Berezovsky owns this piece. His slow section is highly expressive without being overly sentimental. His technique, clarity and accuracy are staggering. Well deserved of a standing ovation.
@cindycfleong5937 жыл бұрын
ukpianoman2015 totally agree with you
@cindycfleong5937 жыл бұрын
Totally agree with you
@MARTIN2011995 жыл бұрын
I’m still clapping
@iianneill60132 жыл бұрын
To paraphrase the Thalberg/Liszt piano duel: "Mr. Berezovsky in this performance is the greatest pianist in the world. Mr. Simon Barere, in his performance, is the _only_ pianist." kzbin.info/www/bejne/sGXEgGqIjs6daKs
@rickyromeral94842 жыл бұрын
I like the islamey
@owenwilliams12227 жыл бұрын
0:52 the man who says "whoa" after berezovsky is done playing that measure is my spirit animal
@elmodeadinside27607 жыл бұрын
XD
@ryushev20006 жыл бұрын
how did you even hear that
@el_um_mayo77205 жыл бұрын
This comment needs more likes
@jielu2435 жыл бұрын
@@ryushev2000 because I had the same reaction. It was incredible
@MARTIN2011995 жыл бұрын
Maybe he Isa a pianist also. Pianists know how difficult is that passage
@lucasdelliosiv74934 жыл бұрын
I feel like this is Berezovsky's signature piece. Whenever I think of Islamey I think of Berezovsky and vice versa.
@fredericchopin73323 жыл бұрын
OMG I follow you at instagram, your name there is “Dellios Lukas” omg
@fredericchopin73323 жыл бұрын
Unless there’s someone else that is interested in piano and is called Dellios Lukas
@lucasdelliosiv74933 жыл бұрын
@@fredericchopin7332 It's me 😅
@claude980500212 жыл бұрын
exactly the same here!
@TheTamsinJones Жыл бұрын
Lang Lang played it faster but he used the piece merely to demonstrate his undoubted technical prowess. Berezovsky plays with such heart, fervour and phenomenal accuracy. His is the performance by which all other concert pianists should be measured
@maultwo9 ай бұрын
Lang Lang is high-caliber trash, a turd wrapped in crepe paper.
@jct35j5 ай бұрын
Did you listen to the recording Lang Lang played at 18 yrs old... compared to this it is a joke, so please share with us which Lang Lang recording you are referencing?
@mikepen34778 жыл бұрын
This is one of those pieces were you cannot say "In his hands, it seems easy", but rather "He shows brilliantly just how difficult it is".
@user-uy3pj5ym6b11 ай бұрын
I see!
@Sahasrarasmi-Sancodite9 ай бұрын
I recently listened to the 1992 Carnegie Hall recital piece of Ivo Pogorelich..and his rendition is a Mt Everest of virtuosity and diamond brilliance. Just listened to it today 01/21/2024 and then came across Berezovsky performance. They are both v irtuoso renditions from interstellar space, meaning that both pianists are supreme divine virtuosos in artistic and musical expression.
@johncrawfordpiano15 жыл бұрын
In my humble opinion, this is piano playing of the highest order. This is one of the most technically challenging of piano pieces, yet, I don't find myself listening to the "technique" of this pianist, but his "musicality", and for me, this is a wanderful interpretation, BRAVO.
@UnaMoscaEnLaPared15 жыл бұрын
I've listen to many recordings, included Pletnev. So far, Berezovsky is the most precise, exciting, dynamic, musical intepretation I've heard from Balakirev's Islamey.
@ReyChan-kt7sf11 ай бұрын
I don't agree with you
@ReyChan-kt7sf11 ай бұрын
I think pletnev is the best 🎉🎉🎉
@massimilianoconte790111 ай бұрын
Amazing: clear and expressive
@jackcurley15915 ай бұрын
This performance and Berezovsky’s 2002 performance of Mazeppa are what, for me, transformed piano lessons into a lifelong obsession with classical music (back when I was 13). Will always come back to this video (still the non plus ultra for Islamey)!
@UnaMoscaEnLaPared15 жыл бұрын
The very best perfomance I've ever heard, and it was alive. He turns this virtuosistic piece into real music. BRAVO!
@Onwin2517 жыл бұрын
I can't believe what I hear. Thats so unbeliveable brilliant. I heard many versions of this piece but this one is absolutely the best. What is actually weird because i've never heard about this pianist before.
@a9reaper764 жыл бұрын
You should go listen to his 12 Liszt etudes
@sesk36134 жыл бұрын
Come on, this guy didn't even graduate from the conservatory and had no diploma...
@jameslorenz37184 жыл бұрын
@@sesk3613 that doesn't matter. He has proved his excellence in the field of piano.
@aeroslothy3 жыл бұрын
@@sesk3613 doesnt that make his entire journey more impressive....
@marksmith3947 Жыл бұрын
Cziffra has a stunning recording which I think is the cleanest of all
@gojewla16 жыл бұрын
This performance is one of the most technically detailed renditions I've ever heard of this piece. From the absolute togetherness of the double notes, chords and 8ves, to the eveness of voicing and sound, I think some people on here are underestimating what makes a technically good performance. He also achieves nice colors.
I've listened to TONS of islamey performances here on yt, but this one, this PARTICULAR one takes the cake.
@joanlandkamer94394 жыл бұрын
The way he "points" the top note of the chord at 3:24 has always delighted me. Well done, gamblin' man. Also the tremendous accent on the B-double-flat at 0:30. And the wonderful change of color with the change in harmony just after 1:03. Nothing is marked in the score at that point, he just knows to do it. Bravo.
@marktabla54342 жыл бұрын
A comment on the Simon Barere version brought me here. My first time seeing this rendition. Thanks for sharing.
@HAlghamdi15 жыл бұрын
breathtaking interpretation.
@luthervaughn19 жыл бұрын
trying to understand the pure talent, time, and dedication to create a song like this could bring tears to ones eyes.
@PDGskateboarding9 жыл бұрын
Took one month for Balakirev to compose this song.
@luthervaughn19 жыл бұрын
Gavin Baker That's insane. Thanks for sharing that info.
@ottokarvonschnallenburg25726 жыл бұрын
luthervaughn1 it is not a song!
@DihelsonMendonca11 жыл бұрын
He knows exactly what he is doing, not a single note played by chance. He must have played this since childhood...perfect!
@سدرةالمنتهى-ف7غ4 жыл бұрын
This pianist is a virtuoso monster 😇 !!
@МавлидаВалиуллинаиамирхана3 ай бұрын
Благодарю за прекрасный вечер! ❤❤❤Дай Бог здоровья обожаемому Борису Вадимовичу Березовскому! ❤❤❤
@orcaman89615 жыл бұрын
Out of this world. Played from the heart.
@trigalg69316 жыл бұрын
Haha, that is one very notable thing about Berezovsky. He plays recitals packed with ridiculously difficult pieces, and always finishes strong, never losing power. Even if some of his playing is very questionable, his stamina is INCREDIBLE.
@jordanhedington24213 жыл бұрын
What makes his playing questionable? Sorry, guitar and drum player here
@AmbikaSukla3 жыл бұрын
@@jordanhedington2421 don’t expect a response from a 12 year old comment
@jordanhedington24213 жыл бұрын
@@AmbikaSukla but you did
@AmbikaSukla2 жыл бұрын
@@jordanhedington2421 no I responded to your comment.
@TheHyenaKing11 жыл бұрын
Heard at least 10 versions of Islamey so far. Not one even close to Berezovsky's rendition. Great respect!
@dianalee30592 жыл бұрын
I have a dear friend who is a concert pianist who truly excels at this ridiculously difficult piece. I’m happy to find this version here.
@dianalee30595 ай бұрын
I just emailed it to her. It’ll be interesting to hear how she liked it. In her recitals she introduced it as “the most difficult piece ever written.” I must concur!
@letsbrawl945 Жыл бұрын
1:48 I love how he fastly goes to the second part cause otherwise the audience would think its over
@user-fd7rg1bz2 Жыл бұрын
Perfect. I cried.
@dreamer_49378 жыл бұрын
Most musical performance of Islamey on KZbin. Technically amazing as well. Yes a few slips and speeding up in places but my god the phrasing!
@prof.sirjeffreydarling-mil34632 жыл бұрын
Yes, I was most perturbed when he speeded up. And don't get me started on the slips
@sll1017 жыл бұрын
This is beyond excellent. The cleanest Islamey I've ever heard. The guy's technique is astonishing.
@prof.sirjeffreydarling-mil34632 жыл бұрын
And yet if you read some of the comments here, you will find that he is simply not good enough
@ТотсамыйЧиполлино2 жыл бұрын
Замечательно !!! Это можно слушать много, много раз и каждый раз с большим удовольствием.
@Frissssson16 жыл бұрын
What a tempo!!! Absolutely Brillant!!
@LetTheMusicFlow115 жыл бұрын
at the beginning (and throughout the piece), he plays SO precisely- there are no wasted movements! incredible!
@popcorn1001988 жыл бұрын
+Abel Lifschutz Actually, the A at 0:30 is not a mistake, its in the score (written as B-double flat). And yes, it looks like we are missing two bars, which I think were cut out from the video for any reason.
@ryushev20006 жыл бұрын
Carl gaming channel and vlogs sad fuck
@timothychan34815 жыл бұрын
@Carl gaming channel and vlogs no one cares about your comment, fuck off, kid.
That 'metallic' quality does not often work well in piano performances but here it is superb!
@Raakim32215 жыл бұрын
I love this man's interpretation,brilliant piece
@micahphilson8 жыл бұрын
I realized from a sudden stop in the sound in the middle of the song that this is where my favorite recording came from! It's the one I discovered this song with, and I always listen to it on a video with the sheet music so I can "follow along" (even at my best, I can only half follow what's going on!). I just wanted this time to see someone's hands moving, and this time I just happened to find the source! This is my new favorite performance video of this song!
@veraluciaalbernaz683011 жыл бұрын
Fantastic, adorable and perfect performance !
@supersonicdrawer9 жыл бұрын
This is quite mental. I love it
@veganworldorder93943 жыл бұрын
Scary good
@iangindes12 жыл бұрын
Great video- This is the best version of the piece! Thank you for posting.
@LiztheLark4 жыл бұрын
This is perhaps the most difficult and technically challenging piano piece ever composed. Boris just nails this with a technical artistry that is beyond belief. He plays this in just over 7 1/2 minutes, while other pianists are well over 8 minutes. That may or may not mean anything but it can be indicative of the marvelous technique that he employs. Simply the best played for this particular piece.
@prof.sirjeffreydarling-mil34632 жыл бұрын
There's a pianist called David Bob who plays it in under 5 minutes. And he plays 99.6% accurately, and includes EVERY DYNAMIC CHeck out David Bob if you wanna here FAST
@rclaughlin8 жыл бұрын
Considering that Balakirev wrote this to play himself, he must have been one hell of a pianist!
@goognamgoognw66378 жыл бұрын
..and a hell of a composer, this piece makes me happy.
@zhxiao7728 жыл бұрын
"Actually he never mastered it himself. During his life time, only Liszt and Nikolai Rubinstein feel secure to play it in public."
@SpaghettiToaster7 жыл бұрын
Zh Xiao You must mean Anton Rubinstein!
@zhxiao7727 жыл бұрын
Nikolai Rubinstein, a Russian pianist, conductor and composer, was the younger brother of Anton Rubinstein
@alessandrozhang84556 жыл бұрын
Liszt considered the piece to be too easy, because he could play the piece full tempo from the sheet.
@chaosaxis12 жыл бұрын
I'm tired after watching that. Not because the song was relaxing, but just thinking about how exhausting that level of focus and precision must be. Fantastic.
@musiclover1488 жыл бұрын
Earned his paycheck that night, didn't he?
@MARTIN2011995 жыл бұрын
Music Lover we still owe him
@Andrew-mz9rd5 жыл бұрын
No.
@林中一-y4w3 жыл бұрын
1:49 Berezovsky must have learned the lesson that if he played the fermata some ignorant audience would definitely think the piece was over.
@BrianPaick2 жыл бұрын
Pogorelich taught the lesson to him
@medpiano17 жыл бұрын
Very perceptive of you. Yes, there are two bars missing, but this was a result of how it was recorded originally--long story short: my TiVo screwed up and split the piece in two at about that spot. Rather than put end-to-end as-is which would have thrown the entire rhythmic structure off, I basically spliced at the downbeat of the next full bar to preserve continuity.
@galibgasancom3 жыл бұрын
Напоминает мне азербайджанскую танцевальную музыку + казахскую...Эпизод в конце несколько выходит из контекста Конечно блестящая композиция
@ТотсамыйЧиполлино2 жыл бұрын
Пожалуй это лучшее исполнение из всех что я слышал.Просто блестяще !! Спасибо и БРАВО !!!
@barbara570615 жыл бұрын
Unbelievable!! All from memory and even dynamically he is a master wizard at what he does. I think the bell choir would be more than over come with this challenge. Thanks for sharing your talent.
@spencerder10 жыл бұрын
The Through the Fire and Flames of the piano!!! Nice work
@tracerammo5 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@benlindsay60124 жыл бұрын
Stupendous playing !
@sfoperaАй бұрын
This is just how I like to play it, too.
@moutardinsky15 жыл бұрын
thanks so much for this precious video. amazing
@RobinLSL16 жыл бұрын
Wow. Berezovsky is really amazing. He makes everyting seem so easy technically. It's like he doesn't have to concentrate on technique at all, he can just think about the music. Yet he plays so well! Pulling it off with so little pedal...
@annelisecomi60624 жыл бұрын
Amazing
@froboy1234217 жыл бұрын
this performance is unreal. best islamey i've ever heard...soo sick
@zanteson16 жыл бұрын
Perfect, brilliant, bravo!
@DustyOldCowTown4 жыл бұрын
What a legend Berezovsky
@paolofranceschi6874 Жыл бұрын
Strepitoso! ❤
@陽天-n3l4 жыл бұрын
This is one of the pieces that I would not even try a note
@alis16376 жыл бұрын
I came here for 6:34
@MARTIN2011995 жыл бұрын
Alik S I’m for de 6:10 glissando. Just perfect
@ivanaraque3 жыл бұрын
Berezovsky at his best. So strange that this may be called "Oriental Fantasy" ... sounds like an Italian tarantella to me. Anyone?
@duqueadriano00813 жыл бұрын
It's because of the sonority of the intervals explored by the composer: thirds, fifths and sixths. Traditional Italian music has a lof of those, arabic traditional music too.
@yynirvana15 жыл бұрын
wow...there's no word! iv been listening to this for the last 2 hours!!!!
@ElliePearl16 жыл бұрын
Oh, this was great. I have heard this piece played wonderfully by others, but the difference in their bodily strength is amazing. Whereas they played, shall we say, like coloraturas, this man was a dramatic, yet all were perfect. Well, this was enjoyable.
@betsydog012017 жыл бұрын
SIMPLY THE BEST!!!
@tinkelitong5 жыл бұрын
I will play it in a local piano competition tomorrow as age 15!
@raymondmartin51875 жыл бұрын
Upload the vid!!!!
@tinkelitong5 жыл бұрын
@@raymondmartin5187 May I will ;)
@NatalyaPlaysPiano8 жыл бұрын
This is insane. I'm gonna start learning it today! Wish me luck!
@nightangel72398 жыл бұрын
+Natalya Plays Piano Are you still alive? I'm struggling with just Chopin's Winter Wind. Can't imagine the pain from this.
@NatalyaPlaysPiano8 жыл бұрын
Night Angel I have played through the first two pages and if you play it slowly, it's actually quite comfortable.... which is good. Some pieces are hard to play at speed because of all the weird twists and turns but this one is mostly hard because of all the discordant arpeggios and stuff... still gonna take a while for me to learn haha
@m.a.33228 жыл бұрын
+Natalya Plays Piano well? Did you finish learning it yet?
@drketpanv6 жыл бұрын
Dont try at full speed You will end up like Scriabin Wait, you didnt hear? Scriabin broke his hand from this piece!
@Ivan_17916 жыл бұрын
Night Angel For me the Chopin's piece is harder.
@CharlesReinmuth12 жыл бұрын
This is so fantastic I cannot explain how happy I am right now.
@TheRapkingish13 жыл бұрын
What an amazing song. I (highschool student) recently told asked my conductor if he was able to play this song, he has a doctorate in piano performance. He told me he never tried, but that he can play Scarbo by Ravel who was influenced by this song. I bet that many people who enjoyed this will enjoy that as well!
@aureliolopezdoria74029 жыл бұрын
Awesome performance. ..,
@camilla35658 жыл бұрын
Bravissimo !!!Fantastica!!!
@nicolasmt9216 Жыл бұрын
La primera fila son solo pianistas expertos aplaudiendo a un mas que experto, lo loco es que tiene una fineza, un touché, maravilloso.
@hydewitherspoon88539 жыл бұрын
Genius
@НадеждаХрамова-в7ц2 жыл бұрын
Мощно, колоритно, легко!
@murraytaylor12316 жыл бұрын
such amazing articulation! brilliant
@sseerrgg1414 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot ! I have not heard "Islamey" for 30 years, and here, such a beautifull performance! And shame on me, because I live in Mexico (Guadalajara) and new nothing about rhis perfornance
@brianandrewleahy117 жыл бұрын
incidentally my friend recorded the Godowsky sonata. you can find it on amazon. there are only 2 recordings of the godowsky sonata. him and marc-andre hamelin. he almost had a nervous breakdown trying to learn it. it is one of the most difficult sonatas ever. probably why it has been recorded only twice, lol
@deadlift657 жыл бұрын
He pays attention to expressiveness, too. It's not mere virtuosity.
@cramberry15 жыл бұрын
I can't believe it - it's possible to play this piece in that way!
@stevenb62539 жыл бұрын
This piece actually seems easier to play by ear in some parts and in others by sheet music. Not easy by any stretch of the imagination, I personally wouldn't touch this piece with a ten foot pole even once I get to a high level. Still...looking at the score...Holy hell. That's tough.
@marvinracer886 жыл бұрын
"by ear" ahhsaasaahahhahahahaha
@Bruce88keys6 жыл бұрын
its a piece of rubbish
@vangoc60164 жыл бұрын
@@Bruce88keys and you are a waste basket 😉
@medpiano17 жыл бұрын
C'mon people...out of 24 users who have bothered to rate the vid (thanks!), the average is 4, f-ing 4 stars!?!? That means either that a few people rated 3 or lower(!!!!) or that >13 rated 4 instead of 5. Please, those of you who didn't rate 5: please, please, share what you are referencing that in your head you use as a 5/5 performance that this performance falls short of. I'm past confused how this is possible.
@11D7-n8d3 жыл бұрын
Ah, back when KZbin was better
@medpiano3 жыл бұрын
@@11D7-n8d LOL, made my day (not biased d/t my posting, just nostalgia ;) )
@MathisCathignol9 жыл бұрын
Wonderful !
@sherwos12 жыл бұрын
This is hardly pointless. And even it were mere virtuosity there is still something extraordinary to appreciate.
@luminoceanne16 жыл бұрын
oulala ! this guy is amazing !! hihi ! this piece is like drinking 3 coffee....so much energy that you almost get overwhelmed and tired !
@Appassionata9016 жыл бұрын
genius!!
@username1499114 жыл бұрын
Looks like I spoke too soon! Thanks very much, they all sound wonderful
@AngryBlackMan3314 жыл бұрын
@lostinidlewonder This is the best rendition of the piece I have ever heard!
@paulostroff9913 жыл бұрын
Superb! TY medpiano for posting.
@BenjyTehJet14 жыл бұрын
To me, this piece is the definition of passion.
@IsadoraKim17 жыл бұрын
WOW!! very good!! I like this piece♥
@chrismontis12 жыл бұрын
I feel like this music which exists in order that he may perform : )
@GL3NE15 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Boris Berezovsky.
@philharmonikerfan16 жыл бұрын
I think this is a very good performance, very Russian and full blooded. The wrong notes are unavoidable in a live performance. Even Horowitz used to play wrong notes in this.
@prof.sirjeffreydarling-mil34632 жыл бұрын
And yet they are 'wrong.'
@lanakim38963 жыл бұрын
Wonderfull great talanted Pianist!my student try copying Berezovsky,she is only 13years old and learning "Islamey".Wellcome to our channel!😍
@davealkan17 жыл бұрын
Ah fair enough ;) The piece is so well played that it barely detracts from the overall performance!
@prof.sirjeffreydarling-mil34632 жыл бұрын
"The piece is so well played that is barely detracts from the overall performance". I agree with you that the well-played aspect does detract from the overall performance SOMEWHAT