I listen to this almost everyday. It is so chivalrous, knightly and there’s so much energy and dynamics. It is a perfect interpretation in my opinion. Hats off Yi-Chung Huang, I really mean it.

So much better than most MIDIs and somehow faster than some MIDIs too.

He played Le Preux AFTER playing Liszt's Lucrezia Borgia! Hats off

So, I’ve resisted Alkan for a long time. The hyper virtuosity and questionable musicality is just not satisfying to me and I am not questioning anyone’s love of Alkan’s music. However, this pianist, showed us the way! How cool is that middle section with its tremolo-like swell that sounds like the notes are shining! Bravo to this performance!!!

@teafruitbat

2 ай бұрын

Alkan also wrote many short pieces that are beautiful and/or witty, and that can be played by people who don't have super virtuoso technique.

A composer who wrote for the synthesizer a century and a half before its appearance. It's incredible.

I do love everyone's recording of Le Preux on youtube, but this one has to be the best one. Well, another le preux in my music playlist wouldn't hurt lmao

Would seem fake if it weren't played live in a competition

@henrychang5361

Жыл бұрын

ikr!!

@dwacheopus

11 ай бұрын

I cannot find the moment when it is played in the live competition. Help!

@apocalypserx5082

11 ай бұрын

He played twice in two separate competitions, one right after playing Liszt Lucrezia Borgia S400

@clarkebynum4623

10 ай бұрын

@@apocalypserx5082is the other competition uploaded anywhere? His Borgia was unreasonably good. Makes me doubt all the people claiming he sped up his Spanish fantasy

@CamilleBraiki

8 ай бұрын

@@clarkebynum4623His spanish fantasy isn’t sped up

Legendary! Super glad somebody pulled this and kept it from it being lost when that vid goes down.

That guy technique and stamina is really unmatched.

For anyone curious to watch the live video version of this, follow the link provided in the video description and go to 2:45:00 (it's the last performance of the video).

Someone says he fake videos by speeding up. I would like see their reactions to this live recording.

The voicing, the staccatissimo, and the dynamics were all handled superbly - especially at such a fast tempo!

Wow, this is the best interpretation ever!

How preux he was to unleash this piece at this tempo at a competition

Thank you for sharing the interpretation with the score. Very useful.

@Dylonely42

Жыл бұрын

Although I find the playing too fast…

@erezsolomon3838

10 ай бұрын

@@Dylonely42 I agree

A superb virtuosic and technical feat. I imagine this piece has to be so difficult to make musically convincing in performance because of the demands.

Ok, I just watched the entire round from this competition and I’m honestly convinced this pianist isn’t human. Like he doesn’t show ANY signs of physical or mental strain or signs of tiring from anything he’s doing. It’s like his arms don’t produce any lactic acid whatsoever, he must have crazy genetics to have that kind of stamina and concentration. He must have the fitness of a top athlete.

@unidentifieduser5346

8 ай бұрын

Agreed

@unidentifieduser5346

8 ай бұрын

But he looks skinny tho despite being a superhuman

@sacrilegiousboi978

8 ай бұрын

@@unidentifieduser5346 ikr that’s what makes it more amazing

@therealransu

8 ай бұрын

@@unidentifieduser5346This is the best Le Preux. Thanks for suggesting lol

@edgarreitz7067

6 ай бұрын

I dont find any pleasure in watching him play, it doesnt look healthy, unlike eg Morishita in comparision. But the recording is good!

Greatest living pianist

@Fy37-Piano

Ай бұрын

Id pay a shit ton of money to see him perform this, the Carmen fantasy and the Liszt s.253 in concert

Far from my favorite Alkan's piece, but... I am speechless. The amount of work to achieve this, I could not even imagine. I hope to hear more about this crazy Huang Yi-Chung soon, maybe on more lyrical pieces! (edit: I just saw him playing, he really is "le preux", and I am even more speechless)

@Fy37-Piano

2 ай бұрын

His Spanish fantasy is stunning

I refused to believe this was an actual human playing but the video put all doubts to rest. I'm genuinely speechless.

@dwacheopus

11 ай бұрын

How did you know this is not fake?

@dwacheopus

11 ай бұрын

@@froti743 where can i see a recording?

@alexandernoethiger5338

11 ай бұрын

description@@dwacheopus

@dwacheopus

11 ай бұрын

@@alexandernoethiger5338 i've seen. There us the video, but could you please give me a timecode where the pianist plays it?

@alexandernoethiger5338

11 ай бұрын

@@dwacheopus2 hours, 44 mins, 53 seconds

Note to self: The piece is at 2:45:00 in the competition video

Respect! 👏👏

Insanely amazing

Fantastic 😮

2:15, 4:35

Sometimes we must forget the pianist, the virtuosity, and just admire how beautiful 3:10 is

insane... and... SO MUCH FUN!!!!

Alkan wrote "Follow the Yellow Brick Road"

Respect!

great performance and interpretation of banal piece

The techniques required in this piece is basically an ultra version of majeppa😅

Wow!!! This is mindblowing

Only ladivafanatic! Bravo

good job 黃顗中!

Nice!

Extremely virtuose and ballzy man, close to perfection tbh, it lacks of some harmony it sounds too much ''robotic'' (0:41), I can hear some mistakes( 0:31, 0:32, 0:59 ...) but It deserve a standing ovation hope he won that s by far the best le preux I ever heard.

@ruby_R53

5 ай бұрын

yeah, what stops me from really liking his performance is his mistakes, i guess if he played a bit slower he wouldn't make so many

@dzordzszs

4 ай бұрын

​@@ruby_R53 This is literary the cleanest Le Preux performance on yt

@ruby_R53

4 ай бұрын

@@dzordzszs by a human, yeah

@dzordzszs

4 ай бұрын

@@ruby_R53 I mean you can just listen to a midi file if note accuracy is what you want

@ruby_R53

4 ай бұрын

@@dzordzszs yeah

Why can't this be on Spotify?!

This is a very good piece but I would recommend adding more IV-4 - DX1- and 45XVE23 chord progressions! Other than that, this piece sounds very good!

during the live performance, what is the name of the piece played before Le Preux? Just curious because the original video had comments turned off and the chapters dont work

@matthewalexander-thepianist

4 ай бұрын

Reminiscences de Lucrezia Borgia - Liszt kzread.info/dash/bejne/Yn5ms8uOg5fMdMo.htmlsi=s-hmyuLf7owEC7dI

@pianista-mediocre

4 ай бұрын

Only the most difficult Liszt reminiscence and the composer's top 10 most difficult

@hakore906

4 ай бұрын

@@pianista-mediocre I think difficulty varies from person to person. But this is indeed a very difficult piece by any means

4:37-4:47 How is that even humanly possible 😳 Well I've got a new goal now...

noIce

What is the composer's tempo for this? I'm thinking about making a recording.

From a Superb Highschool pianist to an extremely unmatched Pianist, his tempi is wild especially the Piece before Le preux (Reminiscènces de Lucrezia Borgia S.400, literally what was supposed to be a 22 minute piece became a 17-18 minute piece) you should definetly post a score video of Lucrezia Borgia with his recording aswell as the other ones with Don Juan, Robert Le Diable and S.140 No.4b

@callum8147

10 ай бұрын

His Lucrezia Borgia is definitely too fast for my taste, probably the reason he didn't win the competition despite it being an incredible technical showcase. His Spanish Fantasy and Don Juan are pretty much perfection though.

@dd8436

9 ай бұрын

I like his performance of Spanish Fantasy and S.140 4b, but his Lucrezia Borgia was way too rushed with scant emotional lines.

@CamilleBraiki

8 ай бұрын

I think his Lucrezia was just great

@randomscorevideos

8 ай бұрын

I posted the score video of his Lucrezia Borgia, you can check it out !

What does Carrement mean btw

@lucasdanconia

Жыл бұрын

firmly, solidly

Oh wow. I've never heard a human actually play it at a decent tempo. For the longest time, there were only MIDIs and super slow recordings.

Sounds extremely similar to LaDivinaFanatic's interpretation, but what a beautiful interpretation of such a virtuosic work by Alkan.

@simonmatusek7006

Жыл бұрын

yeah because it is him

@OctoPlaysPiano

Жыл бұрын

Because it’s him!

@ErlingHaalxnd

Жыл бұрын

@@simonmatusek7006 Shit lmao didn't know this was actually him, thanks for letting me know.

@thenotsookayguy

Жыл бұрын

He copied him!!!

@simonmatusek7006

Жыл бұрын

@@thenotsookayguy what? how would he copy himself lol

Jack Gibons is playing?

@CamilleBraiki

Ай бұрын

No, Yi-Chung Huang

Damn, I'm too old for this shit....

@unidentifieduser5346

7 ай бұрын

Damn

alkan wrote for south korea

your 2000th view ;)

@Pogorelicc

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the support!

LaDivinaFanatic 이네..손가락 모양이 특이해서 알겠다. 고생했네...속도를 줄이고 완성도를 높이지..아쉽.

4:47

This Alkan was a devil !😈

The liszt's rivals be like:

Too fast

@stacia6678

10 ай бұрын

@@SummerW2345 are you asking me? it might be because it’s for a competition and not a recital; i also usually play pieces faster in competitions

@thenotsookayguy

10 ай бұрын

​@@SummerW2345Then what is the answer?

@thenotsookayguy

10 ай бұрын

@@SummerW2345 Hi

@unidentifieduser5346

7 ай бұрын

​@@SummerW2345I agree. He is currently at his prime where his physical capabilities is at the highest. It's like you think of how early Liszt made his piece very hard then revise it into easier in his late age. The same for him, I think it's the best for him to play hardest song as much as he can then start with easier song that require more into emotion rather than a complete technique

Bugs Bunny music.

Why do you credit someone by name? This is obviously not a real performance by a real person.

@BaenaTomas

15 күн бұрын

It was live. The link is in the description. It is the last piece in that video

Le Preux means KNIGHT. At this speed, it barely sounds like horse and knights. Just another mechanical Alkan performance... btw... it sounds like Nanasakov midi player....

@Pogorelicc

Жыл бұрын

While it may be true, we still have to give props to the technical feat that he has achieved with this piece. But surely it sounds better than Nanasakov’s MIDI player right…

@lucasdanconia

Жыл бұрын

nah it sounds great and it's a tremendous achievement

@brozors

11 ай бұрын

It’s a tremendous achievement and this young pianist is a genius.

@CamilleBraiki

11 ай бұрын

Definitely not

@herobrine1847

10 ай бұрын

How about we say knight knight to your opinion and tuck it away? Forever?

This is what happens when a pianist puts most their skill points into technique and very little into musicality. The playing here may be superhuman, but the musical details are highly lackluster. No I am not being jealous. I have played this piece before, and would not play it this fast even if I could do it as easily as him, because playing this fast necessarily means that musical details will go missing (and if you really try to bring them out, it sounds unnatural). 0:14 (and similar sections) can't even hear the melody in the LH 0:20 (and similar sections) there are dynamic changes that are ignored (unfortunately, literally no recording brings those out) 1:33 3:11 In the alternating notes sections, there is pretty much no effort to articulate the melody. For instance, perhaps at 1:33 one could bring out the RH, and then, the second time it appears at 1:46, bring out the LH. 1:54 3:32 Dynamic details mostly ignored 4:23 4:35 Rhythm of LH is a complete mess 4:44 The accents on the F, C, and F are missing

일본인 아마추어 느낌으로 치네 왜 우승 못 한지 알거같음

@Pogorelicc

Жыл бұрын

You mean Mr. Barbaro?

@lepreux-ys7dp

Жыл бұрын

right

@sylim1932

Жыл бұрын

2222....

@DemitNWC

Жыл бұрын

얘 자체가 아직 어려서 그런지 댓글들 보면 난곡을 가능한 가장 빠른 템포로 치는 것을 무슨 완벽주의라고 포장하고 다니던데 ㅋㅋㅋ '기교가 대단하다' 말곤 남는 게 하나도 없는 연주

@Pianistic_Jade

Жыл бұрын

​@@DemitNWC근데 사실 기사 에튀드 자체가 대회에서 치긴 많이 별로인곡 이기도해요ㅋㅋ 다른 곡들에 비해 음악적으로 보여줄건 적은데 난이도는 또 더럽게 어렵고..

sloppy :/

@alextheodoridis4075

Жыл бұрын

No

@Prometeur

11 ай бұрын

bro said sloppy as if there is a existing non-sloppy version up to tempo of le preux

@dwacheopus

11 ай бұрын

​@@Prometeurmidi

@alexandernoethiger5338

11 ай бұрын

bro shut up fr

@erezsolomon3838

10 ай бұрын

@@Prometeur Seon Yong Hwang?

too fast