This is an excellent interpretation. The piano is also perfect. A brightly voiced nine foot grand is absolutely necessary for those bass notes in the beginning to sound amazing. Those bass notes sound just like a bell tolling. The voicing of the piano allows all of the notes, no matter the register, to sound sharp and clear. This piece would sound terrible on an upright or a mellow voiced grand.
Wow, what a great interpretation! I'll go out on a limb and say I think that not only Liszt but Verdi as well would have been pleased. I hope you will consider posting this same pianist's version of the Rigoletto paraphrase. Also, I recommend that everyone who loves these three pieces at some point listen to them in Liszt's preferred order: Ernani, Il Trovatore, Rigoletto: after the intensity and darkness of the first two, the playfulness of the Rigoletto quartet is such a welcome change of mood; what a shrewd program-planner Liszt was! (Most pianists who have recorded all three followed the published order, which puts Rigoletto first.) Thanks as always for your great posts. :)
What an amazing interpretation, and looking at the sheet music, I think I understand the role of the pedal in 3:18 - where the right hand plays the melody and the left hand plays the chromatic runs; a section that I previously found bizarre in this piece.. In Liszt's writing, it seems as though he intended the pedal to represent the bass or the beat in that section; by removing its sustain effect for a short millisecond, the "bass" of that section can be distinguished. In other words, the feet acts as the third hand in that section, playing the bass... whilst the left hand chromatically ascends and descends, and the right hand plays the melody... I think it gives a really nice effect.
What a unique interpretation, a more restrained performance by using pedal only if needed-giving it a more less overdramatic nuance usually given to the chromatic bass runs and dark passages. The highlighted percussive accented bass gives it a sort of tolling bell-like sound, usually in general performances the basses are blurred by the overuse and abuse of the sustain pedal. Brilliant display of technique, with impeccable voicing and great attention to the tension created. Bravo!
Quelle interprétation inspirée de cette grandiose transcription du final du Trouvere le duo d’amour Leonora et Manrico de Verdi ! J’en ai la chair de poule !
This is an excellent interpretation. The piano is also perfect. A brightly voiced nine foot grand is absolutely necessary for those bass notes in the beginning to sound amazing. Those bass notes sound just like a bell tolling. The voicing of the piano allows all of the notes, no matter the register, to sound sharp and clear. This piece would sound terrible on an upright or a mellow voiced grand.
Wow, what a great interpretation! I'll go out on a limb and say I think that not only Liszt but Verdi as well would have been pleased. I hope you will consider posting this same pianist's version of the Rigoletto paraphrase. Also, I recommend that everyone who loves these three pieces at some point listen to them in Liszt's preferred order: Ernani, Il Trovatore, Rigoletto: after the intensity and darkness of the first two, the playfulness of the Rigoletto quartet is such a welcome change of mood; what a shrewd program-planner Liszt was! (Most pianists who have recorded all three followed the published order, which puts Rigoletto first.) Thanks as always for your great posts. :)
What an amazing interpretation, and looking at the sheet music, I think I understand the role of the pedal in 3:18 - where the right hand plays the melody and the left hand plays the chromatic runs; a section that I previously found bizarre in this piece..
In Liszt's writing, it seems as though he intended the pedal to represent the bass or the beat in that section; by removing its sustain effect for a short millisecond, the "bass" of that section can be distinguished. In other words, the feet acts as the third hand in that section, playing the bass... whilst the left hand chromatically ascends and descends, and the right hand plays the melody... I think it gives a really nice effect.
3:06～、3:56～、4:41～5:19、5:22~5:44も素晴らしい効果、6:47コーダの重音和弦も極めて効果的である。自分でも何回か弾き、そのたびにリストが傍にいて聞いてくれているような幻惑にとらわれた。特にコーダの重音和弦は即興で、入れて色んな歌謡曲のパラフレーズにして遊んだことがある。オペラのパラフレーズものは大衆人気もあると思うので、玄人のピアニストもぜひレパートリーに入れてほしい。リストをプログラムの後半に入れると、それまでの曲が退屈でも、「リストを聴いてから帰ろう」と思うものだ。リスト曲を上手に使うことはプロにとって間違いなく成功の近道だと思う。
You know what they say about big hands... Great pianist!
WOW, JUST FREAKING WOWWWW !!! A PERFORMANCE WORTHY OF THE GREAT MASTER HIMSELF !!!
What a unique interpretation, a more restrained performance by using pedal only if needed-giving it a more less overdramatic nuance usually given to the chromatic bass runs and dark passages. The highlighted percussive accented bass gives it a sort of tolling bell-like sound, usually in general performances the basses are blurred by the overuse and abuse of the sustain pedal. Brilliant display of technique, with impeccable voicing and great attention to the tension created. Bravo!
Bravo bravo bravo bravo brilliance grandiose fantastic genial music
Quelle interprétation inspirée de cette grandiose transcription du final du Trouvere le duo d’amour Leonora et Manrico de Verdi ! J’en ai la chair de poule !
Amazing, breathtaking stunning 🎶👏🎶👏😇
Great! First opera I ever saw age 14.
Grandissimo♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🎶🎹🎼🎵🎶
Is this a Bösendorfer Imperial? The low base sounds are that powerful and the treble is kind of sweet.
Merci ! 👏👏
2:46 reminds me of Alkan "le Vent" 1837
The very begining reminds me of "Morte" by the same composer.
Beautiful. :)
Great interpretation!! Wondering if anyone else has recorded the first Ernani fantasy(besides Howard).
Nice
That's Bitchin !!! Love It !! BRAVISSIMO !!!!
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Thank you - didn’t spoil my enjoyment of the piece
Thanks Cartman
how is that even supposes to happen
Thank you, the only other music and sheet video of this piece was worse quality than this
Thalberg's Il Trovatore is considerably better, imo