The fingering that Keith Emerson used for "ostinato" of the left hand (which I surmise to have been inspired by the 'Music Sought' for piano of Ligeti) is singular and surprising. Instead of using 5-2-1-2 1-3-2-4 that seems the most comfortable and functional solution (I use it in this video), Keith used: 5-3-1-3 1-4-3 -5! Each time the pattern starts again, you have to play again with the 5th finger that has just played the last note, also, the 2nd finger is permanently excluded. From this fingering derives a combined action between fingers and much more pronounced arm with respect to the first, it brings to a greater emphasis on the first note of every eight and and allows marking of a still very high speed to reach the first note. With the first fingering, instead, you get a result of greater equality and fluidity.. For some months I have been researching the piece with this fingering her and I must say I like the result. The same approach was also used on Tarkus-bass, well, I'm doing the same kind of work there too, however, I am not yet convinced that on Tarkus- bass it is the best choice for 'other hands', because it favors the phrasing and touch "non legato", but you can not reach the speed that is reached with fingerings most comfortable. I hope I have translated in a comprehensible way.
Sorry for the length of this, but there is a story I thought mighI amuse you. love your interpretations of Emerson. Or should I say renditions, because they are so true to the original? Your use of legato and ostinato without confusing the two and the sensitivity of touch is fantastic - where many others fail - sounding like a mechanical Emerson steam piano! I also noted on other performances that you have to say that the score is not available. Very understandable. That swooping piano part all the way down the keyboard always reminds me, well, of Katchaturian's Toccata and there hangs a tale. It was in about 1972 or 1973 when I was on holiday in the NE of England and I was 17. I commandeered the piano in the ballroom of the hotel to practice the Toccata for a forthcoming concert. An easy piece really - no one would know I had made a mistake because no one had ever heard of it. When I finished came clapping from the back and a cry of Bravo! There was a long-haired young man (I was a long-haired youth) who came forward and asked what it was I had been playing. I showed him. He asked me to show him the techniques for the repeated notes and the interleaved bits - oh, and the crashing run down the piano and the explosive chords. I showed him what my concert pianist teacher had shown me. He chuckled and said that it sounded familiar. I didn't really know what he meant until much later. Then he just sat down and played it. From sight. Better than I could. He asked me if I would like to hear some similar music? Of course. Then he played this and his Toccata. I asked him where I could buy the sheet music. He said that it was not published, but if I wanted to listen to more, I could buy the record. He pulled out a blank card and wrote ELP 1 on it. He also took my address, promising to stay in contact and thanked me for his piano lesson! He just shot off, I thought to a recital. He said gig but it didn't click. Only when I got back to school, did I realize my innocence. I babbled about a fantastic concert pianist and composer I had met and showed my friends the card. You idiot, Alker, I was told. That was Keith Emerson, you just gave a lesson to. Look. And someone pulled out Trilogy and there was my Concert Pianist on the cover. Still, that apart, I was at least able to dazzle friends and anyone who would listen to the bits of Take a Pebble that I could play. I got my score though. In 1983 a package arrived through the post and was re-routed to my new address. A set of piano works by Keith Emerson. He hadn't forgotten, which astounded me. I still can't play some of them!! I wrote a thank you letter pronto, but we never corresponded again. Please keep on playing and recording these compositions and any of your own you have up your sleeve. That would be dazzling.
Sir, being a musician and wholehearted fan of Tony Banks, I was absolutely amazed with your 2 selections, never did I think anyone could have performed completeness like you did. But I must say, this is spectacular. Thank you for your talent and rendition. I will keep this and listen again, probably many times
Maestro Bucci ; thanks to you that "pebble" Gregg Lake sang about casting to the sea is forever skipping along over the waves of time. Thanks for makin' me cry ; tears of joy (ie) !
This album, along with Fragile, was what transitioned me from an 11 year-old top 40 radio listener. And you captured this piece perfectly. Really, really well done.
Tarkus did the same to me at age 10. B4 that I was listening to tony Orlando and dawn. A friend gave me tarkus for my 10th day. My head exploded when I heard tarkus. Never looked back.
JUST TAKE A PEBBLE IS YET ONE MORE COMPOSITION WE HEAR MAESTRO EMERSONS DEEP ROOTED PASSION FOR SYMFONIC CLASSICAL ARRANGMENT . I OFTEN THOUGHT WHEN LISTENING TO E.L.P. INPAST YEARS THAT IT WAS WRITTEN IN HOPESTO BE USED AS MATERIAL FOR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. I AM SURE THE MAESTRO EMERSON WAS PLEASED WAN HIS DREAMS WERE REALISED
Eccezionale, gran tocco, sentimento e tecnica. Un pezzo difficile ma che quando suonato così ricrea le emozioni uniche che la musica di Emerson, sola - perché innovativa -, può regalarci.
You nailed it. I saw EL&P do this song in Chicago in 1971. I must have played this album a thousand times and know every note. It's amazing to actually see the virtuosity required to just play it. Bravissimo, man. Emerson was a true musical genius!
Exceptionally beautiful and true to the tone of the piece. Emerson was such a brilliant composer in addition to being the best keyboardist in rock history.
wow. bravo! At 15 yrs old, I put the needle on the vinyl record at one spot, over and over again as I transcribed each note with a pencil. I only had an hour each week to take my paper and play it at the university music lab. Took me 2 weeks to get this on paper. Wish I could have had youtube back then; I wold have watched every finger position of yours.
This is surely one of the most stunning, delightfully complex and gracious compositions of all time, and your expression of it is just wonderful. . . My heartfelt thanks to both you Massimo and Keith, for this timeless treasure. . .
That was as close to the original as I've ever seen, as note-perfect as humanly possible. You also have a wonderful touch and mastery of the various techniques. Watching you play this makes me appreciate the brilliance of this masterpiece even further. Bravo.
God is truly most wondrous! Giving man the ability to hear these notes, to pluck them from the heavenly realm and to place them in the heart, soul and mind of man to then put them on paper in glyph! Astonishing…!!!! God bless you Keith.
Não é preciso ser um pianista clássico ou um profundo conhecedor de música para perceber a genialidade de Keith Emerson e a brilhante execução de sua obra por Massimo Bucci. Bravo!
Thank you and Bravo! Well done!! This is a magnificent and beautiful song and you have captured the heart and soul of it. I can hear Greg's voice in my head as you are playing it. RIP Keith and Greg...
Massimo con ogni evidenza ha studiato SERIAMENTE solfeggio. La gestione dei tempi è un piacere per l'orecchio, la "leggera" limpidezza dell'esecuzione dà la cifra di una preparazione tecnica assolutamente non superficiale, quanti sbavano osannanti a degli strimpellatori di easy-listening che si presentano come compositori dovrebbero ascoltare Bucci...
THE MAESTRO EMERSONS BRILLIANCE IS EVEN MORE PREVILANT WHEN HIS COMPOSITIONS ARE DONE IN CONCHIARTO FORMAT BREATHTAKING TECHNICAL ABILITY WITH OUTSTANDING ARRANGMENT BRAVO!!!
I have heard this a 1000 times from the first album and from Welcome Back. This brought tears to my eyes left me nearly breathless. How have I just now discovered you? I’m so glad I did.
Than you for making life a little bit lighter and easier to bear. When I listen to your rendition of ELP I escape for while. When I come back to reality, I feel better.
The arrangement does capture the essence of the work and Emerson’s playing style effectively enough to display its profoundness; as we know (presuming a higher average that have chosen this to listen to are pianists a/o keyboardists) that emulating Keith Emerson’s playing style in itself can prove to be quite a challenge aside from the work itself. I began at age 6 and am to be 64. I am not certain if I will ever master his fluid to mechanical transitions. For myself being a perfectionist, I might never be satisfied with my abilities to emulate great pianists. You must be commended for your performance. I believe it is one most sufficient considering you are at times playing two discrete parts. I love your light fingering agility in the transitional 3rd to 5th arpeggio glissandos, as these are the signature portions of what made it among Kieth Emerson’s best works. I think what I will forever love about his style is his sense of humor he insisted on hammering into it instead of the seriousness that is heard by most other great players.
grande! grazie per le meravigliose interpretazioni della grandissima musica degli ELP, mi commuove constatare quanti giovani interpretano la musica che amo da 40 anni, come già altri hanno scritto, sono brani di altissimo valore artistico. Bravissimo Massimo!
That was fantastic, I thought the piano only part would be very hard, but you also slipped in Greg's melody and at times even some bass line. Wow, most impressed and ELP truly the best band of all time, there's no second Keith Emerson, he's unique and the compositions are just unbelievable unheard off. Carl Palmer is unbelievable good drummer, but there are other great drummers equally good, even at that time, like my personal favourite Billy Cobham, but Keith, nope, unique and mostly self taught. While there are many great prog rock bands like Pink Floyd, Rush, Yes and Genesis, I'm sorry a masterpiece like this would be inconceivable from them and this was from ELP's debut album, mind blowing. Thank you Massimo for doing this great piece justice, have been a fan of this band for 50 years and this is the best cover. Wonderful!
What an enjoying moment listening to the Greatest , the best in his time, and to have such a player like Massimo behind him is totally Great thing, I'm so happy that I can play along wit h this peace and sometimes hit to right Keys! In time ! In Our Lives , Lives In our Lives!
Chills.....such a wonderful interpretation. Thank you. Today is the anniversary of the day KE pulled the trigger. 3-11-23. He was a monster genius in so many ways. I'm saddened by his choice. I hope he found the peace that was lacking.
Meraviglioso !!!! Grande Massimo. Sono nato pochi giorni dopo l'uscita di questo Album che mi ha cresciuto e che vivo tutt'oggi come una linfa....... In questo pezzo è tutto superlativo, dalla voce all'arrangiamento del pianoforte fino alle linee di batteria.... Tu ne hai fatta una replica incredibile la riascolterò ogni volta con grande trasporto ..............
Feels like singing. Thank you for your great works. Just take a pebble and cast it to the sea Then watch the ripples that unfold into me My face spill so gently into your eyes Disturbing the waters of our lives Shreads of our memories are lying on your grass Wounded words of laughter are graveyards of the past Photographs are grey and torn, scattered in your fields Letters of your memories are not real Well, sadness on your shoulders like a wornout overcoat In pockets creased and tattered hang the rags of your hope The daybreak is your midnight, the colours have all died Disturbing the waters of our lives, Of our lives, lives, lives
Grande interpretazione di un capolavoro assoluto. Forse solo ora si incomicia a capire che cosa abbiano davvero creato gli ELP...è rock? è jazz? è classica? .....è ARTE!
Che dire? sono un fan del compianto e grandissimo Keith. E ritengo Take a Peeble uno dei suoi pezzi migliori. Per te, caro Massimo, provo un'invidia pazzesca e una conseguente rabbia. Sei un grande! non ho parole adeguate per farti i miei complimenti; tecnica irreprensibile e interpretazione da sogno. Bravo.
Outstanding - all your videos. You play with great energy and sensitivity, and your technical proficiency is top notch. If I close my eyes, Keith in his prime is playing..
Ciao Massimo vedendo questo tuo video ho capito quanto amore e quanta dedizione si da alla musica per raggiungere questi risultati. complimenti vivissimi!
+ANDRIX89 Grazie. Questo è un brano di grande bellezza che nella versione per piano solo , lì dove ci sarebbe anche la voce, diventa ancora più impegnativo. Credo che sia uno dei brani migliori di Emerson, ma devo anche aggiungere che la versione più bella rimane la prima, quella in studio (come per Tarkus, anche se quest'ultimo nel triplo dal vivo del 74 è stupendo). Versione che ho cercato di riprodurre nel modo più fedele possibile (anche se poi, in questo video, non tutto è venuto nel migliore dei modi) Tra l'altro poco tempo fa, ho scoperto qualcosa che, mi pare, già qualcun altro notato: il basso ostinato è molto simile a quello presente nel settimo brano della "Musica Ricercata" di Ligeti, composta tra il 1951 e il 1953. La composizione spesso consiste anche in questo: rielaborare e fare proprie idee altrui.
Bravo!!! Bravissimo!!! Mi piace molto sentire questa performance fatta come Keith Emerson dal innizio delgli anni 70. Perfetta!!! Senza qualche piccollo sbaglio.
Here I am again Massimo. Just beautiful bro, just luscious and technically spot on. Grew up with all these tunes and you've made wonderful piano interpretations. So impressed man! Come to Boston,Ma for a concert.
Keith Emerson and Greg Lake are
smiling down on you right now
as you play this.
Thank you.
The fingering that Keith Emerson used for "ostinato" of the left hand (which I surmise to have been inspired by the 'Music Sought' for piano of Ligeti) is singular and surprising. Instead of using 5-2-1-2 1-3-2-4 that seems the most comfortable and functional solution (I use it in this video), Keith used: 5-3-1-3 1-4-3 -5!
Each time the pattern starts again, you have to play again with the 5th finger that has just played the last note, also, the 2nd finger is permanently excluded.
From this fingering derives a combined action between fingers and much more pronounced arm with respect to the first, it brings to a greater emphasis on the first note of every eight and and allows marking of a still very high speed to reach the first note. With the first fingering, instead, you get a result of greater equality and fluidity..
For some months I have been researching the piece with this fingering her and I must say I like the result. The same approach was also used on Tarkus-bass, well, I'm doing the same kind of work there too, however, I am not yet convinced that on Tarkus- bass it is the best choice for 'other hands', because it favors the phrasing and touch "non legato", but you can not reach the speed that is reached with fingerings most comfortable.
I hope I have translated in a comprehensible way.
That's very interesting. Keith certainly was a very resourceful and original player. I was really sad when I read about his passing.
I use 5-3-1-3-1-3-2-4 (I think :))
The Ebsus only resolved to the G at the end of the piece 😃
Coming along nicely on the ivories, there, Bucci.
Coming along nicely on the keyboard there, Bucci.
Sorry for the length of this, but there is a story I thought mighI amuse you.
love your interpretations of Emerson. Or should I say renditions, because they are so true to the original? Your use of legato and ostinato without confusing the two and the sensitivity of touch is fantastic - where many others fail - sounding like a mechanical Emerson steam piano! I also noted on other performances that you have to say that the score is not available. Very understandable.
That swooping piano part all the way down the keyboard always reminds me, well, of Katchaturian's Toccata and there hangs a tale.
It was in about 1972 or 1973 when I was on holiday in the NE of England and I was 17. I commandeered the piano in the ballroom of the hotel to practice the Toccata for a forthcoming concert. An easy piece really - no one would know I had made a mistake because no one had ever heard of it. When I finished came clapping from the back and a cry of Bravo! There was a long-haired young man (I was a long-haired youth) who came forward and asked what it was I had been playing. I showed him. He asked me to show him the techniques for the repeated notes and the interleaved bits - oh, and the crashing run down the piano and the explosive chords. I showed him what my concert pianist teacher had shown me. He chuckled and said that it sounded familiar. I didn't really know what he meant until much later.
Then he just sat down and played it. From sight. Better than I could. He asked me if I would like to hear some similar music? Of course. Then he played this and his Toccata. I asked him where I could buy the sheet music. He said that it was not published, but if I wanted to listen to more, I could buy the record. He pulled out a blank card and wrote ELP 1 on it. He also took my address, promising to stay in contact and thanked me for his piano lesson! He just shot off, I thought to a recital. He said gig but it didn't click.
Only when I got back to school, did I realize my innocence. I babbled about a fantastic concert pianist and composer I had met and showed my friends the card. You idiot, Alker, I was told. That was Keith Emerson, you just gave a lesson to. Look. And someone pulled out Trilogy and there was my Concert Pianist on the cover.
Still, that apart, I was at least able to dazzle friends and anyone who would listen to the bits of Take a Pebble that I could play.
I got my score though. In 1983 a package arrived through the post and was re-routed to my new address. A set of piano works by Keith Emerson. He hadn't forgotten, which astounded me. I still can't play some of them!! I wrote a thank you letter pronto, but we never corresponded again.
Please keep on playing and recording these compositions and any of your own you have up your sleeve. That would be dazzling.
Thank you Steven! I greatly appreciated this your story! :-)
Steven, your story is absolutely fantastic! Thanks for posting! ❤️ Greetings from Rio.
💓Loved reading your story! Thank you for taking a moment to share it...✨💫🕊
What a story man !
Sweeeeeeeet !!! 'Nuff said ! Doesn't get much better, Steven !
Sir, being a musician and wholehearted fan of Tony Banks, I was absolutely amazed with your 2 selections, never did I think anyone could have performed completeness like you did. But I must say, this is spectacular. Thank you for your talent and rendition. I will keep this and listen again, probably many times
Presumably a fan of Keith Emerson (the writer of this piece) too ?
OBSESSION-WORTHY!!!!
Maestro Bucci ; thanks to you that "pebble" Gregg Lake sang about casting to the sea is forever skipping along over the waves of time. Thanks for makin' me cry ; tears of joy (ie) !
Over 50 years I've listened to "Take a Pebble"....this was just wonderful !!..🎹🎶🎹
All is needed is Carl Palmer and Greg Lake - I can hear the trio in my head as you play. Thank you!
This album, along with Fragile, was what transitioned me from an 11 year-old top 40 radio listener. And you captured this piece perfectly. Really, really well done.
Tarkus did the same to me at age 10. B4 that I was listening to tony Orlando and dawn. A friend gave me tarkus for my 10th day. My head exploded when I heard tarkus. Never looked back.
JUST TAKE A PEBBLE IS YET ONE MORE COMPOSITION WE HEAR MAESTRO EMERSONS DEEP ROOTED PASSION FOR SYMFONIC CLASSICAL ARRANGMENT . I OFTEN THOUGHT WHEN LISTENING TO E.L.P. INPAST YEARS THAT IT WAS WRITTEN IN HOPESTO BE USED AS MATERIAL FOR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. I AM SURE THE MAESTRO EMERSON WAS PLEASED WAN HIS DREAMS WERE REALISED
Nothing better than a piano player who knows how to really play. Just amazing !
Eccezionale, gran tocco, sentimento e tecnica. Un pezzo difficile ma che quando suonato così ricrea le emozioni uniche che la musica di Emerson, sola - perché innovativa -, può regalarci.
Ma senza la voce di Greg 😢
Stunning. Thanks for keeping Keith's music alive. I'll bet he's nodding with approval.
You nailed it. I saw EL&P do this song in Chicago in 1971. I must have played this album a thousand times and know every note. It's amazing to actually see the virtuosity required to just play it. Bravissimo, man. Emerson was a true musical genius!
Me, too.
Yes was the opening act? Auditorium Theater...I took my mother!!!!!
Exceptionally beautiful and true to the tone of the piece. Emerson was such a brilliant composer in addition to being the best keyboardist in rock history.
You play so elegantly. I love to watch someone doing anything by Keith Emerson on the piano. Just beautiful.
Thank you, Roberta, especially for "elegantly" 😊
wow. bravo! At 15 yrs old, I put the needle on the vinyl record at one spot, over and over again as I transcribed each note with a pencil. I only had an hour each week to take my paper and play it at the university music lab. Took me 2 weeks to get this on paper. Wish I could have had youtube back then; I wold have watched every finger position of yours.
This is surely one of the most stunning, delightfully complex and gracious compositions of all time, and your expression of it is just wonderful. . . My heartfelt thanks to both you Massimo and Keith, for this timeless treasure. . .
Stupenda interpretazione , oltre al piano di Keith si sente la voce di Greg. Grazie per questa perla.
That was as close to the original as I've ever seen, as note-perfect as humanly possible. You also have a wonderful touch and mastery of the various techniques. Watching you play this makes me appreciate the brilliance of this masterpiece even further. Bravo.
God is truly most wondrous! Giving man the ability to hear these notes, to pluck them from the heavenly realm and to place them in the heart, soul and mind of man to then put them on paper in glyph! Astonishing…!!!! God bless you Keith.
Mesmerizing and captivating. Loving this.
Não é preciso ser um pianista clássico ou um profundo conhecedor de música para perceber a genialidade de Keith Emerson e a brilhante execução de sua obra por Massimo Bucci. Bravo!
Thank you and Bravo! Well done!! This is a magnificent and beautiful song and you have captured the heart and soul of it. I can hear Greg's voice in my head as you are playing it. RIP Keith and Greg...
Massimo con ogni evidenza ha studiato SERIAMENTE solfeggio. La gestione dei tempi è un piacere per l'orecchio, la "leggera" limpidezza dell'esecuzione dà la cifra di una preparazione tecnica assolutamente non superficiale, quanti sbavano osannanti a degli strimpellatori di easy-listening che si presentano come compositori dovrebbero ascoltare Bucci...
THE MAESTRO EMERSONS BRILLIANCE IS EVEN MORE PREVILANT WHEN HIS COMPOSITIONS ARE DONE IN CONCHIARTO FORMAT BREATHTAKING TECHNICAL ABILITY WITH OUTSTANDING ARRANGMENT BRAVO!!!
A great pianist plays the music of the keyboard god: Keith Emerson! Thank you very much!
Thank You :)
Thanks for your wonderful performance. It took me back to january 1971 when I first heard the song.
WONDERFUL THANK YOU
You are a master and I love the way you bring this back to life. Please do more Emerson. Thank you. Beautiful
Thank you for keeping alive the incredible musical genius of Keith Emerson
I have heard this a 1000 times from the first album and from Welcome Back. This brought tears to my eyes left me nearly breathless. How have I just now discovered you? I’m so glad I did.
Welcome Michael!
Than you for making life a little bit lighter and easier to bear. When I listen to your rendition of ELP I escape for while. When I come back to reality, I feel better.
Thank you very much :-)
This was the song that introduced me to ELP. I know it. And I love how you've captured the mood--both in Keith's piano and Greg's vocals. Bravo.
The genius of Emerson emulated by Massimo to perfection, with touché and also perfect timing and sensibility, feel.
Bravo!!!
I always dream of playing this piece, maybe few years down the line I'll be able to play it so effortlessly as you.
Bravo! Execução muito boa sim! Não me canso de ouvir versões do ELP, porque sempre me mostram um aspecto novo de beleza musical!
Thank you! Wonderful to hear Keith’s beautiful song..
Bravo...!!! A terrific Musician playing a terrific piece... Thank you Massimo
The arrangement does capture the essence of the work and Emerson’s playing style effectively enough to display its profoundness; as we know (presuming a higher average that have chosen this to listen to are pianists a/o keyboardists) that emulating Keith Emerson’s playing style in itself can prove to be quite a challenge aside from the work itself. I began at age 6 and am to be 64. I am not certain if I will ever master his fluid to mechanical transitions. For myself being a perfectionist, I might never be satisfied with my abilities to emulate great pianists. You must be commended for your performance. I believe it is one most sufficient considering you are at times playing two discrete parts. I love your light fingering agility in the transitional 3rd to 5th arpeggio glissandos, as these are the signature portions of what made it among Kieth Emerson’s best works. I think what I will forever love about his style is his sense of humor he insisted on hammering into it instead of the seriousness that is heard by most other great players.
Your dexterity and your ear are impressive indeed. Thank you for letting us see your hands as you play this piece. I will learn from you :-)(
Absolutly Amaizing!!!!!!
grande! grazie per le meravigliose interpretazioni della grandissima musica degli ELP, mi commuove constatare quanti giovani interpretano la musica che amo da 40 anni, come già altri hanno scritto, sono brani di altissimo valore artistico. Bravissimo Massimo!
That was fantastic, I thought the piano only part would be very hard, but you also slipped in Greg's melody and at times even some bass line. Wow, most impressed and ELP truly the best band of all time, there's no second Keith Emerson, he's unique and the compositions are just unbelievable unheard off. Carl Palmer is unbelievable good drummer, but there are other great drummers equally good, even at that time, like my personal favourite Billy Cobham, but Keith, nope, unique and mostly self taught. While there are many great prog rock bands like Pink Floyd, Rush, Yes and Genesis, I'm sorry a masterpiece like this would be inconceivable from them and this was from ELP's debut album, mind blowing. Thank you Massimo for doing this great piece justice, have been a fan of this band for 50 years and this is the best cover. Wonderful!
@Voice Over Thank you very much!
extraordinary, supreme, the best execution. Long eternal life to you Massimo
Thank you very much, Decler Martinez!
What an enjoying moment listening to the Greatest , the best in his time, and to have such a player like Massimo behind him is totally Great thing, I'm so happy that I can play along wit h this peace and sometimes hit to right Keys! In time ! In Our Lives , Lives In our Lives!
Unbelievably beautiful . . great tribute to Keith.
Fantastico! Riesci a non farmi mancare la voce di Greg Lake...e credimi non era facile!!!
+Livia tamburlini dugan Ti credo, ti credo :)
Amazing arrangement, you are so talented!
Chills.....such a wonderful interpretation. Thank you. Today is the anniversary of the day KE pulled the trigger. 3-11-23. He was a monster genius in so many ways. I'm saddened by his choice. I hope he found the peace that was lacking.
Bravo and encore and all the rest.
Beautiful , stunning
Amazing! You have captured Emerson's genius with your rendition! Well done!
That is a thing of beauty. Thank you. Beautiful.
That made me tear! I could repeatedly listen to this just all by itself...many thanks!
Impressionante e fantastico. Davvero tanta ammirazione e stima
Meraviglioso !!!! Grande Massimo. Sono nato pochi giorni dopo l'uscita di questo Album che mi ha cresciuto e che vivo tutt'oggi come una linfa....... In questo pezzo è tutto superlativo, dalla voce all'arrangiamento del pianoforte fino alle linee di batteria.... Tu ne hai fatta una replica incredibile la riascolterò ogni volta con grande trasporto ..............
Beautiful performance! This is one of my favorite pieces of music of all time!
Feels like singing. Thank you for your great works.
Just take a pebble and cast it to the sea
Then watch the ripples that unfold into me
My face spill so gently into your eyes
Disturbing the waters of our lives
Shreads of our memories are lying on your grass
Wounded words of laughter are graveyards of the past
Photographs are grey and torn, scattered in your fields
Letters of your memories are not real
Well, sadness on your shoulders like a wornout overcoat
In pockets creased and tattered hang the rags of your hope
The daybreak is your midnight, the colours have all died
Disturbing the waters of our lives,
Of our lives, lives, lives
This is a great master piece of Music that has lived through out the test of time, I wish I could play it like he does
Impresionante Massimo felicito!!!!!!
Grande interpretazione di un capolavoro assoluto.
Forse solo ora si incomicia a capire che cosa abbiano davvero creato gli ELP...è rock? è jazz? è classica? .....è ARTE!
Outstanding Performance!
Che dire? sono un fan del compianto e grandissimo Keith. E ritengo Take a Peeble uno dei suoi pezzi migliori.
Per te, caro Massimo, provo un'invidia pazzesca e una conseguente rabbia.
Sei un grande! non ho parole adeguate per farti i miei complimenti; tecnica irreprensibile e interpretazione da sogno.
Bravo.
Grazie :)
Bravissimo, emozionante
Magnificent!
Uau! Beautifull. Great work Massimo!
Applausi! Brividi persistenti.
Bravo Massimo ..e grazie.
Thank you for playing this music so beautifully. This music must stay with humanity forever.
Bravo from New Orleans 🎭
My favourite ELP song, and You did it justice ! I bow to Your skills!!
Thank You Britta :)
🙏👏 esecuzione magistrale.Complimenti anche al piano un suono da paura grazie a te
A stunning performance of a stunning piece of music. Well done. Keith is smiling down.
..Brrrrividiiii!!... azz ho la pelle d'oca... Grazie MAXXX.
I'm very impressed. Well done!
very unique....beautiful!
Watching you. Makes me think of the first time Keith Emerson may have played this after composing this.
Thank You!
No words for this except , thank you
Here I am again Massimo. Just beautiful bro, just luscious and technically spot on
Amazing performance and amazing composition. Thanks to both, Massimo and Keith.
Outstanding - all your videos. You play with great energy and sensitivity, and your technical proficiency is top notch.
If I close my eyes, Keith in his prime is playing..
Thank You Ken!
Totally awesome job! Keith would be flattered! Every note was perfect!
Beautiful. This was the piano part which set me a light when I was a mere boy.... from then on I decided that playing the piano was for me!
Really cool. I love Keith Emerson's music and you play it wonderfully.
I'd love to hear you play Lachesis.
Absolute maestro
Interprétation fidèle et pleine de sensibilité. Merci pour vos vidéos. Congratulations!
Molto bravo! I miei complimenti. E' un pezzo difficilissimo e non tutti si avvicinano ai vari paggaggi fino alla fine a farli in modo originale.
wow this is fantastic....Keith would be so proud! This is the song that got me interested in modal jazz........very ominous and eerie but powerful.
Bellissima ed emozionante! Davvero notevole!
Most excellent!
You are a genius, ......period!!!!! Your work is just out of this world. Mille grazie!!!!! 1
Grazie a te per l'apprezzamento😊
Bravo Massimo. Excelente. Maravilloso.
Ciao Massimo vedendo questo tuo video ho capito quanto amore e quanta dedizione si da alla musica per raggiungere questi risultati. complimenti vivissimi!
+ANDRIX89 Grazie.
Questo è un brano di grande bellezza che nella versione per piano solo , lì dove ci sarebbe anche la voce, diventa ancora più impegnativo.
Credo che sia uno dei brani migliori di Emerson, ma devo anche aggiungere che la versione più bella rimane la prima, quella in studio (come per Tarkus, anche se quest'ultimo nel triplo dal vivo del 74 è stupendo). Versione che ho cercato di riprodurre nel modo più fedele possibile (anche se poi, in questo video, non tutto è venuto nel migliore dei modi)
Tra l'altro poco tempo fa, ho scoperto qualcosa che, mi pare, già qualcun altro notato: il basso ostinato è molto simile a quello presente nel settimo brano della "Musica Ricercata" di Ligeti, composta tra il 1951 e il 1953.
La composizione spesso consiste anche in questo: rielaborare e fare proprie idee altrui.
I love listening to you play ELP material. If you release an album I would love to know. More power to your fingers.
Bravo!!! Bravissimo!!! Mi piace molto sentire questa performance fatta come Keith Emerson dal innizio delgli anni 70. Perfetta!!! Senza qualche piccollo sbaglio.
Grazie :)
Intendevi perfetta CON qualche piccolo sbaglio ?
In realtà c'è qualche punto in cui non suono abbastanza rilassato.
Outstanding play, thank you Massimo Bucci!
Ciao massimo, emozionante. Grazie davvero, un ottimo buongiorno
Grazie Silvia :-)
In tears of joy and awe. My absolute favourite song made better. So beautiful. Thank you!
Sounds beautiful ..played wonderfully ,nice to watch the hands remember SO much without the score. BRAVO
Here I am again Massimo. Just beautiful bro, just luscious and technically spot on. Grew up with all these tunes and you've made wonderful piano interpretations. So impressed man! Come to Boston,Ma for a concert.
Love it. Many thanks Keith, Greg, Palmer and Massimo.
Thank You MaxMerlin :-)))
Bravo! E molto bello l'adattamento delle parti cantate.
bravo magnifique vous jouez à la perfection!