The Most Difficult Piano Pieces of All Time (Ft. Sophie)

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S N A P C H A T: Brettybang | Eddy.Chen

[j.p.]

Video: The most DIFFICULT piano pieces of ALL TIME
YouTube: Here's a Simply Piano ad so you can learn to play them ALL

[aqueelkadri]

Sophie pronouncing all the composers' names authentically is so satisfying.

[alexcoble]

Sophie: The 40 hours won’t help
Ling Ling: *sweats profusely*

[LucSzI]

Violin gang is finally recognizing our suffering piano gang 😭

[piersnightingale]

Sophie is spot on. As the great Artur Schnabel put it: “Mozart piano sonatas are too easy for children and too difficult for adults.”

[shozthegreatandpowerful]

7:36: “What about someone with small hands, what do they do?”

Suffer, Eddy, suffer

[nilsbergman]

"The beginning is extremely simple, and therefore it's really difficult"
Sophie Oui Oui - 2021

[clairepianist]

Sophie's selection tells us how mature she is as a pianist and a musician.

[johnbutler]

She's absolutely spot on about simple, soft pieces can sometimes be harder than faster, flashier pieces. The sensitivity required can be super difficult and unforgiving. Just playing the third of a chord slightly too loud can be a glaring mistake, and any small mistake you make in such passages gets shouted from the rooftops.

[mitodrumisra]

Pieces:

1. Liszt - Réminiscences de Don Juan, S.418 - 2:40
2. Schubert/Liszt - Erlkönig - 4:52
3. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No.29 in B-flat Major, "Hammerklavier" - 6:46
4. Schubert - Piano Sonata No.18 in G Major, D.894 - 9:06
5. Balakirev - Islamey - 11:09
6. Ravel - Gaspard de la nuit (Scarbo) - 12:12
7. Bach - Goldberg Variations - 15:49
8. Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No.3 (Cadenza) - 17:33
9. Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.4 in G Major, Op.58 - 20:34

Hope this helps...😄

[resylautner]

i always like it when they’re on “music nerd” mode. it’s so interesting to hear their opinions about music for someone like me, a non musician. just to see them being excited and super in the zone, it’s just sooo precious to me 🥰

[charleslaine]

Martha Argerich is 80 and is still playing Ravel concertos! She's such an amazing pianist.

[jenny-tkxi]

twoset: *invites Sophie*
pianists (and everyone else) liked that

[peterelst]

"in response Ravel wanted to compose a piece that's even more difficult" - I'm so disappointed nobody made a "wow, that's some massive ravelry" pun 😢

[DevinWardMusic]

I have played Liszt’s “Der Erlkönig” and the repetitive octave are no joke. I thought I had developed carpal tunnel syndrome afterwards, and had to take a break in learning it because the tension and pain it caused! One of my all time favorite Liszt pieces along with the Paganini transcriptions.

[olgabaccini]

I love how she made different categories for different kinds of difficulties. It's not just a list but she really explored all the variety that's in piano music

[misaartians]

Brett moving so much I can feel editor-san's "frame! 😠"

[jburt]

1. Lang Lang plays Franz Liszt: Réminiscences de Don Juan (on themes from Mozart's Don Giovanni)
2. Yuja Wang plays Schubert/Liszt : Erlkönig
3. Grigory Sokolov plays Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major "Hammerklavier" Op. 106
4. Arcadi Volodos plays Schubert Piano Sonata D.894 – video 2000
5. Ivo Pogorelich ..Balakiriev - Islamey ..Carnegie Hall, 1992 ..
6. Martha Argerich | Ravel –Gaspard de la nuit: Scarbo (1980)
7. Grigory Sokolov - Bach - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
8. Yefim Bronfman: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
9. Mitsuko Uchida - Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 4 in G major, Op 58

[kallistique]

"What about someone with small hands, what do they do?"

We nod, then smile, and accept defeat with happy tears, Eddy. :')
Yes, happy tears. Very happy tears. :')

[cynhwon]

It’s always very eye-opening to listen to musicians explaining the level of difficulties about music. For me, as a non-musician and mere listener, I wouldn’t possibly understand this without such explanation. Love this sort of video:)