Franz Liszt - La Campanella - Sylvain Blassel, harp

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  • Liszt's "Grand Paganini Etudes" written in 1851 are a revised version of the "Transcendal Etudes after Paganini" (1838). In both versions, the third one, La Campanella is a summary of the "Great Fantasia di Bravura on Paganini's Campanella" (1834).
    A real feat of virtuosity , La campanella ( "The Little Bell") is the only etude that isn't a transcription of a Paganini Caprice for Violin, but a suite of variations on the rondo's theme from Paganini's second violon concerto.
    Sylvain Blassel's performance on the harp is a world premiere and in no way is a simplification of the original piece for piano. Based on the first edition (Breitkopf, 1851), this transcription is faithful to the didactic spirit of the Etude in order to work on flexibility, dexterity and agility. Only a few sections functionally impossible to perform on the harp have been replaced, by sections that are equally as difficult, but possible. As Liszt did, the music has been transposed for practical reasons from the violin's B minor to the piano's G# and finally to G minor for the harp.
    Sylvain Blassel plays on a 1929 Erard harp, Louis XVI style.
    ******************
    Ecrites en 1851, les "Grandes Études de Paganini transcrites pour le piano par F. Liszt" sont une version révisée des "Etudes d'exécution transcendante d'après Paganini" de 1838. Dans les deux versions, la troisième étude, la Campanella, est elle-même un résumé de la "Grande Fantaisie de bravoure sur la Clochette de Paganini", de 1834.
    Véritable prouesse technique, La Campanella ("la clochette") est la seule étude à ne pas être une transcription d'un des caprices pour violon, mais une série de variations sur le thème du rondo du Concerto No. 2 en si mineur op.7 de Paganini.
    Cette première mondiale à la harpe par Sylvain Blassel n'est en rien une simplification de la partition pour piano. Basée sur la première édition en 1851 chez Breitkopf, cette transcription tâche de conserver l'esprit didactique de l'étude, pour travailler souplesse, dextérité, ou encore agilité. Seules quelques sections organiquement irréalisables à la harpe ont ici été remplacées par des traits d'une difficulté semblable à celle de la partition pour piano. Comme Liszt, la partition a été transposée pour des commodités d'exécution : du si mineur du violon au sol# mineur du piano, elle passe à la harpe en sol mineur.
    Sylvain Blassel joue sur harpe Erard style Louis XVI de 1929.
    The arrangement of this music : www.harpebudin.com/Store/pagan...
    www.sylvainblassel.com
    www.harpebudin.com
    www.laurebourru.fr

КОМЕНТАРІ • 144

  • @sneakydrag4075
    @sneakydrag4075 4 роки тому +158

    I've never thought that someone will play this hard piece on harp and he almost covered all the piano parts. I'm truly speechless.

    • @szymanowski7
      @szymanowski7 3 роки тому +3

      IKR??!?!? Amazing

    • @jimbuxton2187
      @jimbuxton2187 6 місяців тому

      I think the lighter tension of a historical harp helps but he is beyond amazing anyway!

  • @RadenWA
    @RadenWA 5 років тому +155

    Did I see him playing *with the pinky*
    What an absolute mad lad, true rebel

    • @RadenWA
      @RadenWA 5 років тому +17

      @@angel9310 The piece was composed for piano, so I reckon there'd be part that requires a 5 fingers reach I think.

    • @user-sr7cz6ll4d
      @user-sr7cz6ll4d 4 роки тому +9

      @@angel9310 playing harp not use pinky, yes, but not suitable for liszt and paganini pieces

    • @xuly3129
      @xuly3129 3 роки тому +8

      RadenWA
      He practice 40 hours per daj...

    • @victoriagromniak
      @victoriagromniak 3 роки тому +3

      he's a true *pianist*

    • @apayne9737
      @apayne9737 3 роки тому +8

      Its sacraligious but it sounds so good and tbf it's a hard peice

  • @mei2685
    @mei2685 4 роки тому +176

    Brain: Let's play La campanella, it's great!
    Ears: Yeah, it sounds great!
    Eyes: It looks great in sheets!
    Hands: ????

    • @alinaqvi7832
      @alinaqvi7832 3 роки тому +2

      No hands: ahh la Campanella it feels so good

    • @braz28
      @braz28 2 місяці тому

      No feet also haha

  • @rafaelandresagulo4747
    @rafaelandresagulo4747 4 роки тому +75

    Somebody give this guy a round of applause.
    I mean, he played a really hard, and maybe the harpist piece in the world!
    His music was so gracefull, it plucked my strings.
    NOBODY can make a liszt of how good this guy is.

    • @szymanowski7
      @szymanowski7 3 роки тому +4

      Yasss!!! I thought no one would ever play this piece on harp!

    • @PreciousElegance
      @PreciousElegance 3 роки тому +1

      Haha punny!!
      And yes, it plucked my strings too ...

  • @MunworthCrowell
    @MunworthCrowell 10 років тому +106

    this piece lends itself to the timbre of the harp really well

    • @ayhamshaheed7740
      @ayhamshaheed7740 4 роки тому +4

      yep. The aspect of the bell (which is part of what la campanella means) really comes out in the harp version due to how tinny the high pitched part of it is (in this context im using 'tinny' as a good thing)

    • @namankhilrani8845
      @namankhilrani8845 3 роки тому

      The violin too... The violin version has things in it that I never knew were in La Campanella

  • @xiaowu9137
    @xiaowu9137 5 років тому +56

    Wow...Playing this on harp seems even more insane than playing it on piano...what can I say, Paganini and List is genius, so do you.

  • @xxathenacraftsxx
    @xxathenacraftsxx 3 роки тому +23

    Bro what the hell?! This piece is crazy hard on piano already and he nailed it on a frickin harp?! If that's not talent (and practice) I don't know what is! Incredible!

    • @leoli1589
      @leoli1589 2 роки тому

      The music is improvised and made simpler. But regardless it is still impressive.

  • @Harposphere
    @Harposphere  11 років тому +55

    Hi, you can buy this arrangement on the site of "Le Magasin de la Harpe" or Harposphère"
    Sincerly

    • @NDiaz-et6hc
      @NDiaz-et6hc 3 роки тому +3

      Merci beaucoup! C'est vraiment trop beau...et la virtuosité de M. Blassel est éblouissante

  • @emulsy
    @emulsy 10 років тому +27

    Non mais là... magnifique au piano, génialissime à la harpe...!!!

  • @yuelinwu9556
    @yuelinwu9556 4 роки тому +14

    This changed my believe of what harp can do

  • @alf2633
    @alf2633 8 місяців тому +1

    I am absolute mind blown. That was incredibly impressive and just delightful to listen to. I would pay good money to experience this in person. Wow!

  • @marcoilariuzzi
    @marcoilariuzzi 6 років тому +12

    Jaw dropping beautiful! Absolutely amazing!

  • @DawnDavis-lz3rj
    @DawnDavis-lz3rj 2 місяці тому

    So beautiful, Josh!!!
    Thanks for posting all of your pieces.. they are wonderful!!

  • @Murcielag0scuro
    @Murcielag0scuro 4 роки тому +8

    1:35
    Personal favourite part.

  • @sidneyharp
    @sidneyharp 12 років тому +6

    Absolutely incredible! I'm completely inspired.

  • @eenayeah
    @eenayeah 5 років тому +5

    Absolutely crazy. Incredible.

  • @BorisCr
    @BorisCr 13 років тому +13

    Merveilleux!

  • @Cardstacker
    @Cardstacker 10 років тому +7

    I'm thoroughly impressed with this and the Mazeppa I just watched beforehand. Given the difficulty of these pieces, I didn't expect you could pull it off, but you got a whole lot more out of the harp than I ever would have imagined. Well Done!!!!

  • @davidjones500
    @davidjones500 9 років тому +3

    Gorgeous. Great work, Mr. Blassel!

  • @edwardlai
    @edwardlai 4 роки тому +2

    So underrated!!!!! It’s really impressive!

  • @AdrianaSanchez-Brasil
    @AdrianaSanchez-Brasil 11 років тому +4

    Magnificent! Grateful for sharing

  • @machteldkerkmeesterharpist4224
    @machteldkerkmeesterharpist4224 2 роки тому

    Amazing! That pedalwork is almost impossible! Impressed!!

  • @purpur77
    @purpur77 Рік тому

    This is absolutely wonderful!

  • @enriquebarbanera
    @enriquebarbanera 5 років тому

    Wow, impressive! So magic, superb and elegant!

  • @fromflora9329
    @fromflora9329 2 роки тому

    Wow. Breathtaking. I have never thought that La Campanella can be played on the harp.

  • @abdo-yj2ox
    @abdo-yj2ox 9 місяців тому

    Great And professional,Thank You 💖

  • @user-sr7cz6ll4d
    @user-sr7cz6ll4d 4 роки тому +2

    i love him

  • @jethromackenzie
    @jethromackenzie 10 років тому +1

    this guys really good! well played my friend

  • @sers3286
    @sers3286 3 роки тому +1

    Невероятно...😃 Лист на арфе. И так здорово, прям не верится.. Браво!!!)

  • @normanspurgeon5324
    @normanspurgeon5324 4 роки тому +2

    Great-very inspiring.

  • @beachdm5272
    @beachdm5272 3 роки тому +2

    Splendid!!
    ラ・カンパネラはピアノ演奏しか聴いたことがなかった。
    ハープで匠の演奏は素晴らしいですね!!

    • @vladof_putler
      @vladof_putler 2 роки тому +1

      La Campanella had listened Violin 🎻performances for ages.

  • @RamiroEnriquez
    @RamiroEnriquez 12 років тому +5

    Maravilloso!!!!! No tengo palabras.

  • @carcar7497
    @carcar7497 11 років тому +1

    Thank you so much!

  • @Itzabhboo
    @Itzabhboo 3 роки тому +1

    1:35 rocking sign

  • @Muhammad-uu3nu
    @Muhammad-uu3nu 4 роки тому

    Very nice performance 👍👍👍

  • @dmysterygirl3388
    @dmysterygirl3388 7 років тому +13

    the eargasm for my fav part!!! ughhhh 😍😍😍😍😍😍 4:50

  • @dhavalgupta1687
    @dhavalgupta1687 Рік тому

    Respect man ❤👒🙏 this is real hardwork and talent !!!

  • @theodoreroosevelt9105
    @theodoreroosevelt9105 5 років тому +3

    OH MY GOD THIS IS SO FUCKING BEAUTIFUL

  • @saskiashoshanacohen1507
    @saskiashoshanacohen1507 10 років тому +2

    Saskia Cohen Tanugi : Merveilleux harpiste, le chagrin s'efface...

  • @warmaximus
    @warmaximus Рік тому

    Que hermosa melodía, en tantos instrumentos suena hermoso y profundo

  • @ryanliu1994
    @ryanliu1994 7 місяців тому

    This is insane!!

  • @liberaazzurra
    @liberaazzurra 4 роки тому +1

    Wow!

  • @blaccfeather5803
    @blaccfeather5803 3 роки тому

    after hearing the harp in "Moses Sumneys - quarrel" Ive become obsessed in eargasms those notes bring

  • @user-ru8vy1uz7c
    @user-ru8vy1uz7c 4 роки тому

    Bravo brilliance

  • @adamdavis1497
    @adamdavis1497 3 роки тому +2

    How many thousands of hours? Truly masterful

  • @qingyerenping5371
    @qingyerenping5371 2 роки тому +2

    太厉害了!! 老师太厉害了,竖琴版的好好听

  • @shanshanwang1271
    @shanshanwang1271 5 років тому +1

    太喜欢了

  • @teodoratoth7722
    @teodoratoth7722 2 роки тому

    Wow!!!!! 😱😱😱❤️💗❤️

  • @alisacs_f.l1312
    @alisacs_f.l1312 3 роки тому

    No words. :o

  • @KindaKokenry
    @KindaKokenry 9 років тому +2

    Beutifulllll

  • @user-xz7kz9wq6o
    @user-xz7kz9wq6o Місяць тому

    音色好美❤

  • @ramimehyar481
    @ramimehyar481 Рік тому

    CRAZY

  • @rosalierose850
    @rosalierose850 7 років тому +4

    excellent technic

  • @lisaflores3218
    @lisaflores3218 2 роки тому +1

    Amazing! The musicality and the atmospheric feeling was just underrated and fantastic.
    By the way does anyone know where I can get the harp arrangement sheets?

    • @tziporahenig809
      @tziporahenig809 Рік тому

      I am looking for the music as well. If you find it, please let me know! The link in the description doesn't work.

  • @ACID_MENTE
    @ACID_MENTE 3 роки тому

    4:43 best part

  • @carcar7497
    @carcar7497 11 років тому +1

    Does anyone know if sheet music for harp exists, and if so where I can find it

  • @kibourne
    @kibourne 9 років тому +7

    I would love to know why you chose to play with the fifth finger (pinky) in the piece as this isn't a typical technique used? Beautiful playing. This is one of my favorite pieces for the piano for sentimental reasons, and now it is one of my favorites on the harp. I could listen to your playing for hours. Congratulations on a stunning performance!

    • @llim3602
      @llim3602 9 років тому

      Kimberly Bourne At first I thought it would be to cover the wide intervals that this piece is known for, but then I realized that he used his pinky at the beginning of the piece! Perhaps, personal preference and the tone production... So many complicated techniques was used and the smoothness of the timbre and tone... unbelievable.

    • @MrS-in8pp
      @MrS-in8pp 7 років тому +2

      Often times it looks like you are using your little finger, but really it just moves with your fourth finger. The little finger is too weak to play the harp and there is no reason to use your fifth finger as your fourth finger can reach further. Hope I dont sound agressive haha!

    • @miguelgonzalezkong7443
      @miguelgonzalezkong7443 6 років тому +2

      I am sorry but he is playing with the little finger, see the video from the minute 1:30... I do not know the reasons but he did.

    • @yihezhu7917
      @yihezhu7917 3 роки тому

      I think it was because of the huge interval (2 octaves). Jumping with 4th finger might me too irreliable or not his preference or you could lose the musical tension/line, I dont know. My harp teacher actually told me that playing with the pinky was not unusual before the design of the current modern harp

  • @benedictrichard3446
    @benedictrichard3446 8 років тому +36

    how long does it takes to master this pieces on harp

    • @bernardok
      @bernardok 7 років тому +51

      1 Millennium.

    • @jadenhan6354
      @jadenhan6354 5 років тому +32

      40 hours per day

    • @julianashitindi5421
      @julianashitindi5421 4 роки тому +5

      YUEN KA SHING 4C-25 watch twoset violin😂

    • @prabhatsaini3883
      @prabhatsaini3883 4 роки тому +1

      Forever

    • @ayhamshaheed7740
      @ayhamshaheed7740 4 роки тому +1

      well it takes a decade or so on the piano and, from my experience playing both, similarly long on the violin (though the violin version is probably more difficult than the piano. The same cannot be said for the 1838 piano version, which is probably on par in terms of difficulty with the violin version)

  • @matthewkendrick8280
    @matthewkendrick8280 2 місяці тому +1

    Can someone explain to me those little rotating discs at the top of the strings? I don’t know anything about harps.

  • @zacharyallen5663
    @zacharyallen5663 4 роки тому +1

    HOW??!!!??

  • @marianpalko2531
    @marianpalko2531 7 років тому +6

    Hi,
    do you think it is tougher to play this on the harp or on the piano? Lovely performance.

    • @eristonjuan
      @eristonjuan 7 років тому +4

      piano, I think, because the octaves are much more apart from eachother than it is on harp. So on harp you can hardly move your hands on that piece as with piano your hands would be jumping like crazy 'cus you just can't reach the notes.

    • @eristonjuan
      @eristonjuan 7 років тому +8

      although you do have to pull the strings with your bare hands on harp, wich I think it's harder than pressing the keys of a piano.

    • @adriaserrano1167
      @adriaserrano1167 7 років тому +14

      Harp 100%. Keep in mind, each time you find a # or bemol it's a foot movement in harp. Besides, doing trino in harp is significantly more difficult on harp than piano.

    • @drtsang125
      @drtsang125 4 роки тому

      Juan Rocha have you even tried single hand trio on a harp? How do u find it when comparing doing it on piano?

  • @levansaginashviliskidney8726
    @levansaginashviliskidney8726 3 роки тому +1

    Now let's play mazeppa at full speed

  • @lilskittleemy91
    @lilskittleemy91 13 років тому

    Its awesome you are playing liszt on harp but harp has its own liszt-parish alvars

  • @ivaniori3241
    @ivaniori3241 4 роки тому +2

    0:46 will no one mention that devilish shadow figure on the background?

  • @johnmanno2052
    @johnmanno2052 3 роки тому

    M Blassel is my favorite harpist ever, I like him better than Grandjany, and I've only heard bits and pieces of Renie, though from what I've heard, I prefer M Blassel's playing. I've played harp all my life, and this man is my personal hero.

  • @mjgroot
    @mjgroot 5 років тому +1

    5 dislikes? How?

  • @rosiewang5920
    @rosiewang5920 3 роки тому +1

    He used his pinkies?

  • @misbahhamid3522
    @misbahhamid3522 8 років тому

    indah

  • @mustafaocal215
    @mustafaocal215 2 роки тому

    The harpiest of harps!

  • @hoangdang6142
    @hoangdang6142 3 роки тому +1

    It's sad that my self-esteem dropped to 0 after seeing this even though I play the piano

  • @Rosie-gd2mn
    @Rosie-gd2mn 4 роки тому +1

    how who when what

  • @kullanici12111
    @kullanici12111 Рік тому

    omg

  • @avazbekraymaliev6152
    @avazbekraymaliev6152 3 роки тому

    Unbelievable

  • @sirfermainclancharlie1018
    @sirfermainclancharlie1018 3 роки тому

    It's very hard to play the peice on the piano. Probably a lot harder on the harp.

  • @franzliszt171
    @franzliszt171 3 роки тому

    The tune is 1 semitone lowered

  • @bry9025
    @bry9025 4 роки тому +3

    it sounds great, but is it out of tune? ive played around with tuning, and it seems that your harp is tuned down... does the harp not have enough strings for the high D#? does it have to be transposed down? is it just out of tune?

    • @saraaskarzadeh2389
      @saraaskarzadeh2389 4 роки тому

      It's in a different key (I guess it is "easier" to play). But still, a harp is hardly ever perfectly tuned, there's always a rebellious string :)

    • @bry9025
      @bry9025 4 роки тому

      @@saraaskarzadeh2389 Oh, thanks for the clarification :)

    • @attilakovacs5803
      @attilakovacs5803 2 роки тому

      A = 415 Hz

    • @attilakovacs5803
      @attilakovacs5803 2 роки тому

      Baroque tuning, maybe.

  • @lejayarielle3877
    @lejayarielle3877 Рік тому

    🌈🌈🎆🎇

  • @snowcloud8
    @snowcloud8 4 місяці тому +1

    Anyone else think the thumbnail looks like a shadow demon???

  • @markprimegaming6803
    @markprimegaming6803 3 роки тому

    Gives an Italian vibe

  • @nomikamizu8796
    @nomikamizu8796 4 роки тому +1

    2020?

  • @hereb4theend
    @hereb4theend 5 років тому +7

    Here's a story how a harp is born:
    (man walks into guitar shop)
    Hello sir how many strings would you like on your guitar?
    ALL OF THEM! 😭
    The end

  • @andrewwilliams9580
    @andrewwilliams9580 4 роки тому

    Sounds one semi tone lower.

  • @fallout.adriana
    @fallout.adriana 8 років тому +1

    este tipo si que no la pone.

  • @nikbakhtmehran3327
    @nikbakhtmehran3327 3 роки тому

    * LE GASPS * *HE’S PLAYING WITH DA PINKY!* *am i missing something? Are we supposed to play with the pinky? Is my 5 years of experience of playing harp all a lie? Have i been playing wrong this whole time?*

    • @caze3190
      @caze3190 3 роки тому

      Normaly we don't, but i suppose that 4 wasn't enought

    • @attilakovacs5803
      @attilakovacs5803 2 роки тому

      Who cares about fingering?

  • @user-sr7cz6ll4d
    @user-sr7cz6ll4d 4 роки тому +1

    playing harp not use pinky, yes, but not suitable for liszt and paganini pieces

  • @YoctocosmosLEstablishment
    @YoctocosmosLEstablishment 4 роки тому

    Rendu pas trop mal mais pas fait pour harpe ou alors sur harpe chromatique

  • @nikbakhtmehran3327
    @nikbakhtmehran3327 4 роки тому +1

    I don’t know why i even commented this 5 months ago. It was kinda rude

    • @mn3702
      @mn3702 3 роки тому +1

      I've been playing the harp for ten years and I've never seen someone use their pinky before. Maybe it was needed for the piece (I'd have to see the sheet music to know) or maybe this guy just found out one day that playing with his pinky worked for him.
      You're right - he is very talented. This is a virtuoso piece for piano and he pulled this of on a harp. I really wish I could play like that...

  • @ruramikael
    @ruramikael 9 років тому +1

    Wow!