What's all this about faking the ending of HR2

[fiasco]

I've been seeing these conversations on youtube about Richard Kastle and how (some say)he's the only one who properly plays the ending octaves of Hungarian Rhapsody 2, and how everyone from Cziffra to Hamelin (!) can't do what Kastle does because the hand movements are so counter-intuitive or whatever, and I'm looking at the sheet music, and while I can't yet play it, I can clearly see that the LH begins and the RH follows and there doesn't seem to be anything especially confusing about it.  One set up, one set down.  Very difficult I'm sure to play at speed, but it seems straightforward enough, no?  Are all these guys really not playing what's written, and if so, then have we all been hearing the piece played wrongly this whole time?

[thierry13]

Richard Kastle is a fake-ass and he completly sucks at playing. Nobody fakes the end of HR2, it IS hard to play up to speed, but YES it's pretty straigthforward and NO they don't fake it.

[thalberg]

If you want some fun reading we already covered this at this forum.  The thread is titled "who does this guy think he is?"  Take a peek at it.

Anyway, the end of HR2 is not hard at all for high level pianists.  Many people on this forum would have no trouble whatsoever playing it up to speed, myself included.  Kastle seems to think that when the hands are offset, it gets harder, but this is not the case, it just sounds harder.

Kastle is very arrogant and mistaken.  PS members at the time of the video's release went there and left him lots of mean comments.  I did my best to contribute.  Probably that was immature of me, but I had fun.

[term]

wrong. It is level 10 and you need complex thought to master the confusing 150 hand positions in 8 sec. Period.
 

[indutrial]

Kastle is very arrogant and mistaken.  PS members at the time of the video's release went there and left him lots of mean comments.  I did my best to contribute.  Probably that was immature of me, but I had fun.

Leaving mean comments to that scumbag on Youtube is still classier than him talking trash about other pianists on his Youtube video. I say comment away.

[thalberg]

Haha thanks indutrial.