Liszt "Mephisto Waltz" No.1 Bayram Karamenderes 05.11.2006

[TheBari65]

Бравооооо!Браво моето момче!!!



[FentetoPavroi]

Good music.. but my boyfriend try to be like this.. and he is going crazy. i am always scared when i see him playing.. thats artist v.v with this beautiful music

[Norbert161165]

wow !!!

[KarinWettig]

I like this version most. It sounds really diabolic and expressive. Thank you for posting this....Karin

[Folbold]

43 people tried to do like him, and pressed the wrong button.

[brisenlir]

My first experience with the Devil's Waltz was Philippe Entremont. Slower, more seductive. This is fast, frenzied, incredible technique! Bottom line for me--Liszt & Rachmaninov started me on road to being a really serious symphonic deathMetal Head. Couldn't/wouldn't want to live without either one!!! Brava!!

[KrummyBear]

CODA!.......o___O 

[Folbold]

Splendide

[Folbold]

Spendide!

[loveyourgirlblue]

needs more finger strength. divide between hands and much much less pedal. I would have crawled under a rock and stayed there at 1:50 to 2:30. And this is seriously a great performer just needs to keep his ear in front of his darn hands son.......

[maxime215]

good technique, but too fast.

[forrykid]

You completely ENERGIZED it!

Superb!

[lizarthopinsky]

i really like your playing, keep it up !!

[TREVAAA1234]

All on a Yamaha. Good job, Bayram. This is really, really nice.

[shadowkillering]

Bayram, I think that, on youtube, you're the one who played Mephisto in the best way ! In fact, I'm sixteen years old actually and I'm playing Mephisto (try to do it the best way I can) so if you would have only one advice (the most important in your opinion), what is it ? That's amazing !

[anahiyapa]

Marry me!!!

[h1433105]

金絮其外 但

內在差了點

忽略音之扎實

only fast . technic

isn`t a Waltz

缺乏 穩

詮釋有點 浮

音有點 趕

應該要在具 個人的人性化彈法

有如 真實的魔鬼圓舞曲(舞會)

[pianoaddict06]

@h1433105 this isnt nothing like a waltz

[braintist]

One of the best playing I heard, well balanced and techniques well executed. Its a pity that it was not a studio recording. Bravo

[RafaelAntonio96]

This music is simply divine. I love it sooo much. It will be my hardest piece of my life ( im 13 AND IM NOT LYING ) im studying rachmaninov concerto n2, this awesome mephisto waltz , jeux d'eau and beethovens appasionata

[rafaman96]

Actually, its not the waltz of the witch, but waltz of the devil. Mephisto waltz comes from the egipcian devil " mephistofolis "

[robbwillva]

I studied to be a concert pianist and this is one of the hardest peices to play I ever tackled. liszt wrote it to stump his students with something that was so hard to play that he called it the mephisto waltz or the waltz of the witch. This performance is spectacular! Bravo.

[obichamteashkim]

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[obichamteashkim]

i love youuuuuuuu

[obichamteashkim]

i love youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[Sanitoeter666]

I really like the melody from 6:20 to the end. Thats kind of... Crazy cadenza.

[Sanitoeter666]

He's really good, but i think he doesn't express the atitude of the easy part at the beginning.

[DiomedesTididax]

that's sick!! aweome pianist

[Puffrenk93]

5.30 è la mia parte preferita

[waynespeers]

isn't this just one of those pieces you'd LOVE to throw off if you're at a party and people say "Oh he plays the piano... go on... play a piece for us! " :) (especially at 8:06 - 8:39)

[artemka4774]

а скок те лет?я год назад играл почище малость....немного не согласен с тем что ты с самого начала начинаешь лупить,а так..когда в правой руке репетиции 5.50 тема вообще-то идёт в левой!;)а то так получается полная лажа;)и халтура;))

[eltachimetro]

no me gustó mucho la interpretación :/

[lutzacca]

eesh, he has some trouble right around 7:42. Granted that is the most difficult part to play, and he is young...I love Misha Dichter's version

[bideeg5]

how is that possible!? i could never play like thatt. amazingg

[dclearyea]

Gosh, so beautiful.  Extremely difficult piece. Bravo.

[missglory1]

wow

[monicapianista]

SORPRENDENTE!

[Icarumonster]

no ps sí está cabrón

[Tomoliena]

I LIKE IT!!!

[Pischnaholic]

Lots of power and raw almost savage facility. Gives the impression of being an extraordinarily capable player -- at first. Those broken octaves are the best I've heard yet. But it's absurdly fast, and much of it is highly inaccurate, because he overshoots the mark.

Nothing really tantalizing or seductive here, although there are is a genuinely touching moment right before the end -- which is brutal but fantastically virtuosic.

Tries to out-do Tiempi, and doesn't quite.

Lots of potential.

[immawhiteguy]

@Pischnaholic Yeah, you can hear that he could slow himself down a tad.

[Sanitoeter666]

@Pischnaholic He could really get the next Horowitz, maybe the next Liszt.

But he really needs to play it in the right tempi, you're right. I think this wisdom comes with beeing able to play everything. Playing everything the way it's meant to be played is harder than just playing it how it's written.

[CarlosIsDown]

Perfect example of a difficult piece made to look easy. Well, I still doesn't look THAT easy. . .

[konzolmester]

Good for his age.

[GoldenAngelAbbie]

WHOA BABY! o_o That is REALLY amazing!!! Breathtaking.

[cchen8971]

best sound quality, camera angle, expressive pianist, and video version of this piece on youtube. good job :)

[flyurway]

@cchen8971 I wouldn't go that far but it's still pretty damn good. In fact, anyone that attempts this piece to any degree is pretty damn good IMHO. Piece is absolutely sick! :)

[hflat1]

Wow.

[disnywhite1]

Fucking A, you're good. I wish I could do that. Thank you for putting something worthwhile here. You made my day.

[leolunanara]

Bravo, una excelente interpretacion, el Mephisto que es complicado, y tu lo haces excelente.

Enhorabuena.

[katakana22]

Hot damn that's awesome! Good job!

[supermanifold]

double glissandos are hot

[ccen1]

which minute

[grdiii]

Wonderful "Bravura" playing!

You go dude!

[jackdasbo]

yay! ich kann mich nicht sattsehen/hören! :)

[strausss]

Excellent rendition, your so young to have masatered it so well! This is one of those fun pieces that allows you the liberty to play with the tempo and take it to whatever level you want.

[slicejl152]

you are so good!

[georgiat88]

wow this is excellent! absolutely perfect :)

[ifiwereacowidsaymoo]

it would probably take me my whole life to learn though. this takes so much talent!

[ifiwereacowidsaymoo]

i used to play the piano but i quit. i would learn again if someone would teach me this piece. ive always loved it! :)

[godsloved3]

im impressed. You were very controlled. You looked like you knew what you were doing. and you obviously did.

[talonboy5432]

god 24 pages for this piece...how did u remember this?

[FLDavid]

Nice hand position

[ltjunior]

bravissimo!

[fleecyboy]

Very expressive and energetic!!

[Korribar]

Absolutely mind blowing. I love this piece and to know that he was my age when he played this is unbelievable. I've been playing piano for 12 years now, and I only wish I had as much talent as Bayram. Incredible musicianship.

[3NUNS]

But you have you goat ... Just get on with it !

[PhillipLWilcher]

I am so overwhelmed by the innate musicianship of this young man who was but a boy when he gave this performance. You have my respect and sincerest best wishes Bayram. I look forward to following your career more closely from this day on....

[neceddin]

aferin oğlummmmm

[marlowecraft]

i agree with that conmigo1908 , my mom used to be a pianist ,she performed the play different than him .but anyway this boy play as genious.

[ankhaton]

I left The Same from Stephen Houghs

I hope you will allow it.

Stephen has yet more staccato and less pedal . . .  quite interesting

[cattolyst]

wonderful, lively and invigorating performance! It's nice to hear a performer give this piece so much energy and be unafraid to play out :D

[3NUNS]

BWILLIANT !

[flugelmaniac]

It's very expressive and I like it at the tempo you play........

[flugelmaniac]

quite magnificent!..... and coming from a sixteen year old,that is incredible.

A world class performance.

[pedrobutelli]

Awesome interpretation. Really really good technique. But didn´t you skip a bit at the end? Right after 10:03 and 10:27? Horowitz´s interpretation is different in those parts.

[Einstein2000]

It's Horowitz' Interpreation that is altered from the original version. This one is as intended by Liszt.

[Conmigo1908]

Very good technique, of course. But sadly a bit too fast - I got the impression of the pianist being hectic. That's why the part at 7:42 did not work out perfectly - his hands were just too tired.

The final is brilliant!!!! He finishes without a single note being wrong! Great.

[TtAbrams]

I love the tempo and the dyanamics, a very strong performance. Of this piece in general, I love the over-the-top dramatic style, typical of Lizt. I am ready to see it set to dance.

[Milkshake85]

brilliant^^. but maybe a bit too fast... to the "brithness of yamahas: ever listened to ayako uehara? perfect... and also played on a yamaha

[Sviolinist]

wow the mephisto waltz, good job!

[ifiwereacowidsaymoo]

its a shame that i quit piano, this is one of my favorites and id really work hard to be able to play the beginning (my favorite part) even though thats very unlikely. great performance!! i think this is the best one yet!

[cutza7]

wuu, finally it's a fixed camera

[kaltst]

Fabulous! Great passion, explosive speed when necessary, quitely nuanced and nimble in just the right places. A previous commentator complains of murkiness, but I do not think that it's Karamenderes' style that's to blame; it's the acoustics of the room, or possibly the piano.

[Promxious95]

it seems like the pedal is drowning the sound a little too much in certain parts. but maybe its just the acoustics of where he's playing...

[JohnXenanca433]

You know, this is called a waltz, but I've never figured out how you could dance to it.

[enderw2]

Afaik the title means that the music is related to that part of the story where Faust is dancing the waltz with the girl, while Mephistopheles is playing; not that it is a waltz itself.

[jacobmallinsonbird]

true :D

but i suppose technically it can constitute as a waltz, it is in triple time... but i think it would take some insane dancer to try and tackle it lol

they wouldn't put it to justice =]

[archangel1187]

Bayrum,  I want to make a request. I would like to hear you perform the Rachmaninoff prelude opus 23 no.9. It is a piece that I consider to be very underappreciated, but that I deeply love for many reasons. After having listened to your performance of the Mephisto Waltz I know that you have the technical ability to play Rachmaninoff prelude as it should be played. If you do not want to perform the piece I will understand, and not be offended.

Many Thanks,

Anton Markov

[eeevildictator]

If he does I will eat metal for breakfast the next day.

[ScrewTheUSA]

This is totally awesome!

[suzidiamond]

very good performance of a very difficult piece. he is only young as well. he did well. its a shame about 07.40 - 08.00 but still i give him 9/10

[lilmizirene]

this is beautiful

[3NUNS]

inspiring...and i have been playing the piano for more than fifty years

[echipafantoma]

yep... good performance indeed

[shela2]

Excellent...exciting playing,look after it.

[archangel1187]

Bayram, My Great Uncle was a concert pianist so I know a good sound when I hear one. You have a good sound. This is the first time that I have ever heard you play, and I like your style.

I have heard this piece played by many different pianists, and all were good in their own way, as are you. You appear to be very young. Would you please tell all of us your age?

Anton Markov

[pianistbayram]

thank you for comment , now I`m 18 but in this video I was 16.

[oaklinks]

This is a wonderful rendition - Ive been playomg for 50 years and still cannot do it well!! You should tell us of your progress and post more music.

[maddorox]

@pianistbayram wow international competition at 16 :O.... i hope to see you in some if i get good enough and lucky enough :P.... im 16 atm =/

[Appassionata90]

@pianistbayram so now you are 20? :P How are you doing? Great playing!

[echipafantoma]

too fast... u don't feel the piece

[verapianist71491]

echipafantoma, you apparently don't know a great pianist when you see one, and you have no right to criticize the speed at which he plays the piece,for he obviously performs it filled with emotion and passion.

[ScrewTheUSA]

pianist71491 - Explain it to him. He's ignorant and also very jealous.

Nice post.

: >))

[ScrewTheUSA]

echipafantoma: The piece isn't too fast, your brain is too slow to absorb it.

This is not Chopin romance; it doesn't require "feeling." And he feels the rhythm, can't you see his body movements, or are you also blind?

[Music2Die4]

An interesting performance.... It seems like the hands need to get "stronger".... Getting to the notes was no problem, but the dynamics and control to convey the music isn't quite there yet....

[klausmann111]

Grandioso, para tener en cuenta, es la primeravezq escucho este pianista,es realmente una revelacion para mi, es cierto ademas q es sumamente atractivo

[gokhanay1]

tebrikler! basarilarinin devamini bekleriz :)

[Hellof7]

I've already heard a better version but it's good, though.

[abbjorko]

buy Andaloro cd by Naxos and let me know..

[cherise123]

Wow! awesome. =)

[OldestKnown]

This is close; Brendel reigns supreme. Around 8' 00 Bayram takes the lead momentarily. Brendel gets it back by 8' 30. Sgouros gets the ninth minute, and Brendel takes it to the end.

[verapianist71491]

he is a great pianist! so powerful and emotional! I love this piece as well. and it doesn't hurt that he's extremely attractive. =] looks kind of like Gaspard Ulliel.

[bmx00007]

enough bad ... good technic

[GeorgeMaxwellDuPre]

Excellent! Full stop,,

[Scotty0011]

good! are you sitting too close to the piano?

[bloodysloth7]

best version i've heard

[moozzmclaren]

a little messy with the pedal and a few missed notes.. but otherwise an excellent performance. Good interpretation

[Miecyslaw]

More than a FEW, but you are right it is a good interpretation. Most of his weakness is in the left hand. Some of the most difficult spots were played brilliantly but frankly it sounds as though he practiced all the "hard spots" diligently, and neglected some of the others------a common fault in student pianists.

[Miecyslaw]

I was touched by the tenderness and deep understanding of the beautiful "recitative" just before the end.

His performance would benefit from being taken down a notch or two in tempo. The temptation to rush in the "exciting" parts may b irresistible, but it's also amateurish, even though great players sometimes do it too.

Very promising young man.

[waynespeers]

great work - and for such a young person you offer inspiration to mature students like myself to accomplish this work!

[Smythe222]

And phrasing and pedal work are things he can work on - the basic tools are all there. Top shout.

[Smythe222]

Yamahas do have a great action and touch and definitely deserve more love. And on a 9 footer+ you can hold single strings on the sost. and una corda at the same time and actually play the sound board - try that on some western models...

[dacc1974]

Man, the music is a sublime art not a pyrotechnic show. You need to understand what this music means. Please, read this book "ARRAU on music and performance" and I'm sure you will learn something else about a truly artist. (and about this piece too)

[mephistophelis6]

Mephisto karakterine Olgunca yaklaşılmaya çalışılmış,kısım kısım başarılmış,ama yaşanmamış bir yorum.Eserin fikri ve bütünlüğü kaybedilmiş. Romantik dönem edebiyatına ait,daha da ziyade Liszt'in armonilerinin sahip olduğu tuşeden ziyade Prokofiev tuşeleri duyuluyor.

Temponun iktidarsız gidişi heyecan verici ama aynı zamanda beklenenin zıttında yürüyen pasajlarda hayal kırıklığna uğrata biliyor.

[pianistbayram]

ilk kez aldigim bir yorumu bu kadar beyendim ve okuduktan sonra uzerinde dusunulmeye deger olduguna karar verdim , prokofiev tusesi kismina tamamen katiliyorum hatta dahada kabasi evet oldukca sert ve gurultulu kisimlar var fakat mumkunse eserin fikri ve butunlugu derken ne demek istediginizi daha ayrintili aciklayabilir misiniz cunku sadece fikir ve butunluk olarak bakildiginda yeterli bir icraat ortaya koydugumu dusunuyorum.

[mephistophelis6]

"Genel Fikir&Bütünlük"ten kastım,fikir olarak; mephisto'nun karakterinin tanıtıldığı giriş bölümünde, örneğin sol eldeki temadan önceki glissando'dan sonraki saniyelik suskunluğun bile şeytanice düşünülmesi ve en az Liszt'in Piyano yazısı kadar karakteristik olmalı. Bütünlük derkense; 10 dakikada insanlara özet olarak sunulabilecek bi "Phrasebook" gibi olmalı. Tebrikler bu arada!

[pianistbayram]

evet haklisiniz - gercekten de yillarca dusunulmeye deger bir parca , tesekkur ederim bu arada.

[dianesnowflake]

Well done.Very hard piece,you did it justice :-)

[michaelkid13]

why the hell is he playing on a Yamaha?!

[thegreatDuedhel]

because Yamaha's have a brilliant touch and don't get nearly as much love as they deserve? Probably.

[djevee]

r u serious?

[Scotty0011]

something wrong with yamaha?

[michaelkid13]

uh..everything?

Maybe you just don't know the differences between pianos.

Personally, Yamaha's are way too bright for me

[Scotty0011]

I had the same thoughts as you did before but not every single type of Yamaha has a bright sound. there are some good quality ones. Steinway is the best ofcourse, but unless you got like 50 million bucks yamaha is good enough for students I think.

[jacobmallinsonbird]

i like the brightness of yamaha,

i recently got to play a grand broadwood and son, and some pieces really don't sound any good on it, i mean, i played chopin revolutionary, and it was far to mellow to appreciate the reall velocity...

i think you really need an electric piano, and change the brilliance, to really capture each individual piece

[nietzschemasterclass]

Pleaase Byram teach Mr. Sergio Tiempo how this incredible Waltz must to be played. I don't imagine this version when you turn to 40 years old. This interpretation is awsome and I can imagine with more madurity is going to be played even better.

[petitpoisbleu]

i just love it :D Qu'est-ce que je pourrais donner pour jouer comme ça...

Il a un air de Gaspard Ulliel ou c'est moi ? :x

[realitybites]

Brilliant!

[jbm255]

VERY NICE

HOW OLD ARE YOU?!

[pianisamet]

he is 17 years old...

[malak789]

that's pretty darn good

[apostro]

I must correct myself - I heard it again - he is a genius.

[apostro]

Very awesome - I placed an other version on my 'apostro'- can anybody hear who the pianist is ?

[nfstcyr]

Where's the phrasing?

[christian6657]

You are very brave! I liked this video!

[habalahubala]

haydn koncerto calan bayram mı bu yaff??dedim kendi kendime ve harbi $a$ırdm=)hatta sefindim cok hoş..veri nays=)umarm bööle calışmaya devam edersn..ba$arılar..

[pianisamet]

dostm bayram,bn samet..artık sana diyecek bişey yok...bi konser bu kadar başarılı olabilir yani.. harikasın süper pianist=)

[ttmans]

merhaba bayram bn mete samsundan sametin arkadasıyım seni izleyince birascık koptum :D ama bombasın basarılarının devamını dilerim ok saygılar:D

biras resmi oldu kusura bakma :D

[prestofantastico]

Bravo - You have great tecnic , especialy last 5 page...so crazy...