I cant believe nobody has done this yet 0:09 - I 2:19 - II 5:21 - III
@cubycube9924
8 ай бұрын
Ayyy thx
@jakerittlinger440
6 күн бұрын
Them there double negatives just ain't no good.
@mobilephil244
2 ай бұрын
Fascinating. All the classic Bartok Idioms and harmonic devices are there. Only a genius could make something so discordant and complex so fascinating, engaging and simply listenable.
@VarynDEE33t
7 жыл бұрын
Man this is some DIVERSE music
@LazarSoljaga
7 жыл бұрын
Ah i see your a man of culture as well.
@VarynDEE33t
7 жыл бұрын
Lazar Soljaga I forgot the source of this reference. I knew at the time of writing this but now I forgot xD
@LazarSoljaga
7 жыл бұрын
The dude from Become the Knight made a fuss about Despasito not being a diverse song because it was just in spanish but still used typical pop song cords and drums. So he made a list of songs that sound nothing like typical pop songs. We both saw that video and here we are.
@VarynDEE33t
7 жыл бұрын
Lazar Soljaga Ah yes, thank you for jogging my memory.
@darriancampbell9928
6 жыл бұрын
Mike Become the knight
5 жыл бұрын
They are almost horrifyingly captivating that makes me listen to again and again. Bartok is a pure genius.
@Chopin-Waltz-No.10-In-BMinor
Жыл бұрын
"The desire of repeated sounds".
4 жыл бұрын
Bartok is Absolutely a Genius. This set of Etude not only makes you to practice your technique, but also educates you the music notation/engraving, solfege. PLUS, this is enjoyable to listen to. Perfect Etude.
@NF30
7 жыл бұрын
Not even joking, this is honestly one of my top three favorite videos on KZitem ever.
@niinaranta3014
7 жыл бұрын
same
@NF30
2 жыл бұрын
Update: It is no longer top 3 but it is still very good. Also I fixed a 4 year old typo
@dylanl.3366
2 жыл бұрын
@@NF30 was not expecting to see a 39 minute old reply here lol
@NF30
2 жыл бұрын
@@dylanl.3366 Hahaha I was not expecting to make that reply but then I saw the video and saw that I had written a comment 4 years ago which I didn't even remember making and I'm bored and don't want to do homework so I figured I would fix it and stuff. Also since then I learned the first movement of Out of Doors and it is one of my favorite pieces I have ever played!
@miss_honk
2 жыл бұрын
@@NF30 what are your three favorites now.
@k.lippins6454
9 жыл бұрын
0:00 no1 2:19 no2 5:18 no.3
@justelynnnjoelle
5 жыл бұрын
Bless your soul.
@AsrielKujo
3 жыл бұрын
5:18 no.3 Please fix
@vt2637
7 жыл бұрын
Bartok is a genius. How is he able to produce such sounds? It just blows me away. That second etude is really something, the mysteriousness and eeriness just gets to me every time. But it should be impossible for me to play.
@Ar1osssa
3 жыл бұрын
Skill question
@paulwhetstone0473
4 жыл бұрын
Zoltan Kocsis is my favorite Bartók interpreter.
@natm1402
6 жыл бұрын
i literally can't stop listening to these its addictive
@MrStrav81
14 жыл бұрын
Kocsis is so phenomenal. This is one example of his phenomenal technique and polish. Another good one is his recording of the original version of the Rachmaninoff Sonata No. 2. Unreal!
@Rikarwb
7 жыл бұрын
I just got educated, thx Mike.
@krypto360
7 жыл бұрын
Rika lmao this is diverse? This doesn't even have a rhythm fucking boring
@ryanbollinger1759
7 жыл бұрын
FallingLeaf It's diverse because it's stupidly complex with the thyme signatures, chords, and progressions
@krypto360
7 жыл бұрын
it's all over the place this is garbage.
@op-th1yx
3 жыл бұрын
@@krypto360 the composer was known for a quite funny philosophy. He insisted that piano was a percussion instrument, and that’s what his music revolves around. You can literally hear the rhythmic play in the first etude. His music is very fun listening to
@sebastientraglia1351
8 жыл бұрын
Those final chords of the first etude, oh my god pure genius
@CziffraTheThird
7 жыл бұрын
Sebastien Traglia Speaking of final chords...the ones to the end of the third...unbelievable timbres Bartók created...so hair raising, pure ecstasy.
@sevenlayer8780
3 жыл бұрын
Only Bartok could combine this type of craftsmanship, rhythmic drive, and sonorous beauty. Look and listen closely; for music that is so frenzied, there are tonal relationships everywhere (etude #1 continually exploits and teases the F#-B, dominant-tonic relationship).
@TimothySweeney
11 жыл бұрын
once again Bartok leaves me speechless, a wonderful performance.
@TimothySweeney
11 жыл бұрын
I believe Robert Fripp said "music can be a considerable friend at times" and so I have rediscovered Erik Satie's Gymnopedes and Gnossiennes, I may attempt # 3 on the mandocello. Which led me to Bartok's Three Etudes, not for the nervous to be sure. Then there's this Bill Frisell "Dysfarmer", distinctly American Music. and Hendrix of course. What are you listening to ?
@Zantorc
11 жыл бұрын
Timothy Sweeney Conlon Nancarrow. Study no.21,Wyschnegradsky - Twenty-four Preludes in Quarter-tones; No. 3, Anything by Kaikhosru Sorabji, any piano work by Sciarrino, anything by Bach, Barkarole by Thomas Blomenkamp, Jessye Norman - Beim Schlafengehen by R Strauss, Electra by R Strauss, Cecilia Bartoli Vivaldi- Gelido in ogni vena, Berezovsky plays Liszt's Transcendental etudes, Robert Johnson- Crossroad blues, and quite a lot of Hendrix. (You can find most of this on KZitem).
@katachi1
11 жыл бұрын
very interesting for me. I am glad the score is displayed. The interpretation of the Mr Kocsis is simply breathtaking.
@theoboegoddess
10 жыл бұрын
This is freaking brilliant
@MatthewMingLi
8 жыл бұрын
Just heard about the news....RIP Mr Koscsis :(
@dragonsreingsupreme1
5 жыл бұрын
20 seconds in and I already love this.
@slateflash
9 жыл бұрын
the second etude is so beautifully sinister
@yagiz885
3 жыл бұрын
Truly a genius!
@stravinskyfan
2 жыл бұрын
It would be cool if you make a synthesia of this. Would be crazy to visualize this masterpiece on synthesia.
@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji
2 жыл бұрын
Indeed
@trumpetmatt33
Жыл бұрын
Stunning. Absolutely stunning.
@philiprostek
11 жыл бұрын
Mr. Kocsis gets it all - thanks for sharing this!
@siksill
9 жыл бұрын
Two Hungarian genius. Bartók and Kocsis...
@nicholas72611
9 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Liszt!
@kyletomlinson5365
9 жыл бұрын
nicholas72611 ha its you again
@nicholas72611
9 жыл бұрын
Kyle Tomlinson Where did you last see me?
@nicholas72611
9 жыл бұрын
Kyle Tomlinson Ohhhhh are you the guy who said Prokofiev was shit?
@kyletomlinson5365
9 жыл бұрын
nah I was on that reply chain thing though
@jdbrown371
11 жыл бұрын
I'm in total awe that someone could play this. Zoltan Kocsis must be one epic pianist, right up there with Hamelin in the raw technique to deal with the seemingly impossible department. My finger tips hurt just thinking about it.
@juanborjas6416
10 жыл бұрын
Great and complex music, Bela was really a master at his craft.
@joshpfeiffer2645
9 жыл бұрын
23 people are scared s*itless by the pure brutality of these amazing etudes. Nobody plays Bartok better that Kocsis.
@TheOSouLO
9 жыл бұрын
the difficulty of the piano is extreme here...how skilled one pianist can perform this..
@PianoDreams
8 жыл бұрын
Good lord this looks so ridiculously hard!
@jasonkim5503
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this awesome music and video with its wondrously difficult score. It’s beguiling visually as well as aurally, and there is a certain amount of synergy that this video creates. I have watched this over a dozen times, over the past several years, even shared this (link) on my facebook a few times, and it never gets old. I also kept looking up iTunes for this very fantastic recording by Zoltan Kocsis, but it never seems available. So here I am, revisiting this, for the Nth time. Thank you again.
@ruchirrawat8804
6 жыл бұрын
Bartok is the kinda guy to use time signature 47/20
@mstrongny
6 жыл бұрын
Bartok was a genius . First he goes out into the countryside and discovers that the peasant's music is more harmonically advanced than "Western classical music, " then he adapts that into his style creating something wonderful and unique. By the way I love dissonance. Check out Jancek also please.
@That_Revenant_Guy
13 жыл бұрын
This is just incredible; I tried to follow the notes and my eyes are now permanently rolling. I 'Favourited' this within the first 5 seconds
@amundarainjavier
14 жыл бұрын
Szervusz. These are three beautiful pieces that we can enjoy thanks to the mastery of such a great interpreter of Béla Bartók's music like Mr. Kocsis. Bravo!
@mikolajochocki2810
3 жыл бұрын
So difficult yet beautiful
@Jarnobh
12 жыл бұрын
Very expressive, beautiful performance.
@ChrisBreemer
6 жыл бұрын
I'm starting to think these are even more modern, radical and impossibly difficult (both technically and intellectually) than Ligeti's fabled etudes. I don't think they could be played better than this. Kocsis was to Bartok what Larrocha was to Albeniz and Granados. Untouchable, in a class all of their own. I wonder if Kocsis would have given us the benchmark recording of the Ligeti etudes had he been granted more time.
@nostradamusguy
11 жыл бұрын
I. Allegro molto [00:09] II. Andante sostenuto [02:20] III. Rubato - Tempo giusto [05:20]
@NF30
7 жыл бұрын
See, THIS is real music!
@gilles9646
11 жыл бұрын
an amazing performance. what a great pianist he is!
@npelletier89
8 жыл бұрын
These etudes... every once in a while I'm like "ahhh, this is so cool let's give it shot"... and hour later I'm like "good god Ligeti is easier". Besides the amount of chromaticism, difficult passagework, the rhythm is so damn complex... the third etude goddamn.
@moev51
3 жыл бұрын
Haha, sorry-- Legeti is pure torment. I'll take the Bartok.
@jethroolivier868
3 жыл бұрын
Scriabin Op. 65 also screaming
@AlbertoHernandez-zm9ul
2 жыл бұрын
lol lol same here!!
@Kalen1457
5 жыл бұрын
I love these etudes the second in particular is so beautiful in its own perverted way.
@sll10
14 жыл бұрын
Fantastic playing of some fiendishly difficult works! BRAVO KOCSIS! Zsenialis!
@mwsc04
11 жыл бұрын
These are some really challenging studies, musically and technically biting and neurotic. I've always found them more fascinating than much of Bartok's other piano music. He wrote these in a transitional period of his career (along with The Miraculous Mandarin), and understood the limited appeal these would have to the general public. The older Paul Jacobs recording still resonates in my ear strongly, though the performance here is staggeringly good.
@Rinhos
14 жыл бұрын
oh my God, I'm not a pianist but this sound terribly difficult! and Kocsis is a phenomenon, as always!
@marimbaninja4304
Жыл бұрын
01:57 is unbelievable
@giorgiociomei5030
Жыл бұрын
Sono difficilissimi quasi ineseguibili! 😲🙂👍
@elijahvalongo9528
5 жыл бұрын
honestly as a pianist I love challenge like when I heard the liszt sonata I was like I could so work hard on this and feel good after. the first glance I took at these etudes repelled me in such aggravating fascination. but its a piece i know ill never bother with because my im just gonna have a nervous breakdown trying
@stvp68
3 ай бұрын
I can’t even imagine how you read all those arpeggios in mvmt 2 with all those accidentals
@cmdess
3 жыл бұрын
Shockingly good. Thanks for putting this up!!
@Catman_321
2 жыл бұрын
For some reason i've been taking a liking to atonal pieces and i found this. This is very interesting to listen to and impressive bartok was able to write this. Atonal pieces are hard to make well.
@francoiscouture2011
5 жыл бұрын
best version!
@Kalen1457
6 жыл бұрын
I always think of something diabolical when I listen to these, like gargoyles or demons dancing or something, especially the first and third. The second makes me think of something like stepping on broken glass or something...its very disturbing. The third is the true "devil's staircase" I think.
@skryabyn
15 жыл бұрын
thanks this is great! immediately added to my favorites
@MichaelAMAoun
2 жыл бұрын
You have good taste!
@aidancraig1903
7 жыл бұрын
Who else is here cuz of become the knight
@pramodacharya6756
6 жыл бұрын
i am
@schwarzenudel2937
6 жыл бұрын
aidan craig me xD
@brucenatelee
5 жыл бұрын
ROCK ON! One year later, but still.
@OofBoi727
5 жыл бұрын
I am
@Soytu19
8 жыл бұрын
Pffff the scales of the third movement are so freaking amazing
@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji
2 жыл бұрын
The first etude is amazing! These are extremely hard but still help enhance technique.
@the_seer_0421
4 жыл бұрын
Finally hearing something great from Hungary. I'm saying that as a Hungarian myself.
@abraxasstone
4 жыл бұрын
You’ve never heard Liszt, then! A great Hungarian composer, not the most famous but definitely one of the best.
@the_seer_0421
4 жыл бұрын
@@abraxasstone nah, I think I have heard of him but it was a long time ago. I need to check him out.
@abraxasstone
4 жыл бұрын
Alrighty c:
@scriabinismydog2439
4 жыл бұрын
@@abraxasstone I think Liszt is the most famous hungarian composer actually... Hell he's one of the most famous composers in all Europe
@MisterMolloy
10 жыл бұрын
Did anyone hear a bit of Gaspard de la Nuit in this? Chords from Scarbo...
@NanaKwame96
10 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, totally. The ending of the First Etude.. And a little bit from even the second etude.
@banjalien
6 жыл бұрын
Yes I thought same thing...
@vnwa7390
5 жыл бұрын
That's what I thought before I saw this comment
@GBWagner1
2 жыл бұрын
Genial! 100%! Cant, imagine better version of these pieces.
@cordeiropascoal
11 жыл бұрын
Kocsis is perfect, but I miss the swing that Argerich gives to Bartók. Thank you for sharing!
@AlexanderThePilgrim
10 ай бұрын
The first etude is threathening af 😂
@김진우-i2e
Жыл бұрын
just amazing piece
@organboi
12 жыл бұрын
Truly remarkable. Such masterful music. Bartok is so great. Played to perfection here. Thanks for sharing.
@MrStrav81
12 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting. Bartok and Kocsis are extraordinary. I'm sorry your video comments have been attacked by trolls. If people aren't interested in these pieces, why don't they just go somewhere else? Nobody is forcing them at gunpoint to listen. I'm interested in these pieces from a pianist's perspective.
@행복하게-d1c
3 жыл бұрын
화이팅!!! 할 수 있다!!
@nicolassimion6967
8 жыл бұрын
amazing music and great performance !
@RichardRoland
11 жыл бұрын
feel the power and emotion.
@KamilKosecki
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks! great etudes and performance
@micheldvorsky
15 жыл бұрын
Kocsis is amazing.
@carlosmontilla1804
7 жыл бұрын
Become the knight sent me here
@TheDecadant
13 жыл бұрын
@PSNDemonwing i suppose thats the problem for casual listeners and music enthusiasts - if you dont know what youre listening for, it makes it difficult to appreciate beyond the 'for its time' rather than as an isolated piece of music, irrespective of genre. When you learn a piece by Bartok at the piano you start to hear things differently and it is so amazing. His music will live on for a reason, and its not to annoy those who live in the strictly diatonic world of harmony - he was a genius.
@mokumegane2825
12 жыл бұрын
Really need to remember that this is not your typical 'Classical' music. This is from a much later period when composers were experimenting with many different ideas in music, from alternative scales such as whole tone scales, to harmony and dissonance, and even the idea of sonic textures and more. The early 20th century composers are often much harder for the general public to appreciate, in my opinion, due to the complexity of the music in general.
@Sathrandur
8 жыл бұрын
You've got a fantastic channel. Very interesting music. And one can really appreciate the technical difficulties when there is a score to follow. Like with Rachmaninov, you would not want to have small hands attempting this sort of music.
@PawelVVysocki
11 жыл бұрын
what a genius!!
@rht100
4 жыл бұрын
Incredible performance of these impossible works.
@sneddypie
4 жыл бұрын
the third one is just like bartok saying "these classical musicians want time signatures? *ill give them time signatures*"
@releasethefrogs
13 жыл бұрын
regardless of what anyone says, there's a melody there, and beautiful music. bartok heard it, and wrote it, so it's there. he didn't waste his energy writing music he didn't like. try and find it. its not in any major scale, thats for sure
@sevenlayer8780
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly. And honesty, the lyricism is not as submerged as one would think; it's readily apparent in these pieces.
@inkognito8400
4 жыл бұрын
One of the hardest etude sets I know.
@공계정2
3 жыл бұрын
서울대 화이팅
@TheDecadant
13 жыл бұрын
@PSNDemonwing you are right though - there are people who will defend the mass produced, consumerist, capitalistic, 'culture industry' music of Justin Beiber because it makes them feel good (though its been proven the idolisation is an important psychological factor to one having an inclining to a particular music/s out of fear of what people may or maynot think of them as a result). I Heart Bartok and i dont care what people say about him :P
@calebhu6383
Жыл бұрын
6:32
@teppopuinut
5 жыл бұрын
Best nourishment for the mind!
@joernbroeker
10 жыл бұрын
Around 4:00 it sounds like Chopin's Etude Op.10 Nr.3 revsited; excellent performance of these almost unplayable etudes.
@NanaKwame96
10 жыл бұрын
I thought I was the only one.
@Achtelnote
10 жыл бұрын
yes, i thought too :).
@ethanrosenthal8268
5 жыл бұрын
You're right
@fisherroastedpeanut
9 жыл бұрын
Also, the first etude is like La Campanella on steroids
La Campanella on steroids is Liszt's "La Clochette" fantasy, which includes the La Campanella theme and runs for about 15 minutes, presenting various extreme difficulties; far more difficult than any of these etudes, if majorly considered.
@vnwa7390
4 жыл бұрын
@@paeffill9428 Any of them are arguably harder than La Clochette, depending on the pianist; likewise, La Clochette is arguably harder than any of them depending on the pianist/keyboardist.
@vnwa7390
4 жыл бұрын
@@paeffill9428 I really don't get it. La Clochette and these etudes can generally be considered to be in the same realm of difficulty and it's different for every individual (it's more difficult than any of the etudes for me personally for example); using a Sorabji-Haydn outlandish analogy here doesn't make any sense. By the way, I shouldn't call you a nut because you seem rather musically knowledgeable and I've seen you around youtube on the obscure and relatively popular music videos.
@NikkElektrik
9 жыл бұрын
Question from somebody just getting into chromatic/atonal music. Why are double sharps and flats used in the score since there's no key? Wouldn't their enharmonic equivalents make it a little easier to read? I know it wouldn't make much of a difference for a piece like this, just wondering if there's something important there, really
@NikkElektrik
9 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the detailed answer! I will definitely look into the scales Bartok favored, since getting a similar "sound" in my own music is something I'd like to experiment with.
@Soytu19
8 жыл бұрын
+Nikos Tsakas Jr. Actually that's the reason why there are double sharps and flats in everymusic, not only in Bartok. The answer should be simply that Bartok is not truly atonal. Bartok was a very melodic musician for the XX century. And here there's melody too.
@Eorzat
8 жыл бұрын
Not sure if you still need, or want, an answer, but it simply comes down to the chords used. For instance, if he wanted to use a C fully diminished seventh chord, the notes would be - C, E-Flat, G-Flat, B-double-flat. Now, in jazz, they don't use double flats or double sharps and, instead, will write the enharmonic equivalent being A in the example I gave. The advantage is that it's easier to read, but slightly harder to analyze.
@jedwards1211
6 жыл бұрын
Dave Smith it doesn't seem like he had any kind of system that could be characterized by anything as simple as diminished chords. I think it was more a mix of conceptual experimentation fleshed out by brilliant leaps of intuition.
@hansschonfelder735
3 жыл бұрын
Incredible!
@strav12
15 жыл бұрын
Thanks John - I'll look these up - as I say, the composition itself is so dramatic that it carries the player along as long as they just get the notes right - but more anon - it sounds like you know others with interesting performances....
@CalamityInAction
4 жыл бұрын
0:32 B-A-C-H
@PSNDemonwing
13 жыл бұрын
@Sveccha93 and you are the perfect example of what the world of today is. You are still supporting something that you cant admit. Someone is bound to like the song. If it does turn out that this writer actually came into deep thinking about this song. Thats good for them. But even so, it cannot match that of the true geniuses.
@Lillars
6 жыл бұрын
Fabuleux !
@JordansAnalysis
Жыл бұрын
This is fucking AWESOME!!!
@Hannlei98
10 жыл бұрын
There were a few accidentals
@jackal59
10 жыл бұрын
I don't listen to nearly enough Bartok.
@sanicyouth6540
9 жыл бұрын
jackal59 I don't listen to nearly enough classical music. I must fix that.
@slipperyslope7970
7 жыл бұрын
Piano Sonata Sz.80 is one of the masterpieces of all piano literature.
@smsoarescunha4688
Жыл бұрын
IMENSIDÃO SOLAR LINDOOOOO
@jiaxuli1013
3 жыл бұрын
The third one has insane difficult! I'm not sure whether I can even read the score properly
@pandiatonizm
3 жыл бұрын
The first etude has so many resemblancies of Ravel's Scarbo, also the same drive throughout
@PawelVVysocki
11 жыл бұрын
It took me quite a while to understand modern music. The more you listen, the more your brain gets used to listening for different kinds of harmony.
@m.a.g.3920
5 ай бұрын
The final Boss Cecil Taylor😂😂😂
@figensco
7 жыл бұрын
So did you take 10 years to learn Chopin 26 etudes and Liszt's trascendentals? well, be ready to take another ten, just to learn this Bartok's three etudes.....
@vnwa7390
5 жыл бұрын
What about Liszt Grand Etudes, Mereaux Etudes, Ligeti Etudes, Sorabji Etudes, etc etc?
@EmptyKingdoms
4 жыл бұрын
@@vnwa7390 Sorabji can get literally unplayable. Never heard of Mereaux, will check out. Ligeti start pretty easy, so it's great motivation to study them all.
@vnwa7390
4 жыл бұрын
Sorabji is never unplayable. It’s just extremely hard; as Alistair Hinton, chairman of the Sorabji Archive would say, Jonathan Powell, Ian Pace, and the God like Hamelin have the capabilities to play anything by Sorabji but don’t always care to. For reference, Powell has performed the Sequentia Cyclica or Super Dies Irae Variations many times live and has a few recordings out iirc; the most complex piece ever that is still playable is (as J. Carey would argue) this “thing” of a piece: kzitem.info/news/bejne/jq9uyJeajIqojG0 Harder than the cacophony of Finnissy’s Country Tunes or History of Photography in Sound, Sorabji, Godovski, Szimanovski, or any of that; in terms of accuracy.
@scriabinismydog2439
4 жыл бұрын
@@vnwa7390 that "thing" isn't really distant from Finnissy and or Fereynough (I probably spelled it wrong), but seems almost diatonic... Interesting. As for now the only composers that come near to Sorabji's level is the already mentioned Szymanowski (which can get really atrocious in the middle period pieces like the Op. 33 Etudes or the 3rd Piano Sonata). Roslavets' Sonatas (Hamelin defined him as Scriabin on acid), Reger's Piano Concerto and Leo Ornstein's 5th Sonata are extremely hard too, but are less hard than Szymanowski I think... A piece that people seem to forget when talking about transcendental-difficult pieces is Scriabin/Nementin's Mysterium, which has a solo piano part... It's basically a Scriabin piano sonata but it's 3 hours long, so as you can imagine, a total finger destroyer. Probably Messiaen is the closest to Sorabji's level in terms of complexity and difficulty. But of course we all know that Beethoven Moonlight Sonata 3rd mov the hardest.
@p-y8210
4 жыл бұрын
what about Alkan etudes
@moniquemoreau
11 жыл бұрын
this looks like so much fun
@fadisoueidi4127
4 жыл бұрын
Bartok is always interesting, the playing leaves you breathless...
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