Hamelin plays Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 [HIGH QUALITY]

[blastroot]

The applause only stops when Hamelin wants it to.

[Darrning]

Surely the best performance (in the world) of this piece.

[rick4318]

OW.

[08Z9]

Oh. My. God. (Brian explodes) Awesome!

[ciachix85]

11:14 Amazing octave glissando !!!

[swirls999]

8 dislikes! for fuck sake what sort of cretin would dislike this?

[420sexybitch420]

his cadenza sucks

[grandmagicianmike]

nose fail 6:12

[egauthre]

Quite beautiful but it does nothing for me internally....so play on and fabulous.....

[yuhamkoha]

that long note followed by silence from 4.29 to 4.42 ~> best seconds in the history of music.

[TONINOBrahms]

Great pianist and great Liszt!!!

[dodikisjakab]

THIS IS GREAT!!!

[fredericfranc]

...compare this to how the real Hungarians (Cziffra, etc.) do it...they bring the Liszt FORTH, because they think he was a Hungarian...that is, as is well known, a load, but don't worry about it...what Mr. Hamelin does, he makes Liszt damn near disappear, or, at least, he shrinks him a lot...but what we get, "in return" as it were, a lot of HAMELIN, which is an altogether different proposition, but I am not going to bitch about it all that much...

[mar0sa]

The Tom and Jerry cartoon that features this music has been my favourite since I was a little kid. It is so wonderful to hear this great piece of music in full!

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

too much tecnique in your fingers Mr. Hamelin... could you please give me a little bit?

[3intelligents]

M.A.Hamelin made cadenza is so dynamic gentle and tender BRAVO !!!

[rodiscool99]

wow the strength in his left hand! Well done Hamelin!

[darkblueangel1956]

Per sua grande fortuna, credo che Hamelin pratichi l'improvvisazione e la composizione, come facevano per un certo periodo anche Vladimir Horowitz e Gyorgy Cziffra. Nella cadenza si sente molto chiaramente !!!! Comunque motlo gradevole all'ascolto !!!

[LongDriveChamp03]

Am I the only one that notices that 10:25 to 10:32 sounds remarkably similar to Alkan's "Hands Reunited" Etude op. 76? Listen to the E-flat major section of that etude and tell me I'm wrong.

[tonybob0]

@LongDriveChamp03 Quite possibly true, he's always stealing bits from his hero's music. Sounds similar to me but may just be coincidental

[F14Lolcat]

@LongDriveChamp03 That is Hamelin's own cadenza, Liszt didn't write it. And I think Hamelin "noticed" it too.. ;)

[BradenJohnYoung]

1,000,000,000 NOTE STREAK!

[Laudan08]

Finally i can see the damn octaves at 480p!

11:12

[greenmax5]

That is SOOO INSANE!!!!!

[rurikrussi]

O_O

[ann03071874]

Oh...my...god!

[CammehYaBams]

10:32 he's just taking the piss now

[OrangeSodaKing]

Thank you! This is unbelievable!

[CalgarySpeller26]

ARRRGH. Everything would've been perfect had it not been for that tiny bit of lag in the beginning...

[hyperkeyboard91]

the part from 10:13 to 10:30 can be called "etude after alkan-hamelin" :D

[DanMarcy1]

Haha! This is what I'm talking about! Finally waiting for a HQ video of this performance.

[celach]

you can almost tell he wanted to laugh after he finished. too funny :D

[gwizvideo]

This is the greatest feat of pianistic art ever. The cadenza is such a gift of creativity, effort and achievement. Both the piano and the house should explode upon the last note.

[madlovba2]

The first two notes are lagging!

[KeithWhalen11]

YES YES YES!

[jules0659]

well uploaded, tompilk!

[TheManRaptor]

When specifically does his cadenza start? Thanks!

[tompilk]

@TheManRaptor The cadenza starts at 8:26 and finishes around 11:41.

[Wolfymasta]

hahaha the Epicness

thiz vid here iz the Shawshank Redemption of allz piano moviez

[edtskyline]

Wooow!!!  WooooWW High Quality!! Thaank youu! ;P!! How did you get it??

[TheManRaptor]

Best quality, and best pianist!

[gerardbedecarter]

Hey wow!

[madlovba2]

Thank you again :D!!!!!!!!!!!! Hamelin is the best!!!!!!!!!!! Somehow I like these concert recordings better than his CD.