This is Liszt at his best. The transcription is a work of genius and brings out the logic of the piano original through very effective and nuanced orchestration.

47:28

7:28

❤️

55:15

Winter is the true bomb! Fr got me into violins more 🎻🎻🎻🎻

Learning the ode to joy section!

2:21:48

Listen to that terrific harmonic progression starting at 12:18: It's A-flat to D-flat to F major to A maj to b-flat minor (w/6) finally to the home key of d minor. This is just absolute genius and for an 18 year old it's just stunning.

If this doesn't prove Rachmaninoff was a genius of the caliber of Liszt and Mendelssohn I don't know what will. Musicians are quick to dismiss Rach as a great pianist who dabbled in composing and nothing could be further from the truth. talk about atmospheric. You can see vampires gliding down gloomy hallways in deserted ruins of long-abandoned castles in the opening and closing of this masterpiece. And Rach never got a chance to hear it. He composed it and put in away. What a guy.

7:48

For those who say classical music is boring, listen to this... (Plz don't take this coment too seriously)

This is epic. I compster music too he is best 👌

12:15

первую композицию слушал - вспомнил "Сон смешного человека"

52:26 ❤

2:00 😮😮😮

Can you ask KZfaq to put ads before your videos? I love these performances. They are so beautiful. Thanks!

45:55

55:29 HOW IS THIS TEMPO OF OCTAVE IS POSSIBLE????

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

This click-Beethoven is a Lisztener's delight...

45:55

46:08 47:16

Magnificent works.

7:30

The first one is my FAVORITE!🫠🫠🫠 Edit: oh wow those low notes on 4:16😅

Ads every 4 minutes. I'm leaving.

55:29 Left hand at work :)

Ads? In the middle of the music? In the middle of a note? Only watch if you enjoy being disturbed by an ad telling you to buy a new car. Give it a miss guys.

1:04:02 Baby Beethoven credits

59:22 is very impossible to play

Ideally 4th movement should be faster.

3rd movement should be a bit faster ideally.

I had a bad day but after listening to this I feel so much better! All of my problems and distress dissipate around me ❤

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59:22

As much as I respect Katsaris for his technique and musicality and his intimate knowledge of the original scores, I think he did Liszt a disservice when he recorded these. Because of his meddling with the text to incorporate stuff that Liszt left out. You have to remember that Katsaris was the first to record all 9 Symphonies in Liszt versions. And what the world got to hear was not what Liszt wrote but Liszt's versions with Kataris' embelishments. You can do stuff like this if you are the third or fourth guy to record these, but if you are the pioneer in the discography and the first one to record these, it is your duty to stay faithful to what the score says, and not add anything to it.

51:20 is almost inhumanly difficult to play.

53:30

The ads ruined my experience in at least 70%

49:48

45:26

59:19

happy 200th anniversary!

God I love schnittke

The 4th movement is faster than the orchestra version. Incredible.

WTF

Is that a joke?