My eyes couldn’t follow this Piece - Liszt Mephisto Waltz - Traum Piano | Classical Music Reaction
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- Reaction to Liszt Mephisto Waltz - Traum Piano
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Rousseau is a group of great pianists, but Traum is on another level: he publishes even more videos than them, the pieces are often more difficult and he performs them better
But he isn't a concert pianist.
@@mateussphilippi5029 Rousseau isn't either? And I'd say Traum is on par with some concert pianists. The pieces he plays, how quickly he learns them with some even having goofy twists to them. I'd say he's even better than some concert pianists. Also his identity has never been confirmed by Traum himself so he could be a concert pianist for all we know. The only thing that I feel is certain is that he's most likely Korean
@@Just_a_Piano_ his interpretations can't even be compared to some pianists. He made scandals with midi, like his performance of op.10-2 étude. He's a TH-cam pianist.
how can u know that rousseau is a group of pianists?
@@mateussphilippi5029he literally is? he has a separate youtube where he does live performances but he doesn’t have it listed on his main channel
These super-virtuosic Liszt pieces are fun to listen to and they're of course impressive as heck. If you want another side of the master, try pieces like : Au lac de Wallenstadt, Ave Maria 'Die Glocken von Rom' or Consolation no. 3, they will give you a complete other side of Liszt. Very calm and beautiful.
^ agree
Ways to tell how virtuosic a piece is, watch Gidi's eyes trying to track everything. Your eyes were twitching all over the place trying to take all that in. An absolutely amazing piece, as you say it's incredibly fast and virtuosic but has the musicality to match and make it more than just about hitting the keys as fast as possible.
This one is in my top 5 favorite solo piano pieces along with Gaspard de La Nuit, Chopin's Sonata 2, Ginastera Sonata 1, Beethoven Sonata 13.
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These are all great pieces, but I would choose Liszt's Sonata no.1 over Beethoven's 13th
What about Liszt’ sonata ?
@@Dylonely42 It's a great piece. Just not in my top 5.
@@Alix777. Typo for the no.1, I meant "in B minor", but I was thinking about Chopin's Sonata at the same time. And I never even talked about Mephisto Waltz being better than the Sonata, I think you had some trouble understanding what I wrote :)
Best liszt piece imo
@@Alix777. wow thats toxic
I listened to this performance dozens of times (my fav Liszt piece) and it never ceases to amaze me
Oh, wow, Gidi...this is one of my favorite Liszt pieces and it was so well done. Even the top pros tend to speed through it, forgetting that it's a waltz and that it has a melody and mood that needs to be savored. This guy played it great! Next time you listen to it, keep in mind that Mephisto is "The Devil" and the spirit of the piece is "demonic"! I really enjoyed that! Thanks so much! And thanks to the Traum pianist!
I‘d say this one is an actually difficult piece by Liszt and definitely harder than for example anything from the Annees de Pelerinage (yes, including the Dante Sonata and Valle d‘Obermann). The other Mephisto Waltzes (No.2-4) are also significantly less difficult (I prefer them tbh). All that being said, there are looots of Liszt pieces that are even more difficult, though I‘d say this one and Totentanz scratch the surface of what is about to come in terms of required technique (which would be the Transcendentals or the harder Rhapsodies). The opera fantasies (Reminiscenes de don juan for example) are at least 10x more difficult than this. I‘d also say that the B Minor Sonata is not as difficult. Even though the Mephisto Waltz 1 is a well known piece, it actually earns its reputation in terms of difficulty (unlike La Campanella). Lots of concert performers fail to play this piece without major mistakes in a live performance.
A tier list of liszt difficulty could look somewhat like this:
S: Reminiscences, symphony transcriptions of other composers
A: Piano Concertos, Transcendental Etudes
B: Paganini Etudes, Totentanz, Mephisto 1, pretty much all of his pre-1840 works, at least a good third of the rhapsodies
C: Dante, Obermann, Benediction, all other rhapsodies, Bach variations, Ballades, Sonata
D: Funerailles, Les Jeux, Odes Funebres, Fantasy and Fugue on BACH, Valses Oubliees, Legends
E: Consolations, most of the Harmonies Poetiques, most of his later works
F: Weihnachtsbaum
Mind you that I consider everything from S to E pretty difficult on varying degrees. The great thing with Liszt is that Everything becomes easier the more you play him and get familiar with his writing :)
Have you actually played even a single one of these pieces. There is no way Transcendental Etudes are more difficult than paganini etudes or totentanz or mephisto 1 or dante quasi sonata(you should mention its a quasi sonata which means its not really a sonata). Maybe you meant the grande etudes which are the first version of Transcendental Etudes that i wouldnt even dare to try and play. And not all symphony transcriptions and Reminiscences fall into your 's' category. His sonata(sonata in b minor) is also a lot harder and on par with difficulty ,both musicaly and technicaly, of symphony transcriptions and Reminiscences. There are many more difficult liszt pieces that befit the highest difficulty tier like La clochette and galop in a minor and many more.
@@SanAleksiusII Of course I‘ve played a decent amount of Liszt myself. The Transcendentals are ridiculously hard. of course, not all of them, but pieces like Feux Follets or Mazeppa are insane. Only like 10 bars of the Dante are actually crazy difficult to play (The D Major presto right before the finale). The sonata is far from being easy but also nothing someone with a lot of liszt experience won‘t be able to accomplish. Of course the Grand Galopp or the Contrabandista could be mentioned as well, I also recognize that the Boccanegra fantasy is fairly average in difficulty compared to the rest. Totentanz might actually be Liszt‘s least difficult piano concerto in all honesty. I think a lot of people also underestimate how high up some of the rhapsodies have to be. HR12, 1, 9 are soo demanding, it’s unfathomable to imagine unless you tried to tackle them as well.
@@SanAleksiusII Mazeppa and Feux Follets are harder than all of the Paganini etudes. I’ve only played harmonies du soir but still. Obviously if you consider the original versions of both sets it may be different
vallee d'obermann definitely cannot be in the same rank as sonata + dante sonata
im learning vallee d'obermann rn and yes it has moments that ur unlikely to play perfectly in concert (octave arpeggios at very high tempo) but that doesnt put it anywhere near liszt sonata or even dante sonata (even when taking interpretational stuff into account)
@@nandovancreij Fair enough, but it should be noted how untypically awkward some passages are to play. There are also some unusually big chords that you will not find anywhere in the Dante or the B Minor; the big chords in those pieces are more fair, thanks to their brilliantly pianist writing
lang lang does a masterclass on this piece i recommend you have a look. could make for a good reaction video
For me I had to listen to this piece a couple of times to understand it
9:06 is spicy
I'm glad you liked this piece, as it's a favourite mine. The Valentina Lisitsa performance of this is exceptional. Its also been orchestrated and is a different experience altogether, I recommend that you liszten to that sometime.
I've always love this.
Franz Liszt fue un auténtico mago, un revolucionario de la técnica, un hombre desgarrado entre sus impulsos más sensuales y frívolos y el llamado de lo trascendental. Un conocedor del cielo y del infierno...
Ojalá puedas escuchar y comentar la versión orquestal de este vals (Mefisto número 1). Recomiendo una que considero extraordinaria: la del director (conductor) Rene Leibowitz y la Filarmónica de Londres (London Philharmonic Orchestra). Está en TH-cam.
P. D. Descubrí tu canal hace poco. Muy buenas reacciones y una gran capacidad para experimentar las alegrías de la gran música.
It’s kinda fun that I’ve only played by synthesia tutorials for 5 years and I can “read” this piece and it’s mesmerizing seeing him play full tempo, Liszt is really something else. Love that people are reacting to piano now!
You should react to his interpretation of Grand Galop chromatique
Also La Valse
That was insanity!! Beautiful. Liszt can be inaccessible - uh oh, don’t y’all come for me! But this was very satisfying. Thank you for these videos!
The beginning is fire at 2x speed, lmao 😂
Traum piano is a great piano channel
Hello brother . I played Mephisto waltz in few of my recitals. I’ll tell you, Everytime I played it my entire body gets soaked with sweat. Check my live recital I did in 2006. Title: “ Benefit Recital by Charles A Nwachukwu”. I’m a Nigerian Concert pianist. I played Mephisto Waltz in that recital.
Why so wild?
Mephisto (Devil) is waltzing!
Can you make a tier list of your favourites pieces?
You should try out Galop in A minor by F. Liszt, especially Clidat's performance. You can search it on youtube and easily find Clidat's.
great peace
If you go to the Ashish Kumar channel there is a great breakdown of the structure of this work. Truly a masterpiece. I still recommend you listen to the various Réminiscences and operatic fantasies from Liszt. Great video!
Sorry I’m late to answer this, but the grade level for this piece is 9/9 Henle Verlag and is said to have a full “2 minutes of virtuosity” and is notoriously difficult in liszts repertoire for its technical challenges
TRAUM is always a good interpretation to react to.
Two months without chopin im in tears
This is definitely hard, but La Cpamppanella is harder. Then there are the Transcendental Etudes, like Wild Jagd and Feux Follets (and others), which are insanely difficult. Some of the most challenging pieces in the entire piano repertoire.
A little bit in the same realm, maybe you might try out some Alexander Scriabin, I suggest _Le Poème du Feu_ or _Le Poème d'Exstase_ ( _Poem of Fire_ or _Poem of Ecstasy_ ).
Per rimanere nel tema, prova a sentire, sempre di Listz, Totentanz per pianoforte e orchestra.
I ❤totentanz
Hey react to liszt dante sonata, it's a banger
Please react to Shostakovich Piano Concerto no 1 in C minor by Fiachra Garvey & Irish Chamber Orchestra.
Atleast with the pieces you already listened made by liszt this is harder than the campanella, both hungarian rhapsodies and almost all trascendental études (being feux follets and maybe mazeppa the only exeption) so pieces like liszt sonata or reminiscences de norma are harder but this one still very impressive
you should check camille saint saens ravel and dvorak
i loved the video, i think you should react to Beethoven symphony 6, i think you goona like this, is reallyyyyy good 👍🏼
epic
Could you react to Carl Czerny’s op.740 the art of finger dexterity? 😂would love to see your opinion
also the hendrix of his time the first rock star Paganini
A TH-camr who reacts to classical piano videos??? Insta sub!
Please react to Liszt's six consolations
Feux follet is a harder piece than this, but this is DEFINITELY one of the hardest ones.
Listen to Yuncham Lim interpretation of this piece.
I personally do not like this interpretation it seems way too rushed and loud but as I said that is just me but I have listened to countless recordings of Mephisto Waltz on TH-cam and I believe "Andre' Laplante" is hands down is the best one. I highly recommend.
You see .... once upon a time there were 3 composer trolls from Austria and Russia by the names of Liszt, Rachmaninoff and Rimskij-Korsakov who dedicated their lives to torturing any future pianists, this is the end result
i mean piece sorry
You should react to his other performances, Traum is a great interpreter of Beethoven, Chopin and Liszt!