Liszt Transcendental Etude No. 6 (Vision)

[koopakool]

Fourth transcendental etude I learned. Eight to go? NAHHHHHH Recorded with a crappy cellphone but sound is direct in so it's not bad

Here are the links to the other three TE I posted here if you're interested.

Feux Follets
https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=52017.0

Wilde Jagd
https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=44921.0

Harmonies du Soir
https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=46861.0

[koopakool]

LOL 450 views and no comments? Either I suck bad, or people just don't care about Liszt here. Maybe I should post Twinkle twinkle little star or a cover by Eminiem

[austinarg]

Or perhaps everything that can be said has already been said on the other three videos.

Please tell me you are recording No. 12 next.

[ronde_des_sylphes]

Ok here goes..
Pretty technically clean and precise, but it needs more fantasy. The opening needs more differentiation between the melodic notes and the accompanimental arpeggios. I'm not sure I want to hear every single note in the arpeggios - it's commendable that you have them all so clearly articulated, but imo (and I have worked on this piece) the slow melody is foreground material and the arpeggios are the swirling of mist in the background - they are a textural device, not a collection of individual notes. Feel free to disagree of course, that is the nature of interpretation. As the melody increases in volume, your foreground/background differentiation does improve. At 2.16, why not do something like an allargando through the dominant chords? It will make the whole episode more of an event and then the return to the tonic will be more triumphant imo. The mood change at 4.10 was done very nicely, incidentally. Good playing overall, I hope you can view my comments as attempted constructive criticism!

[koopakool]

Hello ronde_des_sylphes,

I totally agree with you. The thing with digital is exactly that though, the velocity range is lesser than of a real piano, every note is (too) clear and it`s harder to make differentiation. But I`m sure I can accentuate the melody a little more. I thought I was doing an allargando at 2:16 but you are right, it`s not pronounced enough if even there. Thank you for your comment, I`ll keep that in mind when working on the piece.