Explanation of less well-known expression marks: - "senza rigore" -> "a piacere" or "ad libitum" - "s.v." -> "sans vibration" -> pedal with clarity - mp -> mezzo piano - bp -> ben piano - pf -> poco forte - bf -> ben forte - psf -> poco sforzando - bsf -> ben sforzando - prfz -> poco rinforzando - brfz -> ben rinforzando - "circle symbol" -> lift pedal halfway (though, tbh, I ignored most of the explicit pedal markings)
Really touching performance with this one, glad you've taken Enescu's music to heart. How amazing it would've been to speak to Mr. Enescu and understand him and his music even more 🙏
@@RyanPower I have no need to prove anything. I was giving my opinion - as is legal and permitted - that there was little of substance in the "music" of Mr Enescu and suggesting that there are other composers, perhaps exemplified by JS Bach, to whom one could listen if one wanted to find meaning in the music. You are free to disagree if you wish, naturally.
sounds like a javanese dance at some points. beautiful piece, thank you for bringing this to my listening repertoire with your trasncendental playing(as always!)
This is an extraordinary performance that I very much enjoyed, especially the musicianship. Very nicely done! Bravo! (I have a number of Enescu's works, but this one stood out today.)
This is my first time being exposed to the musicality of the composer and the musicianship of the pianist. I over-awe at the wonderful possibilities that are yet to be discover that are ever hidden within the Universe for our discovery and pleasure, if our faculty of mind is thus disposed.
You should check out Karol Szymanowski's Piano Sonatas 2 and 3, and my Sorabji recordings (I have a playlist on my channel). It'll open your eyes even more to what's possible.
this is beyond gorgeous, wow. your playing certainly makes this a great intro to this composer. i have a feeling this piece is going to haunt me now because it doesn't seem too difficult to play physically, but actually reading the damn score........ oh no
@@Musicforever60 have you played anything by chilean composers? The repertory is huge. I recently uploaded a sonata by Acario Cotapos, an obscure composer even for chilean standards ( i must admit i took inspiration from your camera angles)
Dinu Lipatti famously recorded this, but whenever I listen to it it’s always an enigma to me. I just don’t understand this music, even though I have listened to quite a lot of modern music. Maybe someone can enlighten me?
Hey Eric, what piano is this? I'm not a fan of the Yamaha sound but this is spectacular! I was looking to get a piano so that's also part of why I'm asking
There’s a reason Mozart is dubbed “too easy for children, too hard for adults”. Fanfare like Liszt is easy, so long as you have the stamina. Things like this are different. But when done right, they’re the most rewarding IMO. And as always, it sounds great!
I want to hear your recording of Prokofiev piano sonata 8 3rd mov. since I can hear the unnatural tempo control and technical difficulties at the final moment of the piece from all the pianists.
Aside from your masterful playing, there are lots I like about this piece like how it's so colorful and tender in a poignant way, but some of it definitely sounds too self-indulgent and I don't like how certain phrases don't resolve - not referring to tonality but rather the lack of closure as if you are improvising with ADHD and throwing 'paint' of ideas on a white canvas and seeing what sticks. Do you perhaps share the same sentiment? As you play these 'obscure' pieces do you often wish certain parts were written differently to suit your taste or do you lean more on the side of liking things the way they are?
I understand what you mean. That's part of what made it challenging to interpret and put together. Some of the sections just kind of abruptly end and move on to the next idea, but I think that's part of where the beauty and uniqueness lies. I've played and recorded a plethora of pieces and I'd immediately lose interest in hearing the same predictable resolutions another time. This asymmetry creates more than just a bit of awkwardness, but messes with a listener's rhythm and expectation. I very much recognize it as a feature and leverage it in my playing. The various expression-based techniques I've devised and incorporate in my playing is very much psychology-based and manipulative, so the more of these opportunities there are, the more exciting it is for me since I have something unconventional to work with. On a completely different note, I would agree there are maybe one too many mini-climaxes in the development section, but I see that as a feature of the style of the music which is doina, a Romanian style.
One could hardly say that this music was unpleasant, but its formlessness and keylessness and themelessness is so utterly boring that I could happily never hear it again. So for me at least a failure. Back to proper composers. Bach, anyone?
@@gbcomposer Fuck that. I looked at his profile briefly too and he appears to be a fully grown adult, which is even more concerning. I could give a comment like that a pass if it was made by an 8 year old, but an adult commenting "first" on a youtube video is beyond unacceptable; and they deserve to be mercilessly ridiculed for doing so.
Explanation of less well-known expression marks:
- "senza rigore" -> "a piacere" or "ad libitum"
- "s.v." -> "sans vibration" -> pedal with clarity
- mp -> mezzo piano
- bp -> ben piano
- pf -> poco forte
- bf -> ben forte
- psf -> poco sforzando
- bsf -> ben sforzando
- prfz -> poco rinforzando
- brfz -> ben rinforzando
- "circle symbol" -> lift pedal halfway (though, tbh, I ignored most of the explicit pedal markings)
what does "ben" mean? Is it an intensifier, so ben piano is quieter than piano?
"ben", in the context of music, means "well" or "good", indicating apply extra
@@Musicforever60 so it's like equivalent to piu, maybe?
@@fesh Not at all, più is "more", it's not exactly the same as "ben".
I think perhaps another way to think about it is apply "fully" or "adequately"
The world if Enescu remembered to write down the 2nd piano sonata...
god that opening almost sounds like finnissy, absolutely awesome
This reminds me somehow of a hybrid of Albeniz and Scriabin.
Beat me to it aha
Really touching performance with this one, glad you've taken Enescu's music to heart. How amazing it would've been to speak to Mr. Enescu and understand him and his music even more 🙏
Nowt much to understand, IMO! Try Bach for meaning.
@@jonb4020 weak response, what are you trying to prove
@@RyanPower I have no need to prove anything. I was giving my opinion - as is legal and permitted - that there was little of substance in the "music" of Mr Enescu and suggesting that there are other composers, perhaps exemplified by JS Bach, to whom one could listen if one wanted to find meaning in the music. You are free to disagree if you wish, naturally.
jonb
Maybe the most beautiful opening 2 bars of music ever written,
Exquisitely beautiful.
What a beautiful piece
hi schild
Enescu, one of my favourite composers.🇷🇴
Thank you for the discovery! Never heard a Enescu piece before. Gorgeous playing !
Stunning music!
sounds like a javanese dance at some points. beautiful piece, thank you for bringing this to my listening repertoire with your trasncendental playing(as always!)
was, in ways, indirectly trying to generate auditory allusions!
hi omroroi :)
@@cgnotes hello cat
This is an extraordinary performance that I very much enjoyed, especially the musicianship. Very nicely done! Bravo! (I have a number of Enescu's works, but this one stood out today.)
Magical music!✨✨✨
Nice piece, I didn’t know this one. I’m adding it to my playlist
the texture caused by the certain independence of voices made me think of Barlow's Çoğlu Otobüs İşletmesi
a bit
This is my first time being exposed to the musicality of the composer and the musicianship of the pianist. I over-awe at the wonderful possibilities that are yet to be discover that are ever hidden within the Universe for our discovery and pleasure, if our faculty of mind is thus disposed.
You should check out Karol Szymanowski's Piano Sonatas 2 and 3, and my Sorabji recordings (I have a playlist on my channel). It'll open your eyes even more to what's possible.
Brilliant. As usual ...
Very nice piece, great voicing u did there.
this is unexpectedly very very beautiful
this is beyond gorgeous, wow. your playing certainly makes this a great intro to this composer. i have a feeling this piece is going to haunt me now because it doesn't seem too difficult to play physically, but actually reading the damn score........ oh no
That was wonderful, thanks 🥰
Instant like. Big fan from chile
welcome, from Chile!
xilean here too
@@Musicforever60 have you played anything by chilean composers? The repertory is huge. I recently uploaded a sonata by Acario Cotapos, an obscure composer even for chilean standards ( i must admit i took inspiration from your camera angles)
That was amazing, thanks !
exquisite
so indonesian, love it ^u^. Greeting from Venezuela
Check for Enesco piano competition this week
"Apparently produces gorgeous results" Are you saying that it doesn't produce gorgeous results? It sounds pretty gorgeous to me. Exquisite even!
beautiful.... .
❤
Dinu Lipatti famously recorded this, but whenever I listen to it it’s always an enigma to me. I just don’t understand this music, even though I have listened to quite a lot of modern music. Maybe someone can enlighten me?
Listen to Medtner's music first
Bello , ci sono frammenti armonici alla maniera di k. Jarrett !!! ( non sento i richiami rumeni ) ,é un mio limite.Grazie Italia .🤩👋
Hey Eric, what piano is this? I'm not a fan of the Yamaha sound but this is spectacular! I was looking to get a piano so that's also part of why I'm asking
Messiaen Vingt Regards when? (Phenomenal work here as usual)
not that much of a fan of that work personally, though it's certainly phenomenal
@@Musicforever60 may I ask why? You seem to like a lot of modern music.
Enescu is so amazing!
(his name is cool, too!) 😆
There’s a reason Mozart is dubbed “too easy for children, too hard for adults”. Fanfare like Liszt is easy, so long as you have the stamina.
Things like this are different. But when done right, they’re the most rewarding IMO. And as always, it sounds great!
lovely piece. good performance.
bro it hasn't even been 5 minutes since it was posted
@@Musicforever60 i just felt it in my bones… i knew it would’ve been good
lol ok
I want to hear your recording of Prokofiev piano sonata 8 3rd mov. since I can hear the unnatural tempo control and technical difficulties at the final moment of the piece from all the pianists.
unfortunately, that was a piece I cared a lot about 7 years ago and then stopped caring about 6 years ago
Aside from your masterful playing, there are lots I like about this piece like how it's so colorful and tender in a poignant way, but some of it definitely sounds too self-indulgent and I don't like how certain phrases don't resolve - not referring to tonality but rather the lack of closure as if you are improvising with ADHD and throwing 'paint' of ideas on a white canvas and seeing what sticks. Do you perhaps share the same sentiment? As you play these 'obscure' pieces do you often wish certain parts were written differently to suit your taste or do you lean more on the side of liking things the way they are?
I understand what you mean. That's part of what made it challenging to interpret and put together. Some of the sections just kind of abruptly end and move on to the next idea, but I think that's part of where the beauty and uniqueness lies. I've played and recorded a plethora of pieces and I'd immediately lose interest in hearing the same predictable resolutions another time. This asymmetry creates more than just a bit of awkwardness, but messes with a listener's rhythm and expectation. I very much recognize it as a feature and leverage it in my playing. The various expression-based techniques I've devised and incorporate in my playing is very much psychology-based and manipulative, so the more of these opportunities there are, the more exciting it is for me since I have something unconventional to work with. On a completely different note, I would agree there are maybe one too many mini-climaxes in the development section, but I see that as a feature of the style of the music which is doina, a Romanian style.
Are you a walking Silicon Valley job interview?
Quite the opposite actually lol
Stunning work and gorgeous playing. May I know what your mic setup is? I can’t tell if you r playing an acoustic grand or this is the Yamaha N3X??
It's acoustic :)
@@Musicforever60 oooo ok is it a Cx or SX?
@@Musicforever60 I know u read my comments. Don’t be shy
Yes
@@Musicforever60 why secret ?
Whom he was close, chopin ?
You sound so much like hamelin, play his etudes!!!!
You sound so much like hamelin
Haha, a nightmare to memorize!
ensecu
Witch year was this composed?
1912 - 1924
Reminds me of Rachmaninoff
First
One could hardly say that this music was unpleasant, but its formlessness and keylessness and themelessness is so utterly boring that I could happily never hear it again. So for me at least a failure. Back to proper composers. Bach, anyone?
Frankly, that speaks more about your level of brain function (not in a good way) than the composer's writing
@@Musicforever60 Really? And why is that, then?
and some would consider this “music”
yup
First
Nobody cares, and the fact that you think that is some sort of accomplishment worthy of commenting on is worrying.
@@kingconcerto5860 let the guy have it man
@@gbcomposer Fuck that. I looked at his profile briefly too and he appears to be a fully grown adult, which is even more concerning. I could give a comment like that a pass if it was made by an 8 year old, but an adult commenting "first" on a youtube video is beyond unacceptable; and they deserve to be mercilessly ridiculed for doing so.
@@kingconcerto5860 your profile pic is worrying