If any of you fellow pianists desire to play this masterpiece of a song but are discouraged by the complexity and appearance of the sheet music, don’t be. My wonderful piano teacher helped me decipher this piece, and showed how logical all the parts are. First of all, you should obviously be using both hands for the kind of phrases found in the beginning. Also, most of the piece follows scales that repeat the same notes going up and down, the scales just change throughout the music. Most of the piece is not hard as if you inspect each “difficult” section like the part around the middle before the scale change when everything goes down, you’ll find all the patterns and tricks Liszt used to compose the piece. Good luck to all you pianists learning this intimidating piece!
@Devin Belver I would definitely recommend you watch musicians that play with an overhead view of the hands, such as Rousseau and Paul Barton for this piece. Just sit down with the sheet music in hand and take notes while making observations. It might be boring, but it will pay off for all the time you won't have to spend fiddling around with fingerings! :)
I learned this (very badly) as a 17 year old right before I entered music school, I even performed this at a recital by memory.... re-learning 7 years later & I still find it extremely difficult. But totally worth learning... multiple times over my life time. Maybe when I am 80 years old I will play it half as beautiful as this recording...
I remember the first time I heard this I made a new friend and she was a very skilled pianist and she began playing it and literally 2 seconds in I was blown away and completely mesmerized it's one of my most treasured high school memories
Marc-Andre Hamelin, one of the greatest pianists of our time, playing the music of one of the greatest pianists of ALL time. And this is LIVE! Beautiful music wonderfully played. Thank you for posting this!
The German 6th chord after 1:52 always gives me chills. You can hear it echo throughout the entire cadenza. What an astounding interpretation by Mr. Marc-André.
You know the music is extremely beautiful, when the sheet is looking beautiful as well. Just the first pages, you can see how perfect this left hand is...
I have loved this wonderful piece my whole life, but Hamelin makes me think I have never heard it before! Melting gold and sparkling diamonds. Amazing ...
I have been listening to this piece whenever I need to calm down. When I listen to this piece, I don't need to think of anything else or daydream. The music itself generates a heavenly moment. It brings me peace. No, I'm not a mystic.
One of the most beautiful strings of thoughts anyone has ever had. Such music and the contemplation that comes along with it is, IMHO, a gift from God.
I just created a youtube account and the first thing I did was come to this video so I can like it. A great performance of an even greater composition. Liszt definitely got it right by naming this piece "A Sigh". I don't know about you guys but I always find myself sighing at the end of this piece because of the sheer beauty i just heard.
My grandson has a great talent, he also is none yr old and has been playing for 10mos. He has been accepted into competitions and now is 4 levels under ARCT. I hope all of you enjoy life and always have hope ❤
Exactly. Most piano teachers push their students to continue on doing what they love in college and for the rest of their life. The piano exams are what makes a student stand out when applying to a conservatory or university. They help students get into college so they can continue with music for the rest of their life. That's the main reason all the piano teachers I know push their students to take the exams. And as you said, they help students find challenging material that will benefit them.
I almost like his writing here as much as I do Il Lamento, and his sacred works. Definitely, this set of etudes is one of the most composed sets written by the maestro.
Thank you for posting with the sheet music, it makes listening so much more valid. I wanted to play this, before I realized there were three staves...Maybe 7 years from now or something.
I think what Hamelin does so well here, as he often does, is letting the music speak for itself. So many pianists (and conductors) perform beautiful pieces *too* sensitively and self-consciously, nuancing every note and figuratively yelling "isn't this beautiful??" to the audience. What is needed instead is momentum, phrasing, and a sense of the whole. Let the beauty just happen. It's already built into the music itself. Don't overindulge.
Particularly for virtuosic pieces like this one, technique is especially important. It's not for beginners in piano, it's for concert pianists and people who've been studying piano for an extended amount of time. However, you're right in saying that passion is needed for music. Without passion, there'd be no message to the music, the pianist would just be part of the machine. Levels are so teachers can assess how technically advanced you are. Not how musical you can be.
This is the most beautiful performance I've ever heard of this piece - Mister Hamelin stands so above the technique of this study...., that I finally start to love this piece. When will he [finally] be invited to play solo concerts in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Netherlands ??
Csùkd be a szemed, és halgadsz erre a szép mélnkolikus zenére... Ferme les yeux et écoute cet air mélancolique tout en douceur..; Close your eyes ans lissen to this wonderfull music... Nauwe u ogen en luister naar deze prachtige musik...
@BNstudios1 Ideal fingering depends on ur hand size and shape. I use 5321 for the left. Someone with smaller hands might use 5212. Ideal is what's ideal for ur hand.
@ShinichiKudou2008 It is a for a lot of the piece. What you do for the beginning bit and the rest with that same general theme going on is that you alternate which hand plays the melody. Left plays while the right does the upper half of the arpeggio and the right hits the melody while left plays the lower half of the arpeggio. You'll notice this if you check out the direction of the stems
Liszt at some point composed an alternate ending that extended the chord progression 4 measures from the end. I think that the alternate version can be found in the Liszt collection edited by pianist Earl Wild for G Schirmer.
![Hamelin plays Liszt - Un Sospiro [HIGH QUALITY]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/zSHwX2O7j2w/mqdefault.jpg)
![Hamelin plays Liszt - Un Sospiro [HIGH QUALITY]](/img/tr.png)
If any of you fellow pianists desire to play this masterpiece of a song but are discouraged by the complexity and appearance of the sheet music, don’t be. My wonderful piano teacher helped me decipher this piece, and showed how logical all the parts are. First of all, you should obviously be using both hands for the kind of phrases found in the beginning. Also, most of the piece follows scales that repeat the same notes going up and down, the scales just change throughout the music. Most of the piece is not hard as if you inspect each “difficult” section like the part around the middle before the scale change when everything goes down, you’ll find all the patterns and tricks Liszt used to compose the piece. Good luck to all you pianists learning this intimidating piece!
thank you!
Yonaseen
Many thanks to you!
most important tip: jump around, don't twist your wrist
Thank you!
@Devin Belver I would definitely recommend you watch musicians that play with an overhead view of the hands, such as Rousseau and Paul Barton for this piece. Just sit down with the sheet music in hand and take notes while making observations. It might be boring, but it will pay off for all the time you won't have to spend fiddling around with fingerings! :)
Probably one of the best musical compositions ever made by the man.
..and played by man as well ~!
koalah Beaeur972
IO meant played by a human .."by man" .. not by Liszt personally
I learned this (very badly) as a 17 year old right before I entered music school, I even performed this at a recital by memory.... re-learning 7 years later & I still find it extremely difficult. But totally worth learning... multiple times over my life time. Maybe when I am 80 years old I will play it half as beautiful as this recording...
@screamingpiano Yeah right. You'll play it like a sloth
@@ronaldregan7388 damn dude
I believe you can do it
Lol
@@ronaldregan7388bruh
Even the sheet is nice, seems like a drawing.
It looks like a piece for three hands. Top line student, bottom two lines teacher.
🤣
I remember the first time I heard this I made a new friend and she was a very skilled pianist and she began playing it and literally 2 seconds in I was blown away and completely mesmerized it's one of my most treasured high school memories
Did anyone ask?
If only you met a linguist.
@@MildSatireno one asked for your opinion either, yet we are forced to suffer your vitriol.
@@MildSatirelol
This just brought tears to my eyes. Literally one of the most beautiful compositions of Franz Liszt. So so beautiful!!😭😭😭😭
same
Hamelin is that rare pianist that can make me hear a thousand new things in a piece I thought I knew completely...
This is absolutely one of my favorite Liszt compositions of all time. Gorgeous!
MrNeilsy I know, me too!! This piece literally has me in a wreck right now from crying so hard, out of joy! 😭🎶Loved it!
**Sees beginning** Oh, this isn't too bad!
**Sees B Section** NOPE BYE
Story of my life
Never expect a liszt piece to be easy
Justin S. Only easy Liszt are consolations and liebestraum
+Bennett Lee and that's why they sound kinda nice compared to most of his other works
a lot of list's late works are pretty easy to play.
Marc-Andre Hamelin, one of the greatest pianists of our time, playing the music of one of the greatest pianists of ALL time. And this is LIVE! Beautiful music wonderfully played. Thank you for posting this!
The German 6th chord after 1:52 always gives me chills. You can hear it echo throughout the entire cadenza. What an astounding interpretation by Mr. Marc-André.
... The last line of sheet music doesn't correspond with the actual part. Hamelin play's Liszt's alternate ending, you have the more common one.
kinglollypop87 Ok, I kept rewinding questioning my ability to read sheet music. Thank you for the clarification.
Thanks for the clarification. For a moment I thought I can’t read notes👌😅
Listening to Liszt's compositions always makes my heart ache. In a good way, of course.
This piece is on my dream list.... *sigh
Dream Liszt...
+Franz Liszt The puns are real
un sospiro = a sigh
Sum Yung Gai omg
you guys are pathetique
This is gorgeus. It feels like a dream
You know the music is extremely beautiful, when the sheet is looking beautiful as well.
Just the first pages, you can see how perfect this left hand is...
It almost sounds like a harp with just the piano playing the top part. Its so methodical and beautiful.
I have loved this wonderful piece my whole life, but Hamelin makes me think I have never heard it before! Melting gold and sparkling diamonds. Amazing ...
I have been listening to this piece whenever I need to calm down. When I listen to this piece, I don't need to think of anything else or daydream. The music itself generates a heavenly moment. It brings me peace. No, I'm not a mystic.
Ten years later, I agree.
One of the most beautiful strings of thoughts anyone has ever had. Such music and the contemplation that comes along with it is, IMHO, a gift from God.
*gift from Liszt
Credit otherwise bestowed would be a disservice.
I’ve been listening to this on repeat, I can’t get it out of my headdd
I just created a youtube account and the first thing I did was come to this video so I can like it. A great performance of an even greater composition. Liszt definitely got it right by naming this piece "A Sigh". I don't know about you guys but I always find myself sighing at the end of this piece because of the sheer beauty i just heard.
Lol
C'est la meilleure interprétation que j'ai jamais entendue. Très intense et poétique.
this song is the definition of tranquility
I absolutely love this piece. The first time my piano teacher showed me I never forgot and now I wanna learn it
Liszt was one of the best of his day... without a doubt :)
Perfection doesn't even come close to describe it.
To be able to play thisb would be such an overwhelming self experience. Lot of ways like Lebestraum.
Just lovely, and thank you for including the score in this fine presentation.
one of my friends has self teached himself for 9 years now and he plays this song so perfect it really is just beautiful
great story
*self-taught.
very moving
totally true story, i totally believe.
OMG!!!I'm totally in love with this beautiful piece😍☺❣
Truly breath taking great performance from Hamelin.
Hamelin’s interpretation and technique are unmatched. Un sospiro sparkles in his hands.
An awesome etude!! An amazing composition! And very well played!!
Beautiful piece!
the first time I heard this I fell in love and now I'm learning although I know I will never be able to play it as beautifully as this!
3:00 gives me chills... gosh so wonderful o.O!
Tunefull and experimental - love it. Years ahead of it's time.
so beautiful i feel that some tears rolling down soon
such a gorgeous piece
Amazing piece. I am learning by ear!
My grandson has a great talent, he also is none yr old and has been playing for 10mos. He has been accepted into competitions and now is 4 levels under ARCT. I hope all of you enjoy life and always have hope ❤
Beautiful, just beautiful. I love it.
Beautifully player. Thank you.
Exactly. Most piano teachers push their students to continue on doing what they love in college and for the rest of their life. The piano exams are what makes a student stand out when applying to a conservatory or university. They help students get into college so they can continue with music for the rest of their life. That's the main reason all the piano teachers I know push their students to take the exams. And as you said, they help students find challenging material that will benefit them.
Thank you Cameron for your answer!!!
Wow I never knew this piece went so crazily difficult in the middle. Thanx for uploading!!!
omg! I love this! yay! thanks for posting.
I’m getting the feeling of Melancholy and nostalgia when this is being played.
perfection!
No words can describe it!!
3:00 is probably the most beautiful music ever created I'm the history of the human race imo
So beautiful....
Incredible ! No words !
simplemente hermoso
amazing!!!!!
I almost like his writing here as much as I do Il Lamento, and his sacred works. Definitely, this set of etudes is one of the most composed sets written by the maestro.
The ending is diffirent!! It's so beautiful.
thank you so much for posting! :D
i don't think i've ever heard anything like it. it was so beautiful
this is sooooooooo beautiful
so beautiful
Thank you for posting with the sheet music, it makes listening so much more valid. I wanted to play this, before I realized there were three staves...Maybe 7 years from now or something.
It’s been 9 years. You’ve gotten to this piece yet?
@@Aaron-ou5mw lol Im
curious too
11 years later….give us the update my brotha
13 years, how it going?
Such beutiful technique and interpretation.
Awesome!
Sublime!!!
I think what Hamelin does so well here, as he often does, is letting the music speak for itself. So many pianists (and conductors) perform beautiful pieces *too* sensitively and self-consciously, nuancing every note and figuratively yelling "isn't this beautiful??" to the audience. What is needed instead is momentum, phrasing, and a sense of the whole. Let the beauty just happen. It's already built into the music itself. Don't overindulge.
what a beauty
Whoever said Hamelin was all mechanical technique? This is the most beautiful rendition I've heard yet!
This song is called..."A Sigh."
...now I know why.
-Rene
고맙습니다
this is so good..
superbe music
This piece is the definition of...WINNING!
Particularly for virtuosic pieces like this one, technique is especially important. It's not for beginners in piano, it's for concert pianists and people who've been studying piano for an extended amount of time. However, you're right in saying that passion is needed for music. Without passion, there'd be no message to the music, the pianist would just be part of the machine. Levels are so teachers can assess how technically advanced you are. Not how musical you can be.
That was beautiful
How do you even do that! My fingers, aaaaahhhh!!!
It is with a lot of practice and experience. I am about to play this piece even though I am 13 but their’s a lot of practice to do like I said
And most of all, the pianist is MAH...
It's only after I have learned to play this, that I truly see how incredible hamelins technique is.
This is the most beautiful performance I've ever heard of this piece - Mister Hamelin stands so above the technique of this study...., that I finally start to love this piece. When will he [finally] be invited to play solo concerts in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Netherlands ??
again without words from Liszt
my favorite
Csùkd be a szemed, és halgadsz erre a szép mélnkolikus zenére...
Ferme les yeux et écoute cet air mélancolique tout en douceur..;
Close your eyes ans lissen to this wonderfull music...
Nauwe u ogen en luister naar deze prachtige musik...
playing this song right now for my level 10 CM test! :)
Probably the most moving pieces Liszt composed. What an amazing talent this Listz is!
Hamelin's cadenza's are my favourite, always imaginitive.
an elegant and beutiful❤
i wonder how many young pianist's dreams liszt crushed with this piece
The Master Masterizing the Masterpiece of a Master!
This is so good I want to cry.
MY WORDS EXACTLY! :D
this piece is so great! i just finished learning the notes, but its a hard piece to polish up!
Jan Lisiecki - another Canadian pianist - plays this piece so well too.
La ultima parte no concuerda, lo que toca con ésta partitura...pero fuera de eso, es hermosa, muchas Gracias=D!!!
a little part of me just died, this is simply amazing
@BNstudios1 Ideal fingering depends on ur hand size and shape. I use 5321 for the left. Someone with smaller hands might use 5212. Ideal is what's ideal for ur hand.
@ShinichiKudou2008 It is a for a lot of the piece. What you do for the beginning bit and the rest with that same general theme going on is that you alternate which hand plays the melody. Left plays while the right does the upper half of the arpeggio and the right hits the melody while left plays the lower half of the arpeggio. You'll notice this if you check out the direction of the stems
@korlock3000 Yep, that's why it's a concert etude. Beautiful, and educational in technique at the same time.
genial
DAMN that's beautiful
Liszt at some point composed an alternate ending that extended the chord progression 4 measures from the end. I think that the alternate version can be found in the Liszt collection edited by pianist Earl Wild for G Schirmer.
i like it
I agree. I also like the Ronald Jenkees approach also which is to have fun most importantly