Godowski Etudes

[Barbosa-piano]

 Hello everybody, I just have one question: Does anybody know were I can find Godowski's Etudes (Chopin) as free sheet music on the internet? I am just wondering, because I've never played them before, not even seen the scores or heard them. People usually say they are hell to play, but why not give it a try?! I am just interested. I would be thankful for your reply... 
               
                                                           Sincerely,
                                                          Mario Barbosa

[paris]

https://www.piano.ru/inter.html

russian could be a little problem but there is in left down corner name of composer which you can read

this is great site, i downloaded whole chopin e-minor concerto and many other stuffs

[shasta]

Mario, check out this site and you can enjoy a movie of Bolet playing the Chopin-Godowsky Etude #12 (one of his many variations of Chopin's Op.10 No.5).

https://www.leopoldgodowsky.com/video.shtml

[Barbosa-piano]

 Thank you all for the replies, that was very generous... I enjoyed the movie with Jorge Bolet, and I don't know why he called that horrendous... probably meant technically, but the music was beautiful!

Also thanks for the sheet music site, very good. (I can read Russian letters, no problem...)
Now I can start working on it...
 Once more, thank you very much.
 
                                                            Sincerely,

                                                           Mario Barbosa

 

[steinwayguy]

Hello everybody, I just have one question: Does anybody know were I can find Godowski's Etudes (Chopin) as free sheet music on the internet? I am just wondering, because I've never played them before, not even seen the scores or heard them.  I am just interested. People usually say they are hell to play, but why not give it a try?!. I would be thankful for your reply... 
               
                                                           Sincerely,
                                                          Mario Barbosa

You're doomed.

[shasta]

Mario, let us know which etude you decide to do!  I'm chipping away at his C# minor waltz variation of the 10/9.

Also, you mentioned you haven't heard the etudes.  I highly recommend purchasing Hamelin's recording.  Absolutely worth it.

In the meantime, for you to get a feel, here are some sites that have audio clips of a handful of the Godowsky etudes:

The Op.10:
https://www.kevinhadsell.com/recordings/002/

The Op.25:
https://www.kevinhadsell.com/recordings/003/

[pseudopianist]

Number 34 is easly the best of the etudes...
must....learn....it....

[iumonito]

Start with the F Minor Moscheles for the left hand, the 10.3 for the left hand and the 10.5 version with the cantus firmus in the left hand and free accompaniment in the right.  These three are the most accessible.

You are not doomed.  They are hard to read, but very profitable, IMO.

P.S.  This discussion probably belongs in Repertoire rather than Performance.

[ramseytheii]

P.S.  This discussion probably belongs in Repertoire rather than Performance.

Speaking of performance, right now definitely the only version to hear on CD is Marc-Andre Hamelin's.  However I was recently in Germany, and heard Boris Berezovsky play about 45 minutes alternating between the original Chopin etudes, and then one or more of the Godowsky versions of the same etude.  I'm told that recently he made a DVD and probably a CD performance, which will come out soon.  Take my word for it, that when it does, his performance will be the one to buy.  he leaves Marc Andre in the Dust.

Walter Ramsey

[Barbosa-piano]

 I was listening to some of Godowsky's Etudes, and they are beautiful... Some sounded like inverted Chopin Etudes, and others sounded as if they were being played backwards... But very interesting and just as beautiful as Chopin Etudes.

[iumonito]

Speaking of performance, right now definitely the only version to hear on CD is Marc-Andre Hamelin's.  However I was recently in Germany, and heard Boris Berezovsky play about 45 minutes alternating between the original Chopin etudes, and then one or more of the Godowsky versions of the same etude.  I'm told that recently he made a DVD and probably a CD performance, which will come out soon.  Take my word for it, that when it does, his performance will be the one to buy.  he leaves Marc Andre in the Dust.

Walter Ramsey

Thanks for bringing to the fore the performance aspect of it, but I could not disagree more strongly about Hamelin's being the only version to hear on CD.  You should not say stuff like that.  Have you heard Hatto or Sherbakov's integrale?  Very much worth listening to.  And if you go to selections, well, Bolet's version is hardly not worth listening too (I would rather characterize it a life-changing, illuminating, inspiring; perhaps that's what you need).  Ian Hobson and Berezovsky (I am glad you got to hear him live) and Libetta play this repertoire extraordinarily well too.  david Saperton is a necessary listening for anyone interested in this repertoire.

Stay away from Magde's recording, though.  I may be able to make a recording like that and post it in the Audition side, and let me tell you, that would not be pretty.    By the way Barbosa, who were you listening to when you started the thread?