Fantastic. He can play all 24 without a scratch or sign of fatigue and then play 12 Liszt Transc etudes as an encore after. This man is not normal. Human, yes, but not normal.
As for those who're saying it's way too fast - "official" metronome speed of op. 10 No. 1 is 176 (for the quarter note). There are 79 bars in the piece at 4/4 = 316 quarter notes. Divide that by the metronome speed and you get to pretty much exactly 1.8 minutes, or 1 minute and 48 seconds "run time" as it should be. He starts playing at 0:03 and finishes at 1:47, that is 1:44 for the piece. So he's effectively 4 seconds faster than metronome speed, which is a margin of less than 4%. Now, you can debate the interpretation, the phrasing and maybe things like that for my personal taste the rubato of the left hand is a little too strong, so strong that some of the left cords almost seem to be a little out of sync. But as for the speed itself, it's pretty much spot on. Not my favorite interpretation of 10/1 and not my favorite piece from Berezovsky for sure. But still a pretty decent interpretation of 10/1 IMO. Tastes always differ.
Berezovsky does not need to demostrate with this piece that he is a virtuoso. Because this Etude doesn't forgive you if you try to go too much beyond, and it punishes even famous international pianists. This Etude deserves respect, it's useless to play it "fast and fuoriously" if you do a couple of bad mistakes like in this execution.
Mistaskes... so what ? Listen Michelangeli. You will never hear a wrong note. Every sound there is clear. But be careful not to fall asleep from boredom.
most of all it is useless when the musical quality of this etude is sacrificed when the ambition to be as “fast and furious’’ as can be takes over to impress listeners who are only impressed by the « sportive side” of piano playing.
@@RoboticsBay clear but it's too fast, it doesn't hit right. it's an encore piece and he played it like an encore. one of my least favorite recordings of it
Very far from Gyorgi Cziffra grandioso virtuotissimo , all records of op10-1 are standart no difference between them , it's a same study recorded hundreds and hundreds times
@@gspianoguitar4369perhaps only i can understand that every way of interpretation has its own plus and minuses..and every way has its own mastership of achievement. and that every way will produce some comments of annoying people who want to feel themselves better, if they point out that other ways are better that the one that they criticise… perhaps only i can understand how stupid those peoples are 🙄
@@glenngulda Obviously you're offended. But frankly in this instance, I'm not concerned about that. How well do you know this piece? Do you play this piece? if you know it deeply and moreso even play it then you'll understand instantly how very poor this is. I get that pianists hit wrong notes - I've hit enough so I know that BUT you'd also understand that if you are hitting say only 80% of the right notes your efforts at musical expression within the performance are wasted. There is no musical expression to be had if a quarter of all the notes you're hitting are wrong. Also its not single notes it's groups of notes - fistfuls of notes. Also that has then upset his rhythm in parts which is all over the place. When you learn something even difficult on the piano if learnt properly it will still be there for years even if you don't practice it every day but this specific etude is notorious for NOT being like that. Even amongst greats it's often not played unless they've properly brought it up to the technical standards required. Berezovsky clearly thought he'd just throw this in but you can hear in 5 seconds that he's obviously not been playing it for a long time. He is a great pianist and no doubt had he practiced this properly it would have sounded great...but he didn't and it doesn't
@@gspianoguitar4369i cannot believe how arrogant and also wrong your opinion is.. i know this piece from all the great pianists, that recorded it, because i always listen to alot of performances of pieces that i lean..and i play this piece since 15 years and know every single note in it. i did two master degrees in piano and i since 25 years i do nothing more, than analyse interpretations and performances of all pianists..the old masters and the pianists of nowadays..its my life… and this performance is amazing.. its brutal, its the russian way of interpretation but exactly this way has its own beauty and passion. the few (and not so many as you say for a live performance) wrong notes are nothing to focus on. boris is not in need to do a competition performance. and its not a recording, in which he can cut or play as long as it gets completely right. its a live performance and its absolutely masterful. you have no idea how difficult this etude is because you wouldn’t complain about those few wrong notes, if you would. stay respectful against pianists, that are far better than you will ever be.
@@glenngulda Mmm.. I rarely go this deep into a discussion online but you are a supreme example of the type of person that needs this so I will - you - the internet proffessor who knows everything about the matter in hand . . . not. Right you're probably a 17 fan boi of Boris Berezovzky who generally winds up the world backed up by a google search or two. Your "life" is, after two masters degrees, after sleeping eating drinking analysing the piano for every second of every day, playing this piece since you were 15, spent being a (hushed tones) 'piano master'. ...... Well, you're not. For all your 'qualifications', which are dubious, you are looking like a complete fool. You've obviously never played this piece or studied it at any length. If you had you would know the iconic specific difficulties of the piece that has made some of the greatest performers in history never play it publicly. There are few very difficult pieces that demand the same technical requirements as this, the opening and closing of the hand whilst turning over the wrist on the way up and timing the arm and torso behind it results in a study that demands complex multilayered different movements at great speed. Moreso than almost any other study known. So much so that Horowitz Rubinstein and others when asked why they never played it in public all said it was for the practice room never for the stage and admitted they could never conquer the piece. Of the thousands of others that have tried in public the number of 'perfect' performances are very few especially live Off the top of my head that is Ashkenazy, Seong-Jin Cho, Argerich and a couple more. This performance is not amazing and far from "masterful" and the variations in disconnected rhythms, bucketfuls of wrong notes, hesitations etc only help it to be NOT amazing. He obviously can play it and there are other performances of this piece on youtube by him but this is terrible. There are not a "few wrong notes" there are bucketfuls of them. Advice - When you are going to put yourself 'on the line' in supporting something very strongly you should get your facts straight before you start spouting of as a guru. You are obviously not.
@@davidseymour6246 his playing is cold, anti-musical, boring. He doesn't understand anything about the essence of music and speaking the language of the universe. I also heard him play total atonal rubbish from a "composer" I fortunately can't recall the name off. And competitions... don't get me started. on that subject.
@@davidseymour6246 well let's leave music in music and not bring politics into it. Music is supposed to bring people together, it's a universal language. So politics should stay completely out of it.
@@michieldpiano I completely understand that you can dislike someone personally (assuming you aren't mixing him up with the other Boris Berezovsky), but I just don't see how you could call his left hand line in this "cold, anti-musical and boring"; it just isn't. Admittedly this little Etude is not the most profound composition, but he finds everything that is there. I sat in the middle of the front row of St John's, Smith Square a good few years ago when he was playing Rachmaninov and Lyadov Preludes, and it was spellbinding - a wonderfully dark and poignant Russian voice.
Fantastic. He can play all 24 without a scratch or sign of fatigue and then play 12 Liszt Transc etudes as an encore after. This man is not normal. Human, yes, but not normal.
I watched him play Medtner Sonata in E minor, Op 25 No 2 - The Night Wind, incredible!
As for those who're saying it's way too fast - "official" metronome speed of op. 10 No. 1 is 176 (for the quarter note). There are 79 bars in the piece at 4/4 = 316 quarter notes. Divide that by the metronome speed and you get to pretty much exactly 1.8 minutes, or 1 minute and 48 seconds "run time" as it should be. He starts playing at 0:03 and finishes at 1:47, that is 1:44 for the piece. So he's effectively 4 seconds faster than metronome speed, which is a margin of less than 4%. Now, you can debate the interpretation, the phrasing and maybe things like that for my personal taste the rubato of the left hand is a little too strong, so strong that some of the left cords almost seem to be a little out of sync. But as for the speed itself, it's pretty much spot on. Not my favorite interpretation of 10/1 and not my favorite piece from Berezovsky for sure. But still a pretty decent interpretation of 10/1 IMO. Tastes always differ.
The insane hours needed to just up the tempo and make the notes even is just...
not only it's fast, it sounds great while at it
What a pure chad this man is
straight up smokes this etude everytime
nobody has this energy
"Chopin Étude" and that's it hahaah
감탄과 감동은 다릅니다. 미디어의 시대에 감동은 줄어들고 감탄만을 추구하는 방향으로 음악이 변질 되고 있습니다. 굳이 이러한 변화에 감정이입을 하고싶지 않습니다만 그래도 전통적인 미학의 가치를 충분히 갖춘 연주가 더 많은 감동을 주곤 합니다.
Wow!! The clarity is just incredible.
bro is late to the party
@@HakoréPiano906 ??????????
@@smb-zf9bd this video came out almost 6 years ago
@@HakoréPiano906 Does that make it less "wow"? LOL I've played this for 30 years and can only wish
@@smb-zf9bd no its still very impressive to this day. arguably the greatest performance of the étude
Thanks for sharing !
I ❤ soooo much this piece...
凄い演奏ですね！漲るパワーから簡単に弾きこなすあの弾きぶり！！！
It's fast for sure, but it's also incredibly smooth. Amazing!
😍😍😍😍😍
Oooooooooooh 😮😮😮
Berezovsky does not need to demostrate with this piece that he is a virtuoso. Because this Etude doesn't forgive you if you try to go too much beyond, and it punishes even famous international pianists. This Etude deserves respect, it's useless to play it "fast and fuoriously" if you do a couple of bad mistakes like in this execution.
Mistaskes... so what ? Listen Michelangeli. You will never hear a wrong note. Every sound there is clear. But be careful not to fall asleep from boredom.
most of all it is useless when the musical quality of this etude is sacrificed when the ambition to be as “fast and furious’’ as can be takes over to impress listeners who are only impressed by the « sportive side” of piano playing.
It's fast but colors are strong and clear, idk what u want more lol
@@RoboticsBay clear but it's too fast, it doesn't hit right. it's an encore piece and he played it like an encore. one of my least favorite recordings of it
@@onkelgreifenklau I agree with the art of making music on the piano, and not playing keys quickly on the piano!
존나잘친다 진짜.
남들 겨우 팔쓰면서 닿는거리를 피지컬로 걍 누르네
The athletic automaton did an okay job smashing out this finger exercise.
Very far from Gyorgi Cziffra grandioso virtuotissimo , all records of op10-1 are standart no difference between them , it's a same study recorded hundreds and hundreds times
To mishmashy and thunderous but understandable for encore.
Shocking...wrong notes everywhere, rhythm all over the place...one of the worst performances.
you must be crazy
@@iawodand and you must be deaf!
@@iawodand you need pair of ears
@@iawodand Alfred Cortot * 1933 * no the best but very clear not here
Terrible
Maybe it's only us that can hear the fistfuls of wrong notes and his 'smash' through it. Not good at all.
@@gspianoguitar4369perhaps only i can understand that every way of interpretation has its own plus and minuses..and every way has its own mastership of achievement. and that every way will produce some comments of annoying people who want to feel themselves better, if they point out that other ways are better that the one that they criticise… perhaps only i can understand how stupid those peoples are 🙄
@@glenngulda Obviously you're offended. But frankly in this instance, I'm not concerned about that. How well do you know this piece? Do you play this piece? if you know it deeply and moreso even play it then you'll understand instantly how very poor this is. I get that pianists hit wrong notes - I've hit enough so I know that BUT you'd also understand that if you are hitting say only 80% of the right notes your efforts at musical expression within the performance are wasted. There is no musical expression to be had if a quarter of all the notes you're hitting are wrong. Also its not single notes it's groups of notes - fistfuls of notes. Also that has then upset his rhythm in parts which is all over the place. When you learn something even difficult on the piano if learnt properly it will still be there for years even if you don't practice it every day but this specific etude is notorious for NOT being like that. Even amongst greats it's often not played unless they've properly brought it up to the technical standards required. Berezovsky clearly thought he'd just throw this in but you can hear in 5 seconds that he's obviously not been playing it for a long time. He is a great pianist and no doubt had he practiced this properly it would have sounded great...but he didn't and it doesn't
@@gspianoguitar4369i cannot believe how arrogant and also wrong your opinion is.. i know this piece from all the great pianists, that recorded it, because i always listen to alot of performances of pieces that i lean..and i play this piece since 15 years and know every single note in it. i did two master degrees in piano and i since 25 years i do nothing more, than analyse interpretations and performances of all pianists..the old masters and the pianists of nowadays..its my life…
and this performance is amazing.. its brutal, its the russian way of interpretation but exactly this way has its own beauty and passion. the few (and not so many as you say for a live performance) wrong notes are nothing to focus on. boris is not in need to do a competition performance. and its not a recording, in which he can cut or play as long as it gets completely right. its a live performance and its absolutely masterful. you have no idea how difficult this etude is because you wouldn’t complain about those few wrong notes, if you would. stay respectful against pianists, that are far better than you will ever be.
@@glenngulda Mmm.. I rarely go this deep into a discussion online but you are a supreme example of the type of person that needs this so I will - you - the internet proffessor who knows everything about the matter in hand . . . not.
Right you're probably a 17 fan boi of Boris Berezovzky who generally winds up the world backed up by a google search or two.
Your "life" is, after two masters degrees, after sleeping eating drinking analysing the piano for every second of every day, playing this piece since you were 15, spent being a (hushed tones) 'piano master'. ......
Well, you're not. For all your 'qualifications', which are dubious, you are looking like a complete fool. You've obviously never played this piece or studied it at any length. If you had you would know the iconic specific difficulties of the piece that has made some of the greatest performers in history never play it publicly. There are few very difficult pieces that demand the same technical requirements as this, the opening and closing of the hand whilst turning over the wrist on the way up and timing the arm and torso behind it results in a study that demands complex multilayered different movements at great speed. Moreso than almost any other study known. So much so that Horowitz Rubinstein and others when asked why they never played it in public all said it was for the practice room never for the stage and admitted they could never conquer the piece.
Of the thousands of others that have tried in public the number of 'perfect' performances are very few especially live
Off the top of my head that is Ashkenazy, Seong-Jin Cho, Argerich and a couple more.
This performance is not amazing and far from "masterful" and the variations in disconnected rhythms, bucketfuls of wrong notes, hesitations etc only help it to be NOT amazing. He obviously can play it and there are other performances of this piece on youtube by him but this is terrible. There are not a "few wrong notes" there are bucketfuls of them.
Advice - When you are going to put yourself 'on the line' in supporting something very strongly you should get your facts straight before you start spouting of as a guru. You are obviously not.
Distinctly unmusical.
Exactly, nothing but a finger exercise played by athletic robot.
Do not like this performance, I've both played and taught this piece to my students
sung jin cho WIN😅
하 씨발.. 제발 다른데 쳐튀어들어와서 이딴댓글좀 쓰지마라
Nothing special
Sloppy and uninspired.
A bad pianist and a bad person.
‘“Bad” pianists don’t tend to win the Tchaikovsky, but I agree his comments on Ukraine were shockingly ignorant and inhumane.
@@davidseymour6246 his playing is cold, anti-musical, boring. He doesn't understand anything about the essence of music and speaking the language of the universe. I also heard him play total atonal rubbish from a "composer" I fortunately can't recall the name off.
And competitions... don't get me started. on that subject.
@@davidseymour6246 well let's leave music in music and not bring politics into it. Music is supposed to bring people together, it's a universal language. So politics should stay completely out of it.
Just two sides . The American and the Russian. Do not think the U.S. presidents are sweethearts.
@@michieldpiano I completely understand that you can dislike someone personally (assuming you aren't mixing him up with the other Boris Berezovsky), but I just don't see how you could call his left hand line in this "cold, anti-musical and boring"; it just isn't. Admittedly this little Etude is not the most profound composition, but he finds everything that is there.
I sat in the middle of the front row of St John's, Smith Square a good few years ago when he was playing Rachmaninov and Lyadov Preludes, and it was spellbinding - a wonderfully dark and poignant Russian voice.
Bravo bravo...excelente..torrente de fortes emoções..Chopin sempre assim..pura magia.. metafísica... intérprete completo excelente...