Benjamin Godard - Etude de Concert Op.149 Cahier 4 No.1

What a climax! I was very surprised, didn't expect such a grandeur and virtuosic piece at all from Godard. We note that it is dedicated to a student of his, Etiennette Fernet. This is a female student, and in combination with a modest written "allegretto" the tempo should really not be too high here, it is also not really necessary. The dynamic range is huge in this piece, which makes it difficult to perform on basically anything else than an actual real grand in a nice room or hall. I tried it simply on the upright. The truth is that the impact and nice feeling while playing really comes from those virtual instruments here. It just needs that fat sound in the climax! Ok I found this piece some hours ago so the performance is not exactly very good, but, as always the process of eliminating all those little mistakes in hand position and even distribution of energy is where the whole work lies - and the professionality. Respect to all those people working patiently on a piece for weeks or months! This performance should be "enjoyable" though, and one of the few performances of this piece. Oh no, not to think about how criminally underrated these composers are! I mean nobody probably knows that this piece exists, not even music professors!!! It's a nice piece of music and also a good time document.
Further notes, some small glitches happened in the climax section (which I didn't notice while playing and recording) and in the end I think i played an a octave, but it should be b ..

[@AbandonedMines11]

Very nicely performed! And what a rare piece of music from a composer not many people know of! I always wonder what the other études he composed would sound like when I see a piece like this. Bravo!

[@PianoScoreVids]

Thank you! A very pianistic piece and therefore also quite fun to play. Hope I can play some other concert etudes by Godard :)

[@engloute]

A good preparatory piece for Il sospiro... Great work, as always, man!

[@czeynerpianistproducercomp7155]

Beautiful Etude! 😍

[@PianoScoreVids]

Fantastic etude

[@alexandernoethiger5338]

Beautiful wow

[@mrsnegy6001]

Mr. Gamma plays so well He could make a lot of records sell People stand in long and patient queues their love he will never lose :) PS. Not much of poetry but heart-felt and sincere

[@fabriziopelli4577]

I didn’t know the composer. I find this composition very delicate and genuine. Love it and love your work which is great as always.

[@PianoScoreVids]

Thank you for your comment. Good to see that these videos help making those composers more known. Indeed I also think this composition is a nice story and (at least to me) already reflects partially what kind of character Godard must have been.

[@fabriziopelli4577]

Gamma1734 i completely agree with you. I will search for others compositions by him and i also look forward to listen to them played by you on your channel in future. Have a nice day and thank you for your amazing work!

[@PianoScoreVids]

@@fabriziopelli4577 Have a nice day too!

[@andrewpetersen5272]

You did very nicely Gamma.

[@moscovium3916]

Why does it sound like Liszt's “Un Sospiro” etude?

[@PianoScoreVids]

because the figuration is quite similar. we have a left and right cornerstone and a flowing harmonic line in the middle, alternatingly going up and down. That's basically what characterizes both pieces ,but they do different things in the middle section of course

[@pietrolandri6081]

Op 149 is a continuous surprise....I wish I'll see one day someone who's gonna play'em all ......

[@a.plekhanov]

You can find Jean Martin Auto-generated by KZbin playlist with 18 etudes from op.149

[@pietrolandri6081]

@@a.plekhanov many thanks

[@pietrolandri6081]

And my memory didn't assist sufficiently....... Gamma uploaded book 1 "Etudes infantines" because Jean Martin CD is solely concerned with Books 2, 3 ₺ 4 ..... Oh my! Becoming old ......

[@PianoScoreVids]

:-))

[@bjornholderbeke3110]

Etude N3 out of the same book is also very nice.

[@alirezagolestaneh6080]

I think this piece sound like un sospiro and it has some material from hungarian Rhapsody no 2

[@czeynerpianistproducercomp7155]

Can You record any etude from Bertini Op.122?

[@a.plekhanov]

Hey Mr. Pianist, Producer, Composer, Dj. Why you can't do record by yourself?

[@PianoScoreVids]

thanks for your recommend, I played through some of the book right after your comment, I love the harmonies but the pieces are a little bit difficult, well, quite difficult honestly also I see Fumecri recorded the number 1 and 2 so it's probably nice to see some other pieces of the set, but as said, the harmonies and various ideas I quite liked which I've seen so far

[@user-wi2in9bx1v]

You're a great pianist! Are you interested in new pieces? I'm composer and I have some pieces for piano