Beethoven-Liszt - Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 (Sheet Music) (Piano Reduction)

[@GabsARV]

A legendary symphony composed by a legendary composer transcribed by a legendary pianist and it requires a legendary pianist to pull this off.

[@audeo1634]

Amen.

[@raftom4454]

Only thing missing is a legendary piano. He would need a Fazioli to get those crisp staccatos on the bass. I understand he used a Bösendorfer 290 to add those extra lower notes but Bösendorfers and Steinways reverberate too loudly after release.

[@newmusic6325]

48:06 may I know why this part is not played as what the sheet shows?

[@whaijorhujishkomunyk]

Beethoven's 9th Symphony, Beethoven, Liszt, Cyprien Katsaris.

[@combinationova]

@@newmusic6325 katsaris was known in this piece to add the instruments liszt wasn't able to, hindsight is 20/20 after all

[@Felix-von-hinterm-Mond]

I like the randomly incoming commercial breaks asking me about how to earn a shitload of money or how to treat my intestinal problems, all at full volume. That's exactly what I want to hear while listening to beethoven. Thanks KZbin. Appreciate it!

[@xxxCalmstorm]

Or someone in a quiet section shouting “IF YOU WANT TO LEARN PIANO YOU ONLY NEED 4 CHORDS!!!!” oh stfu 😂

[@snoopredictions]

Unironically this was exactly what made me sign up for premium. Ads interrupting Beethoven and my anger issues were a BAD combination.

[@arturoromero951]

And the worst part is that you can use Adblock or others (like UBlock Origin) to block ads on KZbin without paying for Premium, however many of these adblockers have to either change their programming or other inner mechanisms because KZbin and Google wants to strike down every ad blocker. Why? They only care about one thing. Money. KZbin has so many core issues on their platform. The amount of misinformation ads they allow on here. Scams, political agendas. Medical and scientific misinformation, and religious slop. The amount of bots and spam that riddle the app. The removing of the dislike button, which can harbor a lot of misinformation and troll content. The lack of communication between content creators and KZbin personnel. The fact that humans aren’t running the system that gives strikes and copyright claims to creators. The stupid and strict rules about profanity or what can and can’t be shown on the platform. The fact that they try to push the “family-friendly” pill down creators’ throats, when in reality they have KZbin Kids, a platform designed for children when in reality THAT platform is riddled with NSFW ElsaGate content and things not designed for kids. The fact that they apply a lot of favoritism to bigger creators and let them bend the rules to their favor, like SSSniperWolf and MrBeast. The fact that they promote diversity hubs like “KZbin Black” or “KZbin Latino” when in reality they only promote diversity just to give their company a good reputation, and treat minority groups on KZbin poorly compared to other majorities. The fact that you can’t play music on videos, no matter the purpose of the video, because of DMCA and music copyright claims. The fact that many people who committed actual crimes aren’t deplatformed and one innocent channel gets the ban hammer because of breaking one tiny rule. These are ACTUAL problems that KZbin and Google can fix. But instead what do they do? They instead want to focus on banning ad blockers and only taking in money, like every greedy corporate company. Welcome to KZbin, everyone. No one wins. Screw hope.

[@jacekblachsiewierski7140]

correct me if im wrong but its the uploaders fault. he choose to include the ads on a piece he didnt even play. real pos move

[@duffman18]

It was the youtuber who runs this channel who manually and deliberately put the ads in, not KZbin themselves. So don't blame KZbin for what this youtuber did. Get it right next time, OK?

[@arandompianist7371]

Ode to joy is known to be a piece for beginners Every piano teacher ever 45:35 Liszt: _Haha no._

[@neto6517]

Todas las melodías de la historia de la musica son para principiantes. Las piezas en su totalidad no.

[@CH3CH2OCH2CH3net]

Liszt's transcription of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is a piece for beginners -- if your beginner happens to be Sergei Rachmaninov or Marc-Andre Hamelin.

[@KaikhosruShapurjiMedtner]

More like this 55:29

[@andyxyz01]

This is insanely difficult. Not only must the pianist play contrapuntal music of 5+ simultaneous melodies, the articulations for each melody are highly complex. I understand why Liszt was considered one of the greatest pianists ever.

[@devonchristopher5837]

Liszt be playing this at 3× speed

[@CK-kd5pn]

The pianist should also have a clear understanding of the various instruments used which makes the articulations that much more complex

[@Menarecuteaaa]

Apparently Brahms said Liszt was only good at playing fast octaves and that his pieces were written to impress the ladies

[@user-vk8bb1no1o]

@@Menarecuteaaa liszt was a chad

[@segmentsAndCurves]

@@Menarecuteaaa Brahms was a Liszt's hater. To me, it was Liszt who carries the flame of Beethoven more than Brahms himself, and the fact that Brahms said that was careless. But who tf knows?

[@thegoldenkeyspiano]

When Liszt began work transcribing the ninth symphony, he expressed that "after a great deal of experimentation in various directions, I was unable to deny the utter impossibility of even a partially satisfactory and effective arrangement of the 4th movement. I hope you will not take it amiss if I dispense with this and regard my arrangements of the Beethoven symphonies as complete at the end of the 3rd movement of the Ninth." (He had in fact completed a transcription of the Ninth Symphony for two pianos in 1850.) Nevertheless, he made another attempt after an expressive letter from Breitkopf & Härtel, and expressed "the range achieved by the pianoforte in recent years as a result of progress both in playing technique and in terms of mechanical improvements enables more and better things to be achieved than was previously possible. Through the immense development of its harmonic power the piano is trying increasingly to adopt all orchestral compositions. In the compass of its seven octaves it is able, with only a few exceptions, to reproduce all the characteristics, all the combination, all the forms of the deepest and most profound works of music. It was with this intention that I embark on the work which I now present to the world.

[@MariaPerez-oq5wl]

Que valioso su aporte! para alguien que ha pasado su vida con el piano, es excelente conocer este comentario.Muchas gracias.Empecéa los tres año sy medios y tengo 80...

[@kenthefele113]

Anyone who successfully performs Liszt’s transcriptions of Beethoven’s symphonies is an actual god.

[@timefuzzball8097]

Liszt himself was *The God*

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Politely agree.

[@柳風-l7o]

1:58 already sounds like a birth of Ode to Joy, every time I listen to Nr.9.

[@ajwritesfantasy]

Shout out to the pianist who does an excellent job with this massive piece.

[@visveee6678]

Super crisp playing as well.

[@nicolasbagnoli3564]

Katsaris Is the best

[@visveee6678]

@@nicolasbagnoli3564 Agreed.

[@aalb1970]

Katsaris

[@herobrine1847]

Say his name

[@CH3CH2OCH2CH3net]

One can immediately sense the incredible reverence Liszt held for Beethoven by observing that, for the greatest part of this reduction, it's a very faithful transcription of Beethoven's original. Liszt stepped back and let Beethoven take center stage with this transcription, and in doing so made the very greatest of greatest transcriptions. I'm a composer who is also a pianist. When we prepare transcriptions like this -- or, when we're attempting to complete compositions which were left unfinished by the original composer at the time of their death, we have to step back away from ourselves, take our egos completely out of the picture, and make ourselves servants of the composer. "Not my will, but Thine."

[@herobrine1847]

I have more respect for Katsaris in this same regard.

[@brent3522]

You're talking about past composers as if they're gods lol

[@CH3CH2OCH2CH3net]

@@brent3522 I'm a classically-trained, concert-level pianist and composer. There are really good reasons why we revere folks like Ravel, Brahms, Liszt and Beethoven. We don't "play" these composers: we step into their world, and these composers play US.

[@amabelgarnetyanson7337]

00:00 literitly like a movie intro 14:21 like a military marching to war 29:03 pure bliss 42:42 the finale

[@amabelgarnetyanson7337]

y'all know this aged well

[@BobJoeman]

Your spelling of "literally" hasn't, unfortunately

[@puttster7939]

ah yes. The Military waltzing into battle.

[@sharingfun1612]

You should try Schubert's op90 no3

[@dot8209]

Every year that goes by, the more I appreciate Liszt's gift to the pianist world.

[@SherwinGooch]

I do not claim to have the most musical ear or talent, but for me, I think reducing the Beethoven Symphonies to a single instrument makes it easier for me to follow the motion and intent of the musical ideas without the distracting complexity of a multitude of instruments and timbres. Of course, one must trust one's transcribing reductionist to properly select what to leave in, and what to leave out. After listening many times to both the orchestral and piano arrangements of all of the Greatest Nine, I implicitly trust Franz Liszt's judgement. Everything musically important to the 'absolute music' root of the compositions has been preserved. Monsieur Simader, thank you from the bottom of my heart for producing this most explicative and professional presentation of The Masters' work.

[@jake6112]

"What are you learning there, Steve?" "Just the whole symphony." "Nice. Both hands?" "Yup." "Nice."

[@AAA99953]

Literally

[@canman5060]

Katsaris is the very first pianist to record the complete Liszt piano transcription of Beethoven 9 symphonies in 1987.

[@Julius29387]

this pianist added many notes by his own study on original... what a great work...

[@brospore7897]

Yes especially in that great choral canon in the finale starting at 59:23 and after listening to Katsaris hearing others play the Liszt version sounds like it is missing many parts

[@CH3CH2OCH2CH3net]

As my own teacher would have said, "Why did you make an already impossible piece even more impossible?"

[@zswu31416]

@@CH3CH2OCH2CH3net Just because he can, and also because it would make it a better transcription lol

[@himmel8901]

@@CH3CH2OCH2CH3net because it sounds better

[@ryzikx]

@@CH3CH2OCH2CH3netfor katsaris just another day at the office

[@e.hutchence-composer8203]

I actually get a little scared just looking at the score. It takes a musician of the highest caliber to transcribe a work as epic as Beethoven’s 9th and it takes a musician of the highest caliber to perform it and do it justice.

[@detectivehome3318]

Liszt first was like "this is impossible to arrange"

[@angryjalapeno]

Liszt also created a 4-hand version

[@jeanlucchapelon]

@@angryjalapeno Liszt and Beethoven : Two geniuses !!🙏

[@Bohh574]

@@jeanlucchapelon and don't forget the brilliant Katsaris

[@canman5060]

Actuallu it is the grand student's transcription of the work of his grand teacher !

[@ilovemycatrussell9298]

My friends be like: “You Play the piano so well.” Well wait until you hear this.

[@penguinexpress12]

Now we need a version where the pianist also sings

[@Dylonely_9274]

😂

[@thenotsookayguy]

They'd be out of breath most of the time lmao

[@canman5060]

Glenn Gould version !

[@ShaunakDesaiPiano]

There is actually a version by Wagner for pianist and choir: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJ6aiaWfbMd1nrs

[@reinforced9084]

@@ShaunakDesaiPiano omg thank you for showing me this

[@amgx9670]

what's harder in this piece than hitting the notes is to imitate the orchestra by applying many different types of touch this is what sets this performance apart from ferguson's

[@ValzainLumivix]

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[@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji]

Definitely

[@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji]

59:21 love that double fugue based on an die freude (ode to joy) and seid unschlungen millionen

[@lvbdevinelove2329]

I love how Cyprien adds extra low bass octaves in some parts.... unbelievable!!

[@EliEhrlich]

Didn't realize Katsaris is literally one of the greatest pianists ever. The clarity of all the voices and the absurd amount of notes he adds are hard to fathom.

[@stranacizeleje9250]

Things to do with piano when you’re Franz Liszt.

[@smikkelbeer6352]

46:08 this contrapuntal part is amazing

[@Sam-tj9np]

thats called a cantus firmis variation. the eroica finale has the same thing.

[@benthepen3336]

Surprisingly that section is one of my favorite parts of the entire symphony. Nothing as beautiful as when the violas come with the slightly higher melody.

[@benthepen3336]

53:50 Beethoven truly was a master of counterpoint. This part has great counterpoint too

[@johntravena119]

@@benthepen3336 That counterpoint segue might be my favorite few bars in the history of music.

[@benthepen3336]

@@johntravena119 Yes I love how he teases with the parallel minor then returns right back to the major and hints to the minor a few times again. Truly genius.

[@poudingauxbananes646]

55:28 Dat octaves... My left hand is already hurting just by looking at the score.

[@ValzainLumivix]

@Damn it Enescu stop roasting me h

[@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji]

@@ValzainLumivix h

[@visveee6678]

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[@ValzainLumivix]

@@visveee6678 ok

[@qalaphyll]

@@visveee6678 ok

[@Kalimaco]

This performer is a genius......

[@GICM]

you said it

[@andrewlenberg1398]

The whole thing is pretty mind blowing esp at 7:48 with the way he gets the feel of the timpani rolls and the string attacks together!!

[@LachlanTyrrell2003]

48:47. Beethoven truly was a genius ahead of his time. This chord contains all notes of the D minor scale!

[@lczq6737]

Goodness. It's true!

[@LachlanTyrrell2003]

@@lczq6737 My mouth fell wide open the first time I heard that chord in a piece by Beethoven!

[@Sam-tj9np]

@@LachlanTyrrell2003 d minor harmonic scale

[@kallehed6330]

According to that logic, my cat rolling over my piano keys is ten times more genius than Beethoven

[@LachlanTyrrell2003]

@@kallehed6330 That’s not what I was implying at all. Random notes played without any context do not constitute genius. What makes this genius is that he manages to capture sheer chaos through an incredible use of dissonance, in the context of a tonal composition. A pretty terrible straw man argument by you.

[@camillobenso468]

In a hypotethic list of the most underrated pianists of the history, Cyprien Katsaris would occupy one of the first positions. A true great artist !

[@Bohh574]

He is still pretty well known between pianists but he should be as well known as Rubinstein Horowitz ecc.

[@cubycube9924]

Katsaris is truly a great pianist

[@coolmuso6108]

Katsaris is a master of voicing and polyphony. Absolutely extraordinary.

[@alexhoffmann3002]

I come to this transcription for more casual listening because the symphony itself usually brings me to tears. Powerful stuff!

[@ludwigvanbeethoven61]

This is the ONLY way to translate it on piano, thank you Liszt!

[@michelcamachomusic]

I love the second movement of this piece. One of the best works by Beethoven! I use to listen to that movement almost 10 or 15 times when I can.

[@alee8685]

I can't help but bow down to these geniuses

[@duartevader2709]

13:20 one of the most insanely epic finales of all music, this is insane

[@whaijorhujishkomunyk]

my fav part

[@HumanBeanbag]

I somehow never heard of these versions, or even listened to liszt for that matter. It's glorious.

[@aalb1970]

Best piano transcription of an orchestral work.

[@stevenroper3577]

This is insanely good, and brings out the voices as only a keyboard can do - hearing something epic and familiar in a fresh way. Great legatos and fantastic all around.

[@brianvanderspuy4514]

Both transcription and performance are astonishing. Liszt sure had some spine, deciding to transcribe THIS for solo piano! But it also made me rediscover the work, and once again I am under the impression of the sheer, epic monumentality of Beethoven's original conception.

[@aloofoaf1]

Liszt had some spine but a LOT of audacity to transcribe a colossal masterpiece like this for the piano and make a lesser thing of it.

[@commentingchannel9776]

​@@aloofoaf1You do realize this was written for the sake of making the symphony more accessible for the listeners of the time, who likely couldn't afford to attend an orchestral performance, right? And a "lesser thing" it is most definitely not, being one of the highest accomplishments in the piano's history both for its composition and its performance.

[@joshuasanchez7577]

Ludwig Van Beethoven - Choral Symphony in D minor, Opus 125 00:00 Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso 14:21 Molto vivace 29:03 Adagio molto e cantabile 42:42 Finale - Presto

[@isma5455]

Thank you

[@CatLover69420]

Ok

[@JamesSmith-mw7ps]

The chorus staff indicates what notes you should cry on while practicing this piece.

[@vincentedelmond5404]

Liszt at his best he excels with his transcriptions and arrangements worthy of Beethovens fame

[@parkerschmitt1594]

After playing this Beethoven probably said to himself "finally someone with acceptable piano skills"

[@ryzikx]

beethoven was dead

[@fenyx044]

For like 40 years

[@JramLisztfan]

13:40 part is so epic on piano 53:59 orchestral fugue

[@visveee6678]

13:54

[@the_great_phoenix231]

not to mention the first 3 movements are just as transcending

[@matmm75006]

It's Cyprien Katsaris a great pianist french

[@JramLisztfan]

@@visveee6678 Katsaris always has the epic left hand lmao. Molto Vivace has some other great bass moments

[@babygirl4169]

1:04:00 kinda slow xD 😆

[@angelob.1089]

Truly one of the greatest feats of composition and transcription. I've just finished listening to all 9 transcriptions after purchasing Katsaris' set.

[@ryzikx]

and performance!

[@danilorainone406]

I imagine the old boy himself playing this whole massive work imagining how it would sound painted by the whole orchestra, and the choristers,,'this will wash'

[@Barbapippo]

The third movement is simply magic, isn't it?

[@luisguadamuz745]

It is

[@Dylonely_9274]

It’s magic indeed

[@parkerschmitt1594]

Beethoven would approve...first Maestro Liszt had to perform opus 106 to be worthy. This is outstanding, already a work of genius combined with greatest of all time piano mastery makes this possible.

[@TJMusic2021]

It's amazing how we can hear pretty much full orchestra just from this

[@JamesCello]

I have nothing new to say 🤯 Except how I love the way he rolls the chords at the end of the first mvmt so it sounds more orchestral Total legend, and yes, underrated

[@PiotrstrashcanŚmietnikPiotra]

I normally only listen to Russian and French composers but this is gorgeous.

[@Dylonely_9274]

Why ?

[@0live0wire0]

No Bach, really?

[@PiotrstrashcanŚmietnikPiotra]

Too symmetric, too clean, too pure… his music very often sounds to me as a mathematic equation.

[@Dylonely_9274]

@@0live0wire0 I don’t usually listen to Bach too.

[@tj-co9go]

​@@PiotrstrashcanŚmietnikPiotraTry Mahler lol

[@ludwigvanbeethoven61]

I think there is only a two digit number of people on planet earth who can play this fully, if not even a one digit number

[@mediolanumhibernicus3353]

And they both possess thousand-digit hands!

[@wobblyorbee279]

a friendly reminder to make your mind blown even more: this whole piece is in one piece

[@A440music]

I thoroughly loved the huge timpani roll and entry into the alla marcia tenor solo

[@drmuller77]

What a beautiful rendition! I am refreshed after listening to this.

[@siegfriedstark]

This is simply COSMIC, just like Beethoven's last works for piano! Liszt simply got there!

[@Spyrine]

I can't imagine all the hours that went into this

[@herobrine1847]

Not to mention the lifetime of work building up the unparalleled technique

[@DeflatingAtheism]

48:58 - I just noticed that the baritone's line begins with the rising-fifth 'charge' motto repeated throughout the symphony.

[@roberteady8576]

@Gen. Clorox Bleach Its called LOVE, total devotion to the call of the Divine. The high calling of great art transcends the limitations of the physical. The Pastoral is another perfect example.

[@danwolfe9087]

A reduction is a simplification. Liszt's transcriptions are not "reductions" they are piano symphonies in their own rights !!

[@LucasPianoSalon]

A stunning paraphrase on Beethoven's already magnificent symphony by Liszt. It is made even nore magnificent by Katsaris' little changes to the original score. What a legendary masterpiece! Bravo! By the way, please post a score video on the 5th Symphony arrangement by Liszt, too!

[@MarcelSimader]

I have done all of the Liszt arrangements, actually! Here's the 5th: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3-3nGCjjZJ6arM

[@LucasPianoSalon]

@@MarcelSimader Thank you so much! By the way, do you have any videos of Kissin's performances?

[@therealrealludwigvanbeethoven]

Hello, Lucas. I appreciate your comment very much.

[@ronalda.saname396]

Two of my favorite composers, Beethoven and Liszt are here combined. Only Jehovah can create such music; Beethoven and Liszt were his tools.

[@lowlightpiano7110]

Repent and put your trust in Jesus. We're all sinners and deserve Hell, but Christ died on the Cross for our sins. He didn't stay dead. He rose on the third day! If you repent and put your trust in Jesus, you will be saved! Romans 3:23 John 3:16

[@juv7026]

what an awful way of thinking, both as a christian and a non christian

[@martyisokay]

Damn! I never this existed! Thanks for uploading it! Liszt never ceases to amaze me the more I learn about him.

[@SherwinGooch]

8 Francs per Page! Can you imagine that? Can you IMAGINE THAT??? Franz Liszt (FRANZ LISZT!) was paid 8 francs per page to transcribe (reduce) these works of The Master to piano. It's like buying art by the pound. The human condition is wanton.

[@leesean1794]

How could this be a 1 piano version ! Also I’m a huge fan of LISZT, i still can not believe there is possibly a music genius as him in the long music history

[@aswomebro2601]

BEAUTIFUL FINISH 14:00 Perfect

[@whaijorhujishkomunyk]

13:20 its more intense and dramatic than any orchestra i've ever heard

[@Dylonely_9274]

Both great geniuses. Easily among the greatest composers ever. C. Katsaris is a legendary pianist.

[@mohammadbayazid5064]

31:01 Such a beatiful melody

[@povertyspec9651]

Yes, LVB was the man.

[@SherwinGooch]

Monsieur Simader, thank you from the bottom of my heart for producing this most explicative and professional presentation of The Masters' work.

[@UMVELINQANGI]

A phenomenal masterwork, an epic transcription and bravura performance!⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@mckernan603]

I like Katsaris’s impromptu bass slams (surely to imitate the timpani) 59:00 very spooky too

[@jacobbass6437]

Those aren’t just slams. They’re the chord that’s on the part of the piano that has all the keys black. It has this insane low d that compliments this piece.

[@Isegawa2001]

​@@jacobbass6437He played this on a Bosendorfer Imperial?

[@pianist9]

Thank you so much for this video score, it takes so much time to make it! Really appreciate!

[@stmaosic]

59:41 the only time I saw Chopin op 10 no 2 technique outside the context of an etude.

[@texwiller4029]

I was looking for this type of piano reduction. I am grateful. You can find all kinds of impressive details. For instance, the 1 first part contains the same metrical particle as 5th symphony: ti-ti-ti-taa.

[@мурадюнусов-ю1х]

Прекрасное исполнение, море душевной радости. Спасибо блогеру большое за истинное удовольствие. Подписка однозначно

[@dahalofreeek]

So cool! Thanks for uploading.

[@pavelchenarev7215]

Okay, so what's everyone's favorite part?

[@j2bigd590]

The part where music was playing

[@zZz-ug4oc]

1:50

[@escopiliatese3623]

The part where he actually played what was written; nowhere. This is awful.

[@f.p.2010]

@@escopiliatese3623 lol what?

[@matthewmoore2839]

Second movement around rehearsal mark L to the recapitulation. So gorgeous. My god. The rhythmic nature of the entire second movement suits piano really well.

[@FranzLisztFerentz]

The only thing I have to say to those three guys (Beethoven, Liszt and Katsaris) is: respect.

[@HundreadD]

This is probably the true meaning of musical tradition: not what you would study in a university class

[@danilorainone406]

piano reduction? were the old boy himself to place his mitts in the leaf of the piano I am quite sure he would say,,,' it sounds like it is all there mein herren'

[@remuspierre]

Amazing songs sounds so smooth and relaxing

[@Dylonely_9274]

55:28

[@thenotsookayguy]

@@Dylonely_9274 Smooth and Relaxing.

[@quarkonium3795]

I'm sure "relaxing" is exactly how Katsaris described this piece after he finished playing it

[@MozartJunior22]

45:31 Finally something I can play

[@shootthechicken2583]

I feel this lol

[@quarkonium3795]

Yeah, because the rest of the piece is never happening

[@canman5060]

If Beethoven can live to hear this with his hearing aid.

[@bwalle]

I’m going to get this transcription and start playing! Thank you for reminding me. My current transcription is not nearly as good as the Franz Liszt’s!

[@reneest7644]

My favorite piece of music played brilliantly, thank you

[@florisheijdra6086]

Imagine if this was actually a beethoven sonata 0_0

[@AsrielKujo]

@Gen. Clorox Bleach it already is

[@ValzainLumivix]

@@AsrielKujo hmm yes

[@bladst3r661]

wtf i realized O_O

[@notmusictheory74]

@@AsrielKujo some pieces are arguably better, but ok

[@AsrielKujo]

@@notmusictheory74 shhhh forget i wrote this

[@RobertSmith-le8wp]

Out of Liszts something like 1400 individual piano transcripts he said this was the hardest one, and even after writing and then rewriting it he was never really happy with it. As I understand he finished 1-8 in less time than it took to complete 9. For someone as good as Liszt that says a LOT

[@democritoridens]

45:57 - 48:00 finally learned!!!!!!!

[@matmm75006]

The pianist is Katsaris one of great pianist of history

[@jrthiker9908]

Now I understand why Wagner asked Liszt to do the piano reduction of his Ring cycle. Liszt turned him down but recommended a friend Klindworth who had studied with Chopin. The first version was unplayable even for Liszt who told Klindworth to simplify it. This is the version that's in the Schirmer scores but you can still find the first version in old scores. Rivals Brahms Pag and Liszt opera paraphrases LOL.

[@GICM]

nah this is definitely more difficult that both

[@jrthiker9908]

@@GICM This is tricky, but if you are a pianist in an opera company and have to play even 1 of the Ring operas, it's way more difficult than any of these Liszt/Beethoven transcriptions. Even worse are the Strauss operas like Elektra/Rosenkavalier. Each opera is 2 1/2-6 hours long. Take the Beethoven and stretch it out, with way more tricky filler stuff and harmonies. Opera pianists do this for a living, 3-6 hours a day, six days a week when in rehearsal. Playing reductions is an art and specific skill set few people know about.

[@GICM]

@@jrthiker9908 by "both" i meant the Brahms Pag and Liszt opera paraphrases

[@zhihaoli6527]

之前第一次听这个李斯特钢琴版是一个法国钢琴家弹得，谢谢楼主整理曲谱出来

[@EricKim-wv5ke]

breathtaking! thanks for sharing such a good piece and recording ❤❤❤❤

[@leesean1794]

LISZT is an unbelievable genius, omg , unprecedented indeed

[@herobrine1847]

Same with Katsaris!

[@bladst3r661]

@@herobrine1847 Beethoven too

[@eduardoguerraavila8329]

Not even close to Beethoven, indeed

[@Damian_Theodoridis]

The king of octaves!

[@merey777]

i usually play this to warm up before Per Elise

[@saldana7395]

😂😂😂

[@babygirl4169]

14:02 best part! Sounds very modern and metal-ish 🔥

[@XYZ_Vu]

This is EXTRAORDINARY!!! ❤

[@onlinepianolearning]

Wow... love this. Great job!! 🎶🔥👏 You inspired me to read through this arrangement 😃

[@dot8209]

talk about the piano singing! Bravo!

[@clutchmatic]

Insanity. Virtuosic insanity at how hard and complex it is to play this well and voice all voices with only two hands and give fingers in each hand.