For those of you who watched my vlog, this was the piece I mentioned that I was slightly nervous about recording because I had 3 days to re-learn and memorize it from the day that I got permission from the museum. I ended up recording it in one take because I didn't want to "perfect" a unique experience.
This piano’s very old, in fact pianists use to say that the life of a piano is worth the life of its owner (approximately 100 years old). I find this beautiful, and you can hear in this piano that nobody will ever be able to tune it again for more than 1 week because how old the components are. But still you can play it, reviving for a few minutes the spirit of a legendary piano full of stories. And damn, it speaks from itself.
I am struck, as so often in her blogs, with the contrast between her wonderful childlike enthusiasm for what she does, and the incredible skill and artistry with which she does it. She says she’s nervous because she only swotted up on this for three days, and then delivers a performance like this. I can’t get my head around it.
Liebestod is performed marvelously. What a treat to listen to how this Liszt/Wagner piece would have sounded on Wagner’s piano, no less. Just incredible that you relearned this piece in 3 days AND memorized it! Enjoyed this, thank you!
I had given up on piano a while back. But damn! after seeing your vlogs I think I've fallen in love with the piano all over again. Thank you for your amazing videos, you reminded me of the fun and challenging aspects of playing the piano!
I feel as though a portal opened to the past. The piano has a sound, of sadness and of joy, from long ago, bittersweet, complex, heady, beautiful. Wonderful playing and a wonderful piece of History there. Well done.
Very interesting interpretation. This piece is wonderful... it was composed, without a doubt, with the heart, it expresses exactly what you can feel for somebody you truly love with everything you have within you... Wagner words in a letter to Liszt: " Never in my life having enjoyed the true happiness of love I shall erect a memorial to this loveliest of all dreams in which, from the first to the last, love shall, for once, find utter repletion" .... You did a very good job and the experience of playing on his piano must have been great (even though his piano doesn't sound as good as this piece deserves)... Bravo!!
Exquisite pianism...perfectly fluid legato and attention to the singing line, powerful like the voice of the great soprano Birgit Nilsson! @ 5:06 - 6:08 the perfect build up in the phrasing...so full is the orchestral color in her playing. what a sublime treat to hear. brava Tiffany!!!
Most things in life must be done in one take...that's why it's beautiful to be alive in the moment, and listen, to the sounds of a good performance...good job............
It's a great emotion to hear you play the Liszt Liebestod transcription of Wagner in this historical setting. The tremolo singing effects in this piece of music are sublime. Great playing, bravo!
That was beautiful. You, your performance and the piano. It’s hard to not recognize Wagner’s piano. I like how you were granted permission to play it by merely sending an email requesting permission to play it. It shows how much the museum recognizes you as a great talent. If the museum didn’t record you they missed a great opportunity.
@TiffnyyPoon It's ovious that you've deeped dive into the full scorces. I've been super hyped-up by your piano trancription rendrering. Sure thing, this piono looks like perfectly to fit this "orchetral" piono masterpiece, I'm stunned. Keep up the good work, love values and friendship..
I can’t describe it, you didn’t aim to perfect it. and it sounds so natural and from the heart. i can imagine the soul 😭😭😭 thank you so much tiffany ❤️😭❤️😭 wish i could give you a hug after that wonderful music you’ve shared.
I very rarely get goosebumps while listening to music, but in minute 5 you really got me. I recently read in a comment to a different piece that I'm not the only one who had this reaction to your playing.
Transcendental passage through the thinly masked veils. All towards the constant momentous dimensions of our fate. Das ist exotisch schöne Musik! Vielen Dank!
Beautifully played!! I'm used to hearing this in full orchestra. Really cool to hear it the way Wagner might have played it on his own piano while scoring it. It looked like a solemn emotional moment for you. I'm glad I got to see it. :)
That was one truly beautiful playing! You have no idea how deeply I’m touched and influenced by your sentiment and enthusiasm. I’m so grateful that my world is more lively because of you and your music, which always brings me chill. I love you so much ❤️❤️❤️
This peace is making me crying since decades. Thanks for sharing. The 1995 version of the opera with Daniek Barenboim as a conductor is my ultimate climax of this wanger era reproduced in modern time. I love the fact that you got interest in this translation for piano. Especially from this instrument. Hats off.. I lack of words... Many thanks from a guy like your father, melomane but never had the chance to go practicing (I have six kids). God bless you!
Hi Tiffany😊. I listened your performance. All the time, I felt I was in a dream. In fact, I don't listen Liszt and Wagner. But this work is so beautiful. It is unbelievable that this song is the death of love. I always thank you Tiffany for your wonderful performance😊. And I'm looking forward to hearing next time! Take care Tiffany🍀. Chao🎶
Back then , when I was studying Music , I went , I suspect like most of us , through a Phase when I tried to listen to almost everything Wagner composed , be it in the opera house or , of Course , in Recordings ( Solti`s RING stays a favourite one to this Day). As time passed , I became more distant to Wagner , though still Aware of the Wonderful Moments in his Music . And I must say , when this Liszt Transcription is rendered like you just have done , I enjoy the Music immensely . Well done , Tiffany ! As for the piano , I think it has a Wonderful Sound , and at least under your Hands, never sounds heavy ,even in fullest " orchestral " passages . Once again , my compliments !
Great job! i really do think the type of piano your playing on and the sound given off by that piano really gives the piece a different character than it would be playing it on a Steinway piano.
Fantastic. Thank you so much for all the work you did for this performance! Those vintage pianos ain't easy to play. I wish you can perform some day on an Erard Concert Grand from the 1880s or so that is in mint condition or has been restored by a top of the line specialist. The sound is stunning (and no sour notes) ; it feels much more like a modern grand; you would love it. (Curious? Search TH-cam for Paolo Giacometti playing Ravel's Scarbo on one of those).
Great that the piano is tuned and that they let you play! It was certainly a privilege, but you did do justice to the challenge (not that could really assess this matter, but that's my impression)! Great if history can come alive in such a way.
Hello Tiffany, I enjoy the playing Liszt/Wagner's Isolde's Liebestod on Wagner's Piano. It still an incredible performance. The sound of a Forte piano is typical for the time period. I assumed the piano is set to original piano tuning specification for Erard piano. The tuning specification vary to many piano companys typically from A-432 to A-442. By the 1900's in the American, the piano companys number nearly 2000. In 1918 an international piano tuning frequency set at A-440 to all piano companys. A little fun fact on piano. ENJOY and keep playing the piano. 🎹🎶🎵
nice!!! though this seems to have made it into the standard I think it's by association with Liszt, take a gander st the Moszkowski someday, I think it's the better transcription, this isn't not great. but the Moszkowski seems to pop more at times. wonderfully played rendition here Tiffany, excited for you and your Feb 2019 concert too
Does a piano like this, with all of its history and ownership, have qualities that sort of speak to you in some kind of personal way when you are playing on it, or is it just another piano? Can a piano have emotions?
Every single piano ever made sounds slightly different so this one has unique tones for sure, and also considering its history she definetly channeled that when playing
Whoa young lady, such tenderness in the coda! Words fail. What happened to Wagner while composing Die Meistersinger where he went from "good composer" to freakin' genius? The "tuning" makes it sound so "19th century" to me. I can almost smell the old wood (from trees that probably sprouted during Mozart's lifetime) , old varnish and ancient dust.
This is beautiful. I always wonder how could you play and remember so many repertoires 😮😱 I wont be able to a piece from memory if I haven’t played it in more than half a year... :( even if I have the music score, certain technical sections I’ll have to spend some time to relearn it :(( can you share us some times on how you do this? Thanks 💗💗💗
Joseph F there are very few recordings out there of that titan. Even Liszt himself found it difficult (although to be fair he was out of his prime, but still the man who sight-read Islamey found it difficult).
It's a pity Liszt didn't do the same with the Magic Fire Music. Perhaps someone else could do that now, just for you Tiffany. What a first that would be for you!
I like this better than Horowitz's... seems truer to the orchestration, with more emotional connection. Very moving, I cried. [aside] Although, as some have opined... "Isoldes Verklärung"
With so many ecstatic, extraordinarily, wildly approving comments I will refrain from saying anything at all because I am simply not able to join in the chorus of ecstatic ravings.I am afraid that I was not "blown away" quite as much as all her adoring fans.
TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I AM MORE FASCINATED BY YOUR PERSONALITY AND A BIT DISAPPOINTED THAT I DID NOT HEAR YOU TALK AGAIN.THOUGH I THINK THAT YOUR PLAYING IS VERY ENJOYABLE.
For those of you who watched my vlog, this was the piece I mentioned that I was slightly nervous about recording because I had 3 days to re-learn and memorize it from the day that I got permission from the museum. I ended up recording it in one take because I didn't want to "perfect" a unique experience.
You did it verry well😍😉
Why not. I think it's great. Version true. Interesting piano.
Casa te con migo 😶
Absolutely sublime
This piano’s very old, in fact pianists use to say that the life of a piano is worth the life of its owner (approximately 100 years old). I find this beautiful, and you can hear in this piano that nobody will ever be able to tune it again for more than 1 week because how old the components are. But still you can play it, reviving for a few minutes the spirit of a legendary piano full of stories. And damn, it speaks from itself.
I am struck, as so often in her blogs, with the contrast between her wonderful childlike enthusiasm for what she does, and the incredible skill and artistry with which she does it. She says she’s nervous because she only swotted up on this for three days, and then delivers a performance like this. I can’t get my head around it.
Liebestod is performed marvelously. What a treat to listen to how this Liszt/Wagner piece would have sounded on Wagner’s piano, no less. Just incredible that you relearned this piece in 3 days AND memorized it! Enjoyed this, thank you!
I had given up on piano a while back. But damn! after seeing your vlogs I think I've fallen in love with the piano all over again. Thank you for your amazing videos, you reminded me of the fun and challenging aspects of playing the piano!
U are a remarkable loving pianist,enjoyed all your endeavors & your sharing in the joys of your performances.keep them coming Xxoo L,slovak
SAME HERE
I feel as though a portal opened to the past. The piano has a sound, of sadness and of joy, from long ago, bittersweet, complex, heady, beautiful. Wonderful playing and a wonderful piece of History there. Well done.
Brava!
Very interesting interpretation. This piece is wonderful... it was composed, without a doubt, with the heart, it expresses exactly what you can feel for somebody you truly love with everything you have within you... Wagner words in a letter to Liszt: " Never in my life having enjoyed the true happiness of love I shall erect a memorial to this loveliest of all dreams in which, from the first to
the last, love shall, for once, find utter repletion" .... You did a very good job and the experience of playing on his piano must have been great (even though his piano doesn't sound as good as this piece deserves)... Bravo!!
Exquisite pianism...perfectly fluid legato and attention to the singing line, powerful like the voice of the great soprano Birgit Nilsson! @ 5:06 - 6:08 the perfect build up in the phrasing...so full is the orchestral color in her playing. what a sublime treat to hear. brava Tiffany!!!
This reminds me of something I've never experienced, in a beautiful and melancholy way.
Oh wow. I've heard this piece a few times, but this performance truly touched me the most. Thank you Wagner, thank you Liszt, and thank you Tiffany
Most things in life must be done in one take...that's why it's beautiful to be alive in the moment, and listen, to the sounds of a good performance...good job............
“Liebe-heiligstes Leben.” Life of love most sacred. Isolde. Beautifully played….Quite wonderful. On the Master’s piano itself. Thank you!
It's a great emotion to hear you play the Liszt Liebestod transcription of Wagner in this historical setting.
The tremolo singing effects in this piece of music are sublime. Great playing, bravo!
That was beautiful. You, your performance and the piano. It’s hard to not recognize Wagner’s piano.
I like how you were granted permission to play it by merely sending an email requesting permission to play it.
It shows how much the museum recognizes you as a great talent. If the museum didn’t record you they missed
a great opportunity.
@TiffnyyPoon It's ovious that you've deeped dive into the full scorces. I've been super hyped-up by your piano trancription rendrering. Sure thing, this piono looks like perfectly to fit this "orchetral" piono masterpiece, I'm stunned.
Keep up the good work, love values and friendship..
I can’t describe it, you didn’t aim to perfect it. and it sounds so natural and from the heart.
i can imagine the soul 😭😭😭 thank you so much tiffany ❤️😭❤️😭 wish i could give you a hug after that wonderful music you’ve shared.
I very rarely get goosebumps while listening to music, but in minute 5 you really got me. I recently read in a comment to a different piece that I'm not the only one who had this reaction to your playing.
Transcendental passage through the thinly masked veils. All towards the constant momentous dimensions of our fate.
Das ist exotisch schöne Musik! Vielen Dank!
Wow... now thats authentic, also great playing on one of the most beautiful aria transcriptions of all time damn
....just discovered this....thank you, Tiffany.....very good....
Whew... I was lost in your music. I did not want it to end. I did not want to wake up. So I played the video again.
And again....
ME TOO
i love the sound of it! I find it a bit "overloaded" on the modern big Steinways but your playing had the flow and the transparency! wow!
Beautifully played!! I'm used to hearing this in full orchestra. Really cool to hear it the way Wagner might have played it on his own piano while scoring it. It looked like a solemn emotional moment for you. I'm glad I got to see it. :)
One of my favorite pieces by my favorite composer and rendered beautifully by Tiffany 🥰
That was one truly beautiful playing! You have no idea how deeply I’m touched and influenced by your sentiment and enthusiasm. I’m so grateful that my world is more lively because of you and your music, which always brings me chill. I love you so much ❤️❤️❤️
You played it like someone who had studied the entire opera "Tristan und Isolde", not just the Liebestod.
Bravissima!
Bro what🤣
@@urekmazino8799this piece is a transcription of the closing aria from the opera “Tristan and Isolde”
Thank you soooo very much
Ms. beautiful Tiffany Poon !!
Tiffany, you brought tears to my eye... I'm left with a broken heart. This was fantastic and awesome in the true meaning of the word. Thank you!
Beautiful playing! Fantastic piano! Sounds really refined. And the room adds a special ambience to the moment.
Wow, you managed to make me cry 😭 😭 That doesn’t happen often, that was beautiful ❤️
This peace is making me crying since decades. Thanks for sharing. The 1995 version of the opera with Daniek Barenboim as a conductor is my ultimate climax of this wanger era reproduced in modern time. I love the fact that you got interest in this translation for piano. Especially from this instrument. Hats off.. I lack of words... Many thanks from a guy like your father, melomane but never had the chance to go practicing (I have six kids). God bless you!
What an absolutely brilliant way to enjoy a classic
Hi Tiffany😊. I listened your performance. All the time, I felt I was in a dream. In fact, I don't listen Liszt and Wagner. But this work is so beautiful. It is unbelievable that this song is the death of love.
I always thank you Tiffany for your wonderful performance😊.
And I'm looking forward to hearing next time! Take care Tiffany🍀.
Chao🎶
That was great, and metaphysically illuminating
Awesome!! Very appropriate choice also to play on Wagner's piano. I've always loved this Liszt Transcription
So sentimental, this one... It fulfills my 💓🎶😢
I was really excited about this recording. You got it “all” right
Such a beautiful Piano and such a great performance Tiffany
So awesome! Tiffany singlehandedly makes me want to go to Yale :)
Back then , when I was studying Music , I went , I suspect like most of us , through a Phase when I tried to listen to almost everything Wagner composed , be it in the opera house or , of Course , in Recordings ( Solti`s RING stays a favourite one to this Day). As time passed , I became more distant to Wagner , though still Aware of the Wonderful Moments in his Music . And I must say , when this Liszt Transcription is rendered like you just have done , I enjoy the Music immensely . Well done , Tiffany ! As for the piano , I think it has a Wonderful Sound , and at least under your Hands, never sounds heavy ,even in fullest " orchestral " passages . Once again , my compliments !
Witaj Tiffany super filmik :) pozdrawiam serdecznie
As Tiffany stated: Surreal.
Just what I needed this morning.
Wow! Great job!
great job Tiffany!
Great job! i really do think the type of piano your playing on and the sound given off by that piano really gives the piece a different character than it would be playing it on a Steinway piano.
Fantastic. Thank you so much for all the work you did for this performance! Those vintage pianos ain't easy to play.
I wish you can perform some day on an Erard Concert Grand from the 1880s or so that is in mint condition or has been restored by a top of the line specialist. The sound is stunning (and no sour notes) ; it feels much more like a modern grand; you would love it. (Curious? Search TH-cam for Paolo Giacometti playing Ravel's Scarbo on one of those).
Only can say, you are the Best at World!!
Fantastic performance. His own piano... mesmerizing sound coming from the myth himself.
Wow the tremolos make so much more sense on these pianos
You played beautifully, Tiffany.
And authentically Wagnerian, I might add.
Beautiful!
Yesss, I was hoping for this! Sounds like the piano itself could use some attention, though.. ahah.
An experience to die for...
Wonderfull!!!!!!
Its actually been a while since I've heard this and seeing it being
Played on that piano especially by you is amazing
Great that the piano is tuned and that they let you play! It was certainly a privilege, but you did do justice to the challenge (not that could really assess this matter, but that's my impression)! Great if history can come alive in such a way.
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Simplemente sublime! 🎹🎶👏👏
Love that😍
You’re the best !!!
Beautiful and filled with passion. I play piano bit I know I'll never catch up to this level
Not with that attitude! It helps your progression if you feel, in your head, that you desperately want to play at this level.
daaaaaaaaaaang i love it
Hello Tiffany, I enjoy the playing Liszt/Wagner's Isolde's Liebestod on Wagner's Piano. It still an incredible performance. The sound of a Forte piano is typical for the time period. I assumed the piano is set to original piano tuning specification for Erard piano. The tuning specification vary to many piano companys typically from A-432 to A-442. By the 1900's in the American, the piano companys number nearly 2000. In 1918 an international piano tuning frequency set at A-440 to all piano companys. A little fun fact on piano. ENJOY and keep playing the piano. 🎹🎶🎵
I’m pretty sure now all companies nowadays music related set the standard for tuning as A=440hz
Yes, It the modern piano tuning standard at A-440 Hz since 1918.
nice!!! though this seems to have made it into the standard I think it's by association with Liszt, take a gander st the Moszkowski someday, I think it's the better transcription, this isn't not great. but the Moszkowski seems to pop more at times. wonderfully played rendition here Tiffany, excited for you and your Feb 2019 concert too
👏 Bravo!
Sorry for the tuning, great playing, wonderful piano, esp the low middle range.
Ugh. Beauuutiful piano; insanely jealous!!!
Does a piano like this, with all of its history and ownership, have qualities that sort of speak to you in some kind of personal way when you are playing on it, or is it just another piano? Can a piano have emotions?
Every single piano ever made sounds slightly different so this one has unique tones for sure, and also considering its history she definetly channeled that when playing
Can you do the Tannhäuser Overture next? It is one of my favourite pieces.
Whoa young lady, such tenderness in the coda! Words fail. What happened to Wagner while composing Die Meistersinger where he went from "good composer" to freakin' genius? The "tuning" makes it sound so "19th century" to me. I can almost smell the old wood (from trees that probably sprouted during Mozart's lifetime) , old varnish and ancient dust.
Amazing job! What do you think of Wagner's music as a whole? And do you enjoy playing transcriptions like this sort as well as solo repertoire?
It's a pity Liszt didn't do the same with the Magic Fire Music. Perhaps someone could do that now for you Tiffany - what a first that would be!
Really good. What else can I say?
Amazing! 👏🎹🌹
This is beautiful. I always wonder how could you play and remember so many repertoires 😮😱 I wont be able to a piece from memory if I haven’t played it in more than half a year... :( even if I have the music score, certain technical sections I’ll have to spend some time to relearn it :(( can you share us some times on how you do this? Thanks 💗💗💗
awesome!
Dear Yiffany could you have a vedio about how to control the key board？
Made the hair stand up on my arms🙏🏽
As a squirrel, I really loved it.
It's a pity Liszt didn't do the same with the Magic Fire Music. Maybe someone could do that now for you Tiffany - what a first that would be for you!
That was amazing
wow
Nice!
❤❤
Have you played the Wagner-Liszt Tannhauser overture before?
Not many people can! I do not know if this piano could even handle that piece. That would be tremendous to see though!
Joseph F there are very few recordings out there of that titan. Even Liszt himself found it difficult (although to be fair he was out of his prime, but still the man who sight-read Islamey found it difficult).
Can you play prelude in b minor by Chopin please😭 personally I love that song so much and can’t wait to hear how you interpret it
It's a pity Liszt didn't do the same with the Magic Fire Music. Perhaps someone else could do that now, just for you Tiffany. What a first that would be for you!
I like this better than Horowitz's... seems truer to the orchestration, with more emotional connection. Very moving, I cried.
[aside] Although, as some have opined... "Isoldes Verklärung"
wow, im sure wagner was there watching 😁
And Franz...
hhoward14 yep. both of them :)
@@hhoward14 but it's the Wagner museum
@@davifritzen5609 Yes of course it is the Wagner museum, and Tiffany is playing Franz List's piano transcription of Richard's orchestral work...
His soul rose up from the piano and nodded along but also critized her silently
❤️✨
What a wagnerian dream!
With so many ecstatic, extraordinarily, wildly approving comments I will refrain from saying anything at all because I am simply not able to join in the chorus of ecstatic ravings.I am afraid that I was not "blown away" quite as much as all her adoring fans.
I think the lower register is nice.
I Just wanted a piano ;-;
How did you go about getting permission to play on Wagner’s piano? Like did you or your agent just go ask or did someone approach you?
I emailed them and they said yes.
😍🐿
TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I AM MORE FASCINATED BY YOUR PERSONALITY AND A BIT DISAPPOINTED THAT I DID NOT HEAR YOU TALK AGAIN.THOUGH I THINK THAT YOUR PLAYING IS VERY ENJOYABLE.
I can't believe humans are capable of doing this
Awww, you deleted my comment. And I was being nice and everything. :(
Imagine. How different every thing would have been, if you had been alive, and there with Richard...
then... She would be very old now. ;-)>