Liszt Tarantella "Venesia 3 Napoli", Elena Ulyanova

[TheNoEvilMan777]

Talk about hardcore women ...

[SergejOR82]

la Canzone napoletana è troppo violenta!! I don't llike

[hotbebimauz]

i like her performance..but sometimes she ignores what the text says..its often too brutal and loud where it sais "piano" or "dolce"

[saiserieht]

she's clearly crazy

[Cryokidd]

@saiserieht If she's crazy, it's only in the best possible way.

[ThayinJai]

@saiserieht it just looks like she summoned his ghost

[Cryokidd]

I have an uncontrollable urge to adapt this piece for Marimba and Vibraphone.

[ThayinJai]

spectacular performance

[CowboyBebop444]

i bet she can play classic piano Rock & Roll easily

[fortissimo25]

that jump @ the beginning was a bit unnecessary lol - but she plays well

[lazarus921]

Theres only hump missing on her back to complete the picture and maybe she should play Beethoven Symphony No. 5:

DA DA DA DAAM!

DAA DAA DAA DAAAM!

[mortenkul]

Elena Ulianova-Caldine '' is her name ^^

[sieurvalmont]

She looks scary, in all the possible ways, and doesn't even manage to make up for it by playing really well... One of the worse versions of this piece sadly...

[cRiisSzZ]

hahahahaha she is sO scary But well she plays the piano TRES BIEN.!!

[lizarthopinsky]

this is very nice, VERY technical . may be a 9 minute work but takes years of practice to play. i admit she's kinda scary but its how she plays and i respect it even if it is kind of awkward.

[bsarnold1]

is this video not sped up?

[karazh]

hahaha no :D:D definitly not, its virtuosity

[bobo21citro]

Wow man, this woman is scary!

[AlexPxr8]

In the central movement he reworks the agitated theme from the intro in the LH and calms it down with the theme from an old Italian song... also reflecting both the romance and the agitation in the Italian character... it is superbly done and is supposed to paint a vivid memoir of his Italian travels.

[AlexPxr8]

I've done my research. Liszt's music often interweaves passing scenes from his inner and outer life, and he was known to take several themes and fuse them together. Venezia e Napoli means "Venice and Naples" - the score of this suite is full of themes of songs of old Italian Gondoliers and the Venice waterways.

[Ricoshady]

If you don't correct your posture, you're gonna be a hump back when you grow old.

[AlexPxr8]

She's kinda scary. Or is it the piano? Yeah, fiery tech... but so what, this piece is supposed to evoke a spider, all delicate webs and movement - and a Gondola on a Milanese waterway - all rolled into one. Where's the delight?

[Buldaner]

The tarantella isn't meant to evoke spiders or gondolas. It comes from an Italian wives' tale that says if you're bitten by a poisonous spider, you can save your life by dancing the venom out of your blood. Do your research. ; )

[AlexPxr8]

Its true the Tarantella is an Italian dance, but whether it is "curative or symptomatic" is disputed. Some say the frenzy is triggered by spider bite - it was considered that the dancer's soul was possessed by a spider. Wikipedia also has a good article for more info.

[eraticflow]

I wouldn't be surprised if she crawled up and bit me, that's for sure. This journalist says, "she's a spider demon from another dimension."

[tubista21]

a great pianist, she plays real clarified, I admire herself, congratulations

[yellingLoL]

Good technique... That's about it.

[Haeronthegreat]

What the hell is with the piano!?

[PIAN0life]

maybe its the uploading video and changed the tone of the video. coz i watched lots of other piano uploads and they all out of tone

[UnwrittenPaul]

She is a bit rough 6/10

[superboyelmar12]

wow!! can you pls teach me to play that piece??? hehehe!! joking!!

[superboyelmar12]

Whta ah!! OMG!! She's so amazing!! Hi! teach me how to play that piece!!!

[yumakookie]

This..is the tarantella?

[nbouscal]

Technically, she obviously plays the piece appropriately. However, her amazingly violent and brash approach makes it simply not enjoyable to listen to. This is very sad, because it is an incredibly beautiful piece. She does get better to some extent during parts of the canzona napoletana (second half of the song), but the performance as a whole is disappointing at best.

[Pianoninja924]

I don't mean to give a very short response, but I agree.

[fuchion15]

Before I watched the video, I thought maybe it's the quality of the video. But I agree with you completely, her techniques are great but her tone is terrible. I guess she hasn't exploit the difference between giving the piece a little bit of "push" and purely hysterical pounding.

[sturmer100]

BOSZORKÁNY!!!

[semenetay]

this things suckl

[redcowDKJ]

OMG!!! She is extremely good. Nevr seen anyone performing this well. Greatest salute to her!!

[soittotaiteilija]

I think one of the punishments in hell is to macroanalyze this piece... you know, Roman Numerals and what not. Torture! Just hearing it is much better!

[ejnyebejnye]

ezek a grimaszok... :D

[cnlimited]

the beginning should be mysterious .why are you play so strong ?

[93MusicIsLife]

that is just awful

[ivan2908]

Some of you should be ashamed. Of course, music is highly subjective and all of us have our own taste. But when something is clearly good, whenever it suites your taste at least try not to spit on it. You should post your interpretation and show to the rest of us how do you think it should be played.

[Volerto90]

questa esecuzione per me non ha senso... troppo violenta e frettolosa soprattutto alla canzone napoletana... poco chiara...

[sissichopin91]

beautiful performance but the best is Berezovsky. He plays this tarantella so naturally. His sound and his tecnique are perfect! this sound and this tecnqique "only" good, very good! however this performance is fantastic too!

[zockerflo]

great technic

[sekans2007]

or with 10000000000000 fingers would touch something like this,,

Master!!!!!!!!!!!

[fabioso82]

Such a disgrace! Poor Liszt!

[antoinezygfryd]

Il faut lui pardonner,elle était fort en colère ce jour là! Très-très fâchée...bouh!

[lester1013]

utterly brilliant!

[toomash]

Oh my god... this is incredible.

[antoinezygfryd]

incredible?no,angry!

[Shyrk]

Great skills.

[Milkybuns]

dammm

she summoned up the dead on this one

[bachprelude]

This woman knows not imagine doing anything other than playing the piano, and if it is not so; is a genius.

Anyway, many deserves applause, a lot of talent.

[laureanobruno]

Glowkska kyrioky lowta!!

Fridoku lakreluwsy monolos, korintiansky loparagua bolitanegrowa...

[Giflar]

LMFAO

[SalQrazy]

who knows.. maybe Liszt was crazy like her.

[nobulle]

What strength...

[Skatedrum]

WHAT THE FUCK happened at 0.39????

[SouljaBoy9899]

lol

[Wolfsheim24]

ROFL Skate

[evilCookiez]

@Skatedrum HAHAHA

[hottiegymnast84]

i look weird(my names elena)

[cjyu2]

seriously all those who critisize, talk is cheap...f&*kn show us how its done?? liszt was a virtuoso n so is elena!!!

[SouljaBoy9899]

screw you

[NordicHealer]

This piano doesn't sound even Close to being in tune. It has a horrible sound in fact...everything is sour...it sounds more like a toy piano than a Concert Grand. Her agressive playing could have knocked it out if she practiced awhile before the performance but even so the Pins should have been SET better than this. It sounded like it was around 439. YIKES. As to the playing it seemed more an assault on the music than playing it.

[willashland]

The sound of the piano could be influenced anything from the nature of the room to the quality of the mic

[monymar20251759]

All I can say is WOW!!!!

[CalacoSerrano]

She looks like she's...murdering that poor piano. She plays as though she's a machine and she has hammers for fingers. It's rather annoying me, she makes the song harsh and bitter.

[Pianisteny2k]

Is this one counted as an etude?

[jero13595]

no...

[carlhopkinson]

Fantastic performance.

[naninani84]

HORRIBLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[gustomainafilibeto]

I was so happy to find out I wasn't the only one thinking this way. Could she be any more agressive??? I don't hear Venice, I don't hear Napoli, I don't hear any Tarantella...

[naninani84]

exactly,then the secon section is a sensitive profound painting the lirism of napolitaen songs...she beats the piano like a gorilla....she doesn't undertand the sense of this music

[born2drum16]

hard

[shentri]

how hard is this piece?

[Scottondanet]

Depends on your ability, but I can play the introduction section without too much hassle, though I only play as a hobby. I don't particularly like the rest of the piece, so I will never probably bother, but I know it would take some real work.

She plays it too quickly anyway in my opinion. Leslie Howard is probably the better choice for interpretive comparison.

[noxteryn]

I just love her body language!

[OorvakanSar]

That was insane. For a second I thought that wasn't real speed.

[yghishan]

It requires such an advanced degree of mastery to do that. She obviously practiced hard for it and sacrificed a lot of time. Incredible speed. Such a wonderful performance!!! Excellent job. I listened to this so many times.

[ReginaFarfalla]

okay... when she came in she looked normal... but then she got weirder and weirder and i am kinda afraid of her ^^ what age is she?? does anyone know?

[xxmissxcharleexx]

To all you people who think she did bad, I'd really like to see you try.

[ReginaFarfalla]

she should probably start with something easy before going on the the really hard stuff... that was not well performed at all

[macbruth]

That is bullshit

[Amadeus9966]

molto brava!

[88franz88]

eccezionale bravissima

[Pucicchio]

The most horrible performance of this piece I've ever heard!!!! Unbelievable, this girl didn't understand a thing of music!

[calvinator84]

Well, she's young, so she's got lots of time to improve.

[ReginaFarfalla]

what age is she?

[cdpiano27]

This is very bad! No phrasing or concept of the piece. Technically, not so great either. Labored sounding.

[richardre06]

You are really invidious! It's dream for you like for a lot playing so good! pobrecito!For this perhaps you will need a traslation like a dream for playing like this women! ahahh

[Grigor99]

Unfortunately, her middle section sounds like a "smushed canoli". Far too bravura-you have to almost picture a little old italian man relaxing while puffing on his little cigar just watching people go by.Left no room for contrast to the opening.

[Chocochums]

A little less harsh in the middle section would be nice... try to carry on the melody a little more.

It's hard to crescendo at the beginning if you're already super loud. I would start out softer and crescendo to the climax.

[GL3NE]

Better performance than previous ones, but I'm not seeing much feeling in some major expressive parts. Your hands look extremely clenched in some larger chords as well. Keeping a relaxed hand will help with endurance when encountering a difficult, faster portion of the song...

[coffeetime20]

It is really great. Thank you very much for showing your wonderful playing. You must be the one of the best player in the world!

[tguiot]

believe she's not... it's not bad at all but could be better... sound is a bit aggressive, not enough rubato, she seems to rush... but hey, i'm not as good as her though... i'm a good musician but don't have such control of my hands like her, so the bottom line is congratulations anyway :)

[oberon06]

your the only guy who commented that isnt an asshole

[eratos21]

Excelente pianista!!!!!! Muy buen caracter, brillante !!!!

[joumietko]

Hmmm... This requires brilliant piano playing skills. Typical Liszt. When i compare this to Chopin's Tarantella, somehow Chopin keeps the interest on better. Much shorter a piece it is too. A small master piece really, not the most played or well known Chopin, i suppose. In general, Liszt took (or composed in most cases) a fairly short melodic theme, and made variations out of it. Chopin composed long, long melodic lines. Just my opinion. Both composers were genious, of course.

[gernaff]

Sinneo91, I seriously hope you're not implying the piece's technical aspect oversahdows its musical aspect.

She might be able to play fast, but so can a lot of other people. This is so boring. There's no soul, no character, no spirit, no head, no heart. Only fingers. Liszt is rolling in his grave. He would never have married her - what a ridiculous statement.

[zinutile]

I couldn't agree more. I heard many better performances of this piece. There are very odd ponctuations about anywhere in the pieces, like she was pummeling a big chord and stopping half a second to take a break... Not really in character, too bad...

[Sinneo91]

You constantly hear people say "It needs more emotion!" If only they could see this piece. I laugh especially hard when she does the little roll at around 01:02 and makes the "Pssshhhhhh Pssshhhhh" sound with her mouth, Lol.

Personally I would take Liszt over Chopin any day. Although I like his some of Chopin's Etude's, Liszt's music is so much more inspiring I guess you could say. Which Liszt lived a longer life than Chopin by a wide margin, so you must take that into account.

[ibclappin]

she would have been Liszt's wife if she lived during the time.

[shishirth]

Brilliant - but more significantly, she can bring out the melody through all the technicaly wizardry. Impressive!

ps - Chopin and Liszt were both great composers - each in their own way

[emechanism85]

Hey..does anyone have the sheet music for this? I've been searching everywhere and can't find it..

[TipoQueTocaelPiano]

Cuánto ruido

[102938z]

Part 2: Liszt copied this technique and greatly surpassed Chopin in both technique and expression during his touring years. Liszt's interpretations of Bach, Beethoven, and even Chopin were acknowledged by the masses and top composers alike as the greatest of their time. Liszt was a showman, but Chopin once said that he wished he could play his own etudes the way Liszt could.

All that being said, I do believe that Chopin had a much greater gift for melody than Liszt.

[lukeys99]

sorry , but looks like she has mental issues...

[ghostwriter11]

Venezia 3, Napoli 0, Budapest 5!!!!!!

[ai1888]

cool

[scriabyn]

muy regular, hay muchos fallos y errores de lectura y tempo

[pianistmusic]

this is how probably liszt would have played in my imagination bursting with passion and erotic energy.WONDERFUL

[kINGoFpIANO]

She is really very aggressive, she doesn't play with her fingers, her wrist is so high. Often she is constrained...(like so many others who play this piece!)

[tada1111]

there are no word to describe how beautiful she plays

[abmephise]

The playing is good - if you aren't WATCHING it. She looks like she's fucking possessed, ultimately it is not neccesary and she looks stupid. It detracts from the performance.

[EPENAEED]

Played with more power than needed however played ALSO with soul...and amazing tempo...10% faster in only 9 min, yea, she is amazing and not soooooo known...but I think she must be, thanks for that video...

[emechanism85]

show much power.....its almost SEXY!!!!

[Nicol1s]

this almost looks like a scene from The Ring, fkn scary :|

[scioltissimo5]

brava , sei la MARADONA del pianoforte, viva NAPOLI

[LVB1770]

WOW! Steroids maybe? So much power it hurts! Incredible strength and speed. Beautiful choreography. Is just me or is she actually knocking the piano out of tune?

[heytheremonkey]

My god, those Russians. How aggressive. What a lady.

[KawaiiJune]

do you know where you can find the music sheet:[

[s0electrix]

sounds beautiful but it looks scary to watch

[airman665544]

the sheet music for this is very hard to find:(

[MartinaFromPoland]

oh my God... hmmm... todaj I read it... and it's cool but I'm won't play it suh good... I'm too young I think... hmmm:?

[MartinaFromPoland]

sorry "I will not play it such good" :) and "todaY"

[LunarFang9999]

AWSUM VID pro pro pro

[orderlypianist]

I'm not overly enthusiastic about her interpretation here. I think it's too agressive overall, especially in the lyrical theme. There are MANY moments for sublime beauty which she overlooks in favor of frenetics. I do like that she takes risks, though. Very nice to hear that! Her tempi in the outer sections are thrilling as well, but might be better executed with less pedal. Thanks for posting!

[MatteoTessarolo]

Yeah,incredibly perfect!!!

Liszt the king forever!!!!!!

[igglebobby]

o.o flying fingers....

[Thecodebreaker08]

i think that the finishing part when she acts like someone had just slaped her on the face is a little bit over the edge....otherwize ...amazing performance.

[AnnaLRussell]

And-- PLEASE, PLEASE learn to spell Liszt correctly!!! Ya, I'm tallking to you OwsomeP27

[MitchMoo2]

you see that the person played it nomaly then the vid was edited to go fast and they also edited the music so it matched. Nice vid edit but bad piano!

[ieronim2003]

her playing is amaizing

[AwesomePossum27]

If I've said it before, I've said it a thousand times: virtuoso or not, Lizst is shit and painful to listen to. Listening to the beauty of a Chopin or a Rachmaninoff and then listening to this screeching will make your ears bleed.

[liszt80]

Learn at least to write his name correctly: LISZT.

You should read Alan Walker trilogy on Liszt before shooting such idiocies.

[pianistkaka]

You've never ever understand LISZT!

[michaelkid13]

Wow, then what kind of music do you listen to then? Elevator music? That doesn't make you ears bleed.

[AnnaLRussell]

If ur gonna become a pianist, AwesomeP27, then you've sofar gotten nowhere. You need to find the beuty in every piece of music. Hey- Rachmoninov and Liszt are so much a like! They lived basicly in the same time. I bet if you heard a piece of music and thought it was by somebody other then Liszt, like Rachmoninov, and played by a great pianist, you'd like it.

[jinfiesto]

You are a fucking idiot.. Liszt and Rachmaninoff were very far apart. Liszt lived in the 18th century, Rachmaninov in the 1900's way different periods too, Liszt died at the end of romanticism. Rachmaninov started the neo-classical movement after the impressionistic, and atonal movements. And, by the way, there is garbage music out there. Not everything is beautiful. Some people put out nothing but trash.

[orderlypianist]

Well ... actually Liszt lived in the 19th century (1800's), not the 18th century. :-) I think Anna meant that both L. and R. were romantic composers, which is certainly true. Anyway - can we not be nasty to each other? There's really no point for that, thanks.

[shcheah]

Hey stupid. LIZST and Rachmaninov are from different century. If you are stupid don't tell the whole world about it ok? Please, you're an embarassment!

[LVB1770]

AwesomePossum27,Liszt stupid?What a mindless statement. He was one of the greatest composer,pianist,virtuoso,teac­her's in the history of music! Liszt created the greatest school of piano students in the history of music and at no charge to them! he was a friend of Chopin,sometimes(hehe),Chopin dedicated his Etudes to Liszt.The Liszt legacy lives on to this day. Liszt did much for the progression of music in his time and for all time.

[classical000]

so true, what an idiot, Liszt was a good competitor of Chopin, how can he be shit? What a stuipd person he is

[ghostwriter11]

Liszt was a showman. Chopin was a musician. This performance is stunning, but I'd love to hear her play Chopin.

[102938z]

Part 1: Why am I always hearing that Liszt was a better musician than Chopin? During the 1830s, Chopin showed Liszt a level of poetry at the piano no one had thought possible.

[airman665544]

This is the way it is supposed to be played, lively and passionate with a lot of emotion and dynamic contrast

[gergelykiss]

my goodness... amazing! i hope she has a few CDs out :) great Liszt playing (eventhough i thought the tempo shifts in the first few minutes were a bit over the top :) thanks for uploading! amazing, amazing playing!

btw, is she related to Vladimir Ilyich?