Liberace playing Saber Dance

[@jkrolak7978]

I'm always amazed at just how much fun he's having and how easy/effortless he makes it appear.

[@Discrimination_is_not_a_right]

For him, I'm sure it was effortless.

[@Todd1356]

I totally agree. I play this and it’s one hell of a forearm workout.

[@werksdesign]

And he does that with such ease! Liberace was blessed with wonderful talent.

[@737driver]

I agree with you, he is talented. But his style of playing is bad imo sometimes. For example, the trioles would sound much better with a little pedal but he leaves them all 'dry'. It sounds horrible

[@skylermccloud78]

arguebly the best pianist of all time

[@Discrimination_is_not_a_right]

@@737driver I heard no "trioles".

[@edwarddejong8025]

A fabulous rendition. He was on fire that night!

[@HallieB]

The hand movements are amazing and I love the way his body "dances" with the music. What a fantastic performer!

[@sabinrawr]

You can tell just by how he performs this that it's more than a show. He genuinely loved doing what he did, and genuinely loved the people he performed for.

[@Irene-iu9sj]

FENOMENON

[@Itxazoa]

Marvelous!!! What skill this man had! He was charismatic, warm, decent, fabulous entertainer. Incomparable!!! We are lucky to be able to enjoy him through videos. Thank you for sharing.

[@ズッコケ三人組-m9z]

Itxazoa

[@Dabhach1]

In fact, by the standards of a heavyweight concert pianist, he wasn't really in the room, hence the need for the flamboyant clothes and staging to grab your attention. Well, that and the homosexuality.

[@KenHudson]

@Agent Fungus "He was no Rubinstein but Rubinstein was NO Liberace!"

[@johnastrup1549]

You are right,Mr Showmanship. LEE.

[@AlexisGayles]

I remember playing this as a jazz band piece in High School... we got it fast... but Lee is LIGHT SPEED fast! Wonderful!!!

[@JohnJApanovitch]

I just tried conducting this piece along with how Liberace is playing it. He is going well over 180 or so. What a talented man he was.

[@christianvennemann9008]

I love how he moved his legs like he was dancing while playing. He definitely looked like he was having fun!

[@scj6693]

1:05 all of the violinists look like the same man in different stages of his life

[@RankinFitch8]

The middle one being his brother "George" (in case you weren't already aware)

[@syourke3]

He performed the Liszt second piano concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra when he was twenty years old to strong reviews. He was a tremendous pianist. Enormously gifted.

[@Keyboardman88]

A master with the best command of the piano

[@seasmoke70]

Wow...amazing talent!!! He made it look so effortless! I love how he dances on the bench when he plays uptempo tunes...and always with that big smile! He was incredible!

[@MrMissplaced]

he had so much style in his playing. I just love it

[@matterman2003]

I could definitely jam out to this prior to the start of hockey games by my favorite hockey team...the Sabres of course who use the original and the rock versions prior to the game on their broadcast

[@manuelgtz6859]

0:55 amazing way to smile enjoying what he does... incredible!!!

[@alicecoleman5532]

It is so fun to watch him play this piece. He is thoroughly enjoying himself.

[@olivelane7903]

Lee really cheers. Me up night and day makes my pains all but disappear thanks so much for all these fab wonderful video s

[@halfpintcowgirl4595]

So much memory he possessed, each piece flawless .

[@GK-ev5rd]

What a talent! My word! He is SENSATIONAL!

[@-John-Rambo-]

Fun, energy, skill, emotions - all put together in one man.

[@familymemphis]

Unreal this man's talent. The best.

[@AlEx-ro7kd]

So much energy

[@cathrinrehder6652]

Die Eleganz von Liberace am Klavier ist unübertroffen.

[@suzyj1123]

The world lost a great talent way to soon. Just amazing

[@elunedwoo]

Brilliant Quality vids, I think this series you have posted is just amazing,again many thanks and please keep them coming,showmanlee you are doing such a good job in keeping those of us just old enough to remember him on our parents TVs in his later years, so this means I can now catch up!

[@faithhesteredna]

As a small child my grandmother had this on a player piano reel. Anytime I’d go over there, she’s put it on here self playing piano and I’d dance ash crazy to it. Ah, memories.

[@ladyjedi3D]

Flamboyant and fabulous

[@scottyg9167]

A very underrated and maligned genius. Underrated for his pure talent; scorned and ridiculed and maligned for his being. RIP sir. So glad to have seen you in concert in Reno years ago.

[@gskchicago]

A true master.

[@ТатьянаШебанова-х6х]

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[@hknapp-hj2sn]

What a performance. This is one of the six songs the player piano plays in my favorite Twilight Zone episode: A Piano in the House.

[@Mr_Wiley]

This was one of the first piece I learned on piano as a youngin- I see now that I had a slightly easier version *cough... This makes me want to play again! Such fun music

[@paulcopeland]

Thank you so much for posting these videos. A great showman and a great pianist = a great performance. Keep the videos coming please. Best wishes. Paul.

[@AIMEMARGET]

fantastic peace of music really amazing

[@drtee51]

I love it when, right in the middle of the most technical part, he turns his face to the audience and gives that big shit-eating grin. I think that's one of his trademarks.

[@m.a.3322]

Ikr? Not only was he an absolute virtuoso, but he was also incredibly charming. ❤

[@oldconspiracydude236]

If you liked his version of sabre, listen to Cziffra's. Cziffra may have been the greatest musician that ever walked on the face of the earth

[@user-pd7nw6fk1d]

LOLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ArmyJames]

A shit-eating grin and a wink to the camera. Was he gay, BTW?

[@maplemaple1439]

lol, although it's rude to say this, but that really was a shit eating grin

[@hotzone00]

OMG!! this guy is just fantastic...

[@barbarabarrie4910]

how can anyone not like this!

[@JLNeis]

Genius at work ! Rest in peace Lee youre the best.

[@ColtDee]

Fantastic.

[@daviehenry4402]

What a great song and pianist

[@737driver]

"A very exciting little composition by Khachaturian" my god....

[@ЧингаЧгуг-э1т]

very shot

[@אסףשני-ר4ז]

Emphasis on exciting and not little

[@gruvqueen]

He really was amazing.

[@barryguerrero7652]

Notice he keeps absolutely perfect time throughout. Could have been a drummer or bass player as well.

[@raydisilvestro5102]

Sheet music never! Pure genius!

[@sue.1224]

Amazing! So talented!

[@charroelton]

What a great talent he was. Lee, we still miss you.

[@jzpatelut]

Yeh playing like magic fingers for SABRE WAYS...jzpatelut..

[@erdalonurhan8056]

What a talent...

[@ZaSu2u]

Wishing there was a higher rating scale -- Lee has swung the sabre into ORBIT !! Magnificent !!

[@אסףשני-ר4ז]

They sound so eager to hear it. As they should be. I love it

[@davef.2329]

I'd always heard about how popular his show was in the 50s and it's no wonder why.

[@midfielder8131]

Brilliant performance! He plays it a bit different than the original score, enforcing, replaying some bits of it but it is a great performance more emotional more entertaining - a happy piece of music!

[@tualatindave3797]

I was to immature to appreciate him when I was young. Glad I got over it.

[@SuperOazy]

Wow 💛 more than perfect 👍

[@Mrphilharmonic]

That's Liberace's brother, George, in the middle of the violin section.

[@donaldnoel3398]

his left hand is unbelievable!

[@joijaxx]

Donald Noel I know, right?!?

[@ingo-ulfburrmann6669]

This is Art in Perfection....!

[@jozsefvarga4833]

Everybody has the impression that he is exited playing on piano. This could be his secret being so popular. Great entertainer he was.

[@sheene71]

bloody amazing must be a gift

[@joancommissiong3407]

Uniquely singular unmatched excellence.

[@Mrphilharmonic]

That looks like his brother George - the middle of the three violinists - playing with him. I'm sure Liberace would have been able to play the Cziffra arrangement. Look how 'easy' he makes this version look. He's just having fun with it. I doubt whether he really stretched himself over many of his pieces. He was a VERY capable pianist and much underrated by the musical snobs. I wish I had half his technique!

[@Jorge426Malmborg]

Liberace fue fantastico y....UNICO!

[@gayanedanielbek7427]

Liberace playing Aram Khachaturian's "Saber Dance", from the 50's Vladzyu Valentino Liberace (full name of the artist) is a famous American musician, performer and showman. In the 50-70s of the last century, Liberace was one of the highest-rated and highest-paid stars in America.

[@gremlinuk1968]

b4 i was born,,, but my late gran loved him,!! / i 1st hear him, as a kid 70s,! i born 1968,!

[@AveryVogel]

still one of the greatest piano musicians ever

[@grandexandi]

this keeps getting awesomer everytime i see it

[@nomiclas]

back in mid 50's (i was 7 at the time)there was a gas station chain named"Speedway 79"this song was in there ads.i spent my adult years trying to find this tune.about 5 years ago,i stumbuled onto it and it still has all the speed of a fast mov ing car.

[@johnjensen4984]

Gold/God on piano. 👏👏👏👏

[@blastomycosis]

GOT DAMN that was so good.

[@CruceEntertainment]

Yeah get it!!

[@conormccaughey4129]

I am the only one around here who thinks that tom and Jerry should be running about the place.

[@cogidubnus1953]

The very best...loved the wink at 1:45....

[@Jm01394]

As a kid I wasn't fond of Liberace on tv . I appreciate his virtuosity now

[@axesoccer7887]

Every time I see this clip of Liberace, I see a young Marc Summers.

[@grahamshakeshaft2373]

Liberace brilliant as always. The editing of this clip is very odd however, with musicians appearing and disappearing. When the violinists appear we see a reverse shot which shows a curtain where the audience was supposed to be!.

[@mdiri2013]

Forever "inimitable"!

[@lianakhachatryan2777]

I wish I could like 👍 this video every time I watch it)) why doesn’t it have at least 10000000 likes 😂

[@MrChief101]

Nice to be reminded that human beings can really do that. Wow. And fun.

[@bemorebulldog3680]

Brill!

[@jeffw1267]

That was AMAZING

[@BirdYoumans]

As only he could do it.

[@alvaroloaiza2002]

Oscar Levant played this in the movie "Barkleys of Broadway. There is also a piano solo transcription available by Levant.

[@keyboardmagic]

Well, he was actually winking at the ladies in his TV audience. Back then, it was sort of like 'flirting'... However, in later years when he became the showman, he had a more mixed, family audience at his 'live' shows....I went to many of them and they were GREAT!

[@TechyTechz]

this is the song I'm currently working on and I'm a freshman in high school. I have one video from sixth grade of one song that I learned by myself.

[@pambei98]

He does it so easily!

[@bcgrittner8076]

And the production executives told Liberace that he could not not smile and wink at the camera.

[@AngelineSmiles]

AAAAAHHH HE'S TOO TOO TOOO AWESOME!!!

[@MAA-po7xn]

How surreal...musicians appear and disappear. And what's with the creepy grin at 1:45? I love Lee, and this is one of his weirdest ever.

[@m.a.3322]

How is that creepy? Its charismatic lol

[@BobK5]

MA1036 A creepy! Lol it’s brilliant! You won’t find Horowitz or Rubinstein rock in’ out like that 🧛‍♂️👏

[@juanmonge7418]

Showmanship!

[@Whysicist]

He played for the real Expert and the common man, like my dad who just liked ‘good music’, what ever the baggage. Amazing now and … then.

[@f1f1s]

I bet Cziffra was looking more weirdly when he was performing his Sabre Dance. =) Liberace is a brilliant performer!

[@katerina76able]

First of all this is not the Cziffra transcription. This is a little excercise comparing with that. Second: have you ever played piano? Liberace was a showman. Can you make difference between that and piano playing?

[@bloodgrss]

No one like him ! I will not say "thank God"...a showman of the old school...

[@GlamRockCowboy]

I would have LOVED to see and hear him doing "The Finger Breaker" by Jelly Roll Morton! THAT would have been AWESOME!

[@fabiogohan6400]

caraaalho... maluco é braabo.. poourra

[@kentnordland5034]

He was a great piano picker.

[@gnozza8683]

He attacks the piano. Amazing.

[@anjinsanx44]

Wow

[@ejo3571]

Bravo. Bravo

[@ActorFlautista]

Oh the envy! Q.Q! I wish I could play like this!

[@markmarshall39]

okay i listened to cziffra, and i still like this version better, but thats my opinion!!

[@markmarshall39]

WOW! nice to see these:)

[@ScottDavidWarner]

0:40 is awesome haha. Didn't even know Liberace played classical 0.0

[@padraicfanning7055]

@silverbud This was probably considered "contemporary". _Gayaneh,_ the ballet this was from, was first premiered in 1942. It became a hit in the United States in 1948. (Liberace also played Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee", by the way. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmXYZqafpLOYoZo )

[@maplemaple1439]

Sometimes it just looks like he's a cat slapping the keys

[@bibekanandahansda2926]

*cutest cat