Richard Wagner - Ernest Schelling Prelude to Tristan und Isolde - Risto-Matti Marin, piano

Risto-Matti Marin plays Ernest Schelling's transcription of Wagner's Tristan overture in concert 2008. Unlike Paderewski's famous recording of Schelling's arrangement, this version includes Wagner's concert ending for the piece which, according to Schelling's advice, is to be played when this transcription is not followed by Liszt's arrangement of Liebestod.
Marin's Wagner transcription CD was released in January 2013 on Alba Records (www.alba.fi). The program includes transcriptions by Liszt, Brassin, Tausig, Nykänen, Schelling and Busoni.

[@elizabethbert5854]

Goosebumps every time. I wish I could find sheet music to bring this alive on my piano

[@emiliojusto6771]

you can find pretty good transcriptions of this prelude on imslp.org

[@yassinet.benchekroun5087]

aaron-rosenberg.wiki.uml.edu/file/view/TristanPrelude.pdf
Here is the transcription he's playing

[@ciararespect4296]

I memorised it and played it by ear

[@lepetitorchestre2730]

Quelle émotion ! Quelle sensibilité. J'en pleure. La prise de son est parfaite. Interprétation toute en retenue et quel rubato. On dirait les vagues de la mer, le flux et le reflux des émotions qui vous submergent. Et que dire du final avec la mort d'Isolde, quand son âme quitte son corps pour rejoindre les étoiles dans la paix du ciel. Quel génie ce Wagner et quelle transcription. Admirable !

[@Oldcollegework]

That tristan chord is so magnificent. Its euphoric and dysphoric at the same time. Its life in a way. Wagner is genius and this pianist performs this well.
Well done.

[@rodolfofontana19]

Wagner, simply how to fill every line, without trying hard, simply being heart full. I cannot keep on listening to this. I just imagine the first time he played in the summer of 65. Imagine the reaction of the amazing cult and rich people people, listening to the end of the the prelude, just to enter the next 90 minutes. Of simply gods sent notes.

[@originunknown3209]

Fantastic piece, and brilliant rubato on this transcription! Bravo!!!!

[@rivermundcatradora7061]

Credit due to the player and to the composer for making me shake and laugh and cry and babble like a madman by that end!

[@HonkyTonkManYeah]

Normally I advise people to accompany this song with drugs but it seems like you should be advised the opposite - mh - heh heh - mic drop

[@martinpitchon5578]

Unbelievably beautiful

[@rodolfofontana19]

Thank you for sharing your talent. This piece enters the soul. Simply like that

[@IvoryMelodies86]

Beautiful!!

[@dfatimaneves]

Maravilhosa !!!! Peguei para estudar......
Minha ópera preferida.....

[@vincenzomarenghi1660]

Pagina bellissima che riesce a far vivere, a chi ascolta, tutta l'intensità del sentimento amoroso, con una forza passionale senza precedenti nel mondo della musica esprimendo ciò che nemmeno le parole possono fare. Il brano eseguito al piano è più intimo e delicato dell'esecuzione con tutta l'orchestra.

[@axeldognat410]

Cada vez que suena una nota de Wagner hay un dios que pasa a nuestro lado

[@solarlogoshoroscope]

tempo,,,touch,,, very natural ,,, his seele fascinating ,,,but the latter half is little fast,,, i feel

[@donatelladurante869]

❤️

[@Barbapippo]

Prelude, not Ouverture

[@margaritanaughton576]

Imposible o casi imposible, no amarte...

[@bert2278]

Très beau, mais ce n'est absolument pas une transcription, plutôt une re-création à partir de Tristan. Trop d'ajouts et pas assez proche du texte original et de son esprit, comme peut l'être la transcription de Kocsis. Cela n'enlève rien à la beauté de l'oeuvre ni çà la qualité de l'interprétation.

[@AngelMatiasPeludero]

1:26

[@EthanHGray]

Excellent writing, but the player is somewhat brutish

[@plumlogan]

Oh - this is how i find out that Rhapsody in Blue is a rip-off!?!
😢

[@rodolfofontana19]

At the same time i imagine mozarts boring court. Applauding his valses. The boring case of extoling a young, truthfully talented, but arrogant brat

[@bellsplayer]

Hire an orchestra next time.

[@putaplastica]

me no like.

[@spi-phiquotes3923]

you no soul.

[@Nate-yr6du]

@@spi-phiquotes3923 The absence of the orchestra makes it sound hollow, abrupt and not as melancholic as it is supposed to sound. As much as i like the piano and the sounds that can come from it, this piece was not made for the piano.

[@marsfuture]

@@Nate-yr6du The abruptness is this pianist's interpretation. I agree that I find it somewhat overbearing in parts, as he clearly withholds some legato for artistic purpose, but I feel this particular transcription one of the most suitable ones for piano of any Wagner transcriptions. If even Liszt's own transcriptions sound ridiculous (Tannhäuser ouverture, lol, it's just a silly hammer fest) then paraphrasing for piano ought better be left unattempted. In the Tristan prelude, however, I feel it works sublimely.
And I feel that, apruptness aside, Marin's interpretation here is sublime and really stunning.