wow! incredible piano videos on youtube!

[birba]

Pretty amzing.  Who's the pianist?  Not that teenager who played Schumann.   

[pianoplayjl]

Pianist: Konstantin Scherbakov. I recently took a liking to that peice and hope to learn in one day if I ever acquire the technical capability to learn it. Check out his other pieces. Amazing.

JL

[49410enrique]

Pianist: Konstantin Scherbakov. I recently took a liking to that peice and hope to learn in one day if I ever acquire the technical capability to learn it. Check out his other pieces. Amazing.

JL

i think that's the one i threw up on the rep board when someone was asking for piece suggestion, i believe you very shewdly/wisely told me the level was inappropriate for the pianist that was posting, it is nonetheless a cool piece, glad you're discovering it, let us know when you tackle that beast!

also don't know if this one has been thrown on here (this is  abig big thread) but i have always found this piece fascinating both pianisticaly as it looks fiendishly difficult but also compositionally i the music pretty much doesn't end, apparently 'tonally' it could pretty much go on forever, i guess thats part of why it's the 'devils staircase'  if you're in hell climbing this thing you'll never get out....

ps let me know if you want the score and mp3 of sherbakov playing them i'm pretty sure ive got both lying around here (in my other hard drive) somehwere...

[birba]

Well, I have to say it:  that was really cool!     loved everything about it.  The music, the pianist, the regie - Ligeti was truly one of the last great composers of the 20th century.

[williampiano]

I'm not sure if anyone has posted this one yet, but it is a really beautiful piece.

[pianoplayjl]

i think that's the one i threw up on the rep board when someone was asking for piece suggestion, i believe you very shewdly/wisely told me the level was inappropriate for the pianist that was posting, it is nonetheless a cool piece, glad you're discovering it, let us know when you tackle that beast!

also don't know if this one has been thrown on here (this is  abig big thread) but i have always found this piece fascinating both pianisticaly as it looks fiendishly difficult but also compositionally i the music pretty much doesn't end, apparently 'tonally' it could pretty much go on forever, i guess thats part of why it's the 'devils staircase'  if you're in hell climbing this thing you'll never get out....

ps let me know if you want the score and mp3 of sherbakov playing them i'm pretty sure ive got both lying around here (in my other hard drive) somehwere...

Greg Anderson's amazing! I threw in that piece in this thread a few days ago by another pianist. I like how Ligeti uses chromaticism? to imitate stairs and sounds endless.

JL

[49410enrique]

my goodness the melody! incredible.

[49410enrique]

WOW!!!!!!!! 

[quantum]

i think that's the one i threw up on the rep board when someone was asking for piece suggestion, i believe you very shewdly/wisely told me the level was inappropriate for the pianist that was posting, it is nonetheless a cool piece, glad you're discovering it, let us know when you tackle that beast!

also don't know if this one has been thrown on here (this is  abig big thread) but i have always found this piece fascinating both pianisticaly as it looks fiendishly difficult but also compositionally i the music pretty much doesn't end, apparently 'tonally' it could pretty much go on forever, i guess thats part of why it's the 'devils staircase'  if you're in hell climbing this thing you'll never get out....

ps let me know if you want the score and mp3 of sherbakov playing them i'm pretty sure ive got both lying around here (in my other hard drive) somehwere...

There is another video that goes along with that where he plays Bach.  The two pieces greatly contrast each other. 

[pianoplayjl]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifKKlhYF53w

[49410enrique]

[49410enrique]

didn't embed since it's pretty long just linked to about 5 minutes in for a really cool part

=5m

[49410enrique]

a young n kapustin tearing it up w his crew. mad props to the mans hands for the final 20 seconds or so, amazing

[pianoplayjl]

I came across this video just then while looking at Dohnanyi. The style of this piece reminds me of Balakirev's Islamey.

Also there is this channel where it contains the most neglected music of the Romantic period. Sort of similar to Hexameron's channel.

https://www.youtube.com/user/deviantrake#p/a

JL

[49410enrique]

just discovered this young lady's playing. at only 15 years old (she's 14 in this video) she shows remarkable musicality and digital finesse if she keeps this up i think we'll be hearing and seeing more of her as she'd prolly get picked up by one of the labels.

this is a very mature piece for someone so young i think she  nails it.

[49410enrique]

genius

[pianoplayjl]

Cziffra plays Tausig's transcription of Schubert mililitary march:

[49410enrique]

Cziffra plays Tausig's transcription of Schubert mililitary march:

it seems we're coming across many of the same videos unrelated to this point within days of eacher i distinctly recall seeing that several times in the past few weeks. thanks for sharing!

i havent' seen any scarlatti here in a while, i like this gal's take on it. quick hands!

[49410enrique]

[pianoplayjl]

Ha! I posted this video earlier. Still, I'm glad someone reposted it because the video is simply amazing, with the technical display being incredible.

JL

[49410enrique]

[williampiano]

  this is awesome!

[pianoplayjl]

I recently uncovered this piece.

[thalbergmad]

Hmmm, needs covering back up again or preferably buried.

Thal

[pianoplayjl]

Hmmm, needs covering back up again or preferably buried.

Thal

Hmmm, I agree that it should be buried and covered up again. I thought it was going to be a great set of variations after listening to the theme. I didn't listen to the whole video before I posted this here. I didn't realise it was atonal music until now when I heard it. The theme was passable and fun IMO. I won't bury/remove  this however.

JL

[birba]

Maybe.  But just from a pianistic technical point of view, that Hamelin is one hell of a pianist.  Is there anything he CAN'T do?!

[pianoplayjl]

Maybe.  But just from a pianistic technical point of view, that Hamelin is one hell of a pianist.  Is there anything he CAN'T do?!

Hopefully he can't play Opus clavicemblisticum.

JL

[williampiano]

Hmmm, needs covering back up again or preferably buried.

Thal

Hmmm, I agree that it should be buried and covered up again. I thought it was going to be a great set of variations after listening to the theme. I didn't listen to the whole video before I posted this here. I didn't realise it was atonal music until now when I heard it. The theme was passable and fun IMO. I won't bury/remove  this however.

JL

Yup. I also like the theme, but I don't quite care for the variations.

[williampiano]

One of my favorite Prokofiev pieces! Not very commonly played though.

[thalbergmad]

Maybe.  But just from a pianistic technical point of view, that Hamelin is one hell of a pianist.  Is there anything he CAN'T do?!

He can't play Runbistein's Piano Concerto No.4, Scharwenka's Piano Concerto No.1 or Reger's Telemann variations.

Thal

[49410enrique]

[suniil]

Though not exactly classical pieces, PianoGuys on youtube are excellent!

[unholeee]

[pianoplayjl]

[gfds]

Hey guys, check this:

[49410enrique]

this is cool, really nice effect of 'percussion' with the tap dancer, i love how much uehara gets into this!

[pianoplayjl]

Hey guys, check this:

That's pretty good. I watched your other videos and they were not bad. Sorry to say but the Mephisto Waltz was a bit ordinary despite the outstanding audio and visual quality.

I want to share an interpretation of Alkan's famous etudes-variations, played by Bernard Ringeissen. I don't know much about Ringgeissen but he definitely recorded the complete Alkan etudes op35 and op39. IMO this interpretation is a bit better than Hamelin's version, despite differences in interpretations.

BTW, whoever watches this video, I think you must have seen earlier.

JL

[pianoplayjl]

Chopin's fugue. It is one of his most neglected works. I first discovered this piece while reading a thread called 'Chopin's most neglected pieces.' When I heard it it didn't sound as sophisticated or hard as some of Bach's fugues because it only has 2 voices and less variety of note values. The trills might be what makes this piece hard as well as the speed.

JL

[49410enrique]

Chopin's fugue. It is one of his most neglected works. I first discovered this piece while reading a thread called 'Chopin's most neglected pieces.' When I heard it it didn't sound as sophisticated or hard as some of Bach's fugues because it only has 2 voices and less variety of note values. The trills might be what makes this piece hard as well as the speed.

JL

glad you're discovering this work i've posted it in a few threads in attempts to get folks aware about it, i think i've used was the ashkenazy performance with the sheets synced, you're link isn't showing so i'll post again for folks to hear

[49410enrique]

nice new release/ beethoven upload, high production value on this, fun recording to watch and experience this familiar favorite

Steinway Inauguration Concert at Kulturhuset Spira, Jönköping Sweden
fyi hd available if you click on the yt and switch it to 720p, better sound quality, also really nice split screen footage of pianist ange and one of his hands simultaneously when he comes in at about 4 minutes in, it's so fun to revisisit this young less serious beethoven

[williampiano]

this was one of the first of Hexameron's videos that I discovered. I want to learn these eventually.

This one is amazing. Hopefully, one day, I'll be able to play it.

this one is sort of bizarre, but I also like it:

This is one of my favorite pieces of all time.

[49410enrique]

great rare footage of shostakovich himself playing part of his concerto no1, he was a fantastic pianist

[gfds]

This one is amazing. Hopefully, one day, I'll be able to play it.

Isn't it an amazing piece, Hofmann's Sanctuary? I just printed it out to sight read it. There's a lot of work before it becomes playable in concert! Pffff What a piece!
Thanks for the video.

[retrouvailles]

He can't play Runbistein's Piano Concerto No.4, Scharwenka's Piano Concerto No.1 or Reger's Telemann variations.

Thal

Believe me, he can play it a hell of a lot better than you or I can, or most people in general. I happen to like his Rubinstein and Reger, by the way. His Scharwenka is, well, odd and awkward.

[pianoplayjl]

Schlozer's etude in A flat op 1 no 2, played by Stephen Hough. The composer is not well known and his two etudes might have meen written by Moskowski. The two etudes are incredibly difficult to play. I discovered this piece while reading about Rachmaninoff. It was said that before every practice session he would play this etude.

JL

[49410enrique]

nice little alice sara ott teaser

[49410enrique]

 

[49410enrique]

this was new to me, first time i heard it, quite nice

[49410enrique]

sorry for the quality, this is the best i could fine of a video performance, the rest are mp3 rips to yt

[pianoplayjl]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohtikwa64xo