The most monumental Symphony-Piano transcription in 19th century
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- Опубликовано: 23 май 2024
- Beethoven Symphonies (French: Symphonies de Beethoven), S.464, are a set of nine transcriptions for solo piano by Franz Liszt of Ludwig van Beethoven's symphonies 1-9.
By 1837, Liszt appears to have completed the transcriptions of the fifth, sixth and seventh symphonies, of which the fifth and sixth were published by Breitkopf & Härtel and the seventh by Tobias Haslinger. In 1843, he arranged the third movement of the Third Symphony, which was later published by Pietro Mechetti [de] in 1850. Liszt was paid 8 francs per page by Breitkopf & Härtel, who first requested two symphonies to be transcribed. During his 1840 travels in Europe he might have given the transcribed symphonies some publicity by playing them at his concerts.[ambiguous] With three symphonies transcribed, Liszt set aside the work for another 23 years. It was not until 1863 that Breitkopf & Härtel suggested to Liszt that he transcribe the complete set for a future publication. For this work, Liszt recycled his previous transcriptions by simplifying passages, stating that "the more intimately acquainted one becomes with Beethoven, the more one clings to certain singularities and finds that even insignificant details are not without their value". He would note down the names of the orchestral instruments for the pianist to imitate, and also add pedal marks and fingerings for amateurs and sight readers.[citation needed]
When Liszt began work transcribing the ninth symphony, he expressed that "after a great deal of experimentation in various directions, I was unable to deny the utter impossibility of even a partially satisfactory and effective arrangement of the 4th movement. I hope you will not take it amiss if I dispense with this and regard my arrangements of the Beethoven symphonies as complete at the end of the 3rd movement of the Ninth." (He had in fact completed a transcription of the Ninth Symphony for two pianos in 1850.) Nevertheless, he made another attempt after an expressive letter from Breitkopf & Härtel, and expressed "the range achieved by the pianoforte in recent years as a result of progress both in playing technique and in terms of mechanical improvements enables more and better things to be achieved than was previously possible. Through the immense development of its harmonic power the piano is trying increasingly to adopt all orchestral compositions. In the compass of its seven octaves it is able, with only a few exceptions, to reproduce all the characteristics, all the combination, all the forms of the deepest and most profound works of music. It was with this intention that I embark on the work which I now present to the world."
The full set of transcriptions were finally published in 1865 and dedicated to Hans von Bülow. The original publication of the fifth and sixth symphonies had been dedicated to the painter and amateur violinist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.
Vladimir Horowitz, in a 1988 interview, stated "I deeply regret never having played Liszt's arrangements of the Beethoven symphonies in public - these are the greatest works for the piano - tremendous works - every note of the symphonies is in the Liszt works."
Liszt's Beethoven Symphony transcriptions are little known outside serious musical circles, and were in relative obscurity for over 100 years after their publication. It remains a mystery why none of Liszt's pupils performed or recorded these works. The first recording of any of them was not until 1967, when Glenn Gould recorded the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies. İdil Biret became the first pianist to record the complete cycle, between July 1985 and April 1986. Subsequently, Cyprien Katsaris, Leslie Howard, Konstantin Scherbakov, Yury Martynov and Hinrich Alpers [de] have also recorded all nine.
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Excerpt from "Beethoven Symphonies, No.9, S464" transcribed by Franz Liszt.
This is the very first piece I encountered with Cyprien Katsaris. He's a real monster. Have fun!
P.f. Cyprien Katsaris
ruclips.net/video/O3MVY6UiMag/видео.htmlsi=ISKBRR4xnIksTDoH This vid is the part 49:58 in Beethoven's original composition.
Liszt was not just a virtuoso. He was actually a genius, imo
the more pieces you listen by him the more you will see he wasnt just a virtuoso but also paved the way for the 20th century composers, musical and techincal wise
No shit
Oh and Einstein was not only a good professor, he was a genius as well🤷🏻♂️
always has been
Not just your opinion it's facts
The Liszt piano transcription of Beethoven 9 I feel like cannot even be in goof faith classified as a piano "reduction" given all the notes and colors are still there. Simply amazing
No they aren't lmfao, all the colors are lost. So it is a reduction. Nobody would ever want to hear this when you can listen to the original Masterpiece that's not destroyed by lizst's abhorrent reduction.
Millions of people have chosen to listen to the Liszt transcription why are you so butthurt?
@@ultimateconstruction I think it's maybe just a good exercise for liszt to try to create, I mean for anybody to play this piece at all is insane. Piano covers of songs I think are just kind of important to have especially if you play a lot of piano
@@jsamuelcraw1495 "Millions of people" LMFAOOO, source please. Billions of people have chosen to listen to Beethoven's 9th Symphony.
@@ultimateconstruction Yes. Millions of people. Your source is a simple youtube search of performances of Liszts transcription where you will find millions of views. Is that too difficult for you to comprehend?
Cyprien recording based
He's definitely a reincarnaton of Liszt - I'm not exaggerating.
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@@Yubin_Lee_Doramelin표현 동의합니다. 이안페이스, 아믈랭, 모리시타, 아르헤리치, 키신 등과 함께 현존하는 피아니스트중 경이로움을 느끼는 몇 안되는 피아니스트입니다.
It's not like there are other options
Katsaris the best
Only Liszt could make a piano sound like a full orchestra.
Katsaris also adds extra notes that Liszt had not written. (Still agree that Liszt did a phenomenal job, just wanted to point out that the performer deserves credit too)
He wasn't the only one but his transcriptions are truly of the highest order and a great gift/resource to pianists.
And Katsaris
Tchaikovsky?
@@prestonle8993 The difference is, that Liszt invented this transcendental kind of piano playing, Katsaris is "only" an interpreter, even if he is a genius as piano player.
Greatest piece of music of all time. Has to be the best transcription
Fully agree, man.
Noo. Loook what Rachmaninoff did with Bach… this is so uninteresting.
@@fredfenel1417 I wish I was as braindead as you, life would be so much easier
This is insane! And Katsaris is unbelievable. The transcription of the sixth is also wonderful. Iirc Gould recorded that one.
Makes you wonder why it isn't performed more 🙁
It’s very difficult
Very very hard to play
Because almost no one would ever be able to do it justice.
@@collinm.4652 i was joking lol
@@dunkleosteus430 hi
Liszt was not the genius in this case, but Beethoven! He only transcribed the Work of Art of Super-deaf- man
Tell me you know nothing about music without telling me..
Yeah, Liszt is such a dumb-dumb, all he did was make 1 solo instrument sound like an orchestra.
True divine music exists in spheres far above the physical world we exist in.
The great gifted musical geniuses intuit that divine music and attempt to recreate it on this physical sphere to the best of their musical skills and talents.
humanity is blessed by having these prophetic musician artists take the lead and guide an evolving humanity into experiencing musical grandeur that had not been articulated musically or instrumentally before their appearance on the musical horizon.❤❤❤
Ave Cèsar, the only adequate person in this comment section.
@@ToxicTurtleIsMadHe's literally objectively right, what.
The problem with this piece is that some people like me they will only think of Clockwork Orange for most of the time :D
What a badass!
Goodass
probably the best fugatto section ever
Liszt was another genius.
No he wasn't. The only genius here is God of Music Beethoven.
@@ultimateconstruction Genius is different than God. 🤦
Ci vuole più coraggio per un pianista che per un direttore d'orchestra a suonare le sinfonie di Beethoven!
Liszt qui riesce nel miracolo di non far sentire la mancanza dell'orchestra e del coro, ed è straordinario.
Ho percepito la stessa sensazione ascoltando la sua trascrizione dell'ouverture di Tannhauser ❤
do you know pierre-alain volondat's recording? I find it to be slightly superior to this one
Didn't know about it. Thanks
Meh...I think Katsaris is better. Katsaris has far superior control over those insane LH octave passages, Volondant lacks clarity.
hi katmor
@@gunger1987 hello sishfouper
@@katrmior :exploding_head:
Good old Ludwig van.
Fun and Cool transcription!
Impressive. Very nice. Let's see Charles Valentin Alkan's transcription (if it existed).
Unfortunately, Alkan didn't transcribed Beethoven Symphony 9
Instead, There's decent Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3 arrangement!
ruclips.net/video/5JM_J-Iank8/видео.htmlsi=m2zgqFYS6fXjIgs8
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Can we just take a moment to appreciate how absolutely freaking glorious those LH octaves are from 3:02 are?!
You're not kidding, that is stunning.
A clockwork orange
The sweet sweet Ludwig van! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Angel trumpet and devil trombone
Liszt was kinde the sheet music boss of his time 😂 but he was a level higher and alone,nobody will ever be on the same level ❤❤❤
Wow ❤❤❤❤❤
Wow you got to have flexibility to play those never ending octaves/Fifhs at that speed also fortissimo ...would love to hear the full 9 symphonies just sublime
His transcriptions are the amazing - given he was also a great conductor and likely conducted many/all of these symphonies - plus his virtuoso keyboard playing places him uniquely to translate these accurately. He is as close to the material and sonic clothing as possible
It’s extremely hard to play, probably the hardest piece to perform on Earth
Believe me when I say that is very much not the case. The 20th and 21st centuries are full of completely unhinged writing that is just necessary to realize certain types of music. Look up Sorabji's Opus Clavicembalisticum, Boulez's second Piano Sonata, Xenakis' Mists, Ligeti's Etudes, Finnissy's Piano Concerto no.4...
@@commentingchannel9776but then, the 20th century period is pretty... messed up in terms of difficulty with... maniacs of virtuosity like Sorabji
but perhaps we can consider it the hardest of... the romantic era.
@@commentingchannel9776 it might be because those who you listed have no fucking idea how to write for piano
Ligeti certainly did!!!@@ToxicTurtleIsMad
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I suppose it could gave been nice to have the actual transcription being played - or at least something that somewhat resembles it - on screen
Amazing. And young VH practiced with many opera transcription traversals, supposedly. To have recordings of these journeys….!!!
At least all those octaves make it easier than it looks...
The pianist is playing it at 1.5x. Or 2x. WTF. Impossible
Sean Chen's is even better
No
@@pianista-mediocre It's just Liszt's transcription but amplified where it's lacking
When did he sleep? Composing, performing, teaching, transcribing.
Liszt ❤❤❤
Pauvre Listz !
s'il avait pu savoir qu'un jour on filmerait, on enregistrerait des orchestres, qu'on écouterait, qu'on verrait tous ces orchestres entiers chez soi,
il n'aurait pas passé tout ce temps à transcrire pour des pianos de salons bourgeois, histoire d'avoir un orchestre à la maison.
Aujourd'hui, un clic sur la télé, la chaine HiFi, internet et en avant la musique ! 😊
Non sono d'accordo... Quella di Liszt non è una trascrizione comune, per tutti o per pianisti dilettanti... È una summa nell'arte trascendentale della trascrizione e della ricreazione di un opera altrui.
Se fosse per tutti, questa trascrizione sarebbe entrata nel repertorio dei Grandi pianisti della storia... Invece se ne sono stati tutti alla larga, lasciando così l'onore a pianisti oggi considerati di secondo livello, i quali però si sono guadagnati un posto nella storia per il loro coraggio e grande bravura...
Какая пошлая картинка! Бедный Ференц Лист!
The tenor solo parts are a little rushed... But holy COW this is a stunning transcription and performance.