On his first album he done 5 classical pieces, thats all. You seem to think every single piece is a classical piece.
If a rock guitarist plays a jazz piece, is he then a jazz guitarist?
Maksim is both, a crossover and a classical pianist.
Flight of the Bumble Bee | Rimsky-KorsakovGrieg's Piano concerto in A minor | GriegExodus | Ernest GoldClaudine | Tonci HuljicWonderland |Tonci HuljicHandel's Sarabande | HandelRhapsody on a Theme of Paganini | RachmaninovHana's Eyes | Tonci HuljicRevolutionary Etude in C minor | ChopinCubana | Tonci HuljicCroatian Rhapsody | Tonci HuljicDance Of The Baroness | Frano ParacCubana Cubana | Tonci Huljic (Bonus track)CD2Kolibre | Tonci HuljicPiano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, 3rd movement | TchaikovskyMerry Christmas Mr Lawrence | Ryuichi SakamotoTotentanz | LisztOlympic Dream | David EssexAmazonic | Tonci Huljic'Leeloos' Tune | Tonci HuljicProcession Of The Sardar | Lppolitov-lvanovBohemian Rhapsody | Freddie MercuryPictures At An Exhibition | MussorgskyEtude in D Sharp Minor, op.8 No.12, 'Patetico' | ScriabinNocturne In E Flat Major | ChopinAria from Goldberg Variations | BachPagrag | Paganini/MaksimCD3New World Concerto | A. DvorakNostradamus | Tonci HuljicDido's Lament | H. PurcellTosca | G. PucciniDesert Skies | Tonci HuljicIntermezzo | P. MascagniSomewhere in Time/The Old Woman | John BarryRide of the Valkyries | R. WagnerStill Waters | Tonci HuljicBlue Balloon | Joseph BrooksMojito | Tonci HuljicThe Flower Duet | Leo DelibesDeborah's Theme | Ennio Morricone
Nah, he's probably just dropped the guitar
Are all those with or without techno beats? I'd love to hear his Totentanz BTW.
Pictures At An Exhibition | Mussorgsky __ Non CrossoverEtude in D Sharp Minor, op.8 No.12, 'Patetico' | Scriabin __Non CrossoverNocturne In E Flat Major | Chopin __ Non CrossoverAria from Goldberg Variations | Bach __Non Crossover
Listen to Maksim's Flight of the Bumblebee, then listen to Cziffra's octave transcription and tell me which one is better, musically and technically.
https://s44.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=047SE9BWTVS842YXRZDR4O0N91
Cziffra or Maksim?
just curiousjay_maksim are you Maksim Mrvica?
Yes i am.ok, what is this trying to prove? ....he plays it faster...?and?
Ok, so you are comparing saying he is better... i didn't say there are no better pianist. Nor did i say Maksim is the technically best pianist around.
i prefer to stick with da Ziff
Just FYI.
jay_maksim:You are not very polite. In this thread we talk about Mrvica, not me!Please, could I ask you something? Big favour?Can you give me list of pieces what Mrvica plays originaly as written by composer?That is all I want to see here right now. Just to see how many pieces does such wonderful classical pianist does have in his repertoire and on his albums.
QuoteYes i am.ok, what is this trying to prove? ....he plays it faster...?and?better, infinitely better
Can you give me list of pieces what Mrvica plays originaly as written by composer?
better, infinitely betterok, but why are you telling me? please show me where is said Maksim is better than all pianist. I used the word GREATEST. That was in a release message on the EMI site.Greatest, does not mean technically the best pianist. Greatest meaning could me most succesful pianist.
is madonna greater than beethoven? no, but she seels more records and is more famous.
better, infinitely betterok, but why are you telling me? please show me where is said Maksim is better than all pianist. I used the word GREATEST. That was in a release message on the EMI site.Greatest, does not mean technically the best pianist. Greatest meaning could me most succesful pianist.Varijacije Na Medimursku Tema/ Variations On The Theme From Medimurje (Mladen Tarbuk) Igra Staklenih Perli/ A Play Of Glass Beads (Ivo Josipovic) Pet Intermezza/ Five Intermezzos (Sanja Drakulic) Moderato misterioso Allegro giusto Grave Allegro molto, ben ritmico Presto assai Dva Preludija/ Two Preludes (Antun Tomislav Saban) Preludij I./ Prelude 1 Preludij II./ Prelude 2 Sest Bagatela/ Six Bagatelles (Srecko Bradic) Grave- Prestissimo Quasi burlesca Presto brillante Presto ritmico Largo Allegro vivio NeuroTran/Neurosis (Kresimir Selectkovic) Ples Barunice/ Dance Of The Baroness (Franco Parac) Geste/ Gestures (Dubravko Detoni) JOSEPH HAYDNSonata u C-duru (1767)ModeratoMenuet, TrioFinale, PrestoKREŠIMIR SELETKOVIĆNeurosisSANJA DRAKULIĆPet intermezzaModerato misteriozoAllegro giustoGraveAllegro molto, ben ritmicoPresto assai****JOHANNES BRAHMSSonata op. 5 u f-moluAllegro maestosoAndante espressivoScherzo, Allegro energicoIntermezzo, Andante moltoFlight of the bumble bee, Rach Piano concerto no2, Nocturne in D flat Major (Chopin), Nocturne in Eflat major (chpin), Aria From gold berg variaitons, Scrabin etude in Dsharp Minor Patetico, Pictures at an exhibition, Hungarian RHapsody no2, Nocturne In C Sharp Minor (chopin), Mazurka in F minor Op.7, No.3 (chopin), Haydn’s C major piano concerto with an orchestra (at the age of 9), Davorin KEMPF Zvukolik (1988), Nocturne en ut dièse mineur (op. posth.), Nocturne en ré bémol mineur (op. 27 n°2), Nocturne en fa mineur (op. 55 n°1) Sonate en ut majeur (1767) Moderato |Menuet, trio | Finale, presto (haydn)but wait, thats NOT classical music is it? ...biggest statement of sarcasm.COPIED FROM A SITE:He was presented with the award given by the Austrian Rotary Club in 1998 and the first prize at the International Piano Contest Nicolai Rubinstein in Paris in 1999. He won the first prize at the Portoise Piano Competition in Paris in 2001. He performed in all major Croatian cities, and in Paris, Budapest, St.Petersburg, Vienna, Salzburg and Geneva. He has collaborated so far with the Symphony Orchestra of the Croatian Radio Television as well as with the Symphony Orchestra of the Music Academy in Zagreb.He won the first prize at the National Competition for the students of music in Zagreb, the award given by the Rector of Zagreb University in the academic year 1997/98---------------------------honestly, what do you think he played? or are you too ignorant to think that he actually played solo pieces.Dude, i can't find every single solo piece he has done. Gestures, his disc of contemporary Croatian piano pieces, he was realistic. He expected it to shift a handful of copies and languish on the shelves like so many other experimental CDs. But he was wrong. It became one of the fastest-selling classical recordings ever to be released in Croatia, and ended up winning four Porin (Croatian Grammies) including one for Best Classical Album. Maksim was even invited to open the Porin award ceremony - an honour not usually granted to a classical artist and caused a sensation with his performance of The Dance of the Baroness.I DIDN'T WRITE THAT.
p.s. I am from Croatia. Don't tell me about concerts and awards here. If you have money - you can win every award you want and play on every event you want.
But, I am beging you - don't define him as classical pianist. You just shame real classical pianists that way.
is madonna greater than beethoven? no, but she seels more records and is more famous.same with maksim.
if when he played Rach no2, was that not classical? was he being a classical pianist on that night? i know he played flight of the bumble bee after.So on that night he was a classical pianist and a crossover.
p.s. I am from Croatia. Don't tell me about concerts and awards here. If you have money - you can win every award you want and play on every event you want. Paris and Krešo can say is it so.
i haven't heard his playing rachmaninoff 2nd, but according to critics he failed in prooving as classical pianist
wow, so basically you are all saying it is physically/mentaly/emotionaly/musicaly impossible for Maksim to be a classical pianist, even tho he played a classical piece. That makes total sense
I think you're reading it too literally. iI think the point is whether his playing of classical piano music [without the funky instrumental backing] stacks up against the general quality and skill of others that play classical piano. Of course it's opinion, but I think the others are saying no, or at least not putting him as high on the scale of classical pianists that his marketing might be.So, I think someone who is of the opinion that he isn't very good at classical and notes that his CDs seem to be mainly crap pop isn't going to accept the premise that he is a classical pianist playing pop.They probably want to judge his classical playing for itself, without taking into account his "cutting edge" fashion and laser light show and whatever other guff his site claims EMI and Bush got excited about.I think the computing analogy is the article in the BBC or other medai you see from time to time, about some teenager who has created a website , installed windows from a CD, or is in court because he emailed someone a virus who is labelled a "computer whizzkid" or genius or boffin. I think the term "classical pianist" used by others means more than has played a classical piece. Otherwise just about everyone who has ever played the piano would be a classical pianist, myself included.It's rather like the blindfolded-one-arm-tied-behind-my-back-and-drinking-a-glass-of-water-while-people-stood-around-trying-to-put-me-off mario game gear fatal1ty overclocked intel inside pianist. He might be good at classical OTOH he might not, but you can bet the premise of his marketing is couched in terms of his classical training giving him the 7ee+ skillz to play arcade classics in variety of novel ways.In a similar sense, you could ask whether his funky pop music doobries stack up against the general quality and skill of others that do pop / rock [yeah, ok, bear with me] Again, he sounds a bit like Vanessa Mae if she entered the Eurovision song contest imho. ymmv of course.So afaict, the argument isn't literally about whether he plays a classical piece or not.
I think you're reading it too literally. iI think the point is whether his playing of classical piano music [without the funky instrumental backing] stacks up against the general quality and skill of others that play classical piano. Of course it's opinion, but I think the others are saying no, or at least not putting him as high on the scale of classical pianists that his marketing might be.
So, I think someone who is of the opinion that he isn't very good at classical and notes that his CDs seem to be mainly crap pop isn't going to accept the premise that he is a classical pianist playing pop.They probably want to judge his classical playing for itself, without taking into account his "cutting edge" fashion and laser light show and whatever other guff his site claims EMI and Bush got excited about.
...isn't going to accept the premise that he is a classical pianist playing pop
I think you're reading it too literally
ok....But Maksim has not played one or two classical pieces. He has played loads of classical pieces. When i refer to his techno-pop i have never insisted that that was classical.If YOU put on a performance of JUST classical pieces for solo piano, what type of concert would you call it?... just 'a concert'?Another thing, everyone else including you seem to be better than Maksim, you all know every single way in which to be successful, and seem to know everything there is to music. Why aren't you all very famous/reconisable/rich (from your music)?...please answer.no it doens't. You are saying that a person of whom which plays\performs classical pieces is not a classical pianist. So if some random new person became very famous from playing simple classical pieces (that you could all play) you would regard him as not a classical pianist?... just becuase he is not up to your level/standard when performing.ok, but if you ingnore all his crossover you can see that he is classical.Ok, so if i think queen are not very good at ROCK (shoot me for such a stupid suggestion) , and better at funk... then i don't accept the premise that they are a rock band playing funk. DUDE! queen are one of (if not) the most succesfull rock band(s). No fool would say they aren't rock becuase they are playing rock! And if maksim is playing classical, he's playing classical. If queen are playing Rock, they are Rock musicians, if Maksim is playing classical, he a classical musician. Just becuase queen have played funk does not instantly mean "NO WAY, CAN'T BE ROCK NO MORE". No one in their right mind would say Queen aren't rock becuase they play funk aswell. So why say Maksim is't a classical pianist becuase he plays Crossover aswell.If you as a pianist only played and performed classical, are you and your performances just "A Pianist" and "Piano performances"?People can be more than one thing in life. Saying you can't be more than two genres of music is foolish. And even more so when the performer can clearly play both.no dude, you being blind to somthing starring you right in the face. Check out these inpossibilites:Being a scientist and a poet.Being a footballer (playing on a team) and a rugby player (playing on a team)... thats inpossible, you can't be both!Or, a model and a musician. You seriously can't be more than two things in life.
You should remove your 'dude' language and comparation with everybody. Lets focus on Mrvica.
You are saying that a person of whom which plays\performs classical pieces is not a classical pianist.
"I just want to reach as many people of all ages with classical music. That’s my dream." -Maksim Mrvica.
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