Mussorgsky-Berezovsky: Night on Bald Mountain

Boris Berezovsky performing his own adaptation of Chernov's transcription of Modest Mussorgsky's famous work in a 2005 recital in Mexico City. Astounding!!

[@johncrawfordpiano]

I've always loved the orchestral version, but I must say I'm stunned by this. To me, Berezovsky has perfectly captured the mood and tension of this piece. It's funny, when I heard the original version, one of the first things I thought was "this would be impossible to play solo piano"... am glad to be proven wrong. Bravo

[@johnlewis2540]

its amazing what a human body can do

[@fereonebodyguard7790]

😏

[@dited358]

@@fereonebodyguard7790 LMAO

[@valentinvanderkelen6051]

Et un piano

[@rickyromeral9484]

Yes

[@anonymousQ45]

thats why pianist are the best of all musicians. they are the one man band of music.

[@RaptorJesus.]

jesus, thats amazing! he's playing a whole orchestra worth of music :D and even more, he's playing it VERY WELL :D

[@LBiV]

*When you’re doing your homework as the teacher is collecting it*

[@TheDrag0nSlayer]

Classical masterpieces don't exist to narrate your pleb life. This is better than you will ever be.

[@dashtheautoman]

Romantic Masterpiece, not Classical. Mussorgsky was one of the Russian Five, all Romantic Period.

[@dashtheautoman]

Fucking poseur.

[@tylerspence344]

@@TheDrag0nSlayer and based on the nature of your one post, it’s much better than your pleb life as well

[@watermelonkiwi6922]

lol that be true tho

[@harveythelobsterzbak]

100% of the reason why I love piano: if you're good enough, you can play just about anything. EVER!!

[@josephinegillet7677]

FINALLY getting close enough to that where in about a month's practice I can probably play his

[@Deere55]

Not to be discouraging, but I think it truly takes a gift to play at this level, more then just practice.

[@lePistolero]

He is a reason to be proud of humanity

[@AintNobodyRight]

Oh MY GOSH! I'm beyond floored! Absolutely BRILLIANT! Never heard this piece on piano.

[@eddyvandendoren9244]

You must watch the metal version,it’s stunning

[@HoorPaKraat]

How can someone dislike this masterpiece and this very good adaption!?

[@rickyromeral9484]

I like Night on bald mountain

[@cowboy_9906]

This is the reason why im learning piano.

[@giroks]

Dislikes! Old memories of youtube😢❤

[@StopFear]

the intro is one of the best horror sound effects

[@Nganguenf]

Outstanding performance, FANTASTIC!!! This is one of the best transcription of this piece of Modest Mussorgsky, arranged by Rimsky-Korsakov

[@B337h0v3n]

OMG..I have no words!!!

[@ChanellesKitchen]

That was the most awesome thing I have ever heard by far! He's playing like every part of the entire orchestra! Winds included!

[@ohbabyohbaby13o489]

I am so obsessed with this video

[@charliecrcc3859]

The great Boris! Bravo!!!

[@capthook1]

Wow! BRAVO!! This is a truly amazing performance of Mussorgsky's composition. I really enjoy the dynamic control he has, his immaculate execution and independence of each hand contributing to a truly inpirational performance!

[@CatfishGumbo23]

man this has been one of my favorite songs ever since a was a little kid and i first heard it on fantasia. Amazing, Bravo!

[@SteffLoui88]

I love Fantasia, still my all time favorite film to this day. It's a Disney film that's not too overly sugary and doesn't rely on dialogue and princesses, just the right mix of something for everyone. Spectacular movie.

[@Madaduxum]

I never thought of a piano arranged version of this composition. Amazing playing ability.

[@PANDORASBOXRELEASE]

Something tells me this piece had a lot of influence on many modern composers

[@dashtheautoman]

The entire genre of Heavy Metal owes Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky a MASSIVE debt of gratitude. In a lot of ways, Night On Bald Mountain picked up where Beethoven left off. This is where Thrash comes from.

[@mohdhaziqdanish3971]

Hey, do you know that they also include this song in Tik Tok?

[@marvinracer88]

Can't stop watching this video.

[@CrimsonFox36]

absolutely amazing! bald mountain is one of favorite classical pieces, and you just made it better!

[@Asgoodasgod]

Que talento tiene este sujeto. Increible!

[@Contessa_Savannah]

And THAT is how it's done!! Amazing.

[@thenameisgsarci]

The Liam Neeson of the piano never fails to amaze me... :D

[@kopad]

Great piano adaptation for a so powerful symphonic piece

[@adamw2621]

At the 2 minute mark his face just looks like he is casually playing, like it is no big deal. I am going to check this amazing performer out some more wow.

[@SteffLoui88]

This piece of music was meant to be written for piano believe it or not. Mussorgsky never got to perform it during his lifetime, when it finally got arrange and performed for orchestra, it became a huge concert favorite. Fantastic piece of music. Obviously got the attention it deserved when being heard in Fantasia.

[@julissavesely1710]

I played this piece a couple years ago... granted, I was only 14 AND it took me 14 minutes to play, not 8, but this was the most fun I have ever had playing piano. It takes you down every single road you can imagine In playing. The fast and the furious, and the heart-breaking earnest soulful ending. It helped me find out who I was as a musician. Truly my all time favorite piece.

[@MegaPianogenius]

yes i did when i was 10 but i did it in 9 minutes i couldn't go any fater without smudges

[@julissavesely1710]

sam333 that's awesome! how long have you been playing?

[@MegaPianogenius]

since i was about 3 i had lessons with my dad

[@javascriptkiddie2718]

Yeah, you didn't play this transcription in 14 minutes

[@flyingpenandpaper6119]

@@javascriptkiddie2718 why not?

[@AnnaRoberts9]

How the hell does his fingers have the strength to go on and on for almost 9 minutes?!?!?! :O It's phenomenal. Plus he's memorised ALL of the piece....Jesus..

[@medpiano]

Well, when I first heard this, the part that made me crap my pants was actually at 5:07 with the open 5th/4th arpeggios in the LH over the two octaves. There's something about having ONLY open intervals that means that any wrong note is obvious, to say nothing of the speed. That's a LH etude passage in itself. Thx for the good comments here lately :)

[@ciararespect4296]

Easy just slow accurate practice

[@rickyromeral9484]

Yes

[@herobrine1847]

I really wanted to see his left hand there :(

[@Tiffawesomeness]

This is incredible!

[@rickyromeral9484]

Yes yes

[@snegalin]

wow, i want scream!! i damn love this piece, and also berezovsky. such perfect job he did!

[@ArtemisDEfes]

It's real Musorgsky. Bravo, Boris!!!!

[@ReDonthebLaCkLiSt]

Absolutely phenomenal

[@nojstradamus]

i love the "over the shoulder" shots. it makes his hands look like there dancing in a black abyss

[@pulvaris]

This is...breath-taking, I actually like it better then the orchestration!

[@SaraVaughanfan]

One of the most fascinating pieces of music, written by Russian genius Mussorgsky. Splendid version, thrilling performance. 5+++

[@busternineshoes]

This was one of the pieces I had to study for O level music back in the late 70's. We studied the Rimsky-Korsakov orchestration. I've always wanted to hear how Mussorgsky intended it. Just brilliant.

[@jackcurley1591]

This is actually such an incredible transcription, standing alone from Berezovsky's daunting performance of it here. I'm surprised and kinda sad he doesn't transcribe more works...

[@krazykorean631]

for all the people that didnt think this song couldnt translate for the piano well needs to know that it was written for the piano first and then transposed for the orchestra

[@Crowseye]

This is beyond fantastic. period.

[@nkesin]

brilliant! simply amazing!

[@tomwellingishott]

respect.

[@jannokas85]

Love this kind of craftmanship!!!

[@PauloMeirelesFilho]

o.O Outstanding!!!!! \o/

[@80sheaven]

Unbelievable !!

[@nabilkanso]

great work and fabulous performance

[@gojewla]

This just demonstrates how much control he has. He let's the drama of the music speak for itself and doesn't need a lot of unnecessary movement to distract the audience from the music he his making. You should also see his Chopin-Godowsky transcriptions. They are (in my opinion) the best recordings of these pieces and demonstrate even more remarkable technical and musical prowess.

[@TwistedAnvil]

One of the scariest pieces of music ever!!! Always a thrill to listen to though :D

[@chuckwright3754]

I very much enjoyed that. Very impressive.

[@Alvarordonez]

Great!!! It's the first time that I heard a piano transcription of this piece.

[@veraluciaalbernaz6830]

Perfect ! What more than perfect? Congratulations ! You're the moust !

[@Theospeak1]

Beautiful. Amazing.

[@Burntheclean]

Absolutely amazing! Wow!

[@dattifuoconescemo]

very eccellent performance!

[@thelightisahead]

Wow... I don't know how any human could play piano like that!!! I guess it's insane loads of practice and talent!

[@mgcsop03]

Wow, great job. This transcription stays very true to the original!

[@Tsobanian]

Hail to transcriber Konstantin Tchernov for this epic piano transcription!!! Also Igor Khudolei has a badass transcription for "Night on Bald Mountain". Nikolai Tokarev recorded it. Both Tchernov & Khudolei are badasses!!!!!

[@enVme731]

whoa amazing!

[@songoftherushes]

FIRE on Bald Mountain!!!

[@pyramidheadVII]

stunning.

[@paolohudson]

This piece has made me change minds concerning Berezovsky. He really makes something out of the piece and I didn't get any feeling of him trying to be showy in any way. Really well done.

[@nickbillings8668]

My ears just got smoked!!!!

[@JJKjaer]

Fantastic piece. Great performance. So much nerve in his play.

[@esme553]

I'll go on record and say that I actually prefer this piece a bit sped up. It's so naturally sinister in many parts, the higher tempo really amplifies that.

[@NPC-hg5br]

\m/

[@ciararespect4296]

Yes I play it on my piano at 2x

[@zummingsky]

thank you!

[@sirkewbic5583]

Amazing ! I love this song and I discovered it because of Fantasia when I was 9 years old.

[@frankduram7202]

Excelente bravísimo

[@pvtrammell]

I'm still not over this rendition...

[@dantheman7506]

I’m just learning piano. And while I find performances like this fascinating I am also somber Ed by the fact that if I practiced for twelve hours a day for the rest of my life I will never amount to anything close tonthis

[@huinyung3622]

Love watching his hand, like reading the partitur, making the texture clearer

[@belarellaaaa]

I will never NOT be impressed by this!

[@SolarNuke1]

I'm learning to play this. It's great to bash out when you're feeling angry

[@Nikcybers]

wonderful

[@mikalene15]

I just died and went to heaven. That was AMAZING.

[@nameofthepen]

A gift from the friend who sent me this. It was absolutely exquisite. Thank you for posting. :)

[@r1986w1986v]

That has to be the most German comment I've ever read. Your strictness is absolutely relentless. Beautiful.

[@earth-planetofhypocrites180]

Wooooooooooooooooow! Wow wow

[@CitySkin09]

This has got to be the most sinister piece of music ever composed. You got to be one fuckin' brilliant pianist to pull this one off.

[@Cocoalamocoa]

I can't even imagine how much his fingers would hurt after that! He was incredible!

[@Burntshmallow]

+LonelyWillows Probably not at all. He's very good at what he does.

[@ivoottonieri5721]

To play like that it is necessary to have a perfect technique, so your hands NEVER hurt. I am sure of this. (Source: for example, I played all op. 10 Etudes by Chopin in concert)

[@yaakovhassoun8965]

It's more likely the forearms would be tired/fatigued

[@ciararespect4296]

@@ivoottonieri5721 all of his ten etudes he composed 12 ? I doubt if you could play chopsticks lol

[@TallesDay]

He´s great

[@Psychroalgia]

godly performance...

[@AdIgnorantiam]

@shadowface90 I've always imagined it a glimpse of light and virtue amidst the darkness. As if one's spirits lifted with the coming dawn.

[@ohbabyohbaby13o489]

this is totally mind melting!!!!!

[@oniloividevaihc]

i love it

[@AdIgnorantiam]

wow. i'd never have thought this could translate this well to piano. but then again, i never really thought about it. this is awesome!

[@erreenecu7706]

Esta no es una «adaptación para piano». La obra original fue compuesta por Modest Petróvich Músorgski precisamente PARA PIANO. Fue Nikolái Andréievich Rimski-Kórsakov que realizó una versión orquestal que se hizo famosa por resultar más llamativa, y eclipsó la obra original. Igual ocurrió con la obra, también de Músorgski, Cuadros de una exposición, que se hizo mucho más famosa la versión orquestal de Maurice Ravel. De todas formas es de agradecer que hayan colgado esta versión, pues, como son más comerciales y más llamativas las versiones orquestales, las originales para piano solo son muy difíciles de encontrar.

[@alanford1971]

Potente e stupenda!

[@GoonerAli]

Bravo.

[@horstb29]

Astounding is an understatement

[@enVme731]

perfection

[@aschscha]

yeh, me too! and that passage makes a very interesting effect.. it's really incredible!

[@MalkavianMetaller]

Absolutely great.

[@lilroxy127]

i think that is becuase it is his music so he knows where each emphasis and soft note is. and he knows the intention of the piece better than any other musician

[@giobest89]

oh my goooooooooooooooooood!!!!fantastic fantasia!!!

[@alsatiancousin2905]

I honestly think that this is perhaps the single greatest performance of this piece.. one that Modest himself would be envious of.

[@oniloividevaihc]

bellissimo.wonderful.perfetto... i haven't words...

[@Saxopwnerer]

SICK!

[@alixinthemiddle]

=O i love this song. i must learn it on piano now.