Liszt - Years of Pilgrimage Suisse [COMPLETE]

[koopakool]

To close the loop, I'm proud to present my interpretation of the complete work of Liszt's Years of Pilgrimage Suisse. I know, it's a digital piano but still, I think the essence has been captured for most parts. According to the lack of comments on my previous posts, it seems people don't care much about this work, I don't understand because it's divine music! I used to listen to this in loop while at work, Laplante's interpretation is the best on youtube, Brendel not bad either...
Here's mine 

[thesixthsensemusic]

Wow. I am impressed. Not everything's perfect, I found some parts of 'Au bord d'une Source' a bit dodgy, e.g. not perfectly rhythmical, but overall it's a very good performance. Nothing to be worried about though. Orage, Vallee d'Obermann and Eglogue are superb on the other hand!

I too listen to this suite, Leslie Howard's recording of it to be precise, in a loop, while playing PC games often.

However, I actually don't find it that strange few people reacted to your previous videos, there's tons of posts of advanced difficulty level pieces here and many were not replied to.

[koopakool]

Oh yes I know, Au bord d'une source was the hardest of the set for me and I think I could have practiced it more before recording it. Thank you very much for your comment. Glad at least 1 person enjoyed it

[dima_76557]

According to the lack of comments on my previous posts, it seems people don't care much about this work, I don't understand because it's divine music!

Dear koopakool,

It's clear that your playing is outstanding. The only problem is that part of the listening experience is the SOUL of the instrument; how it reacts to what you do. The instrument you play on has no soul whatsoever, I'm very sorry to say that. No wood resonating, no strings vibrating, no precious metal, no velvet, no pearls, nothing. Just loud and soft and even in that respect very limited. Whatever you do with your sensitive fingertips, this instrument remains "frigid" so to speak. Please record this on a concert grand and you'll get far more reactions. You deserve that. Just saying.

[koopakool]

Dear Dima,

Nothing beats the sound a 300k full grand piano but that's my current situation and frankly I've learned to enjoy that piece of electronic, it's absolutely great for practice. The smallest error is immediately apparent, there's no natural chorus that blurs things a little and it has headphones which is a huge + for me. I have 2 straight pianos at home. I love to play on them but they're kinda old. One is about 140 years old. It still has my back grandfather's soul in it. Would love to record with them but they're too noisy. Digital is precise and always on tune. Anyway I often listen to bad recordings of out of tune pianos or cheap casio keybords with three octaves, but still enjoy the performances because the musicians provide the other half of that soul you're talking about. There are still dynamics, phrases and heart in there. Anyway for me, Liszt's music could be played by a kazoo ensemble I'd still be happy   

[cabbynum]

The orage was so controlled i liked it! Very safe, allthough i would have prefered a bit more danger. Sometimes its worth it to go faster than you are capable so that you create the feeling of risk and you can add more excitement to it. WEll done though! this is a huge work.