I'm a diehard Bach guy. So I have no idea why I also love Alkan and Godowsky so much. I think maybe it might be the complexity combined with an obvious sense of humor in their music.
I F#&*ING LOVE this guy!!! He is my hero and piano idol. A be-all and end-all artist in piano. A modern day Hoffman to whom no piano music is an impossibility to play.
He achieved such a high level of human ingenuity on the day this was recorded, giving us a proof of its greatness that will echo over the centuries , that he should deserve the Nobel Prize...
My favorite musical piece by my favorite composer. In 8 minutes it makes me laugh and cry like a baby, and every other emotion. Seriously. Great ending too.
A new brand of player pianos has been invented. This kind of all-capable synthesizers can perform everything you put in their programme. The brand name is 'Hamelin'!
This composition had been used as example in the italian youtube cultural video "Lezioni di Musica - Survivorship Bias" of the channel "musicamonteverde". A really very very interesting video.
.......from the best pianist in the world. Mr. pyrotechnics 🧨! With a technique like that, playing a piece like Alkan, that probably no other pianist would, or want to attempt, Hamelin is the man 👨! Yes indeed! This posting doesn’t come easy for me. Have been a life-long Rubinstein fan, still am, but, MAH has ALL of the chops imo!
Le plus grand pianiste vivant ... et de loin ! quelle musicalité, puissance et finesse alliées... plus de l'humour et une sacrée intelligence. Je l'adore ! Richard
Correct me if I am wrong, but this appears to be the only version of Le Festin that is played at the indicated tempo. There is no other Le Festin D’esope video where variation XVII and XVIII (at the 4:06 mark) is played in 15 seconds. In other words, Hamelin is playing the 64th notes at the indicated rate of 16-17 keys a second.
Hamelin's tempo at Var. 17 and 18 is faster than indicated one! The indicated tempo of this piece is Eighth = 126, which means pianists require to play 64th notes for the speed of 16.8 notes per second. In my calculation, Hamelin played these two variations about mid-or-late-18 notes per second at many of recitals. But you're (partially?) right: I've never found any pianist who played this part faster than indicated tempo. (I believe Yeoleum Son's performance is close to it.)
@@ryzikx Oh, yes. Her performance is my second favorite one. It's like... eating tons of cow's tongue with different sauces or cooking methods in the banquet (according to an Aesop's fable), and then she takes a short break to fall the cow's tongue down to the stomach, even though she eats really fast. On the other hand, Hamelin's performance is like eating a lot of things mentioned above but in extremely high tempo without any break time - kind of like a competitive eater or a cute fictional robot with AI who loves eating (e.g. Doraemon (which is drawn in the profile picture)).
Pretty he could do it blindfolded at the same tempo with very few mistakes. Professional pianists don't need to watch their hands to play a piece they learned to perform, they have a very good sense of spatial recognition of the keyboard / proprioception
@WayToVirtuoso yeah it happens every time with pieces that there are too many things going on at the same time, it's probably because you start over thinking and you completely lose track of the piece
As a Greek I am proud to see even in this not well known piece the Greek element! As you may know Esopos was Greek! We once gave "light" ot all of you and now we live in our own darkness.
@IlCOLElI i never understood why people need sheet music when they perform. when i play its in my head out my eyes through my hands and right back to my heart :)
Alkan Barcarolle opus 65 no. 6. You might also enjoy his three etudes op. 76, but I cannot be certain. Loving the piece after which you have named yourself, I cannot understand your dislike of Alkan--but I acknowledge it.
Technically this is amazing, but he makes it sound like it's JUST an exercise. Of course it is an Etude, but it's such a magnificently written piece of music, it really demands a more musically considered performance than he affords it here.
if somebody had played this when i 1startedplaying piano and someonesaid youll nrver really be a good piano player until you can play this i would have quit right then.kinda reminds of cecil taylor in a way
@@yoshi_drinks_tea easy patterns recognition, muscle memory does a large part of the job but isn't reliable at all lonely, actually most of all forms of memories work in harmony when playing the piano
Hundreds of hours of practice Understanding the harmony Muscle Memory Conscious Cues (often middles of sections will be completely ingrained, but transitions will have more cognition [atleast in my experience]) I’ve had some sheets in front of me for so long (Liszt quickly comes to mind) that I can visualize nearly the whole score.... This video represents thousands of hours of diligent work.
![Hamelin plays Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 [HIGH QUALITY]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/pIMzL2-4bjg/mqdefault.jpg)
![Hamelin plays Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 [HIGH QUALITY]](/img/tr.png)
I can't even pat my head and rub my stomach at the same time.
You wouldn't get much of an audience for that.
BRO I CAN'T EVEN DO THE EASIEST THING IN LIFE💀
@@charlesthomas5956breath?
I can't ocean dive and eat a pretzel at the same time!
7:43 - absolutely the most magnificent part, imo
I love pieces that explore themes so deeply it’s almost to the point of exhaustion
same man you'd love so much more of alkan then
This piece is a masterpiece in term of variation,some part are soo different form the original theme did not even knew it was the same theme
I'm a diehard Bach guy. So I have no idea why I also love Alkan and Godowsky so much. I think maybe it might be the complexity combined with an obvious sense of humor in their music.
PointyTailofSatan They also have lots of polyphony
Well I heard that Alkan was a huge fan of Bach and took extra inspiration from him than most, so that might make sense
@@adamkopik8854 Every composer is a huge fan of Bach. lol
@@adamkopik8854
What? Bach is literally the opposite of vapid. I actually don’t like his music very much because of how overwhelmingly complex it is
@@pineapple7024 i wasn't taking about bach :p
Still the most impressive performance of anything I've even seen.
Listen Igor Roma version
ua-cam.com/video/Jcrfjs7QWX0/v-deo.html
@@matteoepis9010 Igor is great interpretation but Hamelin is different species
check yeon eul som performance of this piece. just better recording quality
Check his performance of Alkan's Concerto or Liszt hungarian rhapsodies it will blow your mind
4:06 his wrist is so relaxed in the most demanding passages... you could put a feather on it and it would stay there.
This passage reminds Feux Follet.
@@leongunnyli6059 More like chopin prelude no 16
Eyelll No.
Jack Marentette what do you think about it
@@jackmarentette1302 shut up it is like chopin op 24 no 16
What a lot of fun! I bet Alkan was a good man at a party. And Hamelin's done a great job.
Alkan was a ocd loner, defenetely not a party boy lol
Steve NZ Physio let us presume his partying spirit came thru his music
No, Alkan was quite a solitary man.
What a performer, how can anyone dislike this? Having his CDs it is great to see this genius at work.
Magnifique. L'un des plus grands interprètes de la musique d'Alkan...et pas seulement. Merci. ❤
I F#&*ING LOVE this guy!!! He is my hero and piano idol. A be-all and end-all artist in piano. A modern day Hoffman to whom no piano music is an impossibility to play.
The section 3.20 through 3.47... WOW! Truly amazing piece and, Hamelin is pure genius.
3:20 3:47
4:06 - 4:35
Are there any doubts that Hamelin has the most perfect piano technique on record?
Heichef He plays the hardest parts relax
Heichef - Yes, plenty!
vova47 Nope
Really? Who's better than him in that department?
He actually makes several mistakes during this part. Mainly in the left hand if you listen close enough.
He achieved such a high level of human ingenuity on the day this was recorded, giving us a proof of its greatness that will echo over the centuries
, that he should deserve the Nobel Prize...
I agree, not all the other idiots who just do these small tasks
The fact that this guy is still alive makes him a living legend to tell a tale.
Hamelin is the PERFECT EXAMPLE of *efficient* use of focus and precise technique.
4:06 - 4:35 ; right around 300bpm. No big deal for Hamelin.
4:06-4:35
My favorite musical piece by my favorite composer. In 8 minutes it makes me laugh and cry like a baby, and every other emotion. Seriously. Great ending too.
damn didn't know hearing the same melody 999x in a row was that powerful
@@ryzikx very ignorant comment lol
@@ryzikx very ignorant comment lol
@@ryzikxvery ignorant comment lol
@@ryzikxvery ignorant comment lol
Hamelin’s technique is literally superhuman
Absolutely love marc. Omg my dream is to see him one day
This surely illustrates that Alkan had a sense of humour.. the music is quite whimsical at times (apart from being effing difficult!!
4:06 onwards I calculated to be 19 notes per second in the right hand. I think hamelin is the only person who could accurately do that
Yes, fastest I've ever seen.
Yamsareverytasty how did you calculate that
The shit heads
Number of notes in the passage divided by the time taken to play the passage.
Fucking hell.
even Lingling couldn’t do that lol
I love it so much, this has been my favorite classical song for 5ish years now, and I’m 13! Amazing!
Speechlessly worshipping! There is so much in it!!!!!
A new brand of player pianos has been invented.
This kind of all-capable synthesizers can perform everything you put in their programme. The brand name is 'Hamelin'!
Also maltempo
He used to play a flute. Then he got a lot of complaints from parents whose children disappeared. So he changed instruments.
@@feraudyh oh nice one !
He’s a real titan. Love him, plus he’s a generous, sweet man.
Thanks for posting. Great close-up of the most fascinating fingers on the planet.
7:27 poor guy thought the piece was over..
Lol
Don't know how he could have thought that at that point, pretty much a moron.
What are you guys talking about?!?
Started as a joke , Reverse didn't get it
@Gottschalk was my uncle yup ur everywhere -_-
his skills are beyond human for sure :D
i love hamlin and alkan.
This composition had been used as example in the italian youtube cultural video "Lezioni di Musica - Survivorship Bias" of the channel "musicamonteverde". A really very very interesting video.
.......from the best pianist in the world. Mr. pyrotechnics 🧨! With a technique like that, playing a piece like Alkan, that probably no other pianist would, or want to attempt, Hamelin is the man 👨! Yes indeed! This posting doesn’t come easy for me. Have been a life-long Rubinstein fan, still am, but, MAH has ALL of the chops imo!
4:06 brah...
Hamelin at his brilliant best!
damn, should research on how to clone this guy.
Truly amazing performance
HAMELIN IS GENIUS
3:20 love this part
watch out, he's breaking the speed limit!
Une interprétation magistrale de l envoûtant Alkan
It sounds like a mix of Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto + Le danse de la Fée Dragée by Tchaikovsky. His technique is superb!
그저 박수를 보낸다.
너무멋짐....
Amazing!!
This is incredible!
5:14 - 5:28 is extremely OMGWTF!
and the rest is just pure craziness
5:14-5:28
Le plus grand pianiste vivant ... et de loin ! quelle musicalité, puissance et finesse alliées... plus de l'humour et une sacrée intelligence. Je l'adore !
Richard
my wish is to watch this performance in high quality :P
Abdullah al mamri my wish is to be able to play any of Alkan’s pieces... never gonna happen but I bet it’s a blast to be able to play this .
Hanzy Boy yeah especially the 4:06 part
Correct me if I am wrong, but this appears to be the only version of Le Festin that is played at the indicated tempo. There is no other Le Festin D’esope video where variation XVII and XVIII (at the 4:06 mark) is played in 15 seconds.
In other words, Hamelin is playing the 64th notes at the indicated rate of 16-17 keys a second.
Hamelin's tempo at Var. 17 and 18 is faster than indicated one! The indicated tempo of this piece is Eighth = 126, which means pianists require to play 64th notes for the speed of 16.8 notes per second. In my calculation, Hamelin played these two variations about mid-or-late-18 notes per second at many of recitals. But you're (partially?) right: I've never found any pianist who played this part faster than indicated tempo. (I believe Yeoleum Son's performance is close to it.)
@@Yubin_Lee_Doramelinyes i listened to 85 recordings and hamelins is the fastest followed by yeol eum son
@@ryzikx Oh, yes. Her performance is my second favorite one. It's like... eating tons of cow's tongue with different sauces or cooking methods in the banquet (according to an Aesop's fable), and then she takes a short break to fall the cow's tongue down to the stomach, even though she eats really fast.
On the other hand, Hamelin's performance is like eating a lot of things mentioned above but in extremely high tempo without any break time - kind of like a competitive eater or a cute fictional robot with AI who loves eating (e.g. Doraemon (which is drawn in the profile picture)).
Le Maître.
As it seems too easy, do it blindfolded now.
Pretty he could do it blindfolded at the same tempo with very few mistakes. Professional pianists don't need to watch their hands to play a piece they learned to perform, they have a very good sense of spatial recognition of the keyboard / proprioception
@WayToVirtuoso yeah it happens every time with pieces that there are too many things going on at the same time, it's probably because you start over thinking and you completely lose track of the piece
@@randmgenericname5077 you pretty much need to look at your hands esspecially the left because of often jumps in octaves
*Says the professional pianist*@@Assassunn
As a Greek I am proud to see even in this not well known piece the Greek element! As you may know Esopos was Greek! We once gave "light" ot all of you and now we live in our own darkness.
Αρχίδια δώσαμε
@IlCOLElI i never understood why people need sheet music when they perform. when i play its in my head out my eyes through my hands and right back to my heart :)
Fabulous!
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grandios
One of the goat
Alkan is hilarious!
Awesome!
That man cannot possibly be human.
I don't listen to classical music. But this song is so crazy.. Of course, that player is also very good and very good.
THIS IS FUCKING AWESOME!!!!!!!!
Alkans only great work
incredibile...
04:06
For far more musical, concise and cleaner version of this piece try Raymond Lewenthal's version.
And Bernard Ringeissen.
i am impresed!
Fucking great!
i want to play this score.
but, i can't.
And now you can ?
1:13 ~ 1:40
That was INSANE
Alkan Barcarolle opus 65 no. 6. You might also enjoy his three etudes op. 76, but I cannot be certain. Loving the piece after which you have named yourself, I cannot understand your dislike of Alkan--but I acknowledge it.
Give me 3 more hands and 10 years.
It's been 10 years
Lol
nICE
festin
Technically this is amazing, but he makes it sound like it's JUST an exercise. Of course it is an Etude, but it's such a magnificently written piece of music, it really demands a more musically considered performance than he affords it here.
Wow
No one seems to point out the fact that Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No 3 has passages that resemble this piece.
Which?
When they were students, both Debussy and Ravel studies Alkan's compositions very closely, especially the esquisses.
4.06 is ridiculous. I doubt there are many players who could record this piece.
Mostre tua interpretação desta peça. Quero ouvi-la.
4:06
@wolfkuehn Let me know when Hassel records and performs Godowsky's complete works.
Hamelin moment
if somebody had played this when i 1startedplaying piano and someonesaid youll nrver really be a good piano player until you can play this i would have quit right then.kinda reminds of cecil taylor in a way
Hard but Mereaux Etudes And Czerny Op.364, 365, 399, 400 are more Hard
Digital Piano Version = ua-cam.com/video/ENPjXRxxilo/v-deo.html
8:18 I bet that made a couple people jump lol
Magnificent. But its time for a new and fresh high quality version. Will you do that mr Hamelin?
3:20🎉
Is this an improvisation or what???!
Rose Garvin It's one of the most popular Alkan piece.
playing it is one thing, but how the hell do you memorize this? o.O
muscle memory
@@yoshi_drinks_tea easy patterns recognition, muscle memory does a large part of the job but isn't reliable at all lonely, actually most of all forms of memories work in harmony when playing the piano
Hundreds of hours of practice
Understanding the harmony
Muscle Memory
Conscious Cues (often middles of sections will be completely ingrained, but transitions will have more cognition [atleast in my experience])
I’ve had some sheets in front of me for so long (Liszt quickly comes to mind) that I can visualize nearly the whole score.... This video represents thousands of hours of diligent work.
7:45
Forse il maggior pianista vivente..
None here. Amazing to see those crazy hands close up. Sometimes he needs to look at where his hands are - that means nobody else can play it.
같은... 사람 맞지요..?
사람이 아니다...
Con che naturalezza che lo suona
아믈랭ㅎㅎ
아몰랑
rõ ràng nguyễn đức anh của VN k bằng dc :(
And some young people will say: booriiing.. I want Justin Bieber and Mikey Cyrus.. OK BOOMER! 😂
I am 14 and have been really into classical music😂😂 I'm learning Le Preux but it is so dang hard😢
Il est évident que l'époque LISZT est dépassée...Maintenant c'est l'époque Hamelin...quelle intelligence et quelle habileté
I dont like saying this but it sounds a little messy and cold. Maybe the recording quality has something to do with this.
I prefer Vincenzo Maltempo.
Yup... this is an old recording
But who cares
@@19thCenturyGuy what do you think of Maltempo's interpretation?
@@feraudyh
Sounds very rich to me!
Yeah it's a bit old and and has been around since before UA-cam even came out...
But who cares? This is great!
How can the record be such crap in 2003 ???
Well done but mr. Gibbons do that much better
Are you gonna send a link of him doing it better? Or are you gonna shut up and be respectful!!!
impressive but yeol eum son's performance is less czernyish
he is cheating 0:40 .. 2nd page with hand swap ...
vcsgo ru you probs cant even play the first few bars
It’s not rly cheating tho it’s just a different way of playing it
Actually he misses at least 2 notes in the basses.
Is that really all you got from this performance?
4:47