Mozart/Liszt: Reminisceneces de Don Juan S. 418 (Hamelin)

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  • Опубликовано: 26 дек 2024
  • 00:00 I. Grave
    04:04 II. Duetto Andantino
    07:27 III. Variation 1
    10:50 IV. Variation 2
    13:50 V. Quasi Presto
    (sorry for the editing mistakes in some parts of the video)
    Réminiscences de Don Juan is an opera fantasy for piano by Franz Liszt on themes from Mozart's 1787 opera Don Giovanni.
    It is extremely technically demanding and considered to be among the most taxing of Liszt's works and in the entire repertoire. For this reason, and perhaps also because of its length and dramatic intensity, it does not appear in concert programmes as often as Liszt's lighter and more popular pieces, such as the Rigoletto Paraphrase. As Ferruccio Busoni says in the preface to his 1918 edition of the work, the Réminiscences carries "an almost symbolic significance as the highest point of pianism." Liszt wrote the work in 1841 and published a two-piano version (S. 656) in 1877. The two-piano version bears a structurally strong resemblance to the original.
    The piece begins with music sung by the Commendatore, both from the graveyard scene where he threatens Don Giovanni ("Di rider finirai pria dell'aurora! Ribaldo audace! Lascia a' morti la pace!" - "Your laughter will not last, even till morning. Leave the dead in peace!") and from the finale where he condemns Don Giovanni to Hell. The love duet of Don Giovanni and Zerlina follows ("Là ci darem la mano"), along with two variations on this theme, then an extended fantasy on the Champagne aria ("Fin ch'han dal vino"), and finally the work concludes with the Commendatore's threat.
    In contrast to perhaps the majority of opera fantasies composed during the nineteenth century, Liszt's Don Giovanni paraphrase is a much more tightly controlled and significant work. Where the standard opera transcription is merely a collection of famous tunes,
    The finest of [Liszt's] opera fantasies...are much more than that: they juxtapose different parts of the opera in ways that bring out a new significance, while the original dramatic sense of the individual number and its place within the opera is never out of sight.
    Throughout the work, the Réminiscences makes a great number of advanced technical demands on the pianist, among them passages in chromatic thirds, numerous tenths, and an instance of rapid leaps in both hands across almost the whole width of the keyboard that, in the words of Heinrich Neuhaus, "with the exception of Ginzburg, probably nobody but the pianola played without smudges."
    -🔗 (Source: Wikipedia)
    Performer: Marc-André Hamelin

Комментарии • 105

  • @eddiebeato5546
    @eddiebeato5546 2 года назад +68

    Jaw-dropping…especially his control! One of the finest pianism ever! Marc Andre Hamelin’s technique is legendary!!!

    • @rottincheez347
      @rottincheez347 2 года назад +2

      definitely not an exaggeration, my jaw was dropping every couple minutes at least. Insane playing

    • @matthewclarke5008
      @matthewclarke5008 Год назад

      This piece is easy for him after Alkan and Godowsky.

  • @galois7005
    @galois7005 2 года назад +152

    recommand to beginner

  • @karpabla
    @karpabla 2 года назад +24

    Ah, what memories! I remember this piece was the exam in my first course of piano.

  • @shin-i-chikozima
    @shin-i-chikozima 2 года назад +18

    The wonderfulness of this performance is unrivaled

  • @arcadiyratner3284
    @arcadiyratner3284 2 года назад +15

    Абсолютный пианизм. Совершенный!

  • @CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji
    @CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji 2 года назад +9

    Finally, a score video of this! Thanks!

  • @igo.spekkyjarvonvreich
    @igo.spekkyjarvonvreich 11 месяцев назад +14

    does anyone notice the change he made at 10:43

    • @therealtruetwelfth798
      @therealtruetwelfth798 10 месяцев назад +1

      How about 13:00 ?

    • @igo.spekkyjarvonvreich
      @igo.spekkyjarvonvreich 10 месяцев назад

      @@therealtruetwelfth798 I feel like i prefer the original here - but well spotted

    • @Fy37-Piano
      @Fy37-Piano 7 месяцев назад

      I think this version is horrible. The dramatic introduction to the final part of the piece fits just perfect.

    • @Chimmykoya-
      @Chimmykoya- 6 месяцев назад

      The part that he didn’t play is the anhang, which I prefer because it fits the last part so perfectly

  • @Damian_Theodoridis
    @Damian_Theodoridis Год назад +35

    Liszt: Here is my transcription of your opera
    Mozart: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?!!??!

  • @Bruceykeys
    @Bruceykeys Год назад +24

    Trying to figure out which section Scriabin blew his right hand up in ☠

    • @Fy37-Piano
      @Fy37-Piano 7 месяцев назад +5

      Maybe too many chromatic thirds lmao

    • @roshan7c356
      @roshan7c356 6 месяцев назад +1

      Must be all the consecutive octaves and chromatic scale thirds

    • @maultooga
      @maultooga 4 месяца назад +1

      There is a alternative section at 13:07 ish where the left had is to play many 9th's quite fast. I was learning this piece and I would stake 5 bucks on it. Pretty sure Lang lang version has it

    • @950name
      @950name 3 месяца назад

      yeah, but he injured his right hand ​@@maultooga

  • @KenWangpiano
    @KenWangpiano Год назад +1

    Interesting interpretation with such great control

  • @jonathanstupidcheesespaghetti
    @jonathanstupidcheesespaghetti 2 года назад +26

    1 week of simply piano

  • @bigbong620
    @bigbong620 Год назад +1

    Amazing!

  • @Damian_Theodoridis
    @Damian_Theodoridis Год назад +6

    Best. Version. Ever

    • @JamesBower-yj6ew
      @JamesBower-yj6ew 11 месяцев назад

      Okada takes the cake, imo

    • @Damian_Theodoridis
      @Damian_Theodoridis 11 месяцев назад

      @@JamesBower-yj6ew okada’s is messy, this is cleaner

    • @JamesBower-yj6ew
      @JamesBower-yj6ew 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@Damian_TheodoridisOkada plays with blistering speed though, which makes it much more entertaining

    • @Damian_Theodoridis
      @Damian_Theodoridis 11 месяцев назад

      @@JamesBower-yj6ew no hamelin played faster *I think*

    • @JamesBower-yj6ew
      @JamesBower-yj6ew 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@Damian_TheodoridisJust listened to this a couple more times and I think you're right. Hamelin's version is better on many levels, such as how buttery the arpeggio at 15:18 was. Wow

  • @ValzainLumivix
    @ValzainLumivix 2 года назад +4

    Nice

  • @Michelle6998832
    @Michelle6998832 2 года назад +3

    MG! I wonder how long it takes an average trained classical pianist to learn than master that? 🤔 Any opinions???? Let's start a thread!
    🌹

    • @ejb7969
      @ejb7969 10 месяцев назад +2

      55 years of preparation and a few weeks of study and practice.

    • @Sparsha-ij8rr
      @Sparsha-ij8rr 8 месяцев назад

      При хорошем владении примерно 12 сложными этюдами Шопена и несколькими трансцендентными этюдами из S139, я думаю, - 4-6 месяцев, если каждый день уделять этому произведению по 2-3 часа напряженной игры

  • @juananramos2807
    @juananramos2807 Год назад +1

    Simply piano Day 5

  • @PiotrstrashcanŚmietnikPiotra
    @PiotrstrashcanŚmietnikPiotra 2 года назад +7

    And I thought Rachmaninoff was hard to play....
    Anyway, a beautiful piece and astonishing playing.

  • @NoLazy71
    @NoLazy71 9 месяцев назад +1

    Beginner score in muse score

  • @Fy37-Piano
    @Fy37-Piano 6 месяцев назад +1

    Crazy Interpretation, sadly he chose the busoni edition, which is horrible compared to the original

  • @isner_lew1834
    @isner_lew1834 2 года назад +5

    I do not like this version, its lacking of something

    • @isner_lew1834
      @isner_lew1834 2 года назад +1

      @@ekenyon51416 Its lacking something because it skipped the double third and tenth part and directly went to quasi presto, i did not like the transcition too. Okada version is gold, but it can be better if we add the double third part.

    • @pentaxel3905
      @pentaxel3905 2 года назад +3

      @@isner_lew1834 The part you were describing is an Ossia that was only available on a specific edition, Lang Lang played that part. It seems to me you're talking about the Busoni edition.

    • @isner_lew1834
      @isner_lew1834 2 года назад

      @@pentaxel3905 yes, it makes the piece better tbh. But lang lang skipped andantino in the coda, so NAH

    • @pentaxel3905
      @pentaxel3905 2 года назад +2

      @@isner_lew1834 I agree with you, but no Ossia or Ossia, both Lang Lang and Okada have pretty terrifyingly good performances

    • @isner_lew1834
      @isner_lew1834 2 года назад +1

      @@pentaxel3905 1000% agree

  • @alexandreblanc9294
    @alexandreblanc9294 2 года назад +8

    I was a big fan of this music ten years ago, today I realize the "poverty" of this musical content, and that's not the fault of Hamelin, who is an amazing pianist... this piece goes in every direction, without exploiting properly the different themes... I'm a fan of Liszt generally, but now I don't find any interest in this piece.

    • @Whatismusic123
      @Whatismusic123 2 года назад

      Yeah, this is just a collection of musical ideas, not music.

    • @xevivr
      @xevivr 2 года назад

      Whyyyy

    • @user-uy9qs5sk4n
      @user-uy9qs5sk4n Год назад

      You are completely right, but nobody other than Liszt could write so difficult yet effectful piano music - only Rachmaninoff.

    • @stefanbernhard2710
      @stefanbernhard2710 Год назад

      I agree. This is one of liszt's most mediocre transcriptions. It's almost self parody. The first time I heard it was by Lang Lang , so that spoiled it permanently. Norma fantasy is 1000x better imo

    • @treesny
      @treesny Год назад +6

      As someone who knew and loved Mozart's opera for many decades before hearing this piece, I cannot disagree more strongly with the negative comments on it. It seems to me as genuine and inventive a response to the opera as his Norma piece is to Bellini's masterwork. The hellfire/worldly pleasures dichotomy of Giovanni's persona are beautifully reflected in the structure of the piece.