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PianoCurio
Добавлен 22 июл 2021
A museum of pianistic curiosities. Original curations and recordings of rare and exceptional piano music, plus performances on historical pianos using Pianoteq. All recordings are my own.
Forgotten Christmas March that delighted French audiences in 1905
Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)
Marche de Noël des Pêcheurs de St. Jean pour piano (1905)
Arranged for piano by the composer
1926 Pleyel model F piano (Pianoteq)
Performance: PianoCurio
Widor spent the better part of a decade working on his third opera, "The Fishermen of St. Jean," a maritime "drame lyrique" in four acts based on a libretto by Henri Cain. It was an outright success at the Paris Opéra after its 1905 premiere, though Isidor Philipp relates that Widor's refusal to give the lead role to the Opéra director's wife apparently resulted in the swift end of its initial run.
This Christmas March comes from the beginning of the third act, which takes place on Christmas Eve while the neighb...
Marche de Noël des Pêcheurs de St. Jean pour piano (1905)
Arranged for piano by the composer
1926 Pleyel model F piano (Pianoteq)
Performance: PianoCurio
Widor spent the better part of a decade working on his third opera, "The Fishermen of St. Jean," a maritime "drame lyrique" in four acts based on a libretto by Henri Cain. It was an outright success at the Paris Opéra after its 1905 premiere, though Isidor Philipp relates that Widor's refusal to give the lead role to the Opéra director's wife apparently resulted in the swift end of its initial run.
This Christmas March comes from the beginning of the third act, which takes place on Christmas Eve while the neighb...
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Видео
Godowsky’s Magical “Concert Version” of Albéniz’s Tango
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Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) España, Op. 165, II. Tango (1890) Arranged for concert performance by Leopold Godowsky on July 12th, 1921 Performance: PianoCurio Instrument: Shigeru Kawai (Pianoteq) Godowsky tended to write the kind of music that makes you want to give up at first sight. His style might be described as "concert maximalism," wherein he composed intricate contrapuntal lines that weave ...
What Happened to the Turkish March After Mozart? Its Evolution from 1783-1941 (on historical pianos)
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When most people think of Turkish marches for piano, Mozart’s and Beethoven’s famous pieces first come to mind, perhaps followed by the concert arrangements of Beethoven’s Turkish theme by Rubinstein, Liszt, and Rachmaninoff. Yet this subgenre extended far beyond these composers as the aesthetic tastes of the European continent evolved throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. In this video, I pe...
Chopthoven - 'Appassionata Harp' Etude (pastiche by Heller, op. 133, var. 7)
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Stephen Heller (1813-1888) Variations on a Theme by Beethoven, Op. 133, Variation 7 (c. 1872) Based on a theme from the second movment of the Appassionata Sonata, op. 57 (1806), combined with the texture of Chopin's 'Aeolian Harp' Etude PianoCurio, pf Instrument: Ant. Petrof (Pianoteq) It is quite bold to compose original variations on a theme composed and varied by Beethoven himself. Stephen H...
Grieg’s Modernist Twilight: revelatory piano miniatures from his final years (Slåtter, Op. 72)
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Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) 17 Norwegian Peasant Dances (Slåtter), Op. 72, selected movements PianoCurio, pf Instrument: Blüthner Model One (Pianoteq) 00:00 VI. Gangar (walking dance) 01:30 III. Bridal March from Telemark 05:49 IV. Halling from the Fairy Hill 06:54 "Civilizing the tune" 09:52 XVI. Springing dance (The Maidens from Kivledal) 11:39 XVII. Gangar (The Maidens from Kivledal) 13:35 V. T...
The most unserious piano piece
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Rodion Shchedrin (b. 1932) Humoresque for piano (1957) PianoCurio, pf Instrument: Bösendorfer 280VC (Pianoteq) One of the few humoresques that is seriously humorous, rivaling even Mozart's most inappropriate musical pranks. I can't immediately think of a funny piano piece that is as goofy as this one, especially when used as a musical foil to lighten up the audience after a performance. Check o...
Why this obscure piano piece sounds vaguely familiar
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I somehow felt that I had always known this forgotten melody by Widor, until I realized that we all do, in a way. I believe I figured out why. John Williams' music for the Harry Potter movies, especially the titular "Hedwig's theme," is an iconic part of film music and pop culture today. Many of his famous melodies draw inspiration from eclectic styles and composers including Dvořák, Wagner, Li...
The Wanderer Decade: piano sonatas from every year of the 1810s
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This is the second part of my century-long journey through 100 sonatas of the 1800s. Watch the first part here: ruclips.net/video/8N-XtmTeTsM/видео.htmlsi=W_Z_qy-UwfhgdOz2 I performed each of these works on an 1812 Schöffstoss pianoforte by Pianoteq tuned to A=415 hz. See below for some additional comments on each sonata. The modulatory transitions are my own semi-improvisations created for thi...
2 pianos 8 hands: Toccata from Suite gothique by Boëllmann (scrolling score)
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Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897) Suite gothique pour orgue, Op. 25 (1895) IV. Toccata (arr. Léon Roques for 2 pianos 8 hands in 1915) Performed by PianoCurio I had been searching for a good, spooky work to feature this Halloween when I came across this vintage arrangement of Boëllmann’s famous piece on IMSLP. When I didn’t immediately find an existing recording of it (what, nobody has 2 pianos, 8 han...
1894 Piano Exam: Men's & Women's Sight-reading Pieces, Composed by Widor
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Two original piano pieces composed for an 1894 student competition at the Paris Conservatoire. 00:00 Men's Piece 01:37 Women's Piece PianoCurio, pf Men and women pianists: It is incredibly strange to us today, but the reality in the 19th century was that women did not directly compete with men in piano competitions. Though women were certainly encouraged, even expected, to learn the piano, they...
Lyadov Starter Pack - 5 Essential Preludes by a Late-Romantic Perfectionist
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Anatoly Lyadov (1855-1914) Five selected preludes for piano PianoCurio, pf Piano: Blüthner Model One (Pianoteq) The Russian composer Anatoly Lyadov wrote some of the finest lesser-heard gems in the late-Romantic piano repertoire. They are not all obscure, as the first prelude of this set has rightly become one of his most famous melodies. To me, Lyadov represents a link between the pianism of C...
Who does this melody remind you of?
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Hermann Goetz (1840-1876) Piano Quintet, Op.16 (1874) II. Andante con moto (arr. for piano 4 hands by Friedrich Hermann) PianoCurio, pf This music may bring to mind that of Mendelssohn, Schumann, or even Brahms at his most generous. Its harmonies have the warmth and clarity of the German Romantic composers and its melody has a natural Dvořákian ease to it, as if it sprang up from the soil. Rega...
Playing a sonata from every year of the 1800s: The first decade
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Playing a sonata from every year of the 1800s: The first decade
If you like this piece, he wrote 375 more over 8 years
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If you like this piece, he wrote 375 more over 8 years
Koechlin's spectral pianism - A unique voice
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Koechlin's spectral pianism - A unique voice
This dark gothic prelude belongs in a museum
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This dark gothic prelude belongs in a museum
How to bring the house down in 1866
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How to bring the house down in 1866
If only he had lived past age 36...
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If only he had lived past age 36...
Why Beethoven used more pedal (sometimes) - historical vs. modern piano comparison
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Why Beethoven used more pedal (sometimes) - historical vs. modern piano comparison
Tell me Chopin was your teacher in one etude
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Tell me Chopin was your teacher in one etude
The radiant poetry of Mel Bonis' Mélisande for piano
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The radiant poetry of Mel Bonis' Mélisande for piano
The French Sequel to Schumann's Carnaval: 12 pieces for piano by C.-M. Widor (1891)
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The French Sequel to Schumann's Carnaval: 12 pieces for piano by C.-M. Widor (1891)
Liszt's ‘Beside a spring’ in two versions on period pianos
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Liszt's ‘Beside a spring’ in two versions on period pianos
Playing Beethoven on 7 pianos from his lifetime
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Playing Beethoven on 7 pianos from his lifetime
Eduard Schütt - Andante Cantabile and Scherzino for two pianos, Op. 79
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Eduard Schütt - Andante Cantabile and Scherzino for two pianos, Op. 79
Rameau's Gavotte but each variation is played on a newer piano
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Rameau's Gavotte but each variation is played on a newer piano
Alex. Voormolen (“The Dutch Ravel”) - Suite de clavecin pour piano
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Alex. Voormolen (“The Dutch Ravel”) - Suite de clavecin pour piano
Franz Neruda - Variations in B minor, dedicated to Edvard Grieg, Op. 49
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Franz Neruda - Variations in B minor, dedicated to Edvard Grieg, Op. 49
Friedrich Kiel - Duet for solo piano, Op. 18 No. 3
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Friedrich Kiel - Duet for solo piano, Op. 18 No. 3
Very nice melodious NORMAL music. Can't wait to use some in church -- thank you
The beginning of the secondo reminded me of the first two bars of the Andante mosso in Rimsky-Korsakov's piano concerto and the first two bars of the Andante in Glazunov's second piano concerto ….
Nice play brother 🔥🔥💯💯
Such a beautiful piece, especially the positive theme which resembles something I can't describe... enjoying beautiful past memories connnected what it is to come? I do not know. Does anybody know what form is this piece in? ABA? Also, thanks for broadening our musical minds ☺
Who's the pianist?
This is my own recording
I enjoyed this video. Strangely enough, I didn't like the Steinway grand piano at all. I liked the vintage Bechstein grand the best. There is also a very nice VST plugin from Native Instruments for this sound, called “The Maverick”. I once recorded a piece by Frescobaldi on it. It gave the piece a singing warmth that you can't achieve with a harpsichord, a historical Italian organ or a modern grand piano.
Late New Year's resolution: See if I can improve my sight reading by spending time on it regularly. Actually, I think many excellent sight readers are naturals, but it's a complicated issue.
Wish there was a recording of these on streaming services. This artist.
I love this! Nice performance for such a tricky piece
Wow. That was beautiful.
BRUH, this must have inspired Roger Waters when he composed the Trial piece of The Wall. Or he came up with it on its own.
Oh, so obvious now. I never realized the HP theme was a Siciliano. Reminds me of Mozart’s A major sonata. :)
Somehow I knew this was Shchedrin judging by the title before I clicked, played this in my youth
The piano sound is so clear
Performers ? Date ?
I performed this by recording over top of myself, as an experiment.
This is the background music that plays in my head as I stare off into space. The lights are on, but no ones home.
Someone needs to make a cartoon over this
Listen to Pink Floyd's The Trial from The Wall.
A beautiful transcription - beautifully played! Thank you!
a terribly sound recording quality from a presumably electric keyboard.
This is a great bit of music. I felt at one point as though it had symphonic breadth - then I read the description, so I suppose that the transcription was well done.
just not very Christmas-y to me - feels a bit too much like a circus clown
In the context of the opera it’s set in a fishing village just before a storm as the townspeople are marching into church on the night of Christmas Eve, so it’s more evocative of the dark environment, the church (hymn-like episode), and the fife-like piccolo motifs that give it that fishy maritime vibe.
If you spice it with some extra dissonances the first minute can sound like some Poulenc (or Nino Rota). For the rest, Mr Widor, you owe me 2 minutes of my life.
The variation at 2:31 sounds vewy Fwench to me as well, like something Debussy would’ve written around 1890
What a great discovery! I think I’ll orchestrate it for a concert next Christmas!
By the way, check out Widor’s original orchestration (and a much quicker interpretation) here: ruclips.net/video/lu5pEx1yomk/видео.html
Ill orchestrate it too :D lets share each others arrangements when were finished!!!
@@PianoCurioThank you for sharing that beautiful and emotive piece, excellently played too!! I can hear a couple of tunes/motifs for carols in there also. Well done!
Same here. 🎶 📜 🖋️
İts so orginal
Interesting blend of the silly and the grand. Highly forgettable.
Wow… the first piece sounds like a beautiful cold winter morning. Thanks for introducing me to this composer! Never heard of him before but immediately fell in love.
The end is gold.
As an organist this is funny to watch. You pianists might have dynamics, proper articulation and a sustain pedal, but I only need one of me to play this mwahaha!
I often joke that I don’t need to have friends as a pianist because I can just play everything myself via arrangements and such, but organists? Tucked away in the corner of a church or in the loft, practicing late nights and early mornings, you guys are the true lone wolves of the music world!
I quite liked this! I am new to your channel, but appreciate the orientation towards lesser-known works. Pianoteq sounds remarkable. May I ask what MIDI controller(s) you use and your thoughts on them? Thanks!
I’m glad you enjoyed it! I have always been fascinated by the wealth of the piano repertoire beyond the standard repertoire and I aim to highlight that on this channel. I use a Yamaha N1X Avantgrand as a controller. Since it’s a genuine grand piano action in a digital piano, it greatly helps to translate the performance naturally in MIDI format. That being said, it’s quite expensive and I don’t think it’s necessary to get a good performance from Pianoteq. Before I upgraded to the N1X, I used a couple different Casio Privia keyboards, which have decent actions for the price range and are much more portable. Kawai also makes a hybrid piano on the level of Yamaha’s Avantgrand, but I haven’t played it. The biggest limitation to me is that repeated notes don’t bounce as smoothly or quickly on a hybrid as they do on a real grand, but otherwise I feel like I can play anything on it.
Thank you so much for your response; it is really helpful! And I wish to give you much encouragement on your endeavor; you have one more interested listener/viewer.
They are both not so easy as they may seam.
Is subjective.
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It's a Scarlatti Sonata!
I wish I had Godowsky’s harmonic language so bad. Almost all of his choices are so agreeable to me, yet idk how he comes to the decisions he makes 😭 Feels like it was second-nature to him
This is a great piece to audition to Juilliard with, but if it was me, I’d opt to go with 4’33”
Good suggestion, that piece was a hit with my mom’s friends when she asked teenage me to play for everyone at a Christmas party, though most of them did leave before I was done.
@ well that was rude of them. It was probably too complex for their simple ears.
I don't think I've ever laughed at a piece of music before, this is so hilarious and complete genius 🤣
Can I have a copy of the sheet music?
ゴドフスキーがアレンジしたこのアルベニスのタンゴ、 あたかも同じくアルベニスの組曲イベリアの雰囲気さえ漂います😮😊✨
Dude just had one riff and made small variations on it. That's it, nothing more was needed.
Unironically this became one of my favourite compositions
assai con buffo e elegante
_"May they never know your next move"_ (the whole piece is in Db major and it is resolved with a surprising Eb chord)
The stupid and meaningless dinamic changes between pp and ff makes it even funnier
I like Schedrin! I bought an LP on a whim once, of him playing some of his own music. Among others his second piano concerto, which is extremely metal (and sometimes jazzy)
At bar 6 it would be b flat...
Dark gothic??????
Still more serious than John Cage 😅
Okay, but I actually wanna learn it
I unironically love it, it's like the theme song for some kind of silly little creature scuttling around and getting into mischief
He was a student of Gabriel Fauré :0