THE MOST INSANE PIANO PIECES! | Pianist Reacts

In this video I react to the most insane piano pieces chosen by Rousseau. Although these pieces are difficult and require a good level of ability to be played, I think there are a lot harder pieces out there to play. If you think there is a harder piece of music, let me know in the comments!
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[@skogs6767]

I would definitely love to see your top hardest piano pieces

[@Mar20133]

Sammeee

[@pandaprogamer9149]

I totally want to see it too.

[@DenisPuscaOfficial]

Yes!!!

[@OMO10301]

Me too

[@abugidaiguess]

yup same

[@yords7750]

One that is hard both technically and musically is definitely ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit, you should definitely go over that one

[@blob6371]

Rachmaninoff 3rd piano concerto has to be up there as one of the absolute hardest pieces especially given how long it is as wwll

[@Bipolarbear373]

Tbh love watching you review this stuff keep it up

[@michaelmeyer2725]

Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1 - I suspect not difficult, but cool...also Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

[@imapigeon7984]

Rach 3 and 2, Lizsts Sonata In B Minor, Bachs Goldberg Variations, Beethovens Hammerklavier, Liszts Spanish Rhapsody, are definitely harder than the pieces selected.

[@alexreeves2686]

Finally someone who understands. I believe most people haven't dug enough into real classical music. Most people believe that cooler sounding pieces sound hard. But in reality it isn't, it is all based on the length, technique, and musicality.

[@lagos4312]

There's even some mainstream pieces that are still harder (looking at you, Hungarian Rhapsody no.2)

[@KaikhosruShapurjiMedtner]

Godowsky passacaglia is very hard too.

[@octopuszombie8744]

@@lagos4312 Actually that's easier than all of the ones listed, maybe it's similar in difficulty to Spanish Rhapsody or Rach 2 for me since my hands are small so I find this particular piece much harder than it should be.

[@Kmbri]

Loved this. Im glad KZbin finally suggested something great. Add one subscriber to your list. Btw, have u ever watched Tina S play moonlight sonata 3 on guitar? It was also recommended to me, and I was surprised it could be done on guitar. Anyway, thank you so much. Looking forward to more.

[@doxaartsacademy7125]

Please do more really hard piano piece videos really love them

[@asleep1812]

Off the top of my head: Rach concertos 2 and 3 Ravel Gaspar de la nuit Ravel La Valse Liszt Mazzepa Liszt Spanish rhapsody Liszt hungarian rhapsody no12 Liszt sonata in B minor Liszt reminiscence of Don Juan and Norma Balakriev Islamey

[@mirokajevskivelevski8895]

Rach 2 isn't as hard, maybe Beethoven Hammerklavier or the op 111 sonata

[@funnyuser2796]

Replace spanish rhapsody with spanish fantasy and Norma with Reminiscences de Lucrezia Borga

[@apianbelle1343]

One of the main reasons that moonlight sonata(all movements) is and will forever be my favorite piece is because of the coda. Beethoven's music has always been some of my favorites (waldastein, pathetique, rage over a lost penny), but moonlight sonata just takes the cake imo.

[@norisky9987]

Appasionata

[@Montu-pc5gp]

Liszt's transcriptions of Beethoven Symphonies.

[@arctica3037]

Would say Islamey by Balakirev is up there

[@Scozerak]

you definitely deserve more subs, I mean look at this a mazing video qaulity

[@LTRShadowblade]

he really does

[@poesis11de22]

Chopin‘s etudes op. 25 are pretty insane… I am learning the Winter Wind right now and I have no idea how to play this as fast as all those professionals can do… 😅

[@DanielSilva-gc4xz]

I'm a piano student and I'm starting to get comfortable to playing fast. Get a good teacher, practice at least 3 hours a day. Dont fail your scales and arpeggios. Never tense up your wrist, always play relaxedly (that's insanely important). Get good fingering (good teacher needed for that). Practice in sections, don't just keep making concertos for yourself. Practice hands separately, if you can only play with the two hand then you only know half of the music. Use metronome regularly. Analise your music, it's important to know the harmonys of your music so you know how to interpret it correctly (tensions and resolutions). Play deep in the piano keybed so you dont miss notes. Practice staccato, modified rythms and modified accents in the fast sections (will help you to play faster)...

[@yorkzie7593]

@@DanielSilva-gc4xz Definitely agree with the teacher and never tense up but the practicing 3 hours a day seems quite traditional in a way and I feel like if you follow that all the time even on days where you might feel tired then that might not be the best but I entirely agree with what you said

[@DanielSilva-gc4xz]

@@yorkzie7593 3 hours is not much if you’re practicing everything you need to.

[@alixer360]

I wonder this is just a question but does anyone know how many years of experience this guy has doing classical music/playing piano because when he sees the person play the peice he plays it back so smoothly and fluently and I think that's so cool 😮😄

[@ninadang2088]

Moonlight sonata 3rd movement is like the moon crashing into the earth.

[@Joshua-levin]

Matt is my hero.

[@mattmilford4202]

Just started learning the piano , love to be able to have this amount of ability to play Mattttttttt can you teach mmeeeeeee

[@austinsavage4390]

La Campanella is definitely way up there in the hardest piano pieces. Just keep listening to the song; it is really epic

[@etudeee6037]

Will you do your top 10 hardest pieces video?

[@kire6993]

Liszt’s symphony no 9 transcription, alkan’s concerto for solo piano and mereaux’s 45th etude are what i think are some of the hardest

[@notmusictheory74]

Finally some big brained person

[@martynszalewski4762]

also liszt paganini etude no. 4 (1838), liszt transcendental etude no 4 and 5. Also fun fact - mereaux's 45th etude is actually impossible to play in tempo

[@notmusictheory74]

@@martynszalewski4762 transcendental etudes are not that hard. Should be Grandes Etudes

[@martynszalewski4762]

​@@notmusictheory74 no 4 and 5 are very hard (especially no 5)

[@meneerteungames926]

Also Liszt: Réminiscences de Don Juan and Réminiscences de norma, i love those two pieces.

[@laykidv]

Piano concertos, especially Rachamaninoff piano concertos. Or pieces like Islamey, Mephisto-watlz

[@brozorb_gaming]

Chopin's ballade no.1

[@deven1o126]

Liszt Hungarian rhapsody’s are very technically difficult because of the length of the piece or just the insane amount of notes . An example I’ve thought is the second Hungarian rhapsody when it gets to the frisks part. Along with the Hungarian rhapsody no 6. Near the end there is huge jumps on the left hand.

[@rashido]

Would love a take on animenz’s arrangement on unravel since classical pianists need to take a bit of time to practise it. Have also never heard anyone play it as well as animenz :).

[@dwfinds3030]

Love watching people play but all I can think is oh my carpal tunnel I could never move that much.

[@xcy8161]

Could you do one on ladivina fanatic’s performance of the Spanish Fantasy？

[@100mssnipes5]

I still find la Campanella quite difficult especially in the part where you have to play trills with the 4th and 5th fingers of the right hand

[@mtheblepalopYT]

One that probably isn't the MOST difficult piano piece but is very challenging is the toccata from Ravel's "Le Tombeau de Couperin"

[@ermwhatthesigma7]

Beethovens 5 symphony is really hard for me to play because of the big jump in the beginning

[@ghostassasin1054]

Most challenging for me would be either Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit or Liszt's Transcendental Etude No. 5, but of course "most challenging" will mean something different to everyone.

[@enlighten6016]

You ar very underated ngl

[@artimis9993]

Sorabji with his "screw you" time signature and polyrythms

[@Howardsfz]

Some of the most insane/hazardous solo pieces: Paganini-Brahms Variations (difficulty 11/10), Cziffra's transcription of Rimsky Korsakov's Flight of the Bumble Bee (difficulty 12/10, probably only a few top pianists can play it properly), Liszt et al.'s Hexameron (difficulty 10/10), Godowsky's transcription of Chopin's Etudes (difficulty 9-12/10, probably only few of the best can play them all properly), Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit (difficulty 10/10), Beethoven's Hammerklavier sonata (difficulty 10/10).

[@wardsnertmaster1152]

flight of the bumble bee is really hard when i was practising and still is so 12/10 is a good rating

[@octopuszombie8744]

@@wardsnertmaster1152 You sure you're talking about cziffra's version of bumblebee (in octaves)? Since the version that most people play is Rachmaninoff's version which I would rate around 4/10 in difficulty

[@mwhossaini]

Great video.

[@davideoliveiramendonca6848]

Could you react to one of Traum's videos, please? He plays a lot of insane pieces, you should definitely react to it.

[@tkurban]

have you reacted to musical basics? he has some good originals like pachalbel nightmare, you can watch the one from 10 years ago or the fairly recent one like 3 years ago or blackstar

[@manny4i]

Beethovens hammerklavier has got to be one of the hardest sonatas to exist

[@krishnafancystore4988]

you didn't even checked on the hardest part lol!

[@patinho5589]

I heard that listz’s transcendental etudes are the hardest.. or at least some of them

[@aliffnaqiuddinbinasrulridh7600]

how are you so underrated-

[@eredon246]

Some hard pieces: Transcendental etuden minus Paysage, Thirds etude Chopin and also one of my upcoming pieces is fairly hard but thats on a different channel

[@nooblydude6521]

I want you to make that vid again,but use the vid of "traum piano". He is the best pianist youtuber

[@zia8040]

I MOSTLY think that “Mily Balakirev Islamey: Oriental Fantasy” is the most difficult 😂 good luck

[@francoaravena6457]

Love dream. Liszt is definitely one of the hardest songs out there

[@willyafton]

in my opinion some of the hardest solo piano pieces are liszts rondo fantastique (el contrabandista), liszts reminiscences de don juan, liszts transcriptions of beethoven sonatas, especially no 9, and liszts 1838 paganini etude 4b

[@yahyakhazbak4713]

moonlight is difficult because you must hit the keys strong and fast and dont miss

[@user-kc3yz8rd4z]

alr im learning my arpeggios and scales now

[@1nonlyl1szt65]

nugarian rhaspody no.2 and no.6? i can play no.2 and its pretty hard

[@octopuszombie8744]

no 2 much harder than no 6.

[@DenisPuscaOfficial]

Like ravel gaspard de nuit is insainly hard as is ravel in general.

[@tomgentry5987]

Islamey, gaspard de la nuit, some brahms, liszt transcendental studies, moskowski, busoni? All harder than this lot

[@Maestro19992]

Weren’t all of these pieces also in the other video from rousseau?

[@dzefdet4800]

Polonaise op53 by Chopin is pretty hard :D

[@rcjew]

I'm surprised you didn't cover Godowsky (the easy ones if there are any). Also most of Ravel's pieces.

[@Mar20133]

I feel like campanella is the hardest piano piece i ever sang😂

[@austinsavage4390]

Wut

[@forgottenreaper7541]

Him: "It is not complicated as it sounds". Us:

[@DaveTexas]

For my money, Ligeti’s Etude No. 13 "The Devil’s Staircase" ranks as one of the most insane - and insanely difficult - pieces to play. I sure can’t do it.

[@torebi6743]

Gaspar de la nuit, islamey or probably alkhan concerto for solo piano

[@user-oi1qb2xn9i]

How bout the finger breaker?

[@MF_Shorts010]

the hardest piece to me would be rachmaninoff concerto no.3 because of the continuous playing fast for almost an hour, I almost fained trying to play this piece and I was sweating. so if you can play this or anyone here i am impressed.

[@randomlukas9964]

Are not the first and the second ballade by chopin extremly hard?

[@ryanmccormick8375]

Chopin Black Key Etude!

[@animeariif5966]

wanna see this guy playing chopin's op 10 no 1 or la campanella

[@Rain_-_]

I would love to hear you play Ballade No. 1 In G Minor op 23 that imo is one of the hardest pieces to play

[@matticawood]

I’ve played it in recitals before 😊 il maybe do it sometime…the last couple of pages are the most fun 😊

[@octopuszombie8744]

It's not close to one of the hardest pieces to play

[@kkjay77]

Most insane must be Mereaux Bravura. The hand crossing is actually absurd.

[@WonderofRizz]

Nice

[@lemonxalex7681]

Islamey, Gaspard de la Nuit, Feux Follets to name a few

[@dfinitial1885]

Try doing rush E. In its actual form

[@potafish5107]

My list would be: Liszt Spanish fantasy Gaspard de la Nuit Islamey balakirev Liszt Beethoven symphony no 9 Godowsky-Chopin etude Alkan Etude

[@norisky9987]

Fur elise

[@theprodest284]

liszt don juan and Rachmaninoff Etudes Tableaux Op. 39, No. 1 or his third piano concerto

[@crankyreed]

The hardest piano piece to play is one where you have to crescendo a whole note.

[@DanielSilva-gc4xz]

Modern composers be like:

[@LTD-Limited]

@@DanielSilva-gc4xz Mazzepa be like…

[@octopuszombie8744]

Liszt Sonata in B ending be like: crescendo starting on pp in 1 note and ending in ppp

[@zenonorth1193]

No problem with your reaction, but unfortunately, most lists with titles like this one just reflect a lack of exploration of the piano repertoire by the people who put them together. IN terms of my personal musical taste, I'm pretty largely rooted in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but enjoy exploring both before and after those periods. So how you could make such a list and not include something like "Par lui a tout ete fait" from Messiaen's "Vingt Regards sur l'enfant Jesus" or one of the Ligeti etudes, I'll never understand. Throw Chopin Op. 10 #4 at most technically capable pianists and if they don't already know it, they'll say "Sure, I'll give it a go." Throw the Messiaen or Ligeti at them and they're likely to say "Ummm, I'm not sure I'll have the time...."

[@quantrinhhong3125]

Top pieces for beginners: Etude op10 no1, no2 and no4 no11 Chopin Etude op25 no11, no12 Chopin La campanella and etude no6 liszt OK and good luck for your hands::)

[@marcosun1640]

Try bartoks 2nd concerto

[@charvikmanyupalati2117]

Winter wind?

[@peterchan6082]

No list of "insanely difficult pieces" in the standard repertoire is complete without Liszt Feux Follets and Chopin Sonata in B minor on it. Talking about original works, that is.

[@wenchengxue2164]

I think Hungarian Rhapsody no 2 is up there.

[@itsukikizuta]

My problem with every piece there is is just the speed, the rest is easy.

[@auzziespiano]

Franz Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2! Rousseau plays that one as well and I consider that the hardest piano piece there is!

[@octopuszombie8744]

No it is not even close lmao. Liszt spanish fantasy is at least twice as harder. And liszt beethoven transcription 9 in on a completely different level. Many 20th-century compositions are five times harder than that.

[@kolpma7254]

I think scarbo from ravel "gaspard de la nuit" is the hardest piece

[@k3z_2010]

Im not sure if this is difficult or not but 'Scarbo' by Maurice Ravel is an insanely scary piece.

[@norisky9987]

True

[@silentsmiles1734]

you would be correct! scarbo (and really, gaspard de la nuit as a whole) is one of the hardest pieces in the piano repertoire

[@sillyradiodemon1]

Mereaux 45 coda is insanely difficult

[@IsaacNolan-Clark]

I think the hardest piece would either be unify by HDSQ or tau the song by HDSQ but you’ve already seen those so……

[@quandalebingletonda3rd957]

Could you react to Vinheritos most difficult pieces

[@taronsento]

Ravel - scarbo

[@ha_ki_rum]

Hungarian rhapsody 2 ?🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲

[@jamesbosh585]

React to Volume 2!

[@yosefGames]

Etube 5 fox liszt 418 s be den ita vray hrad its so many tcnikeLiszt Mozart is a sixth like this, also Liszt's Zappa is the most difficult things on the piano, what is a technique exam, Liszt's Fox also has many more difficult sixth works that will take years to learn them all

[@1nonlyl1szt65]

paganini piszt no.6??

[@Joshua-levin]

La Campanella or Hungarian rhapsody no 2

[@stanx0176]

Heroic polonaise by Chopin is very difficult along with Hungarian rhapsody no.2 by Liszt

[@norisky9987]

no

[@stanx0176]

@@norisky9987 yes

[@octopuszombie8744]

rhapsody no 2 is crazy difficult because it tires out small hands very quickly. I can literally play chopin ballade no. 4 better than I can with rhapsody no 2.

[@susabove]

man LOL, and here i am stuck at learning beethoven's piano sonata op49 n.2

[@matticawood]

That’s a great piece 😊

[@Nikotheproblem]

bartoks 2nd concerto

[@Nightmare-uq5lh]

Try Beethovens pathetique, I find it so hard

[@imilanfit]

Hardest Piano Piece That I Know (technically) Galop In A Minor Liszt

[@everythinganderson2624]

Hammerklavier, Gaspard de la Nuit, Islamey. 'nuff said.

[@vesuvius2444]

Hardest song on piano is hot cross buns followed by jingle bells

[@karlhannoush]

Liszt Hungarian rhapsody no 2 with hamelin's cadenza

[@abderxd1345]

Liszt Operatic Fantasies and Reminiscences And Transcendental Etude And Years of Pilgrimage are difficult ✔️

[@lisztygames6352]

Reminicences de norma is very hard. And, u always say it is easier than it looks, but musically playing challenging pieces is way harder then just play the notes.