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arielpiano

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Medtner Sonata-Ballade

on: February 10, 2015, 07:37:46 PM

Rachmaninov minus Hollywood plus a few other things...

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mjames

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Re: Medtner Sonata-Ballade

Reply #1 on: February 11, 2015, 12:48:28 AM

Oh my GOD! Someone on street performing Medtner?! oh this will be a treat...I'll come back to this when I get home.

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rachfan

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Reply #2 on: February 12, 2015, 04:41:10 AM

Hi Ariel,

I commented over on YT, but just wanted to thank you for sharing your extraordinary performance of this music. Great!

David

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j_menz

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Re: Medtner Sonata-Ballade

Reply #3 on: February 12, 2015, 05:35:12 AM

Masterfully done. A beautifully considered performance.

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diomedes

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Re: Medtner Sonata-Ballade

Reply #4 on: February 12, 2015, 02:04:13 PM

Good to see Medtner being promoted. I brought it in for lessons many years ago, very rewarding music (although I often feel more so for the performer/ pianist than the audience).

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mjames

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Re: Medtner Sonata-Ballade

Reply #5 on: February 12, 2015, 04:50:24 PM

Awesome performance man...I really enjoyed it! Hopefully I'll join soon join the Medtner party.

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arielpiano

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Reply #6 on: February 24, 2015, 01:34:15 PM

Thanks for the kind comments, guys. (David, I saw the warm feedback on YT; thank you.)
I agree that Medtner may be more rewarding for the performer than it is for the listener. The text is quite dense, and the rich thematic pattern may not always be obvious to the ear, which makes it even more of a challenge to make the interpretation as revealing as possible, without turning it into a bravado piece.

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