Liszt - Un Sospiro 

What an incredible year 2018 has been, I want to thank you all for being here on this pianistic journey, the year began with an Etude by Rachmaninoff, and it was only fitting for it to end with an Etude by Liszt. "Un Sospiro" translates into English as "A Sigh", a feeling captured so well by Liszt in this piece. This feeling can be expressed in many ways, one of my favorite interpretations of the piece is by Hamelin, his performance inspired my own, although on the other side of the spectrum is the slower performance by Paul Barton which is equally as beautiful. I wish everyone all the best in 2019, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

“So is the melody in the left or right hand?” “Yes.”

A beautiful rendition! It was a pleasure to watch this the whole way through Rosseau. All the best for a wonderful new year!

them: "just learn left hand and right hand separately!" me: "uhhhhh"

copyright didn’t exist back then so Liszt just made pieces so difficult no one else could dream of playing them

I never really listened to, or appreciated, or even thought twice about, classical piano. Then, I randomly stumbled across your channel browsing youtube and it changed everything. Now, many months later, I find myself listening to many great pianist; Arrau, Lugansky and Brendel, yet I find myself drawn back to you. Your take on this music, the subtlety of it, the lite flow, I guess the Rousseau of it all, the you that made me stop for a minute and listen. I suppose this drawn out post can be simplified into a few words and those few words are, Thank you Rousseau.

Other composers: *uses bass notes to shape chords and melodies* Liszt: How about using insane arpeggios instead?

wow looks like someone got to day FOUR on SimplyPiano

Somehow Liszt always finds a way to make a piece extremely hard but also extremely beautiful.

Liszt had a dream one night about his left and right hands having a conversation. Left hand to Right hand: Get out of the way, I need to get to the other side. Right hand to Left hand: Over my moving body. Left hand: Okay then. And that's how Un Sospiro was composed.

PLAY HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY NO. 2... wait hold on...

”YALL LIKE ARPEGGIOS?” -Liszt, probably

Rousseau uploaded. Drop everything and watch 😂

Why do all Listz songs start the same. First 40 seconds seem almost worth an attempt then suddenly you need three hands, a foot and the wingspan of an NBA player to continue

Fantastic job! Interesting fast paced virtuosic interpretation of this song. Back in the day when I played this, I did it slower and with a lot more expressive rubato, more like a mournful "sigh". Love how classical music can be interpreted in so many ways!

Rousseau's routine: 20 hours per day: practice piano 2 hours per day: drinking coffee 2 hours per day: drinking monster energy.

Never mind Hungarian Rhapsody.. THIS is beautiful! I'm so glad you played it - one of my favourite compositions by Liszt.

"Un sospiro" in italian literally means "a sigh". And that's what I do when I want to learn it but then I realize that I can't.

1:52 this F major is the most powerful use of a chord I’ve ever heard. This piece gives me the Indescribable feeling of some kind of intangible power within people’s soul and in their potential. Easily my favorite

I asked my music teacher Friday who her favorite composer was and she said Beethoven then I asked her what about Franz Liszt and she said she didn’t know who he was my breathe was literally knocked out of me 🤦‍♂️

Gotta add this to my playliszt.

What’s amazing about this side of RU-vid is there’s just no toxicity. It’s all appreciation towards the pianists. A breath of a fresh air really.

Okay but did anyone notice Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in the outro????

They've just played this on Classic FM, and I was instantly reminded of my dear Mother, who was a piano teacher and used to play this quite often. I remember her hands going criss cross on the keys whilst she was playing the piece, just magic. Wish I had inherited her talent. Thank you for uploading this, it is magic!

Legend has it that Rousseau is STILL holding that chord 5:18

When your hands cross each other more than 3 times in a piece, it is Liszt! Edit: OMG outro!! Hungarian Rhapsody 😍😍

I'm a bit late to the party, but I discovered this video and this piece today. This piece is one of the most beautiful songs my ears have ever had the pleasure of hearing. I was in tears. It truly lives up to its name. I commend you Rousseau for being able to pull off learning so many difficult pieces and perform them for us so quickly. I hope to see great things from you. Thank you.

Me : I want to play this! My 5 octave keyboard : U sure bud?

What is your new years resolution?

Music: how many apreggios do you want Liszt: *yes*

Man, this technique is insane. You got my respect.

if this is Liszt’s sigh, I wonder what his yawn would sound like

Alternate name for this song: *"How to make anyone fall in love with you in just 6 minutes"*

That Hungarian Rhapsody in the Outro OWO

This is a list of pieces i would like to hear in the future. 1. Liebestraum no.3 2. Fantasie impromptu op.66 3. Prelude in A major 4. Ballade no.1 in G minor op.23 5. Heroic polonaise 6. Hungarian Rhapsody no.2 7. Fuex Follets 8. Consolation no.3 9. Scherzo no.2 10. The Entertainer 11. Maple Leaf Rag 12. Pathetique sonata no.2 13. Pathetique sonata no.3 14. Waltz in E minor 15. Waltz in A minor 16. Standchen (Serenade) 17. Nocturne in F sharp minor 18. Nocturne op.9 no.1 19. Nocturne op.9 no.3 20. Nocturne in C sharp minor 21. Etude op.25 no.1 22. Etude op.25 no.2 23. Grande Valse Brillante 24. Etude op.10 no.12 25. Etude op.25 no.5 26. Nocturne in F# major op.15 27. Nocturne in E minor no.19 28. Etude op.10 no.5 It would be _cool_ if he uploaded one of these by the end of 2019.

1:01 this part is beautiful. I don't know if there is anything more beautiful than that. This song is too beautiful :')

I don’t understand how someone can create something so beautiful

Other composers: Makes normal songs and melodies using cords Liszt: Laughs in arpeggios.

liszt created so many beautiful pieces but this one oh my god. it’s almost like it’s a chase and run or a push and pull and yet it’s still so harmonic and it shapes such an intricate symphony where it feels almost dreamlike😣

His hands were doing the criss cross apple sauce!

One of my favorites pieces from Liszt. Excellent

I never know any of the songs you play before you release a video but I always end up loving them

1:44 is so beautiful i cant explain 😫

“How many arpeggios do you want? Liszt: “Yes”

Pianist: has fingers Liszt: I’m bout to end this mans whole career

This is the warming up for Hungarian Rhapsody no2 ?🤔

Legend has it that Liszt actually played this at 2 times the speed of which Rousseau had played this.

just wanted to leave my experience here since a lot of people are taking up or restarting piano in quarantine: for some context, i learnt piano for about 3 years before i quit, and took it up again 3 years later but without a teacher. i learnt pieces at my own pace and it was more a hobby than a passion. in late 2018 i learnt pieces that were relatively simple for the experience i'd had. in quarantine, i got far more interested in piano, and also read more about composers, and i found this piece. it was so, so beautiful that i felt i absolutely had to learn it. at this point i had already learnt a bit of nocturne in e flat major, fur elise and canon in d (all the overplayed ones, i know). i got the first few seconds down in one or two days, but the left hand's uncomfortable twist from c# to g flat was worrying me. i tried moving my hand higher up the keys and it was okay for a while but there was still a slight discomfort. my wrist still hurts a lot. i suspect it was from this piece particularly because i exerted myself a lot and put a great deal of stress on my wrist (probably from an incorrect positioning of it). anyway, the point of this comment was that if you're learning this piece, take it slow. worry more about your comfort, posture and fingering rather than it "sounding nice". don't get worried about the speed as soon as you start, that's impractical. go at your own pace. you have time, that's for sure :)

What I don't understand is that this isn't the most famous piano piece of all time

0:05 the smoothest arpeggios I have ever seen …

This is really one of the most beautiful pieces of music I’ve ever heard

my brain is still trying to process how amazing such a piece of music can exist, I wish words could describe but the only thing I can is say wow....just wow. liszt would have been proud to hear you play wonderful piece Rosseau. well done

Happy New Year! Cheers to another year of mesmerizing classical synthesias! 😁

This piece makes me feel like I'm deeply in love with someone or something. So magical, so beautiful. It really makes me give "un sospiro". Liszt is such a genius :')

The speed of light: *exists* Rousseau: are you challenging me?

This song gives me the unwavering feeling that everything is going to be alright. That despite all the noise and chaos there is still order and that life will go on.

one of the older students (hes graduating, so hes probably 18) played this so well at a recital today. it was absolutely enchanting. afterwards, my mom was telling me about how hes talented and very skilled and has that something special about him (and he definitely does). well im gonna prove to her that i can have something special too. she always says that really talented people have something special, but says it in a way that implies us "regular people" cant do those things. well im gonna be special too. im gonna play this piece one day, and im gonna play it so well that my mom can finally say that i have something special too. cause i do. she just doesn't see it yet

100 bucks to whoever can tell me what hand the melody is in

So beautiful, Liszt is by FAR my favorite all time composer

This whole piece makes me imagine being on a sailboat at sea. The sun is shining, there is a breeze playing, and the boat is gently swaying in the waves. I just love this.

I'm a pianist and a pilot and this is my favourite piece the end is exactly like landing a plane I love it.... 😍😍😍😊Thank you so much rousseau😊😊😊😃😃😃

I think this piece is especially beautiful because of the way the hands dance together along the piano to play the melody hidden beneath the background music (excuse my lack of musical terms). If you look carefully, you'll notice that the main melody goes Ab, Bb, Db, Eb, F, Eb, Bb, Db, spanning two octaves. However, as the song progresses, the right and left hand play the melody together. This is most present between 0:43 and 0:50, in a left-hand/right-hand pattern, continuing on again. This, to me, is really beautiful in this song. Normally, the right hand would play the melody and the left hand would play the background music, but in this, the melody is played by (most of the time) both hands, and so is the background music with that logic.

This is one of my favorite songs ever. It fills me with pure, unaltered joy and peace. It reminds me of old summer days and the smell of new houses. Dandelions and clouds. Oceans that stretch as far as you can see and fields that do the same. It's nostalgia at it's finest and it makes me so glad to be alive.

This is the most beautiful song I've ever heard in my life. I am quite literally crying. I wasn't even previously sad or anything, it is just so beautiful

I had never heard this song before....ever, and when I heard this, I had to close my eyes, the melody of it...I legitimately began to cry, I couldn't explain the tears, or even truly explain the feeling behind them, but this is the first time in a long time I've connected so deeply and thoroughly to music, I used to play the piano with my great grandmother when I was very young, however after she passed away, and her piano went to my grandmother, I drifted away from piano, only to occasionally jump on it to play moonlight sonata. The only song I could play. Moonlight sonata hold a special place to me as it was my great grandmothers favorite. I would play it for my great grandfather, who outlived her, and he would smile. He loved when I played it. I haven't touched the piano in years, but this made me feel like I was playing with my great grandmother again. thank you, if only for making this accessible to me, thank you

“20% charge left on the phone” oooops spent last three hours listening to your channel

1:46 idk why but as soon as you started playing this powerful part i started tearing up, and when i replayed it (duh) i started sobbing. it’s so damn beautiful man

i dont know how people think classical music is boring. This is super interesting to watch

What piece by Liszt do you want to see on this channel? (Note: the most commented piece will be performed ;) )

The Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in the outro gives me more hype than the post-credits scene of a Marvel movie

Pianist who has small hands: how do I play your music? Liszt: that's the neat part, you dont

i love this piece, it has a super nostalgic feel to me.

I working on this piece over 7 months. This etude so hard for me. But I belive that in one day I can play full of then/ You are incredible! Greetings from Russia!

hands: So Liszt, how much left hand do you want? Liszt:Y E S

2:23 - this comes straight to the heart..... Amazing, incredible.....

My Father used to play this when I was a little girl and I'd spin around in a circle like a ballerina the whole time. It always reminded me of the water falling from a waterfall, so I'd ask him all the time to play "the waterfall song". 25 years later, my family and I still refer to it as "the waterfall song".

I quite like how he didn’t just go for a basic dominant 5 chord to resolve the piece, which would have sounded fine but what he wrote definitely embodies the title of the piece.

This for some reason makes me feel nostalgic of things I can barely remember

this piece is so beautiful that it even makes Rousseau's right hand kinder and share the melody with the left

This piece really does get more and more beautiful the more you listen

Liszt’s sigh sounds beautifully

What a beautiful depiction of the feeling associated with a sigh. A wandering mind, so overwhelmed with thought, only a sigh can come out. Beautiful.

This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever created. There are many as good, but none better.

When I was first introduced to classical, Beethoven’s pieces were the ones I coveted the most, but now after being introduced to Liszt, I have felt a strong connection to his works as well. All so gorgeous ❤️❤️

Guys, Un sospiro is so underrated. It's BEAUTIFUL

Everything about this is beautiful, the music, the colours, the technique. This is a masterpiece

3:51 I love this note it sounds amazing I hear similar notes to this being played in this piece they sound so beautifal

Did anyone notice the notes falling in an image of DNA? This here is the sound of creation itself. Superb.

0:00 Hey, I can play this! 1:45 UHHHHH....

5:33 HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY no.2 😂😂

Forgot to mention that I wake up each morning with this piece starting my day.....

Listz: *slowly and deeply let out a sigh* His hands: w i g g l e s

Liszt was an untouched master of infinite talent. The Kurosawa or Kubrick of piano.

Upon listening to Franz Liszt's "Un Sospiro," I was overcome by a complex mix of emotions. The opening section immediately captivated me with its serene and contemplative arpeggios, filling me with a sense of inner peace and introspection. The gentle melody that weaved in and out of the arpeggios touched a deep part of my soul, evoking a feeling of longing and nostalgia. As the music progressed, my emotions became more intense and varied. The rapid-fire runs and arpeggios that characterized the middle section of the piece filled me with a sense of exhilaration and energy. The driving tempo and intense dynamics created a feeling of urgency and forward motion, as if I were racing towards something beyond my reach. As the music transitioned back to the slower, more contemplative mood of the opening section, I felt a sense of closure and resolution. The delicate arpeggios and gentle melody conveyed a sense of acceptance and peace, as if I were finally able to let go of something that had been weighing on my soul. Overall, Liszt's "Un Sospiro" is a deeply emotional and powerful piece of music that evokes a wide range of feelings and emotions. From the initial sense of inner peace to the intense feelings of excitement and urgency, to the final sense of closure and acceptance, this piece is a journey through the depths of human emotion that leaves a lasting impression on the listener.

One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.

Nobody: Liszt: IT'S CROSSHAND TIME PEOPLE!!!

Bro this is _such_ a magical piece. I think Liszt is my favourite piano composer.

Ling Ling can play this on Violin and Piano at the same time

This piece brings me so much peace of mind. My mind could be running a million miles a minute and this beautiful piece can comfort me and bring me back down to earth. Stunning.

I’d break my finger doing that I have no idea how I would but I would