11 Levels of Liszt (Mr. Incredible Meme)

[@PiergiorgioWilson]

Thank you all so much for your support on my channel recently. I can't thank you all enough

[@Medtszkowski]

Your channel has gone into my favorites

[@soheilamoohkteh2606]

Thank you for all things you make from classical music There's a French composer from romantic Era And his name is Charles Valentine Alkan He's my favorite He was chopin's best friend and next door neighbor. He was the only person that liszt was nervous to play in his presence Can you do a video about C.val.Alkan Thank you very much🌹

[@alessioarbore4312]

Where is mazeppa ? 😂

[@babygirl4169]

Can tell me from which movement/part did you take that recording of 9th? Pls, i cannot find that specific part

[@plushtheater501]

@@babygirl4169 its a minute before the end of the first movement.

[@alexhoffmann3002]

You know it's funny, with all of Liszt's great accomplishments as a composer, I sometimes forget that he transcribed ALL NINE BEETHOVEN SYMPHONIES FOR SOLO PIANO!

[@Franz_Liszt_Korean]

Haha. Thanks

[@Franz_Liszt_Korean]

@@themisterswing Yeah, I must be the genius, then

[@Franz_Liszt_Korean]

@@themisterswing I hope my channel is also one of your favorites 😍

[@Franz_Liszt_Korean]

@@themisterswing Thanks very much!

[@highgroundproductions8590]

He did great. He did as well as was possible. Perfect transcription is not possible because an orchestra can play maybe 100 notes at once while a pianist can only play 4 to 10 depending on the situation.

[@lamcy1731]

It's insane that Liebestraum No. 3 is already considered relatively easy in Liszt's pieces

[@user-po1uk2of6g]

Songs

[@lamcy1731]

@@user-po1uk2of6g sorry I was out of my mind when I was typing but I mean pieces! Edited my comment already. Hope no one finds it confusing

[@benji104]

But there are many easier pieces by Liszt. They are just not that popular.

[@jamesrockybullin5250]

@@benji104 I was gonna say. The leap from libestraum to gnomenreigen is insane. Surely there are pieces inbetween.

[@Franz_Liszt_Korean]

Every of my music is easy

[@Medtszkowski]

This is the Liszt of Liszt

[@whaijorhujishkomunyk]

Liszt of List

[@russellromine1810]

The Liszt list, if you will

[@Franz_Liszt_Korean]

Agree

[@theAmazingJunkman]

Does a Liszt of all Liszts contain itself

[@Medtszkowski]

@@Franz_Liszt_Korean wow I did not expect to see you here!

[@iturea2504]

Gnomenreign gives me nightmares whenever I play it, but it is totally correct to put it at number 4. Liszt pieces are messed up

[@hadrieneverard8121]

Yeah I'm working on it and I wasn't QUITE ready for just how demanding this piece is

[@porple4430]

Studying it rn and it is an absolute nightmare to play smoothly

[@hadrieneverard8121]

@@porple4430 but it's really fun though

[@Gisbertus_Voetius]

I think there is much more in Liszt then normally assumed. He is much more then a salon musician. Some themes have accompanied me for some years now, like the themes from the Dante Symphony. There is depth.

[@Historia_]

I mean, what do you consider Normally assumed? If someone states otherwise, their opinion Isnt worth all that much.

[@Gisbertus_Voetius]

@@Historia_ I don't know if I understand you correctly. But why should another opinion worth not much if it is just another opinion? I mean, others are entitled to hold their beliefs and they are not wrong just because it is not my belief, right?

[@Historia_]

@@Gisbertus_Voetius hm, maybe I understood your comment differently

[@fjdyyh2542]

I've found it too recently. The depth and the vision. Oh man my depression sure loves funerailles... Chopin could never

[@davidnoranavascues4489]

@@Gisbertus_Voetius I think he said that because most of the people who says that "Liszt is just to show off/virtuosic music without any feelings in it" didn't listened more than 3 Liszt pieces. 3 different people told me that, and changed their mind after I showed them some of his transcendental etudes and his "reminiscencias de norma".

[@pine_apple179]

3:43 dude... ⛈💀🔥 that is sublime

[@babygirl4169]

Can you tell from which part or movement it is from?

[@Der_Komponist]

@@babygirl4169 Das ist das Ende vom ersten Satz der 9. Sinfonie von Ludwig van Beethoven.

[@tylerhaddock9583]

@@babygirl4169 Sounds like the Coda of movement 1

[@blackhole3407]

3:45 ah yes, the beethoven boogie-woogie

[@alexanderbayramov2626]

but how is this similar with sonata #32?

[@babygirl4169]

From which part or movement is it taken? Can you pls tell

[@blackhole3407]

@@babygirl4169 it is the ending of the first movement

[@reddragon6274]

4:05 perfect D minor harmony, chills dude.

[@alicagangunduz8488]

Although the transcription is perfect it is from Beethoven's 9. They both did awesome

[@wadabid6165]

Me being proud of myself for playing liebestraum This video:

[@thenotsookayguy]

You should be, just keep practicing.

[@xharuu]

me still learning how to play it and struggling but being okay with it since it’s “hard” sees this video 💀

[@thenotsookayguy]

@@xharuu How long have you been trying to learn it, and what problems are you having with the piece.

[@xharuu]

@@thenotsookayguy maybe like 4-5 weeks idk? i’m mostly having trouble with the second page because i can’t play the left hand notes together so i have to jump all of them and it sounds horrendous. i’m also having trouble with the first cadenza because idk my pinkys weird but surprisingly i don’t have an issue with the second cadenza? tbh i think most of my issues just stem from not practicing enough 💀 (and not having hands that can reach 13ths ☹️)

[@tommyvercetti1827]

@@xharuu Can you play it now?

[@babygirl4169]

4:23 this part sounds too cool!

[@Der_Komponist]

Das ist das Ende vom ersten Satz der 9. Sinfonie von Ludwig van Beethoven.

[@Latinosmassacre-]

hey babygirl

[@kompinho3702]

Don Juan is absolutely amazing, especially the Okada recording

[@musicodrome1731]

This the answer to all the people who think la Campanella is one of the most difficult works to play xD. Compare to all that, it's so easy. Also I wonder where the Rhapsodie Espagnole could have been ranked. Anyway great list.

[@KrisPBacon69]

La Campanella is probably just right above Liebestraum No. 3

[@bencallender5061]

I'd say it's harder than gnomenreigen

[@g.d.c12]

i'd place it at 5

[@Notturno81]

@@bencallender5061 It's definitely harder than Gnomenreigen.

[@mazeppa1231]

I'd say it's on the level of Mephisto Waltz 1. it's definitely tricky.

[@josephwright2271]

The fact that liebestraume is 3 of 11 causes me great pain

[@thespeakeasydwellerspodcast]

There was another video similar to this. But it the funny thing is I started playing liebenstraum because of it so I’m now a month into learning the piece.

[@MeowItsGhazt]

Me too! At the part after the Cadenza rn

[@fryderyckchopin484]

Oh, Liszt...good times

[@evans3254]

People often forget Liszt's most difficult piece Galop in A minor. It is lesser known because it was so technically demanding and lost popularity since nobody could play it

[@freshlyherbs7068]

no

[@babygirl4169]

It's technically Don Juan level hard but its kinda i mean, musically far easier?

[@qEagleStrikerp]

This. That piece is so fucked up, it perfectly belongs onto this list. The jumps in the left hand can give you nightmares. Edit: In case someone is interested, the only video on KZbin that can help you estimate the difficulty of this piece is the following: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZuxiqyIZ5WBhKc

[@rosariorusso]

@@qEagleStrikerp that's played by an artificial intelligence. It's too hard to be played by humans!

[@qEagleStrikerp]

@@rosariorusso crazy right? There actually do exist a few recordings by humans, but none of them have video

[@ralphtoussie9991]

Damn those mephisto waltz jumps are octaves? 🤯 no wonder even pros miss them.

[@edmondcheng3547]

This is a really accurate list👍

[@surthum]

No it isn't

[@lisztomaniac2718]

@@surthum yes it is

[@szilike_10]

Great! Very good combo between Mr. Incredible and Liszt.

[@SamarthSachinJadhav]

I can't believe you forgot to include the Spanish Rhapsody.

[@dustinpowell6507]

Love your vids man.

[@lilycarone5116]

The creativity though!

[@Sakuya_Izayoi99]

Even now I have learned the piano for 8 years, still think Liszt really is a monster XD

[@SCRIABINIST]

Please do Scriabin, Ravel, Debussy, and for the more unknown Medtner, Alkan and if you dare , Czerny

[@alexandrusimo899]

honestly the only medtner i could find was fairytale but it slaps

[@late8641]

Also Moszkovsky

[@SCRIABINIST]

@@alexandrusimo899 Concerti could be at top level. Sonatas could be lower, followed by selected piano pieces. There's a set he wrote for children or beginners (I forgot) that is easier but still not easy

[@Historia_]

@@alexandrusimo899 Sonata tragica is my personal favourite, never really searched in depth for medtner pieces though

[@themobiusfunction]

​@@Historia_mine is probably either Night Wind or Sonata Minacciosa

[@aurora60505]

Wow, this is gonna send me down a Liszt rabbit hole! Just, Wow!

[@kernicterus1233]

I wouldn’t rate them in order, I’d just grab a whisky, settle down, and have a good old listen to them on the HiFi. I’m a percussionist though. Scary stuff there.

[@IEEMAZ_Convoluted_14.2.8.5]

Great list. Only I would replace Reminiscenses de Don Juan with either Reminiscenses de lucrezia Borgia or Berlioz symphonie fantastique transcription.

[@ole7762]

"See, it's not about the music. It's about sending a message"

[@chadbroski9438]

I actually played la cloche sonne for my lev 4 exam. it's a beautiful piece even though the difficulty is low and yes, you should continue making these. fun fact i'm going to play one of his consolations for my lev 7 exam in the future

[@whaijorhujishkomunyk]

Where Amogus Reminescences and Paraphrasis over Pol Pot???????

[@franzurjisorabliszt]

Me when amogus fuge😱😱

[@SiliPiano]

This mf referencing the Cambodian genocide

[@ValzainLumivix]

Pol pot

[@JamesMGarrenisme]

Yes!!!!! Make more please! This is great 😀😀😀

[@rkbrown83]

As much as I love Liszt, one can almost hate him for making music that sounds AMAZING, but also extremely difficult to play.😭 He truly is the greatest pianist of all time!

[@andresantos_]

i like how you didn´t put the octave part on the 9º symphony unplayable

[@peKarim]

this cut hurts my soul 3:13

[@pastichemusic3568]

How about 10 levels of Stravinsky but it becomes more dissonant as it progresses

[@sebastian-benedictflore]

Especially when considering WBMP, not so bad. Tannhauser is definitely missing

[@PiergiorgioWilson]

Tannhauser is amazing. Definitely one of my favorite transcriptions by Liszt. I regret not putting it in 💀

[@t8RKfUsBPeA]

As a small-handed pianist, these pieces I could never play...

[@thomasm5714]

You could with advantage remove the silly faces - it doesn't make much sense to provide the notes and then obscure them so that we can't read and follow the music.

[@hadrieneverard8121]

Levels of Alkan next ?

[@tchaffman]

Level 15 - Lucrezia Borgia

[@luvmomoxo3107]

Mephisto waltz is the greatest solo piano piece ever in my opinion

[@lmendoza6675]

Probably put in the Douze grandes etudes. Those are literally near impossible to play

[@TenorCantusFirmus]

The original version featured "delights" such as fast passages in which the hands had to reach extensions of 10th.s ... Nowadays' version, just let sink this in, is a later "simplification" of them!

[@Historia_]

@@TenorCantusFirmus same goes for the paganini etudes s 141 :) s 140 just slaps harder, especially no 6 and no 5

[@EntelSidious_gamzeylmz]

there are really unnecessary notes in those though, the later versions are more refined

[@Historia_]

@@EntelSidious_gamzeylmz eh, Nr 6 is mostly straight up different

[@EntelSidious_gamzeylmz]

@@Historia_ yeah I agree on that

[@alexanderbayramov2626]

wow great lis(z)t :3 btw 1:45 is literally Scriabin sonata #4 😳 similarities are crazy (2:07 ba dum, tonality, vibe, wtf)

[@LisztGOAT]

Awesome playliszt

[@bwalle]

Wwhicked cool! Great post! I WANT TO PLAY IT ALL…Bruhahahahah!!!

[@Helloworld-xu2ui]

I would argue that wilde jagd is harder than mephisto waltz

[@kokositosalvatore]

Epik liszt, i love it!

[@theflipeechestlanjao7754]

Me when andante sustenuto

[@enelabe]

Well, the jump from number 3 to number 4 was a tad big, don't you think?

[@zeyroxbs]

For me feux follet is the hardest

[@devonchristopher5837]

Bro the arrangement of Beethoven's 9th symphony is far harder yhan feux follet and ARGUABLY liszt's hardest piece ever

[@0babul0]

Yea, that insane recording by Kissin should be on this list.

[@zeyroxbs]

@@0babul0 agreed, kissin took it to the next level

[@zeyroxbs]

@@devonchristopher5837 link?

[@devonchristopher5837]

@@zeyroxbs kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2WVcpmoYrSIqdE played by Katsaris

[@Historia_]

Next time you might replace s 139 no 8 with s 137 no 8 :))

[@robert58]

Nice meme👍

[@Filekeepers]

I love this

[@cirolc2780]

2:30 "hehe"

[@moritzliska4629]

Chasse-neige?

[@whaijorhujishkomunyk]

Lmao

[@iturea2504]

I would put it around Wilde Jagd, and below Norma/Mephisto

[@Kinquovio]

I was waiting for Spanish fantasy, guess the recordings aren’t good enough.

[@eoc811]

what about liszt etudes d'execution transcendante d'apres paganini s.140 no.4b e major it is beyond level 11 when sped up

[@pinheadlarry8401]

Can somebody put the names/time stamps for each songs please

[@forbiddenfursona]

how the fuck is the transition bit of Liebestraume No. III JUST AT NUMBER 3??????

[@yosefGames]

Level 10 don juan

[@yosefGames]

Etude 2 It's hard in a lot of people to love Liszt's dream it's not easy you jumped a lot of levels it's not level 4 it's much higher and part 8 is hard at all I played 8 not the whole Don Zwan I also played but I didn't play 2 I didn't try to sit on it but Looks like this is my next piece

[@thegreenpianist7683]

In my humble and very subjective opinion, I personally think Wild Jagde is a bit harder than Mephisto Waltz, speaking from experience with both pieces, every thing Mephisto waltz has going for it Wild Jagde has it but slightly harder.

[@Historia_]

Have you played s 137 or s 139?

[@thegreenpianist7683]

@@Historia_ I didn't even THINK about trying the s 137 set, way too difficult. I tried some of the hardest spots of the s 139 and the Mephisto Waltz (which is how I usually test the waters with difficult pieces) and I found the Waltz a bit easier.

[@Historia_]

@@thegreenpianist7683 well I found the climax of s 139 no 8 to be quite disappointing so I asked :D

[@thegreenpianist7683]

@@Historia_ haha I've always thought it's a weird ending as well, but it also fits the character of the piece quite well so I'm fine with it :)

[@Historia_]

@@thegreenpianist7683 the ending fits quite well imo but I was talking about the Tremolos replacing quite some tensional parts from 137 in the Section where it goes back to the Original tempo.

[@justcallmerachel4197]

well that escalated quickly.

[@justcallmerachel4197]

also gonna work on the first one so that i can tell my pianist friends “i’m practicing liszt atm”

[@PiergiorgioWilson]

Now that's commendable 👏

[@Historia_]

@@justcallmerachel4197 if you need an easier liszt piece try out some of s160 or the Romance in E minor

[@justcallmerachel4197]

joke's on me my teacher just gave me the 3rd consolation in my holiday program

[@Historia_]

@@justcallmerachel4197 nice

[@Medtszkowski]

What about Liszt-Paganini Etude No. 4 (1838 Version)?

[@PiergiorgioWilson]

That would've been great for this list! So many pieces sadly I can't put them all :(

[@glauberglousger6643]

It’s just difficult to play it fast with accuracy, I’d put Feux Follets higher, the piece is a complete nightmare

[@Medtszkowski]

@@PiergiorgioWilson yes

[@Medtszkowski]

@@glauberglousger6643What about La Clochette

[@Itibitydetsku]

@@glauberglousger6643 kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWGceKl3j56ges0

[@kemalyildir3900]

Surprised the mephisto waltz is not higher up haha

[@taylorstrqfik]

level 2 💅🏻

[@androidkenobi]

i don't get what's going on with Incredible OMG u played beethoven-liszt!

[@Throrma]

Good Liszt list

[@DTR-bg2kb]

im waiting for 11 levels of prokofiev

[@ViceroyoftheDiptera]

Ummm excuse me but… where is feux follets aka the 5th of the transcendental études

[@xinshengbing5743]

I'm ok at piano, I can play ode to joy! No not that one, the one by liszt...

[@potrelviewer9536]

"11 levels of": Debussy, Prokofiev, Messiaen. Here ya go for future videos.

[@eboone]

Why tf is there a new mr incredible meme video, pls get this out of my face

[@mariosvourliotakis]

Have been learning Vallee d'Obermann and Trancendental étude 7, thought I was finally getting somewhere in terms of hard pieces, but no back to earth I come after this video

[@k0nk0n]

His slow songs are pretty hard due to polyrhythms ngl

[@jamzgamez6435]

un sospiro where?

[@unidentifieduser5346]

I wish i can play something like la sonnambula or Spanish fantasy level instead of being stuck with reminiscences de norma

[@chwu04-ne2df]

La Sonnambula is actually slightly easier than Norma (but definitely still harder than Mephisto Waltz). You are right though about Spanish Fantasy though it's at least as hard as both of them combined.

[@guysunderthecity6126]

U know this Lizst is hard when constolation 3 is number fucking 2 Disclaimer: i have played his Hungarian rhapsodies and his paganini etudes and constolation 3 is a difficult piece to get fully right

[@RaineStudio]

Dante had nothing on this guy.

[@aleksPval]

why is liebestraum not in A flat major lmao????

[@thenotsookayguy]

Because the middle of the piece got a key change.

[@vlbulldozer]

You forgot two most difficult pieces: la campanella and Hungarian Rhapsody 2

[@GUILLOM]

No

[@DATCMN]

All pieces from 1:50 are harder than both and i dint put them even before just because transcendental n 8

[@octopuszombie8744]

It's nothing compared to more than half of these. Campanella and HR2 are just above Liebestraum. Both took me a few months to learn. No, these two pieces are nowhere near the hardest.

[@ulisesuribe7396]

Whats te name of the last one?

[@thenotsookayguy]

It's his transcription of the 9th Symphony performed by Katsaris, specifically the end of the 1st movement.

[@chiragraju821]

Accurate

[@lucyishkhanian6267]

Where is the Sospiro?

[@octopuszombie8744]

Not here My guess is that it's just above Liesbestraum.

[@ilclassicista]

Where Is "hungarian Rhapsody no.2"?

[@GUILLOM]

No

[@octopuszombie8744]

No But I would at most put it at number 5 if it was included.

[@Trisha_an_Artist]

The mr. Incredible accurately reflected my face...

[@mahesawahyuningrat6242]

LORD LISZT

[@Ariel-kk4gm]

Consolation n3 is more dificult than people see

[@yosefGames]

Level 3 its hrad bat not vray hrad bat don juan its vray vray vray vray hrad edud 8 ita vray vray hrad rpesoda 2 its level 8 -7 bat rpesoda 6 dend its level 9 -10 its vrqy hrad ita vray fast

[@thenoobman4544]

11 Leval of Shostakovich plese

[@schmules101]

has anyone chapterised them?

[@sr_chris2102]

Where's Hungarian Rhapsody?

[@octopuszombie8744]

Not here. My guess that it's at most no. 5 if it was included.

[@yahyakhazbak4713]

tarum piano: easy

[@iturea2504]

Also I think Reminiscences de Norma is slightly easier than Mephisto, but ever so slightly. I learned part of Norma, but I cant even read Mephisto

[@babygirl4169]

Ain't no way bro. I feel like it's almost at the difficulty level of Don Juan

[@iturea2504]

@@babygirl4169 nah, crazy octaves are a lot easier (for me) than the messed up jumps in mephisto. plus there's a lot of weird voicings in it, and its really hard to keep a good interpretation. norma is just ever so slightly easier, but I do agree, I think both of those pieces are near don juan level

[@loganm2924]

I’m the complete opposite, I can play the leaps and octaves in stuff like mephisto fine, but wouldn’t touch Norma with a ten foot pole, there’s so much complexity

[@iturea2504]

@@loganm2924 totally understand, I just like Norma better as a piece anyways, maybe thats why I find it easier LOL they are both crazy difficult though

[@babygirl4169]

@@iturea2504 well then, I agree xD

[@jeviljuice1633]

This might sound crazy but I would actually put liebestraum in the top 4 hardest pieces by Liszt. Hear me out, obviously Don Juan and every other piece on this list is far more technically demanding and more difficult. But Liebestraum is one of the most difficult pieces to phrase perfectly. It's up there with the likes of Schubert and Schumann. Playing Liebestraum note by note with little to no dynamics is obviously easy, but getting the control and dynamics is much harder than playing a lot of notes with blazing tempo.

[@Numberonesorabjifan]

Don Juan isn't just notes with blazing tempo. It's notes with blazing tempo while playing in piano (some parts) and with phrasing as well. I agree liebestraum is hard but definitely one of his easier pieces.

[@jeviljuice1633]

@@Numberonesorabjifan yea. This comment was a while ago and now I understand i was a bit wrong in my assesment.

[@ynsmdd8678]

@@jeviljuice1633 why is it that everytime there is a slower/less technically demanding piece, everyone says "omg this piece is actually difficult because phrasing" as if fast and technically demanding piece don't actually require phrasing too. Phrasing/emotional difficulty and technical difficulty are not mutually exclusive things. Pieces like don juan not only require technical ability but ALSO phrasing.

[@jeviljuice1633]

@@ynsmdd8678 yeah it's true bro. This comment was a while ago when I was still a bit new to classical music and just music in general. Now that I have matured more i can understand

[@fran7906]

Hehe 😂

[@giovannifosco7272]

Dante?

[@franzliszt5909]

Not hard enough (thats what she said...)

[@GUILLOM]

@@franzliszt5909 how

[@jkilla9934]

where campanella

[@GUILLOM]

No

[@octopuszombie8744]

Why? It's on the easier side of Liszt. No cap

[@Lightcode]

#lisztmania