Comme le vent is one of my favourite Alkan pieces. It's not as difficult as Le Preux or the pure virtuosic Liszt pieces to learn but it's a big challenge to play at THIS tempo.
Yeah his ability to preserve the clarity & direction of the piece at that tempo is astounding. This piece actually led me to discover Alkan, and it has since become one of my go-to warmups (really good at activating left hand/rh leaps/scales/etc). Plus, it is super fun & satisfying to play! I highly recommend learning it :D
@@ladivinafanatic Hmm, I remember you saying you didn't before. Tbh I'm not the biggest fan of le preux. I learned a little bit of it before, but the melody just doesn't speak to me and it feels needlessly long-winded at points. The octaves at the end are fun though.
@@ladivinafanatic For me Le Preux was a thousand times easier than this -- couldn't approach this at all, quit after several days, but managed to work through Le Preux and get it down in a few weeks.
I wish that someone would take the time some day and give an in depth look at the op. 39 Etudes as a whole on the basis of pointing out what makes them Etudes. This has been done for the Chopin Etudes where it is pretty clear what kind of technique each one is supposed to focus on. Among the Alkan ones I only figured that out for the shorter ones, but I have absolutely no clue what the individual pieces that make up the Symphony or the Concert for Solo Piano are trying to teach the pianist.
The Symphony and Concerto teach "symphonic" playing, wherein you emulate the textures and colors of various orchestral instruments, like what you see on Liszt's orchestral transcriptions.
In the original version (you can find on Petrucci), on that bar there is a "Sic" written in brackets, which means "really like this" in latin, suggesting Alkan really wanted this bar to be irregular (like a ahead-of-the-time Stravinsky!). Alkan was quite eccentric and visionary!
You can hate me for this comment but I listened to this piece in half the tempo from a pianist who also supports Double Beat theory (not Winters) and I liked it much better than this one. You could actually hear the harmony and melody. But it's all a matter of what you're being used to. It was from th-cam.com/video/YFB31eaaAjE/w-d-xo.html
Personally, I feel like the character of the piece is lost at that tempo. Take, for instance, the section from measures ~300-400. When you cut the tempo in half, that section loses its ethereal quality, and the crispness of the piece as a whole is attenuated. But to each their own, I suppose!
Tbf the start of the piece is only at 120 bpm so the whole beat would be 2 thirds the initial speed. However it does get pretty much on 160 in a few sections. I agree though that the tempo in whole is much more enjoyable for me personally.
@@zombieperson3695 in case you have not, it's because you hear the piece in a 4 beat per measure time. It could be 4/4, it could be 4/16, but it needs to have a time signature of 4/x, because you do not hear this piece as a 2 beat prestississimo galore. You can pretend that you do, but you'll merely be deluding yourself. I can also pretend and say it's in 7/16.
This is so random, incoherent, and incompetent. 0:43 this whole section does not fit at all and is just thrown in there out of either ego or quirkyness. So ridiculous.
It's Alkan! He often looks for grotesque in his Pieces to puzzle the listener, and that 64th rhythm is particularly Alkanian-style! (see the coda of the exposition of the Piano Solo Concerto).
Comme le vent is one of my favourite Alkan pieces. It's not as difficult as Le Preux or the pure virtuosic Liszt pieces to learn but it's a big challenge to play at THIS tempo.
Yeah his ability to preserve the clarity & direction of the piece at that tempo is astounding. This piece actually led me to discover Alkan, and it has since become one of my go-to warmups (really good at activating left hand/rh leaps/scales/etc). Plus, it is super fun & satisfying to play! I highly recommend learning it :D
@@badatchess6350 I’ve played this but Le Preux is more fun and much more difficult.
@@ladivinafanatic Hmm, I remember you saying you didn't before. Tbh I'm not the biggest fan of le preux. I learned a little bit of it before, but the melody just doesn't speak to me and it feels needlessly long-winded at points. The octaves at the end are fun though.
@@badatchess6350 I just learned it last week, but I haven't mastered it.
@@ladivinafanatic For me Le Preux was a thousand times easier than this -- couldn't approach this at all, quit after several days, but managed to work through Le Preux and get it down in a few weeks.
What a legendary etude !
i see you EVERYWHERE
@@shouzhebg Me too.
@@Dylonely42 alkan is OP
@@Dylonely42hehehehaw
I wish that someone would take the time some day and give an in depth look at the op. 39 Etudes as a whole on the basis of pointing out what makes them Etudes.
This has been done for the Chopin Etudes where it is pretty clear what kind of technique each one is supposed to focus on. Among the Alkan ones I only figured that out for the shorter ones, but I have absolutely no clue what the individual pieces that make up the Symphony or the Concert for Solo Piano are trying to teach the pianist.
Probably exercises in musicality and endurance
The Symphony and Concerto teach "symphonic" playing, wherein you emulate the textures and colors of various orchestral instruments, like what you see on Liszt's orchestral transcriptions.
What an extraordinary piece. Thanks for uploading.
So glad I stumbled on this - quite delightful
Quelle vitesse ! Beaucoup de triple croches rendent l'interprétation périlleuse. Mais quel pianiste virtuose !
Maltempo sure is a bad lastname for such an outstanding pianist xD
Indeed it is!
Actually, it fits him perfectly because he's conjuring up a storm!
@@Jantsenpr777 You're absolutely right!
😂😂😂
Honestly some of his tempo choices do seem questionable, like the acceleration at 1:43. I'd prefer a more even tempo.
Oh wow! It’s Beautiful like clair de lune but in a very different way
Le vent souffle fort. Wow 👍💓
Leave it to Alkan to impress the hell out of me🔥
Amazing piece played by an exceptional pianist
Grande musica e magnifico esecutore
Nice!
Omg l’m exhausted
궀^^
Put the playback speed at 0.75x for a more realistic tempo. Seems like the original video has been speeded up for some reason.
source?
I much prefer Gibon's version! but it's good that Alkan is a bit more recognized!
1:46 Incorrect notation, there is a bar which is only half the length it's supposed to be
In the original version (you can find on Petrucci), on that bar there is a "Sic" written in brackets, which means "really like this" in latin, suggesting Alkan really wanted this bar to be irregular (like a ahead-of-the-time Stravinsky!). Alkan was quite eccentric and visionary!
Where did u find the sheet ?
s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/2/29/IMSLP217737-PMLP06989-alkanetude39-1.pdf
@@badatchess6350 thx u 👍
Was that Bad At Chess or Slow At Posting. 🙂 Please upload soon.
Sry, I've been pretty unmotivated lately. I'll try to make one tomorrow!
@@badatchess6350 That would be great. (would a cracker up your clacker motivate you)?
Hi
hiiiiiiiii
1.25x = normal tempo
Way too slow, should speed it up a bit
You can hate me for this comment but I listened to this piece in half the tempo from a pianist who also supports Double Beat theory (not Winters) and I liked it much better than this one. You could actually hear the harmony and melody. But it's all a matter of what you're being used to. It was from th-cam.com/video/YFB31eaaAjE/w-d-xo.html
Personally, I feel like the character of the piece is lost at that tempo. Take, for instance, the section from measures ~300-400. When you cut the tempo in half, that section loses its ethereal quality, and the crispness of the piece as a whole is attenuated. But to each their own, I suppose!
Tbf the start of the piece is only at 120 bpm so the whole beat would be 2 thirds the initial speed. However it does get pretty much on 160 in a few sections. I agree though that the tempo in whole is much more enjoyable for me personally.
Personally I'm used to performances that attempt the real tempo
Prestissimamente , so not too slow !
Double Beat Theory = disgusting meme.
This piece has a wrong time signature.
What's the correct one?
Pretty sure this one is right...
@@zombieperson3695 it should be 4/8 with a 16th note upbeat.
@@Whatismusic123 Why is one more correct than the other?
@@zombieperson3695 are you serious?
Did you not go through basic music theory?
@@zombieperson3695 in case you have not, it's because you hear the piece in a 4 beat per measure time.
It could be 4/4, it could be 4/16, but it needs to have a time signature of 4/x, because you do not hear this piece as a 2 beat prestississimo galore. You can pretend that you do, but you'll merely be deluding yourself. I can also pretend and say it's in 7/16.
This is so random, incoherent, and incompetent. 0:43 this whole section does not fit at all and is just thrown in there out of either ego or quirkyness. So ridiculous.
Yeah, I agree with that.
It's Alkan! He often looks for grotesque in his Pieces to puzzle the listener, and that 64th rhythm is particularly Alkanian-style! (see the coda of the exposition of the Piano Solo Concerto).
@@michelangelorossi6665 It's Garbage!
@@Whatismusic123 ahahaha ❤️
@@Whatismusic123 It's Garbage! ("It" refers to all of your nonsensical, delusional comments)