Oh I can listen to this piece a hundred times he is absolutely a virtuoso a genius what a beautiful interpretation of Liszt sonata. KIssin is the best of the best of todays pianist clarity technically expressive. I am going to attend his concert again here in Toronto, May 1 2015.
Having read Brendel's essays on this coda, it becomes clear that Liszt added the end years after "finishing" this piece. Thank god that for once Liszt was uncapricious enough to properly tailor and finish a piece. The result is sublime. Hurray to second thoughts!!!
I saw Kissin play this unparallelled masterpiece in Manchester the same year, I was in the presence of greatness. His grasp of this giant work is awe inspiring.
I'm surprised he didn't record it! In the overall a great interpretation. Influenced by Horowitz in the beginning,then he takes his own path, reaching high peaks in the fugato and post-fugato part. Thank you for posting!
Sweat...or maybe, just maybe, a tear drop? For all the years watching this and having this very recording for me being thee greatest achievement of Liszt's Sonata, I always thought Kissin had cried at the very end. At least it makes me cry!
When played correctly, as Kissin does abundantly, the ending is one of the most arresting, spellbinding, mesmerizing in all of piano literature. I'm literally on the edge of my seat as Kissin concludes the piece. This is brilliant composing, and brilliant playing.
I am a noisy teenager, who doesn't much like liszt. However, that piece is so damn moving and kissin suits it well. Brave thing to play as recital as well. Absolutely superb!! Everyone, show your friends this recording!
When I was a child, I couldn't understand this music. I just thought this piece is so boring and long..... But now, I can understand this music... I think people should know more about this masterpiece.
Kissin is really a hard worker. There is not a single note which is not convincing.... a very lyric version in the slow parts and convincing technique and speed in the virtuoso parts. a born musician who makes the impossible possible
Kissin's performance of this piece is perhaps the best ever, but only in his 2011 performance. I thought the 1998 performance was a little bit rough around the edges. He perfect pretty much everything in 2011
this whole piece felt and sounded like a concerto! such a full amazing sound was produced by Kissin and the genious writing of Liszt.....truly something has been displayed here that is beyond mankind
@X3nion it's hard NOT to cry at the end, even as a listener...i can only imagine the level of emotion a true player of this piece would be immersed in at that point....
I don't understand how people can say he isn't musical here when this is one of the most romantic performances I have heard - he does a beautiful job in the slow melodic areas. I thought this was a nice performance - maybe a bit lacking in some areas, but I don't think he can be accused of not being musical.
I like the Dante very much too but it does not have the perfectly tight architecture and the beautiful themes that the Sonata in b minor has. the close relationship of the varions themes in the B minor is a true act of genious. I really think that piece is the ultimately PERFECT piece for the piano.
An important and strange element creating the flavour of this (chromatic ) sonata, with so many notes and containing the most beautifull melody of the 19th century, is due to one note in this melody, the "augmenté" Sol ( G )becare after the Sol bemol during the Si accord in this case. Sorry for the french music terms.
I think he is crying in the end! Look at the very last note...while he is playing it, I think a teardrop is falling from his chin. It could however also be sweat, I am not sure!
lol how is he the most underrated composer? he's known to be one of the best pianists to ever walk the earth and wrote pieces that "revolutionized" the piano. he's just unknown to younger people who haven't really heard his pieces mainly because they can't play it, and they only know mozart, beethoven, chopin because that's all they can do and appreciate. just my two cents though, i could be totally wrong.
I know this comment is really old but about 11 years ago I was one of those people who didn't really get Liszt, but that's because It was still early in my piano playing, now however I watch Liszt for not only hearing his great music but watching what the human hand is capable of doing and it really is unbelievable, I think you have to have a keen interest in the instrument in order to really grasp just how brilliant Liszt is, people just think "oh he must of practiced a lot" and whilst that's true it's akin to saying the reason Joe Bloggs, a 5'6 white male isn't a professional basketballer is because he hasn't practiced enough.
@@chester6343, my dad told me he doesn't like Liszt, even when he knew that I'm working on Sonata in B minor. I haven't gotten the piece down to being able to play it like Kissen, of course, and there is definitely still work to be done on it. Maybe my dad didn't like it because he heard how I was playing it, and the real beauty of the piece can't yet be heard when you don't have it polished enough and are still making some mistakes. I hope when I do get it ready to perform, I'll be able to have at least some of my audience loving it. It sure won't be in any concert hall. I've played piano in nursing homes. Haven't played this at one yet, I wonder if the elderly residents there would like it
I think he wrote alot of superficial stuff, but there are some good works. This sonata is so hard to play, not just technically, but timing and lyricism.
Does anyone else see here a musical illustration of the most epic battle between the infinite forces of heaven against the infinite forces of hell? I am not religious but this is almost enough to make me belive in heaven and hell.
Kissin is one of the greatest pianists. He really knows how to express the musical language of Liszt. Unlike him, some pianists simply don't know how to control their dynamics in virtuositic sections. Richter, in his practice, butchered those octaves at 3:20. Alexei Grybyuk's fine in terms of technique, but his interpretation of that particular section is incomprehensible. Hard, fast banging, that's all I see in his.
IMHO, after a great fugue ( all those energy outbursts ) and beginning of the recap, the secondary theme gets too slow and we already heard it all before... Kind of disappointing and losing energy here... Stretta quasi Presto is too slow as well, however, I kind of like the idea of playing prestissimo x2, a la Alla Breve ( in 2 ), but its too fast for him ( still he does very very well ).
That's an odd view to uphold...particularly with regards to a Liszt piece. Playing this sonata with strict adherence to the metronome would come across as stale and artificial.
Oh I can listen to this piece a hundred times he is absolutely a virtuoso a genius what a beautiful interpretation of Liszt sonata. KIssin is the best of the best of todays pianist clarity technically expressive. I am going to attend his concert again here in Toronto, May 1 2015.
Having read Brendel's essays on this coda, it becomes clear that Liszt added the end years after "finishing" this piece. Thank god that for once Liszt was uncapricious enough to properly tailor and finish a piece. The result is sublime. Hurray to second thoughts!!!
A transcendant experience. If Liszt had written nothing else but this sonata he'd be immortal. Kissin is, as always, sheer perfection.
3:07-3:22 , it's amazing to think that a single instrument can sound so grand.
Colin Rose Heh...
I saw Kissin play this unparallelled masterpiece in Manchester the same year, I was in the presence of greatness. His grasp of this giant work is awe inspiring.
I'm surprised he didn't record it! In the overall a great interpretation. Influenced by Horowitz in the beginning,then he takes his own path, reaching high peaks in the fugato and post-fugato part. Thank you for posting!
The final revelations in this epic work are also totally moving. Wonderful.
watch that drop of sweat roll off at 7:20 as he plays the last note....... incredible.
Sweat...or maybe, just maybe, a tear drop? For all the years watching this and having this very recording for me being thee greatest achievement of Liszt's Sonata, I always thought Kissin had cried at the very end. At least it makes me cry!
When played correctly, as Kissin does abundantly, the ending is one of the most arresting, spellbinding, mesmerizing in all of piano literature. I'm literally on the edge of my seat as Kissin concludes the piece. This is brilliant composing, and brilliant playing.
Kissin's musicality is superb throughout. And his timing is perfect; he weaves the piece's many parts into a whole. One of the best pianists alive.
Liszt's Sonata in B minor. s.178, 1853 : A major landmark in the entire history of music.
Evgeny, absolutely perfect !
I am a noisy teenager, who doesn't much like liszt. However, that piece is so damn moving and kissin suits it well. Brave thing to play as recital as well. Absolutely superb!! Everyone, show your friends this recording!
When I was a child, I couldn't understand this music. I just thought this piece is so boring and long..... But now, I can understand this music... I think people should know more about this masterpiece.
Kissin is really a hard worker. There is not a single note which is not convincing.... a very lyric version in the slow parts and convincing technique and speed in the virtuoso parts. a born musician who makes the impossible possible
Kissin's performance of this piece is perhaps the best ever, but only in his 2011 performance. I thought the 1998 performance was a little bit rough around the edges. He perfect pretty much everything in 2011
初めて拝聴しました。やっぱりキーシンは凄すぎます‼️この若さでこの表現は驚異てき⁉️ありがとうございました😉👍🎶
im by no means an expert in both classical and piano pieces but this was just amazing,
breathless
One special note is sometimes more than enough make someone cry !
The end brings you to tears. what beauty, what nostalgia what love.
quite a romantic depiction of liszt's greatness.
this whole piece felt and sounded like a concerto! such a full amazing sound was produced by Kissin and the genious writing of Liszt.....truly something has been displayed here that is beyond mankind
THE BEST VERSION OF THIS PIECE ON YOUTBE. SIMPLY IMPRESSIVE.
increíble, kissin es uno de los grandes pianistas de todos los tiempos
Astounding! Bravo! TY.
@X3nion it's hard NOT to cry at the end, even as a listener...i can only imagine the level of emotion a true player of this piece would be immersed in at that point....
I don't understand how people can say he isn't musical here when this is one of the most romantic performances I have heard - he does a beautiful job in the slow melodic areas. I thought this was a nice performance - maybe a bit lacking in some areas, but I don't think he can be accused of not being musical.
I like the Dante very much too but it does not have the perfectly tight architecture and the beautiful themes that the Sonata in b minor has. the close relationship of the varions themes in the B minor is a true act of genious. I really think that piece is the ultimately PERFECT piece for the piano.
He earned every single clap.
An important and strange element creating the flavour of this (chromatic ) sonata, with so many notes and containing the most beautifull melody of the 19th century, is due to one note in this melody, the "augmenté" Sol ( G )becare after the Sol bemol during the Si accord in this case.
Sorry for the french music terms.
I think he is crying in the end!
Look at the very last note...while he is playing it, I think a teardrop is falling from his chin. It could however also be sweat, I am not sure!
True that ! A good word for it. The whole piece is a religious experience.
This thing is just perfect! Love the part from 2 mins to 3 mins+.. just awesome ;) anyway the whole thing is awesome! ;)
yes,he recorded this piece(live).
;P
Very very very good !!
Have you heard Jeno Jando's recording of this work? Very similar to this recital and his rendition of that section is equally impressive
ALL THESE OCTAVES ARE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME !
pure poesie
Superb
i tend to believe just the opposite. i feel when he plays he is completely engulfed in the music... even becomes the music....
if you haven't heard Liszt's Dante, that might be an even better illustration from the same composer (if that's possible to obtain)!
lol how is he the most underrated composer? he's known to be one of the best pianists to ever walk the earth and wrote pieces that "revolutionized" the piano. he's just unknown to younger people who haven't really heard his pieces mainly because they can't play it, and they only know mozart, beethoven, chopin because that's all they can do and appreciate. just my two cents though, i could be totally wrong.
I know this comment is really old but about 11 years ago I was one of those people who didn't really get Liszt, but that's because It was still early in my piano playing, now however I watch Liszt for not only hearing his great music but watching what the human hand is capable of doing and it really is unbelievable, I think you have to have a keen interest in the instrument in order to really grasp just how brilliant Liszt is, people just think "oh he must of practiced a lot" and whilst that's true it's akin to saying the reason Joe Bloggs, a 5'6 white male isn't a professional basketballer is because he hasn't practiced enough.
@@chester6343, my dad told me he doesn't like Liszt, even when he knew that I'm working on Sonata in B minor. I haven't gotten the piece down to being able to play it like Kissen, of course, and there is definitely still work to be done on it. Maybe my dad didn't like it because he heard how I was playing it, and the real beauty of the piece can't yet be heard when you don't have it polished enough and are still making some mistakes. I hope when I do get it ready to perform, I'll be able to have at least some of my audience loving it. It sure won't be in any concert hall. I've played piano in nursing homes. Haven't played this at one yet, I wonder if the elderly residents there would like it
I think he wrote alot of superficial stuff, but there are some good works. This sonata is so hard to play, not just technically, but timing and lyricism.
Is this performance available on a DVD? I've hunted around a bit and can't seem to find any information on it.
yeah, where did you get that quote? I think Kissin might have given off that impression when he was younger, due to his "grand gestures".
does any one Know if there is an original DVD recording on sale of this concert?and where could I buy it? I'd really appreciate
i will see this peace in a few weeks. But this time it will be played by yuja wang.
Ps: escuse my english, i'm french.
Does anyone else see here a musical illustration of the most epic battle between the infinite forces of heaven against the infinite forces of hell?
I am not religious but this is almost enough to make me belive in heaven and hell.
when he turned to the audience, it looked like he was thinking "oh, I think it's done!"
Kissin is one of the greatest pianists. He really knows how to express the musical language of Liszt. Unlike him, some pianists simply don't know how to control their dynamics in virtuositic sections. Richter, in his practice, butchered those octaves at 3:20. Alexei Grybyuk's fine in terms of technique, but his interpretation of that particular section is incomprehensible. Hard, fast banging, that's all I see in his.
The end is a religious experience.
grande interpretazione!nonostante ciò preferisco la versione di Horowitz.
IMHO, after a great fugue ( all those energy outbursts ) and beginning of the recap, the secondary theme gets too slow and we already heard it all before... Kind of disappointing and losing energy here... Stretta quasi Presto is too slow as well, however, I kind of like the idea of playing prestissimo x2, a la Alla Breve ( in 2 ), but its too fast for him ( still he does very very well ).
truely better than yundi li !!
That's an odd view to uphold...particularly with regards to a Liszt piece. Playing this sonata with strict adherence to the metronome would come across as stale and artificial.
that beautiful melody at 2:49 RUINED!!! ..well not ruined, but so much better if it was slower. sawl good though this fool's too crazy.