Liadov Preludes, Op. 46

[thracozaag]

Cool pieces, I think.

koji

[gaer]

Cool pieces, I think.

koji

Listening now.

Wow, I know NOTHING about the composer, never heard any of these before. The playing sounds really fine to me. Oh, live performance!

Thanks for sharing those!

Gary

[pita bread]

Didn't Scriabin say, "I don't play my compositions for Liadov because he will fail me" or something like that?

[ted]

Thanks for posting your excellent playing. Certainly another romantic well worth studying.

[spirithorn]

Very nice.  Are there only four in Op. 46?  Does he have other Preludes?  Finally, have you ever considered including a set of these in a recital?

[thracozaag]

  There are only 4 in this set, he wrote quite a few sets overall (along with etudes and other character pieces).  This Op. 46 recording was from a concert I did in Florida (where I also did the Op. 39 set).

koji

[pianowelsh]

thracozaag.  Thanks for those! They are really beautifull miniatures arent they and they work really well as a set.  Can you tell me who published the edition you play from.  I feel I may have to posses a copy £££ coming on.  Also what is your opinion onhis etudes are tey of the same quality?? I dont know the etudes atall - buti get the feeling i may want to? Have you recorded any of them?  Why is it that pieces like this are so underplayed?? They clearly stand up next to the Chopin/Scriabin groups of preludes although obviously smaller scale works but the quality is evident. Keep championing them!!!

[steve jones]

Koji, cool recordings, nice one!

How du fancy doing Op 40 for us too? I played a couple of them but Id love here them done properly 

[mwhite]

Thanks for sharing.
Mike

[pianistimo]

those are cool!  you play with ease and interpret them really great.  i like listening and watching the randomized screen images at the same time.  (guess dancers would be cool, too).  perfect!

[gilad]

thanks koji, always a pleasure hearing you.

[wzkit]

What can I say? This is top notch playing of another very much neglected composer. By the way, were you using Horowitz's CD503 for this recital?

And have you performed Liadov's Barcarolle yet? I just listened to Tatania Nikoleyeva's recording and I was completely overwhelmed by her heartfelt rendition and phrasing. I hope to hear your version soon!

Please continue championing neglected composers like Liadov and Bortkiewicz. It would be nice to hear you record some Lyapunov as well!
 

[steinwayargentina]

Bravo. just that. Pablo from argentina-

[nicolaievich]

Another "Bravo" from Argentina 

[mutedstring]

enjoyed them! thanks for sharing! you're one talented pianist!

[raymond_]

That was pure pleasure.  Thank you.

[electrafingers]

Thank you, Koji, it was wonderful.
I think these pieces are very interesting and effective. I can clearly hear the influence of Chopin's preludes, as well as early Scriabin and also something from Schumann's miniatures. It was pleasure listening to you playing them.

[martha argerrrrrich]

Cool pieces, I think.

koji

Prelude Op #1 is very nice, wonderfully played. Nice execution overall. Thoroughly enjoyed it