Smetana "La Moldau" - piano version (arr. H.de Kaan) by François-Xavier Poizat

François-Xavier Poizat, piano
Find the score on • Bedrich Smetana / Henr... !
Live at Geneva Puplinge Classique 2017
www.puplinge-classique.ch

[@kat-2point0]

I like how some people claim the piano isn’t hard. Yeah, it isn’t if you play Ed Sheeran and shit. But using one instrument to resemble a whole orchestra? That is mastering your piano. I love this!

[@storche211]

Easy to learn it, hard to master it.

[@lasmamlaslosmoulos7922]

Easy to learn to play the piano, hard to play music.

[@storche211]

Yep

[@EricLeePiano]

THANK YOU! Well said.

[@takeusernname]

He doesn't have to just resemble the whole orchestra, either. He has to do that _without_ music.

[@budsurtees4224]

Wow. An entire orchestra on a keyboard. Can you just imagine all those different instruments and voicings swirling in his head and then being manifest through his fingers?!! He deserves a standing ovation. Those people sitting do not seem to have understood what they've just heard.

[@stanleyshelmire]

Having lived in NYC for 40 years, hearing the best orchestras, solo artists, opera performances, etc...I was always amazed at how people would hear heavenly music and then just sit on their butts! I came to the conclusion that they were either snobs or morons.

[@n8loux]

I am honored to have the privilege of listening to this thanks to the internet

[@Sasha.Kondr.]

Буквально вчера были на концерте и слушали все 6 симфонических поэм. Совершенно незабываемо, великолепно! Именно с этого началось у меня знакомство с музыкой Бедржиха Сметана. У пианиста прекрасная техника. Чтобы так изящно, точно и тонко играть такую музыку...

[@Makunga1000]

What a performace! Warm feeling in my Czech heart.

[@abcdyn]

Warms my heart too although I'm not Czech, but I lived in Czech for 2 months last year. Love it.

[@JU-sj3eo]

Me too!

[@spacexksp-vojtak9908]

Im from Czech republic. :) Thank you so much! :)

[@iwonderasiwander9031]

I will always remember hearing la Moldau for the first time. It awoke the bohemian ancestors inside my soul

[@jeannines.8805]

Same here ❤️🇨🇿

[@Flatfoot2282]

The gold standard has been set. Truly a moving performance.

[@bigbrain3619]

Im watching this with an open mouth, wow, what a great pianist!

[@aebhosor4835]

I may not be Czech, but this masterpiece is one of my favourites of all... Calming, innit? Imagine walking beside the calm and rocky river, the morning sun shone on the redwood trees, birds twittering up the sky

[@monikaporizkova152]

I'm czech, live in city where labe (or elbe or whatever you wanna call it) meets vltava and even after so many years living there it still has the "wow" effect

[@roryboyes2307]

Innit just mate, that imageries my ideal also.

[@kablikkablikkablik]

I live next to the Moldau. Tomorow I will sit on the bank of THE river and I will listen to this masterpiece again. ❤

[@qqqquito]

It takes either forever or a genius to learn this piece on the piano!

[@the_master_of_cramp]

Damn, incredible hard arrangement, insane performance!

[@andrews68]

Wow just amazing! I’m not sure what’s more extraordinary: Smetana for composing one of the greatest symphonic poems of all time, the person who did the perfect rearrangement for piano, or this pianist’ perfect performance! Bravo 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 I truly enjoyed this! Bravo!

[@cinyarko]

The dynamics on this piece are absolutely brilliant, the interpreter is pouring his soul into it.

[@brucemarionedgecombe1818]

This would have to be one of the best performances I have ever seen/heard, incredible, amazing--something really special!

[@pene10lope]

Da sieht man wozu der Mensch in der Lage ist..wundervoll

[@from0212]

我要留下一个中文的评论：最爱斯美塔那的沃尔塔瓦河，旋律一起来就流泪…这位钢琴家竟然一个人独奏出交响乐的感觉，非常佩服

[@mariyo08]

Bravo! Best performance of Vltava heard!

[@Lorki93]

5:37 aaaand there's the cough, I was beginning to worry that this would be one of them coughless boring piano concerts. And he waited for the perfect moment too, just as it was almost silent... god bless these people and their coughs.

[@SunnyAustria]

Lorki93 Same here. Goosebumps After that Moment!!

[@gluesniffingdude]

Honestly, I find this ridiculous. If people are letting such mundane things such as coughing ruin their enjoyment of really good music, maybe the music isn't inspiring them as much as they claim it is. We ignore the mistakes made by the pianists because they are human and not machines, and their playing is beautiful regardless of any mistakes they make. This music is amazing and people coughing doesn't change that at all.

[@victoza9232]

Lorki93 They don't do it on purpose.

[@DCM8828]

Kinda makes ya wonder doesn't it? Do they cough so that they can get on the recording?

[@applejuices]

@@victoza9232 professional coughers?

[@paull123]

What an amazing pianist. My brother is an amazing pianist and award winner but he said this is a different level.

[@maywong1375]

Great pianist! Great transcription and arrangement ! This is music from Heaven.

[@DL-kc8fc]

Bravo!

[@williampelto6095]

Ma Vlast has always been one of my favorite tone poems to listen to. When I was teaching school back in Detroit many, many year ago, I used to play a recording of the Moldau in my English classes and explain the story line of the life of the river and have my students write write a paper on what they heard in the music. Some their descriptions were very unique and creative.

[@roystewart4386]

Marvelous rendition of Ma Vlast. Gentle excellence.

[@theenglishalpinist5031]

Liszt is laying in his grave thinking 'why I did never do a transcription of this? - now somebody has beaten me to it and done an even better one than I could.'

[@Elcaye7]

Es increíble como con 1 solo instrumento y dos poderosas manos es capaz de representar a una orquesta entera , y de memoria !

[@jeannines.8805]

Masterpiece. This will be my forever favorite. And this is where I get really proud and emotional about my czech roots.

[@mikedaniels3009]

François-Xavier, tu es un héro!!!! Quelle performance de plus bénie. Merci de tout coeur!!!!!

[@user-nq3mp8tc2e]

こんなアレンジ聞いたことない。神曲😊

[@irinappv1307]

Великолепно, моё восхищение

[@bearifiablepau2095]

man I never think an arrangement is going to work well enough but piano arrangements have a way to prove me wrong! wow, just beautiful !!! 😍

[@philorties203]

Extraordinaire !!! C'est la plus belle version piano, et la plus belle interprétation que je connaisse. Bravo François-Xavier !

[@sjl185]

交响乐听了无数遍，今天第一次听钢琴演奏此曲，别有一番风光。

[@malikovajana]

Me at the beginning: "i´m not gonna like it, it´s orchestra piece it can´t be good on the piano." Me after: "How the F he produced entire orchestra ? Just how." Amazing really and as a czech person I thank you and I´m proud of you.

[@panthusiast8472]

You know - these days so many people get fooled by so called patriotism. But its only an poor excuse for degrading people from other countries. Smetana created an beautiful masterpiece of music to show how lovely and gracefull his land is. And that is the only form of patriotism i can truly feel. Imagine how beautiful ist would be - to express the love to a nation not in degrading other nations but in creating music that truly touches the heart of many.

[@vincentneale2620]

That deseved a standing ovation

[@ThePerry1982]

Unglaublich genial - Grüße aus Berlin-Spandau, an alle die dieses Stück lieben!

[@inh3461]

Same

[@damienbachmann]

He’s just one of the best ! The piece is so hard ... and it looks like so easy!

[@PuplingeClassiqueFestival]

Aw yeah come on

[@fredericchopin1161]

it looks definitely not easy 😂

[@JamerTheProgrammer]

This is by far the most beautiful performance of any piece I've ever heard. Better yet, this was originally intended for an orchestra... This is remarkable.

[@americkecz-ld1xt]

Smetana could be proud of this excellent performance. I do underline the comment of Kat in Rain below!!!!

[@varvarastrantzali5364]

υπεροχος πιανιστας και καλλιτεχνης, υπεροχη διασκευη για πιανο, σε ενα απο τα πιο αγαπημενα μου εργα

[@morezco]

I have listened to him playing and imagined what it’d look like hundreds of times, yet the live performance still crushed it. What an amazing pianist

[@joanxuxu]

Enchanted Fingers blessed by the gods........................................................ : o

[@desallereuther8148]

Truly breathtakingly heart pounding. For the last 45 years I have yet to be so moved by any classical piece since discovering. The Maldau. This gentleman has done great homage to a Smetana. By the last 30 seconds I wanted to stand up as I heard those last few clangs of the cymbals which were physically absent but felt in the beating of my heart and halted my breathing. As quoting another comment..."those present aren't fully aware of what they had just experienced".

[@suimarc]

I would have paid a lot to hear that piece life. Amazing.

[@martinkorycansky9724]

Kdo je z česka??? Můžeme být hrdí👍🏽

[@sneerec]

hrdí xd

[@kulihrasek1488]

@@sneerec a coo??? Je

[@eurooscar1]

I have heard the original for orchestra and a transcription for harp, of this inspired composition of Bedřich Smetana. Moldau (Vltava) is a part of Má Vlast (My country). This version, for piano, is very beautiful, too, in a nice performance.

[@cavadecor01]

Thank you for posting this. Absolutely beautiful. My spine tingles as it does to the orchestra version. Bravo! It's a world class performance in just a modest hall. I am sure everyone wanted to cry just like I did. Merci!

[@paulsaves7816]

This is the best piano performance I ever seen

[@nicoledecrolier3514]

Magnifique

[@sylvieroth6140]

Hier, à l’école des fans de Jacques Martin et aujourd’hui,la confirmation d’une vocation. Magnifique !

[@jamesh1758]

Hang on, I was already impressed with his unbelievable playing ability then half way through I noticed he doesn’t even have any sheet music. The absolute genius just did that from muscle memory alone. WTF planet do you have to be from to get this kind of talent

[@deckomale724]

Our Czech legend🎹🎺🎻🎺🎷🎸🎵🎶

[@monikazamecnikova8233]

wow, incredibly well played! bravo!

[@cahtwoman]

Magic ! Each time when I am hiking to a summit, then on the way back down, I listen la Vltava, all versions (piano 2hands, 4 hands, orchestra). It’s just magic ! It’s one of THE melodies which make my heart whole ❤️

[@crazychicken6]

Je suis au ange!

[@robertcroft9322]

Delicious music , I can see the river now !!....... Bob

[@marieboutin9054]

très très beau. Ce pianiste arrive à jouer toutes les subtilités de la pièce musicale "la Moldau".

[@litledode]

One million thanks less than enough. Beautiful composition. Nice presentation. 👏 Thank you in the name of everyone who's hearing.

[@jtwolfe4693]

What a performance

[@BryanHo]

Incredible arrangement and a transcendent performance.

[@indusrtial]

Breathtaking and mesmerizing!! His fingers move with the speed of light.

[@frederikpommer3746]

I loveeeee this song soooo much

[@peterectasy2957]

astonishing super performace, rich soud, detailed phrasing , briliant legato

[@flaviomasson]

i am completely F L O O R E D. when i first listened to this transcription on spotify, i thought i was for two pianos. poizat's performance is unreal. BRAVO!

[@anamariaalegre3020]

Maravilloso

[@lesliestock8797]

I more than like this. Amazing that a human can produce such beautiful rich music.

[@user-py8ku2ix4t]

Two thumbs up. Congratulations!!

[@livytyndall8079]

Gosh I love this song. It is thing of beauty.

[@brunomorelle5518]

Merci🙏

[@pablobilbaocurutchet]

Impresionante

[@IamNotANumber]

Superb.

[@federicozattera2010]

Extraordinary. A masterful transcription, of a very high technical difficulty. A pianist with enormous technical means who manages to make the orchestral breath. Bravissimo!

[@JamerTheProgrammer]

And the crazy thing is... No sheet music. This is talent at its rawest!!

[@alaalfa8839]

Well I didnt understand how he could play Bach with string players without score...I mean the music is too "abstract" to remember the melodies.

[@Feegles]

You obviously never practiced something enough to master it. Who needs bloody instructions when you know the piece by hearth.

[@kikie9164]

This is, maybe, the least impressive thing about this performance

[@antonioperillo1182]

Marvellous interpretation!!!! Gooseskin effect👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@blancasusanamariles4655]

2021: Musicians perform”Moldau”in courtyard as you enter the Square. It’s a real grand Celebration when you hear the live music as you enter the Prague Castle. It has its own Two Tour-Eiffel Towers in Prague as well as artists such as the”Munch Museum”. See the Atomic clock in the Square near the bridge. It’s a lovely country.

[@StephenBaggaley]

A new experience, and beautifully played. Thanks, François-Xavier, for sharing this.

[@StephenBaggaley]

I see it is on your recording Pianorchestra 2 which I've been intending to buy. So, no more delays!!

[@martycli9299]

Incredible virtuosity :)

[@user-um4kl8sq1i]

Спасибо за доставленное удовольствие!!! БРАВООО!!!!!

[@missvirtuosa]

It's a masterpiece and he is a genius conveying it all alone.

[@Pakkens_Backyard]

I'm looking at the score and like, wow - how is that even possible D:

[@brittizepunkt4838]

Wunderschön 💙 Meine herzallerliebste Lieblingsmusik!

[@ZuoZhou]

Really amazing!!! He made me believe that this could be done by one person. Bravo!!!!!

[@winstonelston5743]

Whoa! 8:45 watch those glissandi, each fingered accurately! How many hands does he have, and how many fingers per? This is incredible. It would be great if Smetana could hear this.

[@tankaboth]

He could not hear it because he was deaf

[@takashil9219]

Zd Mi he also could not hear this because he's dead. But it would be great if he could hear this

[@rebeccaso9787]

It’s truly amazing! It must have hurt a lot to practice that

[@gab_14]

@@tankaboth I legit laughed well done

[@ivansanchez1710]

BEAUTIFUL!

[@Nosce_te_ipsum0]

i cry❤

[@andantecantabile5736]

BRAVO M.Poizat, sublime!

[@tristaojunior]

Wonderful

[@pascalcs]

Quelle exécution époustouflante ! Que de chemin parcouru depuis l’école de Fans et les encouragements de Jacques Martin ☺️

[@davidsalomon8426]

Grande virtuosismo, sensibilidad y portentosa memoria. ¡Bravo maestro!

[@alessandrostucchi212]

Great great execution!

[@maryanngreen5182]

How is this even possible? Magnificent!

[@charleshudson5330]

Wonderful piano transcription, beautifully played

[@gryhze]

Sublime performance!

[@matthewrichards88]

I've got the sheet music of this transcription. Just got through page one! It's a very difficult piece of music, and sounds so full like the piano is an orchestra

[@mauriciomejias7631]

Sin palabras !!!!!!.

[@AksileAvottor-wy6bs]

And a deaf person wrote this beautiful music...

[@user-zj7wi9un3v]

It's really a remarkable piece. The composer and pianist do have a high level.

[@johnwallace1140]

An astounding performance. Thank you and congratulations.

[@woodylauber9866]

J'aime sa simplicité et sensibilité. Très belle interprétation !

[@raymonddesaulniers2428]

Bravo François-Xavier tu fait vibré mon coeur à chaque fois

[@weezzoos]

jezis to je nadhera! cely orchestr rozezneny v jedinem paru rukou! a ten zaver, totalni nadhera!