What an incredible year 2018 has been, I want to thank you all for being here on this pianistic journey, the year began with an Etude by Rachmaninoff, and it was only fitting for it to end with an Etude by Liszt. "Un Sospiro" translates into English as "A Sigh", a feeling captured so well by Liszt in this piece. This feeling can be expressed in many ways, one of my favorite interpretations of the piece is by Hamelin, his performance inspired my own, although on the other side of the spectrum is the slower performance by Paul Barton which is equally as beautiful. I wish everyone all the best in 2019, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Happy new year you inspired me to pick up my violin ones again and play classical music again. Hope you inspire more people in 2019. Thanks for everything!
Liszt had a dream one night about his left and right hands having a conversation. Left hand to Right hand: Get out of the way, I need to get to the other side. Right hand to Left hand: Over my moving body. Left hand: Okay then. And that's how Un Sospiro was composed.
Lowiro had a dream one night about his left and right hands having a conversation. Left hand to Right hand: Get out of the way, I need to get to the other side. Right hand to Left hand: Over my moving body. Left hand: Okay then. And that's how Arcaea was creared. P/S: For those of you who don't know what is Arcaea, it's a music game which requires you to cross your hand while playing in harder levels.
I never really listened to, or appreciated, or even thought twice about, classical piano. Then, I randomly stumbled across your channel browsing youtube and it changed everything. Now, many months later, I find myself listening to many great pianist; Arrau, Lugansky and Brendel, yet I find myself drawn back to you. Your take on this music, the subtlety of it, the lite flow, I guess the Rousseau of it all, the you that made me stop for a minute and listen. I suppose this drawn out post can be simplified into a few words and those few words are, Thank you Rousseau.
I've found almost the same. I've always been into classical music but I've never really branched out from guitar or orchestral pieces. I've always wanted to start listening to classical piano like this but it's never really been this convenient. It's great to have someone like him documenting his virtuosity and that of the composers which made these pieces so that we can hear all in one place
@@williamhackney8795 Lol, rarely do I listen to top40 pop or rap. Typically I'm listening to rock/alternative with a tad of country. As for classical, I've really been into Chopin's Nocturne Sonatas lately. I'm still really green to the classical genre, but it's really quite interesting how each artist has thier own style, I suppose, on how they read and play the sheet music. I cant read sheet music so I cant tell the difference between flawless or blasphemy.
Rousseau play it you son of a bitch >_> 😂😂😂 also there’s 1 part in HR2 that has the key of E Major (FCGD sharps) and it has a double sharp on the F somewhere My question is, does it go up a half step because it’s already Sharped, or does it go up a whole step because it’s off of the F#?
Why do all Listz songs start the same. First 40 seconds seem almost worth an attempt then suddenly you need three hands, a foot and the wingspan of an NBA player to continue
Fantastic job! Interesting fast paced virtuosic interpretation of this song. Back in the day when I played this, I did it slower and with a lot more expressive rubato, more like a mournful "sigh". Love how classical music can be interpreted in so many ways!
Amosdoll Music hey two of my favorite youtube pianists in one place! Edit: you should perform this song on your channel I’d love to hear your interpretation of it!
1:52 this F major is the most powerful use of a chord I’ve ever heard. This piece gives me the Indescribable feeling of some kind of intangible power within people’s soul and in their potential. Easily my favorite
liszt created so many beautiful pieces but this one oh my god. it’s almost like it’s a chase and run or a push and pull and yet it’s still so harmonic and it shapes such an intricate symphony where it feels almost dreamlike😣
They've just played this on Classic FM, and I was instantly reminded of my dear Mother, who was a piano teacher and used to play this quite often. I remember her hands going criss cross on the keys whilst she was playing the piece, just magic. Wish I had inherited her talent. Thank you for uploading this, it is magic!
Talent helps, but the biggest thing is practice. You could learn this piece too although it would take several years. (Also Its true that young people have the advantage over older people in terms of potential, but that potential mostly decides who can become a famous soloist, not who can play a pretty difficult piece.)
I'm a bit late to the party, but I discovered this video and this piece today. This piece is one of the most beautiful songs my ears have ever had the pleasure of hearing. I was in tears. It truly lives up to its name. I commend you Rousseau for being able to pull off learning so many difficult pieces and perform them for us so quickly. I hope to see great things from you. Thank you.
liebestraum is pretty good too in terms of conveying the feeling however this is superior. but i think on repeated listening grande douze etude no 8 is better due to the beautiful emotional transitions it has
I asked my music teacher Friday who her favorite composer was and she said Beethoven then I asked her what about Franz Liszt and she said she didn’t know who he was my breathe was literally knocked out of me 🤦♂️
Let me guess: elementary school teacher? I remember mine, i didn’t know a shit about music at the time but everyone could see they only knew basic rythmes and instruments. They shouldn’t even be called teachers
Victor2126 without those "not teachers" none of us would even be interested in music in the first place! Giving those young kids a place to grow, whether they deeply understand history and theory or not, is something that is absolutely integral to having any sort of music scene at all
Look at Lang Lang performance. He just ignored every hint and instruction Liszt wrote, which made this piece an etude in crossing hands and played those arpeggios only with his left hand...at the tempo xD
I find it so interesting how Rousseau, despite not being the best pianist (although extremely talented) is able to make his arpeggios in this piece glow, unlike a lot of other pianists that I would say are better than Rousseau.
This is a list of pieces i would like to hear in the future. 1. Liebestraum no.3 2. Fantasie impromptu op.66 3. Prelude in A major 4. Ballade no.1 in G minor op.23 5. Heroic polonaise 6. Hungarian Rhapsody no.2 7. Fuex Follets 8. Consolation no.3 9. Scherzo no.2 10. The Entertainer 11. Maple Leaf Rag 12. Pathetique sonata no.2 13. Pathetique sonata no.3 14. Waltz in E minor 15. Waltz in A minor 16. Standchen (Serenade) 17. Nocturne in F sharp minor 18. Nocturne op.9 no.1 19. Nocturne op.9 no.3 20. Nocturne in C sharp minor 21. Etude op.25 no.1 22. Etude op.25 no.2 23. Grande Valse Brillante 24. Etude op.10 no.12 25. Etude op.25 no.5 26. Nocturne in F# major op.15 27. Nocturne in E minor no.19 28. Etude op.10 no.5 It would be _cool_ if he uploaded one of these by the end of 2019.
Probably because most and by most I mean 99.9% of people who ever learn piano could never dream of playing this. Songs that are easier get more attention by default. This is my favorite piece though for sure.
@@JayBigDadyCy eh, well this is one the the easiest pieces by him what are you even talking about? If someone decides to learn piano properly im sure this piece will get covered at some points
just wanted to leave my experience here since a lot of people are taking up or restarting piano in quarantine: for some context, i learnt piano for about 3 years before i quit, and took it up again 3 years later but without a teacher. i learnt pieces at my own pace and it was more a hobby than a passion. in late 2018 i learnt pieces that were relatively simple for the experience i'd had. in quarantine, i got far more interested in piano, and also read more about composers, and i found this piece. it was so, so beautiful that i felt i absolutely had to learn it. at this point i had already learnt a bit of nocturne in e flat major, fur elise and canon in d (all the overplayed ones, i know). i got the first few seconds down in one or two days, but the left hand's uncomfortable twist from c# to g flat was worrying me. i tried moving my hand higher up the keys and it was okay for a while but there was still a slight discomfort. my wrist still hurts a lot. i suspect it was from this piece particularly because i exerted myself a lot and put a great deal of stress on my wrist (probably from an incorrect positioning of it). anyway, the point of this comment was that if you're learning this piece, take it slow. worry more about your comfort, posture and fingering rather than it "sounding nice". don't get worried about the speed as soon as you start, that's impractical. go at your own pace. you have time, that's for sure :)
my brain is still trying to process how amazing such a piece of music can exist, I wish words could describe but the only thing I can is say wow....just wow. liszt would have been proud to hear you play wonderful piece Rosseau. well done
one of the older students (hes graduating, so hes probably 18) played this so well at a recital today. it was absolutely enchanting. afterwards, my mom was telling me about how hes talented and very skilled and has that something special about him (and he definitely does). well im gonna prove to her that i can have something special too. she always says that really talented people have something special, but says it in a way that implies us "regular people" cant do those things. well im gonna be special too. im gonna play this piece one day, and im gonna play it so well that my mom can finally say that i have something special too. cause i do. she just doesn't see it yet
This whole piece makes me imagine being on a sailboat at sea. The sun is shining, there is a breeze playing, and the boat is gently swaying in the waves. I just love this.
This is the most beautiful song I've ever heard in my life. I am quite literally crying. I wasn't even previously sad or anything, it is just so beautiful
1:46 idk why but as soon as you started playing this powerful part i started tearing up, and when i replayed it (duh) i started sobbing. it’s so damn beautiful man
Emilie Casey that's the part most people would consider the most beautiful part of the piece, or the breaking point in the piece. I teared up the first time I heard that part, too, and the part at 3:18, 0:28-40, 3:35-3:50. The way it's phrased can also change the effect it has on the listener, so maybe the way he phrased it made you sob. It's said by many people that this is the most beautiful piece ever composed (as said on google), and most people would agree, so it's perfectly normal to sob in the middle of the piece. And, as Joanne Huynh said, it can also have something to do with something going on in your life.
By far, huh? Well I recommend listen to Alkan, my most prefered pieces would be his Le Chemin de Fer, Le Preux, Nocture Op. 22, Etude No. 3 Op. 35, there more great pieces than these, but you need good taste so it might not be sounding nice at first especially if you are a non-musician that's why I recommend the pieces I mentioned.
This piece makes me feel like I'm deeply in love with someone or something. So magical, so beautiful. It really makes me give "un sospiro". Liszt is such a genius :')
This is one of my favorite songs ever. It fills me with pure, unaltered joy and peace. It reminds me of old summer days and the smell of new houses. Dandelions and clouds. Oceans that stretch as far as you can see and fields that do the same. It's nostalgia at it's finest and it makes me so glad to be alive.
I working on this piece over 7 months. This etude so hard for me. But I belive that in one day I can play full of then/ You are incredible! Greetings from Russia!
This piece brings me so much peace of mind. My mind could be running a million miles a minute and this beautiful piece can comfort me and bring me back down to earth. Stunning.
I had never heard this song before....ever, and when I heard this, I had to close my eyes, the melody of it...I legitimately began to cry, I couldn't explain the tears, or even truly explain the feeling behind them, but this is the first time in a long time I've connected so deeply and thoroughly to music, I used to play the piano with my great grandmother when I was very young, however after she passed away, and her piano went to my grandmother, I drifted away from piano, only to occasionally jump on it to play moonlight sonata. The only song I could play. Moonlight sonata hold a special place to me as it was my great grandmothers favorite. I would play it for my great grandfather, who outlived her, and he would smile. He loved when I played it. I haven't touched the piano in years, but this made me feel like I was playing with my great grandmother again. thank you, if only for making this accessible to me, thank you
cant forget the 20 years of technique building an practice to be able to even think of playing this, and the 6 months of practice after that, only to realize your fingers are too small.
@@justinharvey2691 I just read my own comment, disagreed with it, then thought about it a bit then realized it made sense, went back to see who wrote it and only then did I realize I wrote it myself.
This song gives me the unwavering feeling that everything is going to be alright. That despite all the noise and chaos there is still order and that life will go on.
I think this piece is especially beautiful because of the way the hands dance together along the piano to play the melody hidden beneath the background music (excuse my lack of musical terms). If you look carefully, you'll notice that the main melody goes Ab, Bb, Db, Eb, F, Eb, Bb, Db, spanning two octaves. However, as the song progresses, the right and left hand play the melody together. This is most present between 0:43 and 0:50, in a left-hand/right-hand pattern, continuing on again. This, to me, is really beautiful in this song. Normally, the right hand would play the melody and the left hand would play the background music, but in this, the melody is played by (most of the time) both hands, and so is the background music with that logic.
@@calebhu6383 Can I ask the difference between the piece being in Db and not C#? It's the same note, right? Sorry, I'm not fully "trained", so to say, on how music and piano sheet music works.
@@omni1607 The difference is that one has 5 flats and one 7 sharps, the notes are differentin theory, but in reality they are the same(enharmonic) in modern tuning, the same goes for F# major and Gb major or Eb major and D# major(8 sharps xD). And as this piece is set in Db major(although the key changes to A major and E major later on and than finally returns to Db major) the melody goes Ab, Bb, Db, Eb, F, Eb, Bb, Db
I quite like how he didn’t just go for a basic dominant 5 chord to resolve the piece, which would have sounded fine but what he wrote definitely embodies the title of the piece.
I'm really surprised that no one in the comment section talks about 1:11-1:17. It's such an elegant passage because of its resolution, but also the rubato. Absolutely perfect!
My Father used to play this when I was a little girl and I'd spin around in a circle like a ballerina the whole time. It always reminded me of the water falling from a waterfall, so I'd ask him all the time to play "the waterfall song". 25 years later, my family and I still refer to it as "the waterfall song".
When I was first introduced to classical, Beethoven’s pieces were the ones I coveted the most, but now after being introduced to Liszt, I have felt a strong connection to his works as well. All so gorgeous ❤️❤️
liszt is always so so so so dramatic with bringing it all back home. that last 1 minute is the biggest blue balling edge session of music ever. i love it
I always come back to this piece, your interpretation and performance of this song just does something to me the others do not. It's beautiful and I want to listen to it forever, thank you Rousseau 😊
OMG!!! I suggested this like 2 weeks ago and now it happened? And this rendition is so beautiful, even though I was used to Paul Barton's version it was so marvellous at that speed. Immediately loved it. And the effect colors in raibow today, wow. I gotta let a big sospiro go, seriously. Beautiful, thank you for sharing another beutiful recording and all the best for a successful year 2019!
Love it when a melody switches hands , fingers and positions a lot but it still pops out so clear, like it has it's own hand to play it. A beautiful auditory illusion.
Oh. My. God. That was AMAZING. You are insane. Please never stop to playing the piano. (By the way can you play Ballade no 4 (or 2) and Scriabin's Etude Op. 8 No. 12?)
Liszt must be such an amazing person! His pieces always bring me joy and sometimes sadness but at the same time it makes me wanna practice piano longer and be able to play his wonderful and amazing pieces.
He was an amazing person, he constantly gave out charity concerts, donated most of his earnings, regularly promoted up and coming composers and always helped out friends in need.
This takes incredible talent to play a song as beautiful, difficult, and complex as this. I can't imagine the sheer genius it took to write it in the first place.
Upon listening to Franz Liszt's "Un Sospiro," I was overcome by a complex mix of emotions. The opening section immediately captivated me with its serene and contemplative arpeggios, filling me with a sense of inner peace and introspection. The gentle melody that weaved in and out of the arpeggios touched a deep part of my soul, evoking a feeling of longing and nostalgia. As the music progressed, my emotions became more intense and varied. The rapid-fire runs and arpeggios that characterized the middle section of the piece filled me with a sense of exhilaration and energy. The driving tempo and intense dynamics created a feeling of urgency and forward motion, as if I were racing towards something beyond my reach. As the music transitioned back to the slower, more contemplative mood of the opening section, I felt a sense of closure and resolution. The delicate arpeggios and gentle melody conveyed a sense of acceptance and peace, as if I were finally able to let go of something that had been weighing on my soul. Overall, Liszt's "Un Sospiro" is a deeply emotional and powerful piece of music that evokes a wide range of feelings and emotions. From the initial sense of inner peace to the intense feelings of excitement and urgency, to the final sense of closure and acceptance, this piece is a journey through the depths of human emotion that leaves a lasting impression on the listener.
Coming back to watch you play this piece time and time again. With each listen, I revisit it with the ears of a new person, interpreting its beauty from a different perspective each time. With each new encounter, the lessons about myself and the emotions I feel are so different from the last. This is one of many videos I come to watch you preform, they are my happy place. So for this, and all the other beautiful work you do, thank you from the bottom of my heart. You can have no idea how your art has affected me and helped me along the way. I even try to play along with some of the more simple pieces you preform. Thank you again, and please take all the love I can give ❤️
What an incredible year 2018 has been, I want to thank you all for being here on this pianistic journey, the year began with an Etude by Rachmaninoff, and it was only fitting for it to end with an Etude by Liszt. "Un Sospiro" translates into English as "A Sigh", a feeling captured so well by Liszt in this piece. This feeling can be expressed in many ways, one of my favorite interpretations of the piece is by Hamelin, his performance inspired my own, although on the other side of the spectrum is the slower performance by Paul Barton which is equally as beautiful. I wish everyone all the best in 2019, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Thank YOU for this year! Your videos inspired me to learn piano myself. Happy New Year :)
Happy new year you inspired me to pick up my violin ones again and play classical music again. Hope you inspire more people in 2019. Thanks for everything!
I love Paul Barton
Rousseau, I request you to play the toughest piece ever composed...
Mary Had A Little Lamb
Happy new year Rousseau
Liszt had a dream one night about his left and right hands having a conversation.
Left hand to Right hand: Get out of the way, I need to get to the other side.
Right hand to Left hand: Over my moving body.
Left hand: Okay then.
And that's how Un Sospiro was composed.
This is so underrated, can we pls hit 1k lieks?
hahaha, this comment made my day thx bro :P
Thid literally makes the experience so much difference
Lowiro had a dream one night about his left and right hands having a conversation.
Left hand to Right hand: Get out of the way, I need to get to the other side.
Right hand to Left hand: Over my moving body.
Left hand: Okay then.
And that's how Arcaea was creared.
P/S: For those of you who don't know what is Arcaea, it's a music game which requires you to cross your hand while playing in harder levels.
and since the left and right hand couldn’t cooperate, it ended in *a sigh*
“So is the melody in the left or right hand?”
“Yes.”
i laughed so hard with this
XD
Underrated comment
especially 3:18 onwards hahaha
TOO funny!
A beautiful rendition! It was a pleasure to watch this the whole way through Rosseau. All the best for a wonderful new year!
Hey SMB, Nice to see all the good piano channels interacting with one another's videos!
Sheet Music Boss are you the real SMB
SMB pls make hard cover of Thriller by Michael Jackson.
Check out this dude
ua-cam.com/video/bht3coPAojI/v-deo.html
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 but Russian plz
copyright didn’t exist back then so Liszt just made pieces so difficult no one else could dream of playing them
Funnily enough, Liszt actually sold the most sheet music out of any living composer at the time that this piece was written.
In the sense he bought more than any other or sold more than any other? @@thenotsookayguy
@@music-by1ou He sold more stuff with his name on it.
Fun fact: liszt spent the last years of his life simplifying his pieces
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I never really listened to, or appreciated, or even thought twice about, classical piano. Then, I randomly stumbled across your channel browsing youtube and it changed everything. Now, many months later, I find myself listening to many great pianist; Arrau, Lugansky and Brendel, yet I find myself drawn back to you. Your take on this music, the subtlety of it, the lite flow, I guess the Rousseau of it all, the you that made me stop for a minute and listen. I suppose this drawn out post can be simplified into a few words and those few words are, Thank you Rousseau.
BenzyUndecided so what have you been listening to? You’ve been missing out. Listening to different kinds of music is always fun, unless it’s drake! XD
I've found almost the same. I've always been into classical music but I've never really branched out from guitar or orchestral pieces. I've always wanted to start listening to classical piano like this but it's never really been this convenient. It's great to have someone like him documenting his virtuosity and that of the composers which made these pieces so that we can hear all in one place
@@williamhackney8795 Lol, rarely do I listen to top40 pop or rap. Typically I'm listening to rock/alternative with a tad of country. As for classical, I've really been into Chopin's Nocturne Sonatas lately. I'm still really green to the classical genre, but it's really quite interesting how each artist has thier own style, I suppose, on how they read and play the sheet music. I cant read sheet music so I cant tell the difference between flawless or blasphemy.
yea idk, some of the music Rousseau plays sounds better than some professional recordings imo
SAMEEEEEEE
Other composers: *uses bass notes to shape chords and melodies*
Liszt: How about using insane arpeggios instead?
yes
*Suffers in arpeggios* yes
*screams*
damn no
@@ludwigvanchimthoven2845 Jealous cuz this sounds better than Ondine?
PLAY HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY NO. 2... wait hold on...
Ballade No.1 is better :(((((((
1 million sub special
please tell me youre gonna do it and this isnt some sick joke
Rousseau play it you son of a bitch >_> 😂😂😂 also there’s 1 part in HR2 that has the key of E Major (FCGD sharps) and it has a double sharp on the F somewhere
My question is, does it go up a half step because it’s already Sharped, or does it go up a whole step because it’s off of the F#?
Yes please
Somehow Liszt always finds a way to make a piece extremely hard but also extremely beautiful.
La Campanella, Liebestraüm and Hungarian Rhapsody.
why do I feel like he was like “lol this is pretty but this is gonna give someone a HARD time”
@@Itibitydetsku Liszt has WAAAY harder puedes than that.
@@Goldendawn-b6s puedes
@@Goldendawn-b6s okay??? theyre still hard
What piece by Liszt do you want to see on this channel? (Note: the most commented piece will be performed ;) )
Hungarian Rhapsody No.2
Romance in E minor
DO THE FIRST BALLADE!!!
Piano Sonata in B minor
Mazeppa or Wilde Jagd
Never mind Hungarian Rhapsody.. THIS is beautiful! I'm so glad you played it - one of my favourite compositions by Liszt.
I only discovered this piece recently and love it
My fav Liszt piece is Liebestraum No. 3
wow looks like someone got to day FOUR on SimplyPiano
hahahahaha amazing comment
HAAHH omg ily
Lol
Nah try 5 minutes
@@damidash6879 No its the piece you learn after twinkle
Why do all Listz songs start the same. First 40 seconds seem almost worth an attempt then suddenly you need three hands, a foot and the wingspan of an NBA player to continue
Lol I had the same reaction
Not like the transcendental and paganini etudes tho,
*INHALES* WHY IS THIS SO TRUUUUE?!?!
Same
fun fact its believed liszt may have broken his hand with a hand stretching machine at one point to facilitate his songs
them: "just learn left hand and right hand separately!"
me: "uhhhhh"
I learned that one it took me 1 month.
CHIN CHIN!!!!!!!! Small brain it took me an hour
@@DemirSezer None of this matters if you all are not practicing 40 hours a day
no one asked or found that funny?
JDestroy wow ur so cool
Fantastic job! Interesting fast paced virtuosic interpretation of this song.
Back in the day when I played this, I did it slower and with a lot more expressive rubato, more like a mournful "sigh".
Love how classical music can be interpreted in so many ways!
Amosdoll Music hey two of my favorite youtube pianists in one place!
Edit: you should perform this song on your channel I’d love to hear your interpretation of it!
Holy shit! The all mighty Amosdoll is here.
**Bows**
We serve you dear pianist.
I feel that it should be played a bit slower considering that the title itself is 'a sigh'.
Well, a mournful sigh is not the worst interpretation, at last it's called Un Sospiro
@@justinjager8412 Agreed.
Rousseau's routine:
20 hours per day: practice piano
2 hours per day: drinking coffee
2 hours per day: drinking monster energy.
you got it wrong. its:
40 hours per day: practicing
nothing else
No, Hes a Ling Ling, he practices 40 hours
Osmond Chong
No ling ling is much better then this
70th
@@_introvertivy_166 There are only 24 hours in a day.
Rousseau uploaded. Drop everything and watch 😂
Oh i know you get 1000 k likes
Facts.
Like if you want Rousseau to play the toughest piece ever composed.
Mary Had A Little Lamb
I was sleeping and i heard the bell so i just woke up
Krishna Ramrakhani sounds about right
What’s amazing about this side of UA-cam is there’s just no toxicity. It’s all appreciation towards the pianists. A breath of a fresh air really.
ThatRandomDonkey no one cares?
@@orsemcore jit ruined it
Oh damn you're here too@@orsemcore
@Jartious Who are you? I forgot sorry bro.
@@schneiderandsigma My bad
Gotta add this to my playliszt.
:DDD
Nice pun
It'S plAYliST duMbASs
@@chrisr03 oh no not you again, other people were arguing about this too on La Campanella, so no, this is a pun.
@@paulinius I know, I'm being sarcastic
"Un sospiro" in italian literally means "a sigh". And that's what I do when I want to learn it but then I realize that I can't.
Correct by italy
@mohit bagga i am trying and its impossible... the first two pages are very easy... but then... man...
It can also mean a small breath, signifying how the song feels like a breath of fresh air
*sigh*
@@-seoulair well i' m still in the first 2 pages so idk how hard it gets xd ILL STILL KEEP TRYING lol
What is your new years resolution?
Rousseau get you to 1,000,000 subscribers 😄
I want people to stop commenting about Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 I think there are so many pieces that better than Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Sadly, find a new girlfriend 👍 and for you, reach the 1M subscribers ^^
Click every Rosseau notification faster
Enter in a conservatory to be a pianist and some day play like you
1:52 this F major is the most powerful use of a chord I’ve ever heard. This piece gives me the Indescribable feeling of some kind of intangible power within people’s soul and in their potential. Easily my favorite
I actually like the one at 1:46 better
Agreed, my entire mind is filled with this void just dumping out all colours of the rainbow, it is so powerful.
same here man, this shit makes me feel like a powerful conductor being able to tune everyone in at ease
It's like a physical embodiment of a powerful outburst of passion.
that bass hit almost corrupts the chord, and with the loud arpeggio it's almost like a field of a post-nuclear flower field sort of thing
liszt created so many beautiful pieces but this one oh my god. it’s almost like it’s a chase and run or a push and pull and yet it’s still so harmonic and it shapes such an intricate symphony where it feels almost dreamlike😣
They've just played this on Classic FM, and I was instantly reminded of my dear Mother, who was a piano teacher and used to play this quite often. I remember her hands going criss cross on the keys whilst she was playing the piece, just magic. Wish I had inherited her talent. Thank you for uploading this, it is magic!
Talent helps, but the biggest thing is practice. You could learn this piece too although it would take several years. (Also Its true that young people have the advantage over older people in terms of potential, but that potential mostly decides who can become a famous soloist, not who can play a pretty difficult piece.)
@@ludwigamadeusbach8363 y ur name like that
@@leon-kh9tk our soles combined into one.
@@ludwigamadeusbach8363 oh lol
I'm a bit late to the party, but I discovered this video and this piece today. This piece is one of the most beautiful songs my ears have ever had the pleasure of hearing. I was in tears. It truly lives up to its name. I commend you Rousseau for being able to pull off learning so many difficult pieces and perform them for us so quickly. I hope to see great things from you.
Thank you.
liebestraum is pretty good too in terms of conveying the feeling however this is superior.
but i think on repeated listening grande douze etude no 8 is better due to the beautiful emotional transitions it has
if you're a bit late... then i've arrived after midnight!
Legend has it that Rousseau is STILL holding that chord 5:18
hMmMmMmMm, so that's what his 6th hand is doing.
nah more like his TENTH hand and that's why his other pieces are not as insane cause he never let go
man really said I^6
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHA
he probably is lmao
Okay but did anyone notice Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in the outro????
YES!
After reading your comment😊
Spoilers
Zenyx u make no sense...
Are we ever getting Liebestraum N.3? 😢
I asked my music teacher Friday who her favorite composer was and she said Beethoven then I asked her what about Franz Liszt and she said she didn’t know who he was my breathe was literally knocked out of me 🤦♂️
Time to find a new teacher
Logan Meyers lol she didn’t appreciate this comment
Banjo Man 2001 Wtf. Does she teach classical piano? Deeply concerned if she doesn’t know the god of romantic era.
Let me guess: elementary school teacher? I remember mine, i didn’t know a shit about music at the time but everyone could see they only knew basic rythmes and instruments. They shouldn’t even be called teachers
Victor2126 without those "not teachers" none of us would even be interested in music in the first place! Giving those young kids a place to grow, whether they deeply understand history and theory or not, is something that is absolutely integral to having any sort of music scene at all
Man, this technique is insane. You got my respect.
He played thingsthat are much harder.
Chopinium
Lisztium
Beethovenium
Mozartium
Rachmaninoffium
Haydenium
Clementium
Dussekium
Kuhlauium
Debussyium
Telemannium
Tchaikovskium
Bachium
Schumannium
Debbusium
Satieum
Czernium
*Rosseauium*
His hands of always been faster than the internet the internet as a snail compared to him he's near My age I'm 66 who knows how long he's been playing
@@onlyyoulyj Mozart-itis Beethoven- itis Chopin-itis . I have all these diseases that's why I'm still alive
When your hands cross each other more than 3 times in a piece, it is Liszt!
Edit: OMG outro!! Hungarian Rhapsody 😍😍
Look at Lang Lang performance. He just ignored every hint and instruction Liszt wrote, which made this piece an etude in crossing hands and played those arpeggios only with his left hand...at the tempo xD
Nah sometimes it can be Freddie Mercury XD
”YALL LIKE ARPEGGIOS?” -Liszt, probably
Lol
I'm dying XD
Rare footage of Franz Liszt sighing cause watching piano beginners are funny be like:
hE neVEr EvEn sAid THAt iDiot haha iM so DUmb tHInkIng iM smArt BY sTating ThE oBvIous tHen I GeT woooshed BY evERyOnE
@@whut6144 R/WOSH!!1!!1!!
I find it so interesting how Rousseau, despite not being the best pianist (although extremely talented) is able to make his arpeggios in this piece glow, unlike a lot of other pianists that I would say are better than Rousseau.
I never know any of the songs you play before you release a video but I always end up loving them
One of my favorites pieces from Liszt. Excellent
This is a list of pieces i would like to hear in the future.
1. Liebestraum no.3
2. Fantasie impromptu op.66
3. Prelude in A major
4. Ballade no.1 in G minor op.23
5. Heroic polonaise
6. Hungarian Rhapsody no.2
7. Fuex Follets
8. Consolation no.3
9. Scherzo no.2
10. The Entertainer
11. Maple Leaf Rag
12. Pathetique sonata no.2
13. Pathetique sonata no.3
14. Waltz in E minor
15. Waltz in A minor
16. Standchen (Serenade)
17. Nocturne in F sharp minor
18. Nocturne op.9 no.1
19. Nocturne op.9 no.3
20. Nocturne in C sharp minor
21. Etude op.25 no.1
22. Etude op.25 no.2
23. Grande Valse Brillante
24. Etude op.10 no.12
25. Etude op.25 no.5
26. Nocturne in F# major op.15
27. Nocturne in E minor no.19
28. Etude op.10 no.5
It would be _cool_ if he uploaded one of these by the end of 2019.
It really would be
yes.
Liebestraum*
It would be amazing if he uploaded liebestraum
Fantasie impromptu and etude op 10 no 5 came
I don’t understand how someone can create something so beautiful
Liszt was a genius composer and virtuoso pianist.
Your listening to this is a beautiful accomplishment. You do understand, think about it.
Music: how many apreggios do you want
Liszt: *yes*
As many as you prefer your Royal Highness . I hope a million isn't too many of them ! 📝📤
That Hungarian Rhapsody in the Outro OWO
*To be continued...*
Never say OwO again pls
@@user-zu6ts5fb6g let him be furry
@Dick Kickem xd
cub UWU
Happy New Year! Cheers to another year of mesmerizing classical synthesias! 😁
1:01 this part is beautiful. I don't know if there is anything more beautiful than that. This song is too beautiful :')
Piece
I 100% agree!! No one else is mentioning it!
Right after that at 1:08 there is reference to Liebestraum. So beautiful
I agreed, until i actually played that part myself, and now the only thing i can think of is just stress😂
piece
What I don't understand is that this isn't the most famous piano piece of all time
@@coda9576What about that section?
Pammie ikr it’s the best part
Probably because most and by most I mean 99.9% of people who ever learn piano could never dream of playing this. Songs that are easier get more attention by default. This is my favorite piece though for sure.
@@JayBigDadyCy eh, well this is one the the easiest pieces by him what are you even talking about? If someone decides to learn piano properly im sure this piece will get covered at some points
@@pleasecontactme4274 we meet again, well you are right liszt's pieces are terrifying.
just wanted to leave my experience here since a lot of people are taking up or restarting piano in quarantine:
for some context, i learnt piano for about 3 years before i quit, and took it up again 3 years later but without a teacher. i learnt pieces at my own pace and it was more a hobby than a passion. in late 2018 i learnt pieces that were relatively simple for the experience i'd had. in quarantine, i got far more interested in piano, and also read more about composers, and i found this piece. it was so, so beautiful that i felt i absolutely had to learn it. at this point i had already learnt a bit of nocturne in e flat major, fur elise and canon in d (all the overplayed ones, i know). i got the first few seconds down in one or two days, but the left hand's uncomfortable twist from c# to g flat was worrying me. i tried moving my hand higher up the keys and it was okay for a while but there was still a slight discomfort. my wrist still hurts a lot. i suspect it was from this piece particularly because i exerted myself a lot and put a great deal of stress on my wrist (probably from an incorrect positioning of it). anyway, the point of this comment was that if you're learning this piece, take it slow. worry more about your comfort, posture and fingering rather than it "sounding nice". don't get worried about the speed as soon as you start, that's impractical. go at your own pace. you have time, that's for sure :)
Legend has it that Liszt actually played this at 2 times the speed of which Rousseau had played this.
Lol, I put the playtime speed up to x2 when I saw this comment, and it sounded otherworldly.
It sounded so weird haha
@@ccampbell7 yeah a computer spreading up the video will pitch up the audio.
Rousseau: I-
accidently played it 2x times slower than faster and I absolutely went crazy
my brain is still trying to process how amazing such a piece of music can exist, I wish words could describe but the only thing I can is say wow....just wow. liszt would have been proud to hear you play wonderful piece Rosseau. well done
if music could be described with words we wouldnt need it
one of the older students (hes graduating, so hes probably 18) played this so well at a recital today. it was absolutely enchanting. afterwards, my mom was telling me about how hes talented and very skilled and has that something special about him (and he definitely does). well im gonna prove to her that i can have something special too. she always says that really talented people have something special, but says it in a way that implies us "regular people" cant do those things. well im gonna be special too. im gonna play this piece one day, and im gonna play it so well that my mom can finally say that i have something special too. cause i do. she just doesn't see it yet
Good for you!
that was sweet :)
i believe in u bro
Update???
@@gabrielabisaad1024 xD
His hands were doing the criss cross apple sauce!
Lol XD underrated comment
@@BEEFMAN20 it wasnt that good..
@@BEEFMAN20 wasnt that good
i love these late comments
@@BEEFMAN20 wasn’t good...
This whole piece makes me imagine being on a sailboat at sea. The sun is shining, there is a breeze playing, and the boat is gently swaying in the waves. I just love this.
If you want some context un sosprio means a sigh
if this is Liszt’s sigh, I wonder what his yawn would sound like
lmao what about his cough
Just look at his Sonata in C minor, (necroposting)
@@norvev b minor
It's called as feux follets
His yawn would be a L & R 4 octave arpeggio all the way up and down the keyboard, several times.
1:44 is so beautiful i cant explain 😫
Other composers: Makes normal songs and melodies using cords
Liszt: Laughs in arpeggios.
This is really one of the most beautiful pieces of music I’ve ever heard
This is the most beautiful song I've ever heard in my life. I am quite literally crying. I wasn't even previously sad or anything, it is just so beautiful
1:46 idk why but as soon as you started playing this powerful part i started tearing up, and when i replayed it (duh) i started sobbing. it’s so damn beautiful man
Probably of something goin on in you life?
Emilie Casey that's the part most people would consider the most beautiful part of the piece, or the breaking point in the piece. I teared up the first time I heard that part, too, and the part at 3:18, 0:28-40, 3:35-3:50. The way it's phrased can also change the effect it has on the listener, so maybe the way he phrased it made you sob. It's said by many people that this is the most beautiful piece ever composed (as said on google), and most people would agree, so it's perfectly normal to sob in the middle of the piece. And, as Joanne Huynh said, it can also have something to do with something going on in your life.
I'm a pianist and a pilot and this is my favourite piece the end is exactly like landing a plane I love it.... 😍😍😍😊Thank you so much rousseau😊😊😊😃😃😃
Hediyeh Sh what does that have to do with landing a plane?
I love you daddy
So beautiful, Liszt is by FAR my favorite all time composer
By far, huh? Well I recommend listen to Alkan, my most prefered pieces would be his Le Chemin de Fer, Le Preux, Nocture Op. 22, Etude No. 3 Op. 35, there more great pieces than these, but you need good taste so it might not be sounding nice at first especially if you are a non-musician that's why I recommend the pieces I mentioned.
you new to classical music?
This piece makes me feel like I'm deeply in love with someone or something. So magical, so beautiful. It really makes me give "un sospiro". Liszt is such a genius :')
This is one of my favorite songs ever. It fills me with pure, unaltered joy and peace. It reminds me of old summer days and the smell of new houses. Dandelions and clouds. Oceans that stretch as far as you can see and fields that do the same. It's nostalgia at it's finest and it makes me so glad to be alive.
I working on this piece over 7 months. This etude so hard for me. But I belive that in one day I can play full of then/ You are incredible! Greetings from Russia!
How is it going?
Саня сотку верни
I think his answer quite possibly is blyat lol
Это был хороший?
How about now
Me : I want to play this!
My 5 octave keyboard : U sure bud?
I also have a small piano lol
This piece brings me so much peace of mind. My mind could be running a million miles a minute and this beautiful piece can comfort me and bring me back down to earth. Stunning.
I had never heard this song before....ever, and when I heard this, I had to close my eyes, the melody of it...I legitimately began to cry, I couldn't explain the tears, or even truly explain the feeling behind them, but this is the first time in a long time I've connected so deeply and thoroughly to music, I used to play the piano with my great grandmother when I was very young, however after she passed away, and her piano went to my grandmother, I drifted away from piano, only to occasionally jump on it to play moonlight sonata. The only song I could play. Moonlight sonata hold a special place to me as it was my great grandmothers favorite. I would play it for my great grandfather, who outlived her, and he would smile. He loved when I played it. I haven't touched the piano in years, but this made me feel like I was playing with my great grandmother again. thank you, if only for making this accessible to me, thank you
It's not a song it's a piece!!!
Alternate name for this song:
*"How to make anyone fall in love with you in just 6 minutes"*
AntiScribe i would actually marry whoever can play this perfectly
cant forget the 20 years of technique building an practice to be able to even think of playing this, and the 6 months of practice after that, only to realize your fingers are too small.
Justin Harvey improvise techniques
@@justinharvey2691 I just read my own comment, disagreed with it, then thought about it a bit then realized it made sense, went back to see who wrote it and only then did I realize I wrote it myself.
@@justinharvey2691 I mean I’ve seen 8 year olds play rach it’s more about flexibility
“How many arpeggios do you want?
Liszt: “Yes”
"How many impossibles do you want?"
Lizst: "Yes"
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This song gives me the unwavering feeling that everything is going to be alright. That despite all the noise and chaos there is still order and that life will go on.
I think this piece is especially beautiful because of the way the hands dance together along the piano to play the melody hidden beneath the background music (excuse my lack of musical terms).
If you look carefully, you'll notice that the main melody goes Ab, Bb, Db, Eb, F, Eb, Bb, Db, spanning two octaves. However, as the song progresses, the right and left hand play the melody together. This is most present between 0:43 and 0:50, in a left-hand/right-hand pattern, continuing on again. This, to me, is really beautiful in this song. Normally, the right hand would play the melody and the left hand would play the background music, but in this, the melody is played by (most of the time) both hands, and so is the background music with that logic.
@@calebhu6383 Can I ask the difference between the piece being in Db and not C#? It's the same note, right? Sorry, I'm not fully "trained", so to say, on how music and piano sheet music works.
@@omni1607 The difference is that one has 5 flats and one 7 sharps, the notes are differentin theory, but in reality they are the same(enharmonic) in modern tuning, the same goes for F# major and Gb major or Eb major and D# major(8 sharps xD). And as this piece is set in Db major(although the key changes to A major and E major later on and than finally returns to Db major) the melody goes Ab, Bb, Db, Eb, F, Eb, Bb, Db
Btw Liszt himself intended to play it like this, which makes this piece an etude. More precisely an etude in crossing hands and arpeggios.
@@niccolopaganini4268 Wow, musical theory looks complicated. Thanks!
i dont know how people think classical music is boring. This is super interesting to watch
I quite like how he didn’t just go for a basic dominant 5 chord to resolve the piece, which would have sounded fine but what he wrote definitely embodies the title of the piece.
This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever created. There are many as good, but none better.
Everything about this is beautiful, the music, the colours, the technique. This is a masterpiece
What a beautiful depiction of the feeling associated with a sigh. A wandering mind, so overwhelmed with thought, only a sigh can come out. Beautiful.
2:23 - this comes straight to the heart..... Amazing, incredible.....
I'm really surprised that no one in the comment section talks about 1:11-1:17. It's such an elegant passage because of its resolution, but also the rubato. Absolutely perfect!
My Father used to play this when I was a little girl and I'd spin around in a circle like a ballerina the whole time. It always reminded me of the water falling from a waterfall, so I'd ask him all the time to play "the waterfall song".
25 years later, my family and I still refer to it as "the waterfall song".
Pianist: has fingers
Liszt: I’m bout to end this mans whole career
more like imma break this mans hands and fingers
@@dylandonigan394 that was the exact same thing he said.
I paid for the full piano Imma use the full piano
I’m bout to end this hands whole career
no one found that funny?
When I was first introduced to classical, Beethoven’s pieces were the ones I coveted the most, but now after being introduced to Liszt, I have felt a strong connection to his works as well. All so gorgeous ❤️❤️
liszt is always so so so so dramatic with bringing it all back home. that last 1 minute is the biggest blue balling edge session of music ever. i love it
I always come back to this piece, your interpretation and performance of this song just does something to me the others do not. It's beautiful and I want to listen to it forever, thank you Rousseau 😊
This piece really does get more and more beautiful the more you listen
This for some reason makes me feel nostalgic of things I can barely remember
The start is sooo incredibly beautiful and it just stays that way. Can’t stop listening.
3:51 I love this note it sounds amazing I hear similar notes to this being played in this piece they sound so beautifal
this piece is in the D-flat major key, so you'll probably be seeing a lot of D-flat major chords and arpeggios (Db, F, and Ab) all over the place here
Sounds like some kinda 13th chord
Yeah Fm/Ab
“20% charge left on the phone” oooops spent last three hours listening to your channel
Must be a new phone. :)
I'm on 2% hoping it doesn't die by the end of this!
Relatable.
OMG!!! I suggested this like 2 weeks ago and now it happened? And this rendition is so beautiful, even though I was used to Paul Barton's version it was so marvellous at that speed. Immediately loved it. And the effect colors in raibow today, wow. I gotta let a big sospiro go, seriously. Beautiful, thank you for sharing another beutiful recording and all the best for a successful year 2019!
Love it when a melody switches hands , fingers and positions a lot but it still pops out so clear, like it has it's own hand to play it. A beautiful auditory illusion.
This is the warming up for Hungarian Rhapsody no2 ?🤔
I hope so !
SoferPe Ozn2k19 check the outro
5:33
Yes but it takes a lot of practice and exercice
PixelMusicLiszt :D finally
Oh. My. God. That was AMAZING. You are insane. Please never stop to playing the piano.
(By the way can you play Ballade no 4 (or 2) and Scriabin's Etude Op. 8 No. 12?)
Of course no one would stop playing such a beautifully sounding MOTHER of all instruments!!! Cheers if u agree
Did anyone notice the notes falling in an image of DNA? This here is the sound of creation itself. Superb.
Liszt must be such an amazing person! His pieces always bring me joy and sometimes sadness but at the same time it makes me wanna practice piano longer and be able to play his wonderful and amazing pieces.
indeed
Indeed
He's my favorite composer
He was an amazing person, he constantly gave out charity concerts, donated most of his earnings, regularly promoted up and coming composers and always helped out friends in need.
This is the only piece that made me feel attraction to the composer when hearing it.
Bro this is _such_ a magical piece. I think Liszt is my favourite piano composer.
100 bucks to whoever can tell me what hand the melody is in
I love you daddy
The answer to that question would be: Yes
Obviously the middle hand
@@soupmio 😂
Ludwig Van Beethoven I love you daddy
This takes incredible talent to play a song as beautiful, difficult, and complex as this.
I can't imagine the sheer genius it took to write it in the first place.
The Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in the outro gives me more hype than the post-credits scene of a Marvel movie
ba dum tss
Guys, Un sospiro is so underrated. It's BEAUTIFUL
Upon listening to Franz Liszt's "Un Sospiro," I was overcome by a complex mix of emotions. The opening section immediately captivated me with its serene and contemplative arpeggios, filling me with a sense of inner peace and introspection. The gentle melody that weaved in and out of the arpeggios touched a deep part of my soul, evoking a feeling of longing and nostalgia.
As the music progressed, my emotions became more intense and varied. The rapid-fire runs and arpeggios that characterized the middle section of the piece filled me with a sense of exhilaration and energy. The driving tempo and intense dynamics created a feeling of urgency and forward motion, as if I were racing towards something beyond my reach.
As the music transitioned back to the slower, more contemplative mood of the opening section, I felt a sense of closure and resolution. The delicate arpeggios and gentle melody conveyed a sense of acceptance and peace, as if I were finally able to let go of something that had been weighing on my soul.
Overall, Liszt's "Un Sospiro" is a deeply emotional and powerful piece of music that evokes a wide range of feelings and emotions. From the initial sense of inner peace to the intense feelings of excitement and urgency, to the final sense of closure and acceptance, this piece is a journey through the depths of human emotion that leaves a lasting impression on the listener.
Underrated comment. A nice breath of fresh air from all the other stupid meme comments I see 24/7 on this platform.
@@calebclark9114 thanks 😁
Liszt style of creating music is amazing😊
Pianist who has small hands: how do I play your music?
Liszt: that's the neat part, you dont
Coming back to watch you play this piece time and time again. With each listen, I revisit it with the ears of a new person, interpreting its beauty from a different perspective each time. With each new encounter, the lessons about myself and the emotions I feel are so different from the last. This is one of many videos I come to watch you preform, they are my happy place. So for this, and all the other beautiful work you do, thank you from the bottom of my heart. You can have no idea how your art has affected me and helped me along the way. I even try to play along with some of the more simple pieces you preform. Thank you again, and please take all the love I can give ❤️
This is probably on of my favorite music pieces to date
that alternate hand crossing technique is incredible. Everything is so fluid.