Maltempo plays Alkan - Etude op. 76 No. 3 "Rondo Toccata for hands reunited" Audio + Sheet music
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Vincenzo Maltempo gives a highly idiosyncratic performance of Charles-Valentin Alkan's "Rondo Toccata in C" for hands reuinted, op. 76 No. 3.
![Charles-Valentin Alkan - Deuxième recueil de chants, Op. 38b [1857] (McCallum)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/drQyL9HbC5o/mqdefault.jpg)
Kept in time well for a guy named Maltempo
Oh man everytime I see/hear his virtuosity I laugh at the irony of his name being bad tempo lol.
It’s like reverse nominative determinism.
@@sussybaka3117 I actually dislike a lot of his performances' speed. He goes too fast quite often.
Tempo in italian can mean either "time" or "weather", but when you say "maltempo" it always means "bad weather", so being myself an Italian I never thought about the irony in the other meaning lol
彼の演奏はいつも何処か力が抜けてるんですよねぇ..情熱が無いと言う様な,少し透かした演奏が気になります。
tempoに関しては問題無いです、彼はin tempoで弾ける能力があるので。
Alkan, crazy composer.
Crazy, as in not conventional (bad), but crazy in the most positive way possible.
Alkan actually was crazy though. He was a shut in and was discovered dead under a bookcase sometime after his passing lol
@@danielfisher8484 it’s false
Ye
@@danielfisher8484 a mere myth
Master level piece. One of the most challenging difficulty in this is that the composer didn't write any nuance (apart crescendi), and that there is no pause. Then, you have a very hard time figuring out how to play this, since this is still music. So, a big work from the interpret is made to play it in a musical way. Here the performer gives his own nuances, share them with us, while playing a composer that should be more reknowned.
Shame it's just Mozart this, and Rachmaninoff this. Sorry don't mean to generalize but you understand. Too many composers lay forgotten and too many undeservedly so :(
for a true musucian no need to see tempos / screshendo in a score.
vcsgo ru no need, but it is still very useful to tackle a work. If you are a pianist you must know, the nuances of the composer are never quite respected, it is because the interpreter appropriates the work, but before that it is necessary to understand the meaning of the work, and for that the nuances are very important for a real pianist. So there is a lot more work to do when the shades are less indicated, especially in the romantic style. It is the same for the tempo, it allows, even if finally it is not respected, to understand the work and thus better play it.
You need to have naturally gifted hands to begin with. Strong hands with great stamina. Without this, Some of these Alkan's pieces are not playable since you need to have a lot of stamina to play them.
@@rafiqp8800 You can always develop that skill through years of hard and time consuming practice. Otherwise you'll get tendonitis trying, if you'd be able to even try in the first place
How he differs from the dynamic markings, his usage of pedal, his rubati and how he likes sitting on certain notes are the things I'd call idiosyncratic. Maybe I'm wrong, but well, I just find this performance overall refreshing.
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A very musical interpretation. Bravo.
Perfectly nuanced top voice, extremely clean and crisp. Perfect interpertation. Perfection.
I agree with "idiosyncratic" and I like this performance, it makes a musical story out of raw (very raw) material!
Why is this guy so under-rated and unheard of??
DCg LeGaNdZz because most people are sheep
Looks like a really good etude for finger agility. I will try it.
@@fishingtrio7823... How is it unplayable? That's absolutely stupid, many played it, many plays it, and many will play it. It's absolutely not inhuman.
Ho, the beautiful sound of the piano. Masterful interpretation. The pianist plays with passion and sensibility. Beautiful and hard piece to play. Thanks for sharing.
It gives me a handache! - and also reminds me of "Le Vent", op. 15 n. 2.
No doubt : Alkan is an underrated composer... Thanks!
Comme Le Vent is definitely one of the works that places Alkan in the second rank. (Schumann said it sounded like a lot of dead twigs blowing around). This one places him over the border in the first rank.
This libertine reading of dynamics is first of all a peculiarity (which I actually enjoy), and is secondly due to the recording setup. Vincenzo said he was unhappy with the piano he had had to play (a nasty Yamaha), so he hopes he will get a better instrument for his upcoming Alkan projects.
By the way, I also uploaded his Quasi Faust, which is truly fantastic, and his Liszt is definitely something that's worth your time! ;)
Good interpretation! I especially like the diminuendo and articulation at 1:30, and voicing 2:37-2:55.
Listening to this again tonight.
That is simply a Glorious piece.
And again, That Ending(!!) Makes it.
I, as an owner of the whole CD, can assure you it's more than worth your time and money. (I've also uploaded his Quasi Faust, so you can even listen to one of the very best excerpts.) The sound quality is actually very good; okay, I'm sure everybody would be happier with a sonorous Steinway grand, but that detracts from the value of the disc only to a very little extent. Keep in mind that Alkan was a fascinating genius, and Vincenzo is an astonishing pianist. In two words: highly recommended! :)
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What a great ride that was! Sorabji wrote a similar piece as the Prelude in his work "Prelude, Interlude and Fugue" performed with similar gusto (live I might add) by Michael Habermann on a MHS CD - a very powerful performance as well.
Gosh, his hands are very reunited indeed!
Although I thought he would "bang" the low C-octave at 1:00 a bit more. He didn't...and it doesn't actually sound that bad. It made the last C-octave "bang" at 5:00 sound especially loud.
Thanks for the upload! :D
You are very welcome, I'm glad you liked it! :)
I haven't listened to them that much as I would've liked to, but I highly prefer Martin in the Esquisses above Osborne. He has a harsh, somewhat metallic sound, which is just perfect for those miniatures IMO. Osborne's recording is a HQ Hyperion release, but it's just not as natural and powerful as Martin. It's very good, but primmer. I really don't know the Preludes enough to make a reliable comparison - some of the recordings are available on RUclips I believe so feel free to check them out ;)
Unison Maestro!
Una interpretación exquisita, sólo para pocos... Gracias!!!
He tried playing it faster, but it set the piano on fire.
Can you please time the speed? The sheet music states 160 but this sounds faster. Thank you.
1:28 Hamelin's cadenza for Hungarian rhapsody no. 2 anyone?
CDMC1404 indeed. Hamlin is a huge fanatic of Alkan and his works, and also Hamelin composed etudes of his own based off of Alkans works
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Absolutely! nice catch
Mustonen's recordings are great, and it's worth noting that he is the only person so far to have recorded all of Alkan's Preludes Op. 31.
I very much like this recording, and I don't really see what's idiosyncratic about it? His playing is very clear, which I enjoy. Yes, some of the dynamics aren't quite right, but that doesn't take away from it at all in my opinion. Thanks for sharing!
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When I first hear Chopin, I was in love with his skills and his proficiency on the piano...
Then there's Liszt, his musics were so damn mad and some were unplayable, I labelled him as the "piano slayer/God of piano" (alongside with Rachmaninoff). Then there's Alkan, which after hearing (t)his piece - I think he's in the God tier! And I conclude that they (the "God tier" pianist) were all smoking weed.
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Ranggalih Rachmaninoff has some hard music, but no where near some of Liszt and alkan
You should give Sorabji a try next
Daniel N. Sorabji isn't near from Alkan, obviusly, he have damn-hard pieces but is not hard enough for Alkan lol.
Some of Liszt's obscure works (La Clochette, 1838 paganini etudes, etc.) are in a tier even beyond "god tier" -- they're just impossible lmao
Amédée Méreaux ....
I thought when it says "reunited" I thought it meant the hands were playing literally in 3rds together or at least really close to each other or on top of each other.
THE ONLY WORDS I CAN THINK OF TO COMMENT ON HIS VIDEOS IS "HOLY CRAP"
HE MIGHT HAVE HAD TO MEMORIZE THIS ONE.........
- THIS SOUNDS HARDER THAN HIS WHOLE 2 HOUR CONCERT !?!?
Alright buddy, settle down there.
Varun Athilat Funniest thing I've read all week...thank you
1:25 I've heard that tune in the Hamelin Cadenza.
Right you are; it must have been an earlier release to the one I have. Whose interpretations are better though? I think Mustonen's have a lot going for them.
@Angela Merkel Cos I love Alkan's music 😄
5:17 - Oh Alkan - YOU WIZARD!! That ENTIRE PIECE was the PERFECT BUILD-UP for that INCREDIBLE LAST 2 MEASURES.
PERFECTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow-yes.
it is idiosyncratic when compared to instructions, which there are little to none, if this was played without any nuance it would truly sound robotic and inhuman. yes its an etude but i think alkan must have intended the player to play rubato and interpret their piece to their own idea of its musicality. perhaps that was just another challenge to it, creating your own emotions to express from it. i mean at 3:06 it just sounds so dramatic and expressive, this is the romantic era so i do believe alkan intended for the player to add their own spin on it.
Amazing!!!!
It sounds like the 3rd movement of Saint Saens' carnival of the animals.
Superb technical display as one would expect from this great pianist (like that of Hamelin in this piece), but a preference must go to Ronald Smith who seems to control his tempo somewhat better with the added pleasure of a good resonant (piano) recording.
i don't like how he ignores much of the dynamics, if it's not just caused by the recording setup. But his interpretation is consistent and technically near perfect. Maltempo is a new name to me, not any longer though =)
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What's funny is that sometimes I notice that every person's last name has...something to do with their personality. Vincenzo...MALTEMPO xD.
Bravissimo!!!!
It's an etude. This musical patterns will be found over and over in modern compositions. The musicality comes in knowing when to slow down and when speed up, same with dynamics. Work it honey! Be creative and have fun with it.
This is very much like the last movement of Chopin's funeral march sonata.
Yes, very much so. To my ears, the Alkan is like a rationalised version of the Chopin : Steely, and unyielding. Both composed round about the same time..wouldn't surprise me if Alkan got there first. The Chopin publ. in 1839, the Alkan in 1838.
Who else checked their playback speed setting?
I think this is to pianists what Paganini’s Moto Perpetuo is to violinists.
How is it possible...
No way it is unplayable only maltempo can play that
How to shorten under 4 minutes?
ruclips.net/video/IX-FhZJcviA/видео.html Is the seven note E flat like player performed and the score has mistake there or vice versa ?
Hát boldog lennék, ha meglenne az az előadás :), de már akkor is, ha egyáltalán lenne kottám/felvételem arról a darabról. Ami azt illeti, én csak a 3. zongoraverseny átiratát ismerem, szóló zongorára (azzal a félelmetes kadenciával), más Beethoven/Alkant nem is hallottam. Egyébként érdekes, hogy épp ez a nyaktörő etűdje fogott meg, de hát kinek a pap, kinek a papné ;) Ha próbálkozhatok, hogy megkedveltessem veled Alkant, stilárisan még ez a darabja hasonlóan őrült: /watch?v=Q6qh96b2D6A
not really difficult except large distance in 2:26 figures, hard for small hands
Its extremely hard to keep it this clean and singing.
A little hard on the pedal, but still fantastic!
Reminds me a lot of Liszt's malediction.
mehmet tek not really offcourse lol how do u come to that conclusion? if I may ask
mehmet tek and its Liszt not Lizst btw
maybe he was inferior in technical skills, but not in composing
Audio Score You know, his best compositions are etudes, obviusly in a musicaly form is better Liszt, but i prefer Alkan
Exhausting.
How can you memorize everything wtf
How do you memorise your commute?
@@jamesrockybullin5250 What do you mean?
@@tarikeld11 Repetition.
@@jamesrockybullin5250 Yes sorry my comment was really stupid. I could never learn this.
You don't memorize each note, you memorize the motion of all the notes put together. Also there's lots of patterns which make it significantly easier to memorize.
Anyone else read it as 3 hands required? No? Just me?
Hee Hee
WTF IT'S SO FAST
Too difficult
check my sonata
check your mail?
at the door.
Maltempo means "bad tempo" in italian. What a not real name he got
bad time- tempo is not an english word
Far too slow!
you know I would argue that its fast enough but I kinda agree, must be 200 bpm :D
What? How fast is it supposed to go, and how much slower is this recording?
What other recordings of this etude can you point me toward to hear it played at an appropriate tempo? And can you perform this?
Sabrii Anderson its a etude, the idea is to work on a skill in playing the piano. in this one, it shows how both hands can play the same bit. of course I can play it but I haven't learned how to play it yet and the sort of tempo your wanting depends on yourself really. as I said its a etude and its intension was to work on both hands skill and flexibility doing the same thing. I don't think alkan intended a set tempo.
+NormanicusDiabolicus Alkan's tempo marking is 160...
I think you're right, Chris... Often times, humor/sarcasm goes after my head. My apologies, ND.
Easy compared with Czerny Op.364 Grand Etude
That's debatable. Difficulty is in the hands of the beholder. There are passages in op 76 No 1 and 2 that are insane. And this is not close Alkan's most difficult piece. Have you heard Le Preux? That is crazy.