Liszt - Galop, S218 (France Clidat) 

Imagine writing this and just being like ‘lmao someone’s gonna have to play this’

>insane jumps >chromatic minor sixth runs >3+ hand illusion >triple octave arpeggios >great sense of humor Yep it’s Liszt time

*And here we have one of Liszt beginner pieces, truly a work of art. He has been known to compose pieces that no mortal could play, but here is on that catches the eye of beginners.*

"I already had an impossible preconceived notion of Liszt’s immense pianistic genius. Imagine my astonishment when he exceeded all expectations. … If you never heard him at his peak, it’s impossible to describe any idea of it. … The remembrance of Liszt’s playing consoles me for being no longer young". CAMILLE ST. SAËNS

This is the first time I've heard the galop being played with the right amount of bravura and tour de force! Great performance of an obscure concert piece!

Reads Liszt on the title: *sweats* Liszt + Galop: *screams*

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The fastest interpretation I've ever heard ! I can even imagine it's Cziffra playing ! 😆

I love this piece, very silly, very fun - and at the same time quite forward-looking harmonically. However, for once I must say that here I don't enjoy Clidat's playing as much as I usually do. The pulse is sometimes so uneven that sometimes the rhythm and the beat gets distorted - maybe she is playing it a little bit too fast. I pretty much always love Clidat - but for this piece I actually prefer Howard, by some margin (which doesn't happen too often for me:). Still a very entertaining performance, thanks for the upload.

One can quite obviously recognize Cziffra's influence on France Clidat's playing :) Great performance!

Liszt never fails to make a piece that I wanna play.

France Clidat won at life, literally a piano Goddess

01:10 Holy shit that octave jumps. Excuse me while I cry a little.

I can't even visualize physically how to play this

If Cziffra would have played this, he would have added huge lower register jumps,

Love the part from 1:08 to 1:28

Thanks for posting! France Clidat plays with such fantastic ZEST; you can really feel her love for, and understanding of Liszt's music. :)

While listening to this piece, I am sweeping my dreams of becoming a pianist off the floor. In all seriousness, Liszt was a boss! Great content on this channel, thanks for sharing.

The first five seconds remind me of Emil von Sauer's Galop de concert. Hmmm...

I love how at 1:10 it’s like do you see this Do you see this?! DO YOU SEE THIS!?!?!

Wow i really fell in love with this piece. Simple in form but hard in difficulty. Just as you would expect it from Liszt. I love the melody too. It's light and refreshing. Thank's Rousseau for showing.

Great performance. Full of humour and bravura.

Wow, and I thought Grand Galop Chromatique was hard. Fantastic piece by the way. It would be nice to hear an orchestra play this lol.

It would be easier to memorize this than to sight-read it! OMG I get dizzy just looking at the sheet music!

Anyone here from Rousseau?

4:20 __**HUNGARY INTENSIFIES**__

When you lost something but cant find it

France Clidat (1er prix Budapest) était rentrée dans des doigts de son maître adoré F Liszt. Une intégrale (6 vol) épuisée je crois sans les transcriptions et paraphrases qu’elle considérait comme trop monumentales pour une seule vie! Éblouissante !

Everytime i listen to liszt i am like wow.

Just getting through this and finishing at the same metronome tempo as you started would be an accomplishment!

Extraordinarily fast. Clidat takes the 'skate' approach - minimise power, for speed. A really challenging piece, like one of the lesser-known peaks (off Mount Mephisto), in the Liszt Himalaya.

This proves that classical music was the Original Metal.

octave leaps, speed, and all technical skill are just insane.. speechless... I tried and gave up right away wisely😁

A ferocious and admirable interpretation, but there's something to Leslie Howard's straightforward and bulky approach which takes the crown for this piece. Perhaps the best of Liszt's underappreciated romps ever.

Had to check youtube video speed settings at octave jumps. Says a lot

0:20-0:40 & 2:27-2:51 is one bit that keeps bringing me back.

Liszt played by Madame Liszt.

France Clidat, Madame Liszt was the best!

Phenomenal playing! Incredible France Clidat!

This piece is very modernistic in it's own way. ut here it's not like in other Liszt's pieces, where he skipped his time, but it's more his own interesting, original style, that is irreplacable.

Right now I'm watching this piece before I sleep, hoping to play this in my dream.....

Bravo Mme.Liszt!

This is a bop. It’s always in my head

3:45

Absolutely GREAT!!!!

What a crazy song ! I like it

At this point it's not Liszt who is playing the Piano. The Piano is playing Liszt.

Amazing

I love the rolled chords at the end!

Oh... perfect

Thanks heavens for the fingering guide in bar 73! Would be much harder without that.

Seems that Rousseau is a fan of yours Andrei lol

Its so difficult... i love it!!

Why is everyone saying Rousseau I didn't know they played this before?

This is the kind of galop where the horseman falls down from a cliff for 5 minutes and 18 seconds

Благодарим за контент!

Liszt clearly liked to use octave chords rather than broken arpeggios for the harmony.

How just how is clidat so accurate

When Hungary meets russia meets the horse race Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwww

This is a really crazy and a mesmerizing performance, but sorry to be so picky, the piano got out of tune when she played the last but one bar.

WOW!!!!🤩

Rousseau

Believe it or not 4:01 --> 4:15 is the hardest part, not the leaps (of faith).

Ling Ling is proud of you

My fingers hurt from just watching this

Andrei, may i ask where you found this recording of clidat playing this? also is this sped up or did she really play this so fast?

this piece is so hard that it's borderline disgusting. The hardest part is in my opinion, 3:34 - 3:42 .

Anyone studying this piece is a sadist.

It's so funny to play 😍 and so difficult 💔😂

Madame Liszt.

Браво блестяще сыграно

Ohh unfortunate last chord, she hit a C natural and corrected it 😂

Only Lizst can play this at tempo

very impressive Bravo

1:09 1:29 1:49 2:04 3:20 3:34 3:45 4:00 4:20

Why has this piece not entered my life earlier. #dontstopliszten

that was nice

I need a 7/8 keyboard to attempt to play this..

This sounds like something Cziffra'd play.

4:20 HR2 vibes

Well. I'm not trying to play it, I can't afford breaking another piano.

😱😱😱😱 Fantastic!!!!

Astonishing interpretation.

Gunnar Johansen called this piece "a rousing affair" - I am sure that the much overrated Cziffra could not play this piece with such clarity, without his characteristic bombastic hammering, pounding of the keys and excessive use of the sustaining pedal when requirement of technique got the better of him, Clidat displays a purity of superior technique.

At least it’s in A minor.

What are all these dots and lines? Are they stick people dancing?

That low A in bar 233 is hilarious

Imagine being able to play this.

galop

Clidat... wtf!?

look great to improve jumps

I was planning to play this piece cuz It’s in a minor then I regret it

Liszt is saying "Nani".

Que fino -

Dupa ce am ascultat galop-ul asta m-am gandit un pic si voiam sa te intreb: la ce nivel te ridici cand vine vorba de tehnica pianistica? Care e cea mai grea piesa din repertoriul tau?

Damn even these legendary piano players can’t play it up to speed

Is this the same piece Cziffra (Georgi) has recorded twice? On this rendition, one can follow the notes!!!

And i thought, HR2 was Liszt's hardest work...

This is a fantastic little piece. I seriously wonder though whether females can play it, perhaps? Not as fast (my presto sucks), of course, but still ... would be a nice achievement. I'm only 31? LOL

Your video "Franz Liszt: Études d'exécution transcendante d'après Paganini, S.140 Filipec" has been copyright claimed by Naxosofamerica (known for copyright claiming youtubers by publishing a dvd of the same piece). Do you have any means of getting it back or maybe sending the video to me? I'd really like to watch it :)