wow! incredible piano videos on youtube! (Read 132534 times)

gerry · «Reply #500 on: March 17, 2008, 03:48:01 AM »

Chopin's intro and ending just weren't enough for this performer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlSdpT68rnk

quantum · «Reply #501 on: March 17, 2008, 04:40:54 AM »

Chopin again

instromp · «Reply #502 on: March 17, 2008, 06:45:11 PM »

Quote from: gerry on March 17, 2008, 03:48:01 AM

Chopin's intro and ending just weren't enough for this performer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlSdpT68rnk

.

lau · «Reply #503 on: March 18, 2008, 03:40:51 AM »

Quote from: gerry on March 17, 2008, 03:48:01 AM

Chopin's intro and ending just weren't enough for this performer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlSdpT68rnk

it seemed like she talked like she knew it all. those two glissandos pissed me off.

gerry · «Reply #504 on: March 18, 2008, 04:04:43 AM »

Quote from: lau on March 18, 2008, 03:40:51 AM

it seemed like she talked like she knew it all. those two glissandos pissed me off.

She

Thanks for clearing that up for me.

nanabush · «Reply #505 on: March 20, 2008, 06:10:46 AM »

holy sh*t that chopin was awful... godamn it bothered me that [she] had her hands crossed and did some like wavy sh*t at the start... jeez that video should be banned

rob47 · «Reply #506 on: March 20, 2008, 08:17:11 AM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDxMQaMqsig

not sure what its about but i love it

keasbey · «Reply #507 on: April 10, 2008, 12:19:19 AM »

I wish I could say "one day".... but in this case probably not

quantum · «Reply #508 on: April 10, 2008, 01:44:51 AM »

Quote from: keasbey on April 10, 2008, 12:19:19 AM

I wish I could say "one day".... but in this case probably not

Thanks for posting it

jlh · «Reply #509 on: April 14, 2008, 04:44:19 AM »

Hamelin: Etude IX d'aprés Rossini "La Danza" (Tarantella napoletana). Marc-André Hamelin made this phenomenal transcription and elaboration of Rossini's La Danza in 1987, and dedicated it to Russell Sherman.

Hamelin's performance:

Sandro Russo's performance in Rome(2006):

Etude · «Reply #510 on: April 15, 2008, 12:05:46 AM »

I wish I had one of these things...

retrouvailles · «Reply #511 on: April 15, 2008, 12:26:29 AM »

Quote from: Etude on April 15, 2008, 12:05:46 AM

I wish I had one of these things...

Seconded! I would love to fool around on one and perhaps sightread some of Messiaen's stuff, if I could figure out how.

pianowolfi · «Reply #512 on: April 16, 2008, 08:43:45 PM »

My first encounter with this interesting instrument was in 2003 when I accompanied a choir at a concert which was dedicated mainly to works by Charles Koechlin (1867-1950), a French composer who was in love with this instrument and wrote a lot for it. He wrote also very interesting piano compositions.

retrouvailles · «Reply #513 on: April 16, 2008, 11:16:23 PM »

Yes, Koechlin has some wonderful stuff for that instrument. I really like Messiaen and Jolivet's works for it more though. Both seemed to have a more thorough understanding of it's capabilities and musical capacities. Nevertheless, I hope this instrument gets back in style.

arensky · «Reply #514 on: April 20, 2008, 03:31:05 AM »

Wow just ran across this on youtube, looks like it's part of the rest of the Bell Telephone Hour program where he plays the Rachmaninov Prelude in c# minor. It's 4 minutes of the Empreor Concerto finale!

wow...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDQRzYvFSDQ&feature=related

tompilk · «Reply #515 on: April 20, 2008, 06:23:51 PM »

i just uploaded this: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MR6wyETodvs

thierry13 · «Reply #516 on: April 20, 2008, 07:31:07 PM »

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXi589eG2HI&feature=related

Amazing performance by Sokolov of the Chopin 2nd sonata.

jlh · «Reply #517 on: April 21, 2008, 02:03:14 AM »

Etude · «Reply #518 on: April 22, 2008, 09:24:14 AM »

I just discovered this

. Such a great piece!

dnephi · «Reply #519 on: April 22, 2008, 02:05:41 PM »

Without a doubt! It's my favorite piece written during my lifetime.

Etude · «Reply #520 on: April 22, 2008, 02:08:23 PM »

I was 1 when it was composed.

It's one of the few 20th Century pieces I've been able to get into immediately without having to go through the whole repeated listening routine.

dnephi · «Reply #521 on: April 22, 2008, 02:49:47 PM »

It's ingenious, well-written for the instrument, full of all possible brilliance, bearing exceptional sound and a powerful, dramatic atmosphere. Furthermore, it's pianistic as Vine himself was a pianist.

arensky · «Reply #522 on: April 24, 2008, 06:36:35 AM »

Julius Katchen plays Brahms' Sonata No.2 Op.2.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP6z2VG2i2M

retrouvailles · «Reply #523 on: April 24, 2008, 06:51:54 AM »

We should make a thread asking people what their favorite piece written during their lifetime is. It would make for some interesting responses (or lack thereof). Unless, of course, people like Alistair Hinton reply. He has it easy.

jlh · «Reply #524 on: May 24, 2008, 07:50:47 AM »

Ok, so this one isn't a piano video, but hilarious nonetheless... a MUST SEE for anyone who's ever studied music history and theory!

mephisto · «Reply #525 on: May 24, 2008, 05:04:28 PM »

Quote from: Etude on April 22, 2008, 09:24:14 AM

I just discovered this
. Such a great piece!

Just watched this: Breathtaking

Both the piece and the performance.

quantum · «Reply #526 on: May 26, 2008, 03:50:15 AM »

Quote from: jlh on May 24, 2008, 07:50:47 AM

Ok, so this one isn't a piano video, but hilarious nonetheless... a MUST SEE for anyone who's ever studied music history and theory!

Hahaha. Loved it. So true.

Makes the hours of sitting in theory class so worth it.

term · «Reply #527 on: May 27, 2008, 05:55:48 PM »

I thought nobody should miss this wonderful recording of contrapunctus 14. It's a bit fast, but other than that, beautiful.

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jlh · «Reply #528 on: June 04, 2008, 08:28:53 AM »

I just found this today... you might recognise the composer. I don't know if anyone has actually performed this or not. Alistair?

chopininov · «Reply #529 on: June 05, 2008, 12:21:21 PM »

Hamelin you bastard.

slobone · «Reply #530 on: June 08, 2008, 08:36:15 PM »

Best performance ever of Kitten on the Keys?

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slobone · «Reply #531 on: June 08, 2008, 08:40:57 PM »

As long as we're doing player pianos:

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jepoy · «Reply #532 on: June 11, 2008, 04:21:08 AM »

Hi, I'd like to share this amazing Filipino composition, Mayon Fantasy, by Francisco Buencamino. Mayon is actually a famous volcano in the Philippines. The piece is about a happy town in the vicinity of Mayon, an eruption that destroys the town, a prayerful intermezzo, and a brilliant finale:

Some pics of Mayon:
http://www.geocities.com/bicolagnostics/LegazpiMayon.jpg
http://nimrodel.net/images/mayon_volcano.jpg

Enjoy!

jlh · «Reply #533 on: June 11, 2008, 04:29:01 AM »

Quote from: jepoy on June 11, 2008, 04:21:08 AM

Hi, I'd like to share this amazing Filipino composition, Mayon Fantasy, by Francisco Buencamino. Mayon is actually a famous volcano in the Philippines. The piece is about a happy town in the vicinity of Mayon, an eruption that destroys the town, a prayerful intermezzo, and a brilliant finale:

Some pics of Mayon:
http://www.geocities.com/bicolagnostics/LegazpiMayon.jpg
http://nimrodel.net/images/mayon_volcano.jpg

Enjoy!

What's up with her performing on an upright piano? I looked at the other videos and she's definitely playing on a stage with an audience...

retrouvailles · «Reply #534 on: June 11, 2008, 04:53:29 AM »

More stuff for pianola. This is the mother of all pieces for pianolas.

instromp · «Reply #535 on: June 12, 2008, 03:05:45 AM »

12 yo blind pianist.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlAEObm5qTI

rob47 · «Reply #536 on: June 15, 2008, 01:21:45 AM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MjTb5A68VA

TERRIFYING!

they have some hilarious ones in the related links though to uncreep you out after you watch it

nanabush · «Reply #537 on: June 16, 2008, 04:08:48 AM »

Holy crap, ya that freaked me out... the freggin pencil wouldn't budge his smile, but he was lookin around and stuff... scary sh!t if you ask me!!

rob47 · «Reply #538 on: June 18, 2008, 03:50:20 PM »

Quote from: rob47 on June 15, 2008, 01:21:45 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MjTb5A68VA

TERRIFYING!

they have some hilarious ones in the related links though to uncreep you out after you watch it

hahaa one of the youtube comments:

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