(VID+MP3) Tchaikovsky Dumka, Liszt HR 9, Beethoven 31/3 Mvt 1 (1 unedited take)

[furiouzpianist]

Tchaikovsky: Dumka Op. 59
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9 "Pesther Karneval"
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 18, 1st Movement

Recorded on June 28, 2013. Steinway D piano. One continuous, unedited take for the entire 27 min program.

[awesom_o]

Wundebar!

Your technique is looking relaxed and supple, and this enables you to produce beautiful tone that is......relaxed and supple!

Very professional understanding of style.

You deliver the Liszt in a way that sounds refined, spontaneous, and virtuosic, without the usual unpleasant bombast I normally hear when people play this piece. Elegant display of bravura style instead of the usual loud, fast, boring nonesense!

Bravo and thanks for posting! Do you play any of your own compositions as well?

[furiouzpianist]

thank you for listening and the kind comments. I've played the Liszt 9th Rhapsody since 2010, but it requires very detailed practice before each performance, or it will be sloppy. There are just so many things that have to worked out each time, and it doesn't really stay in the fingers very well.

As for my own compositions, I usually play them for encore (some Preludes, not the Birthday Variations - which were meant as a joke).
All of the repertoire in the video is quite old - I learned the Dumka and the Beethoven as a child, and began working on the Liszt Rhapsody around 2009.

Now I get to learn new things, mainly the Tchaikovsky Concerto and the Bach 5th Partita. I will also have to prepare for a recitals at the end of September - with the Bach Partita, Beethoven Waldstein, Chopin Sonata No. 2, Liszt Rhapsody No. 9, and 2 contrasting Shostakovitch Preludes Op. 34. for encore I have -  Liszt Valse Melancolique, Tchaikovsky Dumka, Liszt Transcendental Etude No. 8 and Chopin Etude Op. 25 No. 8 and Scriabin Etude Op. 65 No. 2.

[awesom_o]

I know what you mean about detailed practice and sloppiness, although I do not play that piece.

All the repertoire seemed very secure-as though you were comfortable enough with what you were saying, but also allowing yourself to take risks and provide us with an ever-fresh rendition. 

I thought the Tchaikovsky was wonderfully expressive and melancholy. That Beethoven is one of the Sonatas that I play (so I know how treacherous it really is) and I found it to be tastefully and skillfully delivered at all times. I'd love to hear you play the other movements!

I would also love to hear you play my own compositions. Have you recorded any of your own yet?

Do you play any Medtner? Or any French harpisichord music?

[furiouzpianist]

Unfortunately I haven't recorded the rest of the sonata (which I played in its entirety for my piano exam at Juilliard in May). I love Medtner's music, I would like to learn some of his Fairy Tales and other smaller piece, but I haven't the time yet. I am fleshing out my repertoire with big works right now, I don't have the luxury of learning everything I want to learn, sadly.

I did post some of my own compositions on here. As for your compositions: send them over!

[matterintospirit]

SUPERB.

[furiouzpianist]

I just uploaded the audio-only (mp3) which I extracted from the video, for those who might want them. They sound slightly better to my ears because they have some reverb added.

Regards,

M.K.