Liszt’s final Transcendental Etude paints the picture of a snowstorm, beginning peacefully with flurries of snowflakes ❄️, and climaxing violently with enormous gusts of wind and freezing cold 🥶. Tremolos are sustained in both hands, creating a wall of sound that captures the density and force of the winter storm. Even though nature can be beautiful, humanity is ultimately at the mercy of the elements.
It‘s kind of a shame how the majority of the comment section is just asking for new pieces, instead of appreciating this amazing performance. Amazing work by the way, can barely imagine how many countless hours this took to play with such greatness.
*Composer:* Franz Liszt *Composition:* Transcendental Etude No. 12 Liszt was a composer, pianist, and music teacher. This piece is very beautiful. It has the programmatic title "Chasse-neige" (impetuous wind which raises whirls of snow), and is the 12th and last of the Transcendental Etudes. The étude is a study in tremolos but contains many other difficulties like wide jumps and fast chromatic scales, and it requires a very gentle and soft touch in the beginning. Ferruccio Busoni stated the étude was the "noblest example, perhaps, amongst all music of a poetising nature." He described the work as "a sublime and steady fall of snow which gradually buries landscape and people".
Niccolo Paganini my favourite is Berezovski m.ruclips.net/video/5Z7YHOgIF3A/видео.html just an amazing powerful take on this piece. There’s a few mistakes but making mistakes is part of the beauty of such a performance
for me every single note from 2:24 to 4:25 sounded snowy. In a tragic way. And the coda afterwards is just insane aswell. And such a beautiful end for this etude and etude set (!)
Good sir, you have blown me away not only is this one of the two favorite etudes of mine, I was going to ask you to play it today ! I might sound over reactive but I’m a 15 year old pianist with a love for classical piano, and have been fascinated and absorbed by Liszt and Chopin for several years, and to see you play them in this format is incredible, I’ve been here Since that un Sospiro video and you never fail to satisfy , all I hope is you play harmonies de siur and vision , well all of them but those two in particular , thank you for improving my Wednesday’s
Thanks very much! Thanks for recommending those other two Transcendentals. Harmonies de Soir would be a great one to do with Dynamic Color especially. I think that may be the next one I pick up (that I've never played before)...
SeeMusic Piano I’m nothing of a professional my self but I would say it’s on the “easier” side of the etudes easily the longest but slower paced, you have big hands so the chords reaches will be simplicity on your part , good job
@@loganm2924 I never understood why people think Mazeppa is THAT hard.. Feux Follets is litearlly impossible to play for most pianists (probably including professional pianists too) but if you search for Mazeppa you will find 100s of versions even from "amateur" pianists
@Dialgos75 none of them played it well, let alone hit all the right notes. It is a really hard piece to play right. Can you tell me in what way it isn’t more difficult than this piece?
@@loganm2924 I didn't say it wasn't more difficult. And it is really difficult. But it is far from being as unplayable as feux follets but that's just my opinion. I had not much troubles learning Mazeppa but I didn't even try playing feux follets but maybe it's just because my hands are to little and having small hands isn't as bad when playing mazeppa as when playing feux follets
@@dialgos7574 There's this music board called the abrsm. At the highest level, the frsm, the pianist has a choice to play feux follets And/or mazeppa. They also have a choice to play gaspard de la nuit. This level corresponds to the practical stuff learnt in your music's masters degree(Maybe slightly lower based on which university you're talking about). So, based on this, most pianists who have actually gone pro should be able to play feux follets and mazeppa. In fact, most of them can. You want unplayable? Check out the études d'execution transcendente d'apres paganini no 4b by liszt.
Thank you for FINALLY being the first person on RUclips to make a top down video of you playing this piece. I’m trying to learn it right now and it super helpful to see how someone else plays the piece!
Hope this channel will be as big one day as it deserves to be... And I will proudly say I was in the first 3k! You play beautifully, thanks for sharing it with us!
I'm here, yet again, for another listen. You give me so many emotions as I listen to your playing of this song I can't help but come back. Whenever I think of my top favorite solo piano pieces, I have never included this song in that list and only now I realize that I think this has become my second or third favorite piece. Well done, again and again. And thank you for learning and recording.
@@SeeMusicPiano Happiness is one of the emotions. ;) There are these majestic moments you bring out so well that make me stop whatever it is I'm doing and focus all my attention on the piece. I think that speaks to how you are bringing it out in your playing. Hope you are staying well and safe!
@@ludwig4029 I used the plural correctly. Read a little further, when I mention a list, that implies I was talking about multiple. Thanks for wanting to help, though! 😉
Inspired by Alkan's Op. 15 No. 2 "Le Vent" which is also somehow related to this since it translates to "The wind". Have a listen to it, Imo it's as beautiful as this.
I like this performance just I like my pastry; clear and crisp on the outside and mushy (in a good way) in the fillings Seriously, the pianissimo tremolo with pedal is way out of this world, guarded by crystal clear melody on the left and right
5k7 suscribers .. when i think rousseau get 2 millions while he is playing the same pieces we ever heard :D. I think you are the only wich played the piece you play with LED piano, GJ you are a boss keep it like that
Some people get views only because they play popular pieces. I honestly get tired of them. I've probably heard this once before, so it was nice to see it played in this form. I would love to hear less common Hungarian Rhapsodies like number 9 and 4.
TinTin Please don’t compare pianists to each other. That is very disrespectful , first of all , Every pianist has a different style and taste , Secondly , the pieces that Rousseau plays are all requested by his audience so you can not say “He’s playing the same peices everyone’s heard” because you people are the ones requesting them. It is true, these pianists deserve more attention, they are amazing.!
Wow!!! That was a sizzling performance!!! Off the hook skills!! Not many can undertake such a complex piece!!! You did it with the highest level of mastery!! BRAVO!!!! ~Jackie
It is a faithful, rigorous interpretation that borders on perfection and that also manages to transmit to the listener that stormy and magical atmosphere of snow ... It is also a brutal, tremendous and fabulous coordination job. Congratulations from Chile ... from the land of the great Claudio Arrau, who seemed to revive happily from his grave upon hearing this interpretation ... almost as he also sealed it to the brink of perfection.
Absolutely fantastic. Appreciate the effort and how you managed to keep your hands relaxed cuz this piece could cause enormous tension for those continuous movements
Back again for another dose of this song. So much love for this performance. It's odd, I'm generally a bit critical of Liszt for one dumb reason or another, but this song...so fantastic and you play it so well.
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Liszt’s final Transcendental Etude paints the picture of a snowstorm, beginning peacefully with flurries of snowflakes ❄️, and climaxing violently with enormous gusts of wind and freezing cold 🥶. Tremolos are sustained in both hands, creating a wall of sound that captures the density and force of the winter storm. Even though nature can be beautiful, humanity is ultimately at the mercy of the elements.
Feux Follets next!
And Mazeppa!
Wow I don’t think I can ever play this good job!
This a great one! Keep on!
Where's the Rousseau family? We gonna spam "PLAY HR2" the way we did to Rousseau?
@@davisatdavis1 yo!! Let's do it!
It‘s kind of a shame how the majority of the comment section is just asking for new pieces, instead of appreciating this amazing performance.
Amazing work by the way, can barely imagine how many countless hours this took to play with such greatness.
Actually, the most of comment that I saw are of impressed people who said it was the best interpretation of this étude...
Alejandro M. It improved.. luckily -
half an hour ago there were more people „demanding“ new pieces than there were people complimenting the playing.
Really appreciate the kind words! It was indeed many, many hours to master this one 😀
Mhm ist nunmal so die Leute wissen das nicht wert zu schätzen
Mhm maybe because he gets paid for it
3:40 love that octave
Same
Those chromatic scales sound like the wind howling. And you play theme so SMOOTH!!!!
💨 thank you!
I agree! It’s so well done! ❤️
I orchestrated this piece a while ago:
ruclips.net/video/vJu9e1Pr2Ek/видео.html
OMG this is my favourite Transcendental Etude
Too
@I am Not anonymous Lol, this piece was played in a drama?
juliangst lol I didn’t know that either
same but wilde jagd is also my favourite
ツMax same
The key change at 1:40 gets me every single time, so beautiful.
Liszt casually modulates a tritone away like that, and it’s so energetic
1:41 this part always gave me goosebumps
Sounds like the piece ''Salut d'Amour'' !!!!
@@ximeceleed8193 I made a meme about it in my community posts!
ruclips.net/video/vJu9e1Pr2Ek/видео.html
@@ximeceleed8193elgar❤️
It is accually my favourite transcendental etude FOREVER!
*Composer:* Franz Liszt
*Composition:* Transcendental Etude No. 12
Liszt was a composer, pianist, and music teacher. This piece is very beautiful. It has the programmatic title "Chasse-neige" (impetuous wind which raises whirls of snow), and is the 12th and last of the Transcendental Etudes. The étude is a study in tremolos but contains many other difficulties like wide jumps and fast chromatic scales, and it requires a very gentle and soft touch in the beginning. Ferruccio Busoni stated the étude was the "noblest example, perhaps, amongst all music of a poetising nature." He described the work as "a sublime and steady fall of snow which gradually buries landscape and people".
How do I achieve the quick chromatic scales in the left hand, the polyrhythms, and also the tremolos, and soft touch?
Louis Chua slow practice and incredibly much patience
that's from Wikipedia
Copy and pasted bro. I searched the piece up on Wikipedia. You copied it
@@shadowcj8820 long time no see
This is maybe the best performance on visualizer ever, its absolutly amazing. That musicality is wow
in england, we recently had a snow storm (February 2021) and this was a exactly what it sounded like
If Chopin's Winter wind is about snowing really hard, this is about Liszt cleaning that snow
(translate snowplow to french)
Aw. That's a cute description.
I can really imagine it.
No chasse neige is more snow storm than winter wind
yoy dont clean snow...it melts
It may be fall, but Winter Is Here
❄️ ❄️ ❄️
I believe this is the 30th time I've watched this now. Probably gonna hit repeat again
I never heard this piece before. I think this is now one of my favorites. Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
Big respects for seemusic on this one, but you should check out Kissin play it
Niccolo Paganini my favourite is Berezovski m.ruclips.net/video/5Z7YHOgIF3A/видео.html just an amazing powerful take on this piece. There’s a few mistakes but making mistakes is part of the beauty of such a performance
0:15 that E sounded so snowy☃️❄
for me every single note from 2:24 to 4:25 sounded snowy. In a tragic way. And the coda afterwards is just insane aswell. And such a beautiful end for this etude and etude set (!)
@@bboyo8307 true and also the small run make it even more snowy
@@bboyo8307 Orchestral: ruclips.net/video/vJu9e1Pr2Ek/видео.html
@@ValkyRiver truely beautiful
I love your hardwork
I also love how you casually play and upload such insanely tough pieces
Good sir, you have blown me away not only is this one of the two favorite etudes of mine, I was going to ask you to play it today ! I might sound over reactive but I’m a 15 year old pianist with a love for classical piano, and have been fascinated and absorbed by Liszt and Chopin for several years, and to see you play them in this format is incredible, I’ve been here Since that un Sospiro video and you never fail to satisfy , all I hope is you play harmonies de siur and vision , well all of them but those two in particular , thank you for improving my Wednesday’s
Thanks very much! Thanks for recommending those other two Transcendentals. Harmonies de Soir would be a great one to do with Dynamic Color especially. I think that may be the next one I pick up (that I've never played before)...
Lik Chalko same bro same
SeeMusic Piano I’m nothing of a professional my self but I would say it’s on the “easier” side of the etudes easily the longest but slower paced, you have big hands so the chords reaches will be simplicity on your part , good job
Lik Chalko easier??? Hell no, no.11 is for sure one of the harder ones.
Nvm it's somewhere in the middle, but it's still quite hard.
I absolutely adore this piece. Wonderful playing!
Thanks Erik! 🎹
Thanks Erik! 🎹
Thanks Erik! 🎹
Thanks Erik! 🎹
WOW.
I love the certain points where it sounds completely different from what a piano sounds like. Like wind howling
This is what winter sounds like
This sounds like an orchestra.
Wait… ruclips.net/video/vJu9e1Pr2Ek/видео.html
One of the best liszt etude in my opinion.
This piece definitely belongs in my to-study Liszt
Wow. this is phantastic!
Never heard this "hard to play" piece so well and and seemingly effortless.
Almost unbeleivable!!!
This is one of the most difficult of the Etude’s! Very impressive!
Before anyone says that Mazeppa and Feux Follets are harder, I know that.
@@loganm2924 I never understood why people think Mazeppa is THAT hard.. Feux Follets is litearlly impossible to play for most pianists (probably including professional pianists too) but if you search for Mazeppa you will find 100s of versions even from "amateur" pianists
@Dialgos75 none of them played it well, let alone hit all the right notes. It is a really hard piece to play right. Can you tell me in what way it isn’t more difficult than this piece?
@@loganm2924 I didn't say it wasn't more difficult. And it is really difficult. But it is far from being as unplayable as feux follets but that's just my opinion. I had not much troubles learning Mazeppa but I didn't even try playing feux follets but maybe it's just because my hands are to little and having small hands isn't as bad when playing mazeppa as when playing feux follets
@@dialgos7574 There's this music board called the abrsm. At the highest level, the frsm, the pianist has a choice to play feux follets And/or mazeppa. They also have a choice to play gaspard de la nuit. This level corresponds to the practical stuff learnt in your music's masters degree(Maybe slightly lower based on which university you're talking about).
So, based on this, most pianists who have actually gone pro should be able to play feux follets and mazeppa. In fact, most of them can. You want unplayable? Check out the études d'execution transcendente d'apres paganini no 4b by liszt.
Traum just dropped this piece, and I can't tell which interpretation I like more! We all know how godlike Traum is as well.
Imo, traum’s is the one I like more
Way to bring out the melody and play the tremolo steadily and quietly! They say this is among the hardest to play musically
The Flaming Piano Thank you!! It’s definitely a tough one 🎹
Thank you for FINALLY being the first person on RUclips to make a top down video of you playing this piece. I’m trying to learn it right now and it super helpful to see how someone else plays the piece!
Happy to hear it’s helpful! 😀🎹
@@SeeMusicPiano same rn :D
That's amazing! We love how you play etudes of Liszt!
Thank you, really appreciate the kind words
@@SeeMusicPiano When are you going to do the fifth transcendental etude?
Amazing performance! It's giving me a picture of rushing coldness into something warm in the past.. winter is coming.
Beautiful... listened to it for the first time... really soulful
My favorite Transcendental Etude so far.. I love your playing.
Thank you! 😀 🎹
Thats one of my favorite to play, you lay it really well.
Coming up on two years, and I have not yet found a performance of a piano piece on RUclips I like more than this.
Probably my favourite etude by Liszt
Winter wind on a different level
Nah, winter wind is better, (my opinion)
@@kofiLjunggreni respect your opinion but i think this one is better
@@kofiLjunggren I think this etude is much darker.
Hope this channel will be as big one day as it deserves to be... And I will proudly say I was in the first 3k! You play beautifully, thanks for sharing it with us!
I actually closed my eyes for a bit, ignoring all the pretty effects, just to enjoy this beautiful performance. So emotional and full of life.
Orchestral: ruclips.net/video/vJu9e1Pr2Ek/видео.html
4:24 i really love this 😍
I'm here, yet again, for another listen. You give me so many emotions as I listen to your playing of this song I can't help but come back. Whenever I think of my top favorite solo piano pieces, I have never included this song in that list and only now I realize that I think this has become my second or third favorite piece. Well done, again and again. And thank you for learning and recording.
Thank you! Very nice to hear the video is bringing happiness 😀 🎶
@@SeeMusicPiano Happiness is one of the emotions. ;) There are these majestic moments you bring out so well that make me stop whatever it is I'm doing and focus all my attention on the piece. I think that speaks to how you are bringing it out in your playing.
Hope you are staying well and safe!
piece*
@@ludwig4029 I used the plural correctly. Read a little further, when I mention a list, that implies I was talking about multiple. Thanks for wanting to help, though! 😉
@@vesperiadragon3221 you called this a song and not a piece, i wasn't talking about you using plurals correctly 🙂
Loved your choice of piano vst, literally not much classical piano channels uses the Garritan CFX and I think it sounds really nice.
Your dynamics are really good, even on a digital keyboard!
Very interesting etude.
It used to be one of those pieces I would hear on the radio while drawing. Very spooky, yet peaceful
This is a masterpiece. What a composition by Liszt
I love the chromatic scales in the left hand dude it's fun to play imo
Hi Chopin, you have definitely seen this orchestration.
ruclips.net/video/vJu9e1Pr2Ek/видео.html
Inspired by Alkan's Op. 15 No. 2 "Le Vent" which is also somehow related to this since it translates to "The wind". Have a listen to it, Imo it's as beautiful as this.
Wow, chasse neige... Its incredible.... Such one of the Best performance!
Orchestral: ruclips.net/video/vJu9e1Pr2Ek/видео.html
Wow 😱 what a piece and what a performance! 😲
It seems you love playing insanely hard pieces. Really impressing, you rock! 👍
Holy moly, this is absolutely insane
Some of these chords are just sadistic. Liszt is a tough master to serve.
Bro.......... this is why I fell in love with piano it’s so beautiful
I love transcendental etudes! I don’t have the patience to listen to all of them together, but when they are separated I do. Thanks for your content!
Thank you for watching! 🎹
by far the best transcendental etude !!!! thank you for this recording .
First time hearing this piece from the transcendental pieces, I'm glad yours was the first version
I adore you, never heard somebody performing more "ambientaly" and emotionaly than you ! 😍❤
i really can't get bored of listening classical piano pieces like this, thank you for posting many amazing performances
This is my favourite Transcendental Étude. And you have played it so good!
This was an insane performance, fucking hell man, good job
Amazing, absolutely stunning performance. Thanks for this masterpiece
Woah, to think that pianists like you exist among us and they aren’t world-famous is beyond me.
Amazing, I love the transcendental etudes. Keep up the good work!
I like this performance just I like my pastry; clear and crisp on the outside and mushy (in a good way) in the fillings
Seriously, the pianissimo tremolo with pedal is way out of this world, guarded by crystal clear melody on the left and right
I've been waiting for today's video and it didn't disappoint. Great playing and video loved it .
WOW THIS IS DEFINITELY ON THE LISZT OF ONE OF THE HARDEST TRANSCENDENTAL ETUDES !!!!
You are truly gifted. Bravo
Wow, never heard this etude before, it really leaves an impression. Awesome interpretation btw!
5k7 suscribers .. when i think rousseau get 2 millions while he is playing the same pieces we ever heard :D. I think you are the only wich played the piece you play with LED piano, GJ you are a boss keep it like that
Some people get views only because they play popular pieces. I honestly get tired of them. I've probably heard this once before, so it was nice to see it played in this form. I would love to hear less common Hungarian Rhapsodies like number 9 and 4.
TinTin
Please don’t compare pianists to each other.
That is very disrespectful , first of all , Every pianist has a different style and taste ,
Secondly , the pieces that Rousseau plays are all requested by his audience so you can not say “He’s playing the same peices everyone’s heard” because you people are the ones requesting them.
It is true, these pianists deserve more attention, they are amazing.!
Derek Seguine Yes HR4 is great, as well as HR12 (and 2 and 6, but everyone knows those).
@@icarus7211 I will compare whomever I want to. Are you my boss?
@@icarus7211 So I can't say whom I prefer? I never mentioned Rousseau by the way. Sounds like you can't accept others like different styles.
No. 12 and No. 9 are my favorites
Phenomenal playing! Utterly fond of it!
this is WAYY too underrated.
thank you so much for sharing this amazing performance keep it up!
This piece is so ominous but peaceful at the same time it makes me think of a snowstorm but from another dimension
Thumbnail looks good. I'm sure video will be awesome.
Thanks! I'm really happy with it - I think it's my best work so far 🎹
@@SeeMusicPiano I agree... btw pls do Wrong Note in the new format
Wow!!! That was a sizzling performance!!! Off the hook skills!! Not many can undertake such a complex piece!!! You did it with the highest level of mastery!! BRAVO!!!! ~Jackie
Amazing work! Superbly executed!
How do you play so well!? So resonant and brilliant
I'm proud of my amazing self.
This is unbelievable. Thank you
So well done. Fantastic job!
It is a faithful, rigorous interpretation that borders on perfection and that also manages to transmit to the listener that stormy and magical atmosphere of snow ...
It is also a brutal, tremendous and fabulous coordination job.
Congratulations from Chile ... from the land of the great Claudio Arrau, who seemed to revive happily from his grave upon hearing this interpretation ... almost as he also sealed it to the brink of perfection.
Great playing! Best interpretation ever!
Thank you - the positive feedback is really appreciated!
@@SeeMusicPiano you're welcome!
OOOOOOOMMMMMMGGGGGGG Been waiting so long for you to do this one :-) Awesome :-)
I’ve literally listened to this at least 5 times a week for the last 7 months
Same
Why question is: why aren't you already a world renowned concert pianist???
You really deserve more recognition
Beautiful Performance 👏💚
what a real god
Absolutely fantastic. Appreciate the effort and how you managed to keep your hands relaxed cuz this piece could cause enormous tension for those continuous movements
Your playing is so precise.... thank you for this
That was amazing!! BRAVO!
I love Franz Liszt so much
Amazingly played!
Wow! Well played!
I was shocked by just the title! Really loving chasse neige
You’ve performed my favourite two transcendental etude, appassionata and chasse-neige
ruclips.net/video/FpTFkogTs6g/видео.html
Thank you so much for these wonderful pieces. I love Liszt
Can't describe how I love this piece and playing as well. I am in love. 😌
Thank you! This video really helped me to understand the hands technic
Back again for another dose of this song. So much love for this performance. It's odd, I'm generally a bit critical of Liszt for one dumb reason or another, but this song...so fantastic and you play it so well.
great work! keep it up!
2:32 : You played A5, but it played C6. What is going on?
Very interesting and enjoyable as always