@Leo T, George Li's interpretation is indeed much faster than most, but it is also exhilarating; he is amazing indeed. The Friska is supposed to be fast, btw.
Astonishing! I've heard this piece many times, a lot of pianists always bring something unique to this piece. This was a great performance! I feel Inspired
A very exceptional performer. My very best wishes to you in your concert career. You will bring to many people the great joy of music. Some people think they are special. Your are special.
The clarity and precision of the left hand were beyond anything I've ever heard before. But I think that the Rockmonoff cadenza didn't really work. You're ready to write your own cadenza George. Bravo young Jedi.
My goshhhhh! I’m numb now. What a master at this skill, Mr. George is. I’m blown away; more like, hit with a cricket bat hard on the face cuz i still am dazed at this performance. This is perfection! Mastery. To remember all that, and to play it all with such emotion and perfection (I say it yet again), maestro :) I wish you all the very best in life! You could get Any girl on the planet doing that, man. Even 2 at the same time, to live with you forever 😄🤷🏾♂️
How old is he? His technique is very impressive. Especially those incredibly quick melodic passages. He played them all flawlessly and every note was clear. The only thing I would say is, I think he played the melody a bit too fast. Otherwise, a lovely performance.
Maybe I am not to experimented about playing piano but... why too many pianist accelerate and decelerate with no reasons? And touch too light the piano key that seem there is not a note... maybe I am an ignorant about it, or too exquisite in music.
This happens for many reasons. As an example when a pianist hits a key too lightly, so that you can barely hear it can be for many reasons, but I personally do it to barely make a sound to make my audience feel that the piece is more different from other interpretations of a piece, like if you want to admit something to someone else, and act like you regret it right after saying it. As per accelerating parts of a piece can be because you would want parts of the piece to be more highlighted than others
He plays wonderfully, but so much energy stored up in his fingers make them shake in the slow parts. I couldn’t watch because it was invoking some anxiety in me.
You know nothing. If that is what he needs to express to channel his art so be it. The fact that it stands out to you instead of his playing say is all I need to know about you.
@@alexwang9976 Not a single person in this world improvises cadenzas. They might claim and act like it, but of course they composed it long before the audition and practiced it very long and hard. Maybe even more then the piece itself.
This is the type of piano player that I find amusing rather than talented. And don't get me wrong, he is talented. I just don't find the over the top facial expressions and posture particularly professional or inspiring.
@@ssimon64 Classical common period music is divided into many eras. IIRC it goes from renaissance, baroque, romantic, impressionist, modern then contemporary. Romantic music calls for the use of rubato, the stretching and compressing of tempo.
@@john3260 I see, thanks for the info. I still think many versions of this piece are played with too much rubato. It doesn't sound good to the ear sometimes.
Sorry. Somehow I was writing the previous comment on this page and I was switched ahead in time. I wrote those comments to address the way you played it back then. I see you have made it much worse.
It is one of the best performances of this work I heard. Please, don't join the butchers and play an addendum of the Friska. This is the big mistake of all that play this work. Only what the composer wrote is best. Adding anything else is just aggrandizing the ego. Otherwise, you play it better than anyone else. Horowitz truly butchered it and probably couldn't play at the extreme breakneck speed you played it. Afterward everybody made asses of themselves.
Franz Liszt rarely wrote add lib, if any, on any of the cadenzas in any of his compositions. He certainly didn't on his published score of the Hungarian Rhapsody Number Two. What Horowitz played either as an encore, after or during a concert, was received by an audience out of respect and afterward it stuck because the 'great' Horowitz started it. Any ad lib doesn't include notes not written by the composer. This is the biggest fallacy that a musical artist can fall for, unless you are living in the time of Mozart. At that time people were coming out of the era of the dark ages. Most really didn't know any better. You might as well call it an entirely different piece if you add or subtract notes deliberately. The only excuse for playing added notes is if your fingers cannot reach them or a few notes here or there are left out..
Join the bandwagon. It is OK if everyone else does it. I for one don't want anything musical I wrote with ad lib. I leave that to the musical butchers that cannot seem to write any pleasing sounding music. Any Ad lib would best be done with the licks you find in yourself. Music written down should be precious. Do you know anyone that can ad lib what Chopin wrote successfully? Liszt was a great composer, similar to Chopin.
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If anyone is wondering, this is Rachmaninoff's cadenza.
thanks
@@peterluger1400 no problem
Thank you for the insight. I got kind of confused at first... and didn't think it really worked.
His face makes it look like it's either really easy or really hard.I think hard
I am surprised to find someone else who likes twenty one pilots here.
He has good technique but when he plays the piano his face is stupid, ridiculous, facial gestures very exaggerated and funny.
@@fernandomedina7320 It's how he emotionally conveys this piece you idiot, everybody has a different style
Impeccable technique. Great energy too.
Debyise moonlight
6:00 O MY LORD!!!
The friska is perfect. Wonderfully voiced, especially in the bass.
Abhik Mazumder Most people will probably disagree but it was too fast for me
@Leo T, George Li's interpretation is indeed much faster than most, but it is also exhilarating; he is amazing indeed. The Friska is supposed to be fast, btw.
not only was this an amazingly immaculate rendition of this piece but that piano's tone is so well-balanced it makes me wanna play it haha
6:20 never ceases to put a big ol smile on my face.
Absolutely breathtaking, to say the very least. Love George Li.
Astonishing! I've heard this piece many times, a lot of pianists always bring something unique to this piece. This was a great performance! I feel Inspired
fluid - dynamic- and passionate- and light and caring-
i feel carried away to another place of peace.
George plays this with so much musical expression. He really feels the music he is playing! As it should be!!! Bravo George!!!
What an amazing performance!!! My grandfather, Henry Fischer, used to play this piece. He was really good, but George is even better!!!
My face when someone asks me to play für Elise:7:08
8:12 to 8:30 was the best part!!
Darn! This kid is good. First time I've heard him play. I got to look into this fellow.
I’ve just come back to this recording. Still spell binding. Which cadenza was this?
A very exceptional performer. My very best wishes to you in your concert career. You will bring to many people the great joy of music. Some people think they are special. Your are special.
beautiful!!
hHow much precision !!! Excellent presentation. GREEEAT!
Just saw Mr. Li performing in Little Rock! Absolutely outstanding!
Great playing, and good quality of the recording!
FANTASTIC
I have been watch George Li for sometimes, great job!!!
This interpretation is extremely unique, especially towards the end.... but well played!
haha yeah i think he was playing the Rachmaninoff cadenza
fabulous
Incredible performance!
The clarity and precision of the left hand were beyond anything I've ever heard before. But I think that the Rockmonoff cadenza didn't really work. You're ready to write your own cadenza George. Bravo young Jedi.
rockmonoff
Gracias, es un enorme disfrute.
Well done, George Li! Bravo!!!
Bright future💎
Fantastic, so fresh.
this dude is a god... wow probably the best version of this i've seen besides the ones done by computers
the ones done by computers sound shit though
Unity this version suck. His rythm in this piece is awful. Way to fast
Great!! Amazing! Best performance!!
Wonderful !
My goshhhhh! I’m numb now. What a master at this skill, Mr. George is. I’m blown away; more like, hit with a cricket bat hard on the face cuz i still am dazed at this performance. This is perfection! Mastery.
To remember all that, and to play it all with such emotion and perfection (I say it yet again), maestro :) I wish you all the very best in life!
You could get Any girl on the planet doing that, man. Even 2 at the same time, to live with you forever 😄🤷🏾♂️
Excellent Performance.
Bravo.
Grande pianista con un talento eccezionale
This Steinway is awesome like George Li !
Dios!!! Impecable!!!!
great power and technique, Bravo!
Amazing, thank you.
Bravo, George!!!
Bravo!
Amazing , bravo. a red bull for the elders...
My god this is clean
bravo!!!
ES UN VIRTUOSO DEL PIANO ESTE ARTISTA, ME GUSTA SU INTERPRETACIÓN
beauté surréale! et joie transcendentale!
Fantastic looking piano too. Don’t make them like that anymore.
What a handsome genius!
at 7:26 the grass outside are shaking together with him
Outstanding! Very moving.
Perfect speed
I never understood the need for cadenzas for this piece. I mean, isn't it bloody hard enough?
The harder the more prestige it had bruh
This performance is acceptable.
How old is he? His technique is very impressive. Especially those incredibly quick melodic passages. He played them all flawlessly and every note was clear. The only thing I would say is, I think he played the melody a bit too fast. Otherwise, a lovely performance.
This was a month or so before his 21st birthday
He played this when he was 13 and he played it 10 times better
at 5:22 you can see the grass dancing
9:36 Etude Tableaux op.33 no.1
I love you
He invented too much in the end but obviously in general it was very good!
Not invent, that's the Rachmaninoff cadenza I think
Notice: it's raining outside
I wish my hands were big enough to play like that but sadly I’m 11 and hands can barely reach an octave 😢
You don’t need big hands.
yoshi_drinks_tea but if he can barely reach an octave, playing this piece is nearly impossible
I quite easily reach a ninth and this piece is still almost impossible for me
You're still growing
Good
Amazing! Now play it backwards
he is asian, playing it backwards is light work for him
Tempo giusto !!!!
4:49
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Maybe I am not to experimented about playing piano but... why too many pianist accelerate and decelerate with no reasons? And touch too light the piano key that seem there is not a note... maybe I am an ignorant about it, or too exquisite in music.
This happens for many reasons. As an example when a pianist hits a key too lightly, so that you can barely hear it can be for many reasons, but I personally do it to barely make a sound to make my audience feel that the piece is more different from other interpretations of a piece, like if you want to admit something to someone else, and act like you regret it right after saying it. As per accelerating parts of a piece can be because you would want parts of the piece to be more highlighted than others
It's for expression and the term is 'rubato'.
He plays wonderfully, but so much energy stored up in his fingers make them shake in the slow parts. I couldn’t watch because it was invoking some anxiety in me.
죽인다…
What the fuck? The face though but great performance.
Anonymous Piano Freak APF Look at this 5:45
You know nothing. If that is what he needs to express to channel his art so be it. The fact that it stands out to you instead of his playing say is all I need to know about you.
Cadenza was improvised?
Yes
Arthur Yagami No it's Rachmaninoff's cadenza
Yes, its Rachmaninoff's cadenza
@@mambooooooo917 Rachmaninoff improvised it though right?
@@alexwang9976
Not a single person in this world improvises cadenzas. They might claim and act like it, but of course they composed it long before the audition and practiced it very long and hard. Maybe even more then the piece itself.
What Cadenza is this :O
Rachmanioff
Ismael Soto it's the best cadenza I heard
Hameilin
atchiin tocando piano
Tom played this and Jerry had a bad day that day....
Is he okay?
Liam Younger I guess he is. This is a very difficult piece you know, and he played it with amazing technique. Concentration was key.
6:00 O MY LORD!!!
Error 1:16
This is the type of piano player that I find amusing rather than talented. And don't get me wrong, he is talented. I just don't find the over the top facial expressions and posture particularly professional or inspiring.
Me emputa sus gestos
Uhhhmmm his face though😂😂
does anybody play this song without varying the tempo so much? why can't they just play it at a constant damned tempo?
This is from the romantic era not classical era.
@@john3260 WHAT THAT MEANS?!!
@@ssimon64 Classical common period music is divided into many eras. IIRC it goes from renaissance, baroque, romantic, impressionist, modern then contemporary. Romantic music calls for the use of rubato, the stretching and compressing of tempo.
@@john3260 I see, thanks for the info. I still think many versions of this piece are played with too much rubato. It doesn't sound good to the ear sometimes.
@@ssimon64 Well it is an interpretation. I think that rubato adds emotional depth to a piece. You never want a musical composition to sound robotic.
If i could play i would atleast smile..
If i could play on multiple intervals at varying speeds that require utmost concentration, I'm sure I wouldn't put energy into smiling thanks
Not when the dominant tone of the piece is dark and somber.
Trust me, when you're performing a difficult piece, smiling is the last thing on your mind.
great great great technique, but a bit too heavy metal
Sorry. Somehow I was writing the previous comment on this page and I was switched ahead in time. I wrote those comments to address the way you played it back then. I see you have made it much worse.
Dwarf
4:42 wtf face
What was all that crap at the end????
Gregg Michalak the crap was Rachmaninov’s cadenzia 😂
It is one of the best performances of this work I heard. Please, don't join the butchers and play an addendum of the Friska. This is the big mistake of all that play this work. Only what the composer wrote is best. Adding anything else is just aggrandizing the ego. Otherwise, you play it better than anyone else. Horowitz truly butchered it and probably couldn't play at the extreme breakneck speed you played it. Afterward everybody made asses of themselves.
On the score it says cadenza ad lib, so shouldn't the pianist be free to improvise based on any material in the piece?
Franz Liszt rarely wrote add lib, if any, on any of the cadenzas in any of his compositions. He certainly didn't on his published score of the Hungarian Rhapsody Number Two. What Horowitz played either as an encore, after or during a concert, was received by an audience out of respect and afterward it stuck because the 'great' Horowitz started it. Any ad lib doesn't include notes not written by the composer. This is the biggest fallacy that a musical artist can fall for, unless you are living in the time of Mozart. At that time people were coming out of the era of the dark ages. Most really didn't know any better. You might as well call it an entirely different piece if you add or subtract notes deliberately. The only excuse for playing added notes is if your fingers cannot reach them or a few notes here or there are left out..
Join the bandwagon. It is OK if everyone else does it. I for one don't want anything musical I wrote with ad lib. I leave that to the musical butchers that cannot seem to write any pleasing sounding music. Any Ad lib would best be done with the licks you find in yourself. Music written down should be precious. Do you know anyone that can ad lib what Chopin wrote successfully? Liszt was a great composer, similar to Chopin.
Digustibus non est disputandum.
Very funny- ha ha,
Good performance but he can be more better than this
U don’t need to show that much expression on ur face. Ur accuracy is terrible anyway so it doesn’t make u a good pianist
Gervasse Slosse shut up geravsse
5:00
5:45