Wow... The quicker tempo is different than what I am used to, but this is an incredible performance. The music comes to life so vividly, and the phrasing and tone are outstanding. Finally, he always has the sincerity and passion required to fully convey Alkan's dramatic and emotional sound world.
The slow tempo in other recordings kills it. It turns it into a bland piece that puts you to sleep. My musical intuition just tells me that this is the correct tempo, and I've been pretty spot on lately as far as guessing what I think a piece should be played at after listening, then going to the score and finding out that what I imagined is what is actually written in the tempo markings or metronome markings.
Opus 32 Well, I don't think it's wise to say "my personal musical intuition says this is objectively correct" especially because Alkan intentionally left no markings, and I do like the slower recordings too, they're very spacial and offers a totally different and new feel to it... I really think it can go multiple ways, and that's the beauty of the Op. 15 set. But I agree with you that the faster take is my favorite take on it so far. And Morishita is such a tremendous pianist and musician that it works so well.
OrangeSodaKing It's not an objective measure, but I've been paying a lot closer attention to how music was intended to sound in the time period, and quite honestly, people murder many great pieces with slow tempi. For instance, if you look up most recordings of Schubert's Op. 90 No. 3 impromptu, you'll find almost no one playing it even close to the correct tempo range of Andante. It might sound subjectively like "walking pace" to you, but in reality, that just refers to the beat. So, each half note in that piece gets a count, so you walk around, even slowly, singing the melody of that piece and it's much faster than most people play it. Artur Schnabel, perhaps the most strict pianist of all time in terms of following composers' original intentions does, in fact, play it at an Andante tempo. When you prime yourself to hear many pieces at the correct tempo, you start to develop a more solid musical intuition for when people are actually dragging out a piece.
The best performance I've heard of this piece so far. Congratulations, incredibly well done! Technique, voicing, lining.. All very clean and professional. Am starting this piece now and it is indeed really demanding and difficult, especially if you've got small hands (do not know how I will play the left hand in the second movement.. any advise Yui?)
Also, these pieces were dedicated to Liszt, and it sounds like a Lisztian performance to me (not just the virtuosity, but the romanticism and drama, the subtleties nuances too, and especially how he played the very ending).
Quite a controlled playing of Alkan. Expecting to hear more Alkans' and transcriptions so far!! :) Thx for uploading such brilliant playing.
アルカンという作曲家は、今まで知らなかったのですが、よく弾かれていますね。細かく、速い動きなど、難しそうですよね。
自分もいつかこんな曲、弾けるようになったら、すごいですが、やはり真似出来るものではなさそうです。
知らない曲は、なお難しく感じます。
Wow... The quicker tempo is different than what I am used to, but this is an incredible performance. The music comes to life so vividly, and the phrasing and tone are outstanding. Finally, he always has the sincerity and passion required to fully convey Alkan's dramatic and emotional sound world.
The slow tempo in other recordings kills it. It turns it into a bland piece that puts you to sleep.
My musical intuition just tells me that this is the correct tempo, and I've been pretty spot on lately as far as guessing what I think a piece should be played at after listening, then going to the score and finding out that what I imagined is what is actually written in the tempo markings or metronome markings.
Opus 32 Well, I don't think it's wise to say "my personal musical intuition says this is objectively correct" especially because Alkan intentionally left no markings, and I do like the slower recordings too, they're very spacial and offers a totally different and new feel to it... I really think it can go multiple ways, and that's the beauty of the Op. 15 set. But I agree with you that the faster take is my favorite take on it so far. And Morishita is such a tremendous pianist and musician that it works so well.
OrangeSodaKing It's not an objective measure, but I've been paying a lot closer attention to how music was intended to sound in the time period, and quite honestly, people murder many great pieces with slow tempi.
For instance, if you look up most recordings of Schubert's Op. 90 No. 3 impromptu, you'll find almost no one playing it even close to the correct tempo range of Andante.
It might sound subjectively like "walking pace" to you, but in reality, that just refers to the beat. So, each half note in that piece gets a count, so you walk around, even slowly, singing the melody of that piece and it's much faster than most people play it. Artur Schnabel, perhaps the most strict pianist of all time in terms of following composers' original intentions does, in fact, play it at an Andante tempo.
When you prime yourself to hear many pieces at the correct tempo, you start to develop a more solid musical intuition for when people are actually dragging out a piece.
The best performance I've heard of this piece so far. Congratulations, incredibly well done! Technique, voicing, lining.. All very clean and professional. Am starting this piece now and it is indeed really demanding and difficult, especially if you've got small hands (do not know how I will play the left hand in the second movement.. any advise Yui?)
Also, these pieces were dedicated to Liszt, and it sounds like a Lisztian performance to me (not just the virtuosity, but the romanticism and drama, the subtleties nuances too, and especially how he played the very ending).
Too easy for Liszt tho, he should have dedicated his op.39 for Liszt tho 😂
It was an awesome performance , as always !
it always stun me when ever I listen to your music ~
What a pity that Liszt never played a piece of music by Alkan in the public!
Vine acá después de leer "Melodía erótica y dedos obscenos" xd
Un saludo, por ser el único comentario en español jkajsjajsj
tempo速いなぁ...😅