Schumann: Toccata op. 7 in C Major [Denis Zhdanov]

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[charmquark]

What a glorious journey through the world of C major, as if no stone was unturned, in just 7-8 minutes! The harmonies, voice layers, variety of emotions, and exhilaration. Absolutely astounding delivery bringing us closer to the paradox inside Schumann’s head! Bravo!

[homamellersh]

Thank you very much for this fast and furious piece played brilliantly 😍 .

[brianlarter]

Fantastic performance. Thank you for sharing. Schumann makes one work hard to get around all the notes, and you do it masterfully. Love the tempo, dynamics and voicings.

[anhducduong]

Both the performance and lighting are perfect m8 😉

[felixmladenov]

This piece always appeared to be quite etude-like to me, but you make it sound so poetic and orchestral. Hats off! I especially liked the una corda usage near the end (?) as well as how you play thirds passages with 2-4 throughout and, most importantly, how you created dialogs of multiple inner voices (around 1:20 for example) which leads to a great orchestral effect. But these are just small details in your big picture, which is indeed mesmerizing. Bravo!

[truekingvictory]

Stupendous! Bravo!! I especially liked your left hand melody at 3:55. I don't think I've ever heard it played like that before. My forearms, 4th fingers and pinkies are burning just watching you play 😣😣

[jamessingleton]

Absolutely brilliant performance of this beast of a piece!!

[wesselrooth]

No other words than amazing! And thank you for the tips you provide on your channel it really helps a lot. Greetings from Amsterdam! :)

[bluepearl]

Bravo super great performance!!! 👋👋👋👋👋👋👋

[RolandHuettmann]

Excellent (as always). ))) To me it sounds very dense, fast, agitated, and gives some insight into Schumann's inner world. These sudden jumps, oh my... Cool.

[lorenzomorgoni]

Always a fascinating piece, full of uncomfortable/demanding passages. I wonder how you can play all of them with relaxed/outstretched fingers!

[bjornstein]

thank you for giving this piece the love it needs. you play it so well compared to me ;(

[wsp]

Great performance! The piano sounds kinda wooden in this video...Did you chance the position of the microphones? 🙂

[matt]

Does this piece require more actual hand muscle than any other piece out there aside virtuosic pieces? Just seems literally impossible to play without any tension

[mateusquasetuga]

With the courses on your website, is access to the videos permanent once purchased?