Honestly, I don't know how you can complain about the speed. The composition has enough raw beauty that technical proficiency is all that is truly needed to make the piece beautiful. Also, his phrasing and dynamic subtlety is gorgeous, I don't see how someone could say otherwise about his interpretation.
@shiftyoliver1 Listen to Hiromi Uehara play "XYZ"... I appreciate entirely that the ostinato bass figure probably wouldn't exist w/o classical music, however, the instrumentation and composition wouldn't exist through a classical genre (or any of its derivatives).
@shiftyoliver1 Not exactly 1890, but Martinu was doing avante garde shit too. Rhythm argument is not weak at all for the record. Jazz time keeping is much more involved, and through composed jazz music has more rhythmic diversity at a higher percentage. I don't know how this became such a dick measuring shit throwing fight, but it doesn't resemble the way in which smart people would have this conversation... just saying.
@shiftyoliver1 I didn't say classical music was inferior. I said being a jazz pianist takes more technical proficiency and knowledge of harmonic content. I love debussy... I played la cathedrale engloutie when I was like 11 years old... Poorly mind you, but I still loved it. My main point is that classical music these days is preformed by rote.... which is a damn shame.
@blanchjameson For music there is no Russian, Asian, American etc. there is only individual understanding about music. No one is the same and music is not about comparision.
Yeah caught a little bit of the "jazz vs classical" bit. Not impressed. If Liszt were alive history tells us that he would be very interested in jazz, and attempt to recreate it. But, he idolized Beethoven, and transcribed all the masters before him including Bach. A real musician doesn't focus on genre, but quality and artistic relevance. Calm down.
@shiftyoliver1 ??? You're a judgmental prick. Who says no offense before they say something like that? Also, I am fully aware that Bach could improvise, don't take up teaching. Debussy was different b/c he wrote textural and modal music, not because he manipulated harmonic content that was already there. The broadened pallet of rhythmic devices alone is enough to claim that jazz music is more difficult. Also, there are far more examples of profound modal music in jazz than classical.
I'm a Classical musician turned Jazz musician, and I'm in the process of learning this song right now. Both are so broad, unique, and enjoyable that a simple comparison of which is better is just silly.
Liszt actually nailed Mephistopheles' character with this piece.
Most people interpret him as an embodiment of evil and sin while actually he's just an asshole that tricks people for fun. Maybe not a very pleasant person but by no means evil, the playfulness of some passages here reflects this perfectly.
watching his hands puts me in amazement what they are capable of. in this vast universe, in our little corner of reality, we can make things that only we understand. feats of time and energy that no computer or machine can reproduce with such subtle variation. my mind is blown...
@EnviedCure776 So true! Nuages Gris = Malice Through the Looking Glass! I usually equate Nuages Gris to a subdued Funeral Fog or Blashyrkh actually. And Trauervorspiel und Trauermarsch is totally classical black metal as well :P
in response to a few other comments, the reason those others don't play Liszt this fast is because they are unable to, his works at speed are some of the most difficult to play, most professionals slow them down because they recognize the limits of their own also great yet not this great talents....
Does anyone notice that he is not playing the right notes in the first key change section, where 4 flats appear? He seems to repeat the first four measures twice in the same octave as opposed to moving an octave up as my music says... Am I wrong?
I don't really understand how people claim he doesn't play passionately, I believe he plays very passionately, and if anyone were to ever claim that I didn't play a piece passionately, I would be upset. Putting all that time and effort into learning and playing a piece; you can't help but be emotionally involved in whatever it is that you are playing.
I don't think he's racing through it. I've seen/heard other performers play slower and with more "feel", but certain Liszt pieces simply require hardcore technical precision and speed to sound right. Playing Mephisto #1 slowly wouldn't be right IMO
@anferlo To an extent I agree that "watching" Berezovsky technically race through this piece gives an impression that he has little passion for the work, but perhaps a different performer can change your mind about the the piece itself. watch?v=iv2JiXDFYsM
Musically interestless. Even though, it was really funny listening while looking at the score. Not berezovvsky's best if not the worst ever... the best part was the final G LOL
@amxmachine I'm not arguing with anybody behind a screen, but if you can read notes from a score, do it with mephisto's while listening to this. Period
@anferlo *retarded nasal voice* "Period" *normal voice*. yes I just mocked how I imagine you saying that. anyways buddy since you want to be so technical... Musicality is about the sounds not the notes. durrrrr! you are thinking about technique which really has no relative use on youtube if you don't care for the piece. you make me lol
Je trouve que cette interprétation manque un peu de, comment dire, de satanisme ; les ténèbres du Méphistophélès sont comme dissipés par le tempo, trop soutenu à mon goût. Je préfère que ça traîne un peu, le morceau y gagne en ampleur et en éloquence.
Expression in Liszt's music is very difficult to pianist because the ideas in his compositions are very complex. Plus to perform any of his pieces completely requires excellent techniques. That is enough for me to admire such pianists.
Berezovsky, not mentioning his techniques, really touches my heart when he has showed me that he's totally understanding Liszt. Love his enthusiasm in performance, as well.
Incredible performance. Staggering technique, speed and accuracy. But most important of all, an expressive and emotional performance. Best performance I've heard.
Try Kissin's version on his Schubert-Liszt cd. Purposely conservative 1st section, profound seductive middle section (with those 2 mischievous, tip toe, devil dance intrusions), finally in the recapitulation of the 1st and middle section themes he just unleashes it, like entering a demonic vortex.
Liszt deliberately wrote this so that no one could play it and put up 10 million marks as a bet. Then along came Berezovsky and now Liszt owes him a great deal of spondulits.
@Oxydox ME TOO. My hands are really really tiny so I have to transcribe the piece so that I can get enough energy, enough sound, and enough anything out of it. I just kind of add my own stuff. Since Liszt that it would be funny to make such a horrendously difficult song.
The amazing thing is to realize that Liszt could play and compose this in the middle of the 19th century when pretty much only he could play it. now we have wonderful pianists like Berezovsky who are able to bring this incredible music to live performances all over the world.
@pjm5660 Interesting point. How many people 150 years ago ever even had the chance to hear this in any way, shape or form? No recording methods, no auto-playing mechanisms to speak of that would do it (assuming player pianos weren't too far off though they could never do this) and maybe a small handful (at most) of virtuoso's that might have a chance of performing it.
@RediForKing Look at Mr. Hamelin. He has starred a Japanese documentary about himself, and it's called "Supervirtuoso", it's here on Youtube. But, Berezovsky makes me giggle when i hear this. It's orgasmic, exactly how Liszt planned it.
@Laudan08 I know. Hamelin is definately a supervirtuoso too. But Hamelin is more like a robot. He just plays all notes correctly without single mistakes, which I really like. But I think Berezovsky has more passion when he's playing.
@RediForKing Lies and deceit xD. They use less harmonic content. The skill set needed is far less, not to mention a lack of improvisation. Listen to makoto ozone play his untitled piece. Listen to oscar peterson play anything. Rachmoninoff thought duke ellington was the greatest musican to walk the earth... You wrong yo!
@KrummyBear I remember Rach saying that about Art Tatum having the greatest technique, not sure about Duke though. Classical pianist lack the improv skill of jazz pianists but certainly not the technique. Listen to Liszt Feux Follets and follow the double notes, or any etudes, even Kapustin.
@Tunaan360 He didn't say Duke was the most technically proficient, he said it under the basis that he is the greatest composer, and the rawness of his technique facilitates it. All of his compositions are harmonically very complex, as well as unlike anything written up to that point.
Thank you very much, tomplik. An oustanding video. Looking for the best, I've selected yours for accompany an article in my blog La Belleza de Escuchar.
from 7;18 the song sounds kind of cliched i dont really enjoy the peice as a whole and from 7:18 the main structure simple baseline reveals itself and is not all that impressive
@twooffour, if you criticize Lisitsa's Rach, why don't you show her how it's done. Her Rach preludes are brilliant. And if you're gonna complain about her tempo in Rach #2, you should hear the composer play it, he plays it like a mad man...
Listen, are you on drugs or something? You don't make any sense whatsoever.
Since when are we talking about Rach 2? Do you mean the Concerto? I've never heard that concerto, let alone on Lisitsa's performance.
Since when are we talking about the PRELUDES? How about we start talking about her Grand Galop when debating her rendition of Rach's RIDING HOOD ETUDE??!!
I'm pretty sure whe knows how it's done, and deviates from the markings on purpose. It's called ARTISTIC...
@MrPeterJohnston, They are 2 very diferent persons, wich means they have 2 very diferent interpretations. Bouth are great Master in Musicality and in Technique.I think that Berezovsky plays Liszt like no one else. But Valentina's Beethoven are unmached.
@MrPeterJohnston Are you kidding me? She most definitely butchers pieces by taking them at ridiculous tempos merely to show off! She has such awfully lazy technique and such flat fingers! You should watch her videos again.
@evifnoskcaj No... you've mistaken momentum for showing off... She takes it at a speed that builds the emotional intensity to it's highest point without going against the composers markings.
And as I piano player, I can safely say her technique is sound and of incredible accuracy, and dexterity. Yes her fingers may be flat - but she can play like no other.
I haven't analyzed a lot of her recordings, but her famous "Riding Hood" performance actually does go against the composer's markings at numerous points, and all for the better imo.
Where she goes against the score's marks is the details - there was once a video of that performance with sheet music where I wrote something about that (or argued against some dude who criticized her for messing with the interpretation).
Maybe I'll look up the sheet music some time soon and list a few examples, but yea, she does that quite a few times.
Can't say I agree she brings a "phenomenal life" to EVERY piece (for example, I found parts in her Don Juan very wooden and...
but i think this piece is already overwhelming enough; He can play the slower and melodic parts much more musically so as to provide contrast. After about 4 min. into the piece his interpretation just seems too "overpowering."
His hands...They mirror the feverishness of the piece and by the end of the piece it seems like they have been possessed themselves. Brilliant in both technique and in bodily expression.
@karazh i'm referring to the "if u can play it u can, if not practice.." part of your comment, because according this statement, playing it shittily is exactly the same as playing it well. and by the way, ARCT is in CANADA. not america.
@thecouchonfire If you want to understand it wrong, than its ok. This sentence is totaly true and says a lot about music and how its seen. But i guess you reached your goal, cause i answered your total undiffert comment...hve a nice life :)
Llevo 4 minutos escuchando y sigo esperando a que me diga algo... Para el Circo del Sol sería un buen fichaje pero aquí no se trata de tocar el más rápido.
@pataxinha Actually, this is the story of the climax. Read the "Mephisto Waltzes" Wikipedia-article: this masterpiece is about Faust, seducing a beauty in an inn, and then...well...they're having a great time together in the forest. And the very beginning is Mephisto, tuning a violin, or something. And so on. Excellent.
Very Very Beautiful Hardest Music I Love I Gave Paw Up Greetings
Patryk429 1 day ago
6:37 - 6:54
Esaltante!!!
TheChopin37 4 days ago
Go faster ;) ;) ;) Fasterrrrrrr !!!
1waka1waka1 2 weeks ago
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WhiteMaskPianist 2 weeks ago
i find myself going to 4:50 a lot of times :P
mcrettable 2 weeks ago
imagine how LONG it took him to write this!!!
mcrettable 3 weeks ago
Don't mind the tempo, but I wish he paused longer in the profounder parts.
forgottenbooks 3 weeks ago
Who is this butcher? Take it easy, guy!!
rosell1075 3 weeks ago
Liszt was such a Punk!!
chickinchainmail 1 month ago 4
On the record Shumann is lousy composer vs liszt.
maestroanth 1 month ago
A good version, but i prefer the version of the 20 years old Ashkenazy.
Valk72 1 month ago
I wanted to say I could play the first 10 seconds of this.... But the chord at 00:09 is damn near impossible.
Damn my small mortal hands!!!!
yoshifumu 1 month ago
Honestly, I don't know how you can complain about the speed. The composition has enough raw beauty that technical proficiency is all that is truly needed to make the piece beautiful. Also, his phrasing and dynamic subtlety is gorgeous, I don't see how someone could say otherwise about his interpretation.
KrummyBear 1 month ago
Jumps on 06:52 are not so easy... :)
KVDiveyev 2 months ago
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KVDiveyev 2 months ago
@shiftyoliver1 Listen to Hiromi Uehara play "XYZ"... I appreciate entirely that the ostinato bass figure probably wouldn't exist w/o classical music, however, the instrumentation and composition wouldn't exist through a classical genre (or any of its derivatives).
KrummyBear 2 months ago
@shiftyoliver1 Not exactly 1890, but Martinu was doing avante garde shit too. Rhythm argument is not weak at all for the record. Jazz time keeping is much more involved, and through composed jazz music has more rhythmic diversity at a higher percentage. I don't know how this became such a dick measuring shit throwing fight, but it doesn't resemble the way in which smart people would have this conversation... just saying.
KrummyBear 2 months ago
@shiftyoliver1 I didn't say classical music was inferior. I said being a jazz pianist takes more technical proficiency and knowledge of harmonic content. I love debussy... I played la cathedrale engloutie when I was like 11 years old... Poorly mind you, but I still loved it. My main point is that classical music these days is preformed by rote.... which is a damn shame.
KrummyBear 2 months ago
Every time I hear an Asian play something, I always think there's a Russian that can do it better.
blanchjameson 2 months ago 18
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@blanchjameson For music there is no Russian, Asian, American etc. there is only individual understanding about music. No one is the same and music is not about comparision.
WhiteMaskPianist 2 weeks ago
@blanchjameson I would say Russians tend to have bigger hands. So yes.
XDXDXDXDXDXDXD 1 week ago
Yeah caught a little bit of the "jazz vs classical" bit. Not impressed. If Liszt were alive history tells us that he would be very interested in jazz, and attempt to recreate it. But, he idolized Beethoven, and transcribed all the masters before him including Bach. A real musician doesn't focus on genre, but quality and artistic relevance. Calm down.
the81stviewer 2 months ago
@shiftyoliver1 ??? You're a judgmental prick. Who says no offense before they say something like that? Also, I am fully aware that Bach could improvise, don't take up teaching. Debussy was different b/c he wrote textural and modal music, not because he manipulated harmonic content that was already there. The broadened pallet of rhythmic devices alone is enough to claim that jazz music is more difficult. Also, there are far more examples of profound modal music in jazz than classical.
KrummyBear 2 months ago
he is playing a little fast cause it need to be 11 minutes im learning this song and my teacher told me that he is playing 30 years and he is 37
TheMenoflego1 2 months ago
Why are we arguing about Jazz vs. Classical?
I'm a Classical musician turned Jazz musician, and I'm in the process of learning this song right now. Both are so broad, unique, and enjoyable that a simple comparison of which is better is just silly.
Blazingkeys 2 months ago
Someone should try dancing to this...
EvanFingerstyle 2 months ago
he plays with such ease, he makes these pieces seem simple.
RhaegarTargaryen1884 2 months ago
Liszt actually nailed Mephistopheles' character with this piece.
Most people interpret him as an embodiment of evil and sin while actually he's just an asshole that tricks people for fun. Maybe not a very pleasant person but by no means evil, the playfulness of some passages here reflects this perfectly.
playingmusiconmars 3 months ago
:-) Wow!
marathomy 3 months ago
lol at head bang at 7:16
JohnnyMatchette 3 months ago 3
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JohnnyMatchette 3 months ago
watching his hands puts me in amazement what they are capable of. in this vast universe, in our little corner of reality, we can make things that only we understand. feats of time and energy that no computer or machine can reproduce with such subtle variation. my mind is blown...
amxmachine 3 months ago
Franz Liszt was the Cradle of Filith of the 1800's!
EnviedCure776 3 months ago
@EnviedCure776 So true! Nuages Gris = Malice Through the Looking Glass! I usually equate Nuages Gris to a subdued Funeral Fog or Blashyrkh actually. And Trauervorspiel und Trauermarsch is totally classical black metal as well :P
Obelix5150 3 months ago
Kapell!
newFranzFerencLiszt 4 months ago
in response to a few other comments, the reason those others don't play Liszt this fast is because they are unable to, his works at speed are some of the most difficult to play, most professionals slow them down because they recognize the limits of their own also great yet not this great talents....
Riederthorn 4 months ago
Does anyone notice that he is not playing the right notes in the first key change section, where 4 flats appear? He seems to repeat the first four measures twice in the same octave as opposed to moving an octave up as my music says... Am I wrong?
ym42ym42 4 months ago
He Sux and plays Way tooooooooo fast for any emotion to deploy
PrincessDesert 4 months ago
@PrincessDesert i sort of like it. he lingers where needed and flys through the charged. i feel emotion so maybe its you
amxmachine 3 months ago
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PrincessDesert 3 months ago
I don't really understand how people claim he doesn't play passionately, I believe he plays very passionately, and if anyone were to ever claim that I didn't play a piece passionately, I would be upset. Putting all that time and effort into learning and playing a piece; you can't help but be emotionally involved in whatever it is that you are playing.
xombiesftw 4 months ago 2
I don't think he's racing through it. I've seen/heard other performers play slower and with more "feel", but certain Liszt pieces simply require hardcore technical precision and speed to sound right. Playing Mephisto #1 slowly wouldn't be right IMO
913WildCat 4 months ago 10
High or not, he's in a trance.
tkathryyn 4 months ago
@anferlo To an extent I agree that "watching" Berezovsky technically race through this piece gives an impression that he has little passion for the work, but perhaps a different performer can change your mind about the the piece itself. watch?v=iv2JiXDFYsM
LantauOnline 4 months ago
MY HANDS HURT!!!
SordidGuy 5 months ago
Musically interestless. Even though, it was really funny listening while looking at the score. Not berezovvsky's best if not the worst ever... the best part was the final G LOL
anferlo 5 months ago
@anferlo it seems someone was raped when they were a child...
amxmachine 5 months ago
@amxmachine I'm not arguing with anybody behind a screen, but if you can read notes from a score, do it with mephisto's while listening to this. Period
anferlo 5 months ago
@anferlo *retarded nasal voice* "Period" *normal voice*. yes I just mocked how I imagine you saying that. anyways buddy since you want to be so technical... Musicality is about the sounds not the notes. durrrrr! you are thinking about technique which really has no relative use on youtube if you don't care for the piece. you make me lol
amxmachine 5 months ago
@amxmachine This is technically incredible, at an amazing speed... everything but musical. Plus insulting is never the best way to be respected.
anferlo 5 months ago
@anferlo +1 Berezovsky's never been excellent in Liszt anyways.
MorbidMayem 4 months ago
@anferlo i dont want your respect
amxmachine 4 months ago
@anferlo might i suggest you close your eyes and just listen next time you play this. maybe you will actually hear it
amxmachine 5 months ago
@amxmachine you mightn't
anferlo 5 months ago
Musically interestless. Even though, it was really funny listening while looking at the score. Not berezovvsky's best if not the worst ever...
anferlo 5 months ago
what does mephisto mean?
2hyeok 5 months ago
@2hyeok It's short for Mephistopheles, who's a devil who feature's prominently in Marlowe's version of Faust.
othesemo 5 months ago
@othesemo what 'sFaust
2hyeok 5 months ago
@2hyeok It's a famous German fable. A doctor sells his soul tot he devil, then dies and (surprise, surprise) goes to hell.
othesemo 5 months ago
@othesemo All to try and get some girl, which he never gets.
classicalhero7 5 months ago
Liszt is somehow being played a human.
classicalhero7 5 months ago
Je trouve que cette interprétation manque un peu de, comment dire, de satanisme ; les ténèbres du Méphistophélès sont comme dissipés par le tempo, trop soutenu à mon goût. Je préfère que ça traîne un peu, le morceau y gagne en ampleur et en éloquence.
Chateaubriand26 5 months ago
after this piece was played a world war 3 started to see which country keeps berezovsky
2hyeok 5 months ago
Expression in Liszt's music is very difficult to pianist because the ideas in his compositions are very complex. Plus to perform any of his pieces completely requires excellent techniques. That is enough for me to admire such pianists.
Berezovsky, not mentioning his techniques, really touches my heart when he has showed me that he's totally understanding Liszt. Love his enthusiasm in performance, as well.
drgothmania 5 months ago 2
@6:37 Very impressive... i love this..
abcedmond 6 months ago
Incredible performance. Staggering technique, speed and accuracy. But most important of all, an expressive and emotional performance. Best performance I've heard.
ukdavepianoman 6 months ago
Fact: Franz Liszt wrote songs to make mortals feel bad about themselves.
XDXDXDXDXDXDXD 6 months ago
4:55-Here it comes...
5:10-There it is...
5:12-Damnit not quite
5:14-Come on come on
5:16-5:30-ahhhhhh
huzzzzzzahh 6 months ago
@huzzzzzzahh HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA. Man.. MAAAAN.. .At first I was like - Wtf? Then I listened closely.
ImmortalSpecies 6 months ago
@Oxydox all you need is a third hand
therealB3nny 6 months ago
I want this DVD : ( What's it called? :o
moruku88 6 months ago
awesome hair flip at 7:15
justinchun0 6 months ago
Try Kissin's version on his Schubert-Liszt cd. Purposely conservative 1st section, profound seductive middle section (with those 2 mischievous, tip toe, devil dance intrusions), finally in the recapitulation of the 1st and middle section themes he just unleashes it, like entering a demonic vortex.
cmonclair27 6 months ago
My brain sharts just listening to it...
It also happened during Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 during that last bit. . . Looks like I have to replace that brain diaper.
Gibson0918 6 months ago
Liszt deliberately wrote this so that no one could play it and put up 10 million marks as a bet. Then along came Berezovsky and now Liszt owes him a great deal of spondulits.
slaynt 6 months ago 2
@slaynt Spondilitis? Wut?
Tu16 2 months ago
@Oxydox ME TOO. My hands are really really tiny so I have to transcribe the piece so that I can get enough energy, enough sound, and enough anything out of it. I just kind of add my own stuff. Since Liszt that it would be funny to make such a horrendously difficult song.
lolitaeviston 6 months ago
its awesome...
完璧です！
ranetki4ever 6 months ago
Funny how he strokes his chin at rests then "well, here goes nuthin'" and busts it out. Awesome performance
SnarkAttack12 6 months ago
Look at the size of his hands. No wonder he can play Liszt so well, I bet he could play La Campanella without even thinking about it
musicisasuperpower 7 months ago
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flyurway 7 months ago
The amazing thing is to realize that Liszt could play and compose this in the middle of the 19th century when pretty much only he could play it. now we have wonderful pianists like Berezovsky who are able to bring this incredible music to live performances all over the world.
pjm5660 7 months ago
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@pjm5660 Interesting point. How many people 150 years ago ever even had the chance to hear this in any way, shape or form? No recording methods, no auto-playing mechanisms to speak of that would do it (assuming player pianos weren't too far off though they could never do this) and maybe a small handful (at most) of virtuoso's that might have a chance of performing it.
flyurway 7 months ago
I think he probably has the best technique of all pianists today. He some kind of super virtuoso.
RediForKing 7 months ago 10
@RediForKing Look at Mr. Hamelin. He has starred a Japanese documentary about himself, and it's called "Supervirtuoso", it's here on Youtube. But, Berezovsky makes me giggle when i hear this. It's orgasmic, exactly how Liszt planned it.
Laudan08 7 months ago 15
@Laudan08 I know. Hamelin is definately a supervirtuoso too. But Hamelin is more like a robot. He just plays all notes correctly without single mistakes, which I really like. But I think Berezovsky has more passion when he's playing.
RediForKing 7 months ago
@RediForKing Yeah, too bad Cziffra doesnt live anymore
BlazeKenny 3 months ago
@RediForKing Alkan ... end of story
puleknow 2 months ago
@puleknow maybe but he's dead so you can't raelly judge
RediForKing 2 months ago
@RediForKing .....ever heard hiromi uehara? frankly... jazz pianists will always be better.
KrummyBear 2 months ago
@KrummyBear never dude never. classical piano is the highest level of piano playing
RediForKing 2 months ago
@RediForKing Lies and deceit xD. They use less harmonic content. The skill set needed is far less, not to mention a lack of improvisation. Listen to makoto ozone play his untitled piece. Listen to oscar peterson play anything. Rachmoninoff thought duke ellington was the greatest musican to walk the earth... You wrong yo!
KrummyBear 2 months ago
@KrummyBear I remember Rach saying that about Art Tatum having the greatest technique, not sure about Duke though. Classical pianist lack the improv skill of jazz pianists but certainly not the technique. Listen to Liszt Feux Follets and follow the double notes, or any etudes, even Kapustin.
Tunaan360 2 months ago
@Tunaan360 He didn't say Duke was the most technically proficient, he said it under the basis that he is the greatest composer, and the rawness of his technique facilitates it. All of his compositions are harmonically very complex, as well as unlike anything written up to that point.
KrummyBear 2 months ago
哇！这是非常好的！这首歌我知道，从我的同胞钢琴约努茨苏塞鞋匠，是感动！
xffghhjf 7 months ago
Oh shi- How could a human being do this? ò_ò
ariodb 8 months ago
1:36 ow!!!
TheProNinjaz 8 months ago
He just makes it seems so easy...
NotProNotNub 8 months ago
Thank you very much, tomplik. An oustanding video. Looking for the best, I've selected yours for accompany an article in my blog La Belleza de Escuchar.
forto21 8 months ago
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best performance
roby087654 8 months ago
BEST PERFORMANCE!!!!!
roby087654 8 months ago
from 7;18 the song sounds kind of cliched i dont really enjoy the peice as a whole and from 7:18 the main structure simple baseline reveals itself and is not all that impressive
385181 8 months ago
@385181
Just curious, why?
cassandra5322 8 months ago
@385181 It's strange that you can't play this and you are criticizing this pianist
bluestickman1 7 months ago
@arthurmendonga as Perelman said, they are not qualified to judge my work.
danielseanbrady 8 months ago
I hate it, if everyone who plays Paganini on youtube is called a reborn Paganini, and everyone who plays Liszt, is called a reborn Liszt!
Why is that so?
Why don't people call the pianist a Mephisto, Liszt often was called a deamon when playing the piano by his coevals.
Or if you want to honour the pianist by comparing him to another pianist, why don't you show a bit of education and call him a reborn Heifetz or so?
Nederdien 9 months ago
Wow! Sounds like an incredibly difficult piece of music! William Kapell makes it sound easy!
pingalaida 9 months ago
i swear, there is the old master liszt sitting in the crowd! with the long white hair in the darkness! just look!
DrSm4rT 9 months ago
Наиболее чувственно это произведение играет Борис чем некие другие
FedorChestnut 10 months ago
@FedorChestnut If i were to know russian i'd agree with you :))
perjaromana 9 months ago
@FedorChestnut totally! Cyrillic symbols rule!
Sanitoeter666 9 months ago
@FedorChestnut 升克千焦吉隆坡黃建忠羅汞 ^^
0ook 9 months ago
back in school i used to live and breath this piece hoping someday i could play it.. Berezovsky just inspired me all over again
JNieves1986 10 months ago
he's bloody amazing
ueblondon 10 months ago
Such an insane piece!
It is flabbergasting when you see someone playing it live. It seems rather impossible to move your hands at that speed.
GarguzGilva 10 months ago
at 7:00 it looks like it's on fast-forward..
dommboi69 10 months ago
@arthurmendonga lmao!
theecollective11 10 months ago
@twooffour, if you criticize Lisitsa's Rach, why don't you show her how it's done. Her Rach preludes are brilliant. And if you're gonna complain about her tempo in Rach #2, you should hear the composer play it, he plays it like a mad man...
DanieloIndispensavel 11 months ago
@DanieloIndispensavel
Listen, are you on drugs or something? You don't make any sense whatsoever.
Since when are we talking about Rach 2? Do you mean the Concerto? I've never heard that concerto, let alone on Lisitsa's performance.
Since when are we talking about the PRELUDES? How about we start talking about her Grand Galop when debating her rendition of Rach's RIDING HOOD ETUDE??!!
I'm pretty sure whe knows how it's done, and deviates from the markings on purpose. It's called ARTISTIC...
twooffour 11 months ago
@DanieloIndispensavel
... LICENSE. You're bloody dolt.
twooffour 11 months ago
@MrPeterJohnston, They are 2 very diferent persons, wich means they have 2 very diferent interpretations. Bouth are great Master in Musicality and in Technique.I think that Berezovsky plays Liszt like no one else. But Valentina's Beethoven are unmached.
DanieloIndispensavel 11 months ago
@MrPeterJohnston Are you kidding me? She most definitely butchers pieces by taking them at ridiculous tempos merely to show off! She has such awfully lazy technique and such flat fingers! You should watch her videos again.
evifnoskcaj 11 months ago
@evifnoskcaj No... you've mistaken momentum for showing off... She takes it at a speed that builds the emotional intensity to it's highest point without going against the composers markings.
And as I piano player, I can safely say her technique is sound and of incredible accuracy, and dexterity. Yes her fingers may be flat - but she can play like no other.
MrPeterJohnston 11 months ago
" without going against the composers markings"
I haven't analyzed a lot of her recordings, but her famous "Riding Hood" performance actually does go against the composer's markings at numerous points, and all for the better imo.
twooffour 11 months ago
@twooffour It's a fantastic performance... but I'm not sure if she goes against the composers remarking.
It does start allegro, and then in the later section - does say poco a poco accelerando until it gets to Presto.
However, you gotta admit - she seems to bring a phenomenal life to each piece she plays.
MrPeterJohnston 11 months ago
@MrPeterJohnston
Where she goes against the score's marks is the details - there was once a video of that performance with sheet music where I wrote something about that (or argued against some dude who criticized her for messing with the interpretation).
Maybe I'll look up the sheet music some time soon and list a few examples, but yea, she does that quite a few times.
Can't say I agree she brings a "phenomenal life" to EVERY piece (for example, I found parts in her Don Juan very wooden and...
twooffour 11 months ago
@MrPeterJohnston
... and uninspired), but her Rach etude is one of those where you just say... dude.
:D
twooffour 11 months ago
What an incredible version! It's almost as good as Horowizt, but both still cower under the prowess of Rubinstein. This is somewhere in the middle...
evifnoskcaj 11 months ago
that's beyond amazing!
ueblondon 11 months ago
but i think this piece is already overwhelming enough; He can play the slower and melodic parts much more musically so as to provide contrast. After about 4 min. into the piece his interpretation just seems too "overpowering."
heyletsplay 11 months ago
my goodness he plays it so effortlessly it's unbelievable.
heyletsplay 11 months ago
I saw this shit in a bugs bunny episode...and the piano exploded.
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forto21 8 months ago
@KrummyBear Which?
JupiterIV 5 months ago
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alonsoafonso 5 months ago
@alonsoafonso Lul, wtfever that means.
KrummyBear 5 months ago
Yey for da whale... but he *always* misses the last A natural octave in the right hand!
MegaPetrof 1 year ago
and to think i could play this... never judge sheet music by the first page... especially when there's 25 more to judge
justinchun13 1 year ago 3
His hands...They mirror the feverishness of the piece and by the end of the piece it seems like they have been possessed themselves. Brilliant in both technique and in bodily expression.
Theframes418 1 year ago
I realli like the first part...it"s awesome:P
liszt17 1 year ago
I guess he's playing the different version of it. but, still cool and a great interpretation!
gavinklavier 1 year ago
Awesome.
damumo 1 year ago
家にこのCDが偶然あってビックリした
Mizuki300 1 year ago
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TripleRhu 1 year ago
WHO DISLIKED THIS PIECE OF PURE EPIC!?
thegreatapologist 1 year ago 2
from 2:45 the guy has left planet earth.
Frederikamusic 1 year ago 3
oh
my
god
Frederikamusic 1 year ago
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Frederikamusic 1 year ago
Berezovsky is my guy!
I would love to meet him.
BrentAudi 1 year ago
Anyone, Can someone tell me what grade is Mephisto Waltz in? I just want to know.
123mazeppa 1 year ago
@123mazeppa ARCT
sandy3beach 1 year ago
@123mazeppa in music , there arent grades, if u can play it u can, if not practice...
karazh 1 year ago
@karazh no, not true at all
thecouchonfire 1 year ago
@thecouchonfire oh indeed, all the real musicgeniuses and profs in europe laugh about this american "gradesystem"
karazh 1 year ago
@karazh i'm referring to the "if u can play it u can, if not practice.." part of your comment, because according this statement, playing it shittily is exactly the same as playing it well. and by the way, ARCT is in CANADA. not america.
thecouchonfire 1 year ago
@thecouchonfire If you want to understand it wrong, than its ok. This sentence is totaly true and says a lot about music and how its seen. But i guess you reached your goal, cause i answered your total undiffert comment...hve a nice life :)
karazh 1 year ago
@karazh ????? Okay...
thecouchonfire 1 year ago
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Absolutely astonishing , amazing !!!
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Singer/Celebrity
robinarielmedia 1 year ago
@16021R Fab. rendition , agreed , no doubt ! Thank you for this master work ! ***** gus
gusthebroken2 1 year ago
I doubt liszt was this good. Absolutely flawless technique. FLAWLESS!! And what an amazing rendition! 1000/10
MasterAzunai 1 year ago
Llevo 4 minutos escuchando y sigo esperando a que me diga algo... Para el Circo del Sol sería un buen fichaje pero aquí no se trata de tocar el más rápido.
javiermartiny 1 year ago
What I like about Boris is that I don´t always like him. Sometimes I adore him. Sometimes he provokes me. That´s the beauty.
Piacevole 1 year ago 2
not well played in my opinion....no emotion and a lot of wrong notes
gerdokurt 1 year ago
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Notram90 1 year ago
@pataxinha Actually, this is the story of the climax. Read the "Mephisto Waltzes" Wikipedia-article: this masterpiece is about Faust, seducing a beauty in an inn, and then...well...they're having a great time together in the forest. And the very beginning is Mephisto, tuning a violin, or something. And so on. Excellent.
Notram90 1 year ago
More or less on this one.
leomulder 1 year ago
the contrary octaves at the end was freaking crazy
ToxicLabProductions 1 year ago
13 people are dumb jocks
scout6686 1 year ago
Замечательно!
Dektyannikova 1 year ago
incredible performance...
konstancapiano 1 year ago
incredible performance...
konstancapiano 1 year ago
pure spectacle, zero sensitivity
rolldito 1 year ago
Liszt the master of technique. this work of his is amazing with fast tempo and different melodies
PIANOpartner 1 year ago
Incredible!
Cancrizans 1 year ago
wow great job nice fingering
jimmypugable 1 year ago
wow great job
jimmypugable 1 year ago
How is possible that someone says "Don't Like" this???
demianp2008 1 year ago
7:17 sickest part ever!
scout6686 1 year ago