Liszt-Stradal - "Mazeppa" Symphonic Poem - Risto-Matti Marin Piano

This solo piano arrangement of Liszt's "Mazeppa" was created by August Stradal (1860-1930). He was a virtuoso pianist who arranged all of Liszt's Symphonic Poems for solo piano. He even studied with Liszt for a short time. Risto-Matti Marin (b. 1976) is a Finnish pianist who has recorded Stradal's arrangements of Liszt's Symphonic Poems.
The following is copied from Wikipedia:
Mazeppa, S. 100, is a symphonic poem composed by Franz Liszt 1851-54. It is the sixth in the cycle of thirteen symphonic poems written during his time in Weimar. It tells the story of Ivan Mazepa, who seduced a noble Polish lady, and was tied naked to a wild horse that carried him to Ukraine. There, he was released by the Cossack, which later made him Hetman (military leader).
The composer follows Hugo's narrative, describing the hero's journey through the vast steppes in the first movement. The string section plays the main theme, which is transformed and distorted with six strokes of the timpani that evoke the fall of the rider. After a silence, strings, bassoon and horn soloists express astonishment of the injured, raised by the trumpets at Allegro Marziale. Mazeppa and his cossacks are placed in front of the army (a march is heard) and the return of the hero's theme signifies his end in glory.
References and more info:
Sheet Music: conquest.imslp....
Mazeppa: en.wikipedia.o...)
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Risto-Matti Marin: www.bach-cantat...

[@SCRIABINIST]

This is how you know Liszt was so pianistic. Even his orchestral works transcribed sound like it was originally written for the piano

[@Nodalema]

Good lord, as if Mazeppa wasn't hard enough!

[@that1guy910]

That got me good

[@Santosificationable]

There's another transcription of this symphonic poem by Ludwig Stark which is not as difficult as this one.

[@that1guy910]

@@Santosificationable ohhh cool

[@ValzainLumivix]

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[@jasemisael646]

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[@KeithWhalen11]

The rising and falling around 6:11 reminded me of Chopin's 2nd Scherzo. Stradal's transcriptions are so wild; I really like the Bach Brandenburg 5, too.

[@Santosificationable]

Wow, this is epic! I wish there was a live video.

[@jerry_moo]

Fiendish tempo, played starkly and brilliantly-virtuosity is a tool for him to utilize the musicality above all. Considering how devilishly difficult these Stradal adaptations of Liszt's symphonic poems are (Stradal's transcriptions are a huge pain in general), Matin's a beast of a pianist, good Lord. No ossias were used though, and I could see why.

[@wilh3lmmusic]

So Liszt wrote FIVE Mazeppas?!
12 Etudes S 136
Etudes S 137
Mazeppa S 138
Etudes S 139
And this

[@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji]

Same theme, from Lord Byron's poem

[@Rosaurofan624]

This wasn't an arrangement by liszt. IT written by another arranger that lived around Liszt's time if I am not mistaken

[@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji]

@@Rosaurofan624 yeah, but the original symphonic poem is by Liszt.

[@pineapple7024]

I don’t think s136 was based on the Mazeppa poem, it was originally just an exercise. So just 3 versions

[@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji]

@@pineapple7024 probably he means the title

[@davisatdavis1]

As if the original wasn't insane enough. Jesus christ this is crazy.

[@kuba550]

I thought etude no. 4 was great, but this also is!

[@leprechaunos]

16:36 here Liszt(Stradal) completely copied coda from Thalberg's Moses Fantasie.

[@Paganini-Liszt]

Probably Stradal mocking Thalberg for competing with Liszt

[@neg_9423]

冒頭から引きこませる世界観。リストはもう少し生きていたら、12音技法に近い新しい世界を作っていたと思う。

[@marioargentieri1778]

Molto probabile si tratti di un piano elettronico con possibilità di modificare il tempo e dinamica...

[@gaopinghu7332]

Eh no, il pianista è Risto-Matti Marin. Finlandese.

Great stuff :) Would you like to be TH-cam friends? :]

[@davidmurabit2684]

Qual è il senso di registrare tali volgarità?

[@niccolopaganini4268]

I don't know when I'll be able to play Mazeppa, but when I do I'm gonna definitely swap the original part with 8:42, gives way more dramaticism into the piece imo

[@jackcurley1591]

So amazing that a single pianist can evoke the sound and feel of an entire orchestra. I love the piano repertoire that produces this effect, so epic and awe-inspiring

[@jackcurley1591]

@@maliziosoeperverso1697 Haha I love unusual tonalities and find Sorabji's music quite interesting. Will give the piano symphonies a listen, thanks for the recommendation!

[@dr.equilibrium9631]

Liszt's Beethoven Symphony transcriptions performed by Cyprien Katsaris is an another example of what you are talking about in your comment :D

[@jackcurley1591]

@@dr.equilibrium9631 yes! Katsaris has far and away the best Liszt/Beethoven symphony recordings, and he adds quite a bit of his own notes/texture to the Liszt text!! Katsaris is truly an amazing virtuouso

[@melonica90]

Much more dynamic and difficult than S139! Great.

[@georg7176]

PERFECT! Will you upload some other symphonic poems in near future? :)

[@Pianifico]

Yes, I do plan to make more videos of the Symphonic Poems. Based on viewer comments I will prioritize them (along with my personal goal of making videos for all the Beethoven-Liszt symphony transcriptions.) Thank you for watching!

[@Liszthesis]

@@Pianifico can you do Festklange next? thanks a lot! It's my favourtie symphonic poem along with Les Preludes!

[@Pianifico]

@@Liszthesis I will make Festklange be the next Symphonic Poem video. I'll do my best to get it done within the next 2 weeks. Thank you for your request!

[@Liszthesis]

@@Pianifico yey! thanks a lot :D

[@LucasPianoSalon]

@@Pianifico Please do Prometheus and Orpheous too!

[@r.i.p.volodya]

That's a hell-of-a-lot to take, hammering away at the keyboard like that for 17mins! The pianist would need a MASSIVE variety of tone/touch/timbre to pull that off and create an exhilarating effect, rather than (what we had here!) mere an exhausting one!

[@atempo4239]

너무 좋아...

[@정-e7y]

와 ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 손목 아작나겠네

[@raxtusnavarog9009]

5:12 in love...

[@marcela77777]

Mr. Liszt.... Fantastic melody,
moll & dur, oktavove gradace,
obdivuji hlavni melodii v nekolika provedeních a bravurni kadence, trilky,
jemné rozklady, chromaticke
najezdy, perfektní uhoz a pedál. Thank you, my dear pianist for these very good work ! 👍🌹 Marcela 🇨🇿

[@randiey95]

1:08 5:11 6:35 16:35

[@shanexm]

My 20th time watching this 😹

[@Kalen1457]

I have the CD of this fantastic set and it is wonderful! I only wish he recorded symphonic poem no.1...

[@bloba6969]

Absurdly good

[@luciferlyset7543]

1:05 4b flashbacks

[@sabaneyev]

oh my

[@alejandrogp9551]

Vaya... Esto suena más enérgico que el estudio

[@canismajor8700]

GALACTIC SUPRA VIRTUOSO !
CONGRATS !

[@user-fu7zf4ck9z]

13:34

[@ethanl.1699]

I can’t tell if this or the etude is harder

[@niccolopaganini4268]

For me personally this would be harder to play than s. 139 mazeppa

[@antonygonzalez1672]

This is harder than the etude versions

[@jackcurley1591]

Ethan Lam this is a lot harder than both the transcendental and Grande etude

[@JanneOksanenMusic]

Risto-Matti is actually my teacher and he has confirmed that this is by far the hardest version of Mazeppa.

[@Liszthesis]

there's actually an easier piano transcription of mazeppa by Ludwig Stark lol, but no one seems to play it

[@doompiano1604]

6:11 Chopin scherzo?
Wow

[@Whaijorhujishkomunyk]

A bit of

[@a_a0]

Sounds better then s640

[@wellingtonsoaresdacosta5635]

❤❤❤

[@Xanadu2025]

Hamlet please

[@Pianifico]

Thank you for your request. I'll work on that one soon.

[@ValzainLumivix]

@gus shut

[@Medtszkowski]

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