Craziest octaves ever?

[nmgfestival_com]

Are these the craziest octaves ever?

Full rhapsody at:

https://www.nmgfestival.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=8&lang=en

[birba]

Crazy and brilliant.  I read somewhere that when Argerich performed it at the Geneva competition, she had never played it straight through before.  Something about bad luck...

[pianisten1989]

I know a 15 yo guy who can play it almost as brilliant, so that doesn't really impress me...

[birba]

This is one of those pieces where you shouldn't show too much, too soon.  He's almost playing the beginning of the octaves section at the presto tempo of the end.  There's no accelerando.  He's throwing away the musical crux of this piece:  superficial brilliancy.  Despite his brilliant technique, this is not an exciting performance.

[orangesodaking]

Hehe, I've stumbled upon this video before, and those are some pretty darn fast octaves. I have seen other performances of the pianist, and even though he has extremely good technique, his musicianship seems to boil down to fast, faster, and fastest! Rather shallow, but entertaining nonetheless.

[thoven_liszt]

Ahahahaa! The video that motivated me to play the octave section at breakneck speed... LONG hours of INSANE practice!!!
There is an immensely satisfying feeling after nailing the octave section in a performance