I dunno about this, but I might need to take a break from posting videos for now -- a weekend off at the least, or until the end of January at the most. To be honest, it was a bit of a chaotic scene preparing these videos for the Christmas/New Year Tribute, as I was in a hurry (I'm a stickler to procrastination, I'll admit). I'm very regretful to announce this, and I'm very sorry if I disappoint all of you out there, but please let me rest for a while. But don't worry, please expect to see more wonderful music posted here after the break -- if I ever plan to take the break at all. Either way, see you in the future, ladies and gentlemen. And enjoy your stay in this channel. :) -- thenameisgsarci
+thenameisgsarci Don't know about everyone else but I'd rather fewer good videos that lots of rushed/poorly made videos. Either way this is a great channel.
A lot of people don't know something amazing about Godowsky. He wasn't the product of some famous music school, or the disciple of some great pianist. He was almost entirely self-taught! Despite this, Godowsky became a performer at such a virtuoso level, that even Rachmaninov idolized him. In addition, his compositions are almost supernatural in sophistication and complexity. Everything from the tone poem like Java Suite, amazing transcriptions of Strauss, Weber, and Saint-Saëns, his terrifying Chopin etudes, and finally his incredible Passacaglia and Fugue, a piece so monstrously difficult, even Horowitz declared it "impossible to play".
Another Godowsky piece that shows his amazing harmony and left hand development. Like Bach, the left hand is like a complete stand alone musical work in itself. How he integrates this with the equally advanced melodic/right hand content is wondrous.
Godowsky’s just amazing. I just ordered a volume of his compositions on amazon which includes this(quite expensive for sheets but most definitely worth it), and have been slowly picking through some of my favorites. His counterpoint is just so incredible, he transforms the piano into an entire orchestra!
This is probably the most musically sympathetic performance of this I have heard. Most of the few who play it tend to just play the notes, leaving the listener (me) unsatisfied.
I really love this piece that it brings tears to my eyes. I started working on this piece for 3 months now and im stuck on the 5th page. the notes are well read, but the stunts of it alone is so hard to perform that I cant match the speed. God help me
As if playing in six or seven flats or sharps weren't challenging enough, he's inserted about a million accidentals!! How do people play such difficult pieces?
Liszt was selfish and didn't care about normal pianists who have half the size of his ridiculously enormous handspan. Godowsky had normal handspan. It's a popular misconception that Godowsky is too difficult. Try studying his scores, and you will be amazed to find the most idiomatic and compact writing with normal handspan. Another misconception is of Godowsky the infamous arranger of Chopin etudes. Try Godowsky's original compositions: 'Java Suite', 'Prelude and Fugue on BACH', 'Rococo Suite' and 'Walzermasken'. True, Godowsky was self-taught, but carefully studied Taneyev counterpoint.
Are you sure that Liszt's handspan was enormous? In his book "The great pianists", Harold C. Schonberg quotes Carl Lachmund (a Liszt pupil) who watching Liszt playing the slow movement ot the Hammerklavier saw that at the last chord Liszt could barely cover the tenth in each hand sufficiently to play the chord quietly, without breaking it. Do not forget also that in Liszt's time some pianos were made with narrower keys, which of course allowed a larger stretch (maybe a twelfth when you reach a tenth with a normal keyboard).
I would seriously put Godowsky at the same level as Liszt, in terms of the quality and complexity of their music, although Liszt obviously composed more music than Godowsky. The main reason many concert pianists don't play Godowsky, is that it's too damned hard!
Liszt was a prolific composer but Godowsky had better technique. Its a close call between Hofmann and Godowsky. Hofmann was the better musically, but Godowsky had better finger technique. Lhevinne a close 3rd. Rachmaninoff would be lucky to make it in the top ten
![Strauss/Godowsky - Symphonic Metamorphosis on 'Künstlerleben' (Audio+Sheet) [Syomin]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/cLdQwzZ2weI/mqdefault.jpg)
I dunno about this, but I might need to take a break from posting videos for now -- a weekend off at the least, or until the end of January at the most. To be honest, it was a bit of a chaotic scene preparing these videos for the Christmas/New Year Tribute, as I was in a hurry (I'm a stickler to procrastination, I'll admit). I'm very regretful to announce this, and I'm very sorry if I disappoint all of you out there, but please let me rest for a while.
But don't worry, please expect to see more wonderful music posted here after the break -- if I ever plan to take the break at all.
Either way, see you in the future, ladies and gentlemen. And enjoy your stay in this channel. :)
-- thenameisgsarci
+thenameisgsarci Don't know about everyone else but I'd rather fewer good videos that lots of rushed/poorly made videos. Either way this is a great channel.
Thank you very much.
***** No, I'm a vocational student.
+maydengarNSBHS Sadly, no.
A lot of people don't know something amazing about Godowsky. He wasn't the product of some famous music school, or the disciple of some great pianist. He was almost entirely self-taught! Despite this, Godowsky became a performer at such a virtuoso level, that even Rachmaninov idolized him. In addition, his compositions are almost supernatural in sophistication and complexity. Everything from the tone poem like Java Suite, amazing transcriptions of Strauss, Weber, and Saint-Saëns, his terrifying Chopin etudes, and finally his incredible Passacaglia and Fugue, a piece so monstrously difficult, even Horowitz declared it "impossible to play".
bros been listening to this piece for 3 years
Another Godowsky piece that shows his amazing harmony and left hand development. Like Bach, the left hand is like a complete stand alone musical work in itself. How he integrates this with the equally advanced melodic/right hand content is wondrous.
Godowsky’s just amazing. I just ordered a volume of his compositions on amazon which includes this(quite expensive for sheets but most definitely worth it), and have been slowly picking through some of my favorites. His counterpoint is just so incredible, he transforms the piano into an entire orchestra!
4:19 Switching from 5 sharps to 7 flats (causing a few double flats on the next page) is 110% necessary and makes it easier to read.
YES THIS.
Makes it so much easier to sight-read 😉
Oh my, I’d need a lot more help sight-reading this than a change from from B major to C-flat major!
6:50 “ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha”
OMG the sheer speed of that last run is just unbelievable. Cziffra would have been envious :)
Actually rather easy to achieve at high velocity - 1-2-3-4 are same notes each time and you just slide the hand without rolling the wrist.
Marvellous! Not only does he play with style and freedom, but he observes every marking in the score.
Amazing. I don't know how any can play this stuff. I guess only a Very Few concert pianists can even these days. Whew!
only Valentina Lisitsa could play it live on stage with terrifying speed
so good need more godowsky works
Well, worry no more, I might upload a lot of his pieces in the future... :)
RIP Maestro Freire
This is probably the most musically sympathetic performance of this I have heard. Most of the few who play it tend to just play the notes, leaving the listener (me) unsatisfied.
How many key signatures do you want?
Godowsky: Yes!
You are basically my favorite youtube channel ever and I love youtube.
Awww... oh no, my heart is melting all over the floor... nah, don't worry, I have a spare.
But thank you, nonetheless. Please enjoy your stay. :D
Like Glenn Gould, Godowsky was an alien. That's my theory.
That's absolute truth!))
If I only had a dime for every accidental in this piece. lol
The theme starting at about 4:20 is so very nice.
Happy new year 2023!
You know what? It just occurred to me that Godowsky's paraphrases sound a lot like Art Tatum!
You are absolutely right!
dont piss on Art Tatum!
Thank you!! One of my favourites! :)
You're welcome. :)
Thank you for the information on Godowsky's own impressions of his work. Fascinating playing....! Looking forward to more uploads!!
I really love this piece that it brings tears to my eyes. I started working on this piece for 3 months now and im stuck on the 5th page. the notes are well read, but the stunts of it alone is so hard to perform that I cant match the speed. God help me
Voted "like" on 9 July 2016 :)
Thanks to TH-cam I discovered this amazing composer that was Godowsky
Совершенно изумительная обработка Леопольда Годовского! Послушайте .получите несказанное удовольствие!
Я точно знаю? :)
Thats y im proud for being brasilian
feel happy to listen this piece:D
ゴドフスキー編曲のヨハン・シュトラウスの歌劇「こうもり」のピアノ演奏です。ピアノで弾けるのは有難いです。我流で後期ロマン派色彩に感覚にあふれ、印象派（ドビュッシー・ラヴェル）の影響もある様です。
RIP Nelson Freire
Nice!
It’s an interesting twist on the overture.
As if playing in six or seven flats or sharps weren't challenging enough, he's inserted about a million accidentals!! How do people play such difficult pieces?
Once you learn the language and how to speak it, you can do anything. It becomes second nature.
Epic
Liszt was selfish and didn't care about normal pianists who have half the size of his ridiculously enormous handspan. Godowsky had normal handspan. It's a popular misconception that Godowsky is too difficult. Try studying his scores, and you will be amazed to find the most idiomatic and compact writing with normal handspan. Another misconception is of Godowsky the infamous arranger of Chopin etudes. Try Godowsky's original compositions: 'Java Suite', 'Prelude and Fugue on BACH', 'Rococo Suite' and 'Walzermasken'.
True, Godowsky was self-taught, but carefully studied Taneyev counterpoint.
Are you sure that Liszt's handspan was enormous? In his book "The great pianists", Harold C. Schonberg quotes Carl Lachmund (a Liszt pupil) who watching Liszt playing the slow movement ot the Hammerklavier saw that at the last chord Liszt could barely cover the tenth in each hand sufficiently to play the chord quietly, without breaking it.
Do not forget also that in Liszt's time some pianos were made with narrower keys, which of course allowed a larger stretch (maybe a twelfth when you reach a tenth with a normal keyboard).
2:38
6:56
I would seriously put Godowsky at the same level as Liszt, in terms of the quality and complexity of their music, although Liszt obviously composed more music than Godowsky. The main reason many concert pianists don't play Godowsky, is that it's too damned hard!
Liszt was a prolific composer but Godowsky had better technique. Its a close call between Hofmann and Godowsky. Hofmann was the better musically, but Godowsky had better finger technique. Lhevinne a close 3rd. Rachmaninoff would be lucky to make it in the top ten
Check out Valentina Lisitsa playing this for World's Fastest Piano Player competition lol
there's no such thing
Horrible interpretation! Lisitsa does not suffice.
Do you have the PDF for this available?
You can check the description box. :)
@@thenameisgsarci oh okay my bad
What is the meaning of symphonic metamorphosis?
The metamorphosis of the symphonic
who is the performer??
Nelson Freire
Mistake at 1:34 C double flat written and c flat played 😀
So many notes, so little music...
poor you
6:58