Odeon by Ernesto Nazareth, Bernd Lhotzky HD

[trancosomarcus]

The scales aren't in the original score and he didin't played the music until the end.

[trancosomarcus]

The left hand is one octave bellow than the original. His interpretation is good but I feel some swingless. I'm brazilian. Listen to Arthur Moreira Lima.

[zeppy13131]

Hmm, not to be negative, but I don't think Mr. Lhotzky quite gets this style. His rendition is a bit too sedate. This is dance music.

[MyMomSaysSo]

check out Manuel Barrueco's version (with incredible introduction) from his Nylon & Steel recording. It's so far beyond anyone's version on piano (let alone guitar) you simply will never be satisfied with anyone else's. Incomparable

[DANogueira1942]

Nazareth himself recorded it and played it slow. This is not a Bach toccata in a Liszt-Busoni arrangement.

[nicolaudreicon]

Oh my... It doesn't matter if he plays slow or fast. There's a poetic license to do this and anyone can play the compositions as wish. The question itself is not if played slow or fast. But because ART can must exhale technique too, but most important that everybody knows. FEELING! Every music style has personality and an own face wich must be considerated while you playing. Why the player doesn't do those things? Maybe he was having a bad day. But he could not transmit Choro's feeling to me.

[mrommel]

Tango and happy.... That's new...

[Kockabilly]

Oh my god! SORRY!

My bad !

[Kockabilly]

Too slow. Sorry! Well played but too slow! This song was suposed to be happy!

[TheMichelbenedetti]

@Kockabilly Nazareth himself wanted it to be slow. You should make some research, before you give "expert" opinions. That's one thing I hate about these comment bars, 90% of the people like to diminish other people's hard word.

[HighROCOCOlings]

Can you take other licences with your interesting by your cost& efforts?

Earth quake damge countries , for much lost parents chirdlen, can you teach your own tarents as something with your stage in keeping your life as serious your own action. I ordered to drow them for cares in HICHCribian art exihibision in D.C.,US as successing as beautiful, through those art make safty comfortable mind to be free from damaged hearts by art powers.

If you can do, you can criate new art. Happy life!

[Dinamilson]

Great job !!!

[yojukitomodele]

Shitty performance. Give up on brazilian music, it definitely isn't for you.

[weedmasterfreak]

@yojukitomodele If you know anything about music, you can't say this is a shitty performance, because it most certainly is not. I bet my shiny arse you aren't even close to this good at playing the piano, so you have nothing to say. This was a great performance. Slower than the versions you're used to hear, but still perfectly played.

[TheSoccerfreak194]

@weedmasterfreak This was indeed not a "shitty" performance, but if you knew anything about music, you would realize that he puts no feeling into the performance. He hits every note, but he cannot deliver the true feeling this song holds. He hits every note at the right time, but the music overall has no feeling as the composer meant.

[weedmasterfreak]

@TheSoccerfreak194 I agree to that this version was relatively cold. I'm a music nerd, and I know my way around the piano, so I know that you have to put a lot of feel into playing a song perfectly. But feel isn't everything. Playing the piece correctly is the main thing, and mr. Lhotzky here did that, despite his poker face. What the composer intended is not so relevant when one interprets a song; covering is about making it your own, and doing it the way you want, having some artistic freedom.

[yojukitomodele]

@weedmasterfreak Listen to Arthur Moreira Lima, then you will have the right to say anything about this piece.

[weedmasterfreak]

@yojukitomodele The thing is I have, and I like his version of the song, just as I like this, relatively more staccato (and cold, if you will) version. There is something called artistic freedom. Two (or more) way different versions of a song can be just as good. My point was merely that this interpretation of the song is not as bad as you claimed.

[Carimbo575]

Seems stiff to me. The guy is obviously very good, and it is better than many videos in wich people try to play it. But one thing is getting clear to me: not everybody can deliver this one... Don't like it

[kalostous]

I remember me being 14 and watching "A sucessora". In fact, the series itself meant little to me, but I couldn't wait to listen to the title song. No VCR, no DVD, so I only got to listen to it once a week. Thank you, Brazil, mother of great composers!

[Hmnmn]

This was a different but very interesting interpretation. I liked it very much.

[acvb2011]

Very interesting, suave interpretation...

[askbrahms]

Over 7000 klicks show of what tremendous quality this delicious new interpretation is.

I take a deep bow before this exceptional pianist's great artistry.

[askbrahms]

Very interesting that not a single one of the esteemed YouTube specialists seems to understand this fantastic version of E.Nazareth's piece.

I am convinced that Lhotzky places the left hand an octave lower, so that in the last variation he has enough space for his brilliantly added right hand figuration.

All other pianists need 2 hands to play the melody...

If the speed he used were faster, only Chipmunks on speed would enjoy this piece. For all other listeners... it would be ridiculous.

[barrigudo00]

Ficou muito palha muito "reto".

[rolandoassad]

Parece que tocaría por obligación, totalmente aburrida la interpretación

[AtreyuSynestesia94]

BO....RIINNG!! his interpretation lacks so much of any kind of passion that is needed in this kind of music. There's nothing latin in this music

[rodrigo09031994]

I think the pianist did not understand how the song is supposed to sound, or, if he did, he is not getting it... 

[MrMarioFerraz]

Good for sleep...

[MrCuratoloni]

suonato così si riconosce che è un tango!

[igordrm]

it lacks swing, as you could expect for a saloon dance music, but great work by the pianist

[rogerioxsandro]

Via Ernesto Nazareth !! :)

[BlackCatTama]

Hahaha, essa foi a coisa mais imbecil que alguém podia ter feito com o Ernesto Nazareth, parabéns. Bullshit.

[shilloshillos]

it is certainly a transcription. The original is significantly different as far as registers as well as actual notes.

[NDNewitt]

Because it sounds better

[bigstriderman]

And why does he play the left hand an octave lower than written?

[knifin]

@bigstriderman why did he write it in an octave higher?

[AmbrosiusMiller]

Nice, but why does he play it so slowly?