Reminiscences des Huguenots (Meyerbeer-Liszt)

[dnephi]

Anyone have this?  GFF has this thing, but it's not by Liszt.

Sounds pretty amazing.

Daniel

[thalbergmad]

Groove

[thalbergmad]

Popular themes for comparison

[thalbergmad]

The best

[thalbergmad]

I will not bore you with any more as you only wanted the Liszt.

The others are worth looking at.

Thal

[dnephi]

Thanks a lot, sir!

If I may ask, oh wise one, a question. 

I would like to find a virtuosic paraphrase that covers a lot of technical ground, less than about 8 minutes, and not quite impossible. 

Any suggestions? 

[thalbergmad]

This is my favourite, always has been and probably always will be.

It covers a range of difficulties. I used to play this, but could not play it now without some considerable practice.

Thal

[cz4p32]

This is my favourite, always has been and probably always will be.

It covers a range of difficulties. I used to play this, but could not play it now without some considerable practice.

Thal

Do you have a recording of this?  I'd like to hear it.

[point of grace]

nice! thanx

cz4p32 did u take a look in youtube?

[thalbergmad]

Do you have a recording of this?  I'd like to hear it.

I have a couple, but i failed my exam in music piracy, so i am unable to upload.

Thal

[ronde_des_sylphes]

I would like to find a virtuosic paraphrase that covers a lot of technical ground, less than about 8 minutes, and not quite impossible. 

Any suggestions? 

The Liszt ones of about 8 mins length which spring to mind are Rienzi (sounds harder than it is) and (a bit harder) the  Verdi-Liszt transcriptions Rigoletto, Il Trovatore and Ernani. Ernani is the hardest imo, but certainly not unplayably so.

[dnephi]

The Liszt ones of about 8 mins length which spring to mind are Rienzi (sounds harder than it is) and (a bit harder) the  Verdi-Liszt transcriptions Rigoletto, Il Trovatore and Ernani. Ernani is the hardest imo, but certainly not unplayably so.

Thanks for those suggestions in particular.  What do you think of the Robert le Diable transcription?  It's a bit longer, but I've never heard it.  How good is it?

I've often heard Rigoletto, and it's a beautiful piece.

Daniel

[thalbergmad]

Earl Wild made an excellent recording of that.

Brilliant Liszt show piece, riddled with difficulties.

Ronde himself might struggle with it.

Thal

[ronde_des_sylphes]

What do you think of the Robert le Diable transcription? 

Earl Wild made an excellent recording of that.

Brilliant Liszt show piece, riddled with difficulties.

Agreed 100%. It's a long time since I looked at it seriously, but it really is a good transcription. The Earl Wild recording is terrific.

[dnephi]

How demanding would you comparatively describe Rigoletto?

[ronde_des_sylphes]

How demanding would you comparatively describe Rigoletto?

I think it's definitely harder than Rienzi and the Miserere-Trovatore ones, but it's some way from the top end of difficulty of Liszt paraphrases (eg Don Juan, La Somnambula, Norma). I'd say the biggest likely stumbling blocks would be getting the speed and lightness in some of the right hand ornamentation; also the cadenza in alternate sixths. And how are your chromatic scales in major 3rds? (I had the embarassing experience of attending a master class where someone was playing Rigoletto, and realising I'd misread that passage as minor 3rds).

[cz4p32]

I think the Ernani paraphrase is one of the more accessable ones for a good amature.  I've been working on it myself, and have all but the last 3 pages learned.  It fits well under the hand.