Maksim Mrvica playing Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

Maksim Mrvica playing Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

Who can define music as a perfect word? I think nobody can do it correctly. Music is not a absolute one but a relative one. Same music, same song, same player can be delivered as a different way. I like this aspect of the music the most. So, I like most kind of music because they have their own story, point of view and interpretation. For this reason, I like especially cross-over music which is mixed with more than two different genre of music. There are lots of musician famous for cross-over musician these days, but I like the most is Maksim Mrvica as a pianist. His interpretation is full of openness. This time, I want to introduce Maksim Mrvica's Listz.


Franz Listz is a pianist in 19C, well known by his Impromptu music. But I want to introduce Hungarian Rhapsody first.

The background of Hungarian rhapsody is full of sorrow. Hungary has a sad history at that moment when the song is made. And like the title, rhapsody means full of passion, wild emotion. Those Hungarian rhapsody usually include their sadness, passion and freedom in a fast tempo.

Unlike the original version, Maksim Mrvica intend the mildness,lyrical feeling in this rhapsody. So, sometimes it shows optimistic feeling and bright image. He handle tempo through the song freely sometimes expand longer and shorter. His touching is very light. Fast and light is in this song. Thinness is well expressed in this play.

Daily suggestion : Listen to his other song "Croatian rhapsody" and compare the difference between them.