Some of the hardest codas and piano finals ever written, from hard to impossible. -1-

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5 жыл бұрын

Some insane codas and pieces are here;
Chopin, Ballade 1,
Liszt, El Contrabandista,
Alkan, Concerto for solo piano,
Prokofiev, toccata,
Balakirev, Islamey
Cziffra/Strauss, Tritsch-Tratsch polka,
Mereaux, Scherzo Alla Napolitaine (etude 45).
Played by Valentina Lisitsa, Yuja Wang, Marc-André Hamelin, Kristina Miller, Georges Cziffra.

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@davisatdavis1 4 жыл бұрын

Finally I'm not clickbaited by a silly tempting thumbnail

@elmis4813 4 жыл бұрын

😄

@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji 3 жыл бұрын

And yes, there's rousseau, he made a stupid thumbnail covering the whole screen and in were things like moonlight sonata...and he cheekily makes a list in the pinned comment of the description...I mean wtf?!

@ewartsmith7490 2 жыл бұрын

@@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji You're not wrong (did you see vol. 2?)

@leobozkir5425 4 жыл бұрын

4:30 is kinda creepy

@pubgplayer1720 3 жыл бұрын

Well, Prokofiev is creepy af to be fair...

@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji 3 жыл бұрын

Regarding El contrabandista, actually there's a Russian guy called Sergei Belyavsky, he took it casually at an even faster tempo, devilishly fast. He hits the nail with it.

@aakarshitsingh1535 3 жыл бұрын

But he slowed down at the harder passages which made the performance unstable

@aakarshitsingh1535 3 жыл бұрын

Also the faster tempo makes the spanish theme a bit unrecognizable

@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji 3 жыл бұрын

@@aakarshitsingh1535 it's because it has to be unstable, there are tempo changes on the sheet music then and there. And probably he wanted make the Spanish theme sound unfamiliar in the piece, I'm not telling that he should have done it but he may have. It all depends upon his point of view. So we can't really conclude which one is a better performance.

@Whaijorhujishkomunyk 2 жыл бұрын

Belyavaky 🤢

@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji 2 жыл бұрын

@@Whaijorhujishkomunyk 😡😖

@CalamityInAction 4 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one who thinks that the octave part at the end of Chopin’s coda was the easiest part of the coda?

@elmis4813 4 жыл бұрын

Yep!

@CalamityInAction 4 жыл бұрын

Elmis I think it’s because for practice, I do improv (not jazz though, I’m not good enough). In my improvs, I use a lot of octaves (fast and slow). I think that’s why I think the end of the coda is the easiest

@elmis4813 4 жыл бұрын

@@CalamityInAction the octave technique is also very basic, and it's just a chromatic descent. Pretty simple even for an amateur. that's also why it's good for improvisations

@UniversalDirp 2 жыл бұрын

Ngl ur def right, the middle a maj section is hardest to play

@redfishplayz4476 2 жыл бұрын

The hardest part is the part in A flat major, the one with the ultra leaps.

@LeventK 2 жыл бұрын

This video is criminally underrated.

@elmis4813 5 жыл бұрын

A lot of work for the first opus of this serie! Pieces; Chopin, Ballade 1, (Valentina Lisitsa) 0:00 Liszt, El Contrabandista, (Valentina Lisitsa) 1:42 Alkan, Concerto for solo piano, (Marc-André Hamelin) 3:14 Prokofiev, toccata, (Yuja Wang) 4:29 Balakirev, Islamey (Kristina Miller) 6:05 Cziffra/Strauss, Tritsch-Tratsch polka, (Georges Cziffra) 7:55 Mereaux, Scherzo Alla Napolitaine (etude 45)-NOT IMPOSSIBLE- 8:31 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/odOSn6SDlrzDdqM.html

@video1248 5 жыл бұрын

Elmis HIIIIIIIIII!!

@BlueSteve Ай бұрын

Hwang: Hold my beer

@ewartsmith7490 2 жыл бұрын

I just discovered El Contrabandista a few months back, so it was nice to hear it here (and so early, as well)

@teodorb.p.composer Жыл бұрын

I think that Liszt's and Alkan pieces are best. (And Alkan's piano concerto is the hardest)

@tomaten9477 3 жыл бұрын

You know the coda will be impossible when you hear it being played by a synthesiser

@noobchampionist 5 ай бұрын

Well Hwang did it

@zanegart4399 18 күн бұрын

@@noobchampionistyeah at like 70% tempo

@joutube8575 4 жыл бұрын

It’s not how hard it is, it’s how beautiful the piece sounds. I think Chopin and Liszt’s piece are better then any of the other pieces. I think that’s why they are one of the most famous classical composer.

@elmis4813 4 жыл бұрын

Let's not forget that tastes are subjective! And let's not forget that art does not necessarily have to be beautiful, useful or pleasant (Kant writes very well on this subject)!

@joutube8575 4 жыл бұрын

@Elmis Yes, I agree 👍

@LunaLeaves 3 жыл бұрын

By your logic, Justin Bieber's pieces are better than Chopin's.

@the_great_phoenix231 3 жыл бұрын

@@LunaLeaves NANI??????!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!

@dreadnautilus253 3 жыл бұрын

@@LunaLeaves Impossible

@franzliszt5698 5 жыл бұрын

Alkan is still the best...

@amedeemereaux8651 5 жыл бұрын

With Méreaux

@chezbe 4 жыл бұрын

Franz Liszt Alkan with Rach have more difficult pieces, like tocatta or 3 or 2 concerto Rachmaninov

@collinbachet9263 2 жыл бұрын

@@fredericfrancoischopin6971 listen to his 49 Esquisse op.63. I play his Pseudo Naivete, which has nice melody.

@sebastian9445 2 жыл бұрын

Alkan is nice though v: I find him more musical than Liszt xD although he has absolute bangers

@alextheodoridis4075 Жыл бұрын

Cziffra is better and Katsaris is better then him too

@Asmobia Жыл бұрын

watch?v=kmblAR1V_Fo Mereaux, Scherzo Alla Napolitaine (etude 45) I won't say he played it as the fastest possible tempo but it is still very impressive.

@ryzikx Жыл бұрын

it's definitely pushing the fastest possible tempo. the midi is straight up impossible. it should tell you how hard it is to play at seonyong's tempo because he's the only one to play it that fast and accurately, even 4 years after that recording

@inspiredjaguar5797 3 ай бұрын

The midi is impossible unless your hands are 30 inches long

@ethanhopper2467 5 ай бұрын

you know it’s a crazy list when Prokofiev toccata is probably the easiest on here

@cent6715 3 жыл бұрын

this makes my brain hurt

@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji 3 жыл бұрын

I think Beethoven/Liszt symphony #9 mov.4 could be there as well, but great Liszt!

@hankwillstealyourkidneys Жыл бұрын

8:30 Well I saw a video that somebody played this piece

@BlueSteve Ай бұрын

Hwang

@nimrodshefer3649 4 жыл бұрын

Alkan scerzo fouco coda?

@jannis11 3 жыл бұрын

nice

@PacotheRingneckanimatons4221 13 күн бұрын

The 12 parrots sonata XI.Macaw is hard for me.

@randmgenericname5077 4 жыл бұрын

Why did you not put le Preux in this? The finale is absolutely rediculous. The piece itself has never been played at tempo. (Barbaro doesn't count because he hit more wrong notes than he did right)

@elmis4813 4 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j9F4kpB918-cm58.html 😉

@randmgenericname5077 4 жыл бұрын

@@elmis4813 yh I've seen that, it's much slower. The point is to play the piece perfectly /nearly perfectly but at tempo

@elmis4813 4 жыл бұрын

@@randmgenericname5077 Le Preux does not have a Tempo! Alkan proposes "Dans un bon mouvement" and "Carrément". No precise indication, and in my opinion this recording is aproximatively the correct tempo.

@ryzikx Жыл бұрын

check LaDivinaFanatic

@zanegart4399 18 күн бұрын

@@randmgenericname5077now theres a recording by ladivinafanatic

@not_gaminggamer521 Ай бұрын

seon-yong hwang played op 65 no 45 very well but a year after this video came out

@leobozkir5425 4 жыл бұрын

Isn’t 8:37 supposed to be played 1 octave higher?

@elmis4813 4 жыл бұрын

Indeed!

@franciscodecomayaguela9496 Жыл бұрын

Mid error, plus it's too fast even for a mid

@piano4566 4 жыл бұрын

Plis part 3

@aliceko4695 2 жыл бұрын

How about Chopin's f minor ballade?

@octopuszombie8744 13 күн бұрын

Slightly harder than g minor ballade but really not that much.

@harunotter9905 5 ай бұрын

it‘s hard to believe that the last one was an improviasation

@jerzyadacha8399 21 күн бұрын

if I am not mistaken, seong young hwang hav played scherzo alla neapolitana really good.

@ufab9058 2 жыл бұрын

i still think ballade 4 coda is harder than ballade 1 coda

@phoundyq Жыл бұрын

Highly agreed

@octopuszombie8744 13 күн бұрын

Yeah a bit.

@waidi3242 3 жыл бұрын

What about Liszt Paganini Etude no.4 1838 version?

@djmochi2805 3 жыл бұрын

Don’t get fooled, all the fake synthesia’s play it way too fast

@waidi3242 3 жыл бұрын

@@djmochi2805 not sure tho. But still it's so hard

@GUILLOM 3 жыл бұрын

@@waidi3242 no.

@waidi3242 3 жыл бұрын

@@GUILLOM play it then?

@GUILLOM 3 жыл бұрын

@@waidi3242 so now I have to play something to prove it's not hard? What kind of nonsense fallacy is that?

@NBUU1 4 жыл бұрын

3:30

@NBUU1 4 жыл бұрын

4:00

@avocadotortilla746 4 жыл бұрын

Where can i find the video of alkan concerto aaaaaaa

@elmis4813 4 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pMtni7yals-ZnGQ.html

@hankwillstealyourkidneys Жыл бұрын

Search Op.39 No.10

@operaclassicalmusiclover3437 2 жыл бұрын

How about Cziffra's William Tell overture?

@pianxtremeyt 9 ай бұрын

yeah, but I think the WHOLE PIECE is hard, not just the ending lol

@NBUU1 4 жыл бұрын

1:55

@NBUU1 4 жыл бұрын

3:00

@wtfwxsi Жыл бұрын

I think Rach 3's Ossia Cadenza should be an addition as well.

@romanmihalic4544 Жыл бұрын

Bruh the last one my guy seriously expects someone to have hand width of 15 keys on the keyboard lmao

@ryzikx Жыл бұрын

its jumps

@seanlybisenio2231 Ай бұрын

I like alkan's

@jiangyilin_official 6 ай бұрын

I actually prefer this video style as music sheets sometimes can look quite deceiving (in both directions) 👍🏽👏🏽 … if you insist to include Chopin, then please at least substitute Ballade No. 1 with Ballade No. 4 as that coda is at least four times more difficult … … otherwise very interesting choices, thanks a lot! A selection of other codas I would have added on this list: Ravel La Valse, Prokofiev Sonata No. 4 & 7, Albeniz Iberia (No. 9, 10, 12), Szymanowski Variations, Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 & Don Juan, Brahms Paganini Variations … … and no “hardest piano coda” list should abandon the 2nd movement of Schumann’s Fantasie hehe 🙉😏

@DavitMinasyan-rn3fv 2 жыл бұрын

Chopin Scherzo no 1?😕

@babygirl4169 Жыл бұрын

4:04

@williammai4783 4 жыл бұрын

Can't play with two hands!

@doyoulikemypfp2986 3 жыл бұрын

The last piece is very hard you play your left hand in that speed with almost no sound.....

@dwacheopus 4 ай бұрын

No le preux :(

@Barpoint212 7 ай бұрын

A very entertaining video, but I do wish you had used sheet music instead of Synesthesia, which is just distracting to me.

@legacygains5742 Жыл бұрын

El Contrabandista is the greatest song ever written (in my opinion)

@deedum1162 2 жыл бұрын

does Prokofiev’s toccata really deserve to be here tho

@ShutUpZewenThisIsNotBased Жыл бұрын

Yes

@EpreTroll Жыл бұрын

Nice concept coulda been executed better

@decafcoffee0935 3 жыл бұрын

3:22 so hard the first note is already wrong xd

@elmis4813 3 жыл бұрын

It sounds wrong but it's not 😆

@decafcoffee0935 3 жыл бұрын

@@elmis4813 oh lol i was wondering why hamelin would make such a mistake, especially as he played the next bit almost flawlessly

@elmis4813 3 жыл бұрын

@@decafcoffee0935 Yeah, and in addition it is a studio recording (his first one in 1991 if my memory is good), so a mistake here would have been very surprising from him

@ammyvl1 2 жыл бұрын

el contrabandista is second easiest Goodbye this is too much

@usurpationofmusic4596 Жыл бұрын

i do not like the way lisitsa plays the ballade 1 coda, its like shes just trying to get it over with, its way too fast and she drastically changes tempo too often imo

@ShutUpZewenThisIsNotBased Жыл бұрын

It's called presto con fuoco for a reason