YES!!! His piano concerto has been my favourite concerto for quite some time. E major’s also my favourite key (Beethoven’s Op. 14-1 and 109, Chopin’s Scherzo Op. 54, Hans Rott’s Symphony No. 1…)
You're right about that. Learning nos. 2, 6, 11 & 12 at the moment. Very grateful and lucky to have found such cheerful and playable concert études. They are also super idiomatic. Nos. 1 and 13 are nice listening to, but both take lots of time to learn....at least, for me. One should have learned and performed them as a child - it would have been "the bomb", as the Americans say
@@bennyksmusicalworld Rott’s story is so sad isn’t it? Mahler called him the founder of the new symphony and Bruckner thought he was a genius, but Brahms decided to throw all of it away…
According to Wikipedia, Ilana Vered (b.1943) is an Israeli pianist and teacher. The etudes she is credited with being the first to do it were recorded in 1970. She took lessons with none other than Vlado Perlemuter and Rosina Lhevinne. The effect of their combined approach is enduring and can be heard clearly. Since Vlado Perlemuter was Moszkowsky's student, it's no wonder this repertoire choice came as his influence. From reading the composer's biography, one could surmise that Franz Liszt himself admired Moszkowsky: the fact that as unforgiving as he was towards fellow musicians, he sat at the second piano to assist Moszkowsky in premiering his piano concerto is quite telling.
Thank you for the upload, what a treasure! For anyone dreaming of playing Chopin and Liszt pieces with greater freedom, learning a few (well, preferably 4 or more) of these EPIC virtuosic studies will have a surprisingly positive effect. Pay attention not only to the notes, but also the dynamics and especially the fingering; one might have to change some of the written ones, or try various different solutions until freedom is achieved
It is not hard to understand why Josef Hofmann was such a magnificent pianist since he studied with Moszkowski for more than 8 years, before coaching with Anton Rubinstein!
Incredible, that first track (No. 1)... What a Gem, on par with Chopin, and also somewhat reminiscent of Mendelssohn in the brightness of the energy. It also shines through Ilana Vered's interpretation. (I think you should mention her in your description, she 's as much the artist at work here as Moszkowksi!). Some others play it like it is Mozart, and seem to miss the point - and do not bring out all the brilliant effects hidden in this piece.
I remember learning #4 for my piano exam... and my younger sister would always come by and go "nanananananana Batman!" because of the left hand -_- Also. Wow. #13... hadn't heard it before. That is amazing
These pieces are fun to listen to, and it is daunting to think about learning them myself, but they really do not, in my opinion, bear comparison to Chopin. For the most part each of these Moszkowski etudes does one thing (in many of them, passages played very fast), whereas in Chopin, while each piece may focus on one particular technical problem, for example, parallel thirds, most of them, fiendishly, also combine it with some other problem, a musical one to balance the technical problem. I feel after I have listened my way through these Moszkowski etudes I will have had enough and will not want to listen to them again; on the other hand, I have returned to listening to the Chopin etudes many times, and they are not even his greatest music. My opinion, but there it is.
Do you Improvise? Because I have found that these etudes of my "Good Friend" Moritz are really a Launchpad of sorts. I wish I could say the same for Chopin.
Sorry for the late reply, -Work both hands separately then at the same time. - Make sure you have the right fingering. - Also, I think patience and perseverance is important when studying this work.
Teacher: Look, Moszkowski, you either choose between good, musical, melodies, or virtuosity Moszkowski: Hold my beer, I won’t Moszkowski: Yeah my Op.72 etudes I’m not gonna chose
If I remember correctly, this recording was released on LP in the early '70s. There was a photograph of the pianist on the album cover; as a teenage piano student, I thought she looked very scary (apologies, Ms Vered), and her playing bewitched me - I’d never heard anything so thrilling. I must’ve played the grooves right off that disc.
#2: "allegro brillante" does not mean "play it so fast you can't hear the separate notes clearly." This pianist was just showing off, not being musical.
troppo preoccupata di correre a più non posso, non riesce a dar risalto,, come dovrebbe alle melodie. Affetta da sindrome della dattilografa, pollice verso
There is lot of music inside these studies, which unfortunately does not emerge in this type of interpretations. It is a dump of notes with no art at all. It is like a F1 competition, or a Circus. Very sad.
Most of these etudes are meant to be loud and fast. The A-flat minor etude isn't loud and fast. On the contrary, it sounds more like Chopin compared to Moszkowski's other etudes from this opus. In addition, there's the D-flat Major etude and the A-flat Major etude that are fast, but not necessarily loud.
@@yuk_notkim7658 "loud and fast" is a pejorative within the classical piano community to describe unartful playing. It is not a criticism of the composition, but rather of it's execution. Listen to this interpretation to hear how it can and should be rendered: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-b45fs_i-G7o.html
I've been practicing Czerny with my teacher, and I forgot about how much harder etudes can get. Kudos to the performer. Everyone is always talking about how hard loud pounding Liszt is(which it is), but hardly anyone acknowledges the difficulties of leggiero and other soft touches
Liszt wasn't just about "hard pounding" (and this takes a leap of understanding and craft to convey the loudest fortissimo without thrashing the keyboard) but leggiero too. He was a universal pianist.
Moszkowski and Chopin are up in heaven comparing and discussing their respective sets of studies. Thank you for uploading these dazzlingly executed creations.
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