Jack Gibbons plays Alkan Comme le vent

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  • Опубликовано: 31 дек 2024

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  • @Dylonely_9274
    @Dylonely_9274 Год назад +16

    Insane. One of the most impressive piano etudes in my opinion and one of the hardest. J. Gibbons is utterly outstanding.

    • @Chipsomedip
      @Chipsomedip Месяц назад +2

      Yeah, I agree, not only is it impressive, it’s also really good musically

    • @tommyabrantes838
      @tommyabrantes838 Месяц назад

      ​@@Chipsomedipsi

  • @themusicalgerbil192
    @themusicalgerbil192 11 лет назад +92

    Don't you love Alkan's sense of humour? Sticking that one note at the end after all that. ♪
    That's definitely something I'd do!

    • @OrangeSodaKing
      @OrangeSodaKing 10 лет назад +5

      As quickly as the wind rushes in, it's gone! Same with his other depiction of wind, "Le Vent" from Op. 15 (an incredible contrast to this piece!) I also feel the same way about the finale of Chopin's 2nd piano sonata.

  • @amj.composer
    @amj.composer 8 лет назад +41

    00:48 oh shit

    • @thecozytrader00
      @thecozytrader00 4 года назад +1

      chopin op. 25 no.12, this part is not that hard as it sounds

  • @mmzz8904
    @mmzz8904 5 лет назад +20

    Comme le Vent means "like the wind" in French. This piece describes wind perfectly with all those scales and longish phrases.

  • @charles-valentinalkan4432
    @charles-valentinalkan4432 12 лет назад +17

    What the hell I didn't expect people to actually be able to PLAY this piece!!

  • @Zephaniah3verse17
    @Zephaniah3verse17 2 года назад +3

    Never heard owt like it... and that's saying something as I'm now in my seventh decade. Fantastic piece, raises piano playing to a whole new level. Thanks for posting!

  • @caxton715
    @caxton715 14 лет назад +8

    This tempo is insane but the piece is just beautiful!

  • @PointyTailofSatan
    @PointyTailofSatan 8 лет назад +182

    Alkan is probably the only composer whose works require a water cooled piano.

  • @p1anosteve
    @p1anosteve 6 лет назад +14

    That last note.. almost sounds like an afterthought!

  • @pianomaly9859
    @pianomaly9859 9 лет назад +6

    I've heard this Etude before, but I had to pick my jaw up off the floor after this performance................terrific, Jack.

  • @mrsnegy6001
    @mrsnegy6001 Год назад +1

    Oi, I can't catch up with him on my running track. Just learning about this lightning-sparkling composer. A new stunning discovery! Thanks much.

  • @rafiqp8800
    @rafiqp8800 5 лет назад +16

    You probably have some of the most gifted hands for playing the piano. Strong hands, with great stamina. Probably at least as awesome as Richter's.

  • @KenWangpiano
    @KenWangpiano Год назад +2

    Category 5 performance!

  • @happypiano4810
    @happypiano4810 3 года назад +11

    Everyone: Beethoven goes V I V I V I V I... Like, we get it, the piece is ending. Don’t rub it in our face.
    Alkan: 4:32

  • @soloist1295
    @soloist1295 2 года назад +2

    like the wind indeed!

  • @Jvizzlezz
    @Jvizzlezz 11 лет назад +48

    I know it's been a year, but apparently Liszt actually went to some of Alkan's concerts, and said that Alkan's playing was far beyond his own. Nigh inhuman, I'd believe.

    • @michelhadad569
      @michelhadad569 4 года назад +4

      where did you get that information, i would like to know the source behind that ridiculous statement, because i’ve read another comment saying that alkan called liszt a much greater and better pianist than himself. and i believe that both, your comment, and the other guy’s comment is made up, for obvious reasons.

    • @Jvizzlezz
      @Jvizzlezz 4 года назад +2

      @@michelhadad569 it's been well over half a decade, so i don't have the sources i found that claim from, but even wikipedia seems to agree that liszt was good friends with alkan and frequently praised him. in one section on wiki it reads 'Alkan's aversion to socialising and publicity, especially following 1850, appeared to be self-willed. Liszt is reported to have commented to the Danish pianist Frits Hartvigson that "Alkan possessed the finest technique he had ever known, but preferred the life of a recluse."'

    • @michelhadad569
      @michelhadad569 4 года назад +5

      Jvizzlezz it would make sense if liszt praised alkan for how skilled he was, if not possibly even more skilled than liszt, but he would never say that alkans playing is far beyond his, as for liszt also had a bit of an ego, but he was in the same time humble. liszt however also had pieces like the old version of paganini etude no 4 that would go up against the most difficult pieces alkan has ever made, so i personally think that liszt and alkan are very similarly leveled, but alkan might be a bit more skilled.

    • @AsrielKujo
      @AsrielKujo 4 года назад +3

      @@michelhadad569 Remember that even if someone is better than you, he can say that you are better than him. Remember that humbleness is what makes a pianist great. take for example Kissin, he's extremely humble, he said a lot of times that he wasn't the best pianist and that there were thousands of pianists better than him. Alkan and Liszt were friends and im sure Liszt was pretty impressed by Alkan's music, so he could actually have said that. Obviously there needs to be a source, but the statement isn't that ridicolus.

    • @AsrielKujo
      @AsrielKujo 4 года назад +4

      @@michelhadad569 i agree though with the statement that he's BEYOND his playing, that's maybe a bit exagerated

  • @AntonAndreevComposer
    @AntonAndreevComposer 11 лет назад +3

    Very good showy virtuosic piece.

  • @bernardjosephburch470
    @bernardjosephburch470 5 лет назад +19

    i've studied piano/music all my life and i *seriously* don't understand how this is playable by a human. WTF?

    • @fishingtrio7823
      @fishingtrio7823 5 лет назад +1

      I can play that😉

    • @tomasjosefpiano8902
      @tomasjosefpiano8902 4 года назад +8

      @@fishingtrio7823 show us

    • @bernardjosephburch470
      @bernardjosephburch470 4 года назад

      @ً‎‎ً‎‎ً‎‎ً‎‎ً‎‎ً‎‎ً‎‎ً‎‎ً‎‎ً‎‎ً‎‎ً‎‎ً‎‎ً‎‎ً‎‎ً‎‎ً‎‎ً‎‎ً‎‎ً‎‎ً‎‎ً‎‎ً‎‎ً‎‎‎‎ً Nah, Liszt has nothing on Alkan. Liszt even thought that! :D

    • @babygirl4169
      @babygirl4169 3 года назад

      @@fishingtrio7823 bitch then show us xD

    • @orlandooracle7008
      @orlandooracle7008 2 года назад +2

      Studying is different than practicing.

  • @Corleone1337
    @Corleone1337 14 лет назад

    Ah, thanks for re-uploading this video. I can't wait to see the first Movement of Alkan's concerto back online again. That piece is simply so amazing!

  • @franzliszt4883
    @franzliszt4883 4 года назад +9

    3:25 wtf?!

  • @micheliskander6296
    @micheliskander6296 5 лет назад +1

    Perfection!

  • @GL3NE
    @GL3NE 14 лет назад +2

    I'm very, very fond of the passage beginning at 1:03...

  • @calebhu6383
    @calebhu6383 4 года назад +4

    3:30

    • @cloud-dv1wb
      @cloud-dv1wb 4 года назад

      bruh lmao why all the random timestamps

    • @calebhu6383
      @calebhu6383 4 года назад +1

      @@cloud-dv1wb why not

    • @calebhu6383
      @calebhu6383 4 года назад +2

      @@cloud-dv1wb They're actually reference points for the videos on my channel :)

    • @cloud-dv1wb
      @cloud-dv1wb 4 года назад

      @@calebhu6383 oh whoops my bad

  • @adagietto2523
    @adagietto2523 6 лет назад +13

    I suppose there are worse ways to keep fit.

  • @Jim0734
    @Jim0734 9 лет назад +13

    Parts of this piece sound like a whole orchestra playing eg from 3.25

    • @amj.composer
      @amj.composer 8 лет назад +6

      no one does it better than alkan huh?/:)

    • @babygirl4169
      @babygirl4169 3 года назад +1

      @@amj.composer Liszt might not that much better but he can also do and did on some pieces on the same or lil bit higher level 🙃🙃

    • @amj.composer
      @amj.composer 3 года назад

      @@babygirl4169 Actually, Liszt himself admitted that Alkan's technical skill was beyond his own

  • @MrInterestingthings
    @MrInterestingthings Год назад +1

    What a fantastical tempo ! Alkan was utterly different ! Rubintein must have thought highly of him to dedicate his 5th concerto . Alkan only liked Saint-Saen of the masters after Mendelssohn ,Chopin liked him and he valued Chopin of course ! He knew everyone and everyone knew him or thought they did .

  • @MusicIsMyLife6991
    @MusicIsMyLife6991 12 лет назад +2

    Interesting time signature. I WILL learn this one day!

    • @cloud-dv1wb
      @cloud-dv1wb 4 года назад

      Did you learn it?

    • @MusicIsMyLife6991
      @MusicIsMyLife6991 4 года назад +4

      @@cloud-dv1wb - Haha, I wrote that when I was a young teenager and couldn't possibly have played this. I'm 24 now and attempting this piece wouldn't be a far-fetched idea. I actually haven't gotten around to learning it but it's definitely something to keep in mind if I feel like challenging myself :)

    • @happypiano4810
      @happypiano4810 3 года назад

      @@MusicIsMyLife6991
      I’m about the same age you were. So, I shouldn’t even look at this piece?

    • @MusicIsMyLife6991
      @MusicIsMyLife6991 3 года назад

      @@happypiano4810 - it's hard to say without knowing your current skill level. Having still not played this piece, I can see one of the main challenges in this piece is insane speed of finger articulation in both hands which, if you don't have, might be an indication for you to leave this piece for a later stage as this skill will take a long time to develop (This isn't a bad thing. Developing advanced skills like that should not be rushed) As a guideline, I would suggest that you should be able to play 5 difficult Chopin etudes to the correct standard before attempting this piece. Good luck with it if you decide to go for it!

  • @markmarton6690
    @markmarton6690 5 лет назад +5

    1.25% 👌

  • @I_Love_Figs
    @I_Love_Figs 4 года назад

    nooooo! I want to SEE the performance!

  • @pianodudeler
    @pianodudeler 12 лет назад +2

    Incroyable! At one point I pictured dear Dudley Moore with his Beethoven Interminable Parody and his wide eyed panic stricken appeal to the audience as the cadences refuse to stop coming!

  • @xuew
    @xuew 4 года назад +6

    this sounds like a talking piano.

  • @antoniofabi9721
    @antoniofabi9721 8 лет назад +1

    Alkan è un genio dl suo tempo, un'epoca ricca di geni, con i quali si confronta senza timore alcuno.

  • @rasohatskiy_andriy.
    @rasohatskiy_andriy. 3 года назад +4

    Maestro, what model of piano did you use to play this etude?

    • @thepotatoportal69
      @thepotatoportal69 6 месяцев назад +2

      "i7 32GB RAM Pro Gaming Piano 4TB SSD RTX 4090 16GB WIFI Win 11"

  • @Kalen1457
    @Kalen1457 5 лет назад

    This piece is kind of silly. Also why is the only known photograph of Alkan one of him turned to his back? Oh and the part from 4:20-4:32 sounds like a Hanon exercise...lol

  • @ygx0zan3nikita11
    @ygx0zan3nikita11 8 лет назад +6

    I think we found a 21th century Jack the Ripper everyone!

  • @박승관-d6x
    @박승관-d6x 10 лет назад +7

    Faster faster!

  • @thangphuongmai
    @thangphuongmai 11 лет назад

    thanks !

  • @bassmusic539
    @bassmusic539 6 дней назад

    1:49 FF FF FF FF

  • @thecozytrader00
    @thecozytrader00 4 года назад +1

    Nice tempo

  • @mrsnegy6001
    @mrsnegy6001 Год назад

    Oh, yes, those last two notes are a true Oi vei! :)

  • @RoboBoddicker
    @RoboBoddicker 6 лет назад

    Like the Wind!

  • @joshuarabone8161
    @joshuarabone8161 10 лет назад +7

    Do you continue practicing Alkan Jack, do you think you will be able to play this at full tempo one day?

    • @SpaghettiToaster
      @SpaghettiToaster 8 лет назад +4

      Presumably, this is faster than the full tempo already. I read that the originally indicated tempo was a copying mistake. If you play it much faster than this, the lines would be inaudible and it would sound like mush.

    • @-creativeusername-7521
      @-creativeusername-7521 6 лет назад +5

      They suspect the same mistake with Alkan's "Le Chemin de Fer," so I'm assuming they're either not mistakes or that Alkan had bad publishers.

    • @MrFartyman44
      @MrFartyman44 6 лет назад

      Sorodesora where can I read about that? I've only ever looked at his scores from imslp

    • @pawncube2050
      @pawncube2050 6 лет назад +1

      @@MrFartyman44 I was intrigated as well(sorry I'm not a native english speaker, I guess I made a mistake somewhere there), with a quick search all I could find was en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_chemin_de_fer_(Alkan), look at section "Reception", down there it says "Although Alkan demanded strict adherence to the metronome, one analysis of the extreme tempo showed that it is nearly impossible to play at the correct speed, and that at that speed the notes become impossible to distinguish.[6] One published edition agrees with this statement, suggesting that Alkan's metronomic indications do not need to be taken too literally,[7] and most analyses agree, one proposing that there is a printing error and it should be played half as fast (112 quarter notes per minute)."

    • @pawncube2050
      @pawncube2050 6 лет назад

      But I also doubt that you can hear or even play the 64 notes at this tempo, it's almost impossible at 120bpm imagine at 160, so I guess I'll agree(but I keep some doubts) about the tempo being wrong.

  • @kdy1884
    @kdy1884 4 года назад +2

    Alkan could have 10 fingers in one hand, not two.

  • @lolwtfbbq111
    @lolwtfbbq111 14 лет назад

    I wanna learn the leads section on electric guitar.

  • @XPKpianist
    @XPKpianist 13 лет назад

    @AlexDGR8no2 Feux follets and tremolos? most problematic in Feux follets is just the tempo. Liszt marked allegretto therefore it has to be allegretto not prestissimo like CLV. FF has mostly double notes texture in the RH that could be little pain in the ass until you are used to it plus many pianists play the introduction way too fast for the rest of the whole piece.

  • @EmuwuNora
    @EmuwuNora 12 лет назад +4

    Personally I like Alkan better, Liszt has this kind of odd thing to it, some sort of 'darkness' or something like that. Even though I have to admitt pieces like his Tarantella are really awesome.

  • @CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji
    @CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji 2 года назад +1

    Eminem but he's a romantic pianist

  • @Shiningkeys
    @Shiningkeys 13 лет назад

    @Tobbe999999999999999 Better: "precipitevolissimevolmente"! :D

  • @FranzLisztian
    @FranzLisztian 14 лет назад

    @BNM321zxy
    This

  • @MrFartyman44
    @MrFartyman44 10 лет назад

    Edited together but best version on youtube so who chairs

    • @adarkerlight
      @adarkerlight 9 лет назад +12

      The thing I'm sitting on chairs.

  • @kassandragauthier5199
    @kassandragauthier5199 12 лет назад

    Beieve me:he would have solved any difficulty...I am sure he woud have been able to play this...more or less...180?

  • @MrFartyman44
    @MrFartyman44 3 года назад

    It’s almost a joke. The etude. Not the performance lol

  • @amineelotmani9880
    @amineelotmani9880 Год назад

    Alkan human????

  • @pianodudeler
    @pianodudeler 12 лет назад

    Stop the piano I want to get orf!

  • @Kalen1457
    @Kalen1457 6 лет назад +2

    A lot of noise. I usually like Alkan but personally I think this one is a bit over the top. Not to say that Jack Gibbons' playing isn't amazing though.

  • @NormanicusDiabolicus
    @NormanicusDiabolicus Месяц назад

    Far Far Far tooooooooooooooo slow !

  • @zswu31416
    @zswu31416 2 года назад

    This piece is impossible to play well. Even Gibbons didn't do it justice. The only good performance I've heard is a MIDI.

  • @rubinsteinway
    @rubinsteinway 5 лет назад +1

    Way too slow.

  • @paulinocontreras5595
    @paulinocontreras5595 10 лет назад

    Ugh my least favorite Alkan piece.

    • @Chipsomedip
      @Chipsomedip Месяц назад

      my third favorite, behind le preux and le festin d aesop

  • @stacia6678
    @stacia6678 3 года назад +1

    3:24