While listening to this, at first I thought: "Wow, this is so unlike Liszt! I mean, it sounds so easy." Moments later, I retracted my statement and cried in the corner of my bedroom.
Yeah that cadenza is really quite difficult. But really all you need do is dedicate a while to that (I.e. improving finger independence in order to do fast double trills, which is really quite challenging unless you’re willing to spend a lot of time on it), and the rest of the piece is fairly simple
Yes, the 3rd liebestraum is beautiful and everybody knows that. But I’d argue the 1st is just as good. It’s massively underrated I’d say. Just a phenomenal composition, with a gorgeous, delicate melody.
Learning this piece right now. Its literally sightread-able up until the trills and cadenzas... It’s like Liszt was was like “Ok, I’ll compose an easier piece that is playable by humans for once,” and then 3:03 comes along and he’s like “Hmm, never mind...”
I've been at that part for ages. How the hell do you manage those double trills. I am pretty good at piano now I can play some reasonably difficult stuff but that part just crushes me. Did you try to play it?
Godfried S yeah I find that horrible. I can do it at about a quarter of the required speed. It can take years of practice to be able to play the double trill correctly
Ayham Shaheed my finger independence has always been relatively above average, as I found out after practicing the piece seriously for a few days, and I’ve found technical exercises to further develop it. Edit: ofc, the years leading up to it is required, if you’ve never done anything like it before.
I cant tell you how much I love Liszt's music. And Chopins. And Rachmaninovs. And Lyapunovs. And Beethovens. And Blumenfelds Okay ill stop there, lol. There has to be some similarities between these
I can´t get myself to like lyapunov, i don´t know why... i listened to his transcendental etudes a couple of times, but never really enjoyed it . I want to like his music so badly though, because i admire chopin and liszt and lyapunovs sound kinda reminds of those two.
For anyone interested in hearing all three songs in their original version for voice & piano, they have recently been recorded by tenor Allan Clayton and pianist Julius Drake (in Volume 5 of the Liszt Songs series on Hyperion). No. 3 has been recorded numerous times by sopranos and tenors (and by low voices, transposed down). It's a surprise to see how short the poems - and hence the songs - of Nos. 1 & 2 are; Liszt expanded these pieces greatly when he did the piano-only versions, making for a more "normal" balance with the longer No. 3.
I am just obsessed with this lyrical session in middle register. There is always magical chemistry between Liszt and the middle register. Like the liebestraum 1 and 3, the ballade 2.
It's been a while since I have listened to this piece, but I remember that one of my piano teachers in school wanted me to play it, but then it never happened...due to the part of the semester it was...I graduated before we could finish.
Now I am learning to play this beautiful piece, but I feel frustrated when I try to play double trills with my right hand because I can not play them so quickly with synchronized "leggerezza". Probably the cause is from a fall that I suffered during a recreational game in college many years ago, where my right elbow hit the floor of the basketball court made of cement dislocating a bit the right shoulder. If I can not overcome this problem, my enthusiasm for improving the piano would be affected in such a way that I think I could never master this or another piece with the same or a similar combination of trills.
Epsilon Boreal that really sucks mate, look on the bright side, at least you still have both your arms, you'd be extra fucked without them And there's a blind pianist i saw on youtube once so let him be your inspriration :)
Yes, you are right. After all, I'm crying for something meaningless. Thank you for your words of encouragement. Anyway, I'm putting my best effort in mastering the technique and so far I've had some improvement that I intend to continue until I fully play it without any effort.
Epsilon Boreal you’ve quite possibly got it by now I’m assuming? If not, just work on exercises for double trills for a few mins every single day, and it’ll just happen naturally after a while
Always thought that liebestraum is just title that people give. And liebestraum no 3 is maybe sonata number 3 or something that titled liebestraum by the people because the feeling it gives..
@@sose7403I haven't really played a lot of Romantic Era pieces, so I want to give this piece a try. I will probably give up later, but I will at least try.
horatiodreamt he was a performer and virtuoso pianist - and probably the best one ever at that. He was the best in what he did. He often played and sightread other people ‘s music. Compositions were just an extra thing he did.
The first one is Perfect Love, The second is Blissful Death and the Third one is a undying love. Yeah I like all of them even though I am learning all of them.
as a kid from the 1800s this brings back so much memories
As a kid from the 1800s, you would've already died from Tuberculosis.
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As a boy... when I heard Liszt play this it was the most beautiful song I remember him playing.
Relatable
Moron
While listening to this, at first I thought: "Wow, this is so unlike Liszt! I mean, it sounds so easy."
Moments later, I retracted my statement and cried in the corner of my bedroom.
Your empathy and good taste do us all honor. Liszt would have been delighted by your friendship.
Yeah that cadenza is really quite difficult. But really all you need do is dedicate a while to that (I.e. improving finger independence in order to do fast double trills, which is really quite challenging unless you’re willing to spend a lot of time on it), and the rest of the piece is fairly simple
You did what !?!? 😂
You have a soul
You've got 10 fingers, right? Just put in the hours and you'll be fine.
Yes, the 3rd liebestraum is beautiful and everybody knows that. But I’d argue the 1st is just as good. It’s massively underrated I’d say. Just a phenomenal composition, with a gorgeous, delicate melody.
Exact same thought lol
True an de 2nd it's underrated too
underrated? yes. just as good as 3rd? idk....
edit: oh man, 3:00 is making me not so sure
Yes, the same for Chopin's nocturnes Op. 9, no's 1,2 and 3. 2 Is always played, 1 is just a beautiful and 3 is even more underrated (I think).
it's not as good.
i love the way Liszt uses trills on the piano. I love love love it
Yeah, it sounds like birds chirping. I love how delicate this piece is.
Agree. It's so beautiful
Could you just Liszt what you just said because your mouth is Chopin too much
This is like pre-feux follets...
Learning this piece right now. Its literally sightread-able up until the trills and cadenzas... It’s like Liszt was was like “Ok, I’ll compose an easier piece that is playable by humans for once,” and then 3:03 comes along and he’s like “Hmm, never mind...”
I've been at that part for ages. How the hell do you manage those double trills. I am pretty good at piano now I can play some reasonably difficult stuff but that part just crushes me. Did you try to play it?
Godfried S My technique actually leaped ahead quite a bit between this comment and now. I learned the whole thing in a week a few months ago.
Bryson Cheng Music what the hell how? How did u manage the trills and such?
Godfried S yeah I find that horrible. I can do it at about a quarter of the required speed. It can take years of practice to be able to play the double trill correctly
Ayham Shaheed my finger independence has always been relatively above average, as I found out after practicing the piece seriously for a few days, and I’ve found technical exercises to further develop it.
Edit: ofc, the years leading up to it is required, if you’ve never done anything like it before.
I cant tell you how much I love Liszt's music. And Chopins. And Rachmaninovs. And Lyapunovs. And Beethovens. And Blumenfelds
Okay ill stop there, lol. There has to be some similarities between these
I can´t get myself to like lyapunov, i don´t know why... i listened to his transcendental etudes a couple of times, but never really enjoyed it . I want to like his music so badly though, because i admire chopin and liszt and lyapunovs sound kinda reminds of those two.
And Szymanowsky, Scriabin... and Ravel... and Grieg... ok I'll stop
@@amedeelefroiddemereaux2865 Charles-Valentin Alkan?
@@nonen4733 He's nice, but not on my favourites liszt
Check out Brahms (Op. 118 No. 2, Op.119 No. 1, Op. 117 No. 1/2, and Op. 116 No. 4/6)
liszt always put his most lyrical melodies in the middle register. 2:21 always makes me cry.
I like the impromptu style interpretation. It's as if the composer were here with us.
I have not listened to enough Liszt in my life. Out to make up for some lost time now!
Thanks for uploading!
For anyone interested in hearing all three songs in their original version for voice & piano, they have recently been recorded by tenor Allan Clayton and pianist Julius Drake (in Volume 5 of the Liszt Songs series on Hyperion). No. 3 has been recorded numerous times by sopranos and tenors (and by low voices, transposed down). It's a surprise to see how short the poems - and hence the songs - of Nos. 1 & 2 are; Liszt expanded these pieces greatly when he did the piano-only versions, making for a more "normal" balance with the longer No. 3.
Those trills in the middle are seriously the most beautiful thing I’ve heard in my whole life
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I love that short part from 4:23 to 4:25. So beautiful.
I am just obsessed with this lyrical session in middle register. There is always magical chemistry between Liszt and the middle register. Like the liebestraum 1 and 3, the ballade 2.
Very underrated. I’ve listened to this almost as much as the third one.
Wow, you're seriously everywhere.
Yeah it’s pretty good. You’re definitely right, it does go with the liszt of great liszt pieces
i close my eyes
and i feel his arms around me
in my dreams our love is just a dream to me
but in my heart
it lives and breaths and grows
cam s whos arms around you?!?! 😳😳Liszt???!!!!
Tbh this poem kinda stinks
@@aubur2556 It seems im not the only spy...
@@user-io3wd2yw2r that’s what I thought too 💀
I@@user-io3wd2yw2r It is every 1800'th girl's dream
the armonies at the end are a lot like the 3rd liebestraum
at 5:04 there is a good example
They are good how about that
Jimmy Alderson they’re really quite similar. It’s just that this piece has a largely different melody.
they couldve been the same piece if i didnt know better
i loveeeee liebestraum no3 so much that i didn’t pay much mind to the first two
and my god that was a huge mistake
This is so beautiful.
Thank you for mentioning the poems behind these gorgeous pieces.
It's been a while since I have listened to this piece, but I remember that one of my piano teachers in school wanted me to play it, but then it never happened...due to the part of the semester it was...I graduated before we could finish.
Ce Liebestraum n.1 est beaucoup plus beau et raffiné que les deux autres!
Oui bcp moins agité c'est plus beau du coup
Oui, tres beau pour moi. Tu preferes le Lieberstraum 1 ou le Lieberstraum 3?
Je préfère le 1
@@plutonium2334 je prefere le lieberstraum 3, deuxieme le lieberstraum 1
je suis plus familier avec le 3 alors je le prefere mais j'aime le 1 aussi
ショパン、リストは難しいけど、一番耳馴染みが良いです。
0:35 blues lick????!!!!!! stuff like that is so crazy when you don't expect it
One of the best piano pieces Liszt ever composed.
So underrated
I hear bits of Widmung multiple times in this piece. I wonder if one influenced the other in some way?
Me too! The ambience of Widmung is very present in some moments! I would love to know if Liszt composed with the intention to add elements of Widmung.
Now I am learning to play this beautiful piece, but I feel frustrated when I try to play double trills with my right hand because I can not play them so quickly with synchronized "leggerezza". Probably the cause is from a fall that I suffered during a recreational game in college many years ago, where my right elbow hit the floor of the basketball court made of cement dislocating a bit the right shoulder.
If I can not overcome this problem, my enthusiasm for improving the piano would be affected in such a way that I think I could never master this or another piece with the same or a similar combination of trills.
Epsilon Boreal that really sucks mate, look on the bright side, at least you still have both your arms, you'd be extra fucked without them
And there's a blind pianist i saw on youtube once so let him be your inspriration :)
Yes, you are right. After all, I'm crying for something meaningless. Thank you for your words of encouragement. Anyway, I'm putting my best effort in mastering the technique and so far I've had some improvement that I intend to continue until I fully play it without any effort.
It's been a year so far! Did you learn it?
Epsilon Boreal you’ve quite possibly got it by now I’m assuming? If not, just work on exercises for double trills for a few mins every single day, and it’ll just happen naturally after a while
3:05 laudenum kickin' in.
This is an easy piece ❤
03:02 is so beautiful
Am I the only one who can hear some huge similarities with Chopin's Fantasia Impromptu in C sharp minor, from time to time? DAMN! :O
How to read the trills?
Always thought that liebestraum is just title that people give. And liebestraum no 3 is maybe sonata number 3 or something that titled liebestraum by the people because the feeling it gives..
So similare to the no3 and no2, look like there the same
Try to play them and then say this again. ;D The pronunciation differs much. Its a lot harder than the famous No.3.
@@sose7403I haven't really played a lot of Romantic Era pieces, so I want to give this piece a try. I will probably give up later, but I will at least try.
With the amount of accidentals, it looks like Liszt forgot what key he was in.
Ya la estudio. ?
Hannibal Lecter listened to this while having his dinner in the cell, in "Red Dragon."
Really ?
@@Dylonely_9274 Yup.
Those double trills are impossiblee
Yep I agree with you
This is basically feux follets-style
@@octopuszombie8744 I can not play that at all😭😭
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Hanibal Red Dragon 😅
Liszt should have concentrated on original compositions such as this rather than spill tons of ink on operatic paraphrases, etc.
What do you not appreciate them? They are some of the most iconic songs out there
horatiodreamt he was a performer and virtuoso pianist - and probably the best one ever at that. He was the best in what he did. He often played and sightread other people ‘s music. Compositions were just an extra thing he did.
@@ayhamshaheed7740 well said. Liszt was foremost a pianist, and secondly a composer (which really says something of his genius)
Kieran Black agreed. He didn’t need to compose music, but he did anyways, and created some of the most loved pieces in history.
@@ayhamshaheed7740 *hungarian rhapsodies*
*un sospiro*
Don't even try no.1 ..We all know no. 3 is the best.
The first one is Perfect Love, The second is Blissful Death and the Third one is a undying love. Yeah I like all of them even though I am learning all of them.
OH @@mydog1871
We all know no.3 isn't the only movement, shitwank.
They’re all beautiful
No 3 is great, yeah. But now I’ve done that, I really wanna do this too. This one is really beautiful as well