I love this spanish rhapsody so much. its so difficult yet also feels so worth to listen to. Gryanov's performance is also one of the best I've ever heard!
Sort of. Corelli used the “La Folia” theme for his 23 variations Sonata, but he didn’t compose the theme. La Folia was common for variations in baroque music, and Liszt knowingly *borrowed* from it to compose S.254.
Once again, I am reminded why I despise 98% of Liszt's piano music. I try from time to time throughout my life, but it always seemed self-indulgent and unconvincing. I do understand its appeals to pianists, which should not be taken as a criticism of them. If you've got the chops, go for it!
But how can you not love the way that Liszt cleverly transforms themes? And also how he knows exactly when to bring back old themes for maximum satisfaction.
Liszt wrote some of the best orchestra, organ, and choir music of all time and you simply remember him as a piano composer. It’s obvious you barely know anything about Liszt at all. He obviously also was the greatest piano composer ever, mainly because of his three volumes of his Annees de Pelerinage and his countless transcriptions. You describe his music as if it was the same mediocrity produced by Chopin. I suggest you give some of his orchestral works a chance first, maybe start with the symphonic poems Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe, Les Preludes, Hungaria, Festklänge, or Prometheus. At least half of Liszts output was sacred music, so if you like religious compositions check out his Legende der Heiligen Elisabeth, the Via Crucis or his gigantic Christus oratorio. Don’t forget that Liszt was only a virtuoso concert pianist for maybe 15 years or so. The rest of his life he was mainly a composer turned monk/priest, towards the end of his life he even basically invented the impressionist direction of the music debussy, de falla, ravel etc came to write a few decades later.
@@benharmonics I think Chopin‘s music is 90% simple salon music. Doesn’t make it bad, but there is barely any depth to it imo. Of course he has his masterpieces like the 4 Ballades, however, most of his works are self-indulgent and not interesting enough for non-pianists. As an Amateur pianist I also find his writing to be surprisingly terrible, especially compared to Liszt, who wrote very comfortably, even in technically very demanding pieces
Here’s the genius
I love this spanish rhapsody so much. its so difficult yet also feels so worth to listen to. Gryanov's performance is also one of the best I've ever heard!
👍が一回しか押せない。
この曲はとても魅力的です。
リストらしい華やかな、そして当時の聴衆だけでなく現代人にをも魅了する、そしてとてつもなく手が大きくないと弾けない難曲😂
多くの人に届きますように！
I adore this piece and wish it was more popular!
it is very popular already though...
I like the Hough recording best, but it's really fun to listen to several different ones and compare!
Bravo bravo bravo brilliance
Ist echt gut brudi
Why does parts of it sound like Tarrega on the guitar?
xD yea, like his Grand Yota. I'm professional guitarist and played that piece. there are many almost identical parts in these works.
👏👏👏🌹🌹🌹😘
it's the same theme as the corelli variations...
Sort of. Corelli used the “La Folia” theme for his 23 variations Sonata, but he didn’t compose the theme. La Folia was common for variations in baroque music, and Liszt knowingly *borrowed* from it to compose S.254.
5:05 oops
Author's volume guidelines?
No, I haven't seen them.
Once again, I am reminded why I despise 98% of Liszt's piano music. I try from time to time throughout my life, but it always seemed self-indulgent and unconvincing. I do understand its appeals to pianists, which should not be taken as a criticism of them. If you've got the chops, go for it!
But how can you not love the way that Liszt cleverly transforms themes? And also how he knows exactly when to bring back old themes for maximum satisfaction.
Liszt wrote some of the best orchestra, organ, and choir music of all time and you simply remember him as a piano composer. It’s obvious you barely know anything about Liszt at all. He obviously also was the greatest piano composer ever, mainly because of his three volumes of his Annees de Pelerinage and his countless transcriptions. You describe his music as if it was the same mediocrity produced by Chopin. I suggest you give some of his orchestral works a chance first, maybe start with the symphonic poems Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe, Les Preludes, Hungaria, Festklänge, or Prometheus. At least half of Liszts output was sacred music, so if you like religious compositions check out his Legende der Heiligen Elisabeth, the Via Crucis or his gigantic Christus oratorio. Don’t forget that Liszt was only a virtuoso concert pianist for maybe 15 years or so. The rest of his life he was mainly a composer turned monk/priest, towards the end of his life he even basically invented the impressionist direction of the music debussy, de falla, ravel etc came to write a few decades later.
hi beachesrus, may i suggest you listen to Liszt's apparition no2 played by the excellent clidat? imo, it's a lot more captivating than this piece
@@user-fu7zf4ck9z Very informative comment! You seem to know much more about Liszt than I do. But I object to Chopin's music being called mediocre.
@@benharmonics I think Chopin‘s music is 90% simple salon music. Doesn’t make it bad, but there is barely any depth to it imo. Of course he has his masterpieces like the 4 Ballades, however, most of his works are self-indulgent and not interesting enough for non-pianists. As an Amateur pianist I also find his writing to be surprisingly terrible, especially compared to Liszt, who wrote very comfortably, even in technically very demanding pieces