Liszt - Galop, S218 (France Clidat)

A menacing piece with many traits of composition in common with the very late Mephisto music and the three late Csárdás. The quirky introduction sets the stage for the strange galop theme which becomes devilishly giddy through trills, polyrhythms, and wide leaps.
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[@owennorth]

Imagine writing this and just being like ‘lmao someone’s gonna have to play this’

[@thatsEforEveryone]

That's an achievement I wanna make 😂😂😂😂😂

[@seherktheberserker2365]

He actually made them so that no one but himself could play them, later he realised if he wanted his works to be remembered, others would have to be able to play them. So Liszt spent a lot of his later years revising and simplifying his old work.

[@pleasecontactme4274]

@@seherktheberserker2365 yea like for the grande douze etudes

[@pleasecontactme4274]

@@seherktheberserker2365 and that's why alkan didn't gain much popularity

[@DihelsonMendonca]

This is even easier, when compared to his Athens Ruins over Beethoven

[@huzzzzzzahh]

>insane jumps >chromatic minor sixth runs >3+ hand illusion >triple octave arpeggios >great sense of humor Yep it’s Liszt time

[@mojeo522]

Reads Liszt on the title: *sweats* Liszt + Galop: *screams*

[@niccolopaganini4268]

The screams of joy and agony at once. This piece is the perfect example of how to be happy and sad at the same time

[@CziffraTheThird]

@@niccolopaganini4268 Where is there sadness here? I am genuinely curious!

[@niccolopaganini4268]

@@CziffraTheThird Sit at the bench and try to play it and you'll find out

[@pleasecontactme4274]

@@niccolopaganini4268 lmao

[@emperor1e]

@@niccolopaganini4268 You just challenged Cziffra to play a Liszt gallop... you don't realize the mistake you just made.

[@southwestpiano]

"I already had an impossible preconceived notion of Liszt’s immense pianistic genius. Imagine my astonishment when he exceeded all expectations. … If you never heard him at his peak, it’s impossible to describe any idea of it. … The remembrance of Liszt’s playing consoles me for being no longer young". CAMILLE ST. SAËNS

[@PieInTheSky9]

Bernhard Stavenhagen's piano roll recording of Liszts Hungarian Rhapsody 12 may be the closest to hearing how liszt played. Bernard was one of Liszts favorite students, and heard Liszt play many times. In the recording, he wrote that he specifically played it like how he heard Liszt play it. It's indeed exhilarating, even for being a piano roll.

[@christianweatherbroadcasting]

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[@mobilephil244]

@@christianweatherbroadcasting You need to change your meds, man.

[@redlinx5520]

*And here we have one of Liszt beginner pieces, truly a work of art. He has been known to compose pieces that no mortal could play, but here is on that catches the eye of beginners.*

[@physicsisawesome696]

El contrabandista and symphonie fantastique no.5 s.470 is also good for beginners

[@franzurjisorabliszt]

As well as his S700ii and Beethoven-Liszt Symphonies

[@nishyanthkumar]

One of the easiest is Mephisto-Walzer No. 1 S. 514. It is the most beginner-friendly piece on my playliszt.

[@TheRealLoudannIsHere]

And Totentanz is one of the best beginner pieces out there.

[@andrewzhang8512]

@@nishyanthkumar whats funny is that that could be considered one of his easier famous pieces lmao

[@olinevir]

1927 views, 76 likes, 0 dislikes before Rosseau

[@sorrychangedmyusername3594]

6k Views 301 Likes no Dislikes, a world record for me.

[@ludicroussealanimations3643]

lijes 😎

[@ramizalizada4565]

145K + views.... 2.4K likes

[@user-pk9wr5wt5n]

Amazing 😆😀😀👍😂

[@ewartsmith7490]

The documentation lol

[@jerry_moo]

This is the first time I've heard the galop being played with the right amount of bravura and tour de force! Great performance of an obscure concert piece!

[@calebhu6383]

Lol tour de force isn't an adjective

[@georges3349]

Lol he used it as a noun

[@calebhu6383]

@@georges3349 I mean technically yeah but it's not a quantifiable word. You can say the performance was a tour de force but you can't say that the performance had tour de force.

[@CalamityInAction]

Caleb Hu Never thought of it that way

[@jerry_moo]

Calamity In Action, same. Welp, I guess I shall use it better next time. But I'll keep it because it sounds cool lol

[@Felix_Li_En]

The fastest interpretation I've ever heard ! I can even imagine it's Cziffra playing ! 😆

[@AndreiAnghelLiszt]

I would absolutely love to hear Cziffra playing this.

[@Bruce.-Wayne]

Cziffra would make the piano dissapear playing this piece halfway thru

[@eldrake35]

@Alexander Scriabin It's generally true, but not when we speak about playing Liszt, I guess. If you think the contrary, I would really enjoy to be given an example of great Liszt played by Kissin !

[@amerrylittlemonarch]

@I STILL HATE MINIONS SO MUCH Hello.

[@bro-sc5yo]

A SEVENTH? NO? come to brasil we love you please come to brasil

[@remsan03]

01:10 Holy shit that octave jumps. Excuse me while I cry a little.

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

I will be weeping as well.

[@iankurth4213]

Measure 100 is worse.

[@f1f1s]

All white keys. The hardest jumps within the C major scale.

[@martindeboer8891]

Measure 295 (4:20😂) is worse

[@iankurth4213]

@@martindeboer8891 It's actually easier since one octave is on black keys and they're closer together. The syncopation can be overcome with subdivision.

[@let-me-use-kanji-in-handles]

4:20 __**HUNGARY INTENSIFIES**__

[@enrique-casillas]

Anyone here from Rousseau?

[@colonelrabbynun7393]

Enrique Casillas yep

[@RuzGaming]

you already know it

[@PuerRidcully]

@@TheModicaLiszt Only those who read the description.

[@alborto6567]

me

[@matteoda3576]

"Top 10 most difficult piece"

[@davidrds]

One can quite obviously recognize Cziffra's influence on France Clidat's playing :) Great performance!

[@preludio423]

David Ramos Quite! Clidat is severely underrated too, which is completely unfair.

[@mokkaherrman1104]

Wow i really fell in love with this piece. Simple in form but hard in difficulty. Just as you would expect it from Liszt. I love the melody too. It's light and refreshing. Thank's Rousseau for showing.

[@m.a.3322]

France Clidat won at life, literally a piano Goddess

[@treesny]

Thanks for posting! France Clidat plays with such fantastic ZEST; you can really feel her love for, and understanding of Liszt's music. :)

[@cambridgeport90]

So ... women can play this? That's amazing. Not many of Liszt's numbers can be played by us.

[@hellothere2589]

@@cambridgeport90 why would you say that? Don't think that's true at all in general

[@tomowenpianochannel]

ZEST

[@preludio423]

If Cziffra would have played this, he would have added huge lower register jumps,

[@gojewla]

Preludio I know. It would have been extraneous and trashy.

[@lisztomaniac2593]

why, Cziffra? why did you never found out about this piece in your life? ;(

[@jefftam4044]

I heard Kemal Gekic played this live, he did indeed add all those lower bass octaves jumps

[@babygirl4169]

@@jefftam4044 can I get the link to the video pls?

[@jefftam4044]

@@babygirl4169 I heard him live lol. I wish I have a video of that too

[@RosemaryThomas1]

Absolutely GREAT!!!!

[@thenameisgsarci]

The first five seconds remind me of Emil von Sauer's Galop de concert. Hmmm...

[@AndreiAnghelLiszt]

He was a pupil of Franz Liszt and that was written in 1911 so I wouldn't be surprised :)

[@FocusMrbjarke]

Everytime i listen to liszt i am like wow.

[@sirdicaudore]

Phenomenal playing! Incredible France Clidat!

[@jassonsw]

Great performance. Full of humour and bravura.

[@napoleonsukk7770]

When you lost something but cant find it

[@connorwhitaker8578]

Jimmy Alderson 😂

[@brentsteyn6671]

LOL

[@dylanevans6748]

What about Rage Over a Lost Penny (Rondo A Capriccio Op.129)?

[@that1guy910]

@I STILL HATE MINIONS SO MUCH bonjour

[@that1guy910]

@Franz Liszt 👋 👋

[@lupash]

I can't even visualize physically how to play this

[@fogonpr]

Thats easy, even to play. If you want to know a piece that's I can't even visualize how are you supposed to approach it, it's Prokofiev's second piano concerto.

[@carbon4183]

@@fogonpr This is "easy"? Yeah just r/iamverysmart now

[@thefredericchopin6581]

Carbon that’s not r/iamverysmart material at all!? r/ihavereddit

[@carbon4183]

@Jeffrey Kazuo Fetterman I see what you mean. what pieces would be harder?

[@charles-valentinalkan5681]

@Jeffrey Kazuo Fetterman wow this comment is great

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

While listening to this piece, I am sweeping my dreams of becoming a pianist off the floor. In all seriousness, Liszt was a boss! Great content on this channel, thanks for sharing.

[@kpokpojiji]

Just getting through this and finishing at the same metronome tempo as you started would be an accomplishment!

[@ricardomacetti8919]

What a crazy song ! I like it

[@misojin4]

Bravo Mme.Liszt!

[@DavidCalyMayorGonzalez]

Its so difficult... i love it!!

[@anushrao882]

This proves that classical music was the Original Metal.

[@Stuugie.]

100 %

[@gergelykiss]

I love this piece, very silly, very fun - and at the same time quite forward-looking harmonically. However, for once I must say that here I don't enjoy Clidat's playing as much as I usually do. The pulse is sometimes so uneven that sometimes the rhythm and the beat gets distorted - maybe she is playing it a little bit too fast. I pretty much always love Clidat - but for this piece I actually prefer Howard, by some margin (which doesn't happen too often for me:). Still a very entertaining performance, thanks for the upload.

[@thedanksurfer]

I love how at 1:10 it’s like do you see this Do you see this?! DO YOU SEE THIS!?!?!

[@Arobamod]

It’s the repeat sign being shown

[@Felix_Li_En]

Hahaha! I get that! 🤣🤣

[@omarha7578]

lmfao

[@octopuszombie8744]

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[@ludix711]

I love the rolled chords at the end!

[@RG11318]

Liszt never fails to make a piece that I wanna play.

[@tuomaspalojarvi3300]

A ferocious and admirable interpretation, but there's something to Leslie Howard's straightforward and bulky approach which takes the crown for this piece. Perhaps the best of Liszt's underappreciated romps ever.

[@sebastiandavila4785]

Oh... perfect

[@javicluster]

😱😱😱😱 Fantastic!!!!

[@HowardTse]

Right now I'm watching this piece before I sleep, hoping to play this in my dream.....

[@iaeud5401]

octave leaps, speed, and all technical skill are just insane.. speechless... I tried and gave up right away wisely😁

[@Santosificationable]

Wow, and I thought Grand Galop Chromatique was hard. Fantastic piece by the way. It would be nice to hear an orchestra play this lol.

[@evanding4732]

Yeah the chromatique galop was meant to prepare pianists for this piece lol

[@user-ru8vy1uz7c]

Браво блестяще сыграно

[@Rickiller_]

Love the part from 1:08 to 1:28

[@eyelll4982]

yes its so catchy and nice

[@Ariana-dn4mm]

scares the heck out of me as a pianist but yea it's cute

[@Professor694]

Благодарим за контент!

[@ralfsteinhage1310]

very impressive Bravo

[@tomowenpianochannel]

Extraordinarily fast. Clidat takes the 'skate' approach - minimise power, for speed. A really challenging piece, like one of the lesser-known peaks (off Mount Mephisto), in the Liszt Himalaya.

[@CalamityInAction]

This is a bop. It’s always in my head

[@kreutzo1]

Liszt played by Madame Liszt.

[@that1guy910]

@ً lol

[@that1guy910]

@ً lol

[@that1guy910]

@ً lol

[@that1guy910]

@ً lol

[@that1guy910]

@ً yea have to reupload sound didnt record

[@Twobarpsi]

It would be easier to memorize this than to sight-read it! OMG I get dizzy just looking at the sheet music!

[@niccolopaganini4268]

But you aren't supposed to sight-read such pieces

[@Twobarpsi]

@@niccolopaganini4268 good that's what I thought

[@maakmakmak]

Niccolo Paganini Anyone that thinks they can sight ready this must be crazy as fuck.

[@zAt0mic]

@@niccolopaganini4268 only Liszt could do this things...

[@integer9590]

@@zAt0mic i sightread the opening btw

[@user-pk9wr5wt5n]

WOW!!!!🤩

[@user-pk9wr5wt5n]

👍its right!!

[@lehardyjean7534]

France Clidat, Madame Liszt was the best!

[@marcalexandrefontenay9801]

France Clidat (1er prix Budapest) était rentrée dans des doigts de son maître adoré F Liszt. Une intégrale (6 vol) épuisée je crois sans les transcriptions et paraphrases qu’elle considérait comme trop monumentales pour une seule vie! Éblouissante !

[@PuddintameXYZ]

0:20-0:40 & 2:27-2:51 is one bit that keeps bringing me back.

[@stevenru4516]

Had to check youtube video speed settings at octave jumps. Says a lot

[@pablodesarasate499]

that was nice

[@calebhu6383]

3:45

[@loganm2924]

In my opinion the most difficult part comes soon after, around 4:00. The coordination with the trills and lower line in the RH and voicing that appropriately so the trills aren’t overpowering, along with the polyrhythms are a bit harder than the other trill parts.

[@insulini]

This is the kind of galop where the horseman falls down from a cliff for 5 minutes and 18 seconds

[@therealtruetwelfth798]

Galop = dance. Gallop = horse

[@luisevanperezbasanez944]

@@therealtruetwelfth798Dance Horse ;)

[@luisevanperezbasanez944]

@@therealtruetwelfth798Dance Horse ;)

[@luisevanperezbasanez944]

@@therealtruetwelfth798Horse Dance

[@tompw3141]

Thanks heavens for the fingering guide in bar 73! Would be much harder without that.

[@TheModicaLiszt]

xD

[@edopiano88]

Madame Liszt.

[@elliot7118]

Rousseau

[@labyrinthea]

I mean... delicious piece of music

[@modificaz]

That low A in bar 233 is hilarious

[@mooster2095]

it's so dry and martelato hahaha

[@slingzy7157]

4:20 HR2 vibes

[@nerfwalid9568]

Yes

[@ilo576]

When Hungary meets russia meets the horse race Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[@lanieniide8483]

My fingers hurt from just watching this

[@ericdevaughn5941]

Best quote of the day. Stated perfectly on behalf of all of us !

[@LisztAddict]

How just how is clidat so accurate

[@Dylonely42]

Just how ?

[@LisztAddict]

@@Dylonely42 jue wang’s is quite good as well

[@michaelfuria4257]

I need a 7/8 keyboard to attempt to play this..

[@jackjackk9894]

It's so funny to play 😍 and so difficult 💔😂

[@myboirocco276]

You can play this?

[@CalamityInAction]

Myboirocco I think the ‘funny’ part is making mistakes since this piece is so hard

[@myboirocco276]

@@CalamityInAction 😂😂

[@roberacevedo8232]

@@CalamityInAction It's not so hard.

[@CalamityInAction]

rober Acevedo Rousseau ranked it as the 6th hardest piano piece ever, but that doesn’t make sense. Compared to Liszt’s (and other more difficult composers’) other things, this is a cakewalk That being said, it would take a long time to learn this anyways (not too long though. Maybe a few months)

[@t1csi303]

Que fino -

[@Lisztito1811]

Sí

[@phillach5181]

look great to improve jumps

[@physicsisawesome696]

Imagine being able to play this.

[@luisevanperezbasanez944]

There is isn’t no recording without mistakes but yeah i get what you are saying

[@Lisztito1811]

Liszt was

[@joeyhuberman]

1:09 1:29 1:49 2:04 3:20 3:34 3:45 4:00 4:20

[@ludicroussealanimations3643]

Andrei, may i ask where you found this recording of clidat playing this? also is this sped up or did she really play this so fast?

[@AndreiAnghelLiszt]

I do not 'speed up' any recordings posted on this channel. This is France Clidat's recording of this piece which you can listen to here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5jTaqyNZdSAaKs and you can check out her entire album (from which this track comes) here: www.amazon.fr/Liszt-LOeuvre-pour-piano-Coffret/dp/B003W16T0Y

[@ludicroussealanimations3643]

@@AndreiAnghelLiszt thats crazy, shes rally good then

[@handledav]

galop

[@Dylonely42]

Astonishing interpretation.

[@redlinx5520]

Bro you’re everywhere

[@WEEBLLOM]

Ikr

[@ValzainLumivix]

😲k

[@Lisztito1811]

​@@Dylonely42ikr

[@jackkoh6229]

At this point it's not Liszt who is playing the Piano. The Piano is playing Liszt.

[@hlobbi]

Why has this piece not entered my life earlier. #dontstopliszten

[@adarshs386]

Liszt is saying "Nani".

[@monition5655]

Liszt clearly liked to use octave chords rather than broken arpeggios for the harmony.

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

Unfortunately for pianists!

[@MattBonk991]

Its like he knows that us pianists from the future would be playing his pieces in pain

[@DavidCalyMayorGonzalez]

Only Lizst can play this at tempo

[@gojewla]

Not anymore ;(

[@markrymanowski719]

​@@gojewla Dry humour at it's best. A like from me

[@central9823]

Liszt himself had never played this (at least in public )

[@joshscores3360]

This sounds like something Cziffra'd play.

[@toohungryandlazy8854]

Ling Ling is proud of you

[@gertrut8103]

I love to find TwoSet Comments under a video😍😂

[@toohungryandlazy8854]

@@gertrut8103 I love it too... We're everywhere 😂

[@Bruce.-Wayne]

Lang Lang destroys this piece

[@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji]

This is a really crazy and a mesmerizing performance, but sorry to be so picky, the piano got out of tune when she played the last but one bar.

[@luisevanperezbasanez944]

Xd

[@kangli8794]

Rousseau sent me here ☺️

[@Rzych27]

1:09 lol

[@s1earle]

Gunnar Johansen called this piece "a rousing affair" - I am sure that the much overrated Cziffra could not play this piece with such clarity, without his characteristic bombastic hammering, pounding of the keys and excessive use of the sustaining pedal when requirement of technique got the better of him, Clidat displays a purity of superior technique.

[@79Tomasso]

Anyone studying this piece is a sadist.

[@Hugo-ub5bj]

i finished 2 days ago, my carpal tunel fucked up in both hands, i will relax 1 week and then play it on concert...

[@monseigneursaintvincent]

C_HUGO you better have filmed it cause than you will be the only one on KZbin with a visual recording of this piece

[@Hugo-ub5bj]

@@monseigneursaintvincent i have it!!!!!

[@monseigneursaintvincent]

C_HUGO post it

[@Hugo-ub5bj]

Check my ig, last story i posted a short clip, in 1 month i will upload the whole piece, my hand fucked up with totentanz, ig: c_hugo_85

[@user-lh5hl4sv8z]

Damn even these legendary piano players can’t play it up to speed

[@GUILLOM]

?

[@Silvermoonmaker]

oh no not a battle cats pfp

[@MattBonk991]

look up spanish fantasy by @ladivinafanatic, he might be able to do it XD

[@thenotsookayguy]

Tf do you mean. This is literally a video of a legendary piano player playing this piece at a fast tempo. I don't even know what "Up to speed" even means? Up to speed of what? Synthesia vids? This is faster than 'em.

[@advikthepianokid4583]

@@thenotsookayguy I think they mean the original tempo which should have been faster, but I don’t know. This seems plenty fast to me, and Clidat is a legend at Liszt!

[@PunjiThePlayer]

The only thing okay with this piece is the key signature

[@wongchongsam1193]

I was planning to play this piece cuz It’s in a minor then I regret it

[@luisevanperezbasanez944]

A minor And C major keys are the hardest (No joke)

[@pianoromano1640]

Dupa ce am ascultat galop-ul asta m-am gandit un pic si voiam sa te intreb: la ce nivel te ridici cand vine vorba de tehnica pianistica? Care e cea mai grea piesa din repertoriul tau?

[@AndreiAnghelLiszt]

Eu? În prezent lucrez pe fantezia a lui Liszt pe Robert le Diable, studiile Transcendentale 8 şi 10, şi prima Baladă a lui Chopin. Studiile sunt probabil cele mai grele lucrări care le-am executat în public.

[@pianoromano1640]

@@AndreiAnghelLiszt oh wow ce ma bucur avem aproximativ acelasi nivel, deși tu esti cam cu 30% mai sus, 8 mi se pare pur si simplu o teroare, felicitări si succes in continuare ;)! Acum lucrez la studiul transcendental 10 si la op 10 nr 4, iar pe 12 l-am cantat in public

[@pleasecontactme4274]

Is there any video recording of this piece??

[@op-th1yx]

I'm also trying to find one! I would love to see the hands of a pianist playing those jumps.

[@that1guy910]

It would be amazing if there was and these jumps incredible Isnt it said that c major(/ A Minor) is the easiest to know but hardest to master

[@pleasecontactme4274]

@@that1guy910 any key can be made hard lol that's just a random thing people like to say

[@pleasecontactme4274]

@@op-th1yx the LH ones, they're insane, literally 2x the speed of the right hand, which is already so hard

[@that1guy910]

@@pleasecontactme4274 yeah probaly lol

[@khanhhung3141]

iNtErEsTiNg avatar

[@louis9939]

Believe it or not 4:01 --> 4:15 is the hardest part, not the leaps (of faith).

[@ordinary0983]

I believe you

[@RobinLSL]

Ohh unfortunate last chord, she hit a C natural and corrected it 😂

[@GUILLOM]

How

[@kenthefele113]

At least it’s in A minor.

[@luisevanperezbasanez944]

Witch it makes it even more dificult, Also C major

[@FeLiNe418]

What are all these dots and lines? Are they stick people dancing?

[@levvi917]

Sheet music Please woosh me!

[@eyelll4982]

its called musical notation

[@dougr.2398]

Is this the same piece Cziffra (Georgi) has recorded twice? On this rendition, one can follow the notes!!!

[@Rudel23]

I don't think that Cziffra ever recorded this piece. Cziffra used to play frequently the more popular Grand Galop Chromatique.

[@Rudel23]

I don't think that Cziffra ever recorded this piece. He played often and recorded the Grand Galop Chromatique

[@dougr.2398]

Rudel23 of which there are TWO KZbin videos

[@Rudel23]

@@dougr.2398 3: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqKWd3yKfpeji5I which is the very first recording on LP // kzbin.info/www/bejne/gardq3SMbqybfrM recorded for BBC // kzbin.info/www/bejne/l17JqoGGbN5pbpI an insane and not human live performance in Japan....

[@spacetaco048]

Why is everyone saying Rousseau I didn't know they played this before?

[@ludicroussealanimations3643]

Rousseau made a top 10 hardest pieces video, but admited the pieces in the video weren't close to being the hardest, so in the comments he made a very descriptive top 10 hardest pieces in his opinion. I think this was at number 4 or something. You can check the other ones out in his video.

[@spacetaco048]

@@ludicroussealanimations3643 ooh

[@ludicroussealanimations3643]

@@spacetaco048 yeet, also its too bad that nobody played this live

[@marlingod]

@@ludicroussealanimations3643 nobody can play it though

[@abraxasstone]

@MARLIN GOLD This piece is playable; you might not have noticed that a real person played this.

[@notme437]

Clidat... wtf!?

[@niccolopaganini4268]

Seems that Rousseau is a fan of yours Andrei lol

[@fatimaalaa2659]

And I'm quite a fan of yours, paganini. Gotta love those caprices

[@niccolopaganini4268]

@@fatimaalaa2659 Breaking woman's hearts and violinist's fingers since 1800s

[@niccolopaganini4268]

@@darkstudios001 Wait who are you?

[@stonefish7745]

David is ROUSSEAU?

[@loganm2924]

Stonefish In Rousseau’s comment on his video he mentioned that David was a member on his discord that helped him compile the list of top 10 pieces.

[@therealpiratebay5950]

Is there any books with the sheet music for this?

[@luisevanperezbasanez944]

Yeah…..