Evgeny Kissin plays Johann Strauss - Fledermaus op.56

[lemanoftheruss]

He is seriously bad-ass!

[1ragtimer]

Excellent and very enjoyable!!

[joumps]

Amazing, so much passion... but I must say I prefer Valentina's less "sloppy" performance...

[zetangie]

Te amo Kissin de mi corazón.

[CalvinDunga]

Where can I download this masterpiece's PDF

[VekiVj]

@CalvinDunga scorser.com! type in soire de vienne grunfečd strauss

[VekiVj]

@CalvinDunga GRUNFELD*

[zpbass11]

yea, but can he swing it ?

[luasi8]

Please sir marry me... adopt me as yr child... or something please... i need what you have

[Pianoastrid]

Best part 0:00-5:30 =)

[g7727]

not bad

[kalumander]

Camera is blinking in disbelief all the time :)

[Lisztman88]

Seriously exceptional in every way

[jd7x7jd]

PEOPLE - 334,00 OF YOU ARE LISTENING TO THE WRONG VIDEO. GO TO THE REMASTERED AUDIO OF THE SAME PERFORMANCE. :)

[linkdeas3]

@jd7x7jd why we would I listen to an edited version when I'm listening to the raw magnificence of Kissin right now?

[jd7x7jd]

@linkdeas3 Because the rawness is not Kissin, it is a bad recording. :)

[TheHayounny]

키신덕에 알게된곡이네요 지금은제일좋아하는 연주

[jigglypugz]

at 1:10 he got star power

[CziffraTheThird]

Lasitsa has nothing on this performance. i will bet everything i own.

[leblond991]

ça nous repose des violons sirupeux!!!!!!

[finalfantasyfan64]

Awesome

[LQQKINBK]

Valentina Lisitsa is performing this live soon.... should be very interesting to see the differences....

[mosen17]

@LQQKINBK perfection has no differences

[sttar1982]

the best:)

[Akon848484]

So so soooo beautiful paradisiac

[maunarciso]

The secret is his hair.

[seoreb]

maybe lang lang should take a loke at this video to see how it should be played.

[metsoforte]

I do quite enjoy the days when you find a new favorite piece of music.

[ipolitm]

Не понравилось. В этой музыке больше смысла, чем в описывающих ее нотах. А маэстро сыграл только ноты.

[StinkyBritches52]

god i love this

[schoolispiss]

Damn.... just damn... thats amazing

[decemberbenjamin]

how do you hate or dislike something like this ?

[jd7x7jd]

youtube is doing its best to disguise the much better version with remastered audio: put "Kissin Strauss remastered" into the search :)

[Kostandinpiano]

21 are fans of eminem

[seoreb]

lang lang schould take a look at vid.

[xxblue123xx]

he is really talented and blessed!!!

[decemberbenjamin]

astounding .. just astounding, thank you kissin for this fabulous brilliant absolute pure genius playing.

[boris4180]

no comment!!!i'm upset kissin you're welcome!!thant you so much you're amazing!

[Tzsil713]

@bepeace0 I know!! I just wish I knew him better...

[computerhoofd]

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[FrancisMcLee]

He fills the gap between humanity and perfection.

[Velo222able]

Kissin plays this masterfully, however the piece of music itself does not move me in any way. I wouldn't learn or play this piece if someone forced me to, Kissin however makes it somewhat bearable to listen to. Compared to "La Campanella" this piece of music is very bland. Kissin's playing on the other hand is very good :)

[chrisz78]

@Velo222able If Kissin were a good pianist, it would not sound as bland as indeed it does. The artist shows in being able to move you with banal material. Everybody can make Beethoven, Liszt or Wagner sound impressive, even a mechanically drilled wonder-child without brain or heart.

[ThePianoPlayer4Ever]

@chrisz78

You're saying that he isn't a good pianist? Lol!

[TheDim501]

Can anyone send me sheets

[DJSHAUNYB82]

FUCK HES GOOD. I play but this is incredible.

[udon890]

Is Evgeny from Germany? Where does he live ?

[keenboy1310]

@udon890 He doesn't live... He's Wikipedia. 

[morriganzero]

It's all in the hair

[lifeismusic41693]

one of my favorite interpretations. awesome!

[musicalidea]

Do all the notes of the melody have to be that choppy martelato? Maybe it's in the score. Fine.

[Hawkie1702]

I'd like to see this guy play Starcraft ;D

[Tzsil713]

Sigh...AMAZING!!!!!

[steven0000000]

Its as if his hands were an extension of the timeless music that is the human spirit. Thank you Evgeny Kissin. Thank you.

[Dachion]

" The Upmost virtuosity is a clear god-like touch. "

[jackass1234R]

i just made 12 accounts just to give this 12 likes!, than youtube stopped me..

[jd7x7jd]

@jackass1234R see the remastered audio 

[jackass1234R]

@jd7x7jd Oke

[stuffcluster]

the lowest dislike percentage obviously

[SpR4y510]

lol, from dumbfounded look at 0:06, to virtuoso at 0:07. Kissin is seriously in his own little world

[Chopin1974l]

@uhsiz: exactly HOW is he crazy? Do enlighten us:-)

[Uhsiz]

hes very good, but hes crazy.....

[Jlan0151738]

Their is this video on youtube in high quality and it is much more enjoyable to listen to. Just search Evgeny Kissin Fledermaus remastered audio

[jd7x7jd]

@Jlan0151738 thanks a million :-)

[Sverigetrotter1]

Skills to pay the bills...

[Makelelex99]

the only man who is better in something than chuck norris is evgeny kissin playing piano

[prodefensadelciudada]

BRAVO Y MAS BRAVO

[cpanati]

His clarity of playing is, as always, unmatched. When it comes to the Cult of Kissin, I'm brainwashed. Truly one-of-a-kind.

[BenMcCormack91]

In principle, I hate these overdone transcriptions.

To be fair, they are definitely entertaining, though.

I have Konstantin Scherbakov's album of Strauss transcriptions. They're all ridiculous, but he plays them nicely...

[arpiruk]

@BenMcCormack91

Unfortunately, Liszt did not do the transcript for all Strauss.

It would be really nice to have a comparable genius do a similar work on Strauss

[BenMcCormack91]

@arpiruk Yeah, Liszt or Rachmaninov both could have managed some nice treatments.

[mosen17]

is there star value enough to rate this ? ∞* ?

[skimask777]

Great performance but I can dance this waltz with Lang Lang better!!!

[garfreed]

Some dance to remember, some dance to forget -- then again, some dance to Strauss!

[puntoclave7]

La votastes................¡¡¡¡¡¡­¡¡¡¡¡

[applemint96]

HE.IS.AMAZING. THE BEST!!!! :D

[ykpatr]

Bardzo Bardzo Pięęęknie Bardzo Najmocniej Kocham Muzykę Johanna Straussa Piano

[drp9341]

This guy sucks honestly

[MacBertelsen]

There is no »DISLIKE« button for this video.

922 people pressed LIKE.

19 people pressed DIS-I-LIKE.

[TruthfuLie]

@MacBertelsen haha, witty! nice man. Where'd you get your creative sense? I marvel at it.

[MacBertelsen]

@TruthfuLie I have a better one:

Lang Lang made 19 YouTube accounts and disliked this video! :D

[Dachion]

@MacBertelsen " The Upmost virtuosity is a clear god-like touch. "

[DEBROXDEBROX]

@FutureAbe

That's how I feel. It's one of those things people keep repeating, and each time I am astounded at the positive reception. It's the mindset of a child to behave like that or endorse that kind of behavior, though. I remember not too long ago in middle school, everyone would flock to school and repeat jokes from whatever comedy show was big at the time, Simpsons, Southpark, or whatever. I hated that behavior even then.

[spanky225sn]

SO AMAZING!!! It's great how he stands up at the end: "Like what?!"

[jd7x7jd]

Primo Maestro Assoluto

[jd7x7jd]

he is the greatest

[trmusic10]

I compare all living pianist to Kissin including myself. I can say with no uncertainy that we all are midgets.

[trmusic10]

Amazing!!! I compare all the living pianist to Kissin including myself.I can with no

uncertainy that we all are midgets.

[mrpankau]

18 haters are jealous of his hair...and unmatched piano skills.

[chutdigadut]

how does he play so perfectly?.... rediculous

[MacBertelsen]

18 people thought this was Lang Lang when they pressed dislike.

[TruthfuLie]

@MacBertelsen hahaha, wittiest comment I've seen in awhile! Nice one, man.

[myfrees]

When was this and where?I wish I had been at this performance! He played Pictures at an Exhibition, too.

[Chopin1974l]

Kissin is without doubt a genius of the highest calibre. Few living pianists have the repertoire and the musicality that kissin posseses. His technique is flawless. He is a maestro and virtuoso in every facet of pianism. An extraordinary talent and individual!!!

[Eeli2008]

He's got such a heavy sound yet it doesn't sound abrupt...I mean it doesn't come from nowhere. Instead, you can feel that passion and think that's the way it should go.

[AwantedNinja]

I hate modern society in terms of music. I just wish that there could be some way that I could just transform the world back to loving classical music. This man is an absolute genious.

[jimi8978]

the great Russian school of musicians.The chinese have so much to learn about musicality

[alpham009]

I must agree this is a much better performance than that of Lang Lang ...Simply divine

[MrTonykulas]

The best living pianist

[heyletsplay]

I love how before he starts, he's like, if you want me to play an encore piece you have to shut up.

[richclayderman]

after this I hate lang lang

[FutureAbe]

i have to come back and watch this perfomance at least once a month to remember that it is absolutely BREATHTAKING

[TruthfuLie]

@FutureAbe you must have a poor memory then :S

[truongduchanh]

Epic!

[tdennison22]

I agree he's from a different planet. Obviously earthlings aren't supposed to do this. Maybe Neptunians can. His hair is a dead give away. Or maybe he's a robot that the Russians built - only computers and aliens are that accurate.

[nicsevern]

@tdennison22 HOLY CRAP! maybe hes an alien robot!!!!!

[Dachion]

@tdennison22 " The Upmost virtuosity is a clear god-like touch. "

[pavel280488AA]

@tdennison22 he is jew

[johnpogs96]

i hope i can play this

[aardvaark069]

When these bon-bons are played by the select few who can really make them spark to life they stand revealed as really great pianistic inventions.

[vbatuhan]

oh what a masterpiece my heartbeat always change when i listen it.

[uoiyoel]

When and where is this concert? Is this the same concert he played Scriabin etude Op8 No12?

[Makelelex99]

there are only a few pianists in the world who really dominate their playing but no one of them can't even think of playing as well as kissin do

[pierolivier111]

#FAIL

[stevenstiffler78]

Unreal playing @ 2:45

[hattarboy]

@stevenstiffler78 wooooooooooow

[hrdtrm]

@stevenstiffler78

what??



[JmillMoreno]

i wonder if he was doing a chromatic scale at 35 sec, because he was going super fast!

[iswearidontloveyou]

magic hands

[maxdesp]

Staccatooooos :D !

Just enough strength to just do them perfectly... That guy is so powerful

[mildebleiche]

amazing.....

all pieces played by him are not to compareable with performances of anyone ...

there is only one guy who played, in my view, in same quality >>> Dinu Lipatti

thx. for uploading

[lexmee]

OMG were I can find his music???

[cl1974i34]

Kissin is even too good to be evaluated right... One can just try... E.g. precision: Kissin 10 of 10 points versus others 2 to 9 points. Feeling for the composer's soul and intention: Kissin 10 points, others 2 to 9 points. Power: Kissin 12 of 10 points versus others 1 to 5 points. A beautiful own mind: Kissin 10 points versus others -2 (Lang Lang) to 8 points. And so on, and so on, and so on. Kissin is simply not from this world. We must accept that... ;-)

[jd7x7jd]

@cl1974i34 my goodness i know exactly how you feel. i wonder if liszt was as good as this?!

[kendconcerto]

THANKS FOR UPLOADING THIS !

[herisauer]

have recorded this in November on my digital TV. the oldest recordings still saved on the hard drive :) just amazing. a shame i can not 5 star this anymore.

[ykpatr]

Bardzo Najmocniej Kocham Muzykę 5*****

[ykpatr]

5***** 5***** 5***** 5***** 5*****

[einmarmor]

I think this piece suits him very well.

[rockrierock]

C'est magnifique!

[andreybeci]

so little notes!!! oh... a 10 year old can play this while in the bathroom Ih - so cute - grow up Kissin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! play somthing difficult for a chsnge

[darktangent10]

@andreybeci lol.

[Johnoooh]

so accurate and such power contrasted with daintiness.

Strauss would come back to life just to hear Kissin play this :) amazing

[Sokrant]

ten times better than lang lang !

he´s a genius definetly :)

[MegaNevsky]

ca faisait longtemps que j'avais pas entendu une interpretation aussi merveilleuse et drole , son jeu me fait penser à celui de cziffra...merci merci merci !! :))

[albertynk]

I like it:-)

[chiaramacam27]

coolll!!

[ykpatr]

Bardzo Pięknie Kocham Muzykę 6******

[libetta]

his hands are very good and his ideas very magnificent. but i can't help but notice each and everytime, why does he sound just heavy everywhere?

[Aficionados9]

Its something unique to him. Yet his playing isn't devoid of dynamics. I kinda like the "heavy'' sound. It gives a sort of force to his playing which wakes you up and forces you to listen. But thats just my opinion of course.

[libetta]

well it's more just heavy than in some significant areas. but yes, he could be more exciting with this type of playing, though still lacks the charm of other players. i think he has a better tone when he was younger as a prodigy. what do you think?

[Aficionados9]

@libetta I dunno know about that but i do love his early renditions of Chopin. You should hear him playing Paganini variations which i believe he performs best.

[ykpatr]

Bardzo Pięknie 6******

[sinancans]

which year is this?

[richclayderman]

shhh!

[formafew]

whoa!!!

AMAZING

[044JohnnyDepp]

reminds me of rollercoaster tycoon....

[ruskybalboa]

what's awesome is that the first thing he played for this program was Pictures at An Exhibition. My fingers would fall off after playing that alone!

[echiryryota]

He plays the very clearly melodies...

Cool and great

[TheDreamsofLove]

GREAT!

[FutureAbe]

kissin can make the piano sound any way he likes to! there are no limitations of his capabilaties

[draflietigspri]

question please, is this an original from Johann Strauss 2 or a transcription from someone else, because fledermaus is an opera.

[gpablito14]

this is an arrange for piano by Grunfeld... and, it's very cool XD

[TrueDiligence]

This guy plays each note with utmost clarity. He plays it crystal clear. Astounding.

[richclayderman]

kissin rules! he kicks lang lang's chinese butt

[codeman2008]

Lang Lang is terrible, he has technique but waists it by ruining every piece he plays with the wrong tempo, terrible rubato, and completely screwed up dynamics.

BTW Kissin is Russian and is many, MANY times a far greater pianist than Lang Lang.

[markmarshall39]

jealous you mean, before you say stupid americans, learn to spell!!!

[bittersweetlaurelin]

@watergirl5354

I'm a chinese, and I really do think that Evgeny Kissin is much better than Lang Lang in many aspects. (: and of course Kissin has real respect for the composers and the music he plays... somehow, that's lacking in Lang Lang's concerts - not that Lang Lang is horrible - but I think they're in different leagues. (: IMHO.

[re6356]

I like this version better than Lang Lang`s, much more fire and fullness. Lang Lang`s is great but Kissin`s is better

[markmarshall39]

when kissin plays, everybody listens!!

[TheSusieskk]

I like this performance much more that this of Lang Lang

[1Lisztener1]

@TheSusieskk Why is it always a competition between these two?? Simple, they're practically equal in each of their musical prowess and technical skill. I would call Kissin the more mature one, and this piece is simply amazing...

[stevey226]

Ha, I love the audience at the beginning... "Shhhhhhhhh ¬_¬ Shut up he's gunna play"

[500019579]

@stevey226

Haha, yes I laughed at that.

[flouz2]

@stevey226 It's KISSIN !!!!!!!!!!!!

[Drunk3nFist]

A technique like no other!

[Cirly]

...and so long to Lang Lang!

[pinkfloydn1fan]

he looks like he's having so much fun

the way it should be

[cpanati]

Breathtakingly beautiful and joyous. Kissin's clarity of playing is unmatched, every one of the million notes is heard in its own special way. He misses nothing.

[wayneredhart]

@cpanati except charm and dynamics?

Beyond words... so incredible!