My own Chopin “Minute Waltz” contrapuntal paraphrase in double notes

[furiouzpianist]

Tribute to Godowsky

An unofficial recording with my phone (I just finished the paraphrase)
Somewhat similar idea to the Rosenthal - for the middle section, but I found a different contrapuntal solution and kept the double notes going throughout

I’ll record it properly in a studio around April....

Cheers!

[ted]

I am surprised this has not drawn more comment. Once the physical knack of playing them is acquired, which does take a few months for most people, double notes open a vast treasure of spontaneous voicings to the creative mind. There are some interesting sounds in your piece and I hope to hear more of your ideas, assuming you get enough time to work on your own stuff.

[furiouzpianist]

Thank you Ted!

Yes, it was a real luxury to have more spare time last week and compose this!
Real not an easy thing to perform, but it does fit my hand better than other double note arrangements of this (Hofmann, Rosenthal etc)

I hope to write some more transcriptions in the future. Thanks for hearing!!

[thalbergmad]

This really is superb and i had feared it was a lost art amongst the modern generation of pianists.

Go back a few decades and every pianist had their own arrangements and i really think it helps turn a pianist into an overall artist.

Top marks from me.

Luv

Thal

[visitor]

This really is superb and i had feared it was a lost art amongst the modern generation of pianists.

Go back a few decades and every pianist had their own arrangements and i really think it helps turn a pianist into an overall artist.

Top marks from me.

Luv

Thal

+1, i echo thal. yep. most dope.

btw great choice, there is a tradition of playing around with this one in particular, i have an album of just paraphrases on this tune (and a few extras), it's great
GOT A MINUTE? - Paraphrases on Chopin's "Minute Waltz" and Other Works
Label Catalogue Number:
BIS-CD-1083
Running Time: 73:30
Release Date: September 2000
Originally recorded in 2000
Composer
Aleksander Michalowski
Composer
Rafael Joseffy
Composer
Moritz Moszkowski
Composer
Max Reger
Composer
Kaikhosru Sorabji
Composer
Leopold Godowsky
Composer
Johannes Brahms
Composer
Isidore Philipp
Composer
Alfred Cortot
Composer
Moriz Rosenthal
Composer
Giuseppe Ferrata
Composer
Louis Gruenberg
Composer
Joe Furst
https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/BI%201083

[furiouzpianist]

Yes, that’s a great disc!

I was mostly inspired by the Godowsky and Rosenthal paraphrases

[ronde_des_sylphes]

I enjoyed this too. Personally I found it more harmonically interesting than the Rosenthal version.

[furiouzpianist]

Happy that you enjoyed it!

Each time I play it through and work on it, I revise a few things compositionally.
Certain spots were inherently unpianistic, and needed some subtle changes to be able to play them effectively.

Perhaps a piece of music is never in its final form?

[octave_revolutionary]

Whoa!!! ABSOLUTELY EPIC!!!!! Not quite as "sweet" as the Rosenthal version, but certainly more harmonically imaginative- and i really liked the middle section! Props to you once again, furiouz