Not only is Hamelin a truly great musician. But he has the heart to make it available to evreryone and for free ! Where is Lortie, here on RUclips? Another truly great pianist but not NEARLY as GENEROUS as Hamelin. A truly likable genius.
@cowheadcow Just watch his Stockholm performance and Alkan's Festine D'Esope. He plays impossibly fast, with only three (!) mistakes. Also, in Chopinata Hamelin plays a wrong bass, and in the cut Quasi-Faust (30 ans of Alkan's sonata) he is a bit nervous... Everyone misses, but Hamelin is so brilliant in other pieces that you try to notice them. When Horowitz played, even if you did not want to notice him making mistakes, you did. =)
To be fair, Horowitz was extremely old in his most famous recordings. If you listen to his 1950 recording of Islamey, you can hear his technical prowess shining through. Also, Horowitz’s intention was never to play perfect, just play close enough with surplus emotion and enormous dynamic range so the audience wouldn’t even notice
yeah, i had the score in front of me while i watched it again, and its not a mistake. thats how its written. also, he is the composer of this. he can do practically whatever he wants.
Il y a des gens qui ont l'esprit assez ouvert pour comprendre et apprecier la musique qui est moderne et qui est de qualite. Et il y a les gens qui ne l'ont pas..............ha ha ha
@f1f1s I didn't intend that comment as a criticism. I made it to someone else who mentioned him missing notes. Believe me - I wouldn't complain about Hamelin. I want him to be the father of my children - even though I'm a guy.
Liszt and Paganini had the looks and the image 100%. Paganini for isntance had long curly hair and sideburns and eyes that looked like he was possesed, it was extremely provocative in those days to have hair like Paganini or Liszt had. if Hamelin had hair down to the floor and and a ZZ Top beard he would have been the most famous classical pianist in the world I have no doubt about that.
Because Lang Lang have a better manager and he only care about money. He is like a rockstar, he have some kind of charisma. To bad for the once great Detusche Gramaphone. Today they only care about how many records they can sell...
Don't understand his lack of star power. I don't think he's even performing in NY this year. He's a very, very modest guy; it could be that. He happens to have the best technique in the world and is one the best musicians in the world as proven by the way he sounds when he is playing the regular repertoire.
glenn gould. michelangeli is inhuman in that regard. i wonder if ABM even hits wrong notes while practicing. pollini also. funny thing is that pollini studied with ABM. amazing thing is that my teacher at CIM went to the steinway store in NY and pollini was practicing. he played all 24 chopin etudes without a wrong note. he just sat down and played all 24. i think i will give up piano, lol
Sans doute,sans doute,mais Scarlatti a composé environ 550 sonates:-je suppose que vous les connaissez toutes et que vous êtes fatigué de les entendre,aussi avez-vous besoin de ce genre de distraction que vous appelez joliment "musique moderne". Ha ha ha!!!
Odd. If he didn't play with such monotonous tone production it would sound more like he intended all the weird notes and less like he's just going wrong. I don't really get what he's trying to do with this. Clearly the arrangement is a piss-take but there's no real humour in the performance.
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"Don't fall off the bench!"
No matter what he's playing, he always makes it look so easy. I envy him. :(
What a pianist!
The best in the world...
A wonderful bit of playing - and composition.
This guy is so cool. i cant wrap my head about this..
why he is so underrated? gosh he's such a great pianist and talented composer
You're right! It's one of the best musical moments ever! Priceless..
Not only is Hamelin a truly great musician. But he has the heart to make it available to evreryone and for free ! Where is Lortie, here on RUclips? Another truly great pianist but not NEARLY as GENEROUS as Hamelin. A truly likable genius.
A true pleasure watching this video.
Thanks for sharing.
I love this piece!!!
2:37 Dont fall off the bench!
Lol awesome
Get to hear his sense of humor at 2:35...gotta love it!
Love that omaggio!
io AMO quest'uomo!!!!!!
@cowheadcow
Just watch his Stockholm performance and Alkan's Festine D'Esope. He plays impossibly fast, with only three (!) mistakes. Also, in Chopinata Hamelin plays a wrong bass, and in the cut Quasi-Faust (30 ans of Alkan's sonata) he is a bit nervous... Everyone misses, but Hamelin is so brilliant in other pieces that you try to notice them.
When Horowitz played, even if you did not want to notice him making mistakes, you did. =)
To be fair, Horowitz was extremely old in his most famous recordings. If you listen to his 1950 recording of Islamey, you can hear his technical prowess shining through.
Also, Horowitz’s intention was never to play perfect, just play close enough with surplus emotion and enormous dynamic range so the audience wouldn’t even notice
**AMAZED**
yeah, i had the score in front of me while i watched it again, and its not a mistake. thats how its written. also, he is the composer of this. he can do practically whatever he wants.
Nice piece!!
I can just imagine Cziffra going up to him and giving him a highfive and saying "Hellz yea, datz mah bitch right there"
Actually, Cziffra *did* say exactly the same thing -- to Godowsky! 🤔🧐😉
It's really a true masterpiece! Does anyone know how to get the scores?
sick
Any idea if this music is available in print anywhere?
Not everyone is perfect. Even Hamelin makes mistakes I'm sure ;-)
Very cool!
He made one mistake on tape… The last note after playing the triple etude perfectly lol
waht scarlatti pieces are in this piece?
@cowheadcow
I didn't want to criticize you either. You have a splendid sense of humour. So does M.-A. H. =D
which piece of D. Scarlatti was he inspired by?
Jesus epic chord at 3:00
what is there to get though?
Il y a des gens qui ont l'esprit assez ouvert pour comprendre et apprecier la musique qui est moderne et qui est de qualite. Et il y a les gens qui ne l'ont pas..............ha ha ha
1:58 is SO hilarious!
@f1f1s I didn't intend that comment as a criticism. I made it to someone else who mentioned him missing notes. Believe me - I wouldn't complain about Hamelin. I want him to be the father of my children - even though I'm a guy.
anche io!
haha that would be awesome
Yefim Bronfman has won a Grammy too, right..?
@danedaworld That would be so ROFLOAIMAO
Ma il circus galop è di Hamelin?
was that a mistake on 01:47?
if yes,then it is ironic...to make a mistake on the easiest part..
Liszt and Paganini had the looks and the image 100%. Paganini for isntance had long curly hair and sideburns and eyes that looked like he was possesed, it was extremely provocative in those days to have hair like Paganini or Liszt had.
if Hamelin had hair down to the floor and and a ZZ Top beard he would have been the most famous classical pianist in the world I have no doubt about that.
hamelin is a human afterall. he has been known to make mistakes. i caught a lot of mistakes when i saw him play the shostakovich concertos.
Michelangeli?? ; - )
Omaggio is Italian for hommage
actually, thats one of the harder parts. this video definitely is not one of his more accurate versions of this piece.
lol...damn str8 i wouldn't even kid about having half his technique...
Because Lang Lang have a better manager and he only care about money. He is like a rockstar, he have some kind of charisma. To bad for the once great Detusche Gramaphone. Today they only care about how many records they can sell...
Anch'io, hehe.
well i don't think its a mistake,he does it deliberately..and he does it again at the end..
Don't understand his lack of star power. I don't think he's even performing in NY this year. He's a very, very modest guy; it could be that. He happens to have the best technique in the world and is one the best musicians in the world as proven by the way he sounds when he is playing the regular repertoire.
of course he can.... :)
who? hamelin? i heard Hamelin is caring very much for perfection..
If you dont understand the music and the mening of the playing you should just say that you dont get it
hoi
glenn gould. michelangeli is inhuman in that regard. i wonder if ABM even hits wrong notes while practicing. pollini also. funny thing is that pollini studied with ABM. amazing thing is that my teacher at CIM went to the steinway store in NY and pollini was practicing. he played all 24 chopin etudes without a wrong note. he just sat down and played all 24. i think i will give up piano, lol
actually Glenn Gould won 4 grammies, but i like them both very much
beautiful, yet discordant... just the way i like it.
Man, he's lost a LOT of hair since a few years ago. Time to visit the hair-loss expert(s)!
is he even trying o.O
réponse américaine type! ah ah
Sans doute,sans doute,mais Scarlatti a composé environ 550 sonates:-je suppose que vous les connaissez toutes et que vous êtes fatigué de les entendre,aussi avez-vous besoin de ce genre de distraction que vous appelez joliment "musique moderne".
Ha ha ha!!!
Il y a vraiment des gens pour écouter ça et trouver ça beau? intéressant? musical?
then again, who hasn't been known to make mistakes in concerts?
Odd. If he didn't play with such monotonous tone production it would sound more like he intended all the weird notes and less like he's just going wrong. I don't really get what he's trying to do with this. Clearly the arrangement is a piss-take but there's no real humour in the performance.
he makes me feel like SUCH a noob...