Two obscure transriptions (by Jaell and Leschitizky) - work in progress

[ronde_des_sylphes]

The almost completely forgotten pianist and Liszt pupil Alfred Jaell's fantasy on Norma:

Leschitizky's left hand only arrangement from Lucia di Lammermoor:

Both still at "the development" stage - I'm thinking of adding them to my performing repertoire. I've been working on the Leschitizky for three weeks and had the chance to play it on a good piano. The Jaell has had a bit more time but is still pretty fresh, hence the unfortunate memory lapses near the beginning.

[frankiisko]

I absolutely love you to play this pieces. I value a lot people who plays not so well-known pieces, or directly strange pieces.

I've listened to your Leschitizky performance and is really amazing!! Take care with the hard scales, but your playing is amazing and the melody is very well emphasized.

Congratulations! 

[ronde_des_sylphes]

I absolutely love you to play this pieces. I value a lot people who plays not so well-known pieces, or directly strange pieces.

I've listened to your Leschitizky performance and is really amazing!! Take care with the hard scales, but your playing is amazing and the melody is very well emphasized.

Congratulations!  

Thanks! The opening scale wasn't completely precise, so I know what you mean. There's a few small errors and I lost the melody in a couple of places but it's early days on this piece.

[ted]

Here we go again, that same glorious, lyrical clarity. I am sure it isn't just in my mind. With the help of your CD I think I have made some headway toward understanding it; I want it for my improvisation. It isn't this, that or the other specific action, but rather a syncretic product of a very individual, highly sensitive, underlying musicianship. You could probably play Mazeppa and it would come up lyrical trumps.

I don't know much about piano playing really, and don't care about a few mistakes. I'll leave comments about that to the others. I'll buy your next CD though.

[ronde_des_sylphes]

Thanks ted, and if another CD emerges, I'll certainly let you know! As things stand, I'd be quite happy to advance these pieces further and consider recording them properly.

Re the sound, I've thought a lot about what was on the first CD, but not in a "how did I create it" way, more in a "what can I do to improve it" way. Re what I'm doing, I believe (particularly in this sort of piece) in voicing lines clearly, that you should lead the ear to the melody, and that sometimes it's better to play the next note later rather than earlier or in strict time, but these are things that should be bread-and-butter knowledge to good musicians. My attitudes have evolved intuitively over time with the odd nudge from occasional tuition - listening repeatedly to playing, picking facets which I like and trying to avoid what I don't.