Excerpt from "Études dans tous les tons mineurs" Op. 39, No.11 "Ouverture" by Alkan P.f. Jack Gibbons
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@tobiedavis8841Ай бұрын
Nothing like a good circle of fiths progression
@jake_fx27 күн бұрын
Alkan is a strange composer, in the modern day. You either have classical music enthusiasts who detest his music and/or existence, and then you have the Alkan cultists who think he is the greatest pianistic composer/performer of all time. I rarely find any people in the middle grounds like myself lol
@Prachtbart10 күн бұрын
Its not for me
@VarooooooomКүн бұрын
I would consider myself pretty middle ground. There are some Alkan works that I consider some of the best classical music of its time and others that I consider to be some of the worst lol. I just don’t talk about that discrepancy/middle road very often.
@anthony4564Ай бұрын
sounds like a life crisis
@melonica90Ай бұрын
good expression
@itsshrimp9126 күн бұрын
Those pleading, descending arpeggios at 0:51 gives so much emotional depth to this piece.
@DichweedАй бұрын
The words "Alkan" and "best" should not be associated with each other.
@f.p.201011 күн бұрын
True since he too often excels
@RhodesyYTАй бұрын
My previous comment started ww3 of classical enthusiasts
@Xzy_15825 күн бұрын
Average Argument About Alkan, Arousing Anger And Aggravation, Always Antagonising Adversairies And Annoying All Around Lol
@ronaldproctor17764 күн бұрын
Astounding! Love the drama & energy. Also love the voicing on this piano! And brilliant playing!! ♥️👏
@iianneill6013Ай бұрын
I had the strangest feeling listening to a part of the "Overture" for the first time where it felt like I had heard it before ... almost in another life. I still get a thrill when that passages comes up, and I still have the same feelings. Weird.
@Mehrshad84Ай бұрын
I have that for no 12 and 3 I get your meaning , they seem familiar in a real weird way
@mediolanumhibernicus335320 күн бұрын
You did. It was by Wagner.
@brianbernstein3826Ай бұрын
My pinkies hurt just looking at this
@jameshall9353Ай бұрын
Why do so many people dislike this in the comment section? I think the overture etude is really incredible
@jdbrown371Ай бұрын
Maybe we should all start practicing Alkan because after that almost everything else is easy.
@toothlesstoe19 күн бұрын
*Laughs in Sorabji*
@RhodesyYTАй бұрын
I started ww3 of the classical piano community by saying alkan should be on the same level as chopin and liszt and after listening to alot of his music I take back what I said
@Fatal_Error001Ай бұрын
Possibly because his music is normally technically way harder than Chopin or Liszt But in his time he is known to be in the same league as Chopin and Liszt, but slowly died out
@WEEBLLOMАй бұрын
Cause his music is mid
@Fatal_Error001Ай бұрын
@@WEEBLLOM Excuse me? Alkan might be an ultimate virtuoso but he has really good pieces as well, for example his symphony/concerto for solo piano, the sonatine op. 61 and much more If you think his music is ONLY virtuoso though you might very well be mistaken, one good example is his barcarolles, truly musical.
@viggojonsell9754Ай бұрын
Probably because the flashy bits tend to be remembered, and Alkans flashy bits are generally pretty uninteresting from most musical perspectives. Most things you see of clipped stuff of Alkan is a bunch of big chords go BRRRR without much harmonic or rythmic interest. Chopin succeeds in a much more interesting way weaving insane amounts of musical thought even in the most technically demanding pieces. Overall the kind of Alkan showed here isn't that special, it isn't hard to write something that sounds like that, writing something that sounds like a purebred Chopin climax is hard. That isn't to say Alkan hasn't written very intricate music, this isn't that though and the things that sound hard and cool tend to get the spotlight.
@Fatal_Error001Ай бұрын
@@viggojonsell9754 I guess I can definitely agree with that, although there is some bits in the symphony or concerto that is rememberable and hard… but Liszt’s virtuoso is simply on another level.
@rossmerchant8435Ай бұрын
Reminds me of the first movement of Beethoven's 7th
@tarikeld11Ай бұрын
It kinds sounds like a harder version of Wanderer Fantasy
@yuk_notkim76582 күн бұрын
0:30 That part is just amazing, that G Major section surprised me a bit
@leonardmartin6048Ай бұрын
The section with the circle of fifths is much more epic in Maltempos live recording!
@owensmith30769 күн бұрын
so freaking true
@benharmonicsАй бұрын
0:44 Not how broken octaves should sound. I want to hear the top and bottom notes separately.
mamybe because this piece is such a beast to pull off he got very tired at the end and didnt want to play it as broken octaves.
@schubertuk14 күн бұрын
It's impressively virtuosic, and well-performed. But I rarely find any Alkan that moves me. I know there are many that idolise him, and I would love to 'get it' - and get switched on to him, but I remain just impressed at the technique more than the music.
@mcbuuiop7 күн бұрын
I think knowing that this was Alkan overture by literally have an imaginary audio in my head play when I saw the score probably means I know this piece a little bit too well 😅
@marinoformenti1642Ай бұрын
idk it sound like a guy who is proud of his farts
@iianneill6013Ай бұрын
Be honest. That person is you, isn't it.
@marinoformenti1642Ай бұрын
@@iianneill6013 i admit my farts are better
@victormushtin20 күн бұрын
@@iianneill6013😂
@Sparsha-ij8rrАй бұрын
С возрастом это надоедает, приходится слушать более сложную музыку
@luden6794Ай бұрын
потом надоедает сложная и музыка и круг замыкается...
@Sparsha-ij8rrАй бұрын
@@luden6794 Ну это чаще происходит в уставшем состоянии, простая музыка нравится в период восстановления, потом уже сложная. Музыка Чайковского, Вагнера дольше завлекает
@utvpoopАй бұрын
Слушаю сонаты Гайдна и не парюсь
@Mazeppa38516 күн бұрын
0:51 the climax This is why i like a Alkan piece, Honestly
@pseudo_klavierАй бұрын
이거 마지막에 오른손 아르페지오 나오는 부분 넘좋음
@william_fong22 күн бұрын
Remembered read somewhere that Chopin has asked Alkan help finish some of his works
@7techsАй бұрын
0:51 epic
@calebkinman5302Ай бұрын
🔥🔥🔥🔥
@jasonmp85Ай бұрын
This isn’t even the best minute I’ve had today
@Dylonely42Ай бұрын
Nice.
@UnderstandingMusic23 күн бұрын
Did I hear a reference to Beethoven's 7th Symphony 1st movement at the 0:30 mark?
@thinkOfMeAsAClassicalMusician21 күн бұрын
An alkan piece that i could actually play? Nice
@thinkOfMeAsAClassicalMusician21 күн бұрын
But still I won’t
@jannis11Ай бұрын
noice
@mediolanumhibernicus335320 күн бұрын
Sounds like he just heard a performance of Die Walküre
@nabhanchowdhury7409Ай бұрын
Not my favourite minute but still very nice
@calebkinman5302Ай бұрын
Your performance??
@melonica90Ай бұрын
jack gibbons (written in description)
@AdityaBhattacharyyaАй бұрын
Its Beethoven 7 alkanified
@3708poonАй бұрын
Underrated composer 👍🏿👍🏿
@worldofclassicalmusic903315 күн бұрын
hail to Inessa Davydova
@odilondasilvarochaАй бұрын
Very demanding music
@pianotom1693Ай бұрын
What's the name of the full piece?
@bushydadАй бұрын
"overture" from the 12 minor etudes.
@victoza9232Ай бұрын
@pianotom1693 Larry
@Paganini-LisztАй бұрын
balls
@jameshall9353Ай бұрын
I agree
@Paganini-LisztАй бұрын
@@jameshall9353 thank you for agreeing
@AaronAlterman21 күн бұрын
Facts
@user-yy5vp3tq5f18 күн бұрын
It was HELL
@cedricrlongreenАй бұрын
It's like a big finale 😂
@randiey9519 күн бұрын
0:51 beautiful
@albertwheeler5520Ай бұрын
What piece is this?
@peter5.056Ай бұрын
I know lots of people love Alkan, but I just hear noise. And before anyone says I'm uncultured or deaf or whatever, I have a master's degree in piano performance and am fully versed on the subject. I just don't like Alkan.
@AaronAlterman21 күн бұрын
Well, that’s just like, your opinion dude
@crystal4o68117 күн бұрын
It's just like, the simplest chord progression you could imagine with minimal variation, but make it difficult to play
@peter5.05617 күн бұрын
@@crystal4o681 I absolutely hate to play his music; it's so musically unsatisfying and technically ridiculous.
@kathng8354Ай бұрын
😂
@DietervonBraun1973Ай бұрын
Harmonically uncreative. But he makes up with speed and loudness. For what its worth.
@pianoman2332Ай бұрын
По этому произведению абсолютно понятно почему данный композитор не остался в памяти подобно великим Листу и Шопену
@stephenhope9729Ай бұрын
Bravo Jack - but Ronald Smith every time
@gmfrunzik29 күн бұрын
Not to be a ball buster Its 1 and a half minutes
@LisztAddictАй бұрын
Good section, but moroshitas recording is over a thousand times better than this one.
@snorefest1621Ай бұрын
Based opinion
@none5020Ай бұрын
@@snorefest1621Jack Gibbons is a crazy goat but certainly not perfect at every Alkan piece, though I'd rather be him and be able to play all of Alkan than be me and know only one Alkan piece 😂
@snorefest1621Ай бұрын
@@none5020 I mean I can sightread all Alkan pieces technically 🤷 (if I get a few takes and splices). There's just not enough demand for his music rn, so I shall focus on his obscure repotoire on my Instagram page
@SujkhgfrwqqnvfАй бұрын
banger
@carlhopkinsonАй бұрын
Bombastic garbage. Alkan was famous for that.
@matswessling6600Ай бұрын
why are pianist so fond of making fermatas on accented chords? it stops the flow and destroys the rythm. really would like to hear someone playing this without all the stops...
@marinoformenti1642Ай бұрын
melonica you canceled my reply
@melonica90Ай бұрын
i don't delete any reply, this my philosophy(maybe youtube bot automatically deleted your comment)