After Richters with perhaps the exception of Cziffra I dont really want to hear another performance of this extraordinary work, Kissin does'nt even come close. An uncompromising view I realise.
oooooooooh my. how does he do it. lol. its so raw, i dont really like pianos but im starting to. he really makes a song without just hitting random keys. pretty cool
this is great, to me it's about first impressions with music especially classical music... the first GOOD version you hear usually sticks with you and the first great poetic version of this i ever heard was Nojima's version. Other performances can grow on you and in the end it's nice to contrast the interpretations.
@chlaebrig you're right, we shouldn't judge, but music is especially about music.. with heart and mind could be love or other feelings. Music is something more
the young kissin is certainly a marvel. does anyone else feel however, Kissin is not getting better with age? i enjoy his youth recordings much more than most of the recent ones...
I agree, it's not about who's the best — who could ever judge that? — it's rather about really listening to this wonderful music and interpretation, far beyond concepts and criticism. if you do that, then you'll find beauty even in the piano-playing of a beginner, not to mention the masters. the use of harsh words though, is also contaminating, poisoning the comments. music is about the beauty of the heart and mind, isn't it?
I agree with you chlaebrig. I needed to say it this way , because where ever you go to listen, concert, youtube , etc. you always hear people criticizing like they are all Gods. I am a pianist myself and I have good international results. I know how hard it is to prepare for the competition, or for recital. This profession is among the hardest professions in the world and people usually have comments like you see here. I am totally against those opinions and way of listening to music.
I'm happy to read your reply, kuglagerfeld, thanks. that's exactly what I think, when reading some of the comments. people are so trained to judge everything into good and bad and to experience the world through the limiting grid of their opinions. this is really sad. but there are many others who appreciate and are respectful. may you have good concerts with really openhearted and openminded people, who will (naturally) enjoy your music.
Physically amazing how seemingly effortless this is but there's the problem - no effort. Am I the only person to whom this performance doesn't really communicate any particular emotion? Just seems to be a display of unfeeling articulation and speed. What a shame.
Found Kissin's performance more gripping than Lugansky's here (and this guy is technically perhaps on par with Kissin). The audience should see emotions, yes. But why shall it see the effort and sweat that goes into a performance? Does that make them more "believable"? I don't think so.
kissin is god. period. this is generally acknowledged among pianists.
also, kissin was first, and seeing as berezovsky's interpretation is almost identical to this, obviously berezovsky listened to this while learning it. so all arguments for berezovsky and against kissin are ill-formed, pathetic, and null and void.
also, @ sprund2009: that is how it's supposed to be. the whole piece is an exercise on understated speed and elegance, and is supposed to come and go like nothing happened.
I wholeheartedly disagree; if anything, Kissin is the rare artist who has the ability to convey feeling throughout a piece with unbelievable technique, in my humble opinion, this performance included.
From what I've heard him play ( a few of these studies) I think Kissen is up there with Bolet as one of the great Liszt players. I think he perhaps has an even better tone than Bolet.
There are many excellent versions of this fiendish thing on YT. CLAIRE HUANGSCI, Lugansky, Ingolf Wunder are comparable to this. Claire performs it with uncommon grace, but Kissin is one of the very best in the field.
Have you heard his Chopin, G-Minor Ballade? It's superb.
Of all those names, you chose to type Claire Huangsci's in all caps? Her leggierissimo, technical evenness, and treatment of the melody are the least refined for this piece.
I don't see your own video of this étude posted here? Maybe you shouldn't be critical of the concert pianists in the world who don't play up to the imaginary standards that you yourself can't produce.
much much to fast and not accurate... but he "plays" with the music and that's a good reason to listen to it. Much better musicaly then richter who makes nothing of it... I prefer cziffra's version...
I agree that this does not capture the real atmosphere of the piece, and yes I think Cziffra does that much better. Not doubting Kissin's great technique of course, just the atmosphere.
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Kissin does NOT understand this piece - sounds like a lot of hodge-podge. Listen to Friedheim's playing. Listen to Busoni's LP piano roll recording (not the CD) Then you'll hear it correctly played.
Chasse Neige is the last of Liszt's Trancendental etudes. Cziffra owns this one as well as Mazeppa. The others are pretty out of shape.
this does remind me of a "ghost fire" or will o the wisp, its crisp and light o.o ....Cziffras Mazeppa was technically Amazing... Yet musically satisfying? i think not. SPEED IS NOT EVERYTHING.... I do believe that this performance isnt the best of Feux Follet But seriously you have no right to say he doesnt understand this piece
You have no clue. Kissin's is about mud and rocks. Cziffra's Mazzepa is not about speed but musicianship and in one part included a snippet of the orchestral version as well - which you probably don't know anyway. Don't comment about anything unless you have the knowledge and background to do so! This goes beyond taste.
How about you post a video of you playing it? You've already negatively commented on other pianists playing this piece. What makes you a fuckin' expert?
Who's Liszt's favorite pupil? And is there a recording of this person playing this piece? I'm not saying Kissin's version is at all the final word... and there are many other great interpretations.
He doesn't understand it at all. Take a listen to Friedheim. The melody (the heart of a song) is mostly in the left hand. Kissin makes the right hand much more dominant over it.
Diabolique ! Although I don't like his dashing style in rachmaninoff no. 5 prelude and chasse neige , but for this particular freaking hard transcendental , being dashing and too fast isn't a sin. ---Imaging the piece is "ghost fire "He played exactly like an etude, we should rate five stars.... haha
dear, oh dear. if u wanna hear quick liszt, listen 2 the mephisto. this just aint hittin the mark. isnt this supposed 2 b allegretto? well done, mr kissin 4 completely putting me off ur playing.
its not him how wanted to play that fast to be exact he didnt want to play those liszt etudes at all (out of "gift of music") , it is his audience which want to hear this crap... concernig the tempo not the piece =) by the way aurrau rocks!
Kissin is, from a pianistic point of view one of the greatest talents of our times, and he's generally acknowledeged as such; he doesn't need to do what he's doing here!
For a truly musical performance of this piece, listen to Cziffra! (He could have easily played it this fast if he wanted to).
the speed of this is just silly. You get no entertainment out of the dynamics or music of the piece because its too fast to take in and actually enjoy.
Music isnt about being in awe of the speed of things.....so stupid
hahaha Music isn't about being in awe of the speed of things ???? nerd wake up, to arise the joy of listening to Liszt's pieces is to practice fingers first ! Furthermore, dynamics in a faster speed is harder, technically, ur thinking that way cuz u cant perform faster and still remain the dynamics. He performs in faster tempo, yet it is still enjoyable even in faster tempo. I'm am ashamed of myself that I can't perform like him, but I enjoy the speed as well.
This performance is incredible by its sheer speed. However, it's wrong. Liszt's FASTEST tempo indication for this piece is 126 to the eighth note - much slower than Kissin's tempo. Playing it this insanely fast, and we hear a lot of this kind of performance from virtuoso pianists, obscures the true meaning of this music. It becomes just a technical showpiece, devoid of any musical significance, which is not how Liszt intended it to be.
I don't disagree with you, but we need to consider that they are mostly 32th notes. Four 32th notes in the time of an 8th note... I don't know whether this is reasonable.
Thank you for seeing some of what I'm saying. This insane tempo that some pianists take with this piece is not following Liszt's indications: (1)32th notes taken at 126 per
8th note are already very fast (2)It's Allegretto, which specifically hints at pianists NOT to play it too fast (3) The title refers to the mysterious, haunting gas light called 'will o' the wisp'. Those insanely fast tempos fail to create that mysterious atmosphere Liszt wanted. So far, only Cziffra and Arrau follow Liszt.
You can't say who is right or wrong performers because that's they way they perform and it's called the interpretation of the pianist solely pending on the performer, not the composer. performers perform and they do it their ways, not your ways. If u don't like, don't write anything here instead just go to Cziffra video and make coments. Criticize whoever you want only if u can perform and upload a better one in ur own interpretation.
Kissin plays this too fast, with much too staccato sixteenths and thirty-seconds.Try smalin's musanim version of this song... it's much more clean and "correct."
When you go to listen to music you just need your ears, not your eyes. If the musician gets expressions like lang lang or seemed like a robot, i couldnt care less. the really important is using your ears and listen to, not the expressions.
Lang Lang used to play with emotions, but I have no idea what's wrong with him now. Everybody thinks he's now a "pathetic joker" or something like that.
partly true, he does sometimes go too fast, but i doubt you could play anywhere near as well as this could you? he has incredible accuracy in his playing, and is technically perfect!
actually, it IS the point, as OverFjell was discrediting Kissin as a virtuoso and NOT as a pianist/musician/artist and is therefore subject to tradges criticism. Kissin is an EXCELLENT virtuoso, but his other qualities as a musician are up for debate.
I personally have to take each pianist by performance, and I think this one is done quite well.
Listen to lots of Kissin, it's true he is not THE best at expressing his emotions but he is a helluva lot better than most of the people on youtube. Every concert pianist needs a degree of virtuosity: Horowitz is clearly a great pianist but his technique lets him down slightly and there comes a point when you can't correct technique. You can ALWAYS develop emotion. I think kissin is underrated.
technically, i prefer Marc-Andre Hamelin.. Kissin is good but for this etude, I prefer Berezovsky's version (judged by ears only). I have listened to many2 different versions of this etude and none, to me, has beaten Berezovsky's version.
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not Kissin's best.. it's still world class playing, but I expect perfection from Kissin, and his musical taste in this performance was that of Lang Lang which is as engaging as a 6 month old read poetry
I do. if you care to practice the way i tell you in two years you'll have his fingers...depends on you if you'll add musicality to that or not, but fingers like that I know exactely how to get.
With all due respect, cite a performance that is interesting. Perhaps the problem is the piece itself. It's a technical mountain really. That's all that is really that interesting about it. It's very repetitive. It's form is very simple. Not really in the league of the Schumann Fantasy or the Liszt Sonata.
i bet he got some pussy after this
Mr1329932 1 week ago
everybody pls listen ashkenazy! :)
chipncharge94 2 months ago
After Richters with perhaps the exception of Cziffra I dont really want to hear another performance of this extraordinary work, Kissin does'nt even come close. An uncompromising view I realise.
meredith21846 11 months ago
@meredith21846 then don't come to other videos, and don't leave your irrelevant and largely worthless comment.
bIuebonics 1 month ago
oooooooooh my. how does he do it. lol. its so raw, i dont really like pianos but im starting to. he really makes a song without just hitting random keys. pretty cool
Fatcake12592 11 months ago
@Fatcake12592 thus, that is what liszt so famously set out to do, and achieved
DualThunder 2 days ago
Who knew ecstacy and speed were as appreciated in classical music as much as they are in dance music haha
Bucketheadhead 1 year ago
@Bucketheadhead haha! amazing comment
DualThunder 2 days ago
So... If I learn to play this song, I'm done with piano?
Haha not like I ever could :P
raiga1324 1 year ago
the clown played its song wonderfulyy!! x)
johlo05 1 year ago
this is great, to me it's about first impressions with music especially classical music... the first GOOD version you hear usually sticks with you and the first great poetic version of this i ever heard was Nojima's version. Other performances can grow on you and in the end it's nice to contrast the interpretations.
RaymondFRevalee 1 year ago
he's sooo cuuuute hahaha
polkaadottiee 1 year ago
@chlaebrig you're right, we shouldn't judge, but music is especially about music.. with heart and mind could be love or other feelings. Music is something more
AndTok2 1 year ago
Remember the genius who conceived it and took the trouble to write it down.
Not a lot of people know that Liszt wrote far more quiet and slow music than fast and loud.
simmo303 1 year ago
did he just roll out of bed?
hutzman76 1 year ago
i think he has a dead animal on his head
ralfjacobs 1 year ago 8
listen to Minoru Nojima
anonymousQ45 1 year ago
the young kissin is certainly a marvel. does anyone else feel however, Kissin is not getting better with age? i enjoy his youth recordings much more than most of the recent ones...
hl830127 1 year ago 7
AMAZING!
superlio35 2 years ago
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kuglagerfeld 2 years ago
I agree, it's not about who's the best — who could ever judge that? — it's rather about really listening to this wonderful music and interpretation, far beyond concepts and criticism. if you do that, then you'll find beauty even in the piano-playing of a beginner, not to mention the masters. the use of harsh words though, is also contaminating, poisoning the comments. music is about the beauty of the heart and mind, isn't it?
chlaebrig 2 years ago 42
I agree with you chlaebrig. I needed to say it this way , because where ever you go to listen, concert, youtube , etc. you always hear people criticizing like they are all Gods. I am a pianist myself and I have good international results. I know how hard it is to prepare for the competition, or for recital. This profession is among the hardest professions in the world and people usually have comments like you see here. I am totally against those opinions and way of listening to music.
kuglagerfeld 2 years ago 4
I'm happy to read your reply, kuglagerfeld, thanks. that's exactly what I think, when reading some of the comments. people are so trained to judge everything into good and bad and to experience the world through the limiting grid of their opinions. this is really sad. but there are many others who appreciate and are respectful. may you have good concerts with really openhearted and openminded people, who will (naturally) enjoy your music.
chlaebrig 2 years ago 2
@chlaebrig
yah... wat he said.. :D
revealer0988 1 year ago
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mkeysou812 1 year ago
Physically amazing how seemingly effortless this is but there's the problem - no effort. Am I the only person to whom this performance doesn't really communicate any particular emotion? Just seems to be a display of unfeeling articulation and speed. What a shame.
sprund2009 2 years ago
Found Kissin's performance more gripping than Lugansky's here (and this guy is technically perhaps on par with Kissin). The audience should see emotions, yes. But why shall it see the effort and sweat that goes into a performance? Does that make them more "believable"? I don't think so.
flippert0 2 years ago
kissin is god. period. this is generally acknowledged among pianists.
also, kissin was first, and seeing as berezovsky's interpretation is almost identical to this, obviously berezovsky listened to this while learning it. so all arguments for berezovsky and against kissin are ill-formed, pathetic, and null and void.
also, @ sprund2009: that is how it's supposed to be. the whole piece is an exercise on understated speed and elegance, and is supposed to come and go like nothing happened.
eggplant1994 2 years ago
also, here's a hint: listen to the bassline. it will be much more enjoyable.
eggplant1994 2 years ago
I wholeheartedly disagree; if anything, Kissin is the rare artist who has the ability to convey feeling throughout a piece with unbelievable technique, in my humble opinion, this performance included.
wsp67326 2 years ago 3
Berezovsky plays this the best
davidbaker03 2 years ago
lovely! try Ashkenazy also for even more clarity
warddavis 2 years ago
and his chopin etudes are great too!
anonymousQ45 2 years ago
this is live...
capetond 2 years ago
Very incisive, nicely articulated... His game fits well with the piece.
nobulle 2 years ago
He's obviously a very good pianist, but I felt that this particular performance was rushed to the extreme.
earwasel2 2 years ago
.........
played to almost excruciating perfection
bravo, you've done it again evgeny
eggplant1994 2 years ago 3
From what I've heard him play ( a few of these studies) I think Kissen is up there with Bolet as one of the great Liszt players. I think he perhaps has an even better tone than Bolet.
chrish12345 2 years ago 3
maybe :) I think kissin is first of all a chopin-man
lshemg 2 years ago
Is this the original or the transcendental version?
wcr4 2 years ago
the transcendental..... and i think the original is easier!!
505870 2 years ago
all versions are original,but this is the last one.
Achtelnote 2 years ago
Played with true artistry and just the right tone quality.
Brilliant, tasteful, elegant! What more could you possibly want for this piece?
Pischnaholic 2 years ago
Energetic, but it has that too.
hex37 2 years ago
"Ca va sans dire."
Brilliant by the way implies energetic.
There are many excellent versions of this fiendish thing on YT. CLAIRE HUANGSCI, Lugansky, Ingolf Wunder are comparable to this. Claire performs it with uncommon grace, but Kissin is one of the very best in the field.
Have you heard his Chopin, G-Minor Ballade? It's superb.
Pischnaholic 2 years ago
Of all those names, you chose to type Claire Huangsci's in all caps? Her leggierissimo, technical evenness, and treatment of the melody are the least refined for this piece.
demosj 2 years ago
Too fast for his double notes...
2494521 2 years ago
ha ha as if!! kissin has double notes in both hands for breakfast
simonjp90 2 years ago 5
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yourpianoteacher 2 years ago
what are you saying about feux follets Kissin performance? what about try? There is no any relation. For me, It means a kind of disrespect
cas251 2 years ago
He is saying this to nearly every version of feux follets in youtube... I wonder how his own version sounds like...
proko514 2 years ago
fucking pikfjæs gå ud og hæng dig i en lade skiderik
marney89 2 years ago
I don't see your own video of this étude posted here? Maybe you shouldn't be critical of the concert pianists in the world who don't play up to the imaginary standards that you yourself can't produce.
pianotroubadour 2 years ago
much much to fast and not accurate... but he "plays" with the music and that's a good reason to listen to it. Much better musicaly then richter who makes nothing of it... I prefer cziffra's version...
mombeekmarcel 2 years ago
Both however lack the true feeling that liszt intended. Friedheim's version is most accurate I think .
djvbb12 2 years ago
That's a hell of a haircut.
GothicGroucho 2 years ago 3
check berezovsky! ;)
mozeskriebel 2 years ago
I agree that this does not capture the real atmosphere of the piece, and yes I think Cziffra does that much better. Not doubting Kissin's great technique of course, just the atmosphere.
chopinetudeboy 2 years ago
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Kissin does NOT understand this piece - sounds like a lot of hodge-podge. Listen to Friedheim's playing. Listen to Busoni's LP piano roll recording (not the CD) Then you'll hear it correctly played.
Chasse Neige is the last of Liszt's Trancendental etudes. Cziffra owns this one as well as Mazeppa. The others are pretty out of shape.
CD122344 2 years ago
this does remind me of a "ghost fire" or will o the wisp, its crisp and light o.o ....Cziffras Mazeppa was technically Amazing... Yet musically satisfying? i think not. SPEED IS NOT EVERYTHING.... I do believe that this performance isnt the best of Feux Follet But seriously you have no right to say he doesnt understand this piece
maddorox 2 years ago
You have no clue. Kissin's is about mud and rocks. Cziffra's Mazzepa is not about speed but musicianship and in one part included a snippet of the orchestral version as well - which you probably don't know anyway. Don't comment about anything unless you have the knowledge and background to do so! This goes beyond taste.
CD122344 2 years ago
How about you post a video of you playing it? You've already negatively commented on other pianists playing this piece. What makes you a fuckin' expert?
cfwpiano 2 years ago
here here :D
maddorox 2 years ago
Because Liszt's favorite pupil played this song entirely different. Does this song seriously remind you of swamp fires as Liszt intended?
djvbb12 2 years ago
Who's Liszt's favorite pupil? And is there a recording of this person playing this piece? I'm not saying Kissin's version is at all the final word... and there are many other great interpretations.
cfwpiano 2 years ago
Friedheim and yes there is a low quality recording here on youtube.
djvbb12 2 years ago
Found it and I like Friedheim's version much better than this... Kissin's is too chaotic.
cfwpiano 2 years ago
And your knowledge a background is?
Pianist54d 2 years ago
He doesn't understand it at all. Take a listen to Friedheim. The melody (the heart of a song) is mostly in the left hand. Kissin makes the right hand much more dominant over it.
djvbb12 2 years ago
Isn't Chasse Neige an etude?
Though he did good... though he exaggerated some of the notes...
I would rather prefer ghost fire in a more "behind the mist" way...
Desmonddd2002 2 years ago
Diabolique ! Although I don't like his dashing style in rachmaninoff no. 5 prelude and chasse neige , but for this particular freaking hard transcendental , being dashing and too fast isn't a sin. ---Imaging the piece is "ghost fire "He played exactly like an etude, we should rate five stars.... haha
zealotpolly 3 years ago
Mostruoso!!!
prodesica 3 years ago
This is unbelievable. I enjoyed the clarity and delicateness of the performance.
scottturner1994 3 years ago
dear, oh dear. if u wanna hear quick liszt, listen 2 the mephisto. this just aint hittin the mark. isnt this supposed 2 b allegretto? well done, mr kissin 4 completely putting me off ur playing.
thefotofanatic 3 years ago
its not him how wanted to play that fast to be exact he didnt want to play those liszt etudes at all (out of "gift of music") , it is his audience which want to hear this crap... concernig the tempo not the piece =) by the way aurrau rocks!
JakWho92 3 years ago
Kissin is, from a pianistic point of view one of the greatest talents of our times, and he's generally acknowledeged as such; he doesn't need to do what he's doing here!
For a truly musical performance of this piece, listen to Cziffra! (He could have easily played it this fast if he wanted to).
pianocommy 3 years ago
the speed of this is just silly. You get no entertainment out of the dynamics or music of the piece because its too fast to take in and actually enjoy.
Music isnt about being in awe of the speed of things.....so stupid
OriginallyInspired 3 years ago
On Transcendental Etude Entertainment and dynamics = Music
Desmonddd2002 3 years ago
On Transcendental Etude Entertainment and dynamics = Finger Excercise
iiVI251 3 years ago
hahaha Music isn't about being in awe of the speed of things ???? nerd wake up, to arise the joy of listening to Liszt's pieces is to practice fingers first ! Furthermore, dynamics in a faster speed is harder, technically, ur thinking that way cuz u cant perform faster and still remain the dynamics. He performs in faster tempo, yet it is still enjoyable even in faster tempo. I'm am ashamed of myself that I can't perform like him, but I enjoy the speed as well.
whitetetyb 3 years ago
This performance is incredible by its sheer speed. However, it's wrong. Liszt's FASTEST tempo indication for this piece is 126 to the eighth note - much slower than Kissin's tempo. Playing it this insanely fast, and we hear a lot of this kind of performance from virtuoso pianists, obscures the true meaning of this music. It becomes just a technical showpiece, devoid of any musical significance, which is not how Liszt intended it to be.
torontochopin 3 years ago
I don't disagree with you, but we need to consider that they are mostly 32th notes. Four 32th notes in the time of an 8th note... I don't know whether this is reasonable.
chopinandliszt 3 years ago
Thank you for seeing some of what I'm saying. This insane tempo that some pianists take with this piece is not following Liszt's indications: (1)32th notes taken at 126 per
8th note are already very fast (2)It's Allegretto, which specifically hints at pianists NOT to play it too fast (3) The title refers to the mysterious, haunting gas light called 'will o' the wisp'. Those insanely fast tempos fail to create that mysterious atmosphere Liszt wanted. So far, only Cziffra and Arrau follow Liszt.
torontochopin 3 years ago
You can't say who is right or wrong performers because that's they way they perform and it's called the interpretation of the pianist solely pending on the performer, not the composer. performers perform and they do it their ways, not your ways. If u don't like, don't write anything here instead just go to Cziffra video and make coments. Criticize whoever you want only if u can perform and upload a better one in ur own interpretation.
whitetetyb 3 years ago
well said :D
maddorox 2 years ago
Unless I'm mistaken, the younger Bezerovsky also follows these indications.
nickissocoolliketoo 3 years ago
@torontochopin: Great point of view. I wonder if it's me, but in the main theme, I am not hearing the fifths and sixths. Anybody, please?
ivanaraque 3 months ago
haha kissin is awesome
jeuxdeau2009 3 years ago
Kissin plays this too fast, with much too staccato sixteenths and thirty-seconds.Try smalin's musanim version of this song... it's much more clean and "correct."
WhiskersInc 3 years ago
thats brutal! Liszt it's the best
JACZERO5 3 years ago 4
When you go to listen to music you just need your ears, not your eyes. If the musician gets expressions like lang lang or seemed like a robot, i couldnt care less. the really important is using your ears and listen to, not the expressions.
torero75 3 years ago
Lang Lang used to play with emotions, but I have no idea what's wrong with him now. Everybody thinks he's now a "pathetic joker" or something like that.
chopinandliszt 3 years ago
Arrau hot ne ochen bystro no tam GENIALNO, a zdes kak budto KTO BYSTREE??? eto NE INTERESMO OSUHO
mahidol2006 3 years ago
No Doubt!!!...Arrau - Liszt is the best...
spectrum3 3 years ago
Kissin is one of the worst virtuosos on the planet, he has no expression and just tries to play fast.
OverFjell 3 years ago
partly true, he does sometimes go too fast, but i doubt you could play anywhere near as well as this could you? he has incredible accuracy in his playing, and is technically perfect!
TheTradge 3 years ago
Clearly not the point
jimmeney6 3 years ago
actually, it IS the point, as OverFjell was discrediting Kissin as a virtuoso and NOT as a pianist/musician/artist and is therefore subject to tradges criticism. Kissin is an EXCELLENT virtuoso, but his other qualities as a musician are up for debate.
I personally have to take each pianist by performance, and I think this one is done quite well.
MJGriftz 3 years ago
Listen to lots of Kissin, it's true he is not THE best at expressing his emotions but he is a helluva lot better than most of the people on youtube. Every concert pianist needs a degree of virtuosity: Horowitz is clearly a great pianist but his technique lets him down slightly and there comes a point when you can't correct technique. You can ALWAYS develop emotion. I think kissin is underrated.
jazzlover06 3 years ago
technically, i prefer Marc-Andre Hamelin.. Kissin is good but for this etude, I prefer Berezovsky's version (judged by ears only). I have listened to many2 different versions of this etude and none, to me, has beaten Berezovsky's version.
rvn10rvn17 3 years ago
i agree.
eggplant1994 3 years ago
While impressive, Cziffra's just has so much more flow and delicacy.
votety 3 years ago
I bet you just heard it first, so now it's become your standard of judgement.
WENCHINGTON 3 years ago
excellent point, it takes several listens after your initial hearing to determine which you find more musically fulfilling.
MJGriftz 3 years ago
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not Kissin's best.. it's still world class playing, but I expect perfection from Kissin, and his musical taste in this performance was that of Lang Lang which is as engaging as a 6 month old read poetry
faustianliszt 4 years ago
proves Kissin's virtuosity. his fingers simply slide over the keys nearly effortless.
WHIMSICAL (this piece is called will of the wisp anyways).
Darn I don't know how you get THIS kind of technique!!!
mathpianist93 4 years ago
I do. if you care to practice the way i tell you in two years you'll have his fingers...depends on you if you'll add musicality to that or not, but fingers like that I know exactely how to get.
numaiplange 4 years ago 2
His magical hair make him play brilliantly :)
Piastol64 4 years ago 3
ask for his shampoo then. LOL
musiciansinorder 4 years ago
who are you? harry potter? at least he can play well..
musiciansinorder 4 years ago
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this guy really sucks, i mean , in all his performances heplays every key making it like dry.
SELG88 4 years ago
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true... this is.... BORING!!
mayorde18 4 years ago
With all due respect, cite a performance that is interesting. Perhaps the problem is the piece itself. It's a technical mountain really. That's all that is really that interesting about it. It's very repetitive. It's form is very simple. Not really in the league of the Schumann Fantasy or the Liszt Sonata.
barnold81 4 years ago
INGOLF WUNDER
SELG88 4 years ago
Must be the video quality. Try to hear him live.
musiciansinorder 4 years ago
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Possibly the most boring recital of Feux Follets.
digiarto 4 years ago
are you joking??
been1414 4 years ago 3
just breath taking
1124755 4 years ago 2
Perfect!My favourite Liszt Etude!
Berezovsky plays it brilliantly,too.But,Kissin...
It's like Liszt is playing himself!
CheGuevara991 4 years ago 2
Really? i've never heard liszt playing, have you? P.D: note the sarcasm
modem09 4 years ago
Excelent, so good , and about his hair , that's his style! I like kissin like he is !
XxDadaxXx 4 years ago
amazing
cpdavidzas 4 years ago 3
Brilliant performance and I'm glad he chose a NEW YORK STEINWAY instead of a Hamburg for this performance!
NordicHealer 4 years ago 2
Excellent, but this seemed a little emotionally superficial to me. He took it a little fast, too. But otherwise, still very good!
mcmilld1 4 years ago
brilliant performance, but i'm sorry, i can't stand his hair!!
pianogirl714 4 years ago
Perfect performance
MatteoTessarolo 4 years ago
i have the sense tha i hear Liszt the same playing!
marsupilami04 5 years ago
On this concert I remember that he plays more 2 or 3 Transcendental Etudes... he plays widmung (Schumann/Liszt) too. I just remember these pieces :P
He is a giant of piano...
igor327 5 years ago
uhhhh...that is Kissin buddy..lol...
anyways, brilliant!
and kissins hair rocks
thepianoman132 5 years ago
i like this dude's hair... its definately better than kissin's hair!
gcastro44 5 years ago
good speed, good technique, good sound ¬¬ kissin is so damn good
khepani 5 years ago
I think kissin makes the best Liszt interpretation.
HarutTheSorcerer 5 years ago
Though this recording is fascinating to watch (as video), try listening to Busoni's 1905 recording of this piece.
robshelrobshel 5 years ago
where'd you get it?! I never knew he recorded this piece.
waldesrauschen 5 years ago
This makes me giggle like all of Liszt's silly compositions, but in a good way.
HarutTheSorcerer 5 years ago 2
fantastic!
Antwon777 5 years ago