Hardest piano piece! Liszt - Étude S140 no 4b by Yi-Chung Huang

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  • Опубликовано: 18 дек 2024

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  • @_colestrong
    @_colestrong 3 месяца назад +29

    THIS IS INCREDIBLE!! How is this not viral?!!

  • @krallis123
    @krallis123 7 месяцев назад +69

    So hard to find video recordings of good performances for S140 4b, this video deserves way more views!
    Incredible performance.

  • @drewfarmer05
    @drewfarmer05 3 месяца назад +18

    you wont understand how incredibly fucking difficult 2:25 is until you try it yourself. its an actual nightmare trying to keep my hands from overreaching or under reaching while doing this at less than half speed. this dude is lucky he has such large hands

    • @SuperDieu_6666
      @SuperDieu_6666 3 месяца назад +4

      Yes it's one of the most difficult parts for me as well, but 2:36 as well as the deadly jumps x3 is just too much for me

    • @Jartious
      @Jartious 3 месяца назад +1

      I thought he said he could only reach a tenth

    • @SuperDieu_6666
      @SuperDieu_6666 3 месяца назад

      ​@@Jartious maybe a big 10th. Besides they're broken 10ths so it matters less

    • @Jartious
      @Jartious 3 месяца назад

      @@SuperDieu_6666 yeah

  • @davisatdavis1
    @davisatdavis1 Год назад +108

    You guys give him a break. Find someone else who can play like this and meet up to your harsh standards of musicality in a performance like this. This is historical. No one dared to approach Liszt's tempo ever since he wrote it, and when Alkan performed it. This is monumental.

    • @gojewla
      @gojewla 7 месяцев назад +1

      Nikolai Petrov. He played all of the first version of Paganini etudes. The recording is on RUclips. You should check it out! This guy does a great job too!

    • @TheModicaLiszt
      @TheModicaLiszt 6 месяцев назад +6

      When Alkan performed it?? What sort of nonsense is that? Further, “Liszt’s tempo” is marked Allegretto, deliberately not the “vivo” of Paganini’s original. Recordings by Howard, Petrov, Waleczek, Filipec and Minkyu Kim are all very fine and faithful to Liszt’s score.

    • @dd8436
      @dd8436 6 месяцев назад +5

      @@TheModicaLiszt These guys are only focused on how difficult the score is to play, and boast the performer's physicality by playing it even harder regardless of the original composer's intentions. To me that sounds no different than listening to human Nanasakov piano..

    • @libertytaxburnaby616
      @libertytaxburnaby616 5 месяцев назад

      @@TheModicaLiszt Alkan did not perform it where did you get that from?

    • @libertytaxburnaby616
      @libertytaxburnaby616 5 месяцев назад

      @@dd8436 Can you play this? I'd like to see that.

  • @JiHa-Kim
    @JiHa-Kim Год назад +41

    I've never seen such an amount of raw skill. This performance is largely unparalleled.

  • @philipstevenson5166
    @philipstevenson5166 5 месяцев назад +23

    incredible. a real insight into liszt.

    • @SuperDieu_6666
      @SuperDieu_6666 3 месяца назад +1

      "real insight" i'm dying 🤣🤣🤣 he just played the notes (don't get me wrong, it's fabulous but still)

    • @needmorepractice
      @needmorepractice 2 месяца назад +1

      ​@@SuperDieu_6666bro forgot musicality exists

    • @SuperDieu_6666
      @SuperDieu_6666 2 месяца назад

      ​@@needmorepractice where did you find musicality into what he played ? Sorry if I'm understanding your answer wrong

    • @needmorepractice
      @needmorepractice 2 месяца назад +1

      @@SuperDieu_6666 tho it is like 99% technique theres still a bit of musicality there. idk how to point it its everywhere, u just have to listen for it

    • @SuperDieu_6666
      @SuperDieu_6666 2 месяца назад

      ​@@needmorepractice yes, he still put some nuances here and there, but as you said, it was 99% technique, so it's not really an insight into Liszt, but more of an achievement (which is great, but not as much as an insight)

  • @BlueSteve
    @BlueSteve 6 месяцев назад +40

    1:47 nah is bro hacking?

  • @YTSeiyaGoFire
    @YTSeiyaGoFire 11 месяцев назад +56

    This guy is the Liszt of this age, he actually did the original Allegro tempo, i want to be like him some day

    • @thenotsookayguy
      @thenotsookayguy 10 месяцев назад +11

      Not Allegro, Andante quasi Allegretto.

    • @YTSeiyaGoFire
      @YTSeiyaGoFire 10 месяцев назад +4

      @@thenotsookayguy right mb

    • @sebastianperez3696
      @sebastianperez3696 8 месяцев назад +2

      Tocar como él no es imposible, pero hay que trabajar demasiado. A eso me refiero con tocar el clave bien temperado, los estudios 299 y 740 de Czerny, los estudios op 72 de moskowky, los op 10 y 25 de Chopin, y los estudios de ejecución trascendental de Liszt. Luego obedecer a este régimen disciplinario, ya se obtiene una técnica avanzada.

    • @Op25No2
      @Op25No2 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@libertytaxburnaby616He is saying you probably want to play those pieces first😂

  • @unidentifieduser5346
    @unidentifieduser5346 Год назад +78

    This guy is probably the best pianist in the century in terms of technique god.

    • @jamesmayhew2538
      @jamesmayhew2538 11 месяцев назад +17

      how bout Katsaris

    • @frito1263
      @frito1263 11 месяцев назад +10

      ​@@jamesmayhew2538Not even fucking close.

    • @jamesmayhew2538
      @jamesmayhew2538 11 месяцев назад +1

      Hmm not sure about that but I sure agree this guy is unbelievable

    • @borisaxelrod7411
      @borisaxelrod7411 10 месяцев назад +14

      Этот парень играет грязно. Он производит впечатление, который стремится сыграть максимально быстро и технично. Но техничности там нет, быстро, да. Он тот вид пианистов, которых называют спортсменами виртуозами. Которые хотят удивить скоростью, высокой техничностью. Музыкальности тут не слышно. И он сильно старается играть максимально быстро. Именно, что старается, а не играет, не творит. Легкости и свободы в этом не видно, тем более непринужденности. Есть более способные азиаты. Где и феноменальная техника и абсолютное вдохновение, музыкальность соединяются. Вот, например Alkan: Scherzo Focoso, Yui Morishita ruclips.net/video/4DqdOqP75Q0/видео.htmlsi=qwVEFHn0gy-pWInc
      Но все это полный детский сад. Ни один перфекционист, который уделяет внимание только технике, даже в этом случае, никто не сравнится с Марк-Андре Амленом в его молодые годы, в его лучшей феноменальной форме! Как по скорости, так и по абсолютной легкости исполнения, не говоря уже о филигранности, разных туше, динамике, темпе, ритме, четкости, чистоты, ясности, простоте исполнения сложнейших кусков в сочинениях, жемчужная игра это или настоящее легато! Послушайте этот легендарный концерт в Японии 1997 года! В Токио! Это его лучшая форма того периода концертов, по мнению многих фанатов. ruclips.net/video/9B3EAz0msjc/видео.htmlsi=rbd8UzkjuXooq09M
      Включите там Годовского, обязательно Алькана, и его сочинение в конце. А вообще все послушайте. Ни у кого такой феноменальной техники и музыкальной свободы я не встречал. Если, только Аркадий Володось. Вот еще Алькан ruclips.net/video/SSxbao_Chq0/видео.htmlsi=bSU5JBSUl5e-EArG
      А вот вам Листа почти на 2 часа концерт! ruclips.net/video/X9cdd3mgzis/видео.htmlsi=HpVy0wDHiaBsP39_
      Вот Mozart/Liszt: Reminisceneces de Don Juan S. 418 ruclips.net/video/XoGSEK8F4JE/видео.htmlsi=NHMvd5diRnbmXEPe
      Такого абсолютного контроля над пальцами можно встретить у единиц. Как в 20 веке, так и в 21 веке.

    • @borisaxelrod7411
      @borisaxelrod7411 10 месяцев назад +5

      Хотя, возьму я свои слова обратно. Я посмотрел другие его записи. Там все намного чище и музыкальнее. Ну в общем не знаю, сверхчеловек он или нет, но удивил:)Но в этой записи невнятная грязная быстрая игра. Вот тут на конкурсе он невероятен!
      ruclips.net/user/liveFHGrjmOKRxk?si=X213Z2ZeGI5IPWBx

  • @notu483
    @notu483 Год назад +7

    This performance is extraordinary… definitely unmatched by other live performances of this piece.

  • @conquerorrules4997
    @conquerorrules4997 9 месяцев назад +6

    bro has long hair just like liszt himself, unbelievable playing

  • @antiiczzz5671
    @antiiczzz5671 7 месяцев назад +4

    What a inhumman performance how is this even possible at that tempo this is god like technique at this point

  • @danii.olmoss
    @danii.olmoss 8 месяцев назад +5

    i’m literally freaking out

  • @questtech2698
    @questtech2698 4 дня назад

    How is this not viral? I'm not even playing piano, where is the piano community?

  • @juhwan51
    @juhwan51 10 месяцев назад +11

    사실은 연주가 가능한지 아닌지 부터 의심이 많았던 곡이죠😂
    그런 곡을 이 속도로 완주했다는게 진짜 대단하네요..ㄷㄷ

  • @Pamela-dv7gb
    @Pamela-dv7gb 4 месяца назад +69

    He deserve way more fame,why taylor swift is more popular than him ? Why dont humanity praise talent and hard work

    • @TranscendentalMiner
      @TranscendentalMiner 4 месяца назад +5

      That’s what I was thinking!

    • @fazliddinerkaboyev6568
      @fazliddinerkaboyev6568 3 месяца назад

      💯

    • @paulm3079
      @paulm3079 3 месяца назад +7

      Because most people either don’t want to work or aren’t capable themselves. Sad I agree

    • @oengd1696
      @oengd1696 3 месяца назад +16

      Because this doesn’t sound pleasing to most people. You wouldn’t listen to this in the bus or in a car ride. You would just appreciate this once

    • @Shinobu_Kocho578
      @Shinobu_Kocho578 3 месяца назад +9

      @@oengd1696I listen to Scriabin's prometheus and Scelsi's Konx Om Pax quite often when on the bus ride to my grandparents. Maybe I'm just weird though...

  • @andromedaperseus954
    @andromedaperseus954 8 месяцев назад +6

    Dang, this is even faster than those synthesia videos...

  • @Mugiwara-x7g
    @Mugiwara-x7g Месяц назад

    Incredibly underrated performance

  • @claudiatorres4793
    @claudiatorres4793 Месяц назад

    I love that piece

  • @YTSeiyaGoFire
    @YTSeiyaGoFire 11 месяцев назад +7

    1 minute faster than other recordings!!

  • @TheConnor6901
    @TheConnor6901 3 дня назад +1

    A tad bit fast, but it's still amazing!

  • @あああ-q7w
    @あああ-q7w 5 месяцев назад +3

    この曲Andante quasi Allegrettoにも関わらず、なるべく原曲のCaprice第1番のテンポに寄せて、さらに、分厚い和音も軽く弾けてる。彼は間違いなく人外であろう。

  • @Chipsomedip
    @Chipsomedip 2 месяца назад +2

    0:02 summoning Liszt

  • @korolmusicschool
    @korolmusicschool 2 месяца назад

    Bravo!

  • @贼J8牛逼
    @贼J8牛逼 Год назад +10

    HOW IS IT POSSIBLE

    • @yahyakhazbak4713
      @yahyakhazbak4713 9 месяцев назад +2

      ye it is possible their hands are fast that why it is possible

  • @iKawai14
    @iKawai14 9 дней назад

    btw liszt is said to play 1:48 all left hand 😊

  • @FeZz810
    @FeZz810 Год назад +8

    His performance from the Ljubljana piano competition is even better

    • @keshavfoods7102
      @keshavfoods7102  Год назад +4

      Can you say where you found it? The thing I found was the S141 version, not the S140. There was a mistake.
      The S140 is miles harder than the S141 version, you can judge for yourself by the score.

    • @FeZz810
      @FeZz810 Год назад

      @keshavfoods7102 Where did you see he played the s141? I'd like to see that too.
      he played the s140, also beethoven appassionata and the rest of the program is also great including rachmaninoff, tchaikovsky and chopin.
      look up in Google for Ljubljana piano competition, in their site go to competition schedule > Round 1 recital > 2nd day > click on the first video and he is the first competitor, enjoy 😀

    • @SquidWheeler-dc8jg
      @SquidWheeler-dc8jg Год назад +9

      it's worse, there are a lot of slip ups and smudges, but the video quality from that competition is better

    • @stefanbernhard2710
      @stefanbernhard2710 5 месяцев назад

      Hear his Alkan Le Preaux and Lucrezia Borgia. No one comes close technically

  • @georgyyurchenko7815
    @georgyyurchenko7815 11 дней назад

    ТЫ ТОТ САМЫЙ ИСПОЛНИТЕЛЬ, КОТОРЫЙ СЫГРАЛ ИСПАНСКУЮ ФАНТАЗИЮ ЛИСТА, ОТ КОТОРОЙ ВСЕ В ШОКЕ???

  • @Palermo.340
    @Palermo.340 7 месяцев назад

    Legendary!

  • @pappi0202
    @pappi0202 Месяц назад +1

    Especially the WTF part
    1:47
    2:25
    2:35

  • @kamint2258
    @kamint2258 7 месяцев назад +1

    一部音外しているけど、この速さで弾ける事自体離れ業で凄い!!😮👍✨

  • @JoshLeveille
    @JoshLeveille 3 месяца назад +1

    How did you acquire this recording?? This is
    incredible : D

  • @utvpoop
    @utvpoop 7 месяцев назад

    Dude is insane

  • @Franz_Liszt_Korean
    @Franz_Liszt_Korean 7 месяцев назад +10

    This piece is only for left hand 😂

  • @junincuiabano
    @junincuiabano 5 месяцев назад

    The best one

  • @Franz_Liszt_Korean
    @Franz_Liszt_Korean 7 месяцев назад +3

    Great! Awesome! Wonderful! The composer must have been a genius!

    • @pianista-mediocre
      @pianista-mediocre 5 месяцев назад +6

      The person who transcribed it for piano as a study really was brilliant. The piece itself is pretty bad

    • @Franz_Liszt_Korean
      @Franz_Liszt_Korean 5 месяцев назад +5

      @@pianista-mediocre Um...

    • @Chipsomedip
      @Chipsomedip 4 месяца назад +1

      Lol

  • @blakecarterpiano
    @blakecarterpiano 4 месяца назад

    All these years I thought it was impossible

  • @pappi0202
    @pappi0202 6 месяцев назад +1

    がちでえぐいwwww

  • @loganm2924
    @loganm2924 Год назад +3

    In the description you say that this piece is "a revised and harder" etude, and while it certainly is harder, it's the first version (published together with S.140/4a and the other S.140 studies) and not the revised one.

    • @keshavfoods7102
      @keshavfoods7102  Год назад +1

      I meant that it is a revised version of the S140/4a version. I'll clarify that in the description.

    • @loganm2924
      @loganm2924 Год назад +4

      @@keshavfoods7102 it isn’t though. It is simply an alternate version. They were published at the same time.

    • @keshavfoods7102
      @keshavfoods7102  Год назад

      @@loganm2924 Really? I didn't know that, most people told me the opposite. Can you provide some references for it? Then I'll change it in the description.

    • @loganm2924
      @loganm2924 Год назад +4

      @@keshavfoods7102 there’s not much to say. The Etudes d’execution transcendente d’apres Paganini were published as a set (now referred to as S.140 in the Searle catalogue) in 1840. The original publication included the etudes 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6, an ossia for the fifth etude, an ossia for the first etude which incorporates ideas from Schumann’s own etudes on the Paganini caprices, and the two versions of the fourth etude. That can all be seen on the IMSLP page for the works. If I had to guess, the 4b version would’ve been written first and the 4a version was a simplification due to the difficulty of the 4b version, to make it more accessible for the other pianists of the time.

    • @keshavfoods7102
      @keshavfoods7102  Год назад

      @@loganm2924 I don't think Liszt was really trying to make it accessible at the time, if you look at etudes 3 and 6. He later revised all of them in S141 to make them accessible. This etude is often referenced as S140 no 4 version II, I'm guessing he buffed it to make it harder.

  • @jannis11
    @jannis11 7 месяцев назад

    NOiCE

  • @LtFz-jk4ul
    @LtFz-jk4ul 4 месяца назад

    OMG…
    CRAZY

  • @ididntask6350
    @ididntask6350 9 месяцев назад +6

    Hi ldf baby girl I am your biggest fan ❤❤❤❤

  • @Franz_Liszt_Korean
    @Franz_Liszt_Korean 5 месяцев назад +2

    Can I use this video?

  • @ChopinhammerOp40k
    @ChopinhammerOp40k Месяц назад +1

    If this is too fast and therefore too unmusical, then all the great violinists who've recorded/performed the original piece (Caprice no 1) are also unmusical by this logic. It's very easy to pick out the musicality and correct voicing and articulations and the pseudo-legato he manages to pull off where real legato is impossible, if you have any ear whatsoever. People who criticize this on these grounds don't have the ability to process the music at this tempo - that's your failing, not the performer's.
    However to be fair to the other side, Petrov and Filipec could play this at this tempo as well if they wanted to participate in a speed/technique contest and Petrov could do it cleaner (Petrov was almost a double Cliburn-Queen Elisabeth winner). I think there is an ignorance on both sides here, and his fans assume other pianists can't play at this tempo if they had the schedule to do it.
    You legitimately don't think Yuncham Lim or Yuja Wang or Denis Matsuev could play this at this tempo?

  • @SinanAkkoyun
    @SinanAkkoyun 4 месяца назад

    What fingerings did you use for the first variation?

  • @TF2Starlight
    @TF2Starlight 10 месяцев назад +1

    i think this is marked tempo
    bro practiced as much, if not, more than liszt :0

  • @yoshi_drinks_tea
    @yoshi_drinks_tea 5 месяцев назад +1

    It's as if Franz Liszt possessed him

  • @simonepunis1130
    @simonepunis1130 9 месяцев назад +1

    Ladies and gentlement...Liszt hinself!

    • @stefanbernhard2710
      @stefanbernhard2710 7 месяцев назад

      And the keys on historical pianos were much lighter.

  • @PP-wp2bx
    @PP-wp2bx 8 месяцев назад

    Really? Did you really want to post a video of this performance? Not sure if you really know music

  • @xcy8161
    @xcy8161 Год назад +7

    Carmen fantasy is harder

    • @matthewchang7252
      @matthewchang7252 Год назад +11

      This guy has played it lmao, on his RUclips channel, laDivinaFanatic, he has a recording of Spanish fantasy and the Weiss Carmen fantasy. A LEGEND ❤❤❤

    • @xcy8161
      @xcy8161 Год назад

      @SpanishFantasy-du8er you should call yourself LaDivinaFanatic fanatic or LDF fanatic

    • @snorefest1621
      @snorefest1621 Год назад

      @SpanishFantasy-du8er he is frmo taiwan sry

    • @therealransu
      @therealransu Год назад

      @@matthewchang7252Wait this is LaDivinaFanatic? No way!

    • @unidentifieduser5346
      @unidentifieduser5346 Год назад +3

      Is there any piece on par with this and Carmen fantasy? I can't name one

  • @andrewzhang8512
    @andrewzhang8512 Год назад +4

    imo this is worse than filipec's but he makes up for it by playing it LIVE

    • @notu483
      @notu483 Год назад +10

      Of course, studio recordings are always better than live performances because you can edit the sound and there is no stress of failure as you can simply restart.

    • @notu483
      @notu483 Год назад

      There needs to be some work on the musicality but the technical skill is incredible.

    • @xcy8161
      @xcy8161 Год назад +1

      @@notu483 he has a studio recorded version which is much more musical

    • @henrychang5361
      @henrychang5361 Год назад +7

      Filipec's is far worse

    • @andrewzhang8512
      @andrewzhang8512 Год назад

      how@@henrychang5361

  • @AlbertoCobo
    @AlbertoCobo 8 месяцев назад +1

    Musically it is distressing

    • @lunagardvonbingen
      @lunagardvonbingen 6 месяцев назад +4

      Your comment is distressing

    • @AlbertoCobo
      @AlbertoCobo 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@lunagardvonbingen Take advantage of the positive side. That's not music. Where are the breaths? It's all messed up.

    • @lunagardvonbingen
      @lunagardvonbingen 6 месяцев назад +3

      @@AlbertoCobo This piece is a "hyper" etude meaning, since for the past 200 years, people have been trying to play it at tempo. It has become somewhat of a challenge- a record to beat. A few wrong notes here and there is completely offset by the speed and relative clarity. You completely miss the point of this performance, just as much as you don't realize how difficult it actually is. For a long time it was believed to be physically impossible. But this is just mere seconds slower than tempo.

    • @AlbertoCobo
      @AlbertoCobo 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@lunagardvonbingen It would be better if you listened to the disciples of Liszt himself, who instilled in them that music had to flourish from the soul, that speed is not an end in itself. Even more so, if this supposed speed results in a musical coven, instead of a game, an exhibition of brilliant, virtuous but transcendental ideas...

    • @lunagardvonbingen
      @lunagardvonbingen 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@AlbertoCobo Oh I'm well aware of the romantic philosophy when it comes to performance. Especially from the teachings of Clara Schumann, Brahms, and Rosenthal. Nonetheless, Liszt was in his early 20's when this was composed. Therefore you must account for the intention of a young Liszt who wanted to impress. Is the difficult itself not enough evidence?

  • @Xyriak
    @Xyriak 6 месяцев назад +1

    Good work. Too bad this piece is absolute trash.

    • @pappi0202
      @pappi0202 6 месяцев назад

      w

    • @pianista-mediocre
      @pianista-mediocre 5 месяцев назад

      Is this Liszt's fault or Paganini's fault who composed it?

    • @pappi0202
      @pappi0202 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@pianista-mediocre This piece is not bad

    • @pianista-mediocre
      @pianista-mediocre 5 месяцев назад

      @@pappi0202 I don't like Caprice n1 👍

    • @pappi0202
      @pappi0202 5 месяцев назад

      @@pianista-mediocre its ok

  • @penpow
    @penpow 7 месяцев назад +10

    Sloppy and disorientating... technique there for sure, but abused and misused. Why play at such an excessive tempo, where there's a slipped note in almost every single measure? As demanding as this étude is, it is incomprehensible to assume a position where wrong notes and sloppiness are considered acceptable.... yes, musicality does surpasses all mechanical errors, but this interpretation seems like playing for the sake of playing. It is difficult to fathom, as the same person's Spanish Fantasy is technically out of this world, and musically quite convincing also... absolutely unbelievable.

    • @lunagardvonbingen
      @lunagardvonbingen 6 месяцев назад +20

      I love the ego classical music gives people. I laugh every time

    • @boogiehoogie489
      @boogiehoogie489 6 месяцев назад

      bruh😂

    • @pianista-mediocre
      @pianista-mediocre 5 месяцев назад

      Apparently she doesn't like this piece and actually played it just to say "I played it in violin tempo"
      The piece itself doesn't help either. Paganini's whim n1 is pretty bad

    • @philipstevenson5166
      @philipstevenson5166 5 месяцев назад +5

      it ain't beethoven. it's 19th century pop music. who cares about odd wrong notes. this is a great performance un exactly the right spirit of going for it with bells on.

    • @blakecarterpiano
      @blakecarterpiano 4 месяца назад

      It is because this piece is marked at a tempo that is nearly impossible to play at. This is harder than the Spanish Fantasy. I would bet you money that this is pretty similar to how Liszt's version of this sounded.

  • @aeroslothy
    @aeroslothy 11 месяцев назад +4

    This isn't real

    • @xcy8161
      @xcy8161 10 месяцев назад +10

      It is real

    • @Damian_Theodoridis
      @Damian_Theodoridis 8 месяцев назад +1

      🤡

    • @aeroslothy
      @aeroslothy 7 месяцев назад

      @@Damian_Theodoridis you may have mistaken my comment which I posted 3 months ago relative to yours. it was supposed to be a compliment. I've also been seeing your comments around LDF lately, I think you need to relax buddy

    • @Damian_Theodoridis
      @Damian_Theodoridis 7 месяцев назад

      @@aeroslothy lol. This was 4 months ago, so kinda makes sense you thought this was fake

    • @lunagardvonbingen
      @lunagardvonbingen 6 месяцев назад +3

      your comment isn't real