this rhapsodie

i love it

[Pianista061292]

She's so beautiful as the song and the interpretation! Thanks for sharing!

[DopeSpace9]

BOO!

[DoctorJoe73]

Absolutely charming performance ... her rubatos are HER rubatos, everyone can play it differently.

[udanse]

This is UNREAL. I love that she is so passionate !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Best interpretation for me.

[Einstein2000]

@udanse

seriously for christs sake?

[ClassicMusicOnly]

Very 'mature' playing. A impressive interpretation and amazing emotion in the lassan. Although I found her to struggle in some of the Friska passages. A couple minor mistakes. Besides that , it took my breath away. Great to see new pianists arise! She definetly has a big chance.

[aureusbezant]

great playing! (and great looks too;-) only thing: some of the rubatos do not feel fully "organic" to me

[aureusbezant]

great playing! (and great looks too;-) only thing: some of the rubatos do not feel fully "organic" to me

[aureusbezant]

great playing! (and great looks too;-)

[patgspot]

Her mistakes were minor. Her passion was intense. I love the way she plays. It's very fresh and moving. The best I've heard in a long time

[thiagomaa]

rhapsody: A usually instrumental composition of irregular form that often incorporates improvisation.

[thiagomaa]

rhapsody: A usually instrumental composition of irregular form that often incorporates improvisation.

[OrigamiPaper]

I heard quite some mistakes, but she's young (as old as me ^_^).

Quite liked her interpretation.

[paranikipara1]

Genau was die Plattenmacher wollen. Sexytime. Musik ist eine Nebensache geworden. Ein Skandal ersten Grades.

Pianisten wie Horovitz, Gilels oder Geiger wie Oistrach hätten in der heutigen Zeit mit dieser Vermarktungstrategie keine Chance.

[smeagle888]

Bei der klassischen Musik kannst du zum Glück niemanden ohne Talent vermarkten. Wenn es mehr zu bewundern gibt als zu kritisieren, sollte man doch lieber bewundern, oder?

[liopopliopo]

endlich mal jemand der das erkennet...

[fredocorleone]

sexytime at 9:30

[Imad9494]

really AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Max11551]

Not my favorite performance of this piece in the world, but it's OK. I like her Transcendental Etudes clip better, she seems more impassioned.

[fgah]

Who else plays much better?

[michalkrata]

Wyruchał by ją

[pafcio0]

trochę kultury prymitywie

[michalkrata]

Spadaj

[graceofbaal]

I like it. Sometimes the pace is outta whack, especially in the Friska, but the great thing about Liszt is that you CAN create your own pace (and continue to fluctuate it) without totally demolishing his pieces.

I think a bit more practice is in order, but overall this was well done. Plus, she looks stunning! No debate there.

[swimao]

好き嫌いがはっきり分かれそうな演奏

ちなみに自分は苦手

[Sword1479]

Why so many mean comments? I think she's amazing!

[wlbili]

@Sword1479 I agree. She's so young, but has technique.

[jegspillerpiano]

@Sword1479 because - thankfully - there's a few people out there who can see through the fact she's made it big because of the way she looks. Some people have got together and said "look, we can make huge money out of this girl". Her playing is 'ordinary concert level' at best - there are at least 1,000 people out there better. He mannerisms are shallow, and all part of the image she projects. The intensity/musicianship in the actual sound does not match up.

[MrRicksStudio]

@jegspillerpiano I disagree. If looks really mattered that much, Naida Cole would not have quit the stage and gone to medical school.

[vavaju]

@Sword1479 Listen to 6:30 - 6:40, there's a few mistakes in there

[KedRui]

i really couldn't hear what she was feeling

[viasantagiulia]

Che bella! Bravissima!

[jorgeponce]

OMG Brutal!

[xpeak]

feels a bit less polished compared to some other professional versions on youtube. asides from wrong notes, she seems to struggle with the more intense passages,,, but yeah, still many times better than what I can manage at the moment...

[UnderGroundR]

you're joking me right?

[bird0and0cat]

一聞で聴き惚れました！

フジ子さんよりも

こちらの演奏の方が断然好きです！

[rinakusu]

ブラヴァー！！！！！！！！！

[kisisi6]

弾いている時の怖い表情と弾き終わったあとの笑顔の可愛さ

[jblue2pro]

i love the interpretation...very original

the only people who can criticize her is herself and her teachers

[piano6861]

Very creative interpretation, played in the true "Romantic" tradition! Bravo!

[lisztconcerto]

I like your perfor a lot

[MvdM2]

Its such a famous piece, and heard so many times. If everyone would play it the same/metronomical every interpretation will be similar and boring.

I think it's a great interpretation.

[takhirviolinest]

Yes, maybe you are right but I wrote just my opinion because I like to play strong like Oistrakh, Heifetz, Rachmaninoff. I suggets you listen my playing of Beethoven Piano sonata 14 3rd movement or Chopin Etude op10 No.12

 She play very well there no any word's -)

[PulnocniRebel77]

I'm sorry but have you heard about classical music..? It's not a simple pop song where is one tempo all the time... There are many things, that are making a big masterpiece including tempo changes...

[takhirviolinest]

Yes, you are right but everybody have personal opinion, I wrote only my opinion. She is wonderful pianiste. I like Rachmaninov's playing, (who play in vertical piano and who have 102 finger's :-) ).

[Airliners101]

No way!

Of course... that's why its called a rhapsody...

[cawaii1992]

ダイナミックで美しい．．．．φ(ﾟ∀ﾟ )

[InspiredbyLiszt]

OMG....

[teccomin]

anyone know why shes so fond of playing liszt?

[dimethilodifenilo]

because she can...

[pabloj08]

I love her interpretation! so powerful! I cant criticize other things of her because she is very beautiful, hah!

[rvn10rvn17]

there are positive and negative points from her interpretation..

[variousweetie]

Go get a digital automatic player, it won't give you a single screw up, then you'll be happy?

[MusicoNato]

divine! My godness of piano!

5 stars!

[cawaii1992]

ダイナミックで美しい(＾д＾)」

[nbkballer]

I don't know Marc Andre but ill take Alice Sara's butt over his.

[choliszt]

wow

bravo

[anonymousQ45]

she plays with some serious serious power at 5:40 tempo guisto

[mikecaffey]

The descending octaves come off the track at 9:22 and she leaves some out at 9:23 skipping over them to get to the last note at the bottom. She is a very exciting performer who hammers the climax as Liszt requires, however, this is very sloppy in many sections.

[anonymousQ45]

come on man you are the worst critic in the world. its like you just wait for the screw ups. so what if richard kastle has the technique perfect. this and many other interpretations are just fine (with ex of Lang2)

[mikecaffey]

I don't have to wait for the screw ups, I know they will happen. There is new scientific evidence that supports Kastle's theory about how composers brains function in in a more effiecient manner than non-composers. Sara is not faking like all of the 20th century recording artists that preceeded Kastle's release on Virgin Records. She is better than them, because she doesn't fake the ending with hands together or simplify by playing without martellato.

[tjgirl2]

beautiful!