mikecaffey (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

Maksim is a joke. He's an actor pretending he can play Liszt.

Frusco1324 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

i think maksim is better

brunectus (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

Liszt........Lang Lang hates you

sharkskullking (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

kaka

Cherodar (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

Exactly right, in just the same way that no one but expatriate Poles living in France can play Chopin and a European like Dvorak was so ridiculous for thinking he could write a symphony with Native American ideas. Great music transcends such artificial boundaries, silly child.

DjProdKK (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

Liszt is twisting and turning in his grave:D ROFL

mikecaffey (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

LIVE PERFORMANCES ON YOUTUBE OF LISZT'S DESCENDING OCTAVESLANG plays version with easier endingMAKSIM collapses in slow motion 9:16 pauses, collapses again 9:22HAMELIN simplified, not hammeredPIANISTS WHO DO NOT FAKEGYORGY collapses 4:11MASTUEV misses octaves 9:00 9:02BENNETT misses octaves 7:59KASTLE plays the octaves! ending/interview 0:12Historic recording of the only pianist in the 20th century who didn't fake the ending.RICHARD KASTLE Friska Horowitz cadenza

mikecaffey (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

SHORTCUTS USED TO MAKE LISZT'S HARDEST NOTES EASIERRACHMANINOFF METHOD ALSO USED BY HAMELIN HOFMANN not hammering the octaves and playing the climax quietly Rach and Hofman still miss notesHOROWITZ METHOD remove Liszt's hardest notes and replace with notes that appear to be hard.HOROWITZ FAILS THE DonFrankos TEST! If Don can play your notes, they're not that hard.

mikecaffey (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

PIANISTS WHO FAKE LISZT'S DESCENDING OCTAVES IN THE STUDIOAll these fakers are on YouTube... check it out!PADEREWSKI faking hands together +mistakesCZIFFRA faking hands together +mistakeBRENDEL faking hands togther +messCORTOT faking hands togather +mistakesBULVA faking hands together +mistakesCAMPANELLA faking hands togetherDICHTER faking hands togetherPIZARRO faking hands togetherPENNARIO playing in slow motionROSENTHAL smashing notes he can't play

mikecaffey (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

MAKSIM IS A SCAM! He can't play the original. He fakes throughout and still misses hundreds of notes. He dresses up like Richard Kastle and pretends he can play Liszt. Only a retard would fall for the mattyb's scam.