Dear Massimo, I have no idea how you could do this much better. I've watched and listened to your performance at least twenty times and will do that again and again.
Very challenging. It also helps if you have something of an appreciation of Ginastera's works in unravelling Keith Emerson's construction of this work. The Spanish composer had a great influence on Keith's performing and writing. You can hear it in Massimo's performance. Brilliant playing! Keith would be really happy and delighted to see and hear this treatment of his music.
Marvelous! For some reason, the thought that comes to mind is back in the late 60s and early 70s there were reviews of ELP I think in Stereo Review magazine. The critics seemed to never acknowledge Keith Emerson and his brilliance. One adjective they never seemed to tire of was "pretentious". Emerson's work has stood the test of time and Tarkus has shown those critics to be ignorant and "pretentious".
I can understand what they mean... but there are very vfew pieces of music and more specifically prog pieces that are so expressive and full of emotion as Tarkus is. Keith's playing really was incredible. I'm more a Yes person, but Tarkus is seriously something incredible.
Yes (70s), King Crimson, and Gentle Giant are my favorites prog bands, not that I don't love the many others of that time period, that being said Emerson is my all time favorite keyboard/piano player of all time, so that says a lot.
@@Cobalt985- I used to listen to Keith and Rick. Rick did not stick. 🤷♂️ Really fun to watch these 'new' interpretation I've never known existed through the decades! Oh, Keith was DEFINITELY pretentious. But they sounded like they thought that was a 'Bad Thing.'
I have listened to this wonderful piece for 47 years This is the second best I have ever heard - Keith’s was obviously the best but Massimo, this is so close. RIP Keith Emerson
I can't believe this! The mastery of not just the notes but the nuances of this man's playing is unbelievable! But his understanding of the acoustic piano and it's timbral qualities are unmatched! I can't believe it but he gets the piano to gather every bit of acoustics you would ever want to hear come from a piano. Very few people can do this! His separation of notes and registers to create an acoustic sound , that is solid whether he is running heavy atonal ostinato bass lines against lightly articulated Melody's in the right hand but his acoustics, are beyond belief! I'm thinking 12 microphones but I'm betting 3 maybe, this is not a man who would know how to Mic a piano to achieve those acoustic sounds. HE IS CREATING THE SOUND IN ONE OF THE FINEST PERFORMANCES I HAVE EVER HEARD! Heard is the key word here! Emerson's music is always visual when played, Keith crafted it as such. Keith's music is always laced with little side thoughts of musical ideas which seem to come from nowhere, but somehow fits together perfectly to the whole! This was a virtual transition to a piano piece period. Keith wrote it knowing the trio would tackle it, but I can't believe even Keith knew the harmonics so beautifully milked the piano for every possible string harmonic that sounded sympathetic vibrating overtones and had that piano fing humming! O. M. G. ! I am dumbfounded! Technique wise, and because of the brilliant Acoustic sounds this man is a better acoustic piano player then Keith. I know a little about playing the piano! Keith was never " Playing anything!" He was deadly serious! But this guy has an understanding of "Acoustics!" He made the piano literally Vibrate off the stage! He probably never could compose a piece like this. Nobody could! But his mastery of the acoustic piano was unbelievable TO HEAR! INCREDIBLE!
Yeah a few people commented on my comments. So I said let me check! I was right! I've been playing piano 40 years. I play something and the piàno will reveal things when I listen to the recording that only the piano knows. It just happened. The sound board, the body, the resonance. But I do not have a clue how it happens. It's why the piano is such a wonderful instrument. This was like a professional race car driver, drafting, clutching , braking , giving it gas, letting up, laying into turns, this was whole different ball game. I'm kinda along for the ride! Nuance and Acoustics! Unreal!
There is everything of Keith Emerson's art here. There is his jazzy side,there is Bach's fugato,there is Ginastera,Gershwin....one of the classic of modern music. Thank you Massimo.
Tarkus pushes any pianist to their limits and is extremely difficult to perform. You do it in an admirable and exceptional way. I also like Jordan Rudess' interpretation of it. Thank you for sharing your great talent with us.
I totally agree; Massimo Bucci wonderfully captured the very essence of Keith Emerson's Music; one of the greatest ever "Progressive Rock" piece of music. Congratulations from a ELP French fan!!!
Keith Emerson and Greg Lake forever between us! Wonderful theme, with elements of jazz, erudite and rock! Music has the power to keep alive the presence of those who conceive a work that touches millions of hearts! As long as there are musicians who play the music of the great musicians/instrumentalists it will keep them alive forever ...
How did he do it Massimo? How did this brilliant kid _KNOW_ how to compose such an amazing piece without much formal training? He had a signature sound! He had _small_ hands! God blessed him ......and his generation with such a gift!! l thank God that my father was into jazz, like Oscar Peterson, and Weather Report, and all the other jazzers! When l was 14 some friends were into 'Zeppelin'' and 'Stones ...blah blah. But l found these 3 bands 'Genesis, Yes, ELP,' and from then on new friends found me! Most were guys, and all were musicians! l just wonder how one little Keith could know and play without any training, and have such a _powerful_ presence?
Haha... Stones. Stones are important to me for one reason: they were the cause of the explosive debut of King Crimson, an incredible band! Can't imagine the Rolling Stones could have ever topped anything at all KC played on that stage... they're just not even in the same universe.
@@Cobalt985 I’m not a rolling stones fan by any stretch but I wouldn’t diss them. They’re still a great band but just different to the progressive music I’m more interested in.
Nothing wrong with Zeppelin whatsoever. Great music is great music. Why down one to lift another? Both ELP and Zeppelin were/are great bands. And there was a mutual appreciation society between Page and Emerson.
Actually, Keith did have significant formal training and had studied music theory and many scores. He had both a sensitive ear and a perceptive, well-trained mind. The training wasn't wasted on him, clearly. Emerson came back with works of genius.
Bravísimo lo tuyo Massimo!!!!, exquisito pianista, un lujo poder escuchar todas estas piezas de antología interpretadas por ti. Gracias totales, por darnos esta música tan grande de grupos excepcionales, que serán los clásicos de los años venideros, para las nuevas generaciones.
Absolutely brilliant!! Thankyou Massimo - you have SUCH a talent (and you do very great honour to Keith Emerson, Greg Lake & Carl Palmer). Hopefully this silences those stupid critics who did not believe that this music has great worth, longevity and great distinction.
Well! Then, please, try listening to Iconoclast, Mass, Manticore and The Battlefield here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SvopCUU3FYA.html ...and then also Eruption here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5yqe0LllezU.html and Stones Of Year here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-80E5RUnRxus.html
Ho visto il video per intero un'altra volta e non posso non lasciare un altro commento. Questa performance è spettacolare in tutto, dall'arrangiamento all'esecuzione. Veramente incredibile.
Dal 1971, Keith emerson è diventato una parte importante della mia vita di musicista. Anche grazie a lui, decisi che da grande avrei fatto il musicista. Ascoltai per la prima volta Tarkus alla radio (programma "per voi giovani") e ne fui conquistato totalmente. Da allora, chissà quante volte lo avrò riascoltato. In questi ultimi anni la mia attenzione verso la sua musica è molto cresciuta, tanto che ho aperto questo canale di You Tube principalmente per riproporla, in versione pianistica. Spero di onorare la sua memoria con questa mia esecuzione di Tarkus, per quanto imperfetta, e soprattutto con altre mie future esecuzioni. Viva la musica di Keith Emerson.
+Massimo Bucci Maestro Bucci, il suo arrangiamento porta onore a Emerson. A parer mio, è la miglior versione che finora abbia ascoltato. Anzi, è così accattivante che attira anche NON fanatici assoluti del rock progressivo come me. Così, ho deciso, pur nelle mie limitate capacità di dilettante, di studiare Eruption. Sempre su YT ho trovato lo spartito, che ho utilizzato come base, e dalla sua versione cerco di aggiungere i suoi arrangiamenti. Eng: Maestro Bucci, your arrangement brings honour to Emerson. To me, it's the best version I've ever heard. Actually, it's so charming that captures even NOT absolute fans of progressive rock like me. So I decided, though being not very skilled, to study Eruption. On YT I found the score, that I'm trying to enhance with your wonderful arrangement from your clip.
+Massimo Bucci E' stato anche il mio compagno per tutta la mia adolescenza, il mio mito e mi dispiace ancora di più che sia morto così. La tua esecuzione è una bella testimonianza di amore, complimenti. Sarebbe bello sentirti anche in un gruppo che possa risuonare gli ELP.
WOW! What a fantastic rendition. Tarkus by ELP was my first LP I bought back in the 70's. To this day, it is still one of my top favorite LP of all time. Thank you.
Wow! I am speechless! You my friend are a monster on the keys. The work that you must do to learn these pieces must be long and intense. I would never have the patience to do something like this. I guess I am just a different type of player more on improvising and in the style of Liz Story and George Winston but to play like the late great Keith Emerson wow!! Keep up the fantastic work.
Bravo!! Just finished listening to this interpretation for the first time! You are a master sir! I have been listening to this for almost 45 years, I've loved since the first listen-iconic!
+Massimo Bucci I know there are. But they don't bother me. Your version is full of soul. I've heard Jordan Rudess version and it was so mecanical and soulless. This is like Hendrix; the imperfections are there, but they add flavour. Given the passing of Keith, this brought a tear...
Wow!! What an accomplishment. Thank you for your efforts to keep Keith's music alive. I think this is the best version of Tarkus I ever heard. Emerson would have been proud of you for capturing the energy and attack of his music unfortunately he couldn't do in his later years do to all his nerve damage.
I most of listen to the real thing from Emerson Lake & Palmer a thousand time but I have to say that this version of Tarkus is best I heard for a long time enjoy???
When I was 14 in 1970 I discovered the music of Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, their best albums were "Uncle Meat", "Weasels Ripped my Flesh", "Burnt Weeny Sandwich" and Zappa's solo album "Hot Rats" and they were released in only 2 years, 1969 & 1970. In 1971 I heard ELP's Tarkus and now I had two musical heroes, Zappa and Emerson. I learned guitar because keyboards back in those days were expensive and hard to move if you wanted to play in a band. I went to College to study music theory and would play the pianos in the practice rooms as much as I could. In 1973 Zappa published a book of musical scores of a lot of his greatest and well know pieces. I had for years wished I could get a score for Tarkus and in 1983 Keyboard Magazine delivered my wish, the score for "Eruption" from "Tarkus" was finally available. But learning it took a lot of practice. My piano playing and reading skills improved several months later and I discovered a lot of the reasons why I loved Emerson's and Zappa's music so much: the use of a lot of fourths, fifths, inversions of suspended fourth cords which is used extensively in Eruption. The opening ostinato is a series of arpeggio suspended 4th 2nd inversion cords. (3 notes with a fourth stacked over another fourth) Zappa uses this in a lot of his pieces, i.e. "Legend of the Golden Arches" from " Uncle Meat". Zappa and Emerson used what I believe is the 4th inversion of the suspended fourth cord which is stacked 5ths, e.g. C-G-D, which makes a sus. 4th cord sound more interesting. Also using staked 5ths on top of staked 5ths in another key will create a lot of harmonies that sound incredible. Emerson and Zappa were the greatest composers to come out of Rock in my opinion. From studying and learning my favorite pieces from these two Masters on piano I was able to find out why their music was so interesting. I know my explanations of their music may not all be technically correct. But I hope this helps other musicians who want to know why Zappa's and Emerson's music is so great. Thanks for reading.
I was believing that the perfection was not exist , but I see that I was wrong. Massimo you're the better successor to transmit the legacy of Keith Emerson. ( sorry my english is not perfect and my italian is worst)
Massimo: Wonderful! Arrangement. Pedaling. Phrasing. Dynamics Touch. Tone Feel. Tempo. Dexterity. Accuracy. This spells perfection: Divine -- divided from the duplicitous duplication of those devoid of dexterity.
We, who grew up with this music, we know those days it was "only" rock music. Critics weren't the classical crtitics, they worked for rock magazines, moreover, most of them even opposed classical music. It is a huge acknowledgement for our generation that ELP's music, and Keith in particular is compared to classical music. The fact of comparison would be enough, and this music actually stands it. More than that. Outstands. Thanks Massimo for keeping it alive. A grandiose performance.
Bravissimo!!! Meravigliosa!!! Tarkus è una vera e propria droga. Riesco ad ascoltarla anche 3 - 4 volte di fila e non mi annoia mai. Viva il Progressive Rock, Viva la Musica!!!
Really incredible performance. Thank you for sharing this with everyone. This piece of music will transcend our present time and will be performed for many years to come.
