Stravinsky, Danse Infernale from the Firebird. Francesco Piemontesi, piano

[TheWanderingNight]

This is so awesome.

[Mouky4ever]

Haha i just love his hands! Beautifuul nails.. :D

However, good job!

[Lingyis]

wow... i don't know who to cheer for... the transcriber or the performer

[nxt1playr]

Just think about how much work and effort had to be put forth for this 5 minute video to be made. Truely inspiring.

[musicspinner]

Off tha' chain! Great! :)

[StRogueOrm]

Piano, I think is the only instrument that can play a orchestra piece by his own... Great work, great piece. My orchestra is doing this piece right now, but the brass is just...

[Tiger02051986]

GREAT, AMAZING, SUPER, TERRIFIC.

But I can't find the notes of this great piece. How it is possible?

[leptismagna10]

@Tiger02051986 classicscore . hut2 . ru/S . h t m l

its piece number 8285

[Tiger02051986]

@leptismagna10

Is it a link where is the scores of "Firebird Suite"? Please write more correctly. This link not open any site. Thank you in advance.

[Tiger02051986]

GREAT, AMAZING, SUPER, TERRIFIC.

But I can't find the notesof this great piece. How it is possible?

[LM1viola]

He just incorporated all the instruments in a full orchestra into a piano. that is AMAZING!!!

[Epogdous]

Bravissimo.

[johnbaptistlulu]

@ everyone

this channel should have disabled commenting. obviously, people are not mature enough to use commenting in a positive way. just listen, be amazed, worship, and keep your bloody opinions to yourselves until you come of age.

[jewelsrgirl]

Amazing. I never imagined that someone would be able to capture the complexity of Danse Infernale so well in one instrument.

[mayorde18]

@jewelsrgirl maybe it all started with a piano improvization!

[skateboarddirk]

@mayorde18 or with the big bang!

[mateusyeah]

FEAR g.g ASKOASKOASKOKOASKOASKOASKOASKO­ASKOAS!!! D:

[ohsobeasty1]

wow.. he is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!

what a wonderful performance

[ohsobeasty1]

wow.. he is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheMiguelillou]

Great performance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!

Watch Miguel Gonzalez The firebird, please. Thank you

[looney1023]

good lord! has cziffra ever done this?

[serjjery]

Haha, @namcisum has a Nickelback video listed as one of his favorites. That explains it all.

[radioheadmouth]

I'm watching you here in Brazil. Just marvelous!!! Unbeliveble!!! Thanks for share your gift with us!!!!

[badazrael]

Thats what i call a very good performance...the melodys are perfect...stravinsky surely was a great composer...

[masterpiggy5]

this is simply excellent. i love the energy in this piece. i was lucky enough to go to nyc and hear the new york phil playing the rite of spring. amazing performance

[puntodifuga]

sei veramente sorprendente davvero.Lavoro ben fatto pensato eseguito e creativo davvero eccezionale

mi piacerebbe condividere delle chiacchiere con te

[namcisum]

Like I said opinions are like a--holes, everybody got one!!!!

[SillyRandomChick]

@ mountainmanchuck, and namcisum

Its really sad that two grown men are arguing on YOUTUBE, just because they have different views on this video.

Namcisum, if you think classical music is dead, than why the hell did you click on the video anyway?!

[namcisum]

@SillyRandomChick

I love classical music, but the fact remains it is dead, just like jazz. It's not my fault, it's the fault of the education system in America. Just watch American Idol, thousands of singers show up. The ones that can actually sing sound the same. It is wildly popular. That is the state of music today. Ellen Degeneris judging singing.

[Fuglebolle]

@namcisum this shows your lack of understanding of classical music. It can be "dead" as an industry, but it will never be dead as an art. In pop music on the other hand what the music sound like is irrelevant, what makes some songs popular and some not is the marketing. Meaning it's a very much alive industry, but pop music has never existed as an art form.

[namcisum]

Opinions are like A--holes, everybody's got one!! The bottom line is that music is subjective, if somebody likes rap music and hates Beethoven, who cares, it has nothing to do with anything objective or measurable!!!!!!

[namcisum]

Whatever

[maddorox]

seriously, i cant see how you could "love" classical music, and make such blatant statements about it, you supporting a losing argument mate.

[namcisum]

great he can play someone else's music, but what has he written?

[mazin07]

great, you can do neither?

[namcisum]

How do you know what I can do? Classical music is dead anyway, nobody appreciates it, it doesn't sell, so what's the point to show off how fast one can play the piano.

[mountainmanchuck]

@namcisum:

You don't have to be both a genius composer and piano virtuoso, everyone isn't Franz Liszt. Also, you are one ignorant bastard for saying classical music is dead. It is immortal. Beethoven's 5th symphony has more playing time than any other dumb pop song. *And* there's pop songs that have taken melodies from classical music (i.e. Muse using motifs from Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto [Space Dementia, "Butterflies and Hurricanes", "Megalomania" and "Ruled by Secrecy)

[namcisum]

@mountainmanchuck . How many recordings do we need of Beethoven's 5th? There are millions of them, so one is a little faster than another, etc. A bunch of anonymous union workers who sit there and read and a conductor who thinks they are god almighty. I couldn't care less about Muse by the way.

[mountainmanchuck]

@namcisum:

A bunch of anonymous union workers? I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said. Classical music isn't about commercialism, it's about the art, unlike modern popular music. Millions of people will come to study classical music for years to come. ...and I couldn't care less about Muse, either, I was just using them as reference. lol

[namcisum]

@mountainmanchuck

art is creating something new, not copying what's been done 200 years ago, and by the way I think most 20th century, so called "modern" music is horrible and not many people can say they truly love it.

[mountainmanchuck]

@namcisum

Creating something new? Hmmm.... *checks dictionary*

art

1. The quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance.

I'll stop there. lol

Just out of curiosity, how familiar are you with classical music?

[namcisum]

@mountainmanchuck

For your information I have a Bachelor's degree in Classical Guitar Performance, so I think I know what I'm talking about. I find I can touch many more people thru rock music. Unless you are incredibly gifted in classical playing you will not make it!!

[mountainmanchuck]

@namcisum

Hey, that's awesome, whatever medium of music you can use to touch people's hearts, utilize it as best as you can. FYI, I am a current piano performance major (intending to go up through a DMA), have won several competitions, and working on the piece in this video (written in 3 staves, incredibly hard), as well as a Chopin sonata and Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto, which I intend playing with an orchestra. And I don't intend on "making it" big time, but making it at least as a teacher.

[maddorox]

dont say that :P.... your goal if your a piano performance major, should be concert pianist standard , regardless of whether you want toi be a concert pianist or teacher,

i mean if you want to teach good piano, you must actually be pretty good at interpretation, technique and so on.... all of which are needed as a concert pianist :P....

[maddorox]

@namcisum thats a shit degree

[namcisum]

@maddorox BLOW UP YOUR PANTS WUSS!!

[maddorox]

@namcisum shut up under achiever

[namcisum]

@maddorox CHINK BASTARD

[maddorox]

@namcisum right....... ye =/ your still and underachiever =)

[nicoss007]

You re writin such a shit here...take your guitar and write a nice little song for Madonna!!! that s your level.

[namcisum]

@nicoss007

I would love to do that, and I would make a lot of money too, cause that's what is valued in this world today- money, money, money!!

[Fuglebolle]

Judging by your values I'd say you've found your true calling as a pop musician.

While classical music is about music, pop music is about making money. And whether or not a song sells has little to do with the song itself, it's about publicity. So while you may have the right values for pop music, you should have considered a Bachelor in market analysis.

[namcisum]

@Fuglebolle

I'm sorry but entertainment is a business whether it's pop or classical, what do you think an orchestra is? It's a huge business! Duh! Why do people play in these orchestras? The musicians are in a union that demands salaries, benefits and everything else from the people collecting the absurd prices for tickets, and donations. Answer: there wouldn't be any orchestras if there wasn't money in it. How old are you? You obviously don't know anything about life.

[Fuglebolle]

@namcisum Art music is not entertainment, it's art. Because people make a living out of playing, does not mean they're in it for the money. If you wanna be rich, the last thing you do is join an orchestra. The number of orchestras actually making money is astronimical. Most orchestras make just enough to keep going. Hence the ticket prices.

I probably don't know as much as you about life in America, and I can see now why americans have no classical tradition, and few understand it.

[maddorox]

blasphemy .... = =...

[XnepoX]

why do people feel the need to be cynical about something that possesses a lot of talent?

oh, he's soooo good at this... BUT HE CAN'T DO X

[namcisum]

@XnepoX

Whatever

[birtuos]

The best recording to this piece

[pgm98387]

Very Good,

IMHO The song makes more of an impression when performed by a full symphonic orchestra.

[gimmeyonumbah]

does anyone know where to get the music sheets for this?

[BoristheONEandonly]

he is playing some extra gliss, but they sound great !!!

[mazin07]

wtf@his hands

+fav'd

I got a bit lost from time to time following Stravinsky's transcription... I also wish I had Agosti's.

[Giovanni222]

Me? As in the professional musician who is as we speak composing music? Nah, I reckon you must have made a mistake.

Lack of success.

[wickedismycrack714]

does anyone know where to find this transcription? it's sooo much better than stravinksy's version!

[Giovanni222]

NOOOOOOOOOOO000000000000000000­0000000000oooooooooooooooooooo­oo!!!!!

Heresy.

[wickedismycrack714]

Maybe so. Don't get me wrong; I love Stravinsky's transcription, but it just seems a bit lacking, and I know an awful lot of pianists who feel the same way.

[Giovanni222]

Ooohh I thought you meant the original Infernal Dance with orchestra!

[wickedismycrack714]

Oh, I see=D That would indeed be heresy.

[Bunceboy2000]

you're gay

[ninja5616]

awesome

[3richci]

Vc eh um monstro!!!parabens...!!!

acabo de ganhar mais um fan!!

[amantedipiano]

sei bravissimo,davvero complimenti

[MarkPetrovich]

Complimenti Francesco. Sei davvero eccezionale, geniale! Un locarnese di cui andarne fieri ... Felice 2009 ricco di soddisfazioni!

[cico91]

bravissimo! un grande locarnese...

[ChopinBalade]

very good!

[afertyus1000]

bravo!!!!!!!!!!