Fastest Liszt Sonata in B Minor

[Skeptopotamus]

whose is it, what's the time and can i have a recording?  ^^

[stevie]

its probably a yundi li live recording

leslie howard's studio recording is also quite fast, but maybe he rushed the slow parts.

ive heard yundi is under 24 minutes in some performances.

[musicsdarkangel]

One of the Van Cliburn contestants did is superfast (I think Joyce Yang)


It was really cool too.

[chromatickler]

One of the Van Cliburn contestants did is superfast (I think Joyce Yang)


It was really cool too.

i think you mean chufang huang. and that performance wasn't particularly fast, just sloppy.

overall timing in this piece can often be misleading too. Skepto i assume you are looking for a recording with the fastest technical parts. of the recordings i've heard the 3 that stand out are (all live):

barere
pavel raikerus from this year's liszt competition
yundi li from verbier france

Horowitz and Argerich have the fastest prestissimo octaves, but can be lacking in other passages.

howard must surely have rushed the slow parts to achieve his 24min timing. you cant possible compete on technique doing a 94cd project.

[da jake]

Is there a vid or mp3 of the Pavement's Sonata? 

[chromatickler]

Is there a vid or mp3 of the Pavement's Sonata? 

hahahah you mizzed da boat. this wuz b4 da JEFF randomly went inzane

[musicsdarkangel]

I have a vid recording of Joyce Yang from the Van Cliburn compitition playing it super fast, and actually, it sounds very good.

[chromatickler]

https://www.cliburn.org/page/498 she never played the sonata in the cliburn. it's chufang huang you are talking about (the only asian girl who did play it), and i watched that live too. her speed was nowhere near the aforementioned three.

[steinwaym]

Fastest = Worst

[thierry13]

Fastest = Worst

Unlegendary. Totally not SDC approved.

[Skeptopotamus]

ultimate shame fo da SDC

[musicsdarkangel]

https://www.cliburn.org/page/498 she never played the sonata in the cliburn. it's chufang huang you are talking about (the only asian girl who did play it), and i watched that live too. her speed was nowhere near the aforementioned three.

You're wrong.

Yang did play it.

I have proof on vid.

Ning An did as well.

[Skeptopotamus]

send me the faster one please.  and thanx for that barber sonata.

[chromatickler]

You're wrong.

Yang did play it.

I have proof on vid.

Ning An did as well.

of course i COULD be wrong, but not before you consolidate your vid with her program list on the official site that i posted. on the site you will also find that Ning An too did NOT play the sonata. it was on his final recital program and he didnt make the cut.

your vids are most likely of these performers in recital or another competition. from watching her clitburn performances, i thought Joyce's don juan was a bit stale and lacked the freewheeling fire of lang lang.

[stevie]

alexis weissenberg - 18 minutes.

[musicsdarkangel]

of course i COULD be wrong, but not before you consolidate your vid with her program list on the official site that i posted. on the site you will also find that Ning An too did NOT play the sonata. it was on his final recital program and he didnt make the cut.

your vids are most likely of these performers in recital or another competition. from watching her clitburn performances, i thought Joyce's don juan was a bit stale and lacked the freewheeling fire of lang lang.

You are a nutcase.

Look at Ning An's Final round, which he DID make it too.  At the very bottom, it reads LISZT SONATA IN B MINOR.

I followed that whole f*ckin competition, and recorded nearly all of it, so I have proof that you're wrong.


And by the way, Yang's sonata is excellent.

[shoenberg3]

Ning An didn't make it to finals and Joyce Yang didn't play the Liszt Sonata in the Van Cliburn. End of story.

If you have proof, please do share. It would be interesting.....

[ravel]

what 18 minutes???
wowwwwwwwww, that must be fun hehe . is it any good?
i know weissenberg seems to have the habit to rush.  i heard his recording of debussy pieces, and quite a few of them seemed rushed.

[musicsdarkangel]

Ning An didn't make it to finals and Joyce Yang didn't play the Liszt Sonata in the Van Cliburn. End of story.

If you have proof, please do share. It would be interesting.....

You're wrong.

E-mail me, kingsha@yahoo.com , I'll send them to you.

[thracozaag]

what 18 minutes???
wowwwwwwwww, that must be fun hehe . is it any good?
i know weissenberg seems to have the habit to rush.  i heard his recording of debussy pieces, and quite a few of them seemed rushed.

  If it's anything like his meltdown with the last movement of the Chopin B minor sonata, I suspect the reason it's so fast is he didn't traverse the whole score.  Fastest (complete) Liszt Sonata has to be Lewenthal's live rendition from the early 50's.

koji

[shoenberg3]

Look:
https://www.cliburn.org/page/462
https://www.cliburn.org/page/498

there is just no point in this argument.

[chromatickler]

  If it's anything like his meltdown with the last movement of the Chopin B minor sonata, I suspect the reason it's so fast is he didn't traverse the whole score.  Fastest (complete) Liszt Sonata has to be Lewenthal's live rendition from the early 50's.

koji

https://dasdc.net/viewtopic.php?t=3807

predicktably 

[musicsdarkangel]

Look:
https://www.cliburn.org/page/462
https://www.cliburn.org/page/498

there is just no point in this argument.

Ahhh I screwed up, the guy playing the Sonata is Wang Xiohan, I even have it labeled that, I just confused their names.

I don't get the Joyce Yang though, someone must look similar to her as well.  Chu-fang Wang?

I know it's from the competition, and I labeled it Yang, but it's really fast and I remember someone mentioning that it was Yang a while back on the boards, he must be wrong as well.