Strauss/Godowsky - Symphonic Metamorphosis on 'Künstlerleben' (Audio+Sheet) [Syomin]

[@jeanjacqueskasel2607]

pianistically above anything that one can imagine, above any psychomotoric imagination. And so wonderfully written.What a period of the last century this was....!!

[@musical_lolu4811]

Even in jazz, it's hard to beat the 20th century .

[@uweroessler7515]

Brillantly put: "above any psychomotoric imagination"!

[@bloba6969]

this is a fever dream and I love it

[@vrixphillips]

well that literally took my breath away haha

[@paulfievet9301]

6:38 That left hand is so beautiful !

[@jinwoobae7555]

I am crying now.l.

[@aaa_765]

Imagine memorizing this

[@MadridistaDeCono]

I can't

[@lovelynotes3065]

Memorizing is the easiest part For as long as you have a sense of the melody

[@bloba6969]

@@lovelynotes3065 godowsky is notoriously hard to memorize

[@jimhall167]

One must memorize this to play it. Otherwise it is impossible.

[@ciararespect4296]

​Exactly. that's what I had to do ​@@jimhall167

[@evifnoskcaj]

Knowing Godowsky, he did all of this with his left hand. 😂

[@M.Arsenault]

I love this

[@lordlouckster2315]

This is almost middle period Scriabinistic!

[@asdfaeradfzcvfhdw7179]

7:06

[@ciararespect4296]

Just played this at my school

[@nikajinpusno9563]

YES

[@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji]

Epic

[@PieInTheSky9]

The beginning is very Liszt-like.

[@ValkyRiver]

How does he actually do the trill at 6:24

[@tedpiano]

1 - 45, 1 - 45

[@ciararespect4296]

​@@tobiedavis8841yes 1/2 4/5 its not a big stretch at all

[@forta7353]

not a trill, a tremolo

[@dzordzszs]

​@@ciararespect4296Idk what kind of hands you have if a 7th with 2 and 4 is not a big stretch

[@ciararespect4296]

@@dzordzszs its only E and F Sharp in fingers 1/2 the D and E Natural and finger 4/5?

[@PointyTailofSatan]

Compare this with Busoni transcriptions. Godowsky makes Busoni look like a music school drop out.

[@bloba6969]

and godowsky was self taught

[@ИгорьСазонов-т9л]

Постоянные модуляции Штрауса так бесят.

[@juicedelemon]

The tuning is fucked up

[@PianoturtleX]

Yes great ear, but as a pianist the tuning gets bad after one round at this caliber most times. I just enjoy and ignore nowadays lol

[@juicedelemon]

@@PianoturtleX it makes you feel like it is recorded a long time ago. I like it

[@perry1559]

He rushed too often, his tempi were all over the place.

[@musiclover148]

Take the final battle in Lord of the Rings, complete with battleaxes, giant trolls and Nazgul, and add an apocalyptic thunderstorm. That's what you've got here, instead of a sunny day in Vienna. I'm flabbergasted by what some of these pianists can do, but all this eruption of cacophony and clatter has added nothing aesthetic to my life. Some of Godowski's paraphrases are better, especially when the performance is allowed to unfold in a more natural and relaxed manner.

[@michaeledwards1172]

@@musiclover148 I think that, if you can accept it for what it is - a bit of bombastic, showy, over-the-top fun, with a dazzling, glittery edge added - then it can be very enjoyable - and very cleverly constructed, too.

[@musiclover148]

@@michaeledwards1172 What you describe applies more to other paraphrases I've heard. I'm not going to listen to it again right now, eight months later, but as I remember, it didn't exude that Romantic warmth and charm that you want from a Strauss-Godowsky, along with the kind of casual virtuosity which allows the pianist to toss it off with lightness and elan, instead of making it sound like every Prokofiev "war sonata" played simultaneously. I'll try it again sometime. Maybe it will taste like a different dish!

[@michaeledwards1172]

@@musiclover148 Obviously we perceive it differently, but that is to be expected. cc Do you think, when you got the impression you described, that was more due to the way the music was composed, or more due to the way it was played?

[@konzerteinderpandemiezeit3518]

you are absolutely right, I think, this interpretation has the focus on being brillant and impressive instead of enjoying the Strauss waltz together with the harmonically rich and phantastic phrases of Godowsky

[@inraid]

The presentation of the score is difficult to follow and very poorly conceived. The core should roll up one staff at a time, rather than skip to the next page.

[@emilgilels]

Have you ever prepared a video score like this? It's extremely time-consuming. Having just recently done some score videos for the first time, I tip my hat and say "thank you" to the poster for the very good job they did with the page transitions.

[@foxfire7779]

7:27