wagner's piano sonatas

[hodi]

anyone heard about them?
he wrote 2 piano sonatas.. anyone have midis? or links to audio samples?

[liszt1022]

Richard Wagner's piano music is made up of three piano sonatas and some other random works like albumleaves and a fantasy. He also made the piano reduction of the entire Tannhauser score (except for vocals) and all of Beethoven's 9th symphony, which pre-dated Liszt's arrangement.

The "two" sonatas are ones in B-flat and A major, and they were works he wrote for someone who asked him to write very standard, basic sonatas. Wagner modeled them after Pleyel and early Beethoven, though the sonatas fall short of both those composers. The third sonata he wrote for a friend's piano collection, it's a nine-page single movement that is actually pretty good. No pyrotechnics or anything, just good 1850's Wagner harmonies and plenty of changes in texture.

But no, I don't know of any recordings of his stuff.

[hodi]

and what about the piano fantasy? please tell me more about it

and what about the 3rd piano sonata?

[steinwaymodeld]

I have the recording of all the piano work Wagner wrote...
I collected it just because..... it is wagner piano music.

Not too great though....

[steinwaymodeld]

https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000001STN/qid=1108069809/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl15/102-1358436-4156100?v=glance&s=classical&n=507846

There are 2 volumes...
Quite Frankly, I like his miscellanous work more than his sonatas.

[lenny]

buy lugansky's roque d'antheron dvd

now THAT is WAGNER ON PIANO!

the gotterdammerung - twighlight of the gods

phenomenal phenomenal stuff, for you piano fans who havent heard much wagner - watch this and youll relise why he is revered alongside beethoven and bach

[steinwaymodeld]

buy lugansky's roque d'antheron dvd

now THAT is WAGNER ON PIANO!

the gotterdammerung - twighlight of the gods

phenomenal phenomenal stuff, for you piano fans who havent heard much wagner - watch this and youll relise why he is revered alongside beethoven and bach

that's wagner's theme transcribed by others
not wagner itself

just like Tannashuer transcriptions doens't count as Wagner piano music.

[lenny]

i know what it is - its transcribed by lugansky himself

but its just SO beautiful, expansive, united, and moving

i really consider this some of the greatest music ever

[steinwaymodeld]

i know what it is - its transcribed by lugansky himself

but its just SO beautiful, expansive, united, and moving

i really consider this some of the greatest music ever

yep
Lugansky is awesome
have u tried his Prokofiev sonata recording?

[lenny]

no, but i adore his rach, i got his etude tableaux cd recorded early in his career - amazing

the brahms on that DVD is also incredible, he brings so much emotion!

and if youve read interviews with him it reveals he is deeply emotional about music , and considers emotion the most important factor in a great performance.

thats what i like to hear!