Beethoven-Liszt - Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 (Sheet Music) (Piano Reduction)
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Franz Liszt, having written his 2-piano transcription of Beethoven's 9th symphony in 1851, finished the first three movements of the piano solo version in the years 1863/64. By historical records and even the score itself, it is evident that Liszt had issues finishing the final 4th movement - he was, in places, unable to detach the choral part from the piano reduction due to the large complexity of the original work. Nevertheless, the 4th movement was completed in 1865 and the entire collection of transcribed Beethoven symphonies for solo piano was published the same year with a dedication to Hans von Bülow, Liszt's son in law.
00:00 - I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso.
14:21 - II. Molto vivace.
29:03 - III. Adagio molto e cantabile.
42:42 - IV. Finale - Presto.
Piano: Cyprien Katsaris
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A legendary symphony composed by a legendary composer transcribed by a legendary pianist and it requires a legendary pianist to pull this off.
Amen.
Only thing missing is a legendary piano. He would need a Fazioli to get those crisp staccatos on the bass. I understand he used a Bösendorfer 290 to add those extra lower notes but Bösendorfers and Steinways reverberate too loudly after release.
48:06 may I know why this part is not played as what the sheet shows?
Beethoven's 9th Symphony, Beethoven, Liszt, Cyprien Katsaris.
@@newmusic6325 katsaris was known in this piece to add the instruments liszt wasn't able to, hindsight is 20/20 after all
I like the randomly incoming commercial breaks asking me about how to earn a shitload of money or how to treat my intestinal problems, all at full volume. That's exactly what I want to hear while listening to beethoven.
Thanks TH-cam. Appreciate it!
00:00 literitly like a movie intro
14:21 like a military marching to war
29:03 pure bliss
42:42 the finale
y'all know this aged well
Your spelling of "literally" hasn't, unfortunately
ah yes. The Military waltzing into battle.
You should try Schubert's op90 no3
When Liszt began work transcribing the ninth symphony, he expressed that "after a great deal of experimentation in various directions, I was unable to deny the utter impossibility of even a partially satisfactory and effective arrangement of the 4th movement. I hope you will not take it amiss if I dispense with this and regard my arrangements of the Beethoven symphonies as complete at the end of the 3rd movement of the Ninth." (He had in fact completed a transcription of the Ninth Symphony for two pianos in 1850.) Nevertheless, he made another attempt after an expressive letter from Breitkopf & Härtel, and expressed "the range achieved by the pianoforte in recent years as a result of progress both in playing technique and in terms of mechanical improvements enables more and better things to be achieved than was previously possible. Through the immense development of its harmonic power the piano is trying increasingly to adopt all orchestral compositions. In the compass of its seven octaves it is able, with only a few exceptions, to reproduce all the characteristics, all the combination, all the forms of the deepest and most profound works of music. It was with this intention that I embark on the work which I now present to the world.
This is insanely difficult. Not only must the pianist play contrapuntal music of 5+ simultaneous melodies, the articulations for each melody are highly complex. I understand why Liszt was considered one of the greatest pianists ever.
Liszt be playing this at 3× speed
The pianist should also have a clear understanding of the various instruments used which makes the articulations that much more complex
Apparently Brahms said Liszt was only good at playing fast octaves and that his pieces were written to impress the ladies
@@Menarecuteaaa liszt was a chad
@@Menarecuteaaa Brahms was a Liszt's hater.
To me, it was Liszt who carries the flame of Beethoven more than Brahms himself, and the fact that Brahms said that was careless.
But who tf knows?
Ode to joy is known to be a piece for beginners
Every piano teacher ever
45:35
Liszt: _Haha no._
Todas las melodías de la historia de la musica son para principiantes. Las piezas en su totalidad no.
Liszt's transcription of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is a piece for beginners -- if your beginner happens to be Sergei Rachmaninov or Marc-Andre Hamelin.
More like this 55:29
Anyone who successfully performs Liszt’s transcriptions of Beethoven’s symphonies is an actual god.
Liszt himself was *The God*
One can immediately sense the incredible reverence Liszt held for Beethoven by observing that, for the greatest part of this reduction, it's a very faithful transcription of Beethoven's original. Liszt stepped back and let Beethoven take center stage with this transcription, and in doing so made the very greatest of greatest transcriptions.
I'm a composer who is also a pianist. When we prepare transcriptions like this -- or, when we're attempting to complete compositions which were left unfinished by the original composer at the time of their death, we have to step back away from ourselves, take our egos completely out of the picture, and make ourselves servants of the composer. "Not my will, but Thine."
I have more respect for Katsaris in this same regard.
You're talking about past composers as if they're gods lol
@@brent3522 I'm a classically-trained, concert-level pianist and composer.
There are really good reasons why we revere folks like Ravel, Brahms, Liszt and Beethoven.
We don't "play" these composers: we step into their world, and these composers play US.
Shout out to the pianist who does an excellent job with this massive piece.
Super crisp playing as well.
Katsaris Is the best
@@nicolasbagnoli3564 Agreed.
Katsaris
Say his name
I actually get a little scared just looking at the score. It takes a musician of the highest caliber to transcribe a work as epic as Beethoven’s 9th and it takes a musician of the highest caliber to perform it and do it justice.
Liszt first was like "this is impossible to arrange"
Liszt also created a 4-hand version
@@angryjalapeno
Liszt and Beethoven : Two geniuses !!🙏
@@jeanlucchapelon and don't forget the brilliant Katsaris
Actuallu it is the grand student's transcription of the work of his grand teacher !
This performer is a genius......
you said it
Now we need a version where the pianist also sings
😂
They'd be out of breath most of the time lmao
Glenn Gould version !
There is actually a version by Wagner for pianist and choir: th-cam.com/video/rm7Xri7bBhY/w-d-xo.html
@@ShaunakDesaiPiano omg thank you for showing me this
Every year that goes by, the more I appreciate Liszt's gift to the pianist world.
what's harder in this piece than hitting the notes is to imitate the orchestra by applying many different types of touch
this is what sets this performance apart from ferguson's
h
Definitely
59:21 love that double fugue based on an die freude (ode to joy) and seid unschlungen millionen
In a hypotethic list of the most underrated pianists of the history, Cyprien Katsaris would occupy one of the first positions. A true great artist !
He is still pretty well known between pianists but he should be as well known as Rubinstein Horowitz ecc.
Katsaris is truly a great pianist
After playing this Beethoven probably said to himself "finally someone with acceptable piano skills"
beethoven was dead
1:58 already sounds like a birth of Ode to Joy, every time I listen to Nr.9.
Katsaris is the very first pianist to record the complete Liszt piano transcription of Beethoven 9 symphonies in 1987.
this pianist added many notes by his own study on original... what a great work...
Yes especially in that great choral canon in the finale starting at 59:23 and after listening to Katsaris hearing others play the Liszt version sounds like it is missing many parts
As my own teacher would have said, "Why did you make an already impossible piece even more impossible?"
@@CH3CH2OCH2CH3net Just because he can, and also because it would make it a better transcription lol
@@CH3CH2OCH2CH3net because it sounds better
@@CH3CH2OCH2CH3netfor katsaris just another day at the office
I love how Cyprien adds extra low bass octaves in some parts.... unbelievable!!
48:47. Beethoven truly was a genius ahead of his time. This chord contains all notes of the D minor scale!
Goodness. It's true!
@@lczq6737 My mouth fell wide open the first time I heard that chord in a piece by Beethoven!
@@LachlanTyrrell2003 d minor harmonic scale
According to that logic, my cat rolling over my piano keys is ten times more genius than Beethoven
@@kallehed6330 That’s not what I was implying at all. Random notes played without any context do not constitute genius. What makes this genius is that he manages to capture sheer chaos through an incredible use of dissonance, in the context of a tonal composition. A pretty terrible straw man argument by you.
Things to do with piano when you’re Franz Liszt.
I do not claim to have the most musical ear or talent, but for me, I think reducing the Beethoven Symphonies to a single instrument makes it easier for me to follow the motion and intent of the musical ideas without the distracting complexity of a multitude of instruments and timbres. Of course, one must trust one's transcribing reductionist to properly select what to leave in, and what to leave out. After listening many times to both the orchestral and piano arrangements of all of the Greatest Nine, I implicitly trust Franz Liszt's judgement. Everything musically important to the 'absolute music' root of the compositions has been preserved.
Monsieur Simader, thank you from the bottom of my heart for producing this most explicative and professional presentation of The Masters' work.
"What are you learning there, Steve?"
"Just the whole symphony."
"Nice. Both hands?"
"Yup."
"Nice."
Literally
The chorus staff indicates what notes you should cry on while practicing this piece.
46:08 this contrapuntal part is amazing
thats called a cantus firmis variation. the eroica finale has the same thing.
Surprisingly that section is one of my favorite parts of the entire symphony. Nothing as beautiful as when the violas come with the slightly higher melody.
53:50 Beethoven truly was a master of counterpoint. This part has great counterpoint too
@@benthepen3336 That counterpoint segue might be my favorite few bars in the history of music.
@@johntravena119 Yes I love how he teases with the parallel minor then returns right back to the major and hints to the minor a few times again. Truly genius.
55:28 Dat octaves... My left hand is already hurting just by looking at the score.
@Damn it Enescu stop roasting me h
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@@stacia6678 ok
@@stacia6678 ok
The third movement is simply magic, isn't it?
It is
It’s magic indeed
Beethoven would approve...first Maestro Liszt had to perform opus 106 to be worthy. This is outstanding, already a work of genius combined with greatest of all time piano mastery makes this possible.
My friends be like: “You Play the piano so well.” Well wait until you hear this.
The whole thing is pretty mind blowing esp at 7:48 with the way he gets the feel of the timpani rolls and the string attacks together!!
I can't help but bow down to these geniuses
I come to this transcription for more casual listening because the symphony itself usually brings me to tears. Powerful stuff!
Katsaris is a master of voicing and polyphony. Absolutely extraordinary.
Symphony 9 always has a special place for the composers in Romanticism. For many musicians, it is the key piece that signified the beginning of the era.
Best piano transcription of an orchestral work.
I somehow never heard of these versions, or even listened to liszt for that matter. It's glorious.
This is simply COSMIC, just like Beethoven's last works for piano! Liszt simply got there!
Both transcription and performance are astonishing. Liszt sure had some spine, deciding to transcribe THIS for solo piano! But it also made me rediscover the work, and once again I am under the impression of the sheer, epic monumentality of Beethoven's original conception.
Liszt had some spine but a LOT of audacity to transcribe a colossal masterpiece like this for the piano and make a lesser thing of it.
@@aloofoaf1You do realize this was written for the sake of making the symphony more accessible for the listeners of the time, who likely couldn't afford to attend an orchestral performance, right? And a "lesser thing" it is most definitely not, being one of the highest accomplishments in the piano's history both for its composition and its performance.
This is insanely good, and brings out the voices as only a keyboard can do - hearing something epic and familiar in a fresh way. Great legatos and fantastic all around.
This is the ONLY way to translate it on piano, thank you Liszt!
13:40 part is so epic on piano
53:59 orchestral fugue
13:54
not to mention the first 3 movements are just as transcending
It's Cyprien Katsaris a great pianist french
@@stacia6678 Katsaris always has the epic left hand lmao. Molto Vivace has some other great bass moments
1:04:00 kinda slow xD 😆
I have nothing new to say 🤯
Except how I love the way he rolls the chords at the end of the first mvmt so it sounds more orchestral
Total legend, and yes, underrated
I normally only listen to Russian and French composers but this is gorgeous.
Why ?
No Bach, really?
Too symmetric, too clean, too pure… his music very often sounds to me as a mathematic equation.
@@0live0wire0 I don’t usually listen to Bach too.
@@user-fi4yd2kf6gTry Mahler lol
Both great geniuses. Easily among the greatest composers ever. C. Katsaris is a legendary pianist.
31:01 Such a beatiful melody
Yes, LVB was the man.
Two of my favorite composers, Beethoven and Liszt are here combined. Only Jehovah can create such music; Beethoven and Liszt were his tools.
Repent and put your trust in Jesus. We're all sinners and deserve Hell, but Christ died on the Cross for our sins. He didn't stay dead. He rose on the third day! If you repent and put your trust in Jesus, you will be saved!
Romans 3:23
John 3:16
what an awful way of thinking, both as a christian and a non christian
Truly one of the greatest feats of composition and transcription. I've just finished listening to all 9 transcriptions after purchasing Katsaris' set.
and performance!
BEAUTIFUL FINISH 14:00 Perfect
It's amazing how we can hear pretty much full orchestra just from this
48:58 - I just noticed that the baritone's line begins with the rising-fifth 'charge' motto repeated throughout the symphony.
@Gen. Clorox Bleach Its called LOVE, total devotion to the call of the Divine. The high calling of great art transcends the limitations of the physical. The Pastoral is another perfect example.
Thank you so much for this video score, it takes so much time to make it! Really appreciate!
The pianist is Katsaris one of great pianist of history
Ludwig Van Beethoven - Choral Symphony in D minor, Opus 125
00:00 Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso
14:21 Molto vivace
29:03 Adagio molto e cantabile
42:42 Finale - Presto
Thank you
Ok
My favorite piece of music played brilliantly, thank you
45:31
Finally something I can play
I feel this lol
Yeah, because the rest of the piece is never happening
I thoroughly loved the huge timpani roll and entry into the alla marcia tenor solo
What a beautiful rendition! I am refreshed after listening to this.
Monsieur Simader, thank you from the bottom of my heart for producing this most explicative and professional presentation of The Masters' work.
A phenomenal masterwork, an epic transcription and bravura performance!⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
A stunning paraphrase on Beethoven's already magnificent symphony by Liszt. It is made even nore magnificent by Katsaris' little changes to the original score. What a legendary masterpiece! Bravo! By the way, please post a score video on the 5th Symphony arrangement by Liszt, too!
I have done all of the Liszt arrangements, actually! Here's the 5th: th-cam.com/video/ANTk-mX-G4Q/w-d-xo.html
@@MarcelSimader Thank you so much! By the way, do you have any videos of Kissin's performances?
Hello, Lucas. I appreciate your comment very much.
a friendly reminder to make your mind blown even more: this whole piece is in one piece
So cool! Thanks for uploading.
Wow... love this. Great job!! 🎶🔥👏 You inspired me to read through this arrangement 😃
Damn! I never this existed! Thanks for uploading it! Liszt never ceases to amaze me the more I learn about him.
Worth mentioning that Liszt invented the practice of writing piano music on 3 staves, in order to make the individual melodic elements easier to read without getting tangled together in the staves. All other composers who used this technique, like Prokofiev, Barber, Ravel and Debussy, all have Liszt to thank. Actually, at some points in this score like at 10:00 and 38:30, because of the additional optional parts written in (which most capable pianists try to incorporate at all costs) - they're really reading 4.
I was looking for this type of piano reduction. I am grateful. You can find all kinds of impressive details. For instance, the 1 first part contains the same metrical particle as 5th symphony: ti-ti-ti-taa.
breathtaking! thanks for sharing such a good piece and recording ❤❤❤❤
I like Katsaris’s impromptu bass slams (surely to imitate the timpani)
59:00 very spooky too
Those aren’t just slams. They’re the chord that’s on the part of the piano that has all the keys black. It has this insane low d that compliments this piece.
@@jacobbass6437He played this on a Bosendorfer Imperial?
A reduction is a simplification. Liszt's transcriptions are not "reductions" they are piano symphonies in their own rights !!
Прекрасное исполнение, море душевной радости. Спасибо блогеру большое за истинное удовольствие. Подписка однозначно
Excellent.
Tahank you so much for uploading!!!!
I can't imagine all the hours that went into this
40 hours a day, apparently.
Not to mention the lifetime of work building up the unparalleled technique
55:15
happy 200th anniversary!
Piękna muzyka i wykonanie
LISZT is an unbelievable genius, omg , unprecedented indeed
Same with Katsaris!
@@herobrine1847 Beethoven too
Not even close to Beethoven, indeed
How could this be a 1 piano version ! Also I’m a huge fan of LISZT, i still can not believe there is possibly a music genius as him in the long music history
The only thing I have to say to those three guys (Beethoven, Liszt and Katsaris) is: respect.
Okay, so what's everyone's favorite part?
The part where music was playing
1:50
The part where he actually played what was written; nowhere. This is awful.
@@escopiliatese3623 lol what?
Second movement around rehearsal mark L to the recapitulation. So gorgeous. My god. The rhythmic nature of the entire second movement suits piano really well.
talk about the piano singing! Bravo!
之前第一次听这个李斯特钢琴版是一个法国钢琴家弹得，谢谢楼主整理曲谱出来
How, just... How
Imagine if this was actually a beethoven sonata 0_0
@Gen. Clorox Bleach it already is
@@AsrielKujo hmm yes
wtf i realized O_O
@@AsrielKujo some pieces are arguably better, but ok
@@notmusictheory74 shhhh forget i wrote this
The king of octaves!
Now, this is impressive!
Amazing songs sounds so smooth and relaxing
55:28
@@Dylonely42 Smooth and Relaxing.
I'm sure "relaxing" is exactly how Katsaris described this piece after he finished playing it
Отличное переложение партитуры для фортепианной игры 9 Симфонии Бетховена молодцы, спасибо большое!
I think there is only a two digit number of people on planet earth who can play this fully, if not even a one digit number
And they both possess thousand-digit hands!
Woow excelente obra maestra por los siglos
14:02 best part! Sounds very modern and metal-ish 🔥
Excellent
i usually play this to warm up before Per Elise
😂😂😂
54:00 My Favorite Part
Excelente mega opus master del magnífico genio L.V. BEETHOVEN
I imagine the old boy himself playing this whole massive work imagining how it would sound painted by the whole orchestra, and the choristers,,'this will wash'
I’m going to get this transcription and start playing! Thank you for reminding me. My current transcription is not nearly as good as the Franz Liszt’s!
❤ bravo, incredible!
Excellent performance. No doubt very difficult.