I sense that Alkan anticipated such a performance as the ultimate mastery of his studies. Perhaps also believing that Liszt and himself were the only two people in the world at the time who could do stuff like this, he certainly wouldn't have thought there were many.
@@andrewmorton3344 To name a few back then who could've probably pulled it off: -Anton Rubinstein, who was known for superhuman endurance (he would program over 20 pieces per concert, including entire Beethoven/Schubert Sonatas, all memorized) -Carl Tausig, who was known for spotless technique in even the hardest Liszt pieces -Ignaz Moscheles, whom Beethoven thought to be a pianistic genius -Sigismond Thalberg, who, according to Chopin, "played tenths like they were octaves" -Moritz Moszkowski, whom Liszt considered prodigious and played duets with Clara Schumann and Brahms might be able to but they disliked both Alkan and Liszt. Chopin had the technique but not the endurance for all of Alkan's etudes.
Playing Liszt's Transcendental Études for 1 hour straight is so crazy. Playing Alkan's Etudes, including two massive pieces, for 2 hours straight is just INCREDIBLE.
@@lorenzovillani3102 Of course it is, its quite a challenge for me right to learn "le festin d esope" alone. So i cant even think of playing all of them on a stage!
@@lorenzovillani3102 Of course it is, its quite a challenge for me right now to learn "le festin d esope" alone. So i cant even think of playing all of them on a stage!
This man right here makes me very proud. To play all of these pieces of mine in one sitting is remarkable even to me, and to play it with expressive interpretation as well. This man deserves a solid gold piano.
Sorry@@pianojam2181 but liszt piano music is much much much easier than Alkan and mr. Maltempo do that all by heart . So... I mean Trifonov can' t play this😕
Yes, this was a a remarkable show of endurance---he played all those notes---but what's most important is that he played them musically, with flexible tempo and expressivity and beautiful tone from beginning to end. Much more than an athletic feat, it was an artistic one!
One of only *three* human beings walking this planet who EVER played the whole Op. 39 LIVE at one sitting (with Jack Gibbons - *four!* times, Oxford 1995, London 1996, Oxford 2013, New York 2013 - and Teppo Koivisto, Helsinki 2007). ''By comparison'', climbing Mount Everest is but a walk in the park - about 5,000 of those human beings have done exactly that over the past 62 years. Clearly one of the greatest achievements of *all* time in *any* given field...
Many have heard of Mount Everest but not Alkan. Not many have died trying to play Alkan. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_died_climbing_Mount_Everest
He didn't look like he had all that much sweat on his head. Can you imagine if Danii or Yunchan were to play Alkan for two hours? The concert hall would be flooded lol
I agree with you, @@DanieleDerelli. That's the correct translation from the Italian, but the pun is still there: maltempo=bad weather, mal tempo=poorly timed. You cannot imagine how I'd like to posses that "mal-tempo"!
Twelve etudes that take more than two hours. Op. 39 is an entire musical universe in itself. It can't be fully appreciated in just one concert. You'll have to come back to this and absorb it piece by piece over time.
I have listened to Maltempo 14 times in 3 months. Good that I live alone for a wife to live with me she would be MAL TEMPERED with me & boot me off the computer or our home! I have it connected to a large screen TV with a huge surround system. Even my mice packed their bags & moved out....hee..hee. He is so relaxed at the piano. No looking up to God or having strange mannerisms, just the musical facts, Mam! Horowitz played sort of like that. It was said that he would be appearing to read the newspaper while performing the Rach #3 in G minor. Must say that his fingers are super human in speed & accuracy.
@@agamaz5650 I would be already dead by then . He probably plays all the Chopin Etudes every day 3x . And Liszts Etudes to . To achieve this repertoire is the peak of virtuosity and piano technique .
As others mention, Mr. Maltempo not only has the necessary, yet rare, virtuosity to play these pieces, but is a true musician with an always attractive sound, great sensitivity to the most sophisticated use of the damper pedal, wonderful balance at such high speeds, a sure sense of style, always graceful in the lighter moments. Really a great artist and pianist. Immediately purchased the 3 CD Alkan recording and Schumann.
Holy SHIIIIT, Amazing playing~!~! That ending to the the symphonie 1st mvt, that concerto...., that festin d'esope, and it's live too... Absolutely incredible pianism, genius!!
Did I not hear the audience cough a single time? This video has to be fake the audience knows how to act and this guy plays Alkan for 2 hours!! This is too perfect
Holy Christ. this is astonishing. IMHO one of the most important posts in youtube history. I can't even begin to understand how you achieve this Vincenzo! seriously frightening! BRAVISSIMO!!!!!
who could give a dislikes? Only absolutely brainless persons.This is a rare and outstanding performance, by heart! Phenomenal mentally, technically, musically and so on...Superhuman!
Perhaps....but NOT if you entertained the possibility that he PRACTISED or REHEARSED this several times BEFOREHAND! That considered, is it really such a Feat? C'mon!
@@steveegallo3384 you say it like this is the anna magdalena album, c'mon, these are some of the most difficult etudes ever written, do you think it's possible to play them by sight reading?
Raúl Pérez Speaking from experience (not in playing these pieces but in performing other major classical piano pieces) in order to have the endurance to perform this entire set live you truly need the ability to play the whole thing several times in a row. This is the only way to be able to perform with ease and confidence.
@@steveegallo3384 I have my late Pope Jean the 2nd hanging at the Vatican in Rome. I worked hard, but my art technique developed very fast., but on the other hand I studied music like a demon, but could not perform the works of Bach without a ton of practice of reading the works of him. I played very well, but could not compose. My visual art came to me at a very fast speed, however I still had to work my butt off to achieve it. I love to play the violin, but a lifetime of studying this instrument I am sure that I will be light years away from Paganini! My advice to you is not to judge artists with MERE practicing over & over again. YOU still have to have the GIFT given to us by God!
HOLY CRAP !!! AND ONLY 29 - I WIKI-ed HIM !!! WHAT A STAGGERING ACCOMPLISHMENT - CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT'S NEXT !!! SINCE HE STARTED AT THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN, THE ONLY THING LEFT MUST BE COMPOSING !!! I'M WILLING TO BET HE FANTASIZED ABOUT WRITING THAT LAST WORD IN THE TITLE OF THIS VIDEO FOR YOU TUBE, FOR A LONG TIME - ("COMPLETE") !!!
Fourth time in a month that I'm listening to this full concert. I long thought that Hamelin couldn't be matched in this kind of repertoire. But this is great. Sure, you can hear the occasional slip or wrong note, but the musicality is really at the top. I've always liked and loved some of Alkan's works but not everything. Here it's really a pleasure to listen to Vincenzo's playing, as it all makes sense with his interpretation. thanks, and congratulations also for this very physical challenge!
Phenomenal. I will be watching/listening to this again and again. I can't even imagine the degree of physical and mental stamina required to perform this live especially with such gusto!
Simply incredible! To be able to perform all of Alkan's Etudes in one recital is prodigious! These etudes are very difficult in digital but also mental terms, remembering all the notes and being able to face all the technical pitfalls in a single concert is really superhuman. Not only is this a technical prodigy, but Vincenzo plays in a beautiful and passionate way from the start to the end and you don't feel the slightest fatigue even when he gets to the last etude "festin d'esope" which most pianists are not able to interpret in which it is technically etremely demanding. Vincenzo Maltempo is a genius comparable to Marc André Hamelin, Martha Argerich or Sviatoslav Richter. Semplicemente incredibile! Essere capace di interpretare tutte le Etudes di Alkan in un solo recital è prodigioso! Queste etudes sono molto difficili in termini digitale ma anche mentale, ricordare tutte le note e potere affrontare tutte le trappe tecniche in una sola serata di concerto è proprio sovraumano. Non solo questo è un prodigio tecnico, ma Vincenzo suona in un modo bellissimo ed appassionato dall'inizio alla fine e non si sente la minima fatica anche quando arriva all'ultima etude "festin d'esope" che la maggior parte dei pianisti non sono in grado di interpretare talmente è esigente tecnicamente. Vincenzo Maltempo è un genio paragonabile a Marc André Hamelin, Martha Argerich o Sviatoslav Richter.
This is a phenomenal achievement worthy of great respect. This repertoire wouldn't be my first choice - but any good pianist understands how much hard work, practise and dedication is required to complete such a project ... I take my hat off to this young man.
Sono arrivato qui da Halidon Music, dove ho dovuto interrompere l'ascolto di "Liszt: The Great Piano Works" per andarmi a cercare questo Vincenzo Maltempo che lo suonava così divinamente. I 42 dislikers sono senz'altro invidiosi, personalmente per scrivere questo commento ho dovuto in ordine: aspettare la fine del primo brano, mettere in pausa, chiudere la bocca e scrivere. Non vedo come sia possibile non apprezzzare un talento così gargantuesco! Complimenti vivissimi, ti auguro il meglio.
This is simply incredible. There's not much else to be said. You should be called Vincenzo Beltempo for bringing such a work and such amazing musicianship to a captive Japan audience and to a captive internet audience too!
I saw you play those Études in a church in Klagenfurt, Austria two years ago. Best concert ever. Thank you for reviving the mostly unknown genius Alkan!
Grazie per averci fatto conoscere il Grande Alkan.Abbiamo seguito la sua magistrale esecuzione dei 12 studi nei toni minori.Fondamentale approfondimento nel suo libro per la biografia e per le strutture e per le elaborazione tematiche. Complimenti.!!!
Qu'on aime ou pas Alkan, cet enregistrement en concert est stupéfiant de maitrise technique et de profonde musicalité. La performance physique elle aussi est extraordinaire. Bravo Maestro, bravissimo !
My absolute favorite, and one of the most monumental works I hold in the highest respect, is Alkan's Op. 39. I am deeply grateful for the incredible achievement of performing this set of extraordinarily challenging pieces in its entirety. However, it is deeply concerning to me that this performance seemed to handle Alkan's work in a way that felt disrespectful to the composer's intentions by ostentation of technique. I was particularly disappointed by the "rushed execution of the forceful passages." Even in the forceful passages, Alkan incorporates many wonderful ideas into the piece. For example, there is an amazing idea at the end of the exposition of No. 8, where the right and left hands are intentionally shifted to create a time difference (1:00:41 the part written in 32nd notes). But in this performance, it sounded like they were played as 16th notes or simultaneously, erasing Alkan's remarkable concept. Additionally, Nos. 4 to 7 correspond to the first to fourth movements of a symphony, but to me they sounded more like extremely difficult piano sonatas than symphonies. Similarly, Nos. 8 to 10 represent the first to third movements of the Piano Concerto, but I could not understand at all the character of the orchestral and solo piano parts that the composer intended. "However, I was deeply moved by the parts of your performance where you did not showcase your technical skills, as they allowed me to feel the brilliance of Alkan." "I believe in your potential."
Depends what sort of chairs the audience was sitting on for over 2 hours, and if they all remained attentive but surely they could have given a better ovation for this superb marathon performance - it does not matter if score assistance was given, this is still a great recital where the last few bars are as fresh as the earlier ones, superb stamina from Maltempo.
I’m a little surprised by the need for score assistance here because pianists are traditionally trained to memorize their music, so much so that it becomes relatively easy to do. The reason is simple - both hands are necessary to play so unassisted page turns are impossible. With the advent of iPads though maybe this is going to be the new normal. Recently saw Stanislav Ioudenitch perform using one which surprised me so must be the way of the future.
Totalement hallucinant ...j'adore Alkan, j'ai beaucoup travaillé le festin d'esope, le concerto ( quel travail ...) mais alors pour enchaîner tout ...ça demande une endurance , une mémoire colossale...bref c'est totalement incroyable ...ravi d'avoir découvert ce pianiste !
Its like seeing the love of your life for the first time and knowing instantly that that's the person you want to be with eternally Or seeing the most beautiful place to ever grace your eyes and nothing will ever, ever compare to it Its that beautiful
Macgki there have only been a few comments that I've read in my life where, upon reading the entire comment to ensure a proper understanding, i could confirm without a shadow of a doubt that the writer has poor judgement and probably knows very little about the subject matter that he's commenting on. this was one of them.
The sound is ridiculously good, and the pedalling is perfect. Never heard alkan like this. Since I don't know how to criticize alkan pieces decently, I'll just say the cliche that I loved the tempos, and never heard pedalling like this honestly ;)
How I only just found this is beyond me, but this is an achievement akin to Leonidas Kavakos performing the Paganini caprices. You sir are insane. I didn’t know there were people who could perform Alkan like this.
+Eyob Sisay (Edge) no because He never was a life performer .. he always wrote pieces alone separated from society exclusive for piano and when his good friend chopin died, he disappeard completely..when he died people didn't even know he still existed. therefore his pieces were never performed but now more and more people discover him.
+Eyob Sisay (Edge) this makes no sense: "his work is not so much known because it is not easy to digest, just like Liszt and Debussy" so Liszt's work is not so much known? and Romantic music is also the most easy one for us to digest ..check out ustvolskaya or gubaidulina or even scriabin
+Eyob Sisay (Edge) romantic uses tonal sounds and is the closest to our modern music and therefore the most digestable and you really want to say that postmodern classical music is easier to digest than romantic ? lol
+Eyob Sisay (Edge) what can I not understand here? you gave the wrong answer to the question why Alkan is not so famous and then you said "another factor is that Alkans music is not easy to digest" which is also wrong if you compare it with Liszt
Quiz: how many notes has he played in this recital? a) 1 million b) 1 billion c) 1 trillion d) 1,4711 × 10^11 e) all above multiplied FANTASTIC AND IMPRESSIVE! Congratulations, Mr. Maltempo!
1:56:20 - I would say he's human but I still don't think a human could manage this! Freaking INSANE! And how could you not burst into spontaneous applause after the overture!
Just bought the 15 CD album Brilliant Classics offers and Maltempo s disc of these astounding works totally unknown or unrecognized in his lifetime is truly sublime. So many great pianists out of Italy nowadays, bravissimo ! We had heard of Alkan s works through MAH now Maltempo shows superceding talent...nothing less!
Ammetto che non conoscevo (mea culpa) il maestro Maltempo prima di vedere questo video. non credevo ai miei occhi quando, cercando video sullo studio numero 12, mi sono imbattuto in questo. Maestro lei ha fatto qualcosa di incredibile..i miei più sentiti complimenti.
Maestro, ogni volta che ascolto le tue esecuzioni mi vengono i brividi e la mente vola alla nostra infanzia. Un'amicizia di lunga data, che, nonostante la vita ci abbia portato su strade diverse, ci ha sempre portati a nutrire reciproca stima. Esibizione EPICA. Astonishing. Stunning.
Quelle infinité de possible !Une intelligence aimante , une rancontre de virtuosité entre vous et Alkan , une grand générosité au être sensible que nous sommes. Athos Rivera
Utterly fantastic! I love how expressive your playing is (especially compared to a lot of Alkan specialists out there). It really brings Alkan's music to life in a way I haven't heard before.
I have two recordings of it -- One was recorded by Osamu Nakamura in 1989, and the second by Laurent Martin in 1990. I rather prefer the one done by Martin, and it is probably easier to find (Marco Polo #8.223500)
BRAVO! Fantastic performance. These pieces are a great challenge and Maltempo makes them look easy. Alkan was such a genius, firing notes like a gatling machine gun. It is said that even Liszt had a few fear of Alkan's technique (the piano keyboard was not enough for Alkan, so he composed for pedalier). I hope I can see you playing on stage one day Vincenzo. GRAZIE!
@@Smoke_Weed_Everyday_ Wang and Lang, well... probably. Lisitsa not so. Thing is, they're probably not willing to put those *hundreds* of hours in order to replicate this EXACT feat. He did - and they won't EVER as their career is built over ''mainstream'' repertoire. End of story.
chaotic performance, with non-sense rubato, articulations and tempo relationships. Alkan suffers too much because great musicians do not want to play his music...
I have the impression that he often overuses it for my taste(altought it is an incredible recital that I have listened to A LOT lately), a choice like another of course (he has his reasons, and his sound seems wonderful to me, but it could be interesting without!
@@LG-pg1nb I could never do this in my entire life no matter how much I practiced. But IMO even though he did it I feel a lot of parts are sloppy, not a fast enough tempo, or just lacking clarity/crispness. IDK who could ever do the entire etudes in one sitting the way the majority would feel they are meant to be played but I would guess MAH would be one of the only ones.
@@MrFartyman44 in terms of tempo I think that he chooses the good one for a lot of parts (in HIS sense), allowing his perception to emerge from it (I will complete later with some timestamps)... Great melodies and harmonies, helped with a almost "heavy" sense of pedal... But isn't MAH version a bit dry compared to his, and very different estheticallly speaking ? (Although I really like his symphony and the metric approach of the concerto, which has a great rhythmical and technical energy (with the wrong notes, furious!), it seems a bit too dry for me compared to maltempo's very melodic sense of voicing... (but not necessarily better), do you agree ?
@@LG-pg1nb I have to respectfully disagree :D We do have to take into account that he did the entire set in one sitting. What he could do with one of these pieces alone would almost certainly sound much more polished. But his intent at certain sections still remains...A lot of Alkan's music are the multiple measures creating one musical line. Lot's of quick notes creating a melody or tension. SO I MAH rhythmed approach makes more sense. For example in the 3rd movement of the concerto the section with the trills. I think MAH really creates the tension Alkan was going for more so than Maltempo. But again he played all of these in one sitting...
@@LG-pg1nb And during the cadenza of the 1st movement of the concerto I feel like Maltempo has too much rubato compared to other recordings. It's not a 'romantic' piece which you can really draw out. Do you agree? Maybe listen to both of their cadenzas.
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Most pianists would have trouble performing even ONE of these etudes. To perform all 12 in one sitting is indeed a near superhuman feat.
@@nicolasgoulet4091 The interlude is probably for the audience and/or a bathroom break for the pianist. It's essentially one sitting.
I sense that Alkan anticipated such a performance as the ultimate mastery of his studies. Perhaps also believing that Liszt and himself were the only two people in the world at the time who could do stuff like this, he certainly wouldn't have thought there were many.
@@andrewmorton3344 To name a few back then who could've probably pulled it off:
-Anton Rubinstein, who was known for superhuman endurance (he would program over 20 pieces per concert, including entire Beethoven/Schubert Sonatas, all memorized)
-Carl Tausig, who was known for spotless technique in even the hardest Liszt pieces
-Ignaz Moscheles, whom Beethoven thought to be a pianistic genius
-Sigismond Thalberg, who, according to Chopin, "played tenths like they were octaves"
-Moritz Moszkowski, whom Liszt considered prodigious and played duets with
Clara Schumann and Brahms might be able to but they disliked both Alkan and Liszt. Chopin had the technique but not the endurance for all of Alkan's etudes.
@@calebhu6383 Yes; fair enough. I was wrong. Not one of my best posts!
@@andrewmorton3344 But you learned something and that's what matters.
Are you crazy? What a monumental achievement, live! but, WERE YOU CRAZY?
Playing Liszt's Transcendental Études for 1 hour straight is so crazy.
Playing Alkan's Etudes, including two massive pieces, for 2 hours straight is just INCREDIBLE.
Alkan is so much hard lol
transcendentals are much easier than this ofc
@Enescu Indeed. It is said that Franz Liszt was afraid to play in the presence of Alkan.
@@setricesimus trifonov l’a pas fait à Lyon ?
@@setricesimus ok je savais pas ; aurais tu un lien vers ces grandes études que je vois à quoi ça ressemble ?
Merci à toi
Playing Alkan for 2 hours without any sheet is simply insane.
There is the ipad on the top of the piano
@@lorenzovillani3102 I just realized that as well. Thanks for the hint!
@@leonardmartin6048 however this performance is insane nonetheless😂😱
@@lorenzovillani3102 Of course it is, its quite a challenge for me right to learn "le festin d esope" alone. So i cant even think of playing all of them on a stage!
@@lorenzovillani3102 Of course it is, its quite a challenge for me right now to learn "le festin d esope" alone. So i cant even think of playing all of them on a stage!
Never heard Alkan played like this. A new level of genius.
This man right here makes me very proud. To play all of these pieces of mine in one sitting is remarkable even to me, and to play it with expressive interpretation as well. This man deserves a solid gold piano.
Merci beaucoup M. Alkan!
@@vincenzomaltempo9704Merci maestro.
Charles V Alkan Lol watch Danil Trifonov play all of Liszt’s Transcendental etudes
@Cziffra György. Agreed. But Feux Follets is kind of wild.
Sorry@@pianojam2181 but liszt piano music is much much much easier than Alkan and mr. Maltempo do that all by heart . So...
I mean Trifonov can' t play this😕
Maltempo? More like Buontempo!
Mal means 'horse'. Horse-tempo.
@@a.nobodys.nobody In Italian, 'maltempo' means bad weather.
Yes, this was a a remarkable show of endurance---he played all those notes---but what's most important is that he played them musically, with flexible tempo and expressivity and beautiful tone from beginning to end. Much more than an athletic feat, it was an artistic one!
One of only *three* human beings walking this planet who EVER played the whole Op. 39 LIVE at one sitting (with Jack Gibbons - *four!* times, Oxford 1995, London 1996, Oxford 2013, New York 2013 - and Teppo Koivisto, Helsinki 2007).
''By comparison'', climbing Mount Everest is but a walk in the park - about 5,000 of those human beings have done exactly that over the past 62 years.
Clearly one of the greatest achievements of *all* time in *any* given field...
and they all make some mistakes and play slightly slower than given tempo, probably
please provide an example.
Flex The key words being "in one sitting"
hamelin only played live the symphony, the concerto and le festine, and on different occasions.
Many have heard of Mount Everest but not Alkan. Not many have died trying to play Alkan. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_died_climbing_Mount_Everest
00:55 (no.1 "Comme le vent")
05:40 (no.2 "en rythme molossique")
14:48 (no.3 "scherzo-diabolico")
20:53 (no.4 "Symphony, 1st movement: Allegro")
32:27 (no.5 "Symphony, 2nd movement: Marche funebre")
40:12 (no.6 "Symphony, 3th movement: Menuet")
45:55 (no.7 "Symphony, 4th movement: Finale")
51:32 (no.8 "Concerto, 1st movement")
1:21:00 (no.9 "Concerto, 2nd movement")
1:33:48 (no.10 "Concerto, 3rd movement")
1:45:03 (no.11 "Ouverture")
2:00:10 (no.12 "Le festin d'Esope")
there was timeline up there :(
He didn't look like he had all that much sweat on his head. Can you imagine if Danii or Yunchan were to play Alkan for two hours? The concert hall would be flooded lol
Imagine Berezovsky!
A true genius, he is not human... I don't know if the Nobel prize of music exists, but if it exists, he deserves it...
I love his last name, "mal tempo." I'm sorry your child will never play piano, bad timing is his last name!
Aubrey Rex yeah he truly HAD TEMPO
mal tempo means he had tempo in Slovak language
Dude "maltempo" in italian is just one word and it means "bad weather".
I agree with you, @@DanieleDerelli. That's the correct translation from the Italian, but the pun is still there: maltempo=bad weather, mal tempo=poorly timed. You cannot imagine how I'd like to posses that "mal-tempo"!
I see you know portuguese.
I've heard Lewenthal, Hamelin, Ringeissen, Smith, Gibbons, etc., and have to say this is simply the BEST Alkan I have ever experienced. Bravo!
Twelve etudes that take more than two hours. Op. 39 is an entire musical universe in itself. It can't be fully appreciated in just one concert. You'll have to come back to this and absorb it piece by piece over time.
I have listened to Maltempo 14 times in 3 months. Good that I live alone for a wife to live with me she would be MAL TEMPERED with me & boot me off the computer or our home! I have it connected to a large screen TV with a huge surround system. Even my mice packed their bags & moved out....hee..hee. He is so relaxed at the piano. No looking up to God or having strange mannerisms, just the musical facts, Mam! Horowitz played sort of like that. It was said that he would be appearing to read the newspaper while performing the Rach #3 in G minor. Must say that his fingers are super human in speed & accuracy.
meant to mean Vincenzo's fingers..........Horovitz too!!
How did his hands not fall off? Any one of those pieces is unbelievably difficult and he played for 2 hours straight.
you know what is even more crazy- ALKAN pieces LIVE for 2 HOURS, no SHEET or bathroom
or no water for 2 hours lol
@@agamaz5650
I would be already dead by then . He probably plays all the Chopin Etudes every day 3x . And Liszts Etudes to . To achieve this repertoire is the peak of virtuosity and piano technique .
And he looks relatively young!
SilverDragon yeah that's awesome
It's like playing Liszt's 12 transcendental studies s137, the paganini studies *s140* and concert etudes in the same concert
As others mention, Mr. Maltempo not only has the necessary, yet rare, virtuosity to play these pieces, but is a true musician with an always attractive sound, great sensitivity to the most sophisticated use of the damper pedal, wonderful balance at such high speeds, a sure sense of style, always graceful in the lighter moments. Really a great artist and pianist. Immediately purchased the 3 CD Alkan recording and Schumann.
Johannes Brahms pls link for the alkan cds
Danke, Herr Brahms, for coming back from the dead to commend this video. Now go back and rest in peace.
This is too impressive to exist in this world
Fábio Palma I know right amazing
I have no words that can do this achievement justice. You're a Titan of humanity.
I bow to the rise of Alkan ! The return of the golden days is here ! Charles Valentin Alkan!
First I thought wow he memorized all those notes, then I noticed the iPad on the desk. Very articulate performance!
If an IPad makes one play like this, I need one for myself and for my kids.
Holy SHIIIIT, Amazing playing~!~! That ending to the the symphonie 1st mvt, that concerto...., that festin d'esope, and it's live too... Absolutely incredible pianism, genius!!
Timestamps for My Personal Favorite Moments
1:51:36
45:55
35:38
1:24:40
10:40 is just like the whole universe, one of the most powerful moments in piano music
1:33:47 :3 op. 39 no. 10 My FAVORITE! :3
An exellent interpretation!
Agustin Urbina agreed
probably one of the most underrated videos I've seen in a while
Did I not hear the audience cough a single time? This video has to be fake the audience knows how to act and this guy plays Alkan for 2 hours!! This is too perfect
Holy Christ. this is astonishing. IMHO one of the most important posts in youtube history. I can't even begin to understand how you achieve this Vincenzo! seriously frightening! BRAVISSIMO!!!!!
brian andrew leahy Lol watch Danil Trifonov play all of Liszt’s Transcendental etudes
Henkiboo for some people dexterity is difficult, for others it’s Bravura octaves... 🤷🏼♂️ it’s different and difficult in its own right.
@@pianojam2181 the concerto has ample of both
@@pianojam2181 i mean personally for me it's muuuch more easy doing fast octaves and insane jumps than fast dexterity...
everyone has their own hand
@@pianojam2181 all transcedental etudes are nothing literally nothing close to op 39
who could give a dislikes? Only absolutely brainless persons.This is a rare and outstanding performance, by heart! Phenomenal mentally, technically, musically and so on...Superhuman!
Perhaps....but NOT if you entertained the possibility that he PRACTISED or REHEARSED this several times BEFOREHAND! That considered, is it really such a Feat? C'mon!
@@steveegallo3384 you say it like this is the anna magdalena album, c'mon, these are some of the most difficult etudes ever written, do you think it's possible to play them by sight reading?
Those Like and Dislike buttons are so badly positioned. I'll bet countless times the Dislike button has been hit accidentally. I've even done it.
Raúl Pérez Speaking from experience (not in playing these pieces but in performing other major classical piano pieces) in order to have the endurance to perform this entire set live you truly need the ability to play the whole thing several times in a row. This is the only way to be able to perform with ease and confidence.
@@steveegallo3384 I have my late Pope Jean the 2nd hanging at the Vatican in Rome. I worked hard, but my art technique developed very fast., but on the other hand I studied music like a demon, but could not perform the works of Bach without a ton of practice of reading the works of him. I played very well, but could not compose. My visual art came to me at a very fast speed, however I still had to work my butt off to achieve it. I love to play the violin, but a lifetime of studying this instrument I am sure that I will be light years away from Paganini! My advice to you is not to judge artists with MERE practicing over & over again. YOU still have to have the GIFT given to us by God!
Il faut qu'Alkan soit connu. Un aussi grand génie se partage !
HOLY CRAP !!! AND ONLY 29 - I WIKI-ed HIM !!!
WHAT A STAGGERING ACCOMPLISHMENT - CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT'S NEXT !!!
SINCE HE STARTED AT THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN, THE ONLY THING LEFT MUST BE COMPOSING !!!
I'M WILLING TO BET HE FANTASIZED ABOUT WRITING THAT LAST WORD IN THE TITLE OF THIS VIDEO FOR YOU TUBE, FOR A LONG TIME - ("COMPLETE") !!!
Maestro Vincenzo è Orgoglio Italiano!! Few pianists all over the world can perform a program like this!!
Fourth time in a month that I'm listening to this full concert. I long thought that Hamelin couldn't be matched in this kind of repertoire. But this is great. Sure, you can hear the occasional slip or wrong note, but the musicality is really at the top.
I've always liked and loved some of Alkan's works but not everything. Here it's really a pleasure to listen to Vincenzo's playing, as it all makes sense with his interpretation.
thanks, and congratulations also for this very physical challenge!
i mean its 2 hours of alkan etudes which even one of is very difficult, a few missteps can easily be forgiven 😂
Phenomenal. I will be watching/listening to this again and again.
I can't even imagine the degree of physical and mental stamina required to perform this live especially with such gusto!
The brow wipe at the end, hahaha. Amazing, absolutely amazing.
Simply incredible! To be able to perform all of Alkan's Etudes in one recital is prodigious! These etudes are very difficult in digital but also mental terms, remembering all the notes and being able to face all the technical pitfalls in a single concert is really superhuman. Not only is this a technical prodigy, but Vincenzo plays in a beautiful and passionate way from the start to the end and you don't feel the slightest fatigue even when he gets to the last etude "festin d'esope" which most pianists are not able to interpret in which it is technically etremely demanding. Vincenzo Maltempo is a genius comparable to Marc André Hamelin, Martha Argerich or Sviatoslav Richter.
Semplicemente incredibile! Essere capace di interpretare tutte le Etudes di Alkan in un solo recital è prodigioso! Queste etudes sono molto difficili in termini digitale ma anche mentale, ricordare tutte le note e potere affrontare tutte le trappe tecniche in una sola serata di concerto è proprio sovraumano. Non solo questo è un prodigio tecnico, ma Vincenzo suona in un modo bellissimo ed appassionato dall'inizio alla fine e non si sente la minima fatica anche quando arriva all'ultima etude "festin d'esope" che la maggior parte dei pianisti non sono in grado di interpretare talmente è esigente tecnicamente. Vincenzo Maltempo è un genio paragonabile a Marc André Hamelin, Martha Argerich o Sviatoslav Richter.
This is a phenomenal achievement worthy of great respect. This repertoire wouldn't be my first choice - but any good pianist understands how much hard work, practise and dedication is required to complete such a project ... I take my hat off to this young man.
Sono arrivato qui da Halidon Music, dove ho dovuto interrompere l'ascolto di "Liszt: The Great Piano Works" per andarmi a cercare questo Vincenzo Maltempo che lo suonava così divinamente.
I 42 dislikers sono senz'altro invidiosi, personalmente per scrivere questo commento ho dovuto in ordine: aspettare la fine del primo brano, mettere in pausa, chiudere la bocca e scrivere.
Non vedo come sia possibile non apprezzzare un talento così gargantuesco!
Complimenti vivissimi, ti auguro il meglio.
Sergio Tiempo and Vincenzo Maltempo. How fun their surnames are and how serious their musical achievements are. I have to back up this video. Thanks.
This is simply incredible. There's not much else to be said. You should be called Vincenzo Beltempo for bringing such a work and such amazing musicianship to a captive Japan audience and to a captive internet audience too!
I saw you play those Études in a church in Klagenfurt, Austria two years ago. Best concert ever. Thank you for reviving the mostly unknown genius Alkan!
Grazie per averci fatto conoscere il Grande Alkan.Abbiamo seguito la sua magistrale esecuzione dei 12 studi nei toni minori.Fondamentale approfondimento nel suo libro per la biografia e per le strutture e per le elaborazione tematiche. Complimenti.!!!
Qu'on aime ou pas Alkan, cet enregistrement en concert est stupéfiant de maitrise technique et de profonde musicalité. La performance physique elle aussi est extraordinaire. Bravo Maestro, bravissimo !
My absolute favorite, and one of the most monumental works I hold in the highest respect, is Alkan's Op. 39. I am deeply grateful for the incredible achievement of performing this set of extraordinarily challenging pieces in its entirety.
However, it is deeply concerning to me that this performance seemed to handle Alkan's work in a way that felt disrespectful to the composer's intentions by ostentation of technique.
I was particularly disappointed by the "rushed execution of the forceful passages."
Even in the forceful passages, Alkan incorporates many wonderful ideas into the piece.
For example, there is an amazing idea at the end of the exposition of No. 8, where the right and left hands are intentionally shifted to create a time difference (1:00:41 the part written in 32nd notes). But in this performance, it sounded like they were played as 16th notes or simultaneously, erasing Alkan's remarkable concept.
Additionally, Nos. 4 to 7 correspond to the first to fourth movements of a symphony, but to me they sounded more like extremely difficult piano sonatas than symphonies.
Similarly, Nos. 8 to 10 represent the first to third movements of the Piano Concerto, but I could not understand at all the character of the orchestral and solo piano parts that the composer intended.
"However, I was deeply moved by the parts of your performance where you did not showcase your technical skills, as they allowed me to feel the brilliance of Alkan."
"I believe in your potential."
Udoubtedly one of the most important and virtuosic youtube videos of that decade...
my hands hurt just to see him play
Depends what sort of chairs the audience was sitting on for over 2 hours, and if they all remained attentive but surely they could have given a better ovation for this superb marathon performance - it does not matter if score assistance was given, this is still a great recital where the last few bars are as fresh as the earlier ones, superb stamina from Maltempo.
I’m a little surprised by the need for score assistance here because pianists are traditionally trained to memorize their music, so much so that it becomes relatively easy to do. The reason is simple - both hands are necessary to play so unassisted page turns are impossible. With the advent of iPads though maybe this is going to be the new normal. Recently saw Stanislav Ioudenitch perform using one which surprised me so must be the way of the future.
@@mudsharkbytes Brings back memories of Joe Biden's debate 2024 when notes were forbidden (although he cheated by using memory jogs)
1:58:54 How did he play that so smoothly...
This is absolutely incredible.
To be honest, I've gasped in excitement. Bravo! You truly have been blessed by Alkan's hands!
It is so impressive to see Vincenzo playing easily such large, hard and beautiful pieces. Bravo!
Totalement hallucinant ...j'adore Alkan, j'ai beaucoup travaillé le festin d'esope, le concerto ( quel travail ...) mais alors pour enchaîner tout ...ça demande une endurance , une mémoire colossale...bref c'est totalement incroyable ...ravi d'avoir découvert ce pianiste !
Ce mec est cheaté.
1:24:40 is just beautiful
Its like seeing the love of your life for the first time and knowing instantly that that's the person you want to be with eternally
Or seeing the most beautiful place to ever grace your eyes and nothing will ever, ever compare to it
Its that beautiful
There are only a few gems on RUclips next to 99,999% meaningless nonsense. This video definitely is among those gems.
Macgki there have only been a few comments that I've read in my life where, upon reading the entire comment to ensure a proper understanding, i could confirm without a shadow of a doubt that the writer has poor judgement and probably knows very little about the subject matter that he's commenting on. this was one of them.
+Dustin Smith how so?
I think Dustin must have died before he could come up with a sufficiently pompous answer.
@@devindevon could be
Fr fr. This the only good video I've seen on here, No cap. Alkan was dope.
The sound is ridiculously good, and the pedalling is perfect. Never heard alkan like this. Since I don't know how to criticize alkan pieces decently, I'll just say the cliche that I loved the tempos, and never heard pedalling like this honestly ;)
Stumbled upon this video 7 years later.
My life has changed drastically. My passion for Alkan faded and was forgotten.
It's coming back.
AMAZING!!! Finally all the Études in 1 LIVE performance. Even surprisingly well performed, bravissimo!
Che grande pianista italiano! E che meraviglioso repertorio dimenticato!
You need to be physically fit as well as mentally fit to perform all twelve in one go. An ultra-marathon of the fingers!
I didn't know scherzo diabolico could sound so good. I'm crying
How I only just found this is beyond me, but this is an achievement akin to Leonidas Kavakos performing the Paganini caprices.
You sir are insane. I didn’t know there were people who could perform Alkan like this.
Playing Alkan for straight 2 hours is unexplainable!
he has hands of steel
+Aryaman Manish Joshi Absolutely ! I wouldn't last 10 minutes on any of those pieces !
Lmao!😂😂😂😂
@@TheRatchopper 10 min on the op 39 would cover comme le vent and scherzo diabolico which is already impressive
No he has hands of concrete
@@TheRatchopperneither does his girlfriend!
It is astronishingly amazing to see an performance of whole Etudes of this set.
Wow... you left name behind in piano history!
Was not at all familiar with Alkan, really shockingly tremendous music. The performance is just bogglingly impressive and beautuful.
I came for Comme le Vent and you hooked me for 2 hours into this... incredible feat! And such musicality as well. Incredible
I can't imagine the control and stamina he must have to play all 12 of these etudes in one sitting
Absolutely fantastic Vincenzo!!!
This video deserves far more views.
THATS PASSION!!! YOU ARE GREAT VINCENZO!!!!
- How hard do you want your pieces to be ?
Alkan : Yes
how hard ?
Alkan : all
Für einen Klavier-Abend eine geradezu phänomale Leistung, physisch, mental und vor allem gestalterisch!
Why isn't Alkan as famous as his contemporaries?
+Eyob Sisay (Edge) no because He never was a life performer .. he always wrote pieces alone separated from society exclusive for piano and when his good friend chopin died, he disappeard completely..when he died people didn't even know he still existed. therefore his pieces were never performed but now more and more people discover him.
+Eyob Sisay (Edge) this makes no sense: "his work is not so much known because it is not easy to digest, just like Liszt and Debussy" so Liszt's work is not so much known? and Romantic music is also the most easy one for us to digest ..check out ustvolskaya or gubaidulina or even scriabin
+Eyob Sisay (Edge) romantic uses tonal sounds and is the closest to our modern music and therefore the most digestable and you really want to say that postmodern classical music is easier to digest than romantic ? lol
+Eyob Sisay (Edge) anyway this is not harder to digest than Bach or Liszt or Scriabin
+Eyob Sisay (Edge) what can I not understand here? you gave the wrong answer to the question why Alkan is not so famous and then you said "another factor is that Alkans music is not easy to digest" which is also wrong if you compare it with Liszt
Don't you think, he looks a bit like Charles-Valentin himself?!))
yess
He looks like alkan's son
Absolutely brilliant. I can't even fathom how you were able to pull this off.
I agree! Alkan is Fabulous!
He's one of my all time favorites.
Quiz: how many notes has he played in this recital?
a) 1 million
b) 1 billion
c) 1 trillion
d) 1,4711 × 10^11
e) all above multiplied
FANTASTIC AND IMPRESSIVE! Congratulations, Mr. Maltempo!
1:56:20 - I would say he's human but I still don't think a human could manage this! Freaking INSANE! And how could you not burst into spontaneous applause after the overture!
Miraculous combination of awesome musicianship and technical precision!!! Bravissimo
Just bought the 15 CD album Brilliant Classics offers and Maltempo s disc of these astounding works totally unknown or unrecognized in his lifetime is truly sublime. So many great pianists out of Italy nowadays, bravissimo ! We had heard of Alkan s works through MAH now Maltempo shows superceding talent...nothing less!
To play 2 hrs at stage. Play 6 at home
every day
Ammetto che non conoscevo (mea culpa) il maestro Maltempo prima di vedere questo video. non credevo ai miei occhi quando, cercando video sullo studio numero 12, mi sono imbattuto in questo. Maestro lei ha fatto qualcosa di incredibile..i miei più sentiti complimenti.
Maestro, ogni volta che ascolto le tue esecuzioni mi vengono i brividi e la mente vola alla nostra infanzia. Un'amicizia di lunga data, che, nonostante la vita ci abbia portato su strade diverse, ci ha sempre portati a nutrire reciproca stima.
Esibizione EPICA. Astonishing. Stunning.
Just finished listening to no. 4. My favourite one so far!
No 10
No.6 >>>>>>
No. 2 or 11. I think 11 is my fav, but they’re close.
All them...
Un dannatissimo, fottutissimo e mirabolante genio funambolico della tastiera❤
Quelle infinité de possible !Une intelligence aimante , une rancontre de virtuosité entre vous et Alkan , une grand générosité au être sensible que nous sommes.
Athos Rivera
I like how he pushed his hair back before playing the great diabolique coda on Allegro Assai
can't get enough of that diabolico....have to learn it!
Never come on Debussy, always de Bach.
y'Alkan laugh now.
Lmao
What a concert ! what a pianist, what a work ! Bravo.
Jean Martin Rectial in fact
Utterly fantastic! I love how expressive your playing is (especially compared to a lot of Alkan specialists out there). It really brings Alkan's music to life in a way I haven't heard before.
This is absolutely incredible. 😲 Wow. My fingers hurt just watching that. 😂
I wish he'd play Le Preux. Still no good performance of that one really that I've seen
I have two recordings of it -- One was recorded by Osamu Nakamura in 1989, and the second by Laurent Martin in 1990. I rather prefer the one done by Martin, and it is probably easier to find (Marco Polo #8.223500)
Seonyong Hwang bruh
@@spaghettio2461 that recording was made after this comment, bruh
@@spaghettio2461 the piano is unbelievably out of tune in their performance
One dyslexic mistook the dislike button for a double like
A titanic performance! An unbelievable endurance! A phenomenon beyond compare and explanation.
BRAVO! Fantastic performance. These pieces are a great challenge and Maltempo makes them look easy. Alkan was such a genius, firing notes like a gatling machine gun. It is said that even Liszt had a few fear of Alkan's technique (the piano keyboard was not enough for Alkan, so he composed for pedalier). I hope I can see you playing on stage one day Vincenzo. GRAZIE!
Keyboard....pedalier? I'm not sure what you mean.
Wish I would have been there. What a fantastic performance of Alkan' s masterpiece. I
Bravissimo signor Maltempo!! You are a great pianist!!
Only 2,400 views while Lisitsa, La Wang and Lang van Bang get millions ?!? Something must be wrong on this planet!
they can play these just like that too
Yuja wang really deserves her views, she is absolutely amazing.
@@Smoke_Weed_Everyday_ Wang and Lang, well... probably. Lisitsa not so. Thing is, they're probably not willing to put those *hundreds* of hours in order to replicate this EXACT feat. He did - and they won't EVER as their career is built over ''mainstream'' repertoire. End of story.
@@konigstephan I doubt it, a pianist at that level probably has no problem in putting hundreds of hours in practicing a piece
@@Smoke_Weed_Everyday_ Fact is, they DIDN'T and he did. Now, ask yourself - why?
Bravo Vincenzo, non ti conoscevo...formidabile!
chaotic performance, with non-sense rubato, articulations and tempo relationships. Alkan suffers too much because great musicians do not want to play his music...
I love how at 2:04:08 he releases the sustain pedal for that section...
I have the impression that he often overuses it for my taste(altought it is an incredible recital that I have listened to A LOT lately), a choice like another of course (he has his reasons, and his sound seems wonderful to me, but it could be interesting without!
@@LG-pg1nb I could never do this in my entire life no matter how much I practiced. But IMO even though he did it I feel a lot of parts are sloppy, not a fast enough tempo, or just lacking clarity/crispness. IDK who could ever do the entire etudes in one sitting the way the majority would feel they are meant to be played but I would guess MAH would be one of the only ones.
@@MrFartyman44 in terms of tempo I think that he chooses the good one for a lot of parts (in HIS sense), allowing his perception to emerge from it (I will complete later with some timestamps)... Great melodies and harmonies, helped with a almost "heavy" sense of pedal...
But isn't MAH version a bit dry compared to his, and very different estheticallly speaking ? (Although I really like his symphony and the metric approach of the concerto, which has a great rhythmical and technical energy (with the wrong notes, furious!), it seems a bit too dry for me compared to maltempo's very melodic sense of voicing... (but not necessarily better), do you agree ?
@@LG-pg1nb I have to respectfully disagree :D
We do have to take into account that he did the entire set in one sitting. What he could do with one of these pieces alone would almost certainly sound much more polished. But his intent at certain sections still remains...A lot of Alkan's music are the multiple measures creating one musical line. Lot's of quick notes creating a melody or tension. SO I MAH rhythmed approach makes more sense. For example in the 3rd movement of the concerto the section with the trills. I think MAH really creates the tension Alkan was going for more so than Maltempo. But again he played all of these in one sitting...
@@LG-pg1nb And during the cadenza of the 1st movement of the concerto I feel like Maltempo has too much rubato compared to other recordings. It's not a 'romantic' piece which you can really draw out. Do you agree? Maybe listen to both of their cadenzas.
Alkan -Un compositeur â qui vous rendez un merveilleux hommage . MERCI