Liszt - Sept variations brillantes, S149 Op 2 (Hug)

[@peterquarve8680]

I have never been more terrified by any phrase than "12-year-old Liszt".

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

ROFL, tell me about it!

[@Un-homme-avec-raison]

@@ludhannsebastivanbachthove4987 xD

[@vetlerradio]

@@Kmn01923 What does that even mean?

[@fryderyk.chopin]

Ling Ling Liszt

[@sprechendemulltonne5051]

He already knew his tremolos, leaps and thirds at the age of 12, I love that so much, that's somehow quite funny, because he will use these techniques all his life and seems to have a special favor for them! :) One uses the techniques that fit his hands the best most often I think, even in compositions maybe... Also one has to mention, he wrote that effects at the age of 12 in the 19th century! He was more than a normal Wunderkind for that! There are 12 year olds today who can play that... But don't discover that for themselves at this age! Quite extraordinary if you ask me! Once again, thanks for your upload and texts, love it!!!

[@Chorizo727]

Very strong influence exerted by his teacher, Czerny.

[@otakuxgirl6]

Shut up. If you hate czerny dont talk about him

[@JoshyG]

@@otakuxgirl6 that isn't bashing czerny tho

[@uwu-kh3lh]

@@otakuxgirl6 ?? They aren't criticing Czerny, they only said that the style is similar to Czerny's

[@AlkanLove]

チェルニーは素晴らしい作曲家です

[@marcalexandrefontenay9801]

Un Liszt de 12 ans nous en met plein la vue et l’ouïe dans ces variations d’Ermione de Rossini. Quelle découverte si bien restituée par la virtuose Hug!

[@preludio423]

Thank god for this channel. Thank you so much for uploading all of this. I never would have known about his smaller, more delicate and interesting works. Aside from being a prolific composer himself, he embedded a touch of everything like counterpoint, classisism, romanticism, Impressionism, etc. Thank you so much. You have really changed my perspective on this composer.

[@simonr6553]

I think this is quite impressive for something written by a 12-year-old, actually better IMO than the stuff Beethoven and Schubert were writing at that age, and better written for the piano which suggests that Liszt already had the technique to play something like this, whereas in Beethoven's early piano pieces there are some virtuoso passages that are ungratefully written which I suspect Beethoven couldn't play and put them in for decorative purposes assuming pianists better than him would be able to. You described its merits well. When I first came across this work, after the dismissive comments made about Liszt's early music by Harold C. Schonberg and Charles Rosen, I wasn't expecting much, but within its limitations it's a very pleasant and well-constructed piece and not totally devoid of originality (note the harmonic surprises in Var 3 and the drama of the minor key variation which look forward to the mature Liszt). True, it's clearly written by a child, but that's part of its charm - in this piece Liszt seems aware of his limitations and isn't straining to create something big beyond his capabilities, like in his weaker pieces of the time such as Don Sanche and the Rondo di Bravura.

[@thefredericchopin6581]

I’m so glad you did this! I sequenced it for midi, and while it sounded great, it doesn’t compare to an actual human performance. I can’t wrap my head around how Liszt wrote this when he was 12! I was struggling with Beethoven’s 20th sonata when I was 12, lol

[@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji]

How many of you cannot believe this was written by Liszt when he was 12 despite being the fact being true? I'm sure they're many, he was quite a genius!

[@ChochoAngel]

12－year－old.......

[@AML2000]

OK -- here's a mystery. The opera Ermione was withdrawn after only seven performances in Naples, and the score was never seen again until around 100 years after Rossini died. Liszt was only 8 when it was performed. How did he get the score for the aria he uses for his variations as a 12 year old boy? This is something for musicologists to dig up! According to Wikipedia, the opera was a failure because it didn't have any secco recitatives and was more or less through composed. Rossini kept the manuscript but, when asked about it, said it would never again be performed while he was alive. He said it was his little Italian "William Tell".

[@blezz9715]

It may sound terrific but Liszt is the kind of dude who can keep in mind a melody and its harmonics for a very long time after having heard it only once or twice. Plus the melody is quite simple, all the rest is a bunch of Lisztean technical demonstrations. So I'm not sure of this version which is hypothetical but I'm also not so surprised by the timeline you exposed

[@pianist_detentive]

3:24 Chopin Torrent?

[@BarbouTsalada]

Revolutionary is what came to my mind

[@pietrolandri6081]

Var #5 Is the most interesting with some mechanism configuration "à la Czerny" for equality of hands

[@pleasecontactme4274]

i find var 7 better

[@pianist_detentive]

What a beautiful piece! Thanks for the idea.

[@antoniavignera2339]

Grazie .Formidabile canale.

[@snowcarriagechengcheng-hun3454]

Thanks for uploading!

[@bubbaXzone]

Theme dont sound so hard! This looks like a fun piece to try! Ver1: THATS A WHOLE LOT OF NOPE!

[@АлександрЯрков-ш2з]

Bravo brilliance music

[@MrAintthatabitch]

Czerny has left the chat

[@shauryasingh281]

no czerny is liszt's grandfather no one is like him liszt's is just the beginning. Go listen to Czerny etudes not his exercises.

[@GUILLOM]

@@shauryasingh281 ???

[@Tijaxtolan]

how? this shows his influence

[@classicfan4683]

Harmloses Geklingel... - wäre da nicht da jungendliche Alter des Komponisten! Brillant gespielt!

[@dacoconutnut9503]

Hmm yes Liszt... Wait teenager

[@dacoconutnut9503]

@@marensavino yes, so?

[@NotSilent_]

Pre-teen* which is even crazier

[@p-y8210]

Damn a 12 year just started flexing on me

[@igorantony]

Oh my....he already had an ossia piu difficile.

[@sandeegrey5977]

Honestly kind of a cute piece

[@PeteBMan]

If the clearly marked and changing tempi had been acknowledged, at all, would have been a nice differentiation

[@nezkeys79]

Thema is so cute XD

[@faust6241]

Genius!

[@rattywoof5259]

Very well played, but there's an ever so slight flutter on the piano sound which I think is indicative of an originally analogue recording (on tape).

[@ISAACHALLEY3000]

monster!

[@Random.pianist]

0:02 - 0:05 sounds like the beginning of the ending part of La Campanella

[@Li-yt7zh]

very curious what model/year this is recorded on, if anybody knows ? :)

[@AndreiAnghelLiszt]

I am not too sure on the model used here, but this performance by Praxedis Geneviève Hug was recorded in 2015 for her "Liszt: On Wings of Song - Piano Transcriptions" album.

[@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji]

@@AndreiAnghelLiszt LMAO I have been thinking Hug was male all this time! 😂😂😂

[@evanchao-piano]

The theme almost looks like Mozart's Turkish March at first glance

[@stevenbrownell7829]

Variation 4 @140? Blimey.

[@patricknyman727]

Where's the eighth variation?

[@Diegolopezpianista]

some lirical cadenzas, are played too fast.

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

The virtuoso works I hear right now were written... by a 12 year old. Okay, I'm out.

[@yellingLoL]

Okay... A 12-year-old has absolutely no business using a 10th (measure 73). 1800s flexing

[@manuelbes]

It's not hard to write a 10th on paper

[@rochoa7408]

mAnu it’s not hard to write; but it can be hard to perform. Especially for a 12 year old.

[@GUILLOM]

He could reach a 13th lol

[@therealrealludwigvanbeethoven]

@@GUILLOM Not as a kid

[@GUILLOM]

@@therealrealludwigvanbeethoven h

[@감자링-e1z]

op.2???😂😂😂

[@kmk8284]

12!?? Really???!!

[@throxing8865]

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