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[lostinidlewonder]

Hey fantastic work, you play very accurately and overall a solid interpretation. One thing I thought was that some of your fill in parts are briefly played too harshly, more consideration of what should be more important to listen to and what merely highlights, some legato ties also sound disjoint (you are very stingy with the sustain pedal which will work ok for concert halls which naturally elongate your playing in this recording it made you sound a little choppy in places), like each note in melody is played separately and not phrased. Generally the gentle parts need work for sensitivity don't force the tones too much. Still there is more interpretation steps to take the fine tuning of your playing to go through, but this is extremely solid as it is (good enough for performance).

[retrouvailles]

Why did you create another account? Is this your third one now? And why do you go by Mike now, not Mikhail? Suspicious, suspicious...

[trumofo]

I just remember that we can use the lost password feature. I changed the password on the account so that I could spend less time at the computer, but now I wanted to make an exception for the Liszt Sonata recording.

When I use my real name online, google just crawls it out, now I go by Mike.

furiouzpianist =trumofo = mkaykov

here is another link to the file, this time 320 kbps mp3

https://www.filefactory.com/file/b08fhbh/n/Kaykov_Liszt_Sonata_3.8.10_-_Home_.mp3

[rachfan]

Hi Mike,

I had to laugh at your three reincarnations.   I remember you as mkaykov, but Mike will do if that's what you prefer, although Mikhail had more, well, intrigue to it.

On to the Liszt.  Bravo!  I thoroughly enjoyed your playing!  You have the Lisztian pyrotechnics and poetry all well in hand and give us an expressive rendition here.  I agree with "lost" that in this epic piece, it's always paramount to distinguish foreground from background, which sometimes calls for analysis and decisions, followed by a certain etching of the chosen line and a shading of the textures in those places.  Given what you've accomplished with this piece, I believe that any audience will receive it very well.  You can certainly put the piece across to the listener, and that's the ultimate test.

I'm thinking that the piano you used for this recording is possibly a well-worn Yamaha, which is not up to your level of playing.  Hopefully the piano at the recital hall will be better for communicating your interpretation.  The pedaling will depend, of course, on the piano and the hall acoustics.  You'll quickly adjust accordingly.   

Great work, Mike!

David     

[trumofo]

ah yes, the recording was made on the Yamaha C3 - the same one that that I always use.
The smaller Goldmark Hall at Mannes has 2 Steinway B pianos - which would work fine for the space. All the 4th year students booked up the main Hall......

I will work on the Sonata with my professor this Friday, we have to get it concert-ready.  

My favorite Sonata performance is still the 1932 Horowitz  - but I would kill for the lost 1941 Ignaz Friedman recording.

[rachfan]

Hi Mike,

I'm thinking that when you try out the two Steinway B's, the brighter one might well be preferable for Liszt, especially if the hall will be filled or close to it.  The more mellow one might be more appropriate for Viennese Classical music and earlier Beethoven.  You'll know when you play them.

David