Jack Gibbons plays Alkan Comme le vent
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- Jack Gibbons plays Alkans Comme le vent, no.1 of Douze Etudes dans les Tons Minuers, Op.39.
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Don't you love Alkan's sense of humour? Sticking that one note at the end after all that. ♪
That's definitely something I'd do!
As quickly as the wind rushes in, it's gone! Same with his other depiction of wind, "Le Vent" from Op. 15 (an incredible contrast to this piece!) I also feel the same way about the finale of Chopin's 2nd piano sonata.
Insane. One of the most impressive piano etudes in my opinion and one of the hardest. J. Gibbons is utterly outstanding.
Yeah, I agree, not only is it impressive, it’s also really good musically
@@Chipsomedipsi
00:48 oh shit
chopin op. 25 no.12, this part is not that hard as it sounds
Comme le Vent means "like the wind" in French. This piece describes wind perfectly with all those scales and longish phrases.
I've heard this Etude before, but I had to pick my jaw up off the floor after this performance................terrific, Jack.
Never heard owt like it... and that's saying something as I'm now in my seventh decade. Fantastic piece, raises piano playing to a whole new level. Thanks for posting!
What the hell I didn't expect people to actually be able to PLAY this piece!!
This tempo is insane but the piece is just beautiful!
That last note.. almost sounds like an afterthought!
Oi, I can't catch up with him on my running track. Just learning about this lightning-sparkling composer. A new stunning discovery! Thanks much.
Ah, thanks for re-uploading this video. I can't wait to see the first Movement of Alkan's concerto back online again. That piece is simply so amazing!
Alkan is probably the only composer whose works require a water cooled piano.
PointyTailofSatan how about Mereaux???
Amédée Méreaux and liszt
@@DariusMoChopin?
Piotrek ELO not that much
@@Elopierek never
You probably have some of the most gifted hands for playing the piano. Strong hands, with great stamina. Probably at least as awesome as Richter's.
Very good showy virtuosic piece.
Perfection!
like the wind indeed!
I know it's been a year, but apparently Liszt actually went to some of Alkan's concerts, and said that Alkan's playing was far beyond his own. Nigh inhuman, I'd believe.
where did you get that information, i would like to know the source behind that ridiculous statement, because i’ve read another comment saying that alkan called liszt a much greater and better pianist than himself. and i believe that both, your comment, and the other guy’s comment is made up, for obvious reasons.
@@michelhadad569 it's been well over half a decade, so i don't have the sources i found that claim from, but even wikipedia seems to agree that liszt was good friends with alkan and frequently praised him. in one section on wiki it reads 'Alkan's aversion to socialising and publicity, especially following 1850, appeared to be self-willed. Liszt is reported to have commented to the Danish pianist Frits Hartvigson that "Alkan possessed the finest technique he had ever known, but preferred the life of a recluse."'
Jvizzlezz it would make sense if liszt praised alkan for how skilled he was, if not possibly even more skilled than liszt, but he would never say that alkans playing is far beyond his, as for liszt also had a bit of an ego, but he was in the same time humble. liszt however also had pieces like the old version of paganini etude no 4 that would go up against the most difficult pieces alkan has ever made, so i personally think that liszt and alkan are very similarly leveled, but alkan might be a bit more skilled.
@@michelhadad569 Remember that even if someone is better than you, he can say that you are better than him. Remember that humbleness is what makes a pianist great. take for example Kissin, he's extremely humble, he said a lot of times that he wasn't the best pianist and that there were thousands of pianists better than him. Alkan and Liszt were friends and im sure Liszt was pretty impressed by Alkan's music, so he could actually have said that. Obviously there needs to be a source, but the statement isn't that ridicolus.
@@michelhadad569 i agree though with the statement that he's BEYOND his playing, that's maybe a bit exagerated
Category 5 performance!
Lol I get it 😂
Everyone: Beethoven goes V I V I V I V I... Like, we get it, the piece is ending. Don’t rub it in our face.
Alkan: 4:32
I'm very, very fond of the passage beginning at 1:03...
i've studied piano/music all my life and i *seriously* don't understand how this is playable by a human. WTF?
I can play that😉
@@fishingtrio7823 show us
@ًًًًًًًًًًًًًًًًًًًًًًًًً Nah, Liszt has nothing on Alkan. Liszt even thought that! :D
@@fishingtrio7823 bitch then show us xD
Studying is different than practicing.
Interesting time signature. I WILL learn this one day!
Did you learn it?
@@cloud-dv1wb - Haha, I wrote that when I was a young teenager and couldn't possibly have played this. I'm 24 now and attempting this piece wouldn't be a far-fetched idea. I actually haven't gotten around to learning it but it's definitely something to keep in mind if I feel like challenging myself :)
@@MusicIsMyLife6991
I’m about the same age you were. So, I shouldn’t even look at this piece?
@@happypiano4810 - it's hard to say without knowing your current skill level. Having still not played this piece, I can see one of the main challenges in this piece is insane speed of finger articulation in both hands which, if you don't have, might be an indication for you to leave this piece for a later stage as this skill will take a long time to develop (This isn't a bad thing. Developing advanced skills like that should not be rushed) As a guideline, I would suggest that you should be able to play 5 difficult Chopin etudes to the correct standard before attempting this piece. Good luck with it if you decide to go for it!
Parts of this piece sound like a whole orchestra playing eg from 3.25
no one does it better than alkan huh?/:)
@@amj.composer Liszt might not that much better but he can also do and did on some pieces on the same or lil bit higher level 🙃🙃
@@babygirl4169 Actually, Liszt himself admitted that Alkan's technical skill was beyond his own
3:25 wtf?!
Ez
Less "like the wind," and more like an f5 tornado.
@@stacia6678f6 hurricane
@@stacia6678hehe
3:30
bruh lmao why all the random timestamps
@@cloud-dv1wb why not
@@cloud-dv1wb They're actually reference points for the videos on my channel :)
@@calebhu6383 oh whoops my bad
What a fantastical tempo ! Alkan was utterly different ! Rubintein must have thought highly of him to dedicate his 5th concerto . Alkan only liked Saint-Saen of the masters after Mendelssohn ,Chopin liked him and he valued Chopin of course ! He knew everyone and everyone knew him or thought they did .
Maestro, what model of piano did you use to play this etude?
"i7 32GB RAM Pro Gaming Piano 4TB SSD RTX 4090 16GB WIFI Win 11"
Incroyable! At one point I pictured dear Dudley Moore with his Beethoven Interminable Parody and his wide eyed panic stricken appeal to the audience as the cadences refuse to stop coming!
nooooo! I want to SEE the performance!
1.25% 👌
Alkan è un genio dl suo tempo, un'epoca ricca di geni, con i quali si confronta senza timore alcuno.
I suppose there are worse ways to keep fit.
thanks !
Faster faster!
This piece is kind of silly. Also why is the only known photograph of Alkan one of him turned to his back? Oh and the part from 4:20-4:32 sounds like a Hanon exercise...lol
I think we found a 21th century Jack the Ripper everyone!
Nikitotter SAS twenty firth
@@AlexMontezAgainHAHA
Do you continue practicing Alkan Jack, do you think you will be able to play this at full tempo one day?
Presumably, this is faster than the full tempo already. I read that the originally indicated tempo was a copying mistake. If you play it much faster than this, the lines would be inaudible and it would sound like mush.
They suspect the same mistake with Alkan's "Le Chemin de Fer," so I'm assuming they're either not mistakes or that Alkan had bad publishers.
Sorodesora where can I read about that? I've only ever looked at his scores from imslp
@@MrFartyman44 I was intrigated as well(sorry I'm not a native english speaker, I guess I made a mistake somewhere there), with a quick search all I could find was en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_chemin_de_fer_(Alkan), look at section "Reception", down there it says "Although Alkan demanded strict adherence to the metronome, one analysis of the extreme tempo showed that it is nearly impossible to play at the correct speed, and that at that speed the notes become impossible to distinguish.[6] One published edition agrees with this statement, suggesting that Alkan's metronomic indications do not need to be taken too literally,[7] and most analyses agree, one proposing that there is a printing error and it should be played half as fast (112 quarter notes per minute)."
But I also doubt that you can hear or even play the 64 notes at this tempo, it's almost impossible at 120bpm imagine at 160, so I guess I'll agree(but I keep some doubts) about the tempo being wrong.
Like the Wind!
you came here running
Nice tempo
Oh, yes, those last two notes are a true Oi vei! :)
this sounds like a talking piano.
I wanna learn the leads section on electric guitar.
Alkan could have 10 fingers in one hand, not two.
@AlexDGR8no2 Feux follets and tremolos? most problematic in Feux follets is just the tempo. Liszt marked allegretto therefore it has to be allegretto not prestissimo like CLV. FF has mostly double notes texture in the RH that could be little pain in the ass until you are used to it plus many pianists play the introduction way too fast for the rest of the whole piece.
@BNM321zxy
This
Edited together but best version on youtube so who chairs
The thing I'm sitting on chairs.
@Tobbe999999999999999 Better: "precipitevolissimevolmente"! :D
Eminem but he's a romantic pianist
Personally I like Alkan better, Liszt has this kind of odd thing to it, some sort of 'darkness' or something like that. Even though I have to admitt pieces like his Tarantella are really awesome.
Same broooo
Beieve me:he would have solved any difficulty...I am sure he woud have been able to play this...more or less...180?
It’s almost a joke. The etude. Not the performance lol
Alkan human????
Stop the piano I want to get orf!
A lot of noise. I usually like Alkan but personally I think this one is a bit over the top. Not to say that Jack Gibbons' playing isn't amazing though.
Far Far Far tooooooooooooooo slow !
This piece is impossible to play well. Even Gibbons didn't do it justice. The only good performance I've heard is a MIDI.
Way too slow.
Ugh my least favorite Alkan piece.
my third favorite, behind le preux and le festin d aesop
3:24