Godowsky - Studies on Chopin's Etudes (Hamelin) [2/3]

[sgivas]

Surely NOT for performance purposes, but worth playing if only as a tribute to the great man Godowsky. Most of us mere mortals simply can't or won't tackle these pieces - the technical level is just out of this universe, so it is so nice just to hear them performed. Kudos to Hamelin for his exposition of Godowsky's fantastic genius.

[flic71]

io quest'uomo lo adoro!!!

[elrondsch]

1) Godowski made these etudes to push the technique to the limit. He used the Chopin etudes as the base material because it was well known and if you could play the original - its easy to learn the new because its the same music! That was the point. 2) Godowski did not make these etudes for concert performances. 'Home use only') Weird? 3) If any of the critics here can play at least one Godowski etude and make us see the emotions - they can keep posting comments. If not - back off!

[indigoblue555]

I can't exactly say why but Hamelin's playing sounds emotionless to me.

[antoinezygfryd]

Mon dieu,que voilà une vilaine musique !

[antoinezygfryd]

Je m'interrogerai longtemps encore sur le mauvais goût absolu de Godowsky.

Mais, après tout,les aberrations naturelles font partie de l'évolution....toutefois, les aimer relève de la perversion.

[lhiasczkter]

C'est un peu facile et gratuit de dire ça sans donner plus d'explication. Il ne faut pas oublier que ce sont des études, donc des exercices... Mais il est à noter qu'il y a une très belle écriture contrapuntique. L'ambiance dégagée par ces pièces est totalement unique, les harmonies, la chaleur des sont... Dommage que la prise de sont soit pourrie car la maitrise de Hamelin est phénoménale. Je suis heureux d'être le plus grand des pervers et de me masturber en écoutant ça :D

[oktalp]

"Too much frame at the expense of picture"!

[cleomagoolando]

Is this supposed to be enlightening? How about "too many aphorisms at the expense of cogency."

[drcarlwainwright]

To me, it seems clear: Chopin's musical thoughts were perfectly matched by the pianistic realization. Here, we have the same ideas with a lot of extra notes, rather obscuring the actual musical idea, without adding much.

[Conner36]

I think that it's the pianists rendition rather than the actual piece.

[AmericanAstronaut]

@cleomagoolando I completely agree. Also, I like the word cogency.

[ljoekelsoey4]

you would have thought you could get sheet music on the internet of these, seeing as famous as they are, but suprisingly not, nowhere :(

[cesarcui]

aren't they still under copyrights? Still, I think that Schirmer's publish them for about 60$ In a really large book... so for that much music, it isn't really expensive

[aewanko300]

The publisher Carl Fischer publishes most of Godowsky's works.

[robbiethemann]

IMSLP just reopened you can find EVERY SINGLE GODOWSKY/CHOPIN ETUDE there

[j67123]

I found them about 5 years ago. Mind you, I can't play any of them but they look even harder than they sound. "Ignis Fatuus" especially scared the hell out of me. I gave it a brief try and was like, "ha! there's no way this is gonna happen!"

[Havenscope]

Wow. I REALLY love these.

[NeoComposer]

NO... just kidding. Stop spamming!

[lovesGenet]

Hamelins' father introduced these studies toMarc and his father knew and studied with David saperton who  was a graet friend and student of Godowsky. e are so luck hat Hamelin favors not so well knownmaterial.If anyone has the Java suite on film that to would be atreasure.

[KeithWhalen11]

The 53 Godowsky-Chopin etudes (22 of which are for the left hand alone) are mind-boggling and keep in mind Hamelin recorded and brought coherence to them all.

[parule]

Awesome.The godowski etudes are very difficult!And he can plays it very good!