The most INSANE piano piece you've never heard...
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 พ.ย. 2023
- Ok... I mean, there's a REALLY good chance you've never heard this piece before :)
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It's only 9 minutes into this video being dropped and all of you have heard of this?! 😭💀
I guess I'm late to the party... LOL
I'm frantically searching for the sheet music for Florence Price's clouds for a research project for my keyboard seminar class and i can't find it anywhere ahhhhhh
I actually have lol but great vid
@@azesimmonsmusicthere's a published version through Schirmer.
i haven;t
Even Liszt Mazepa is quite crazy and also El contrabbandero
I think I’ve listened to this recording about 100 times and I just still can’t believe my eyes. Everything is so smooth and each musical intention is precisely calculated, all this in a mind blowing tempo and a technique which could only be qualified as “surreal”.
Thank you Mr. LDF for sharing such an achievement. And thank you Piergiorgio for posting this video, Mr. LDF deserves more recognition.
its insane you can judge a song by your eyes. usually i can't even do that with my ears (i'm deaf)
For those complaining that you've heard it before, here's an even rarer piece by Liszt: his "Scherzo und Marsch." A work of both sheer virtuosity AND compositional brilliance! Should be much more famous than it is today.
Edit: Apparently Scherzo und Marsch has been (widely, but not very accurately) recorded, my apologies... If you want an exceedingly rare piece, Liszt's Spanish Songbook (Romancero espagnole S.695c) is even harder than the Fantasy, so much so that Leslie Howard is the only pianist ever to make a studio recording of it. I just think Scherzo und Marsch is a much better composition and deserves to be listened to.
Scherzo and March is definitely not rarer than the Spanish Fantasy??? What are you on about
I wouldn’t say that’s rarer… maybe in that there’s less recordings by now
@@loganm2924do you know how many recordings there are of Scherzo und Marsch? Not sure myself, but id be surprised if it’s less than the number of Spanish Fantaisie recordings.
@@cadenzalien4554 The Spanish Fantasy has become much more famous because of people who do "top 10 most difficult" videos and such.
@@advikthepianokid4583 there are far too many recordings of the Spanish Fantasy... what's rare is a *good* recording of it. (Hats off to Mr. Seon-Yong Hwang!!)
There’s a video by “The Independent Pianist” which is called the “greatest liszt player of all time” which makes a good case for Arrau. It touches upon similar points about how Liszt himself was known to play. Recommend the video and that channel in general!
Ive listened to it before, but its always awesome when u first discover a piece that u really like
I actually discovered the artist's real identity a while ago, but I sadly forgot his name since then. The pianist seems to be very reclusive and extremely humble. He is avoiding his well deserved recognition and is way too self-critical. This I do not really understand, since he is a grandmaster; he is among the best of the best. (I guess being extremely proficient at a skill makes you far more aware of your own "flaws".) Hamelin himself tweeted (responding to LDF's performance of Liszt S. 140 No. 4b) something along the lines of: "How can one publish such an astonishing performance without revealing their name?". I think LDF even disabled the comment sections of his Spanish Fantasy, Weiss Carmen Fantasy and Le Preux recordings after a bunch of people "leaked" his name. Anyways, on the channel under his actual name there are a lot of high quality recordings and footage from competitions and concerts. I remember I watched his performances of the Norma, Don Juan and Puritains Fantasies. They were godlike. I believe he uploaded his renditions of more pieces by Mozart, Alkan, Liszt and Scriabin, but I am not sure which ones exactly. There is plenty more I didn't get to see/hear. LDF also claims to have learned Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 (which I do not doubt), but he hasn't had an opportunity to perform it with an orchestra. Such a mysterious figure.
Huang Yi-Chung, if you're still looking for it. And yeah he planned to play Rach 3 and other insane pieces in the Ljubljana festival competition but never made it past the first round.
I'd also like to comment that he is not at all humble, he has a Discord server where he has effectively incited a cult around his piano technique... and he thinks himself better than almost all modern pianists. Reclusive in that he tries not to reveal his name (while simultaneously having one of the most distinctive playing styles of pianists around today) but humble most certainly not.
@@loganm2924 K, thank you. I just had the impression he was insecure about his playing, because I saw him write things, like "I need to work on my scales, they are so uneven", "my arpeggios suck, I need to practice more" or "I wish I could play that piece as well as the other one", all while playing pretty much as perfectly as a midi file. Thanks for enlightening me.
I'd say he's a pathological perfectionist but I've read some of his Reddit posts (he's really, and I mean really) into INFJ personality tests, and he's definitely not humble. A very interesting and quirky individual for sure
@@loganm2924well he actually thinks old school pianists are better than modern pianists...which is definitely true
@@HofmannScores sure, doesn’t make him any more humble
Before I clicked on the video I had an extremely strong feeling it was about this piece, can't believe I was right! This piece is definitely amazing, the march is the best part for me. As a spaniard I absolutely love the march!
Glad you made a video on this piece, a hidden gem!
PS. Your reaction to the performance of the piece was hilarious
It definitely is amazing. I'm so glad that you enjoyed the video!
YOO thank you for bringing attention to this stunning piece and these young, talented content creators! I've been watching Seon Yong Hwang's videos for 3 years now, and I'm glad he's finally getting the recognition he deserves!
If you like his performance of this piece, I would highly recommend you to watch some of the other intense piano pieces he has uploaded to his channel.
My favorite, by far, is his Le Preux performance, which is one of Alkan's hardest, most technically demanding pieces, which was Seon's first TH-cam video!
I've listened to spanish fantasie before, but I just love how you bring that piece up in a video, cuz the piece itself does need some more acknowledgment, as well as your epic channel.
I've known of this piece since my teens but had never audited before until now. It's immensely difficult. Thanks for sharing.
I love this piece, thanks for introducing me this piece!
Just have to note, adding on top of the LDF recording, where you mention that "this is the real test" is where he plays tenths in the left hand of that passage instead of what I believe are only marked octaves... Which is just devilishly indulgent, especially for someone with this level of technique!
i saw a recording of it on youtube and i had the first theme stuck in my head for days. especially those flashy glisses at the beggining
always nice when you upload! great video as always
I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
actually, Ladavinafanatic has actually popped up in several competitions and whenever he was the one playing, he always had quite a wild tempi that he chose. when I mean wild I mean it. He played 2 rare pieces in a competition (VII Premio Alkan per il virtuosismo pianistico romantico), he played Liszt's Reminiscences de Lucrezia Borgia and Alkan's Etude De Concert Op.17 "Le Preux". Both pieces have a lot of technical difficulties and he took them at such ease with the tempi. Liszt's Fantasy literally takes 22 mins and Alkan's Le Preux Literally has staggering Octave and Hand Cross Passages, not to mention tremolandi chords that take several pages (seperated by both hands, almost like a big trill). Theres also another competition (VI Concurso Internacional de Piano) where he also played 2 pieces by Liszt. He Played The Rare and Extremely Difficult Fantasy on Robert Le Diable (Reminiscences de Robert Le DIable S.413 which it is quite known for Tenths and extreme tempi markings on the score aswell as other difficulties like huge leaps, rapid octaves, etc) to its full tempi and he also played Liszt's First version of the Paganini Etude No.4 with a tempo marking preceding the tempo marking of Andante Quasi Allegretto (even probably almost preceding the original caprice no.1 speed of which the transcription was based upon) , Specifically version S.140 No.4b which is basically almost tiring to perform due to all the repeated chords. basically his playing style was probably like thalberg or pixis or other forgotten virtuosi that played with immense tempi.
stop doxxing him
its not doxxing, the word just got out but ima just make him anonymous for now
My favourite piece!
LDF is a great pianist who needs an orchestra.
He learned Brahms 2 in a few days. He also knows rach3, tchaik1, and many other concerti.
If he got an orchestra more people would know of his talent.
And Feinberg 3!
How did you know he learned Brahms 2? Also he played Chopin 1
@@DynastieArtistiqueWhat insane pieces he had played besides we've seen on YT?
@@yiyo5741 Feinberg 3, Syzmanowski 2, Symanowski 3, lots of virtuosic classical and romantic concertos, this guy also casually sightreads late Scriabin sonatas, plays Scriabin 3, 4, 5, 8 and a lot of insane pieces that I don’t have on my mind right now
@@yiyo5741 also, he plays lots of Sorabji. He’s learning O.C currently
I legit haven't heard of this before, goddamn, this is insane
I love this work :)
"La Campanella" is marked "allegretto," which is widely ignored, especially by young male pianists. Pasquale Iannone introduced me to the "Spanish Fantasy" several months ago, up until that time I was unaware of it as well. It is an amazing piece.
Have you studied with Iannone?
@@24cf648 I hosted Pasquale in my home for about 9 days earlier this year, when he was doing a concert tour of Utah under the auspices of the Bachauer Foundation. I have a nice piano and guestroom, and I host a lot of pianists for the Bachauer. Thanks for asking.
I came across LaDivina half a year ago. I have his reddit. bro just just casually dropped LE Preux like WTF!!!!!🔥🔥🔥
But I have heard it, sir!
Listen to Busoni and Josef Lhevinne in the Campanella to hear real old school. Also Arthur Freidheim playing Feux Follets is some great recordings.
True
they are better
I've never heard of this piece before and I'm honestly surprised by how incredibly interesting it is (both musically and technically.) Thanks Piergiorgio for another banger!
P.S. It's pronounced Pletnyov, the original spelling is misleading🙄
Although I agree that more often than not the extreme tempo "arms race" kills a lot of musicality in many virtuosic piano pieces, I'd say that there is this category of virtuoso music that is actually the opposite. In my view Liszt has especially many of these in his catalogue - pieces that need to be played sufficiently fast to expose the intricate structure and beauty hidden between the notes. I haven't tackled any of the significant Liszt pieces myself, but I've experienced this while learning and practicing Rachmaninoff: passages that - when played in "practice tempo" - seem nothing more than a frantic collection of 16th notes, but with the tempo dialed up to the point where you can no longer consciously focus on each single note, you suddenly discover the theme and 3 counterpoints hidden among those 16th notes.
I think this is possibly why Liszt still tends to be deprecated as a "showman" and his music as "shallow virtuosity" - because you need god-level virtuosity to even notice the melodies and the genius of structure and form.
On another note: true, Liszt would probably be surprised hearing the tempi at which his stuff is played today - but the pianos themselves changed considerably from his time to ours (maybe not as much as from, say, Beethoven's times, but still). So while it's probably better to play somewhat slower on Liszt's piano, I think he would've still be thrilled with what we can do with his works on our modern Steinways - as long as we don't drown it all with the pedal, undoing all those 150 years of progress in selective and responsive key action ^^
Bro, that figure at 1:09 is the toughest thing I've ever learned on piano....open voiced diminished 7 chords in both hands, rh ascenting chromatically, lh descending by whole step. He did this exact figure in transcendental study no 10 where I learned it. He must have thought it was way too fun to only use in one piece 😂
5:28 It's Yunchan Lim isn't it?
i thought he meant lang lang so i unsubbed hahaha
@@Jonathan_Moene it indeed is mr long long
@@marcusbautista2630dissapointing, I understand
@@Jonathan_Moene I guess it could also be Yuja Wang or Martha Argerich
@@jashepoon martha's musicality is usually still there despite her quicker tempi tho
I already heard of this for years now.
Spanish Fantasy (I believe, the simplified and trimmed version of Grosse Konzertfantasie)
I played this and I died. (I had a video with trims and a midi edited video)
4:32 LDF even did the LH in tenths omg 😱
i actually listen to this piece every day. LDF's version. it's insane.
i do wish there were more recordings of it. like pletnevs full recording.
there is no way this guy is human. too fast? maybe. some of the spanish "swing" of those 3 dances liszt put in the piece is lost. but god damn if that isn't one of the best recordings i've ever seen. like i said i watch it every day.
This video has been known of for a while, but it is nevertheless an absolutely stunning performance.
Thanks for finding!!
5:27 Spi Springers
I’m surprised you haven’t heard of this till now, but atleast you found it. Also surprisingly, this isn’t even Liszts hardest Spanish-themed piece?! It’s actually another piece called the Spanish Songbook. Consider checking that out too.
05:30 You're talking about Erwin Nyiregyhazi, right?
No he's talking about yuncham. Ervin nyiregyhazis recording absolutely sucks
Sign me up to the "I have heard it before!" Club^^
hm I just listened to both renditions and I like... both!
I’ve heard of this piece many times before, I just haven’t gotten around to listening to it
it's strange how I knew it would be the Spanish Fantasy before even clicking on the video.
nonetheless, it's a brilliant and painfully underrated masterpiece
I cant find any recording of this piece on spotify
1:56 that’s meeee
Anyways when I discovered this vid I knew I was listening to this for the rest of my life as a pianist
hey aren’t you that admin guy on tonic?
Lizst, having written such technically demanding music, has in effect thrown down the gauntlet to see see who dares pick it up. Fortune favors the brave. But beware, so do cemeteries.
I was honestly expecting it to be La Campanella or Hungarian Rhapsody 2, but I'm pretty surprised someone chose spanish fantasy as the most insane piece
As in you expected HR2 or La Campanella because it’s stereotyped to be more difficult or because you actually thought that its Liszt’s hardest piece. Cuz Spanish Fantasy is much, much, much more difficult in all aspects compared to the other 2…
@@advikthepianokid4583 Seems like he was talking about the stereotype. I highly doubt he thought it's Liszt hardest since I've seen him in another video (thats not HR2 or Camp) before
@@advikthepianokid4583 Now I think la campenella is easy compared to this
@@GoofyVirginian630 and you haven’t even seen feinberg 3…
You need to check out Adam Gyorgy playing Liszt
hehe I am learning it right now.
I own the 99 CD Liszt box by Leslie Howard, where I heard this for the first time. However, this recording is weaker than those of most of the other pieces in this box. What an effort to record the complete Liszt piano music!
What is the name if the piece❓And the pianist❓
Already heard...
I came to hear about Liszt, and found a mystery as deep as the author of My Immortal.
If you're looking for an truly insane piano piece, look at Mereaux "bravura" etude
th-cam.com/video/k57Tl7qAGFs/w-d-xo.html
Even the guy in the first video you played has a "simplified" version...
Reading the comment section apparently I am in the minority group of people who have never heard this piece before
the Spanish Songbook S.695c is even twice as harder than that
I thought 12AbBa said otherwise.
@@antonrubinsteinisthebest nevermind it seems that the spanish fantasy is harder than the songbook, I was kinda ignorant there
Are these people deliberately concealing their faces for a reason? I find it most unnatural and disconcerting. They are human beings I presume and humans are not just hands.