Godowsky: Strauss Piano Transcriptions And Other Waltzes

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Godowsky: Strauss Piano Transcriptions and other WaltzesOpis:Product DescriptionMarc-Andre Hamelins programme is mostly devoted to Godowskys works based on themes byor directly inspired byJohann Strauss II. It is not intended to be a comprehensive survey but is, nevertheless, fully representative of Godowskys finest reflections on the Waltz King. In the three great Strauss transcriptions, Godowsky elevated the art of the piano paraphrase to a higher musical and pianistic plane; however their extreme technical difficulty remains a striking feature and places them out of the reach of ordinary pianists. And Marc-Andre Hamelin is, of course, no ordinary pianistin fact his playing on a recent disc was compared to that of Alkan and Liszt. Triakontameron and Walzermasken are rarely performed examples of Godowskys original work, and continue the composers love-affair with the waltzthey are written entirely in 3/4 time. The last work on this dazzling disc is an oddityindeed, a rarity. Sometime prior to 1925, Godowsky made a piano roll of his arrangement of The Last Waltz by Oscar Straus (18701954), the Vienna-born composer. The eponymous Waltz is heard throughout the 1920 operetta. The music of Godowskys transcription was never published for some unknown reasonit is a uniquely appealing arrangement. In the early 1970s, Gilles Hamelin, the pianophile father of Marc-Andre, notated, arranged and edited The Last Waltz from Godowskys piano roll, which was then published in 1975. Shortly afterwards, a copy of the negative of Godowskys manuscript was sent to Gilles Hamelin. It was all but illegible, so Hamelin Snr. made a fair copy in his own hand: in almost every respect it tallied with the version he had transcribed from the piano roll.

ReviewThe sheer keyboard brilliance of Hamelin's playing is exceptional. The breathtaking clarity with which he articulates even the most ferocious passages, while unerringly projecting melodic shapes that are often obscured under welters of notes, never fails to dazzle, and the way in which he sustains the huge first movement of the Concerto so that each discursive paragraph seems a natural consequence of what precedes it is a triumph of pure musical will. --(The Guardian *****)A performance of the Concerto of such brilliance and lucidity that one can only listen in awe and amazement.... if Liszt feared Alkan's mastery as a pianist he may well have feared Hamelin's . --GramophoneAutor:Marc-Andre HamelinNośnik:Audio CDPłyt:Język: English: Published; English: Original Language; EnglishData wydania: 2008-08-01Waga: 0.22 gramWysokość: 0.4 cmSzerokość: 4.9 cmDługość: 5.6 cmNew Store StockUWAGA: Kupując produkt na tej aukcji zgadzasz się na wydłużony termin realizacji wysyłki (10-14 dni roboczych). Podany towar pochodzi z zagranicznego magazynu, stąd wydłużony czas realizacji który podany jest obok.