Some of the hardest codas and piano finals ever written, from hard to impossible. -1-

Some insane codas and pieces are here;
Chopin, Ballade 1,
Liszt, El Contrabandista,
Alkan, Concerto for solo piano,
Prokofiev, toccata,
Balakirev, Islamey
Cziffra/Strauss, Tritsch-Tratsch polka,
Mereaux, Scherzo Alla Napolitaine (etude 45).
Played by Valentina Lisitsa, Yuja Wang, Marc-André Hamelin, Kristina Miller, Georges Cziffra.

[@davisatdavis1]

Finally I'm not clickbaited by a silly tempting thumbnail

[@elmis4813]

😄

[@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji]

And yes, there's rousseau, he made a stupid thumbnail covering the whole screen and in were things like moonlight sonata...and he cheekily makes a list in the pinned comment of the description...I mean wtf?!

[@ewartsmith7490]

@@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji You're not wrong (did you see vol. 2?)

[@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji]

Regarding El contrabandista, actually there's a Russian guy called Sergei Belyavsky, he took it casually at an even faster tempo, devilishly fast. He hits the nail with it.

[@aakarshitsingh1535]

But he slowed down at the harder passages which made the performance unstable

[@aakarshitsingh1535]

Also the faster tempo makes the spanish theme a bit unrecognizable

[@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji]

@@aakarshitsingh1535 it's because it has to be unstable, there are tempo changes on the sheet music then and there. And probably he wanted make the Spanish theme sound unfamiliar in the piece, I'm not telling that he should have done it but he may have. It all depends upon his point of view. So we can't really conclude which one is a better performance.

[@Whaijorhujishkomunyk]

Belyavaky 🤢

[@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji]

@@Whaijorhujishkomunyk 😡😖

[@leobozkir5425]

4:30 is kinda creepy

[@pubgplayer1720]

Well, Prokofiev is creepy af to be fair...

[@CalamityInAction]

Am I the only one who thinks that the octave part at the end of Chopin’s coda was the easiest part of the coda?

[@elmis4813]

Yep!

[@CalamityInAction]

Elmis I think it’s because for practice, I do improv (not jazz though, I’m not good enough). In my improvs, I use a lot of octaves (fast and slow). I think that’s why I think the end of the coda is the easiest

[@elmis4813]

@@CalamityInAction the octave technique is also very basic, and it's just a chromatic descent. Pretty simple even for an amateur. that's also why it's good for improvisations

[@UniversalDirp]

Ngl ur def right, the middle a maj section is hardest to play

[@redfishplayz4476]

The hardest part is the part in A flat major, the one with the ultra leaps.

[@LeventK]

This video is criminally underrated.

[@ewartsmith7490]

I just discovered El Contrabandista a few months back, so it was nice to hear it here (and so early, as well)

[@elmis4813]

A lot of work for the first opus of this serie!
Pieces;
Chopin, Ballade 1,
(Valentina Lisitsa) 0:00
Liszt, El Contrabandista,
(Valentina Lisitsa) 1:42
Alkan, Concerto for solo piano,
(Marc-André Hamelin) 3:14
Prokofiev, toccata,
(Yuja Wang) 4:29
Balakirev, Islamey
(Kristina Miller) 6:05
Cziffra/Strauss, Tritsch-Tratsch polka,
(Georges Cziffra) 7:55
Mereaux, Scherzo Alla Napolitaine (etude 45)-NOT IMPOSSIBLE- 8:31
ruclips.net/video/kmblAR1V_Fo/видео.html

[@video1248]

Elmis HIIIIIIIIII!!

[@BlueSteve]

Hwang: Hold my beer

[@teodorb.p.composer]

I think that Liszt's and Alkan pieces are best. (And Alkan's piano concerto is the hardest)

[@joutube8575]

It’s not how hard it is, it’s how beautiful the piece sounds. I think Chopin and Liszt’s piece are better then any of the other pieces. I think that’s why they are one of the most famous classical composer.

[@elmis4813]

Let's not forget that tastes are subjective! And let's not forget that art does not necessarily have to be beautiful, useful or pleasant (Kant writes very well on this subject)!

[@joutube8575]

@Elmis Yes, I agree 👍

[@LunaLeaves]

By your logic, Justin Bieber's pieces are better than Chopin's.

[@the_great_phoenix231]

@@LunaLeaves NANI??????!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!

[@dreadnautilus253]

@@LunaLeaves Impossible

[@franzliszt5698]

Alkan is still the best...

[@amedeemereaux8651]

With Méreaux

[@chezbe]

Franz Liszt Alkan with Rach have more difficult pieces, like tocatta or 3 or 2 concerto Rachmaninov

[@collinbachet9263]

@@fredericfrancoischopin6971 listen to his 49 Esquisse op.63. I play his Pseudo Naivete, which has nice melody.

[@sebastian9445]

Alkan is nice though v: I find him more musical than Liszt xD although he has absolute bangers

[@alextheodoridis4075]

Cziffra is better and Katsaris is better then him too

[@tomaten9477]

You know the coda will be impossible when you hear it being played by a synthesiser

[@noobchampionist]

Well Hwang did it

[@zanegart4399]

​@@noobchampionistyeah at like 70% tempo

[@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji]

I think Beethoven/Liszt symphony #9 mov.4 could be there as well, but great Liszt!

[@Asmobia]

watch?v=kmblAR1V_Fo
Mereaux, Scherzo Alla Napolitaine (etude 45)
I won't say he played it as the fastest possible tempo but it is still very impressive.

[@ryzikx]

it's definitely pushing the fastest possible tempo. the midi is straight up impossible. it should tell you how hard it is to play at seonyong's tempo because he's the only one to play it that fast and accurately, even 4 years after that recording

[@inspiredjaguar5797]

The midi is impossible unless your hands are 30 inches long

[@cent6715]

this makes my brain hurt

[@jannis11]

nice

[@oneninetyfourXOgamez]

8:30
Well I saw a video that somebody played this piece

[@BlueSteve]

Hwang

[@ethanhopper2467]

you know it’s a crazy list when Prokofiev toccata is probably the easiest on here

[@piano4566]

Plis part 3

[@randmgenericname5077]

Why did you not put le Preux in this? The finale is absolutely rediculous. The piece itself has never been played at tempo. (Barbaro doesn't count because he hit more wrong notes than he did right)

[@elmis4813]

ruclips.net/video/YkH_-Lri8kk/видео.html 😉

[@randmgenericname5077]

@@elmis4813 yh I've seen that, it's much slower. The point is to play the piece perfectly /nearly perfectly but at tempo

[@elmis4813]

@@randmgenericname5077 Le Preux does not have a Tempo! Alkan proposes "Dans un bon mouvement" and "Carrément". No precise indication, and in my opinion this recording is aproximatively the correct tempo.

[@ryzikx]

check LaDivinaFanatic

[@zanegart4399]

​@@randmgenericname5077now theres a recording by ladivinafanatic

[@nimrodshefer3649]

Alkan scerzo fouco coda?

[@not_gaminggamer521]

seon-yong hwang played op 65 no 45 very well but a year after this video came out

[@aliceko4695]

How about Chopin's f minor ballade?

[@octopuszombie8744]

Slightly harder than g minor ballade but really not that much.

[@ufab9058]

i still think ballade 4 coda is harder than ballade 1 coda

[@phoundyq]

Highly agreed

[@octopuszombie8744]

Yeah a bit.

[@jerzyadacha8399]

if I am not mistaken, seong young hwang hav played scherzo alla neapolitana really good.

[@avocadotortilla746]

Where can i find the video of alkan concerto aaaaaaa

[@elmis4813]

ruclips.net/video/ne7XYi1i5l0/видео.html

[@oneninetyfourXOgamez]

Search Op.39 No.10

[@wtfwxsi]

I think Rach 3's Ossia Cadenza should be an addition as well.

[@harunotter9905]

it‘s hard to believe that the last one was an improviasation

[@Lulu-xs2rx]

i think if you have little hands like me then the lark and sonatine pour yvette are killing your left hand off

[@NBUU1]

4:00

[@operaclassicalmusiclover3437]

How about Cziffra's William Tell overture?

[@pianxtremeyt]

yeah, but I think the WHOLE PIECE is hard, not just the ending lol

[@jiangyilin_official]

I actually prefer this video style as music sheets sometimes can look quite deceiving (in both directions) 👍🏽👏🏽
… if you insist to include Chopin, then please at least substitute Ballade No. 1 with Ballade No. 4 as that coda is at least four times more difficult …
… otherwise very interesting choices, thanks a lot! A selection of other codas I would have added on this list: Ravel La Valse, Prokofiev Sonata No. 4 & 7, Albeniz Iberia (No. 9, 10, 12), Szymanowski Variations, Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 & Don Juan, Brahms Paganini Variations …
… and no “hardest piano coda” list should abandon the 2nd movement of Schumann’s Fantasie hehe 🙉😏

[@NBUU1]

3:30

[@NBUU1]

1:55

[@romanmihalic4544]

Bruh the last one my guy seriously expects someone to have hand width of 15 keys on the keyboard lmao

[@ryzikx]

its jumps

[@leobozkir5425]

Isn’t 8:37 supposed to be played 1 octave higher?

[@elmis4813]

Indeed!

[@franciscodecomayaguela9496]

Mid error, plus it's too fast even for a mid

[@waidi3242]

What about Liszt Paganini Etude no.4 1838 version?

[@djmochi2805]

Don’t get fooled, all the fake synthesia’s play it way too fast

[@waidi3242]

@@djmochi2805 not sure tho. But still it's so hard

[@GUILLOM]

@@waidi3242 no.

[@waidi3242]

@@GUILLOM play it then?

[@GUILLOM]

@@waidi3242 so now I have to play something to prove it's not hard? What kind of nonsense fallacy is that?

[@NBUU1]

4:12

[@seanlybisenio2231]

I like alkan's

[@williammai4783]

Can't play with two hands!

[@DavitMinasyan-rn3fv]

Chopin Scherzo no 1?😕

[@dwacheopus]

No le preux :(

[@doyoulikemypfp2986]

The last piece is very hard you play your left hand in that speed with almost no sound.....

[@legacygains5742]

El Contrabandista is the greatest song ever written (in my opinion)

[@decafcoffee0935]

3:22
so hard the first note is already wrong xd

[@elmis4813]

It sounds wrong but it's not 😆

[@decafcoffee0935]

@@elmis4813 oh lol i was wondering why hamelin would make such a mistake, especially as he played the next bit almost flawlessly

[@elmis4813]

@@decafcoffee0935 Yeah, and in addition it is a studio recording (his first one in 1991 if my memory is good), so a mistake here would have been very surprising from him

[@EpreTroll]

Nice concept coulda been executed better

[@deedum1162]

does Prokofiev’s toccata really deserve to be here tho

[@ShutUpZewenThisIsNotBased]

Yes

[@ammyvl1]

el contrabandista is second easiest
Goodbye this is too much

[@usurpationofmusic4596]

i do not like the way lisitsa plays the ballade 1 coda, its like shes just trying to get it over with, its way too fast and she drastically changes tempo too often imo

[@ShutUpZewenThisIsNotBased]

It's called presto con fuoco for a reason

[@dragunyt2727]

Impressive and hard pieces, but unpleasant to listen, literally sound like smashing random notes on the piano.

[@davisatdavis1]

Really? Even Ballade No 1? That's true beauty right there

[@pubgplayer1720]

@@davisatdavis1 Well, Ballade 1 and El Contrabandista, but that's just about it. After that, it gets really unpleasant

[@aliceko4695]

Ballade no.1 is so beautiful ♡

[@ryzikx]

@@pubgplayer1720 mereaux 45 left hand harmony is so good imo, the midi obviously doesn't do it justice. plus there is wrong note in there lol

[@chezbe]

Paul Bartons version more better then Miller!

[@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji]

I highly recommend Boris Berezovsky's and Simon Barere's

[@alextheodoridis4075]

Cziffras is better than Barton at islamey

[@Barpoint212]

A very entertaining video, but I do wish you had used sheet music instead of Synesthesia, which is just distracting to me.

[@NBUU1]

3:00

[@NBUU1]

3:22

[@babygirl4169]

4:04

[@NBUU1]

3:34