The best minute of my life

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Melonica90

Ай бұрын

Excerpt from "Études dans tous les tons mineurs" Op. 39, No.11 "Ouverture" by Alkan
P.f. Jack Gibbons

Пікірлер: 164

@tobiedavis8841 Ай бұрын

Nothing like a good circle of fiths progression

@jake_fx 27 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

@Prachtbart 9 күн бұрын

Its not for me

@Varooooooom 13 сағат 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.

@anthony4564 Ай бұрын

sounds like a life crisis

@melonica90 Ай бұрын

good expression

@itsshrimp91 25 күн бұрын

Those pleading, descending arpeggios at 0:51 gives so much emotional depth to this piece.

@Dichweed Ай бұрын

The words "Alkan" and "best" should not be associated with each other.

@f.p.2010 10 күн бұрын

True since he too often excels

@RhodesyYT Ай бұрын

My previous comment started ww3 of classical enthusiasts

@Xzy_158 24 күн бұрын

Average Argument About Alkan, Arousing Anger And Aggravation, Always Antagonising Adversairies And Annoying All Around Lol

@ronaldproctor1776 3 күн бұрын

Astounding! Love the drama & energy. Also love the voicing on this piano! And brilliant playing!! ♥️👏

@iianneill6013 Ай 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.

@Mehrshad84 Ай бұрын

I have that for no 12 and 3 I get your meaning , they seem familiar in a real weird way

@mediolanumhibernicus3353 19 күн бұрын

You did. It was by Wagner.

@brianbernstein3826 Ай бұрын

My pinkies hurt just looking at this

@jameshall9353 Ай бұрын

Why do so many people dislike this in the comment section? I think the overture etude is really incredible

@jdbrown371 Ай бұрын

Maybe we should all start practicing Alkan because after that almost everything else is easy.

@toothlesstoe 19 күн бұрын

*Laughs in Sorabji*

@RhodesyYT Ай 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_Error001 Ай 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

@WEEBLLOM Ай бұрын

Cause his music is mid

@Fatal_Error001 Ай 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.

@viggojonsell9754 Ай 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_Error001 Ай 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.

@rossmerchant8435 Ай бұрын

Reminds me of the first movement of Beethoven's 7th

@tarikeld11 Ай бұрын

It kinds sounds like a harder version of Wanderer Fantasy

@yuk_notkim7658 Күн бұрын

0:30 That part is just amazing, that G Major section surprised me a bit

@leonardmartin6048 Ай бұрын

The section with the circle of fifths is much more epic in Maltempos live recording!

@owensmith3076 8 күн бұрын

so freaking true

@benharmonics Ай бұрын

0:44 Not how broken octaves should sound. I want to hear the top and bottom notes separately.

@LisztAddict Ай бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZseFgqSr28C4dYE.htmlsi=3ntVjksS3g5VB2k7 13:20

@hisky. Ай бұрын

then listen

@Montu-pc5gp Ай бұрын

@@hisky.Exactly.

@lisztomaniac2718 Ай бұрын

You're right. It's not very clear.

@Montu-pc5gp Ай бұрын

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.

@schubertuk 14 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.

@mcbuuiop 6 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 😅

@marinoformenti1642 Ай бұрын

idk it sound like a guy who is proud of his farts

@iianneill6013 Ай бұрын

Be honest. That person is you, isn't it.

@marinoformenti1642 Ай бұрын

@@iianneill6013 i admit my farts are better

@victormushtin 20 күн бұрын

@@iianneill6013😂

@Sparsha-ij8rr Ай бұрын

С возрастом это надоедает, приходится слушать более сложную музыку

@luden6794 Ай бұрын

потом надоедает сложная и музыка и круг замыкается...

@Sparsha-ij8rr Ай бұрын

@@luden6794 Ну это чаще происходит в уставшем состоянии, простая музыка нравится в период восстановления, потом уже сложная. Музыка Чайковского, Вагнера дольше завлекает

@utvpoop Ай бұрын

Слушаю сонаты Гайдна и не парюсь

@Mazeppa385 15 күн бұрын

0:51 the climax This is why i like a Alkan piece, Honestly

@pseudo_klavier Ай бұрын

이거 마지막에 오른손 아르페지오 나오는 부분 넘좋음

@william_fong 21 күн бұрын

Remembered read somewhere that Chopin has asked Alkan help finish some of his works

@7techs Ай бұрын

0:51 epic

@calebkinman5302 Ай бұрын

🔥🔥🔥🔥

@jasonmp85 Ай бұрын

This isn’t even the best minute I’ve had today

@Dylonely42 Ай бұрын

Nice.

@UnderstandingMusic 23 күн бұрын

Did I hear a reference to Beethoven's 7th Symphony 1st movement at the 0:30 mark?

@thinkOfMeAsAClassicalMusician 21 күн бұрын

An alkan piece that i could actually play? Nice

@thinkOfMeAsAClassicalMusician 21 күн бұрын

But still I won’t

@jannis11 Ай бұрын

noice

@mediolanumhibernicus3353 19 күн бұрын

Sounds like he just heard a performance of Die Walküre

@nabhanchowdhury7409 Ай бұрын

Not my favourite minute but still very nice

@calebkinman5302 Ай бұрын

Your performance??

@melonica90 Ай бұрын

jack gibbons (written in description)

@AdityaBhattacharyya Ай бұрын

Its Beethoven 7 alkanified

@3708poon Ай бұрын

Underrated composer 👍🏿👍🏿

@worldofclassicalmusic9033 15 күн бұрын

hail to Inessa Davydova

@odilondasilvarocha Ай бұрын

Very demanding music

@pianotom1693 Ай бұрын

What's the name of the full piece?

@bushydad Ай бұрын

"overture" from the 12 minor etudes.

@victoza9232 Ай бұрын

@pianotom1693 Larry

@Paganini-Liszt Ай бұрын

balls

@jameshall9353 Ай бұрын

I agree

@Paganini-Liszt Ай бұрын

@@jameshall9353 thank you for agreeing

@AaronAlterman 20 күн бұрын

Facts

@user-yy5vp3tq5f 18 күн бұрын

It was HELL

@cedricrlongreen Ай бұрын

It's like a big finale 😂

@randiey95 18 күн бұрын

0:51 beautiful

@albertwheeler5520 Ай бұрын

What piece is this?

@peter5.056 Ай 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.

@AaronAlterman 20 күн бұрын

Well, that’s just like, your opinion dude

@crystal4o681 16 күн бұрын

It's just like, the simplest chord progression you could imagine with minimal variation, but make it difficult to play

@peter5.056 16 күн бұрын

@@crystal4o681 I absolutely hate to play his music; it's so musically unsatisfying and technically ridiculous.

@kathng8354 Ай бұрын

😂

@DietervonBraun1973 Ай бұрын

Harmonically uncreative. But he makes up with speed and loudness. For what its worth.

@pianoman2332 Ай бұрын

По этому произведению абсолютно понятно почему данный композитор не остался в памяти подобно великим Листу и Шопену

@stephenhope9729 Ай бұрын

Bravo Jack - but Ronald Smith every time

@gmfrunzik 28 күн бұрын

Not to be a ball buster Its 1 and a half minutes

@LisztAddict Ай бұрын

Good section, but moroshitas recording is over a thousand times better than this one.

@snorefest1621 Ай бұрын

Based opinion

@none5020 Ай 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 😂

@snorefest1621 Ай 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

@Sujkhgfrwqqnvf Ай бұрын

banger

@carlhopkinson Ай бұрын

Bombastic garbage. Alkan was famous for that.

@matswessling6600 Ай 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...

@marinoformenti1642 Ай бұрын

melonica you canceled my reply

@melonica90 Ай бұрын

i don't delete any reply, this my philosophy(maybe youtube bot automatically deleted your comment)