Liszt: Reminiscences de Norma (Tozer)

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  • Liszt was a phenomenal transcriber for solo piano, as his Beethoven symphonic transcriptions show. Not all of his operatic fantasies are masterworks, but Reminiscences de Norma must rank as one of the most gorgeous in the genre ever written. On the purely technical level, as one would expect, fireworks are everywhere - hand crossing, scales, octaves, complex arpeggiation, three-handed effects, the lot. But, far more importantly, the musical decoration works beautifully with and upifts the thematic material - from the stark opening and the rumbling, stately introduction of the first theme, to the playful combination of two main themes in the final pages.
    Geoffrey Tozer’s recording of Norma stands out in a field already packed with excellence. There is more melodic clarity and warmth (and more scrupulous fidelity to the score, especially in relation to pedaling) than there is in Hamelin’s performance, and more bravura and excitement than in Leslie Howard’s.
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  • @jonathankurilan6047
    @jonathankurilan6047 8 ปีที่แล้ว +933

    Every single moment in this piece is just gorgeous, but 11:48 is just an unexplainable beauty.

    • @nezkeys79
      @nezkeys79 6 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Yonatan Kurilan yeah i actually teared up at that part and i dont know what the piece is about lol only that it was beautiful

    • @nezkeys79
      @nezkeys79 6 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Yonatan Kurilan 14:27 to the end might be a contender to take that title though ;(

    • @ethanmitchell9642
      @ethanmitchell9642 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Surely 6:55 - 9:02 would fit your description better? The tone quality Tozer gives to the arpeggiation at 11:48 and beyond doesn't make me think of 'beautiful' in all fairness.

    • @fuckfuckiluvesex
      @fuckfuckiluvesex 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      4:40 in my opinion is the best part of the song

    • @pilaricaabaya7962
      @pilaricaabaya7962 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yonatan Kurilan ki

  • @circularchallah3751
    @circularchallah3751 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1171

    A great piece to recommend to beginners

    • @amerrylittlemonarch
      @amerrylittlemonarch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      I agree.

    • @epileptiquitopark7971
      @epileptiquitopark7971 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      hah! hah! to beginners? hah!

    • @amerrylittlemonarch
      @amerrylittlemonarch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      @@epileptiquitopark7971 Of course! All us composers learned this at the age of three!

    • @circularchallah3751
      @circularchallah3751 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@amerrylittlemonarch lmbo ludwig

    • @makaan699
      @makaan699 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Well, for listening, sure. What better to motivate you to try harder and practice.

  • @matthewhoffman3911
    @matthewhoffman3911 4 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    15:16 brilliant interweaving of two melodies.

    • @marcocampus7943
      @marcocampus7943 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yes, between Dell'aura tua profetica and Commosso è già. A perfect combination between the first and last concertatos

  • @quentinferrao7719
    @quentinferrao7719 2 ปีที่แล้ว +352

    Liszt is actually really well known for his easily beginner compositions like these

    • @kieraasahi8240
      @kieraasahi8240 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@jamesliu1001 u didnt understand the joke

    • @simonlajcman4031
      @simonlajcman4031 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jamesliu1001 that late? I sightread this when i first play the piano at 2 months. What asian Child you ARE haiya! !!!!!FAILURE!!!!!

    • @Bussybus463
      @Bussybus463 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@kieraasahi8240 you didnt understand the joke

    • @kieraasahi8240
      @kieraasahi8240 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Bussybus463 u didn't understand what I meant

    • @Max-yp1iw
      @Max-yp1iw ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kieraasahi8240 ?

  • @AndreiAnghelLiszt
    @AndreiAnghelLiszt 6 ปีที่แล้ว +342

    At 15:15, the combination of the 4:19 theme in the left hand with the latter 11:48 theme in the right hand is fucking genius.

    • @luciferlyset7543
      @luciferlyset7543 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Woah, I clicked on the 4:19 button when I was AT 4:19 xd.

    • @monition5655
      @monition5655 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Polyphony

    • @saxy1player
      @saxy1player 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      These reappearances of patterns in different roles is what I love so much about Liszt's music!

    • @ucokcok3340
      @ucokcok3340 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@luciferlyset7543 Lmao

    • @Asymmetrization
      @Asymmetrization 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      he does the same in danse macabre transcription too

  • @yingsteven2246
    @yingsteven2246 2 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    This piece is so underrated, a lot of people go away simply because it's Liszt and the fact that it's 16 minutes long, but man this is just extraordinary, full of beautiful melodies and insane diversity. An absolute masterpiece.

    • @yingsteven2246
      @yingsteven2246 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I mean it's based on Bellini's opera but with the amount of elegance in this transcription, I am absolutely dumfounded

    • @code_magix1986
      @code_magix1986 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      True

    • @Lisztomaniac1022
      @Lisztomaniac1022 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I love Liszt pieces favourite is his Piano Sonata in B minor

    • @Paganini-Liszt
      @Paganini-Liszt 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Not eveybody can play Liszt, and I understand that. Even I haven't done this myself yet. (I did it now)

    • @radamik
      @radamik 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It is a magnificent work and played here so well - always stunned by how majestic it is and that ending - just beyond words.

  • @guavaguy4397
    @guavaguy4397 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    The hardest part about listening to this is trying not to move or become overwhelmed by emotion.

    • @classicore22
      @classicore22 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No need to feel embarrassed! Music is meant to inspire people.

  • @Tizohip
    @Tizohip 4 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    14:27 one of the best parts in piano literature.

  • @dialex3755
    @dialex3755 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    11:48 - Unbelievable beauty! Crying!!

    • @marcocampus7943
      @marcocampus7943 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Final of Norma. Concertato: "Commosso è già"

    • @NameNik223
      @NameNik223 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It is unbelievable how much beauty can be created on just one piano

    • @pleasecontactme4274
      @pleasecontactme4274 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@NameNik223 leave it to liszt lol

  • @marcocampus7943
    @marcocampus7943 4 ปีที่แล้ว +487

    0:00 Sinfonia
    2:38 Introduzione
    4:19 Dell'aura tua profetica
    7:53 Deh non volerli vittime
    9:03 Qual cor tradisti
    11:48 Commosso è già
    13:23 Guerra guerra
    15:15 Mashup between Dell'aura tua profetica (4:19) and Commosso è già (11:48)

    • @conde2538
      @conde2538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thank you very much!

    • @ValzainLumivix
      @ValzainLumivix 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thanks

    • @qalaphyll
      @qalaphyll 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ValzainLumivix indeed

    • @rainchen7846
      @rainchen7846 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      4:19 reminds me of the march of the puritains

    • @leidannis9544
      @leidannis9544 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      How can you find that? I can’t find this in Google.

  • @JudeWeatherington
    @JudeWeatherington 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    at 13:04 i was bewildered by how beautiful the melody was but then i was reminded that i’m listening to liszt and he wants to do liszt things

    • @pawncube2050
      @pawncube2050 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lol

    • @mehere8299
      @mehere8299 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      And two seconds later Jaws shows up

    • @davidnoranavascues4489
      @davidnoranavascues4489 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Actually my favourite part, didn't expect that

    • @Mereaux
      @Mereaux 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    • @marinadela1361
      @marinadela1361 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That part ruined it for me.

  • @qntwshvl429
    @qntwshvl429 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Seldom people play in a proper speed at 15:15 like Tozer, he plays the section gracefully when many others play too rush and cannot control their both hands to make the two main melodies stand out.

    • @stravinskyfan
      @stravinskyfan หลายเดือนก่อน

      they obviously can, just not in their liking

  • @LeLe-rb2fi
    @LeLe-rb2fi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    Swear to God this is masterpiece.

    • @blakeray9856
      @blakeray9856 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Le Le absolutely, it certainly is!

    • @gerardbegni2806
      @gerardbegni2806 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@blakeray9856 Listen however the quite simple transcription of the aria with corus 'Casta Diva' written by Chopin - nevertheless a virtuoso . This is quite another world. Chopin forgot his vituosity, and this transcription is honestly playable by a gifted amateur.

    • @tonyping3678
      @tonyping3678 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It certainly is!!!

    • @otakuxgirl6
      @otakuxgirl6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@gerardbegni2806 what do you mean

    • @stacia6678
      @stacia6678 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@otakuxgirl6 He’s just a Chopin hater. Don’t mind him.

  • @heehaaification
    @heehaaification 4 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    15:10 - 15:16 MY WHOLE HEART

    • @pleasecontactme4274
      @pleasecontactme4274 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      same lol

    • @bateman7573
      @bateman7573 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      reminiscent of chopin’s op10 no11

    • @anthonyc6017
      @anthonyc6017 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Those rolls sound so amazing and not like a piano at all, it sounds like someone is speaking

    • @heehaaification
      @heehaaification 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@bateman7573 oh wow didn't make that connection! really enjoy that etude as well :)

    • @amerain1729
      @amerain1729 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bateman7573 First time I heard a clip of that section on YT I thought it was Chopin

  • @janmarkowicz4633
    @janmarkowicz4633 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    "Qual cor tradisti...." theme variation starting at 10:22 - pure, unexplainable beauty

  • @nilsragnar1347
    @nilsragnar1347 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    11:48 Is just wow.... These are the moments that inspire us to practice and to always reach for higher levels of playing.

    • @jarjuicemachine
      @jarjuicemachine 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That is like almost the easiest part of the piece, cuz those are just fast arppegios (which are of course very hard but I think fast octaves are harder, especially for octave arppegios)

    • @nilsragnar1347
      @nilsragnar1347 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@jarjuicemachine I know it's far from the peak in terms of technical difficulty, I just think it's very epic 🙂

    • @BBB-hi4hc
      @BBB-hi4hc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jarjuicemachine I struggle with that part more than the octaves part

    • @navalbaguette784
      @navalbaguette784 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@BBB-hi4hc It's... terrifyingly hard though it may look 'easy' on first sight (ofc it ain't). Currently putting practice on hold as I don't know how to properly synchronize left and right in that section, any advice? Need help.
      Also at 14:28, help, the original is better than the Ossia in my opinion (not to say it's 'bad' in any way)

    • @BBB-hi4hc
      @BBB-hi4hc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@navalbaguette784 Just practice slowly at start and match left hand to the note of the arpeggios. I know it’s annoying but it’s the only way to do. Also practice right hand alone to get full speed arpeggio. After practice for a while til I used to the slower version, I will try practice by let my left hand flow without thinking about matching note since you should get a bit of rhythm and timing from the practice that I mentioned before. Then build up speed.
      At 14:28 just practice scale, same as arpeggio, start slowly then build up speed.
      I’m not a professional. I’m just practice piano as my hobby. I don’t know if these are good advice. All of these are from my trial and error lol

  • @gligorvladimir1121
    @gligorvladimir1121 5 ปีที่แล้ว +246

    Possibly my new favourite piece by Liszt.

    • @MiorAkif
      @MiorAkif 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      This piece shows a lot of Liszt's sentimental side (instead of his usual gallantry). Its my new favorite of his as well.

    • @stonefish7745
      @stonefish7745 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Liszt ballade 1 all the way

    • @stonefish7745
      @stonefish7745 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Or this

    • @stonefish7745
      @stonefish7745 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m not sure

    • @luizmelofilho
      @luizmelofilho 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@MiorAkif jesus, this is not from liszt. It's a transcription. It's from Bellini!!

  • @peterwylliejohnston
    @peterwylliejohnston 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Geoffrey Tozer played this piece frequently in recitals in the late 1980s and into the 1900s, both in Australia and overseas, notably in Canberra (1987), in Ireland at the Wexford Festival (1986) and in Russia on tour in 1990, later recording it for Chandos. He sometimes listened to various recordings of the Callas Norma, to reflect on the need for vocal musicality in piano performance. (Peter Wyllie Johnston - Executor to the Estate of Geoffrey Tozer).

  • @charliegold3227
    @charliegold3227 2 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    I play this in my next recital. I’m so excited to start this piece

    • @christianvennemann9008
      @christianvennemann9008 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Good luck!

    • @charliegold3227
      @charliegold3227 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@christianvennemann9008 thanks

    • @ouo6098
      @ouo6098 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      how is it now? Have you finished the piece?
      Also,since I'm also starting this piece,can you give me some suggestions?

    • @xevivr
      @xevivr ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@ouo6098 idk but as always as these guy never respond after their comment

    • @ouo6098
      @ouo6098 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@xevivr yeah lol

  • @oliviobertolini88
    @oliviobertolini88 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Back again, after Alkan, never heard any composer making a Piano sounding like an entire orchestra like this, magical, delvish as only Liszt could be in the Mephisto passages.

  • @asd-du3ey
    @asd-du3ey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Help. I can't stop listening to this

    • @cristianmunteanu7071
      @cristianmunteanu7071 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Bruh me neither

    • @DynastieArtistique
      @DynastieArtistique 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@thenotsookayguyyes, but the operas they’re based on are much better. Go listen to Norma

  • @mikemason6069
    @mikemason6069 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    11:49 has to be the most beautiful B natural in the repertoire. Prove me wrong!

    • @philip.stigaard
      @philip.stigaard 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Brahms Ballade no 2, the middle part in b major is really beautiful

    • @ponteacampata
      @ponteacampata ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Scriabin's fantasia has its climax in b major and its ridiculously beautiful

  • @RedZed1974
    @RedZed1974 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    My God, I could listen to Liszt's orchestral/chamber transcriptions all day.

  • @gergelykiss
    @gergelykiss 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Without Liszt I would have never realized what an amazing genius Bellini was. Those melodies are drop-dead gorgeous, Norma is full of wonders - and not being an opera-enthusiast I wouldn't have thought of listening to it if not for this fantasy. Liszt manages to conjure up the atmopshere from the original scenes with his textures, harmonies, accompaniments and linking passages. And the way he introduces "Guerra, Guerra" is just fantastic - so energetic, creative and arises perfectly organically from Bellini's material itself. Brilliant - such a lucky coincidence that Liszt was a massive Bellini fan! He wrote a simple little piano piece 40 years after Bellini's death in his memory.

    • @johnlaurencepoole6408
      @johnlaurencepoole6408 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The New York Metropolitan Opera offered Norma for free last night. I know nothing about the opera other than through the Liszt transcription which I have been working on for the last decade. It was a real experience to watch the opera and relate the passages of the piano work I know only to well. Themes I thought were Liszt's really are Bellini's, I am very anxious now to learn more about Bellini's other operas. Puccini's La Boehme has always been my favorite, but Norma could be a contender for that position. There is a sound-only version on TH-cam featuring Marie Callas recorded in 1954. Stunning.

    • @gergelykiss
      @gergelykiss 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@johnlaurencepoole6408 Norma is a fantastic work, and Bellini was a fantastic composer - Liszt's work is not so much a transcription as a fantasy on Bellini's tunes and an attempt to share his personal musical thoughts and memories regarding the opera. The themes and inspiration comes from Bellini, the finished product can be considered a posthumous collaboration. It is a beautiful thing. Good luck with your Norma-project.

    • @catherinetypist2371
      @catherinetypist2371 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I think Liszt promoted many of his fellow musicians through his transcriptions in his days. There was no youtube videos and recording during those time.

    • @treesny
      @treesny 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      How wonderful that Liszt led you to Bellini's masterpiece... and I think Liszt would have been happy to know that his music was the "bridge"! When I was in my early 20s, I had the great good fortune to work on the production staff for Beverly Sills's first go at the title role (she was spine-shiveringly sublime in her final plea to Oroveso) which is probably the best way to really learn a piece, short of performing it! When I heard Liszt's "recollections," it brought back the tremendous emotional impact of that first encounter. Tozer has really absorbed the "world" of Bellini's drama, a tremendous recording.

    • @robert111k
      @robert111k 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@johnlaurencepoole6408, try Caballé's Orange 1974.

  • @Epic-1224
    @Epic-1224 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    One of the greatest things that happened to classical mussic

  • @fryderykfranciszekchopin3711
    @fryderykfranciszekchopin3711 7 ปีที่แล้ว +148

    This was the same year I wrote the Op.48 Nocturnes. This is my favorite piece by Liszt Ferenc.

    • @nowitskevin3951
      @nowitskevin3951 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      me too chopin. me too. and you're my favorite composer jussayin you're a genius

    • @kronoxd9697
      @kronoxd9697 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Practically there's nothing wrong here, but something doesn't match here

    • @LudwigvanBeethoven11
      @LudwigvanBeethoven11 5 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Glad to see the boys grown up :)

    • @donsancho6690
      @donsancho6690 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ludwig van Beethoven me Me and the boys pioneering maximalism in music

    • @bilyanaconsulova405
      @bilyanaconsulova405 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Unfortunately Ferenc didn't compose this.

  • @lunar.6091
    @lunar.6091 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The ending gets me every time

  • @relaxpoweryt2707
    @relaxpoweryt2707 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    6:27 its like an introduction to something that is gonna be amazing and you know it.

  • @christophcloren4740
    @christophcloren4740 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    An overwhelming pianistic firework ! But with beautiful melodic expression. It is as shame that this wonderful musician is no more alive !

  • @tackontitan
    @tackontitan ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Tozer is a beast of a pianist but I can't help but marvel at how Leslie Howard recorded a 99 disc collection of all of Liszt's piano music including this and all the other Reminiscences. Just wow!

    • @RobertSmith-le8wp
      @RobertSmith-le8wp ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Very true. Leslie Howard is an amazing Liszt historian on top of being a fantastic pianist

    • @tomowenpianochannel
      @tomowenpianochannel 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Leslie Howard achieved what no one else is likely to... also as a top class pianist, and a scholar. His 99-disc set should find a place in every serious library in the world, from Washington to Brasilia, from Paris to Moscow, Cairo to Mumbai, Beijing to Jakarta. And this is because Liszt represents the whole of piano music (from Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, through to anticipations of Debussy and Prokofiev), the whole of the 19th century, and is also superb and exciting to hear and to play as a pianist. There are few other composers as accessible to the ear, and as satisfying to master when you have got your eyes and fingers around the text.

  • @huangfrancis8717
    @huangfrancis8717 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    It's not just a show off piece. It's also a wonderful masterwork!

    • @aymericd.6126
      @aymericd.6126 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Compared to the don Juan réminiscence, it seems to be a beginner piece 😅

    • @huangfrancis8717
      @huangfrancis8717 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Haha. You are right, but i love the melody of this piece.

    • @vnwa7390
      @vnwa7390 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@aymericd.6126 Compared to Liszt's Magnificent "Symphonie Fantastique," which is 70 pages long, after Berlioz, both the Don Juan and Norma seem like beginner pieces. Add on his transcription works of ALL of Beethoven's Symphonies, especially the 9th, for piano solo; that which runs about 90 pages. Liszt's most difficult Operatic Transcription, the Lucrezia Borgia, also makes these pieces look like beginner pieces.

    • @Asymmetrization
      @Asymmetrization 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@vnwa7390 whilst i do partially agree, i think youre forgetting just how earthshatteringly difficult don juan is

    • @vnwa7390
      @vnwa7390 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Asymmetrization None of Liszt’s work is really “earthshatteringly” difficult; it’s the same romantic type of music over and over again, and especially when compared to many composers’ music, such as Sorabji, Finnissy, etc, tbh.

  • @lookitsnick8164
    @lookitsnick8164 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    4:19 is literally the best part to listen to!

    • @antonygonzalez1672
      @antonygonzalez1672 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Look! IT'S NICK I agree I always try and find a part I look forward to just to keep me motivated through the unknown and that’s the part I look forward to for this piece. Other parts now too because I’m more familiar with the now but before it was true.

  • @christianvennemann9008
    @christianvennemann9008 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    0:59 "I thought love was only true in fairy tales."

  • @baghirovali2361
    @baghirovali2361 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    7:13 really breathtaking

  • @duncanrichardson2167
    @duncanrichardson2167 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Who here will acknowledge the length and beauty of Bellini's melodies, on which this (double) masterpiece is founded?

    • @DynastieArtistique
      @DynastieArtistique 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No one apparently. Looks like no one here even knows who Bellini or Norma is, neither do they know that these are not Liszts themes and that it’s his musical commentary on Norma

  • @Prometeur
    @Prometeur 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This piece is perfect! It's so gorgeous!

  • @antonygonzalez1672
    @antonygonzalez1672 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    That little section at 7:13 is so romantic and beautiful

    • @r0mmm
      @r0mmm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I you Like that, you would adore Rachmaninoffs Op. 16 No 3

    • @antonygonzalez1672
      @antonygonzalez1672 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@r0mmm did you just like your own comment?😂 also sure I’ll check it out

    • @r0mmm
      @r0mmm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@antonygonzalez1672 yes 😂

    • @antonygonzalez1672
      @antonygonzalez1672 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@r0mmm ok so it’s his musical moment no.3 lol I love all of them I forgot it was his opus 16 I haven’t listened to them in a whileeee due to having them replay forever😂 and the no.4 is so overplayed it really lessens it I feel

    • @Liam-vs9vg
      @Liam-vs9vg ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@r0mmm thank you for the discovery !

  • @rowanwild8445
    @rowanwild8445 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    3:41 to 4:11 oh god, such exquisite textures

  • @isivalenti
    @isivalenti 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    wonderful....simply wonderful....!

  • @christopherpawlowskimusic8388
    @christopherpawlowskimusic8388 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Need to learn this, what a beauty

  • @pmlouisjuste
    @pmlouisjuste 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    wow. just wow.

  • @Liam-vs9vg
    @Liam-vs9vg ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So this is how perfection looks like 😮

  • @lukasmiller486
    @lukasmiller486 6 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    13:20 This is the first time I heard the piece but when it got to this part I said “Oh boy, I know what’s coming!” since I’ve heard the opera before.

  • @epileptiquitopark7971
    @epileptiquitopark7971 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    min 5:22 Liszt tried to depict in everybody's mind a very beautiful spectacular woman, musically, that is what i always have listening this masterpiece

  • @thedarkwolef
    @thedarkwolef 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    thank you for sharing!

  • @themusicalcorner4086
    @themusicalcorner4086 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Umh. Simply wonderfoul! Great!

  • @christianwon572
    @christianwon572 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    My favorite opera fantasy!

  • @shishirth
    @shishirth 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    A great performance

  • @Dylonely42
    @Dylonely42 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thank you Bellini and Liszt.

  • @norwalltino
    @norwalltino 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    FANTASTIC!!

  • @giannidifrischia3374
    @giannidifrischia3374 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Geoffrey was an incredible Master, too young to die, he was able to play practically everythin. From Bach to Gershwin, passin by Medtner 'n Bartók. And for many interpretations he's really second to none.

  • @pleasecontactme4274
    @pleasecontactme4274 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I like how it's so hard to tell the best part lol
    (apart from the ending parts and i guess the 11:48 one too)

  • @MrRudvant
    @MrRudvant 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Non è solo eccellenza tecnica è anche grande arte! Qui Liszt fa letteralmente esplodere il pianoforte portandolo al limite massimo della sua stupefacente espressività! I motivi inoltre sono trattati in modo geniale, con un irresistibile trasporto romantico!

  • @stefanoolcese
    @stefanoolcese 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Impressive!! Thank you for sharing!!!

  • @thatromanticpianist3177
    @thatromanticpianist3177 6 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    From 7:17 up to 7:42... it is so beautiful. Reminds me of Chopin in a mesmerising way; just pure emotion.

    • @jerrywang2185
      @jerrywang2185 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I would have to disagree, the passage sounds almost as light as a feather, but so dark at the same time much like what French composers of the 20th century wrote like Poulenc

    • @zombieperson3695
      @zombieperson3695 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      More like 6:44 up to 7:53

    • @amirmoshir2239
      @amirmoshir2239 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Chopin was unique in piano although i like liszt and then other composers pieces too.

    • @mazeppa1231
      @mazeppa1231 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Liszt always has stuff like this in his fantasies and reminiscences. Sonnambula, Niobe, Lucrezia Borgia, Juive etc.. there is always that one section in the middle that has something that could really captivate you, and this is one of them.

    • @zombieperson3695
      @zombieperson3695 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      mazeppa1231 Thanks for the piece recommendations:)

  • @kristian.kalmanlehto
    @kristian.kalmanlehto หลายเดือนก่อน

    Liszt’s wonderful way to interpret other music on the piano is just so great.

  • @Pedro-yc1nt
    @Pedro-yc1nt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Otra obra maestra del Gran genio de la música que fue Franz Liszt.

    • @CarmenReyes-em9np
      @CarmenReyes-em9np 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Trnscripsion. de la ópera de Masaya Komei.

  • @bammam5988
    @bammam5988 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    For those of you who haven't seen a video performance of this, go find one and check out the section that starts at 14:27. Ridiculously difficult

    • @nandovancreij
      @nandovancreij ปีที่แล้ว +1

      realistically its just scales but ya looks pretty flashy

  • @anthonycolucci5421
    @anthonycolucci5421 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Greatest pianst.Monumental superiority regarding complexity and technical brillance.Was he really human! or something we are not allowed to understand!

  • @HajimeIshii-dn6mz
    @HajimeIshii-dn6mz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I am a huge fan of opera and classical music. This piece is amazingly beautiful. A team of Vincenzo Bellini and Franz Liszt is just peerless.

  • @Awesome-oh7op
    @Awesome-oh7op 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Brooooo😭😭 liszt is such a geniusss ahhh

  • @MrRudvant
    @MrRudvant 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Inoltre bravissima la pianista!! Grazie!!

  • @oliviobertolini88
    @oliviobertolini88 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    7:06 Gorgeus, Liszt. Thanks for this heavenly theme.

    • @DynastieArtistique
      @DynastieArtistique 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      WAKE UP. It’s not Liszts theme it’s Bellinis

  • @boober6738
    @boober6738 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I gotta thank the TH-cam algorithm for putting this in my recommended.

    • @Tizohip
      @Tizohip 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      yes same

  • @pleasecontactme4274
    @pleasecontactme4274 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    how annoying such amazing pieces don't even get a million views

    • @lczq6737
      @lczq6737 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Length of pieces and performances are less frequent due to difficulty

    • @pleasecontactme4274
      @pleasecontactme4274 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lczq6737 well but Rachmaninoff's concertos getting more views. They are really hard too and length is even greater...(not that i mind it as i like his conertos myself)

    • @lczq6737
      @lczq6737 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pleasecontactme4274 um well Liszt is generally harder than Rachmaninoff (I may be wrong) I mean they both have really tough pieces (eg Rach 3rd concerto) that make us question who is harder. All I can say actually is that (I feel) piano concertos are more well known than opera transcriptions. Also Liszt has many many other more famous pieces(la campanella)

    • @lczq6737
      @lczq6737 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pleasecontactme4274 I mean look at most of the really famous pianists and we see that it's hard to find them play Liszt Norma or Don Juan (maybe only one or two recordings)

    • @pleasecontactme4274
      @pleasecontactme4274 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lczq6737 well true, all i'm saying is that it's pretty messed up lol, for pieces like la campanella to be almong most popular liszt pieces

  • @radamik
    @radamik 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Magnificent piece but the ending especially has such incredible grandeur.

  • @kentario888
    @kentario888 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    7:53 is so beautiful

  • @CarmenReyes-em9np
    @CarmenReyes-em9np 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Que belleza 😍 de obra y que bien interpretada. y difícil.

  • @luispena15
    @luispena15 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fabuloso!!

  • @abbasilly
    @abbasilly 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    i just cant stop lisztening to liszt

  • @amerrylittlemonarch
    @amerrylittlemonarch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Congratulations on 100K subscribers!

  • @janmarkowicz4633
    @janmarkowicz4633 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    It has to be musically the best one-movement piano piece ever composed, I must say!!!

    • @williambunter3311
      @williambunter3311 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Jan Markowicz, I agree completely. If I could play just one piece of virtuoso music, it would be this one. Sadly, I can only dream!

    • @janmarkowicz4633
      @janmarkowicz4633 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@williambunter3311 I'm an amateur pianist but I can play even more advanced pieces, like Chopin's harder works (Ballade in G minor, many Polonaises, Barcarolle etc.). Hovewer this masterwork is so challenging that there are only single pianists in whole world who can play it. Sadly for it's only a dream for me also :3

    • @maryd4369
      @maryd4369 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      what about liszt bm?

    • @stonefish7745
      @stonefish7745 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Which bm

    • @maryd4369
      @maryd4369 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Stonefish b minor sonata

  • @user-kj9dp6fq2e
    @user-kj9dp6fq2e 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    В музыке Листа такой сплав красоты и мужества с самых широких смыслах этих определений. Как жаль, что ничего подобного человечество больше не встретит...

    • @kavi9391
      @kavi9391 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Поэтому это так важно понимать, уважать, любить и ценить! ЛИСТ ЖИВ!)

  • @rattywoof5259
    @rattywoof5259 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    6:30 - OMG just look at all those accidentals! By the time I'd worked out what notes to play, he'd be five pages further on.

    • @duffman7674
      @duffman7674 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      They are chromatic, so after you read one, you can just play the next one one half tone step lower.

    • @antonygonzalez1672
      @antonygonzalez1672 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      DuffMan you’re smart😂

    • @antonygonzalez1672
      @antonygonzalez1672 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      egil larsen yea once you get accustomed to reading it I know it’s not difficult

    • @KingUnic
      @KingUnic 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its not a hard piece. I am a beginner, and i learned it with "sintezia". See my video

    • @KingUnic
      @KingUnic 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@duffman7674 as a beginner, i learned it in 2 days with "sintezia". Its not so difficult...believe me

  • @tcluster1217
    @tcluster1217 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    My first Liszt operatic metamorphosis. I love Norma and this is a revelation. It’s wonderful to see the music too. I too wondered where Casta Diva was but I’m guessing that Liszt found it too difficult to integrate its lines into this piece. I’ll have to look at more Bolet playing Liszt. Thank you Mr. Kumar!

    • @momosky6062
      @momosky6062 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just to let know, the style in this piece is a shamed copy of Thalberg Rossini Moses transcription.

    • @AndreiAnghelLiszt
      @AndreiAnghelLiszt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@momosky6062 What the heck are you on about? That's like saying composers who wrote fugues after Bach copied Bach. Also Thalberg's opera fantasies are limp, pusillanimous crap in comparison to Liszt's.

    • @momosky6062
      @momosky6062 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AndreiAnghelLiszt bro, it's your opinion. Maybe you're wrong,maybe not.

    • @pomelo9518
      @pomelo9518 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      For me, Casta Diva is moving but for Liszt it may have been not lyrical enough to put in the piece. Casta Diva means a lot in the opera, expressing the struggle between peace and war. But the melody...

  • @jordidewaard2937
    @jordidewaard2937 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love you, recommended list

  • @charlesdavis7087
    @charlesdavis7087 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Congratulations. You really knew how to work it.

  • @brianmcdonagh8477
    @brianmcdonagh8477 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    ‘Please let the light that shines on me, shine on the one I love,,,,,,,’

  • @artje123
    @artje123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wow very great recording. Rediscovered this piece for myself after listening to a new recording by Deutsche Gramophone / Giuseppe Albanese . I remember Mr Tozer though from some old Chandos / Medtner recordings. Just googled him, he passed away in 2009, too early. May he Rest In Peace. Thank you for this recording as accompanied by music score.

    • @treesny
      @treesny 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Geoffrey Tozer's whole CD of Liszt transcriptions (from which this is taken) is certainly worth hearing, with a lovely performance of the Six Polish Songs of Chopin in particular.

  • @user-ru8vy1uz7c
    @user-ru8vy1uz7c 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bravo bravo bravo brilliance grandiose fantastic music super

  • @piano345
    @piano345 8 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Wow stunning performance so passionate and emotional. I would have loved to have heard it played by Liszt players such as Cziffra, Horowitz or Cherkassky as it needs a big technique, emotional response and a feeling for space and grandeur.

    • @alkanliszt
      @alkanliszt 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There is the Bolet live recording. Really beautiful sound, but from the three-hand section on the listener becomes uncomfortably aware of how ill he was at the time of the performance.

    • @MegaPianogenius
      @MegaPianogenius 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I love hamelins performance

    • @ioannispetropoulos478
      @ioannispetropoulos478 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      There is no better than this. Tozer is simply the best, he is the Liszt expert and one of the best pianist of all times!

    • @donkgated8074
      @donkgated8074 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ioannispetropoulos478
      Tozer is utterly incredible here. It's unbelievable how little his home country Australia cares - why he wasn't more prominent in the Australian music circle is stupid and reeks of tall poppy syndrome. Instead people like Gerard Willems and Stephanie McCallum who can't play the piano for peanuts are celebrated. What a joke.

    • @heleninlawrence2217
      @heleninlawrence2217 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Davidherzberg has the splendid Lewenthal up

  • @fudjdjfdjdjdj4560
    @fudjdjfdjdjdj4560 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing

  • @CarmenReyes-em9np
    @CarmenReyes-em9np 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Felicidades!!!!!!! La verdad. 🎹🤩

  • @quoiquand2888
    @quoiquand2888 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This is so beautiful and under rated, like why is it not that popular as other songs?

    • @stonefish7745
      @stonefish7745 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Cheesey Kake is is an excellent piece, and VERY under appreciated 😔

    • @Liszthesis
      @Liszthesis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      actually this is one of the more popular operatic transcriptions by Liszt tho

    • @quoiquand2888
      @quoiquand2888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Liszthesis I mean I was talking about it in this video, but that was an year ago and it didn't have half a million views like it does now 6 hours ago when you replied to my comment

    • @Liszthesis
      @Liszthesis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@quoiquand2888 oh

    • @quoiquand2888
      @quoiquand2888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Liszthesis yes

  • @3hm5
    @3hm5 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Personally I think this is the best piano piece ever written!

  • @mydog1871
    @mydog1871 5 ปีที่แล้ว +312

    No way is this live, nobody coughed!

    • @user-me9io6os4u
      @user-me9io6os4u 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      My Dog there was no clapping at the end. It should not be a live

    • @treesny
      @treesny 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@user-me9io6os4u I assume this derives from Tozer's excellent studio Liszt CD (Chandos).

    • @stonefish7745
      @stonefish7745 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Probably

    • @thatsEforEveryone
      @thatsEforEveryone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      This must be in Asia where they have more class when it comes to classical music 😂😂😂

    • @user-oz6kx5xu2t
      @user-oz6kx5xu2t 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@thatsEforEveryone it's because every Asian is forced to play an instrument anyway

  • @z.a.4801
    @z.a.4801 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A lyrical masterpiece.

  • @gerardbegni2806
    @gerardbegni2806 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This Liszt's hyperbolic style, which one may love or hate, is in sharp contrast with the transcciption that Chopin wrote from the famous aria with chorus 'Casta Diva'. Just as Liszt was, Chopin was a great virtuoso (however less eccentric), but his transcription of the music of his dear friend Bellini is quite simple and can be honestly played by a good amateur.

    • @gergelykiss
      @gergelykiss 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Transcription is transcription, fantasy is fantasy. :) The sharp contrast is as much in the genre as it is in the composer. Liszt wrote plenty of "simple" transcriptions: many of his transcriptions of Beethoven, Schubert, Rossini, Mendelssohn, Franz, the Schumanns, Berlioz, Wagner etc are straightforward and can be performed by good amateurs. Fantasies have a thoroughly different aim to transcriptions, a classic case of apples and oranges.

    • @gerardbegni2806
      @gerardbegni2806 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@gergelykiss In my opinion, things are more in between. Consider for instanc the wonderful transcrpotion of the 'Isolde Liebestod', one of the greatest Liszt's score in mly opinion. Wagner's orv chestra writing is very dense, and Liszt cannot transcrpibe it without finding pianistice equivalents, which are of a great virtuosity. This is for sure whet you classify as 'transcrpiptions', but is nevertheless a highly virtuoso piece, even in the very beginnig, with the hree trombones, the celli divided in 4 parts, and the bass clarinet.. Liszt cannot transcribe that without using quite touchy legatissimo tremolos. Look at the score, for instance on IMSLP.

    • @gergelykiss
      @gergelykiss 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@gerardbegni2806 Yes, many of Liszt's transcriptions are very demanding, like the Liebestod or the Tannhäuser ouverture or the Symphonie fantastique. But many others are playable for good amateurs like many of his Schubert or Beethoven settings or his Chopin Polish Songs transcriptions. But regardless of their difficulty they are all transcriptions and they serve very different purposes to fantasies. There are many "simple" and playable transcriptions by Liszt, as well as straightforward but extremely difficult ones. My points were that A: one doesn't need to go to Chopin to find a simple, easy transcription - there are plenty of those from Liszt as well, and B: the current piece is not a transcription, so it might not be fruitful to compare it to one.

    • @treesny
      @treesny 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@gergelykiss Excellently put. And one might add his wonderful Verdi paraphrases, again a slightly different genre, somewhere between a transcription and a fantasy. Liszt did an incredible amount to promote the music of his time (and just before it); his Schubert song transcriptions in particular played a big part in popularizing that composer's music beyond Vienna. Great generosity as well as great genius!

  • @marcalexandrefontenay9801
    @marcalexandrefontenay9801 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Le melodiste Bellini dans son chef d’œuvre Norma repris et enjolivé par le maître absolu du piano Liszt cela donne cette pièce grandiose épique et bouleversante restituée par ce virtuose G Tozer dont j’apprends par un commentaire qu’il nous a quitté trop jeune 🥲🥰

    • @SeigneurReefShark
      @SeigneurReefShark 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oui, Geoffrey Tozer était un pianiste absolument incroyable.. Il a enregistré toute l'œuvre de Medtner, et toujours avec excellence et raffinement. Il est malheureusement mort d'une maladie au foie, si je me rappelle bien..

  • @carmen6169
    @carmen6169 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bravo !!🇮🇷❤️ 🖐️🇮🇷 México.

  • @CarmenReyes-em9np
    @CarmenReyes-em9np 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Exelente pianista. México. 🙏✝️🎼🎶🎶🏅

  • @mikebott6940
    @mikebott6940 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you, Ashish.

  • @user-wu5dv3cp6x
    @user-wu5dv3cp6x ปีที่แล้ว +8

    진짜 리스트는 천재다 ㅎㄷㄷ 어떻게 이런 음악을 만들수가 진짜 대단하다

    • @DynastieArtistique
      @DynastieArtistique 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He didn’t make this music. It was Bellini

  • @tomowenpianochannel
    @tomowenpianochannel 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tozer deserves more recognition, he really was a genius and master pianist, and was neglected within Australia (not known for their support of the arts, as sport is key to life). His Medtner recordings are testament to his talent.

  • @hokomong
    @hokomong 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    13:30 진짜 온 몸에 소름 ........ 리스트는 진짜 신이다

  • @twiltot
    @twiltot 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    MADNESS

  • @markito3311
    @markito3311 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hamelin's 2020 recording is excellent.

  • @tjpj111
    @tjpj111 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I don't imagine Liszt playing in such a restrained way.

  • @maltehenrikgohr
    @maltehenrikgohr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love this piece and Liszt! He must have sold his soul or something to compose like this!!

    • @calebcollins8886
      @calebcollins8886 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's called get gud kid.

    • @jonashasageremtkjrjensen
      @jonashasageremtkjrjensen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He just improvised over the themes and wrote the improvisation down. That's how good he was.

    • @treesny
      @treesny 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jonashasageremtkjrjensen Liszt worked extremely hard to perfect his craft as a composer, both in his piano and orchestral music... not to mention his wonderful songs and other vocal pieces. Hence the numerous revisions, both before and after publication. The amazing thing is that after all the recomposition and re-thinking, his music retains the feeling of great emotional spontaneity and improvisation. That's genius + discipline!

  • @carloshumbertocacaofiguero7556
    @carloshumbertocacaofiguero7556 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Es una de las piezas más facinantes escritas para piano. Resulta que cuando la escuché por primera vez, había dejado el reproductor en modo aleatorio, mientras hacía mis tareas. Me quedé dormido, cuando esta pieza sonó. En mis sueños escuchaba quellos impetuosos acordes, aquellas escalas vertiginosas, aquellos cambios de tonalidad abruptos. En mi sueño percibía toda esa armonía fantástica. Confieso que ha sido una de las experiencias músicales más hermosas que he tenido.