Liszt - 3 Concert Etudes, S144 explained by Leslie Howard

Leslie Howard explains Liszt - Trois études de concert, S144:
1. Il lamento
2. La leggierezza
3. Un sospiro

[@m.a.3322]

I've been waiting for another Leslie Howard-Liszt analysis! He truly understands and loves the composer more than most. ❤

[@treesny]

Leslie Howard's videos are so direct and practical, yet are based on an unshakable foundation of knowledge and experience (and good judgment). What a pleasure!

[@TheModicaLiszt]

4:32 Scriabin - Prelude for the Left Hand alone. (In case anyone wondered)

[@AndreiAnghelLiszt]

thanks ;)

[@TheModicaLiszt]

Andrei Cristian Anghel You’re welcome lol

[@Felix_Li_En]

@@TheModicaLiszt Thank you !

[@joaopedrolessa2242]

After I heard it, I came straight to the comment section to see if someone had already said what the piece name was. Thanks👍🏻

[@TheModicaLiszt]

João Pedro Lessa No problem :)

[@natalienok3326]

Hope to the see more video from Leslie Howard! Such an invaluable guidance for me. Amazed by the playing of maestro from the first phrase!

[@ThePianoenergy]

Great. Thank you very much dear Leslie for sharing your profound knowledge here on KZbin. I hope there will be many more like this..

[@danielhornby5581]

Never heard the melody note at the calmato in bar 146 (middle C) so brilliantly brought out. Not in recordings either. Perfect balance, just amazing pianism.

[@lindenly22]

9:00 - You are right, Mr. Howard - That is why in my "Il Lamento" practices, I do not end that final Ab chord "fff" - more like "pp", according to your mentioning of the "calmato" indication (meaning something like "calming down" - something like "poco a poco piu sostenuto e tranquillo" - if I were the music editor - meaning "a little by little holding back and getting quieter"). The "G Ab Bb" post-trill LH ornament in the penultimate measure before the final Ab arpeggio run that ends the piece - I would really slow down on those 3 notes to set the final run-up for dramatic purposes (almost doing a fermata on that Bb note but extremely slightly).....

[@lindenly22]

I was involved in Liszt pieces since 1982 onward. I did like the "Il Lamento" - especially the octaves on Eb-D-D-C#-C#-C#-C#-G-F in the RH while the LH and RH do the quasi-orchestral 3-part texture. I also like the "Il Lamento"'s first melodic openings in Ab, C, Eb, and the V of Ab, where the offbeat sixteenths in the R hand seem to be quasi-operatic and invoke the pianist to do a sort of "measured rubato" like Chopin would.

[@Elizabeth-qy3zk]

Thank you Sir. Very informative and enjoyable.

[@Felix_Li_En]

09:00 Oh my God !! So this is the correct ending interpretation of Il Lamento !? I misreading for so many years ! 😭

[@herbmuell]

So did Arrau, who plays it very quietly. But then he, like Howard, knew the sources inside out, and I guess he was convinced that the quiet ending is right.

[@StephenGottPianist]

Great video Leslie.

[@lecomtedelalune]

Anybody else blushing at having been guilty of some of the mistakes highlighted here? lol

[@winsomelau6188]

Please maestro, please do the videos on Swiss book one s.160

[@lisztcompetition]

We hope to do this next year!

[@AceHardy]

🎶

[@sherlock6725]

Where can I get more information Howard plays Liszt's HD video

[@stevehaufe489]

Thanks for this, wonderful.Would you be so kind to clarify the observations that not sure Liszt wrote these, but he worked hard on them, and there is an original manuscript/autograph in France ? Thanks !

[@treesny]

When Howard says we are not sure if Liszt wrote "them," he is referring to the familiar TITLES of the three Etudes, not to the music itself. The titles only appeared in published editions after Liszt's death.

[@stevehaufe489]

@@treesny Thanks !

[@chrisy367]

Where can i find those 5 passages before the poco piu mosso?

[@loganm2924]

Hey it’ you

[@chrisy367]

@@loganm2924 heyooo

[@marcius7308]

👍🎶🎶🎶🎹🎹🎹 🇮🇷😊

[@beatlessteve1010]

Is it just an irony that you have your name, coincidence or did your parents have an appreciation of the great actor?

[@robert-skibelo]

These are great documents, but the editing, or lack of it, is a disgrace. It's simply not sufficient to point the camera vaguely at the score. You need to highlight the passage or notes he's talking about. For example when he's trying to show us the erroneous C-natural at around 5:40.

[@dalcassian8351]

I wish I could play them far too fast and far too loud. I wish I could play them period