Truecrypt plays Chopin-Liszt, "The Maiden's Wish"

[camaysar222]

Bubbling with life!

[korintietis]

That's a nice, lightly- flowing and relaxing performance

[fhdjfkgh]

If you spend more time on computer keys than piano keys, you must be a fantastic computerist by now! Thank you for introducing me to this lovely piece - I'm going to learn it.

[lotorobly]

this is definetely some of the best virtuoso shit i have ever heard, greaT!

[samhtliu]

great playing, it resembled the immortals from your uploads.

[pupusman]

Bless your soul, truecrypt!

[Alecs1950]

Dear truecrypt,can not a city on top of the mountain to remain hidden.

[MuzicSoundz]

Great performance!

[yellingLoL]

I'm taken aback. This really is professional-level playing. It's a shame that people like Lang Lang and Volodos have more popularity.

[innagliksberg]

Great playing!!!

[chubbythechubchubtif]

Good job, you are a superb pianist!!!

[sisi0680]

wow

[gerardbedecarter]

Beautiful playing!!

[conleymon]

I must say I am taken a back. I knew you had taste from your choice of non-reflexive videos. But I didn't know you could play as this because I had never heard one of YOU playing! Absolutely top level. The music world really needs for you to grace large halls, I think.

[parpar5]

wow! sehr gut gespielt

[vilx777]

Applause to master! it s absolutely wonderful performance! If i would play like You i wouldn t pressing computer keys. Something mysterious is probably behind that secret why don t u give concert. I wish to play one day like You but it s probably too big wish but i like to wish big and catch what is almost impossible.

[mindovermattjr]

op. 74 is underplayed. bravo.

[RavelDebussy]

I like your interpetation very much! Its really exciting and quite different than rachmaninoff's and hoffman's! my piano teacher JUST gave it to me..... I 'll make my best to approach your play ;-D Please coninue posting SUCH beautiful interpretations of yours to inspire younger and amateur pianists!!!

[Kard9]

i actually like your version best. those runs are so beautifully done...lots of clarity

[acortot]

one of the best pianists I have ever heard..

do you still do concerts?

[truecrypt]

@acortot

Thank you for kind words! I love compliments even if they are not fully deserved! ;)

No, I don't perform at all... except very rare occasions like fund-raising for charities or friends gathering. I spend most of my time pressing computer keys!

[ermpp65]

@truecrypt

...yours is the luckiest computer ever touched ... !!! ;-)

[giles1939]

This sparkles. Love the piece & the performance.

[albertacristie99]

I must say : i am impressed. Don't worry , I won't be as critical toward you as I was toward Richter. Lol. But really nice!!

[Lemonizm]

Holy cow! I had no idea you are such a great pianist!

[henseltetude]

hi, truecrypt , I am a stubborn boy: You are better than Rachmanninov , Hofmann and Richter.

stop being humble.

[Ruchfun]

Good interpretation!

PS Truecrypt, If your industry fails,you have a future

as concert-player.I'm surprised you have not taken this career as a young man,surely

you would have been successful!

Compliments

[truecrypt]

Thank you!

[leopianotuner]

Truecrypt's playing is very professional and masterly. I wonder what his nationality is..

[truecrypt]

Russian Jew...

[TheTristan1954]

like many talented humans

[vincentlau2010]

@truecrypt

"There are three kinds of pianists: Jewish pianists, homosexual pianists, and bad pianists." - V. Horowitz

[mombeekmarcel]

very interesting performance!

[libetta]

you're right truecrypt, your playing is quite SICK! who knew you had such talent?! i really like your speed on the waltzy thirds part, you've got quite the flare to really pull it out in a very teasful manner. cheers!

[GetMeThere1]

Still my favorite of all your personal offerings, truecrypt. The performance is fully on a par with those on all your other offerings from well-known luminaries (I should say AT LEAST on a par). Bravo again!

[vstasov]

Ahh, truecrypt, you're an angel....

[paulprocopolis]

It;s lovely to hear these wonderful transcriptions (which seem to have long since eclipsed the original songs!). You play both 'My Joys' and this one with lyricism and sensitivity, and the rhythm in the latter is particularly stylish.

[f1f1s]

Splendid! 5/5! The way Liszt is meant to be played!

[Noshirm]

BRAVO, Truecrypt!

[Talokaaa]

And only SICK with GENIUS could play very well ^_^

[vova47]

Dear truecrypt,you did it again! Congratulations,well done!Bravo!

[PmIuAsNiOc]

Mr truecrypt, i have been wondering what kind of piano you played this piece on...really great and i think it might be recorded not at home but at your concert

[truecrypt]

yes, it's from recital in early 90s. I'm sure it was a Steinway...

[shela2]

Wow!!.Words fail me.

[willistara]

"Only a very sick person would ever post his/her performance next to Rachmaninoff and Hoffman! But I'm in a good mood today..."---

Oh, how I wish everyday would be a good-mood-day for you :-)

[silviemusik]

wow!that`s very good!you are a pianist!don`t be that modest

[gerardbedecarter]

(Continued) We are lucky to have anything at all from Reisenauer. He died (suddenly) in 1907, only two years after (expressive) reproducing piano rolls came in and during the infancy of acoustic discs.  He was one of the first to record on roll. I have been told that Reisenauer's playing (of all the Liszt pupils) most closely resembled Liszt's playing, but I have not been able to source this, as yet. Sorry for the rather long essay. I hope that this has been of some interest. (Concluded !!!!)

[gerardbedecarter]

(Continued) Reisenauer also recorded on piano roll Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies nos. 10 and 12. I have also put these onto CD. Reisenauer made a number of piano rolls, including rolls of three of Liszt's works (all reproduced on the CD). The CD is one of a set of 3 CDs enclosed with the book "Rediscovering the Liszt Tradition" by Gerard Carter and published and sold by Wensleydale Press 165/137 Victoria Street, Ashfield NSW 2131 Sydney Australia. Reisenauer made no discs. (To be continued)

[gerardbedecarter]

(Continued) Dangel further advised that the museum's database had the following note: "Das Maedchens Wunsch. Nach personlichen Erinnerungen an Franz Liszt. (The Maiden's Wish .. as played by the composer)." This note is not on the roll to which I had access but Reisenauer got his version from somewhere and it seems reasonable to think that it is wholly, or in part, based on a performance by Liszt which Reisenauer heard on one or more occasions.

(To be continued)

[gerardbedecarter]

(Continued) This piece is a set of variations by Liszt on no. 1 "The Maiden's Wish" from Six Polish Songs op. 74 by Chopin. Reisenauer's performance deviates substantially from the published edition. Gerhard Dangel of the Augustinermuseum, Freiburg, hometown of M. Welte & Soehne, advised on 21 October 2003, on website "Welte-Mignon Artists Bernhard Stavenhagen & Alfred Reisenauer", that this roll is not in the museum's inventory. (To be continued).

[gerardbedecarter]

What a stunning performance, Mr Truecrypt, whatever your real name is. You are obviously a concert, or concert-standard, pianist. You, and others, may be interested to know that celebrated Liszt pupil Alfred Reisenauer (1863-1907) recorded this on Welte piano roll no. 325 in April 1905. This is an extremely rare roll but I was fortunate to have access to it and I have recorded it on CD from a 1922 Steinway-Welte upright piano. Timing: 6:09!! (To be continued)

[joesubaruson]

I had studied with a Leningrad graduate, and she wanted me to play this work just like you are playing here. Your performance strikingly reminds me these six pieces are a sublime tribute to Chopin and to the entire Polish people. Congratulations and thank you truecrypt. You are a spiritual descendent of Liszt, Nicolai and Anton.

[snaaptaker]

PS: You've been "around the very best musicians" because you're one of them.--Stuart

[truecrypt]

Dear Stuart, thanks again! I'm blushing! ;)

Yes, I was privileged to know the very best musicians... Of course it doesn't make me one of them, but I tried to learn as much as I could. I'm trully happy when people like my playing!

[snaaptaker]

You're not (very) sick. Your performance is certainly worthy to stand next to Rachmaninoff's and Hofmann's. Such delicacy, spontaneity, and joyfulness--there's no doubt as to what the Maiden is wishing for. :)

[ellandelachapelle]

No come ON! Another master-recording! Ladies and gentlemen, who IS this truecrypt?? (best "home-recordings" I´ve ever heard.)(bet he is a VERY famous pianist. Who wants to test us!)

[bineblies]

famous pianist or not he has given me more of what I have asked for a true pianist and a true heart for the instrument..

[fichan25052505]

lol truecrypt sounds more like a computer nerd than a lyrical pianist that we hear in this recording...

[nico22059]

Hi there Truecrypt! How are you doing? I hope great! :D... This recording is trully surprising, I just wonder who you really are, because you sound great! You play in a really mature way, I hope to see more! And to watch you playing :D!

Take care!

[GetMeThere1]

although "truecraft" may arisen naturally from my impressions!

[GetMeThere1]

oops, I mean truecrypt--I'm overcome!

[GetMeThere1]

You're not a "very sick person," truecraft; you're a very very WELL person!

Beautiful!

[vova47]

Truecrypt,not only your video/audio collection is golden, but so is your playing!If you are not one of the world´s renown pianists, hiding behind pseudonyme, you certainly ought to be!

[chad410]

i m sure it s Pletnev playing or Kissin or????????

[gerryrains]

I'll vote with 4realrussiansonly although I'm not one (Russian). This sounds suspiciously professional for self-posting on YouTube given all those efforts posted by hacks.

[marcelmombeek]

very "noble" performance!!!

I liked it very very very much!!!!

[chad410]

are yo professinal?.lol. well doesn t sound very mateur to me.

[truecrypt]

Hello Chad;

I'm a bit confused since the answer would probably depend on what did you mean - "amateur" or "mature" ;)

[chad410]

sos the first.I type fast. I like the light touch you have. I think whats wonderful is you don t have to be famous to play like one. Unless your me.lol.good luck with your hotel work.lolxx say hi to the boys.please.

[stienwayz]

Great performance!

[4realrussiansonly]

velvety finger articulation with perfectly balanced legato,

plus unmarred execution puts "truecrypt", sane or insane, where he belongs; between Rachmaninov & Hoffman.

This is world class musicianship and virtuosity-make no mistake about it!

[jero13595]

Are you a professional pianist?

[truecrypt]

Dear jero13595;

Really good question... I'm still trying to find an answer! ;)

[smithsherman]

He's an archeological mortician who is a wine expert.

[smithsherman]

BUT...if compared to most modern untraditional performances...I find this ebullient,enthusiastic,fresh & envigorating.

I definitely enjoy this.

[smithsherman]

Another quality that renders it revisionist is the dearth of Accelerandi.All the beautiful & varied rallentandi cannot make up

for the lack of thereof.Crypt is intuitively

balancing the paucity of accelerandi by adopting a precipitous bravura tempo,which although logical,somewhat diminishes the playful aspect. 2

[smithsherman]

Another quality which marks it as Revisionist is the semi-constant unvaried  placing of the emphasis directly on the perceived downbeat.

Whereas the variance before,on,& after is a hallmark of this tradtional style. 3

[smithsherman]

This is the very best possible revisionist

Interpretation possible!Why revisionist?Because there is an untraditional clinging to central tempo,that somewhat denigrates the otherwise absolutely fabulous qualities that this pianist evinces. 1