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

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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.

Пікірлер: 164

  • @davisatdavis1
    @davisatdavis14 жыл бұрын

    Finally I'm not clickbaited by a silly tempting thumbnail

  • @elmis4813

    @elmis4813

    4 жыл бұрын

    😄

  • @CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji

    @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

    @ewartsmith7490

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @leobozkir5425
    @leobozkir54255 жыл бұрын

    4:30 is kinda creepy

  • @pubgplayer1720

    @pubgplayer1720

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji
    @CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji3 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

    @aakarshitsingh1535

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @aakarshitsingh1535

    @aakarshitsingh1535

    3 жыл бұрын

    Also the faster tempo makes the spanish theme a bit unrecognizable

  • @CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji

    @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

    @Whaijorhujishkomunyk

    2 жыл бұрын

    Belyavaky 🤢

  • @CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji

    @CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Whaijorhujishkomunyk 😡😖

  • @CalamityInAction
    @CalamityInAction5 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

    @elmis4813

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yep!

  • @CalamityInAction

    @CalamityInAction

    5 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

    @elmis4813

    5 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

    @UniversalDirp

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @redfishplayz4476

    @redfishplayz4476

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @LeventK
    @LeventK2 жыл бұрын

    This video is criminally underrated.

  • @teodorb.p.composer
    @teodorb.p.composer Жыл бұрын

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

  • @ewartsmith7490
    @ewartsmith74903 жыл бұрын

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

  • @tomaten9477
    @tomaten94773 жыл бұрын

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

  • @noobchampionist

    @noobchampionist

    6 ай бұрын

    Well Hwang did it

  • @zanegart4399

    @zanegart4399

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@noobchampionistyeah at like 70% tempo

  • @joutube8575
    @joutube85754 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

    @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

    @joutube8575

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Elmis Yes, I agree 👍

  • @LunaLeaves

    @LunaLeaves

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @the_great_phoenix231

    @the_great_phoenix231

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @dreadnautilus253

    @dreadnautilus253

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@LunaLeaves Impossible

  • @franzliszt5698
    @franzliszt56985 жыл бұрын

    Alkan is still the best...

  • @amedeemereaux8651

    @amedeemereaux8651

    5 жыл бұрын

    With Méreaux

  • @chezbe

    @chezbe

    5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @collinbachet9263

    @collinbachet9263

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @sebastian9445

    @sebastian9445

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @alextheodoridis4075

    @alextheodoridis4075

    Жыл бұрын

    Cziffra is better and Katsaris is better then him too

  • @elmis4813
    @elmis48135 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 kzread.info/dash/bejne/naGWzqOLYbnFdtI.html

  • @video1248

    @video1248

    5 жыл бұрын

    Elmis HIIIIIIIIII!!

  • @BlueSteve

    @BlueSteve

    3 ай бұрын

    Hwang: Hold my beer

  • @cent6715
    @cent67153 жыл бұрын

    this makes my brain hurt

  • @CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji
    @CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ethanhopper2467
    @ethanhopper24677 ай бұрын

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

  • @Asmobia
    @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

    @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

    @inspiredjaguar5797

    4 ай бұрын

    The midi is impossible unless your hands are 30 inches long

  • @oneninetyfourXOgamez
    @oneninetyfourXOgamez Жыл бұрын

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

  • @BlueSteve

    @BlueSteve

    3 ай бұрын

    Hwang

  • @jannis11
    @jannis113 жыл бұрын

    nice

  • @not_gaminggamer521
    @not_gaminggamer5213 ай бұрын

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

  • @nimrodshefer3649
    @nimrodshefer36494 жыл бұрын

    Alkan scerzo fouco coda?

  • @jerzyadacha8399
    @jerzyadacha83992 ай бұрын

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

  • @piano4566
    @piano45664 жыл бұрын

    Plis part 3

  • @Lulu-xs2rx
    @Lulu-xs2rx22 күн бұрын

    i think if you have little hands like me then the lark and sonatine pour yvette are killing your left hand off

  • @harunotter9905
    @harunotter99057 ай бұрын

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

  • @randmgenericname5077
    @randmgenericname50774 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

    @elmis4813

    4 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/i598wY-Fosyem84.html 😉

  • @randmgenericname5077

    @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

    @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

    @ryzikx

    Жыл бұрын

    check LaDivinaFanatic

  • @zanegart4399

    @zanegart4399

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@randmgenericname5077now theres a recording by ladivinafanatic

  • @ufab9058
    @ufab90582 жыл бұрын

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

  • @phoundyq

    @phoundyq

    Жыл бұрын

    Highly agreed

  • @octopuszombie8744

    @octopuszombie8744

    2 ай бұрын

    Yeah a bit.

  • @leobozkir5425
    @leobozkir54255 жыл бұрын

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

  • @elmis4813

    @elmis4813

    5 жыл бұрын

    Indeed!

  • @franciscodecomayaguela9496

    @franciscodecomayaguela9496

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @wtfwxsi
    @wtfwxsi Жыл бұрын

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

  • @aliceko4695
    @aliceko46952 жыл бұрын

    How about Chopin's f minor ballade?

  • @octopuszombie8744

    @octopuszombie8744

    2 ай бұрын

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

  • @waidi3242
    @waidi32423 жыл бұрын

    What about Liszt Paganini Etude no.4 1838 version?

  • @djmochi2805

    @djmochi2805

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @waidi3242

    @waidi3242

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @GUILLOM

    @GUILLOM

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@waidi3242 no.

  • @waidi3242

    @waidi3242

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@GUILLOM play it then?

  • @GUILLOM

    @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?

  • @seanlybisenio2231
    @seanlybisenio22313 ай бұрын

    I like alkan's

  • @jiangyilin_official
    @jiangyilin_official8 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 🙉😏

  • @operaclassicalmusiclover3437
    @operaclassicalmusiclover34372 жыл бұрын

    How about Cziffra's William Tell overture?

  • @pianxtremeyt

    @pianxtremeyt

    11 ай бұрын

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

  • @avocadotortilla746
    @avocadotortilla7464 жыл бұрын

    Where can i find the video of alkan concerto aaaaaaa

  • @elmis4813

    @elmis4813

    4 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/oJlruruiYcybnJM.html

  • @oneninetyfourXOgamez

    @oneninetyfourXOgamez

    Жыл бұрын

    Search Op.39 No.10

  • @romanmihalic4544
    @romanmihalic4544 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @ryzikx

    @ryzikx

    Жыл бұрын

    its jumps

  • @NBUU1
    @NBUU14 жыл бұрын

    4:00

  • @NBUU1
    @NBUU14 жыл бұрын

    3:30

  • @DavitMinasyan-rn3fv
    @DavitMinasyan-rn3fv2 жыл бұрын

    Chopin Scherzo no 1?😕

  • @NBUU1
    @NBUU14 жыл бұрын

    1:55

  • @babygirl4169
    @babygirl41692 жыл бұрын

    4:04

  • @NBUU1
    @NBUU14 жыл бұрын

    3:00

  • @williammai4783
    @williammai47835 жыл бұрын

    Can't play with two hands!

  • @doyoulikemypfp2986
    @doyoulikemypfp29863 жыл бұрын

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

  • @dwacheopus
    @dwacheopus5 ай бұрын

    No le preux :(

  • @deedum1162
    @deedum11622 жыл бұрын

    does Prokofiev’s toccata really deserve to be here tho

  • @ShutUpZewenThisIsNotBased

    @ShutUpZewenThisIsNotBased

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @legacygains5742
    @legacygains5742 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @EpreTroll
    @EpreTroll Жыл бұрын

    Nice concept coulda been executed better

  • @decafcoffee0935
    @decafcoffee09353 жыл бұрын

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

  • @elmis4813

    @elmis4813

    3 жыл бұрын

    It sounds wrong but it's not 😆

  • @decafcoffee0935

    @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

    @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

  • @usurpationofmusic4596
    @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

    @ShutUpZewenThisIsNotBased

    Жыл бұрын

    It's called presto con fuoco for a reason

  • @ammyvl1
    @ammyvl12 жыл бұрын

    el contrabandista is second easiest Goodbye this is too much

  • @Barpoint212
    @Barpoint2129 ай бұрын

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

  • @dragunyt2727
    @dragunyt27274 жыл бұрын

    Impressive and hard pieces, but unpleasant to listen, literally sound like smashing random notes on the piano.

  • @davisatdavis1

    @davisatdavis1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Really? Even Ballade No 1? That's true beauty right there

  • @pubgplayer1720

    @pubgplayer1720

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@davisatdavis1 Well, Ballade 1 and El Contrabandista, but that's just about it. After that, it gets really unpleasant

  • @aliceko4695

    @aliceko4695

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ballade no.1 is so beautiful ♡

  • @ryzikx

    @ryzikx

    Жыл бұрын

    @@pubgplayer1720 mereaux 45 left hand harmony is so good imo, the midi obviously doesn't do it justice. plus there is wrong note in there lol

  • @chezbe
    @chezbe4 жыл бұрын

    Paul Bartons version more better then Miller!

  • @CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji

    @CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji

    3 жыл бұрын

    I highly recommend Boris Berezovsky's and Simon Barere's

  • @alextheodoridis4075

    @alextheodoridis4075

    Жыл бұрын

    Cziffras is better than Barton at islamey

  • @NBUU1
    @NBUU14 жыл бұрын

    3:22

  • @NBUU1
    @NBUU14 жыл бұрын

    4:12

  • @NBUU1
    @NBUU14 жыл бұрын

    3:34

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