Gonzales vs Zygel - Piano Battle 2 / 7

[iRuleKuziDo]

3:49 is amazing. Love it.

[MissLau95]

gonzales is a god

[Criticalperspective2]

Do both have perfect pitch?

[gla950]

C'est marrant, mais la musique de Gonzales signifie pour moi beaucoup plus de choses que le contemporain perché de Zygel... Suis-je seul ?

[spysnake1241]

The guy in the upright piani is amazing

[PLun78]

1:15 to 1:40 what melody is ??

[gla950]

@PLun78 Nothing, just an improvisation

[Hazhan11]

gonzales



[AndyMCAnderson]

What melody is on 3:48? It's amazing!

[arkonomus]

Is zygel on drugs?

[jimboearthling]

Zygel is a bit grating on the ears. Gonzales can go just as quick, but it still sounds melodic.

[chrisdurston]

Zygel's face makes this just that little bit extra... For sheer audacity, and for doing it with gloves on, Gonzales = amazing.

[eggynapalm]

In Britain we have reality shows filled with human beings with lower IQs than fish... in France they have piano battles on television... where did we go wrong?

[calahan59]

@eggynapalm dont worry dude, in France we have also reality shows. Mezzo(the tv channel)is not very well known, and u need the cable to watch it.

[Burnicateur]

@eggynapalm

yes but we have too a lot of shows with fish brains.

there isn't a lot of shows like this piano battle in france. Tv isn't better in our country

[idriss4189]

@eggynapalm don't get it wrong, the show was on "mezzo", absolutely not a national television chanel, we've got lots of night clubs with stupid music.

[Eusecrat]

@idriss4189 @eggynapalm And lot of TV shows with brailess people, for brainless people

[CasusUniversum]

@eggynapalm In America we took after the Brittish and then lowered the bar to the ground...

[rafiwel]

par contre gonzales joue avec les sentiments (eye of the tiger etc...), un peu trop facile quand même!

Though Gonzales plays with our feelings (eye of the tiger...), maybe too easy :)

[thyrium2]

@rafiwel no dude, he was doing triplets on a fucking piano.

[pianist7137]

DIES IRAE!!!!!

[baronesbc]

@pianist7137 I didnt think at Dies Irae, but at Etude Op.39 No. 6, exactly to the 0:35 minutes, reminds me a brief moment of Rach's piece, but just a slight resemblance... Search on youtube: "Valentina Lisitsa plays Rachmaninoff Etude Op. 39 No. 6", you listen it in this video to 1:35 minutes just to make the idea...

And anyway,also many other elements reminds me the Rach's music...

[pianist7137]

@baronesbc @baronesbc I know clearly that dies irae is in there. the melody comes in once, the rest sounds like variations, in the style of rachmaninov. so we're both right ^^

[baronesbc]

@pianist7137 :) For me you could be right, I just wanted to make my intentions clear from my point of view...

[baronesbc]

Zygel recalls Rachmaninoff

[pianist7137]

@baronesbc dies irae not rach. rach didn't write that melody, he merely used it in his paganini variations =)

[CasSwarte]

Rocky!

[deaddevils1]

Gonzalez looks like the other father from coraline movie when he plays the coraline song on the piano

[coqdorysme]

I far prefer Zygel's playing. Not to dismiss Gonzales, but for me Zygel is that much more structured and tasteful, plus he has a sure command of resources Gonzales can never match.

Also, Zygel's response to Gonzales here is another piece of magic (quite like the white-key handicap later): it shows he can maintain musical interest over long spans of time even without showy displays or high speed playing.

[sockpoppy]

@coqdorysme The difference between them is not the level of talent, but the style of playing. I prefer Gonazales because i think he has more feeling and he puts a different part of himself into the music. Whereas Zygel seemed a bit textbook if u get what i mean. Notice Gonzale's dramatic pauses. Also how everyone thought he was done and started clapping, then he whips out eye of the tiger. Indeed, there is definitely a difference in genius between these two.

[Kr1wanisan]

LOve gonzales' composition.. Beautiful to hear....

[larry89]

zygel got knocked out on this one

[ArtUtopic]

man, chilly is a real paino-percussionist

[Yuukikuran888]

did gonzales play first? or jean?

[yasminereznorhomme]

@Yuukikuran888 Jean François ;)

[MetallicMale]

he reminds me a lot of thelonious monk, but with a unique ingenuity

[thyrium2]

That Gonzales fellow has amazing dynamics.

[nichtfinn]

gonzales should have become a drummer. great style though.

[epistemicfail]

The reason why Gonzales is amazing is because he gives the audience a context to understand what he is playing (Eye of the Tiger). He puts all of the surrounding arrangements around the melody and showing that he can be complex, dark and whimsical all within the same song. I'm no pianist, but I'm willing to bet that Zygel would win if graded on classical music by classical pianists. Gonzales is a bit of talent mixed with showmanship.

[mailclue]

@epistemicfail Very good points. I am a pianist (though not an expert by any means) and I'd say it's quite difficult to compare the two. If graded by classical pianists (I'm trained classically) it would still probably be a close call. Totentanz is definitely a much more difficult piece to translate and vary, but Gonzales still had some fantastic ideas in his presentation. I would still personally choose Gonzales.

[MrFenzyBastard]

nobody knows??? i'll never find it....

[MrFenzyBastard]

who knows what's the song at 3m48 it is so great !!!! thanks answering me

[GreatQueenFan]

i can't even play really bad with gloves... how?? maybe he had cold fingers which is worse than gloves... :-00

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

he plays with those gloves used by doctors... lol

[perotal]

Can anyone tell me what's the name of the song Gonzales is playing from 5:27 onwards please? I can't remember it :(

[perotal]

@perotal Nevermind. I got it..Eye of the tiger :)

[muskdeeer]

@perotal dude, its eye of the tiger! from the Rocky movies haha. That theme variation along with his jumpsuit is just so lovably obnoxious

[atsaka]

Totentanz!!! 

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

@atsaka the theme of the totentanz is not an invention by liszt, the the latin dies irea

[atsaka]

@newFranzFerencLiszt I know that! But this sounds more like Liszt's paraphrase.

[LetTheMusicFlow1]

Zygel SURE loves Liszt's Totentanz, huh?

[Loathepotion]

i feel like zygel's playing is unhappy............while gonzales is enlivening( though i dislike his demeanor)

[schoenapan]

Gonzales wins this round.

[Skelros]

zygel kinda looks like hes just been shat on

[0the00piano00hugger0]

TALENT

[Greenorblack]

Magnifique ! Thanks for posting the video !

[lePistolero]

wow gonzales is amazing!