Ilya Petrov plays Liszt Feux Follets

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  • I supposed this etude would sound "dry" and unmusical with so little pedal (a stupid assumption, I know), but this definitely proves it wrong.

    Awesome performance and sound.

  • As a concert pianist, I confess I find this the most difficult work in the entire piano repertoire!

    Yours is the the ONLY performance on You Tube which does justice to both the OBJECTIVE and SUBJECTIVE aspects of the composition. You don't "cheat" by playing so quickly that (hopefully) nobody will notice countless omitted notes. You truly capture the spirit of the composition.

    NOBODY plays this piece perfectly! But you come as close as it can get, BY ANY MORTAL!

    BRAVO, HAT'S OFF!

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  • i worked my ass off to play this and never managed to bring it to that level of brilliancy and more importantly "lightness" , as a feu follet should be.

    Amazing playing. He makes it look easy, but we know how his brain is on high drive. Congratulation Ilya !

  • I think people sometimes are confused between 'live' and 'studio'. Ashkenazy's studio recording is legendary but there's no live performance I know of by him. Richter's 1958 live performance is also justly revered. This clip is almost definitely a one-take-no-patch work live performance and I, therefore, also take my hat off to Ilya Petrov for not just a stunning technical display, but also for successfully capturing the piece's cheeky, impish and often dramatic character. Just STUNNING!

  • this guy looks like Harry (prince william's brother)

  • Another top gun, awsome !

  • @yourpianoteacher Lugansky and Ashkenazy

  • @yourpianoteacher Minoru Nojima

  • @yourpianoteacher I don't think this is the most difficult, how would you know yourself unless you played all of them , which I doubt you have done.

  • @yourpianoteacher Great - what an interesting admission. I had a hankering it was ultra hard and you just confirmed it. I notice all the missed notes in the fast performances by the way....

  • @yourpianoteacher

    Oh yeah, this is one of the best renditions on youtube of this hyperdifficult piece... This pianist is awesome. But Richter's interpretations remains unequalled.

  • For all the incredible fire of renditions from Kissin and Lugansky, this has breath and charm! Brilliant.

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