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ariel12345

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Wagner-Tausig: The Ride of the Valkyries

on: October 11, 2012, 09:09:14 PM

Hi all
Will be glad to hear what you think!
Thanks!

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Re: Wagner-Tausig: The Ride of the Valkyries

Reply #1 on: October 16, 2012, 12:28:09 AM

Wow, ariel! That was great, and anything Tausig wrote is not easy. In listening to this transcription, it's definitely a tough virtuosic piece with all the trills, arpeggios, changing hand patterns, etc. But probably the bigger challenge was the need to balance the hands, as the melody is most frequently in the left hand with the florid and brilliant accompaniment in the right hand. Anytime the pianist is confronted with this problem in the Romantic genre, it takes determination and effort to ensure that the left hand, especially when it does not have the advantage of octave doubling, prevails over the competing right hand accompaniment. I've encountered that in Rachmaninoff and Medtner, for example. I believe that your left hand retained its dominance. Sometimes it must have been a struggle though, given the thick textures of this music! Excellent playing.

David

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Re: Wagner-Tausig: The Ride of the Valkyries

Reply #2 on: October 16, 2012, 10:18:51 AM

Hi David
Thank you for your nice comments:)

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Reply #3 on: October 21, 2012, 02:20:47 AM

My NOT an easy piece by any measure!!!
You play it convincingly and with confidence.
I enjoyed it very much. THANKS!!

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Re: Wagner-Tausig: The Ride of the Valkyries

Reply #4 on: October 24, 2012, 09:07:33 PM

Thank you! Appreciate:)

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