Kapustin Etude 4 - Remembrance (Kapustin plays Kapustin)

[chimayai]

the man is a singular talent, compositionally and pianistically, but as a composer-performer myself, this piece in particular would benefit greatly if he employed a little push and pull a la Bill Evans or McCoy Tyner. The bravura sections get blurred in with the riffing and (dont misunderstand: the man is brilliant) it doesn't get the nuance it deserves. just sayin.

[MrStrav81]

Well, obviously it's deadly to rely on it anyway, but this piece would punish someone quickly for it.

[MrStrav81]

Imagine trying to memorize this one. It would require some serious work. It would be deadly to rely completely on kinesthetic memory.

[nicoejz]

No one don't like any piece of Kapustin. Proves that he's a genius.

[krone191]

I play this a prima vista NO PROBLEM.

[farfreeindependent]

Somehow, this reminds me of Felix Blumenfeld's Etude Op. 3 no. 3 - which is even more interesting if one considers that Blumenfeld is Kapustin's "musical grandfather" (I read somewhere that Kapustin was a pupil/student of one of Blumenfeld's pupils/students).

[mrAdrian01215]

holy shit left hand work @@

[cammywatt95]

wow, that's really unique! And not unique to the point where it's just a bunch of random notes, actually coherant music! Brilliant stuff, this is the way forward with modern piano music.

[XeDolceQuestaMusica]

@cammywatt95 I couldn't agree more!

[arturiviris]

celestial

[chutdigadut]

dude thes etudes are AMAZING!