How wonderful is it that the same beautiful music still sounds the same now.,,100’s of years later. It is almost the only way we can connect to our distant past and feel like we are in both times all at once….
definitely one of the more beautiful melodies liszt wrote ((: rubinstein is also a fantastic pianist! he's my go-to for listening to anything chopin, so maybe you can try his recordings next time you listen to chopin. the audio is definitely not the best as well but i personally think the old quality gives this recording a bit of charm (:
You talk about memories when playing, and it's absolutely true. Whenever I play Chopins Op 28 No6 it takes me back to the time when i was learning it.... Canadian winter, dark and cold, in a warm and welcoming room with my new piano, experiencing the beauty of playing Chopin for the first time. I get that "first time" feeling every time i play it, and it hits hard most days how beautiful the notes are that he wrote and the fact that I can play them. The trance it sets me into is so deeply focused on the keys, the sounds, and the emotion behind them that I start to feel as though I must be sharing the same emotion with the composer himself. I may never know what was in Chopins head when he put the piece together, but what was in his heart is right there at my fingertips, for our ears to listen to as it's played. This piece and your reaction reminds me of that experience, all the memories of hearing what is in the hearts of long dead composers, studying their notes one by one to squeeze out every morsel of context and meaning so that they can communicate heart to heart with us, one human experience to another, as closely as it is possible to do so. I dont pretend to know what Mr.Rubinstein was thinking when this video was captured, but I can guess that he was in deep contemplation of the connection he just felt with Liszt after playing so beautifully. It's impossible to put words to it (though I still try lol) but that look on his face says it to me... he was feeling out what was just expressed. Have you ever felt like you and a piece are more deeply connected than the literal experience of it? Like you somehow feel as though the music is so clearly played that you know you must be feeling another humans experience in life? If so, I wonder which piece it is that does it best for you... so far that you've heard.
The one piece I felt an immediate connection for the very first time might be Arabesque no.1 by Debussy. I think it was mainly because I had a bad day and as usual was overthinking a lot of things and so when I listened to that for the first time I felt at peace. It just really connected to me at that moment.
@@GIDIREACTS i think this is an excuse to finally add a piece of Debussy to my repertoire :D I really just enjoyed listening to this one just now, and watching the pianists hands looks like it would be a joy to play. I wonder if Debussy was as calm and blissful in general like his music, or if the expression comes more from his desire to be so... like he is playing the emotion he wishes he felt in his every day life. A counterpoint to his reality kind of thing.
@@GIDIREACTS Arabesque No. 1 is stupendously bueatiful. Different interpretations of it are very varied too. You got to find that one recording that speaks to you. That one interpretation played at a speed that benefits the piece, in your opinion, with phrasing that feels intuitive and an interpretation that flows like water. At least, this is what I am looking for currently. Debussy and a few other composers made Arabesques and this form of music was inspired by the intricacies and flowyness of Arabic architecture and calligraphy at the time. Hence the name, Arabesque.
Rubinstein is my favorite performer. His portrayal of Chopin (or in this case Liszt) drove me to continue playing piano and it got me through my tough times in life. So yeah, he’s the MVP in my opinion.
You have a really good "feeling". What you said about melodies can trigger certain memories is very true. However I still think Artur Rubinstein is more a musician than only a pianist! IMHO Rubinstein always does the music (melodie and rhythm) justice! His (and Zimerman's) piano play is like "singing" this piece - so beautiful! For me Rubinstein is the master of those short pieces of romantic composers like Mendelssohn, Liszt, Brahms, Schubert and Schumann. 😍
Hello Gidi. Thank you for sharing all your reactions with us. Keep them coming! You obviously love the piano, and so much wonderful music has been written for the instrument. Have you heard Mozart's piano concerto no. 23? If not please try the performance by Zoltan Kocsis on RUclips. It was beautifully filmed in Prague and you could listen to the middle movement Adagio if you don't want to go over 10 minutes (although the whole thing would be more satisfying of course!).
Nice video, Gidi! It's one of my favourite Liszt Pieces, utterly romantic! If I could suggest, you might love to react to Yunchan Lim's Rach 3. It's breathtaking!
This recording is very old and didnt do justice for this piece and performance. Rousseau has this piece on channel though. Im not a big Rousseau fan but you should definitely check that on out. Also Id recommend Liszt - Un sospiro too.
Always a pleasure to see your reactions. If you love lirism and dramaticism, you should begin listening also to Schubert. His "Death and the Maiden" quartet deserves your atenttion!
"Dies irae" is a good starting point. I'd recommend listening to Liszt Totentanz by my favorite pianist Krystian Zimerman (though the orchestra could seem a little too loud at some passages) typical for Seijzi Ozawa. 🤔
Gidi, on one of your community posts I recommended that you react to Schumann Toccata in C Major op.7, but I didn't leave any recommendation for the performance. There's a recorded performance on RUclips by Frank Dupree that I like so if you decide to react to this piece please choose this video.
The version by Jorge Bolet is one of the best although I actually think another one of the best versions was created in a vlog by Tiffany Poon playing on Richard Wagner's old Piano which is possibly where this piece was composed or at least played by Liszt himself. (Hence the beauty of that performance)
I'm not that sure about this "fun fact". Mainly because Franz Liszt himself was a very famous pianist at his time and composed mainly for his instrument (like Chopin). This Liebestraum No. 3 might have had added lyrics at Liszt's time however. 🤔
@@MusikPiratCH Liszt wrote the original O lieb so land du lieben kanst, which has a much earlier publication date and much older manuscripts. Also, don’t assume Liszt only wrote for piano like Chopin did. Some of Liszt’s greatest music is for orchestra and many orchestration students say that Liszt’s orchestration abilities were better than even Tchaikovsky. If you don’t believe that Liszt could have been great at writing for anything other than piano, listen to all his 13 symphonic poems, the Faust symphony, Via Crucis, and Christus.
Been waiting for this!! Thank you for reacting to this piece, saw many people recommending it and knew that you'd react to it at some point :) Liebestraum is my favourite piece by Liszt. He's an amazing composer and I know he probably has many other works which are better and this is probably not considered a masterpiece of his, but no other piece has ever sounded so beautiful to me and made me feel so content and at peace whenever I listen to it. Always wondered what Liszt is thinking and feeling when he composed and played this. I like that you also chose to listen to Rubinstein's version of it when most people would likely have just chosen a modern interpretation that isn't an old recording. If there is another interpretation of Liebestraum that you would be interested to listen to, you should listen to the one by Traum! I would also recommend that you check his channel out as he has some of the best interpretations in my opinion and it would also introduce you to many other wonderful classical piano pieces too, even the lesser known ones. :) Suggestions of pieces to listen to by Traum: Liebestraum No. 3 - Liszt Un Sospiro - Liszt Etude No. 6 - Paganini/Liszt La Campanella - Liszt Consolation No. 3 - Liszt Widmung - Schumann/Liszt Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen - Schubert/Liszt Waltz in C Sharp Minor, Op 64, No 2 - Chopin Aeolian Harp - Chopin Erlkönig - Schubert/Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 - Liszt (this one's kinda long, almost 10 mins) And other pieces in general: Waldesrauschen - Liszt Liebesleid - Kreisler/Rachmaninoff (1921 recording of Rachmaninoff himself playing it) Prelude in C Sharp Minor - Rachmaninoff
Do you speak german? Because your pronounciation of Liebestraum sounded native 😂 Btw you have to Listen to Wagners Parsifal, Last 5 Minutes are the Most beautiful harmonys i ve ever listened to 😍
Oh hell yes!!! The end of Parsifal is great. Or while were at Liebestraum, why not Wagners Liebestod? The prelude to Tristan and Isolde is also one of my favourite pieces of music ever
You can listen to "Un Sospiro" considered one of the most beautiful pieces from Liszt
Lizst made other very beautiful works
How wonderful is it that the same beautiful music still sounds the same now.,,100’s of years later. It is almost the only way we can connect to our distant past and feel like we are in both times all at once….
definitely one of the more beautiful melodies liszt wrote ((: rubinstein is also a fantastic pianist! he's my go-to for listening to anything chopin, so maybe you can try his recordings next time you listen to chopin. the audio is definitely not the best as well but i personally think the old quality gives this recording a bit of charm (:
You talk about memories when playing, and it's absolutely true. Whenever I play Chopins Op 28 No6 it takes me back to the time when i was learning it.... Canadian winter, dark and cold, in a warm and welcoming room with my new piano, experiencing the beauty of playing Chopin for the first time. I get that "first time" feeling every time i play it, and it hits hard most days how beautiful the notes are that he wrote and the fact that I can play them. The trance it sets me into is so deeply focused on the keys, the sounds, and the emotion behind them that I start to feel as though I must be sharing the same emotion with the composer himself. I may never know what was in Chopins head when he put the piece together, but what was in his heart is right there at my fingertips, for our ears to listen to as it's played.
This piece and your reaction reminds me of that experience, all the memories of hearing what is in the hearts of long dead composers, studying their notes one by one to squeeze out every morsel of context and meaning so that they can communicate heart to heart with us, one human experience to another, as closely as it is possible to do so. I dont pretend to know what Mr.Rubinstein was thinking when this video was captured, but I can guess that he was in deep contemplation of the connection he just felt with Liszt after playing so beautifully. It's impossible to put words to it (though I still try lol) but that look on his face says it to me... he was feeling out what was just expressed.
Have you ever felt like you and a piece are more deeply connected than the literal experience of it? Like you somehow feel as though the music is so clearly played that you know you must be feeling another humans experience in life? If so, I wonder which piece it is that does it best for you... so far that you've heard.
The one piece I felt an immediate connection for the very first time might be Arabesque no.1 by Debussy. I think it was mainly because I had a bad day and as usual was overthinking a lot of things and so when I listened to that for the first time I felt at peace. It just really connected to me at that moment.
@@GIDIREACTS i think this is an excuse to finally add a piece of Debussy to my repertoire :D I really just enjoyed listening to this one just now, and watching the pianists hands looks like it would be a joy to play. I wonder if Debussy was as calm and blissful in general like his music, or if the expression comes more from his desire to be so... like he is playing the emotion he wishes he felt in his every day life. A counterpoint to his reality kind of thing.
@@GIDIREACTS Arabesque No. 1 is stupendously bueatiful. Different interpretations of it are very varied too. You got to find that one recording that speaks to you. That one interpretation played at a speed that benefits the piece, in your opinion, with phrasing that feels intuitive and an interpretation that flows like water. At least, this is what I am looking for currently.
Debussy and a few other composers made Arabesques and this form of music was inspired by the intricacies and flowyness of Arabic architecture and calligraphy at the time. Hence the name, Arabesque.
Rubinstein is my favorite performer. His portrayal of Chopin (or in this case Liszt) drove me to continue playing piano and it got me through my tough times in life. So yeah, he’s the MVP in my opinion.
You have a really good "feeling". What you said about melodies can trigger certain memories is very true. However I still think Artur Rubinstein is more a musician than only a pianist! IMHO Rubinstein always does the music (melodie and rhythm) justice! His (and Zimerman's) piano play is like "singing" this piece - so beautiful! For me Rubinstein is the master of those short pieces of romantic composers like Mendelssohn, Liszt, Brahms, Schubert and Schumann. 😍
Its almost Prokofiev Piano concerto no. 2 right 😊😊😊😱😱😱😱😱
Btw nice video!!!! Love it
Hello Gidi. Thank you for sharing all your reactions with us. Keep them coming! You obviously love the piano, and so much wonderful music has been written for the instrument. Have you heard Mozart's piano concerto no. 23? If not please try the performance by Zoltan Kocsis on RUclips. It was beautifully filmed in Prague and you could listen to the middle movement Adagio if you don't want to go over 10 minutes (although the whole thing would be more satisfying of course!).
one of my favourites ever, i learnt it last year. Im currently learning Ravels Panave, lovely piece too
I recommend Traum's interpretation!! Great vid
Nice video, Gidi! It's one of my favourite Liszt Pieces, utterly romantic! If I could suggest, you might love to react to Yunchan Lim's Rach 3. It's breathtaking!
This recording is very old and didnt do justice for this piece and performance. Rousseau has this piece on channel though. Im not a big Rousseau fan but you should definitely check that on out. Also Id recommend Liszt - Un sospiro too.
No, not Rousseau. Kassia or Traum would be way better.
By the way, I am not sure of what mean BBB but it strucked me.
@@Dylonely42 B is just a first letter of my nickname lol. I did recommend Rousseau because I afraid he doesnt know Kassia or Traum.
@GIDI REACTS If you read this please check out Kassia or Traum Piano channel
@@BBB-hi4hc It’s actually very easy to find the video of Kassia or Traum and he could appreciate it better.
Thank you so much !! When are you going to react to prokofiv piano concerto 2?
Should not be too long so coming soon 😌
Always a pleasure to see your reactions. If you love lirism and dramaticism, you should begin listening also to Schubert. His "Death and the Maiden" quartet deserves your atenttion!
I think Verdi's Requiem "Dies Irae" would knock your socks off!
Oh definitely
"Dies irae" is a good starting point. I'd recommend listening to Liszt Totentanz by my favorite pianist Krystian Zimerman (though the orchestra could seem a little too loud at some passages) typical for Seijzi Ozawa. 🤔
Gidi, on one of your community posts I recommended that you react to Schumann Toccata in C Major op.7, but I didn't leave any recommendation for the performance. There's a recorded performance on RUclips by Frank Dupree that I like so if you decide to react to this piece please choose this video.
Also a bit of background info - it's really really hard. Like it can cause injury it's that demanding physically.
The version by Jorge Bolet is one of the best although I actually think another one of the best versions was created in a vlog by Tiffany Poon playing on Richard Wagner's old Piano which is possibly where this piece was composed or at least played by Liszt himself. (Hence the beauty of that performance)
Yeeah my request :_D
You should try Liszt's "Gnomenreigen" (I'd recommend Cziffra's version), also your German is really good
I think he is German
Excelente, saludos desde Argentina
Much love ❤️
I like it.
As all of us
A fun fact about this piece, it originally had lyrics. Look up o lieb so lang du lieben kanst
I'm not that sure about this "fun fact". Mainly because Franz Liszt himself was a very famous pianist at his time and composed mainly for his instrument (like Chopin). This Liebestraum No. 3 might have had added lyrics at Liszt's time however. 🤔
@@MusikPiratCH Liszt wrote the original O lieb so land du lieben kanst, which has a much earlier publication date and much older manuscripts. Also, don’t assume Liszt only wrote for piano like Chopin did. Some of Liszt’s greatest music is for orchestra and many orchestration students say that Liszt’s orchestration abilities were better than even Tchaikovsky. If you don’t believe that Liszt could have been great at writing for anything other than piano, listen to all his 13 symphonic poems, the Faust symphony, Via Crucis, and Christus.
@@MusikPiratCH you pretending to be a Liszt expert and you don’t even know that Liszt wrote lieder lol
@@MusikPiratCH wait until you find out Liszt wrote more pieces for voice than Chopin wrote for piano
Been waiting for this!! Thank you for reacting to this piece, saw many people recommending it and knew that you'd react to it at some point :) Liebestraum is my favourite piece by Liszt. He's an amazing composer and I know he probably has many other works which are better and this is probably not considered a masterpiece of his, but no other piece has ever sounded so beautiful to me and made me feel so content and at peace whenever I listen to it. Always wondered what Liszt is thinking and feeling when he composed and played this. I like that you also chose to listen to Rubinstein's version of it when most people would likely have just chosen a modern interpretation that isn't an old recording. If there is another interpretation of Liebestraum that you would be interested to listen to, you should listen to the one by Traum! I would also recommend that you check his channel out as he has some of the best interpretations in my opinion and it would also introduce you to many other wonderful classical piano pieces too, even the lesser known ones. :)
Suggestions of pieces to listen to by Traum:
Liebestraum No. 3 - Liszt
Un Sospiro - Liszt
Etude No. 6 - Paganini/Liszt
La Campanella - Liszt
Consolation No. 3 - Liszt
Widmung - Schumann/Liszt
Litanei auf das Fest Aller Seelen - Schubert/Liszt
Waltz in C Sharp Minor, Op 64, No 2 - Chopin
Aeolian Harp - Chopin
Erlkönig - Schubert/Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 - Liszt (this one's kinda long, almost 10 mins)
And other pieces in general:
Waldesrauschen - Liszt
Liebesleid - Kreisler/Rachmaninoff (1921 recording of Rachmaninoff himself playing it)
Prelude in C Sharp Minor - Rachmaninoff
Do you speak german? Because your pronounciation of Liebestraum sounded native 😂
Btw you have to Listen to Wagners Parsifal, Last 5 Minutes are the Most beautiful harmonys i ve ever listened to 😍
Oh hell yes!!! The end of Parsifal is great. Or while were at Liebestraum, why not Wagners Liebestod? The prelude to Tristan and Isolde is also one of my favourite pieces of music ever
Noted! And yes I speak german 😌
You should check out liszt’s mephisto waltz
Dude i heard this classical piece in beginning million times but what is the name?
IF you like this CHeck out Satie......He was amazing at such a style..............