Nicolas Economou: Franz Liszt - Piano Sonata in B minor

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  • Nicolas Economou gives a brilliant performance of Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor, which demands superb virtuoso skill. Recorded live from the Kongressaal, Munich.
    Franz Liszt - Piano Sonata in B minor
    I. Lento assai - Allegro energico - Grandioso
    II. Andante sostenuto
    III. Allegro energico
    Watch the whole concert: • Nicolas Economou plays...
    Nicolas Economou (Greek: Νικόλας Οικονόμου; 11 August 1953 - 29 December 1993) was a Cypriot composer and pianist born in Nicosia, Cyprus. A precociously gifted pianist, Economou came to international attention at the 1969 Tchaikovsky Competition when he was 16. After studying at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow he eventually moved via Düsseldorf to Munich. From his base there he established himself throughout Europe as a concert pianist, composer, arranger, conductor and organiser of music festivals. In December 1993 Economou was killed in an automobile accident in Cyprus while driving at night in thick fog.
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  • @andreasandreotti4492
    @andreasandreotti4492 8 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    What a performance!!!
    What a loss to die so young, Apollo has for sure taken you in his arms and we keep your spirit alive dear Nicolas.

    • @joshyman221
      @joshyman221 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Mookie Spindlehurst the belief of God not existing is because there's no evidence they do exist.

    • @joshyman221
      @joshyman221 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Mookie Spindlehurst Sorry you don't understand. You don't need evidence proving nonexistence. What you really need is evidence proving existence (or at least suggesting existence). There is nothing scientific and repeatable that suggests there is a God. Let a lone the fact that God is completely different in different cultures, that contradict each other and clearly can't all be right.
      Here's an example: suppose I claim that there is a spaghetti monster lord that creates all your dreams and lives under your bed but is invisible and doesn't interact with you in any other way than giving you dreams. Can you prove it's non existence? No? then guess it must be true! YOU HAVE NOTHING!

  • @johnswimcat
    @johnswimcat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Brilliant, simply brilliant. How sad he's gone but how lucky we are to have people like this in our world

    • @Highinsight7
      @Highinsight7 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      (shoot... I didn't know he was gone... and I just found "him"... very sad... he plays the way I LOVE to hear the piano played... very few now adays....)

    • @user-tc7mf4mj6w
      @user-tc7mf4mj6w 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Accidente automovilístico.. ​@@Highinsight7

  • @MorbidMayem
    @MorbidMayem 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I forgive him all mistakes. He understands the spirit of the piece like no other.

    • @1389Chopin
      @1389Chopin 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Its the quintessential example of mistakes don't matter. His sound like the belong - if only we could all be so lucky. But yea - he nailed the characterization

  • @rosemaryhemingway4577
    @rosemaryhemingway4577 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Crying is what I am doing listening to his middle section!!! Soooo beautiful

  • @Musicforever3000
    @Musicforever3000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Incredible Performance! Economou was such a genius!

  • @SebastianWill
    @SebastianWill 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Wonderful! No glitter, pure music!

    • @mariapap8962
      @mariapap8962 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Exactly!

  • @cristinabadea4267
    @cristinabadea4267 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Well done as usual...God, he was a genius!

  • @alexrosatitorino
    @alexrosatitorino 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Extraordinary!! He plays Liszt like no other.

  • @capefox8321
    @capefox8321 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    An astounding performance...

  • @mirnamiglioranzi6641
    @mirnamiglioranzi6641 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Nicolas Economou ,una esecuzine indimenticabile ! grande emozione .Ricordiamo questo straordinario pianista scomparso troppo presto .Grazie Maestro ...

  • @harlemqnext4919
    @harlemqnext4919 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    a sample way to such a skill-challenging piece like this is the best access to our spirit.
    bravo!

  • @mirnamiglioranzi6641
    @mirnamiglioranzi6641 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nicolas Economou ,musicista pianista appassionato ,non dimentichiamolo la sua esecuzioni della sonata di Listz è la più emozionante mai sentita .Un uomo un artista con straordinarie qualità. Profonda sensibilità è una grande mancanza nel mondo della musica ...grazie di tutto Nicolas 🌺

  • @shupingwang3392
    @shupingwang3392 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A wonderful way to remember this exceptional musician.

  • @lashamartashvili
    @lashamartashvili 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Absolutely incredible performance! I never get tired listening this for several hours a day. For Liszt, Economou was what Gould was for Bach IMHO.

  • @seanr0e
    @seanr0e 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Unglaublicher Naturgewalt!...I saw him in Munich in the late 80s...never forgotten it..

    • @mariapap8962
      @mariapap8962 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How lucky you've been!

  • @lotrekdesign7965
    @lotrekdesign7965 7 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Easily one of the greatest pianists of all time. I had no idea about him until a week ago. I'm stunned...

    • @johnswimcat
      @johnswimcat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No, I'd never heard of him either. What a talent. How lucky we are to have people like this on our planet

    • @dvdgrog
      @dvdgrog 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My very thought. His involvement with the music is total and riveting.

    • @user-tc7mf4mj6w
      @user-tc7mf4mj6w 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dejó este mundo a los 40 años...En 1993.

    • @Highinsight7
      @Highinsight7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dvdgrog so connected and genuine...

  • @nancywang7912
    @nancywang7912 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    such a heart felt interpretation. very different from others.

  • @peterectasy2957
    @peterectasy2957 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Astonishingly superb, i loost my mind to listen this performance

  • @pianoman0609
    @pianoman0609 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    A great pianist!

  • @NoahJohnson1810
    @NoahJohnson1810 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    great performance

  • @1389Chopin
    @1389Chopin 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    @6:46 - that right hand descending line - never heard it before. Bravo

  • @rebeccatrimikliniotou618
    @rebeccatrimikliniotou618 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Absolutely Divin thank you Nicolas

  • @carmenmarin6977
    @carmenmarin6977 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Allå donde estés, GRACIAS!!!

  • @mourgoukos
    @mourgoukos 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    we want more videos from Nicolas..

  • @luisfrodrimaz
    @luisfrodrimaz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Impresionante! Valores técnicos soberbios y sensibilidad exquisita. Nicolas Economou fue un gran pianista nacido en Chipre en 1953. Estaba llamado a ser en uno de los que deberían ocupar los puestos más altos en su tiempo. Desgraciadamente murió en un accidente de automóvil, en su país en 1993, mientras conducía en una noche de espesa niebla. Una verdadera pena su muerte tan pronta.

  • @charlesdavis7087
    @charlesdavis7087 8 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Alls I got to say is: "Damn!" How dare this young titan pass in an automobile accident. He had a better left hand than Horowitz and twice the heart. What a crying shame. However, Dear Nicolas, where ever you are, don't stop practicing and maybe someday you'll come back to us with some of your own great heart-felt compositions. Sent with love to that very place where you are.... CVD

    • @mkubacka
      @mkubacka 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Charles Davis I agree. Pure musicality. What a shame, and only 840 views?! People C'mon

    • @1Jouslyn
      @1Jouslyn 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Good to see the view count has jumped, but I have been watching this recording for years, probably a thousand of them are mine.
      It's pretty dumb how most folks have such a low capacity for complicated music, especially if it's of any duration greater than a few minutes.

    • @LOFTmusicChannel
      @LOFTmusicChannel  8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well, this one is only on TH-cam since May 2015...

    • @liedersanger1
      @liedersanger1 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Actually, a lot of fudging in the left hand around 8:00. Much beautiful playing in the quieter passages.

    • @dankg55
      @dankg55 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Please don't compare anyone to Horowitz. Just don't.

  • @asddfgfjhgjhu
    @asddfgfjhgjhu 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing!!!

  • @irenenaselli2429
    @irenenaselli2429 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    GRACIAS !!!

  • @steveanast1981
    @steveanast1981 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Pure Magic!!!

  • @classicalmusiclover4029
    @classicalmusiclover4029 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    RIP Maestro

  • @da96103
    @da96103 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Short-sleeved T-shirt with jeans? The Yuja of his day?

    • @mariapap8962
      @mariapap8962 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Good one! 😂

  • @republiccooper
    @republiccooper 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    High octane performance.

  • @veranova6689
    @veranova6689 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Highly Poetical, true FINE ART. A very different CHOPIN - Powerful and purely manly, and so wonderfully, deeply romantic.. Great musician, rare artist.

    • @771jlp
      @771jlp 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      liszt

  • @theresalutostanski2193
    @theresalutostanski2193 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Maybe Liszt reincarnated.

    • @johnswimcat
      @johnswimcat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Quite possibly. Definitely another genius

  • @terryhammond1253
    @terryhammond1253 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    His early death in a car accident is an incalculable loss to the glory of music.

  • @alegal752
    @alegal752 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Una grande grande perdita ❤😇🎶

  • @AlexanderArsov
    @AlexanderArsov 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fine performance of a work that requires a great deal more than "superb virtuoso skill". This Economou has, and he also has poetry and drama. What he lacks is grandeur and a sense of tonal beauty.

  • @deutschlander85
    @deutschlander85 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'd love to by this on DVD or Bluray. Are there any plans to release it?

    • @LOFTmusicChannel
      @LOFTmusicChannel  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      With Economou we only have this DVD, which we can also recommend very much: amzn.to/2hTn9FX

  • @syourke3
    @syourke3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can play this piece as well as Economou. I really can! But only in my dreams.

  • @renelicht
    @renelicht ปีที่แล้ว

    😍😍😍😍😍

  • @yanayrton
    @yanayrton 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A truly magnificent competition Bravo!
    Franz himself must be really proud to hear you superb Nicolas from infinity.
    He and his awesome musical legacy deserves so much! Go on semper.
    In the field of the precious discoveries for life,
    you should listen carefully to my award-winning composition "Awakening to life" 「生活に目覚め」

    because it has the purest and only epic lisztian bravure
    concentrated in her single minute of expression.( full of intriguing pianistic impossibilities acording to the proeminent critics)
    Listen and you ll be touched deeply forever in your minds and hearts.
    >>> .ARS SEMPER.VITA PLENA. Yan Ayrton, young classical composer from XXI century > .ARS SEMPER.VITA PLENA. Yan Ayrton, young classical composer from XXI century

  • @G0NZAL0666
    @G0NZAL0666 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    paul stanley...kiss

  • @mitchell-bt3tj
    @mitchell-bt3tj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    18:45

  • @Pianist_24680
    @Pianist_24680 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I think that he plays well

    • @jahman514
      @jahman514 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Anton Khazipov very well indeed

  • @thomasramdasvoegeli
    @thomasramdasvoegeli 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Saagenhaft.

  • @ganjamozart1435
    @ganjamozart1435 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He looks just like Jeff Goldblum.

  • @dreamsdreams9493
    @dreamsdreams9493 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I adore Liszt's music. This sonata has had a profound influence in my life. Nonetheless, I must admit in all fairness that Brahms' piano sonata 3 (written and premiered when Brahms was 19!!) is a monumental and titanic work which easily overshadows Liszt's in terms of counterpoint, and melodic material.

    • @dommyajd9033
      @dommyajd9033 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Have you taken your meds?

    • @Scorpionthepianist
      @Scorpionthepianist 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      S my D 😂

    • @guillermobadellmadrid3116
      @guillermobadellmadrid3116 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      your comment is totally out of line and has nothing to do with what we are talking about here..

  • @user-iz7ek7se1v
    @user-iz7ek7se1v 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    팔근육 오진다..ㅋㅋ

  • @wolfgang1626
    @wolfgang1626 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Sorry, am I the only one hearing the minor slip ups in the octave passages especially? Emotional performance indeed, but the balance between emotion and the intellect is key, as always.

  • @giovannifosco7272
    @giovannifosco7272 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    8:00 so inaccurate

    • @Greg-kz8ts
      @Greg-kz8ts 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm sure you're so much better. stfu

    • @giovannifosco7272
      @giovannifosco7272 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Greg-kz8ts lol

    • @dvdgrog
      @dvdgrog 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If that's all you have to say about this performance, then your statement is worthless.

  • @maurovarrone3277
    @maurovarrone3277 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Troppi errori....
    Peccato...

    • @mariapap8962
      @mariapap8962 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      One should be able to hear beyond "the correct notes" to recognize and appreciate such a fine interpretation😉

    • @jacket3999
      @jacket3999 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just what I was thinking

    • @mariapap8962
      @mariapap8962 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You must be one of those listeners that enjoys those perfect, robotic performances, if ALL you managed to hear out of this whole performance are the errors. This is not the place for you. Here it's about MUSICALITY and EXPRESSION

  • @mitchell-bt3tj
    @mitchell-bt3tj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    24:40

  • @blueessay9795
    @blueessay9795 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    24:55