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Topic: Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. 2 (3.7.11, studio)  (Read 2615 times)

Offline furiouzpianist

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Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. 2 (3.7.11, studio)
on: March 07, 2011, 07:51:24 PM
recorded on a Yamaha C2 with a cottony sound. Unedited.

This work is very difficult, it seems to me more of a 4-hand texture.
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Re: Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. 2 (3.7.11, studio)
Reply #1 on: March 08, 2011, 04:17:44 AM
whoa! that was awesome! I've never heard the other Mephisto Waltzes before, but now i'll definitely give them a listen.
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Re: Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. 2 (3.7.11, studio)
Reply #2 on: March 08, 2011, 01:46:27 PM
this piece is one of the less obscure late Liszt works.

Sofronitsky, Richter, Brumberg all recorded this piece.
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Re: Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. 2 (3.7.11, studio)
Reply #3 on: March 08, 2011, 10:29:27 PM
Hi fp,

Bravo! That was a marvelous rendition.  I enjoyed hearing it.
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Re: Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. 2 (3.7.11, studio)
Reply #4 on: March 10, 2011, 04:16:32 PM
The four-handed feeling is probably from it being an orchestral transcription, with less thought towards pianistic comfort than, say, MW1.

I first heard this one on Leslie Howard's CD, then wondered why I hadn't heard it before. It is very much worth being heard more. I wonder how hard it would be to collect all the studio recordings of this work?

The middle section could fit right in with the Valses oubliées. In fact, VO3 would fit very well on the same program.
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Re: Liszt Mephisto Waltz No. 2 (3.7.11, studio)
Reply #5 on: March 10, 2011, 04:25:20 PM
BRAVO!!  you play it with confidence and maturity!!
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