Liszt : Gnomenreigen | Musique, ma patrie !

[@dasglasperlenspiel10]

I was extremely skeptical at the beginning of the explanation. Classical musicians are always trying to hunt down some revisionist interpretation to make their playing unique. But I had to admit that much of Kit's explanations not only made sense but were congruent with the general style of the playing of such great players as Edwin Fischer (who is kind of a "grand-teacher" to Kit. When I listened to the performance, I was completely convinced. Excellent pedal control of course is required, and Kit certainly provided that!!! Liszt, of course, was not a vulgar showoff bt one of the greatest musical minds that Europe ever produced. Even in his virtuoso works there is always a musical mind strongly at work. Magnificent!!!!!

[@jamesorr6537]

You've done two things that are so important: 1. Closely read the score. 2. Listened to performances by those pianists closest to the composer. Keep looking for a copy of the manuscript. Marvelous performance, occasionally (and appropriately) surprising. Thank you.

[@Varooooooom]

A fabulous performance accompanied with a lovely reminder of the importance of paying attention to detail. As my good friend Artur Cimirro said, Liszt (and all other musicians) took the time to write out all of these textural indications. I can’t imagine he wrote all of this just for it to be ignored!! 9:11

[@kokkeeboon]

Refreshing interpretation that is close to the intention of Liszt. I enjoyed it thoroughly.

[@RMPdude]

Amazing performance and lecture. Thank you!

[@wkdwnsdyd]

What a beautiful performance

[@kang88mao]

Thank you so much for bringing this piece and fabulous illustration and interpretation. The best young pianist!

[@ayakokondo2434]

Thank you for giving us the time at the workshop. What a brilliant performance!

[@ambre127]

great !I like this video. Thank you for inviting us to your music shop!

[@MtFgt]

its hard to find a modest interpretation of this piece, this is PERFECT, very cool!

[@bfposner]

Beautifully imagined and executed.

[@classicfan4683]

Sehr überzeugende Interpretation, die wohltuend von dem mehr oder weniger einförmigen Tempo anderer Pianist/inn/en abweicht!

[@rdleups5634]

Bravo Kit, quel talent associé à une générosité naturelle sans limite, merci de partager avec les amoureux de la Musique vos immenses qualités!!! J'espère également que vous aurez le temps d'apprécier la Thiérache!!! Merci Kit

[@hanslevin]

Very alive, this interpretation, making the piece feel like new and now.

[@bernadettesayer7873]

MAGNIFIQUE ANALYSE, toute en questionnements/raisonnements/aboutissement!!!! BRAVO et MERCI de nous faire partager votre savoir, grâce à votre exposé très APPRÉCIÉ.

[@annemarietropet3901]

Excellent...Et merveilleuse transmission, il est si important de transmettre cela fait partie de l’accomplissement.

[@McBenni95]

This was an outstanding performance! The explenations at the beginning are so helpful to better understand the piece. Mabey in the future, you could give some backround informations about the pieces! I enjoy this kind of format!! Thank you!

[@bernadettesayer7873]

LISZT: GNOMENREIGEN=KIT, votre Jeu est ÉPOUSTOUFLANT, EXTRAORDINAIRE, PRODIGIEUX, MYSTĖRIEUX. Vous êtes un immense MUSICIEN,EXIGEANT,HUMBLE et SAVANT. BRAVISSIMO MERCI

[@shjeong615]

Bravo! I love your brilliant performance. Thank you. :)

[@bastianconrad2550]

Almost unbelievable!!.- Never listened to the Genius of such an Incredible Multitalent like Kit Armstrong. His entire series of performances seems like a historic moment of never-before-seen proportions.

[@musicforever1050]

Thank you for this posting : very inspiring!!!

[@oleimann]

I wonder what animation Disney around the early days would have made of this, since it lends itself to visual story telling. Wonderful

[@Cypsky]

Génial ce format! Passionnant pour un amateur de voir l’analyse d’une pianiste accompli. Et puis sortir de l’enregistrement typique devenu un standard voir un carcan c’est ça l’interprétation. Bref merci!

Génial !

[@8000Christopher]

Perhaps Liszt just wanted to test the proficiency of piano players, then and now? hehe Well done Mr. Armstrong, and best wishes from Canada.

[@simm033]

Great Interpretation. Keeping the pp parts quiet makes the final section much more glorious.

[@minkyukim0204]

Thank you for your insight. Just one observation: you need to be careful about EMB's presentation. All italic indications are by editors. I'd recommend the Henle edition for this work.

[@shupingwang3392]

Das hast Du gut gespielt. Danke.

[@gianmarcolori2745]

Kit, BRAVO! Very interessting Introduktion ( Analyse) . Merci beaucoup!

[@adesiana2]

Almost another piece played like this according to the printed score. I just wonder if there is an autograph and if so, is it indentical with the printed score? Or was the printed score approved of by Liszt? I admire your playing enormously.

[@kitcarmstrong]

That is an interesting and important question, indeed. I admit I have not researched it, as this is a piece of a kind I never play in my "official" work. I would love to have a facsimile of the manuscript.

[@bernadettesayer7873]

??--1)Je n'ai pas très bien compris l'usage de la pėdale de nos jours (environ de --4:42-- à --5:06--). Pouvez-vous m'ėclairer ?? Comment doit-on faire??-- 2) Aux transitions, doit-on ralentir et decresc ??? MERCI D'AVANCE, je m'excuse de vous importuner.Je suis en admiration devant votre savoir. BRAVO.

[@kitcarmstrong]

En ce qui concerne les transitions, je ne veux rien dire de normatif. Mon intention ici ayant été de réaliser à la lettre ces indications-là dans la partition, tout en évoquant des effets que je jugeais importants, il y avait lieu de ni ralentir ni diminuer.

[@bernadettesayer7873]

Bonsoir Kit, MERCI pour votre réponse. Donc, il faut relativiser les indications de la partition: PRODUIRE DES EFFETS, sans modifier le rythme ni la sonorité. VOUS Y PARVENEZ TRÈS BIEN. Votre interprétations est MERVEILLEUSEMENT PRÉSENTE. BRAVO, MERCI.

[@NarendraU23]

Wow, it sounds beautiful with his interpretation. I only ever heard the ultra fast dry (no pedal) recording and I didn't enjoy it.

[@gopalkambo5885]

Kit, you might find the following approach to musical performance research somewhat interesting in light of your experiment: challengingperformance.com/interviews-recordings/mine-dog%CC%86antan-dack/ Perhaps you might be aware, but there is a reasonably new, burgeoning field in musicology examining and researching what performers do (or at least aim to), reevaluating traditional notions of scores, composers and the concept of 'fidelity'.

[@kitcarmstrong]

That is indeed very interesting. It will be one of my objectives to study that from an analytical perspective, to complement the musicological perspective.

[@sebthi7890]

welch ein Feuerwerk... ein Neuronenfeuerwerk. Velocissimo: mit dem Velo 15% Gefälle ohne Bremse (+_+) Klavierspielen ist doch weniger gefährlich, aber kann genauso atemberaubend sein.

[@inraid]

This is not nearly as good as the one he recorded at age 8 that has vanished from KZbin. This one is pedestrian, soft and mushy. One deos not hear any drive or fun or enjoyment. And it is metronomic and mechanical to a fault. Sorry Kit, you lost it!

[@Varooooooom]

Preferring a childish interpretation over an academic one is more of a you-problem than it is a Kit-problem.