Liszt “Un Sospiro” VERSION 1 - Paul Barton, FEURICH 218 piano
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- Опубликовано: 11 апр 2017
- Liszt's "Un Sospiro - Version 1" features my own "ossia cadenza 2" and is played at a moderate-ish tempo.
"Version 2" is played at slightly faster tempo and has full cadenza 2: • Liszt “Un Sospiro” VER...
"Version 3" has full cadenza 2 and 4 extra bars after cadenza 2 which Liszt added in his own performances in later years: • Liszt “Un Sospiro” VER...
Sheet music in the public domain: goo.gl/CsS6J2 
Видеоклипы
A yes, another beautiful Liszt arrangement written for THREE HANDS
aye
Yep quite literally the as the piece utilizes what’s known as the three hand effect. To make it sound as if three hands are playing the piece.
Octopus are extremely smart. It might be possible.
literally
It was 400k views few months ago and when im back, its 2m+++ views xd
Anyone who can play Liszt has already won the game of life.
I can play the first to pages, does that count :)
I'm learning the 3rd liebestraum
He’s very hard.
I’m playing this piece right now :)
Avner Chaim (insert lenny face here)
At this point I'm almost convinced Liszt was never satisfied that human only has 10 fingers
There are ppl with 12 fingers
I have a rising feeling Liszt woundn't be satisfyed at any finger count 😛
no where is such a good version of this song. NOWHERE. no paid artists on spotify. no youtube videos. This is the best one existing on the planet so far.
Indeed!
I’d say Hamelin’s performance is just as beautiful, but for different reasons (faster arpeggios for a more beautiful melody, but less clarity than Barton’s performance) Both are awesome.
@@stacia6678 way too fast for My taste.
Have y’all heard cziffra’s version? He’s is definitely the best I’ve heard!!! Nothing against Barton tho.
so true, everything about it is perfect
Mind = blown. The speed, accuracy, and grace of movements is truly a spectacle to behold, to say nothing of the exquisite music itself.
Rusvul maybe it's just me but the video and sound look a bit sped up. Not doubting the speed or that this is possible but it looks very unnatural.
people, when will you realize it's not possible to speed up a video and have good sound as the same time? I can assure you Paul is a great pianist and not even a part of it is sped up
Soap Mactavish Yeah.. Occam's Razor.. Why would he.. Makes zero sense..
He’s good but some notes were really too loud. Check Valentina lisitsa.
Yeah... it's called virtuosity.
^..^~~
Just listen to how little pedal he uses. All the notes are legato BY HIS HAND, NOT by the pedal. That's INSANE. I've never heard so much clarity. Once or twice I thought it was almost too clear, but then my ears adjusted again and I was mindblown once more. Jesus, you're so much better than you get credit for.
Holy shit, I didn't notice that until you pointed it out! This guy is next-level good. As a very amateur pianist myself this is the kind of performance that makes me wish I practiced more.
It can also depend on how far you push the pedal down
Not sure about this... on the sheet there is the notation "Sempre Pedale", wich means "pedal always"... so he uses the pedal almost the whole song, I think.
I agree his touch is on par with the composer I would say
Hmm that might be taking it a little far xD. Liszt really was something else. Even someone like Horowitz or Zimmerman would bow down for him if he would be alive. You can definitely see that Paul has spent years practicing the Piano though. It really reflects
You know shit is getting real when you need three staves in you solo piano sheet music
Whats a stave?
@@RacoonEvil A staff, that’s the 5 lines with the clef on the left, where you write musical notes. usually there is only two for piano music.
Liszt used a third staff to write the melody at the top, while the accompaniment takes two staves at the bottom.
Actually that 3 staves part at the beginning looks impressive with the hands crossing, but it’s definitely not the hardest part.
Have a look at this one, still for solo piano music. how one can play this is beyond what I can comprehend.
ruclips.net/video/kbr7c2eRpUY/видео.html
@@anisometropie oh wow haha.
I didnt evern realize there were 2 treble clefs
Bass*
Rachmaninov: *laughs in four staves*
Paul is TRULY one of the greatest pianists living today. I suspect he just wants to live his life with his family. Wise choice!
AND play the piano!!
In my opinion the best is cateen
@@simonmarano9451 you have not seen the world, my friend
@@simonmarano9451 💀💀
@@neptune8590 yeah
"I Think I can play this..."...[skips to 2:20]..."never mind......"
It is impossibly hard in the beginning and those jumps... oh my frickin gosh are you insane? This is Liszt!
@@charlesmcbain8975 Well i am practising this piece and it gets easier over time when you practise it :p
@@charlesmcbain8975 actually, it's a patern of notes so it makes it easier, and the left hand has some jumps and leaps but compared to other Liszt pieces Un Sospiro is not that hard
Yes the section beginning around 2:20 is the most difficult part of the piece. Once you’ve mastered that you’re fine.
@Barrack Obama Vlogs Yep, considering that the bottom voice has to be quieter than the top, you need a lot of control with your fingers to be able to jump and keep the volume down. The Cadenzas in this piece are pretty tricky as well.
Liszt is not my favorite... but this, it's just insanely beautiful.
CxC2007 whats your favorite?:)
Chopin.
I prefer Rachmaninoff
Do you care to explain yourself?
I like Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Greig and plenty of others, but Chopin will always be the best in my book too!
*Beginning of EVERY Liszt piece*
Me: I think this is doable for me
*End of beginning*
Me: Dang he got me again nvm..
Seriously, this dude is one of the best pianists I've ever heard.
He sure is!
And a wonderful painter and father as well
You haven’t heard many, have you
@@kangchenjunga591 NaCl
@@PastPerspectives3 sodium chloride? wht?
When I first saw the sheet music to this piece in a music history class, I had absolutely no idea how anyone constrained by the limits of human beings was expected to play it.
Watching this video, I have even less of an idea.
I had no idea how Litzs composed it, absolute geinous
Practice
What if Liszt had two lives and his second life was...
...Ling Ling
Kailash
It all makes sense now, the L in Ling Ling stands for Liszt
I am no pianist, just someone that's toyed with it my whole life. I took this on figuring either I could do it, or I couldn't, only 1 way to find out. Well, as you might guess, I was right and I was wrong! In some ways I marvel at the simplicity of Liszt's composing, taking simple phrases and making them sound really hard when they actually fell right together nicely. Yeah, then there's the other parts! Most of the piece really wasn't bad, just the 2 damn arpeggio's gave me fits.
sees first page* "ya maybe I could play this"
gets to 4th page* "ya no"
Edit: ended up learning it all the way through and I have to say it almost killed me
That is master
Hayden Rouse. You crack me up! 😂 Congrats on learning it, though! :)
Same, I plyaed the first 4 pages with no major problem, but when I arrived at the the huge runs, I had a lot of trouble passing through it
Congrats my dude
Good job!
Barton plays with the same ease as Horowitz. Elegant and dreamy without histrionics or sentimentality. Sheer perfection.
Music Publishers: What key signature should we label this piece with?
Liszt: Yes
Calamity In Action how do you know it’s a key signature but don’t know it’s called a piece jk I’m not a loser that shames people for that
Advil X Elite I am just so used to referring music as songs because for a lot of my life, I listened to pop music from a car radio.
I also used to call the theme of a piece a chorus, which I don’t now
Calamity In Action lol ight its cool
Calamity In Action
schoenberg: *let me introduce myself...*
I learned this is section in 3 days and it was actually one of the easiest parts of the piece! i'm 12 btw
it's called Sospiro (sigh) but I can't breathe listening to it. Too beautiful.
The sospiro is 6min long if you can't breathe in those 6mins you are dead
Dank Samosa r/woosh
@@iffyuh8290 woosh
@@iffyuh8290 4d woosh my dood
I cant breath playing it
My chin hurts. I just had to pick it up off the floor when my jaw dropped. That was superbly played and interpreted.
Adam B Your head drops too?! My eyes close and I feel angels.
Imagine playing this so beautifully without mistakes in one go. Cannot imagine the dedication behind being a true artist. You have my respect sir!
Liszt be thinking, "If I'm gonna buy a whole piano, I'm gonna use the whole piano!"
Lol, I like that, that's good! That fits Liszt!
Best comment...and there are fantastic ones!!!
Rachmaninoff did the same, but he didn't bother to split the chords into runs 😏
Theres a mcdonalds ad in the uk with the tagline of "like getting your moneys worth" that i think fits tht comment perfectly
@Friska_ Your loss.
As amazing as this is, spare a thought for the utter genius that composed it. As insanely difficult this is to play (incredible by the way Paul) think of the genius that COMPOSED this. How Liszt got such beauty from such complexity is beyond me
Brian Dennehy 7
It's not that complex, it's a simple chord progression with a melody line. Beautiful, yes, but really quite simple when you strip away the arrangement.
Brian Dennehy Liszt was a madman. Which tends to be an important factor when composing
Well it's not complicated as in complex, there are barely any strange intervals, lots of it is just octaves, it's just a harmony with a melody line, but it sure is difficult to play. Liszt often composed pieces which were just incredibly hard to play, but this is really not that virtuosic
Comparing Liszt’s romantic harmonies and modulations to those of Mozart is a little absurd. From just a harmonic point of view, Mozart would have never written anything like this. That’s not to say Mozart’s harmonic craftsmanship is any less genius than Liszt’s, but Liszt’s is incomparable due to differing styles and harmonic techniques.
Love his straight forward, simple and beautiful interpretations. No stale melodramatics or tricks, just beautiful playing.
One of the most beatiful pieces I have ever heard.
This is still not on my TO-DO Liszt.
Lol
What a time to be alive...
Agreed
Agreed.
Agreed
Indeed!
Live Alive With A. B. Martin top of top of the best!
At the music studio I teach piano at, we have a whole bunch of adjoining studio rooms, and when we have breaks in our teaching schedule a lot of us will use the time to practice pieces we're working on... the teacher who shares a studio wall with me is really beautiful and I've always had a huge crush on her... one day she decided to start practicing this piece and I had the chance to listen to her play it so beautifully week after week... after a couple of months I finally realized that listening to her play this amazing piece had made me fall in love with her...
In the end how did It go?
Friendzoned
Lesson: Learn the piano to get laid.
I would love to be friendzoned by someone like her. Heck, that's more than too good for me already.
How cute!
Liszt is very quickly becoming my favorite classical composer.
Blank Slate Arts He's my favorite, right after Beethoven. Liszt idolized him.
This is phenomenal!! I first heard this composition in the 1960 movie "Song without End," starring Capucine and Dirk Bogarde, when I was 20 years old. 60 years later I find it on RUclips, and it is more beautiful than ever. Barton's touch is magnificent, almost mystical. I bought the soundtrack on audio tape (no idea where it is now). It was an emotionally moving film when Liszt leaves his bevy of lovers to use his music in service to God and his Church. "Un Sospiro" was the closing music to the film.
Hey Paul, you should do a FAQ, that would be interesting. Did you practise a lot when you were younger and were you a 'prodigy' or did your love for the piano blossom later in life because you somehow went under the radar for a concert pianist haha
I like how realistic robots are made nowadays
Ahahahahaha
Nice
I think you are being mean..
Yolanda Salapata what why? his just making a joke😂
+Yolanda Salapata ....2 people agreed!?...wow...
377 people really just do not have a clue how good this guy is.. on some of his arpeggios and lines he's not even using the sustain pedal.. ridiculous musicality and technique! this piece simply blows me away.. brilliant playing!
The way you play the melody is just insane, you can hear it so clear in every single second of the piece like if a third hand were playing it, lovely interpretation!!
it sounds so innocent and gorgeous, I can imagine a perfect childhood filled with sunny days adventures, discovering the world and admiring it for what it is
Music takes me to other places, also. Places that are not found on any map....
Paul Barton a 360 degree artist,
great intensity great perfection great sensibility, a special person!
this piece is technically really difficult. the interpretation to give this piece a good character is even more difficult. But you nailed it, paul.
This is the music of a true genius. Coming from the heart, soul and spirit of the great great GEAT Liszt. Splendid performance. Thanks for sharing.
Stunning, but another Czerny exercise is waiting for me.
Michael Walther more like 765
Czerny Is amazing Is beatiful, is the best composer for me, ruclips.net/video/3rS1qhcL1e4/видео.html
I FEEL U
LMAO same
so clean, so accurate, so perfect
This is by far and away the best version I have ever heard of this piece. Been coming back to this video for years. Thank you for this.
Absolutely agree... its much better played at a slower pace. Amazing piece of music.
I think one of the most beautiful pieces ever written for piano..........Pure magic! Thank you Liszt...
I bet the elephants LOVED this one!
The first melody is pretty simple
sospiro melody isnt really complex
Elephants? What are you talking about?
@@timotejbernat462 At this channel Paul played many pieces for elephants
Nikolor Thank you very much for explaining, I've watched his elephant stuff after reading this and it was everything I hoped it would be
Its like Liebestraum no. 3 kicked up to 11.
Oddly enough I find Liebestraum more difficult to play. But I learned this one when I was more advanced and I learned Liebestraum when my technique was kind of crappy. Just my $0.02, both are difficult but well worth the effort.
I have only learned Liebestraum no. 3
@@legojesus1312 can you tell me about it? For example, is it harder than Fantaisie Impromptu?
@@legojesus1312 and how many time did it take to learn it
@@rabdelow I have never played Fantasie Impromtu, and yes its hard. I didnt practise very often so took me a couple of months with steady progress. i still struggle on some of the fast parts. but will say i'm 90% done with it.
2:27 that bass gave me goosebumps never seen by man before, holy molly
Liszt's music is in the world. And that is a reason to be alive in this world.
Level: "insane". You are an amazing pianist sir.
Now this is creepy. After a long time, I just whipped out my copy of this piece and started playing it again...and this comes out of my RUclips feed.
Destiny
Picking my jaw up off the floor. Thank you for sharing this incredible music with your amazing talent, skill and hard work.
Hi pretty lady. How are you doing today?
1. Be born as a genius with musical talent and huge hands. 2. Be born to a pianist who plays for a Prince. 3. Sight read Chopin like it’s nothing, get noticed by aristocrats. 4. Practice scales and arpeggios 10-12 hours per day until you get so sick of having mastered every awkward fingering pattern that you decide to challange yourself by making even harder ones. 5. Laugh at everyone that tries to play your “practice problems.”
won´t be my favorite piece but u played it beautifully and u made it look so easy omg
NoName what is it then.?
It's the best of Liszt in my opinion !!!!
Why does everyone have to say it like that. "It's not my favorite piece but" it's not like you can't enjoy it just because it's not your favorite. What, do you play your "favorite piece" only like that's all you listen to? Ok rant over
Berceuse chopin ;)
I believe NoName meant that it won’t be his favorite piece to play because of its difficulty, but Paul made it seem so easy in this video.
Bravo, Paul! Like others, I too have been hoping/waiting for a re-recording of this Liszt masterpiece that you posted back in 2009. To my ears, your performance in that first upload is on one of the most balanced and tuned upright pianos that I've ever heard. To hear this piece on the Feurich with your current recording technique is just... grandiose. Thank you so much for this. This made my day!
Stephen Christopher esecuzione ottima ,ricordo la mia esecuzione fatta per gli esami ,tanto studio ma Liszt è rimasto nel mio cuore.
All sight-readers, and just everyone really...
Pause at 2:41 and just *_look at that._*
That is all.
Li'lBlu RidingHood of course most normal pianists can’t sight read that properly, we’d probably guess the key the modulation is in before attempting it
Vikram Keskar yes, but not all of those notes are moving chromatically. Flight of the Bumblebee is easier to read in comparison to this flight of notes due to only having a single chromatic line
My dear friend,
THATS THE SIMPLEST PART OF THE PIECE.
It's just mimicking whatever interval is in either hand. If you play it and are proficient in scales/chromatics, it's honestly fine. If you've played enough liszt, a lot of patterns in his pieces become muscle memory.
It was probably a lot harder to write than to play...
Donc la mélodie est à la main droite ou gauche ?
- Oui.
LeGalerien_ Je viens de voir ce même commentaire sur une autre vidéo de un sospiro, hmmmm
ahhahahahahahahahahah
cela correspond plus pour mon étude op 25 no. 12
ta gueule
😅
It made me cry. Very Beautiful. Thank you Paul.
You are the first person I look for as a reference to any piece I am trying to learn. You truly have a gift.
this has no business being both beautiful and ridiculously difficult wtf
great performance
Left hand from 1:34 - 1:38 is insane, Liszt was really the GOAT and Mr Barton is nothing but a world class pianist. Outstanding.
Music bright like a diamond. Please more Liszt Maestro!
1:35 Movement like that is something I can only dream about
I feel the same way...
2:16 on is rapturous, beyond exquisite and Paul Barton's technique is warm, precise and clear- never heard anything executed with such feeling.
His playing is just so on time it’s so much different than other pianists
That was just plain old fun to watch! I had a smile on my face the whole way through. Bravo!
Oh my....Paul!!! This is an exquisite and beautiful rendition of this beloved work of Liszt!!! Just watching your hands alone is poetry in motion!! This is such an incredibly difficult piece of music that you handle with great ease! Your execution of the arpeggios is just as smooth as butter and your crossover work is absolutely outstanding!! The work on the descending and ascending scale passages are so fluid and simply fantastic!! I say BRAVO to you Paul for one of your finest performances (in my humble opinion)!!! ~Jackie
This is my favorite rendition I’ve ever heard of this piece. You actually take your time with it and give as much intonation to each note played as you can. Most versions sound more like a rolling cascade of notes to me rather than an beautiful, rolling harmony with a clear melody on top.
Just wonderful... thank you a million times.🙏
Bravo, bravissimo !
You are a real artist mr barton !
Not even Liszt would have played it so perfectly !
Subscribed instantly.
Thanks for the sub!
I had forgotten how beautiful this piece was. Fantastic playing, thank you
I love this. I remember your older Un Sospiro on that wonderful upright and I'm grateful for this new video.
Your touch on this piece is exquisite. I keep coming back everyday to hear it.
Absolutely Amazing and amazingly beautiful. What a joy it was to watch that performance!
i love how after such a difficult piece he ends its with a few graceful chords. es magnissimo!
Holy moly this is truly amazingly mind blowing and beautiful. Masterpiece played by a master! 🙇🙇🙇 Thank you
So beautiful. Love this one!
Gorgeous fingering and hands, Mr Barton. If I could only move like you, on the keys. A sight to behold; not to mention your enchanting expression when playing. Makes me sob inside....absolutely incredible. I could listen to and watch you play all day..Thank you, sir!
I noticed you play this in perfect timing.......you don’t try to rush it to show off.......the beauty of the song is captured
them: "just learn left hand and right hand separately!"
me: "uhhhhh"
What an amazing performance. Everything is just perfect about this. Just wow
One of the best performances of this immortal piece I have ever heard. Bravo!!!
I cannot imagine the thrill of mastering this piece. I have started working on Consolation
No 3. And it will take a very long time to get to the point where I can play it all the way through,
I would trade ALL of my abilities (such as they are ) to really master the piano.
Thank you Paul. It was wonderful to hear you play this beautiful work of art. ❤️
Looking at that notation and even contemplating how I'd remotely begin to count it out and place my hands into motion, quite literally makes my head hurt. Beautiful performance.
Such a joy to listen to! Beautiful!
Among all the beautiful plays, I love this one the most. Wonderful play
The chords that start at 2:57...my god. Seriously one of the most beautiful melodies I've ever heard in my life. And you play it so perfectly. Bravo
agrreed, that chord resolution. it's almost other worldly. I keep coming back to this piece. Paul's playing is simply top notch. amazing dynamics and tone.
right?? genuinely breathtaking
Absolutely incredible! Videos like these remind me why I work hard at the piano everyday!
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SONG, AND SO WELL PLAYED.
Wow, what a masterpiece, and you play it so beautifully!
I am 21 years old, thus my knowledge of classical music is still quite limited. However, I discover so many new pieces through your channel, thank you so much for that!!!
Que interpretação maravilhosa. Fantástico Perfeito como sempre nosso incomparável Paul Barton.
Dear Paul, you are just great ! Highest precision, nothing is rushed, every tone is crystal clear, wonderful play ! Wow !
This piece gives me the chills. I love it!
I don't know why but I cried watching it.
Paul, you make this look so easy. Amazing interpretation!
keep coming back to listen to this. I am just literally in awe. truly amazing Paul. 10/10 wow.
still just in absolute awe at this piece of music. simply amazing Paul.
I always wonder how pianists make the main melody stand out amongst the flurry of notes. so impressive.
I finished the video, calmly took my headphones off, and just said “wow”. This. Right. Here. This is it.
That is some serious magnificent playing of a masterpiece by Liszt!!
Every time I hear and watch this I get more and more from it. Its spectacularly beautiful and the way your hands hover the keyboard is impressive to say the least. I'd love to be able to produce arpeggios like that. Love it.
Why do people dislike this video? He plays this song with accuracy and it is a difficult piece Like if you agree
The technique and accuracy are the most easy parts of playing this...
I don't like the sound produced, I hear like marcato everywhere (maybe the recording?).... Especially in the "dolce" moments. If you hear a "real" sound and what it's possible, you will understand me (ps: sorry for eventual bad english I'm french).
@Lethalic Yeah, after listening to Hamelin's version, I have to admit this sounds a bit dry, though technically it's perfect.
I agree It's very good technically but nowhere near Hamelin's level. You can tell Barton slowed down in difficult places, which gets in the way of the musicality. Hamelin doesn't have that problem and plays it both faster and much softer/sweeter.
Amazing
That made me cry. Such an emotional piece. Well played!
Splendida e avvincente esecuzionedi un capolavoro lisztiano! Chapeau, M° Barton!!!
Obra de arte, toca a alma! incrível ver como tem 213 seres q nao gostaram dessa musica! So podem ser funkeiros rappers ou pagodeiro,,,kkkkkkk.....isso é um pedacinho do céu!