The octaves part at 3:36 is one of the most beautiful and dramatic showcases of pianistic bravura, and this grandiose spectacle is on par with passages form something like a piano fantasy or sonata. One of my favorite moments from the entire set.
I like the fact that we have time to appreciate each note and harmony, just like Arrau's way of playing. Liszt's music is so complex that only a fast mind can grab everything once at real tempo.
i dont like the way he plays the beginning, its more 'moderato' than the indicated 'allegro' [to me anyway]. i also dont get the 'heroic' sense from the way he plays the climax, he used a little too much pedal for my liking.
One of the few renditions of this piece to make justice to the title "Eroica", well played here. Arrau was awful, as always, playing with that nasty tips of his nails over the keyboard ( Which makes me sick by listening as if a long nails dog could play the piano and making noises with his nose, looks like studio guys put a microphone on his nose to capture the noise to tell people "Hey, it´s digital..." ), and forgeting the EROICA sense. This here has a touch of a person who goes beyond a mere study and brings music to the scene ( which is difficult if you have played throughout your life ). I like it far more than with some Russian "Liszt specialists", and some of the best renditions available actualy are from Cziffra, but I´ve not found all of them on youtube, nor the best collection I have from the analog era ( There are some not so good either ). Indeed, I´m a collector of all Liszt works ever recorded, as well as all his biographies, letters and essays, since he´s my idol, and my ideal of a man/artist. The "Eroica" name here is not by chance. A simple dot pushing some eighths notes makes the difference some didn´t perceive. I often play this Etude, and the real difficult part is on those melodies at the left hand, while the right hand walks on the arpeggios.
You lost me, and most probably all other musical people, at "Arrau was awful, as always". Not being able to let go of some utterly inconsequential recording issues, yet being completely oblivious, completely insensitive to the fantastic, transcendental musicality Arrau manages to project in the whole set, makes clear precisely one thing: You may be a musician, but you lack any sense of musicality.
I looked at the length of this paragraph, and thought to myself "oh, a person who must have good musical knowledge". I then proceeded to think, "never mind" once he said that Claudio Arrau was awful, *AS ALWAYS*. There is a reason he won the Liszt award 2 years in a row, after it hadn't previously been given out for ages
@@itsdarksucks Let's not forget that Arrau was also a student of Martin Krause, who himself was a student of Liszt... I can understand not preferring Arrau's interpretations, and he's never my first choice for most Liszt personally. However, his transcendent musicianship is undeniable, especially when hearing him interpret Beethoven and Debussy, among many others.
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The octaves part at 3:36 is one of the most beautiful and dramatic showcases of pianistic bravura, and this grandiose spectacle is on par with passages form something like a piano fantasy or sonata. One of my favorite moments from the entire set.
Kind of reminds me of the diminished triplet octave arpeggios in Tchaikovsky’s 1st piano concerto. Really cool indeed
Yes, so beautiful
Brooo this is really, really great playing. I like it a lot
Such a powerful representation. I love it! Thank you for uploading this.
Liszt hit another homer
The part at 3:35 is insane omg
It's funny that this is the thirdly revised version; the second, or Douze Grandes Etude No. 7, "Eroica" was a hell of a lot more difficult.
Wet Sponge I agree
The minute before that is far harder than the minute after that.
I love this interpretation.
I like the fact that we have time to appreciate each note and harmony, just like Arrau's way of playing. Liszt's music is so complex that only a fast mind can grab everything once at real tempo.
2:49 favorite
Ovchinnokov's Liszt is always a Liszt I can agree with. I can't decide between this or Trifonov's.....
Trifinov is a face puller first, pianist second.
Pink Panther theme certainly copied this theme....
14 people are jealous as they cannot play the piano as well as this.
❤❤ sublime
My beloved
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This piece has some parts that sounds like chopin scherzo no.2
I give up if this is playable...
This is actually an easier version of an earier Etude No. 7 from the S.137 Grandes Etudes set
Batzorig Vaanchig How much?
@@Ar1osssa well liszt had to revise it because it was to hard to fit into the repertoire. Of other pianists.
This is one of the easier Liszt Transcendental Etudes.
@@vnwa7390 It isn't actually easier but only shorter.
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what key is this in? c- or eb+ ?
As sky Yuzuki says, It is overall in E flat major although the key constantly changes all the time thoughout the study.
Best 3:30
i dont like the way he plays the beginning, its more 'moderato' than the indicated 'allegro' [to me anyway]. i also dont get the 'heroic' sense from the way he plays the climax, he used a little too much pedal for my liking.
celach agree!
Listen to the version of the synthesia pianist Traum here on UA-cam
One of the few renditions of this piece to make justice to the title "Eroica", well played here. Arrau was awful, as always, playing with that nasty tips of his nails over the keyboard ( Which makes me sick by listening as if a long nails dog could play the piano and making noises with his nose, looks like studio guys put a microphone on his nose to capture the noise to tell people "Hey, it´s digital..." ), and forgeting the EROICA sense. This here has a touch of a person who goes beyond a mere study and brings music to the scene ( which is difficult if you have played throughout your life ). I like it far more than with some Russian "Liszt specialists", and some of the best renditions available actualy are from Cziffra, but I´ve not found all of them on youtube, nor the best collection I have from the analog era ( There are some not so good either ). Indeed, I´m a collector of all Liszt works ever recorded, as well as all his biographies, letters and essays, since he´s my idol, and my ideal of a man/artist. The "Eroica" name here is not by chance. A simple dot pushing some eighths notes makes the difference some didn´t perceive. I often play this Etude, and the real difficult part is on those melodies at the left hand, while the right hand walks on the arpeggios.
You are simply IDIOT!You dont understand anything about Eroica.You certainly love playing Lang Lang
No one is ever going to respect or even listen to what you have to say when you insult someone and compare them to animals.
You lost me, and most probably all other musical people, at "Arrau was awful, as always".
Not being able to let go of some utterly inconsequential recording issues, yet being completely oblivious, completely insensitive to the fantastic, transcendental musicality Arrau manages to project in the whole set, makes clear precisely one thing:
You may be a musician, but you lack any sense of musicality.
I looked at the length of this paragraph, and thought to myself "oh, a person who must have good musical knowledge". I then proceeded to think, "never mind" once he said that Claudio Arrau was awful, *AS ALWAYS*. There is a reason he won the Liszt award 2 years in a row, after it hadn't previously been given out for ages
@@itsdarksucks Let's not forget that Arrau was also a student of Martin Krause, who himself was a student of Liszt...
I can understand not preferring Arrau's interpretations, and he's never my first choice for most Liszt personally. However, his transcendent musicianship is undeniable, especially when hearing him interpret Beethoven and Debussy, among many others.
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