8 Levels of LISZT
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Pianists: So how many octaves?
Liszt: yes
This is a real quote from his memoirs
Hahaha
La Campanella: *why not make them skip “a couple octaves”, just a couple.*
@@Franz_Liszt_Korean Ha
@@PLstudio297 nice to meet you
Non musicians seeing La Campanella in Number 5:
**visible confusion**
Thats so annoying when people call it "the most difficult piece ever written"
It's not that I'm confused, but thinking to myself: oh crap, that's only level 5, and I could never play that no matter how much practice I put in.
@@justinbenglick Just try!
@@moritzliska4629 I don't play piano anymore. I played for 7 years, and the hardest piece I ever played was Chopin's raindrop prelude. It was hopeless.
@@justinbenglick hmm shit
You know its going to be wild when “Liebestraum” is only level 3
underrated comment
@@JulianUrsano you didn’t need to add that
@@solarsystem5286 I'm here for it
in reality it should be in lv -7 if compare to his whole repertoire
I literally just commented this lmfao
Alternative title: 8 Piano Pieces everyone wants to learn but their 11th finger has not been shipped yet
Lmao😂😂😂😂
Underrated.
Just use your nose!
'[...] their 11th finger has not been shipped yet' 😂😂
*ive been waiting for 9 years and I still don’t have my eleventh finger.*
You should have put all the rectangle colors in red tones, there is no "green" level in Liszt repertoire haha
Also, thanks for recording that part of the piano sonata. It is my favourite section in the piece
And "grand galop chromatique"? th-cam.com/video/rYUx1-PpHAo/w-d-xo.html
@@DiegoReyes_890 why the immature and clumsy lisita interpretation? Listen to cziffra
@@zackl7467 I assumed that since it was an old video it wouldn't have copyright. But I prefer the interpretation of TRAUM a thousand times over that of lisitsa. Even though I don't play the piano, I never have and I don't consider myself the right one to rate his performances.
@@DiegoReyes_890 and feux follets or mazzepa
Edit: especially totentanz
when i see liebestraum in third *physical pain* 💀
LMAO SERIOUSLY I just finished learning it after 8 years of piano playing... AND NOW I FOUND OUT ITS ACTUALLY EASY IM GONNA GO CRY WHILE PRACTICING THANK YOU BYE
@@selinerle7684 there is no such thing as an easy liszt piece, learning liebestraum is still quite a feat
If it makes you feel any better la campanella is only level 5 😀
@@selinerle7684 lmfao i started playing the piano like half a year ago and liebestraum is my goal 😃😃
@@syl1432 This will help everyone else more: Hungarian rhapsody no.2 is only in 6! Isn't that great!?😄
Different Levels of Liszt for a normal human being
Level 1 = Struggling to play through
Level 2 = dying but can't even play through the first page
Level 3 = can't make it to the second line
Level 4 = can't even play through the first bar
Level 5 = can only play the first note
Level 6 = can't understand the key signatures
Level 7 = can't understand anything on the score
Level 8 = starts questioning about life and starting to think about switching to the viola
Level 9 = can't even play the viola (and ling ling won't approve)
I play 6
@@chrisvanschothorst8075 I play Level -8 😂
8 levels of alkan? 🥺🙏🙏
On level 8 you spelled vodka wrong.
Cat runs down the piano
Liszt :write that down , write that down
is that cat named “tom”?
@@Nalikaplook what's the reference
@@albanodidantedudon2776 tom and jerry when he plays on the piano lmao
@@kristianfrauke5896 the piece he played was the Hungarian Rhapsody
Maybe if the cat is a tap dancer
Can you make 8 levels of Bach??🙏🏼🙏🏼
Please! When he said "I hate doing the same thing twice", I thought "guess we're never getting 8 levels of Bach".
But I would be extremely interested to see what "difficult" can mean to a pro in terms of juggling voices and communicating counterpoint, rather than speed and technique.
Yes
@@bakmanthetitan Bach's hardest
pieces would definitely be from art of the fugue or his partitas.
We need that
@@yashbspianoandcompositions1042 goldberg variations aren’t easy either
My 7 years of piano only got me to level 3. I-
Same, currently finishing Liebestraum as well, i'm in my eight year.
I've learnt a few hungarian rhapsodies tho, 3rd and 17th if i remember correctly.
@@orinyx8943 Key word - trying
@@orinyx8943 Good luck - seems like you’re gonna do great haha
@@duolingoowl7043 yeah that thing destroys hands, as a 10 year old that has played it it's pretty painful because small hands
but i am learning ravel's toccata so i didn't learn from the experience.
@@solarean Yo I’ve seen you before - one of the prominent child pianists on youtube. I’ll be watching your career with great interest
Nobody is going to say anything about the fact he's only 16 years old??? like wha-
That’s more common nowadays than you think
@@AtomizedSound Its still amazing though, even though it may be common, doesn’t mean it’s easy
Asian people born knowing how to play at least one instrument
Also, it is amazing, but he only had to learn parts of it. I’m 15 and just learned Un sospiro, and this amazes me anyway.
@@samuelbergman7597 i'm almost 14 and learned practically all appassioanta
I think what everyone who is saying "i've been playing for x amount of years and I'm not even close" has to remember is that Shutian aspires to be a concert pianist, and therefore more than likely eats, breathes, and sleeps piano. His playing is MASSIVELY impressive, especially for his age, but it has undoubtedly come from years of constant, focused dedication. Thus no one should be discouraged by this video; instead, it should be seen as a testament to focus, dedication, and a deep respect and appreciation for the craft. Try not to compare it to your own skill or ability. Instead, simply enjoy.
they practise for like 10 minutes a day and are surprised when they cant play la campanella in a year
@@RSTDRO RIGHT AHAHHAHA
I can play la Campanella and I’m self taught
@@OverseerCR You're either trolling or have been playing for your entire life.
@@duncanblue6698 I’m not trolling but i did spend 5 hours a day for over a year just on that piece
Liszt is my favorite composer while you are my favorite young pianist.
@@ShutianCheng Please do 8 levels of Bach
@@ShutianCheng amazing. Do you learn these only for the videos? Also I love how you picked relatively easy parts compared to what I think is the most difficult part of the pieces, without it sounding too easy
@@chrisvanschothorst8075 relatively easy parts? He chose the hardest part for the liebestraume, un sospiro, and one of the hardest parts for la Campanella(though for this one, it depends on your personal strengths and weaknesses), and one of the hardest parts of the Liszt sonata too.
Thank you
@@franzliszt7922 Chopin > you
You should do 8 levels of Bach
TRUE
YES
5:06 she did it! Hahaha
@@ettorecuomo232 no, it is he did it lol
Level 1: Prelude in C major from wtc
Level 8: Goldberg variations
My piano teacher: why are you so scared of octaves?
Me: *this video*
Teacher: *insert scared hamster face*
After 9 years of experience in piano, I am proudly just on level 3
To play Liebestraum is amazing for 9 years
Those octaves in the Sonata were 🔥
Can we just take a moment ro appreciate how GOOD he played all this pieces????
You know it’s bad when Un Sospiro is only level 4🤣
right?! i was like oh it’s gotta be like level 6 or something and then it was 4 and i was just terrified of what would come after
And HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY NO.2 is only level 6!?!?!?!?!? I thought it would be 7 or 8.
@@sassycat8114 Hungarian Rhapsody is nothing compared to his other works... like Transcendental Etudes
@@hyunjaekim8411 True, I wonder why he didn't put them on there🤔
@Censored Censored oh man reminiscences is death itself
Its feels like we skipped first 6 levels and started at level 6-14 for this liszt
Pun intended?
@@Nostalgicavenue2000thanks for getting me to realize it
@@bertorrrr loll np
I've never heard Liebestraum no. 3 before, that brought tears to my eyes
Little bit late but liebestraum no3 is such a good piece
Idk why this got into my algorithm
Timestamps :
1) En rêve - Nocturne, S.207 : 0:10
2) Consolation No.3, S.172 : 0:46
3) Liebestraum No.3, S.541 : 1:47
4) 3 Études de concert, S.144: 3. un sospiro : 2:51
5) La campanella : 3:34
6) Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 : 4:17
7) Spanish Rhapsody : 4:57
8) Sonata in B minor : 5:58
Tysm!!
Liszt wrote some haunting music later in his life.
But up to age 38, he was a mere technician.
9) Dante Sonata
10) Totentanz
Level 15 is Berlioz/Liszt Symphony Fantastique
@LM nah, Sonata b minor is harder than both of them.
Ok this is sad , 10 years of playing and I consider level 3 has been one of the hardest ones I’ve ever learnt :(
5 years of playing and I can’t even think about the first chord on level 3
3 is still nowhere at being easy. I mean this is Liszt were talking about. It took me many months to learn Liebestraum and still can't play without some minor mishaps.
liebestraum is no where near easy, if you can play it it’s still quite an achievement
Wow this is so good
Usually my excuse to myself when i see musicians that can play piano really well is that ‘oh im only 15 and they’re much older’ but with you that excuse falls apart quickly
And to think I was sat here feeling all proud because i learnt the first 2 pages of Beethoven’s pathetique... i feel quite, well, pathetic now
Oh well, i suppose we all have to start somewhere, great video nonetheless
Your best 8 levels so far. Good job!
Class!
LOL
All Liszt pieces I learned (or tried to learn) are in this liszt. My personal opinion:
Liebestraum: I casually learned it before I had adequate skill. The musicality is harder than the technique.
La Campanella: I learned all the notes but struggle at technique. I couldn't feel free to express my musical idea.
Hungarian Rhapsody 2: Personally I think it is easier than La Campanella. Though I can't play all the notes correctly, I have an easier time trying different musical ideas than LC.
Spanish Rhapsody: I like listening to it so much! Gave up at the triplet chord chromatic section
But isnt the hardest part of the campanella the part with the weird triplets? I dont really play the piano but that part just seems way harder than anything on this list
@@ryannoonan5518 In my opinion they're actually not too horrible! Compared to the horrific octaves everywhere they are very doable
Personally, I've been playing for about ten years, I am working on a wide variety of Liszt pieces. Currently I have a pretty good handle on HR2 and most of Liebestraum. Used to be able to do campanella albeit I kinda struggled with the technique. I also knew a bit of Mazeppa and HR6 and a very small bit of HR14. My favorite out of all of the ones I know(Also my favorite Liszt piece) is HR2. anyway that's my paragraph for today.
@@adriantsang3838 are you still growing? How comfortable are octaves for you?
@@nickfury3288 try HRs 11, 12 and 13 🙂 very satisfying to play
this was so fun to liszten to
You honestly really don’t need to put those criticisms in it, I thought you sounded beautiful and couldn’t notice them even after you pointed them out :D
Great job with the octaves! But also the Andante sostenuto was very well played. Brought some nostalgia.
Chopin, Rachmaninov... :Level 1-5 easy, 6-7 hard.
Liszt: level 1-2 easy, 3 hard, 4-8 Imposible
This is astonishing. Liszt is my favorite composer, and I think that he would have been very proud. Your interpretation is brilliant. Keep it up!
Great to see you again in this repertoire :3
Can't wait to hear your excerpts from Scriabin, Rachmaninov and Ravel
I had been waiting for this since so long...
So that I can learn his “easy pieces” lol
Some levels further we have the Original 1838 paganini etudes(especially no 4 and 6), all Reminiscences, Douze grandes etudes, Beethoven Symphonies transcriptions, Mephisto waltzes, Romancero Espagnol etc etc. Great video btw!
forgive me if im being ignorant (not incredibly talented) but are all the rems and mephisto waltzes harder??
@@evslol1153 Mephisto waltz no 1 and 2 probably harder. The Reminiscences, yes i think so! Most of them at least.
Mephisto waltz no 3 and 4 aren't that difficult compared to the other two or on this video. Reminiscences has a lot of difficult pieces like Norma, Don Juan, Robert Le Diable, Des Huguenots,Lucrezia Borgia, Des Purtains and a few more Reminiscences.
@@Jesperjan17 thank u !
And s700ii
Excellent work and presentation!
Thank you much and wish you best!
Level 9: Reminiscences de Lucrezia Borgia
Level 10: Spanish Fantasy, El Contrabandista
Level 11: Paganini Etude 4B/6 1838 Version
Imo spanish fantasy and el contrabandista are harder than paganini etude 4b even. Swap those two, and at level 12 put la clochette and beethoven symphony transcriptions :/
can u plssss make a recording of the hungarian rhapsody u played? just the excerpt was soooo beautiful. Idk if u can play the whole thing, but that would be so amazing.
At this point, Shutian can basically play anything :)
very underrated composer,, but i would love to see an 8 levels of ginastera 👀
8 levels of prok would be fantastic as well :]]
Apparently you haven't seen enough Liszt if it stops at the Sonata for you... The Beethoven Symphony arragements are next level shit ^^
Well, perhaps learning parts off like Liszts top 10 hardest piano pieces for a vid isn’t something I would wanna do.
The thing about his arrangments is to make it sound like a symphony and to keep up for an hour and not to play quarter notes thirds at 178 bpm or something.
I LOVE the sound of your piano! Also very well played.
8 Levels of Alkan next please (don’t worry, the concerto is only mildly tendinitis inducing)
All of them are the same difficulty: harder than every piece on this list. They are too hard
@@ryanting1707 Not much harder than Liszt Transcriptions xD
He made some more accessible pieces too, like the esquises
@@babygirl4169 beg to differ, op 39 etudes are just on a nother level
Can you please make 8 levels of Schubert because I don't know many pieces of him so you can show some of them🙏🙏🙏
wanderer fantasy is amazing
awe the ending was really lovely, thank you for adding that in!
You are a great pianist, Shutian. I am honored to hear you play!
Level 9: 1838 Paganini-Liszt Transcendental Étude 4b
I love this series, I was a bit sad that there wasn't a Liszt version but here it is!!! Amazing work!
Man, it’s the fist video i see from you, and i just love the way you play, your interpretation of those pieces, it’s really incredible! Keep it up!
You are so talented!!! I'm pretty sure hard work and hours of dedication are involved! You got a subscriber 😉👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💚💚💚
Woah man, you're amazing! Always supporting you 🤍
Fun fact: I'm a small hand guy (i can play at maximum a 9th) and i remember my teacher, that also have small hands, proposed me to play the Hungarian Rhapsody 2. Was a terrible year of piano study, I've never have been played cleanly or as I wanted to.
@@adriantsang3838 Yes, firstly I was like you. But with years of studying I gain elasticity in the hands and between the fingers, and I was an amateur pianist. Btw, my hands are not small, but pretty average, what I have are short fingers
Yes you can play HR2 at a ninth but not very comfortable. I was barely able to do the RH broken arpeggios correctly since I feel like that recommends a 10th handspan
Wow! Very impressive. Congrats on learning all of the pieces. 👏🎼
i appreciate you for playing all of this so perfectly
8 levels of Debussy would be so cool. Amazing work btw bro 👏🏽
cries in level 1 is too hard for me after 8 years of playing
Wow. You have put in so much work to get to the skill level you're at. Good job.
You can tell this guy is an amazing pianist by the way he points out the most minute and unnoticeable errors he makes like they ruin the piece! This is a great video made by a great musician.
Your performances of La Campanella and the Sonata in B minor are AMAZING
Congratulations!! :-)
Goddamn it, Mr Shutian, you do not disappoint, i just subbed
You are a very skilful player. Your interpretation of the B minor sonata won my subscription, congratulations.
Your octaves are solid and stil sound great in Liszts sonata, good job 😁 !
I want more Liszt content in general
This is amazing! I hope you the best in your journey of being a Soloist!
Can you make 8 levels of Bach?
Really enjoyed listening to these short extracts. Your doing well for 16 years old pianist. Those chromatic fast passages are difficult and you played them fluently and expressively.
I started learning piano last year. Gives me a completely different kind of appreciation for vids like these.
I was expecting Reminiscences de Don Juan but your playing was fantastic regardless! Thanks for daily dose of inspiration!
pianists: so liszt, how hard are your pieces?
liszt: yes
Ravel is harder.
@@sonnybrunelli1527 really depends
My jaw dropped at least a dozen times watching this. You're so amazing!
Your playing of the sonata in b is so beautifully inspiring.
4:55
"I hate doing the same thing twice"
Looks like he hasn't ever heard pop music.
ahahah absolutely
They do the same thing more than twice.
What an epic video! Thanks so much Shutian Cheng! :)) I’m level 4 or 5 😂
This is absolutely INCREDIBLE! The amount of practice that you would have had to do for this video is insane. Unless you are LingLing or something; which you probably are, honestly. I've been playing piano for one year and I can understand just HOW difficult this is. You are insanely talented - keep it up
Liszt never ceases to amaze me
4:36 damn that transition is so good, i really wish to play like you :(
True
Incredible clarity.
this is very epic, ty for uploadung
Who let liszt be such a perfect composer honestly
Paganini inspired him and Czerny taught him
Me at level four realizing there’s still four levels left: 👍🙏
Thank you. Well done! Bravo!
You inspired me to try out some of these Liszt pieces 😆 thanks!!
La Campanella in number 5??? #fainted Liszt was a genius who composed such lovely songs. Shutian is an amazing pianist..wish your career will flourish and honestly..you're unfairly underrated.
@Maximilian Grabietz it’s 8 on a scale from 1-9 I would say, it isn’t even liszt’s hardest nor is it the hardest in the set
@Maximilian Grabietz But how come the Spanish Rhapsody be on level7, La Campanella is exactly more difficult than it.
And how about the 12 Etudes d’execution transcendante? Are those on level 9? I just can’t understand the place he gave for Spanish Rhapsody
@@inchlin8443 if u are talkin g first edition (S. 136), no. Second edition (S. 137), yes absolutely. If you are talking about the version everyone plays and the current version (S. 139) some are namely number 5 and 4, but some aren’t
@@inchlin8443 it really isn’t. La Campanella is no where near as hard as Spanish rhapsody
WOW. You performed the HELL OUT OF LA CAMPANELLA!! That was one of the best renditions of that piece I’ve seen
All these months later I still haven’t enjoyed another pianist play it as much as you. Thanks so much for sharing, I’d love to see you play the whole thing
You're incredible, Shutian! So happy to see your growth on TH-cam as well, well deserved! Bach would be nice next :)
Beautiful. Cheers.
What part of the keyboard do you use most?
Liszt: Yes.
How many keys do you use in the first 3 seconds?
Yes.
No reminiscences or transcendental etudes go on this list but still love the performances! I wish that there will be ep 2 of Liszt XD just wish!
Possible candidates for ep 2: Level 9: transcendental etude no 5, level 10: reminiscences on norma, level 11: hard version of la Campanella, level 12: your own improvisation off a Liszt theme
No way Norma is harder than h-moll.
Damn glad to have these vids back
You're crazy good dude. This was awesome.
I love this format ! 👍 Maybe Beethoven next ? 😎
1 - fur Elise
2 - Moonlight sonata 1st mvt
3 - Sonata op. 10 no. 1 1st mvt
4 - Pastoral sonata 1st mvt
5 - Pathetique sonata 1st mvt
6 - Appassionata 1st mvt
7 - Waldstein sonata 3rd mvt
8 - Hammerklavier sonata 4th mvt
@@pavlenikacevic4976 Nice list ! I'd add the 1st or 3rd mvt of the third concerto so there's at least one in here as well !
@@alp9020 that would be cool, but I haven't played his concerti so I couldn't evaluate them
As somebody who has played the third concerto, it isn’t awfully hard. I’d say it’s more difficult than the pathetique but easier than the appassionata.
I feel like there could be the dante sonata or some pieces from the annees de pelerinage (or the harmonies poetiques et religieuses) in general in this list, but this is undoubtedly a great video. 8 Levels of Schumann next?
1. Something from Album for the young
2. Kinderszenen- Of Foreign Lands and Peoples/Traumerei
3. Fantasiestuck #1- "Des Abends"
4. Arabeske
5. Reconnaissance from Carnaval
6. Carnaval- Paganini
7. Sonata #1/2/3 or Kreisleriana (1st mvt.)
8. Symphonic studies/Toccata Op.7
Hope this list isn't very bad.
Nice video, Shutian. I enjoyed it.
SO BEAUTIFUL AS ALWAYS!!!!! Thank you for these excerpts of my favourite Liszt in an excellent your rendition, this recording will be helpful for many people, probably already I've heard/watched your all videos and I have my new public playlist called "Shutian Cheng", 17 videos, with my favourite your great performances. When are you planning your new music? Again all the best from Poland to England, I wish you every success in your musical career soon and in the future, have a happy week. Joanna
Would’ve been cool to see some of the opera transcriptions
Don Juan, Huguenots, Lucrezia Borgia
I'm proud to admit that I'm at Level 2😭😭😭✊ this is a way bigger achievement for me than it really is!😭
No, that’s actually a great achievement. Considering the fact that this is Liszt we’re talking about.
I really do appreciate you making the last one the B minor, thank you.
This channel is gonna blow up real quick
Me: * sees the craziness at level 3 *
Me: Holy crap, we're only at 3???
That's a great video my Cheng brother😂(jk)
I am currently learning sonata in b and it does not seem to be so difficult technically but this piece is too difficult to play well. Those 5 themes have way too different types of tone color needed
Well done! 👍
Very clean my friend ! Great job