wow! incredible piano videos on youtube!

[zheer]

 Clifford Curzon, real musical sensativity.


 https://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HnySFVQhFSA

[instromp]

This is one of the wierdest interps, i seen/heard of this prelude =X (chopin Prelude No.4)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ8cLyb0MHU

[counterpoint]

This is one of the wierdest interps, i seen/heard of this prelude =X (chopin Prelude No.4)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ8cLyb0MHU

I first thought, it's a video from me 

It isn't, but I like, how he plays this prelude - I would play it the same way 

[jlh]

This is one of the wierdest interps, i seen/heard of this prelude =X (chopin Prelude No.4)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ8cLyb0MHU

That douchebag deleted my comment where I very nicely gave him advice on how to improve his performance of the prelude.  

Does he think his interpretation is definitive?   

[instromp]

That douchebag deleted my comment where I very nicely gave him advice on how to improve his performance of the prelude.  

Does he think his interpretation is definitive?   

When i listened to it, i was thinking to myself that he changed the rhythm,added dots to notes , placed accents  in the left hand, and s-t-r-e-c-t-h-e-d rubato to the limit 

But  that's how he intended on interpreting this piece, he isnt playing this for a formal audience, or i'd hope not.

[counterpoint]

Hilarious video with Horowitz and Lang Lang 

[arensky]

At long last, the William Kapell "Omnibus" recital from 1953! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mWcTtNkERg

[gerry]

At long last, the William Kapell "Omnibus" recital from 1953! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mWcTtNkERg

For anyone who doesn't know this artist, Kapell was one of the most phenomenal rising young pianists of his day. He died tragically in 1953 in a plane crash returnig from an Australian concert tour - he was only 31. I love the somewhat awkward aspect of this live TV performance - especially when the announcer chimes in with "and now..." before he fiinishes the Chopin. And the editorial liberties he takes with the Scarlatti... Thanks for sharing this.

[opus57]

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[gerry]

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I get a "service unavailable" notice when I click on this link.

[jlh]

I get a "service unavailable" notice when I click on this link.

You're not missing anything except a solid butchering of the moonlight sonata. Imagine the same notes but an insistent repeating rhythm that takes every shred of character out of the piece.

[chopininov]

He's going to hell for that rendition.

[zheer]

. Imagine the same notes but an insistent repeating rhythm that takes every shred of character out of the piece.

  Yup sort of Cr*p if you ask me.

[instromp]

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Hmm, for this..
It depends who your audience is.

 it can make most purists of classical say it rubish and crap, while others may think its quite enjoyable.

[jlh]

Hmm, for this..
It depends who your audience is.

 it can make most purists of classical say it rubish and crap, while others may think its quite enjoyable.

The only people that I think would enjoy this piece of fecal matter are people who think the moonfright sontata is the next step up from FF themes. 

Let em have it, but I can't stand to listen to it.  I actually listened to about 1 minute of it before deciding he has nothing to add to it except a boring rhythm.

[jlh]

Barber - Sonata, 4th Movt - Stephen Beus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJIOouOua0M

[instromp]

The only people that I think would enjoy this piece of fecal matter are people who think the moonfright sontata is the next step up from FF themes. 

Let em have it, but I can't stand to listen to it.  I actually listened to about 1 minute of it before deciding he has nothing to add to it except a boring rhythm.

Big LOL.
I didnt like it quite much either but I was stating liking or disliking it can go either way for people as by the comments left there.

Never heard of this moonfright sonata you say,is it another one by Beethoven ?(insert sarcasm here) hehe 

[jlh]

Never heard of this moonfright sonata you say,is it another one by Beethoven ?(insert sarcasm here) hehe 

lol well that was intended as a joke for those who remember that thread.  It was deleted though.

[imbetter]

I don't like Boulez much, but as the comments say, you have to greatly appreciate the level of playing this is. I actually sort of liked it.

[quantum]

https://de.youtube.com/watch?v=SHd_U00q3vo&feature=related

[jlh]

https://de.youtube.com/watch?v=SHd_U00q3vo&feature=related

No doubt a good vocoder, but this is a studio job in addition to that.  There's no way on earth that someone could produce what he did on this video live without prior preparation, and by that I mean recording and cueing the vocoder with recorded samples.

[counterpoint]

Duo for muezzin and piano   

https://de.youtube.com/watch?v=WP11ltTj_u0

[retrouvailles]

I thought I'd post this here:

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Such a great piece. The interpretation is quasi-raped though.

[instromp]

Mark Yu,
Held as Prodigy
 And his bestie is LangLang, aww how cute,lol.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=qa3XweeMcew&feature=related

[sergeidave]

Check this video out!
This guy plays a Mozart theme and variations (twinkle, twinkle). But he plays it with the index finger only!! (Check it out, video edited, but super cool)!

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[instromp]

Andre Watts-Rach Cadenza

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCYIJbQt6HQ

[retrouvailles]

Thibaudet plays Messiaen. Truly something you don't see everyday. It's from his early years. Note the haircut.

Maybe more to come.

[jlh]

Dudley Moore Plays Beethoven Sonata Parody

"In this clip from the 1950's-60s British comedy group "Beyond the Fringe," Dudley Moore plays a very funny but also very musically well-done parody of a Beethoven Piano Sonata, using the famous whistling tune from "Bridge Over the River Kwai" as a thematic subject."

[gerryjay]

Dudley Moore Plays Beethoven Sonata Parody

amazing! he is hilarious!

[quantum]

Sophie-Veronique Cauchefer-Choplin improv in St Sulpice

[retrouvailles]

Pierre-Laurent Aimard plays Debussy etudes.

[instromp]

Recently started listening to stride piano music. just wanted to share some Fats Waller.

Some guy playing it.

Handful of keys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCEFSmjYt2w&feature=related

[Petter]

A tender moment. 

That stride guy was great. 

[i heart xenakis]

My second-favorite piano piece ever:

Luigi Nono's "...sofferte onde serene..."

[retrouvailles]

My second-favorite piano piece ever:

Luigi Nono's "...sofferte onde serene..."

Very nice. It's nice to finally see a video of some of his works.

[tehpro]

My second-favorite piano piece ever:

Luigi Nono's "...sofferte onde serene..."

Whoa! That was stupid.

[retrouvailles]

Whoa! That was stupid.

Get out. Now.

[Derek]

I liked that piece a lot better than Xenakis. Personally though I'd rather hear Keith Jarrett improvise like this

Keith Jarrett - Tokyo 2002 solo concert

That's one of my favorite recordings by him, especially near the middle, it gets really cool.

[Etude]

Prepared piano.

Quite.

[lau]

Get out. Now.

it really was stupid. He actually had an audience for that..

[i heart xenakis]

it really was stupid. He actually had an audience for that..

Yes.  Those people sitting in the audience are called "sophisticated".

[lau]

they looked bored, i thought i saw someone playing with their hair.

[quantum]

You probably know the Christmas tune. 

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[i heart xenakis]

they looked bored, i thought i saw someone playing with their hair.

You're boring, your inane comments are boring, and if there was someone bored there it was probably one of your kind.

Now why don't you go listen to Lang Lang play the Moonlight Sonata; IE go back to the slums of the most retrograde, inferior type of classical listeners where you belong.

[tehpro]

Haha, now you are even degrading the real music for the sake of this crap. Beethoven was way better a composer than any of these wannabes who compose all the 'artistic' and 'modern' 'music'. I bet the composer of this piece was like "Yay, I'll make them shove some forks and sheep and other stupid sh*t in the piano so it could sound even more retarded".

Anyways, it seems like you derive a lot of pleasure from your false sense of superiority you get by listening to this inferior and stupid music. Good for you.

[Etude]

Alright then let's see what you have written.  THEN you can start slagging off composers.

[Petter]

My second-favorite piano piece ever:

Luigi Nono's "...sofferte onde serene..."

Pardon my ignorance, what was the preparation of the piano in this case? The recorded part.

[retrouvailles]

There is no piano preparation. There is just a pre-recorded tape playing in the background.

[Petter]

There is no piano preparation. There is just a pre-recorded tape playing in the background.

Thats what I meant, what is it?

[lau]

You're boring, your inane comments are boring, and if there was someone bored there it was probably one of your kind.

Now why don't you go listen to Lang Lang play the Moonlight Sonata; IE go back to the slums of the most retrograde, inferior type of classical listeners where you belong.

well, the majority of the world is not your kind...and i am way closer to your kind than the majority of the world.