Sorabji Pastiche no.2 on the Habanera from Bizet's Carmen

[mattgres]

Fab, if poster is player, kudos on you! It makes that horrid piece listenable to. Good playing!

[Pianifty]

Wonderful playing! A great experience! Thank you so much Sandro Russo!

[Bnjolly]

I must confess, I'm not a huge fan of Sorabji's music, generally speaking. . .but this was a magnificent performance.

[Pianophile57]

Extremely enjoyable to listen, one of the only two pieces i 'Liked' and was extremely impressed with by Mr. Sorabji

[Lukecash12]

(mind you folks it's just my opinion) This is by far the best transcription made of the Carmen.

[perhapsforever]

The only thing "wrong" with Sorabji is that his music lies outside the traditional boundaries of harmony and melody. In a single word his music can be describe as "raw." It's like a wild tree that hadn't been cut down, sawn, sandpapered, and turned into a shiny piece of furniture -- raw, uncustomized.

[sshuck]

I don't know why this comment got -2 but "Hehe..." got +1.

[Pianifty]

@perhapsforever Uncostumized... So, if you'd customize it, how would you do it?

As for "outside the traditional boundaries of harmony and melody", I'd rather say this music pushes those boundaries, remaining - albeit barely - inside of them. A bit like Einstein, after having pushed the boundaries of physics, remains inside the boundaries of physics, albeit outside of those of "traditional", Newtonian physics. If J. S. Bach is the Newton of music, Sorabji resembles an Einstein, so to say.

[mdeonx16]

Your opinion sounds crappy; LOL.

[loltheworld]

Haha, it's weird but I actually know why it reminds me of christmas time. I used to listen to this as a kid when my mom used to drive me home from piano lessons (I always pictured myself playing it). The rainy weather with nightfall at 5:00pm fit the christmas lights on the small houses and dreary weather perfectly. I love this piece and this performance.

[RoseMarieRaccioppi]

Seduction and passion's plea

Longing and rapture in reverie.

Thank you Sandro for these moments of musing.

[Reaper978]

Hehe...

[georgecziffra]

Holy shit... 4:00-4:20 is just crazy

[Sanrus]

...and so was I when I learned and performed this monumental piece (without being neither "holy" nor "shit," though!) But it was indeed a 'trascendental' experience to master a work like this.

[voxinunintelligable]

very well put, and i bet it was a very amusing piece to play! i love sorabji's pieces and the way they are sporadic and chaotic.

[OceansBoulevard]

very wonderful piece, intense and enchanting

[loltheworld]

Is it weird that this reminds me of christmas-time?

[callenishss]

wow sorabji is a genius

[risktakerdaito]

sensitive and beautiful..

I like it very much!

[BytomGirl]

Sandro, you play with such incredible sensitivity, gentleness and feeling.

I am always amazed at your virtuosity.

[toneeeeeee]

Fucking AWESOME!!!

[rvn10rvn17]

so far, this is the only Sorabji's work i understand...

Sorabji must be carzy...

[loltheworld]

I know this is like the third time someone's asked this question in this thread, but where do you get sheet music for this piece? Am I literally going to have to contact Sandro Russo and ask him myself?

[aldebussy]

I can't say how much I love this piece...

[aldebussy]

The only thing that bothers me is the sound the last note on the piano makes. It's like knocking on the wood because the piano is not regulated probably. SUCH BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCE. I LOVE SORABJI.

[LongDriveChamp03]

i think sorabji was crazy.

[ultenth]

I agree.

[IloveAlexisBledel689]

so beautiful!!!! this needs an amazing pianist!!!!BRAVO!!

[LongDriveChamp03]

that slight pause at 4:56-4:57 sounds so cool.

[Alvarordonez]

Wow!! I would like to get that Sorabji's Pastiche no.2 to play this.

Great performance!

[LongDriveChamp03]

that ending part is pretty creepy sounding.

[LongDriveChamp03]

i've never heard the very bottom A used in a piano piece before. sounds cool.

[stephenTGV]

Superb performance of an impossibly difficult piece. Sorabji writes often on five staves, and multiple voices sometimes up to five, challenge the pianist.

[chrislwill86]

Fantastic i love it

[herma57]

All of Sorabji's music is available in his Archive in Wales,. Alistair Hinton runs it. You can do an internet search, and find a complete catalogue.then just e mail the Archive.

[ric55]

THe archive is in Bath,England,actually. Both Sorabji and Busoni were musical visionaries,and their respective works based on Carmen have a similar dark, unquiet atmosphere-or a terrifying one,depending on one's own perception. Both were musicians of a titanic order.

[sirvio666]

Does anyone know where I can get the sheet music/music notes for this piece?

[lovesGenet]

Wow.I finaly hear some Sorabji.I hope there is some footage of John Ogdon playing  anything.I know he cared for this composer ( Sorabji.) when he was still living in London .

[ivrykeys]

yay! any sorabji is impossible to play, lol.

im so amazed when anybody can perform his works well =)

[Thracozaag]

If this was posted by you, complimenti, Sandro!

[Sanrus]

Only posted, NOT "played by" me??? Grazie mille, anyway!!

S.R.

[jvinikour]

Bravissimo! And, what an amazing piece. I first heard it played by Michael Habermann in 1982 or 3 in Baltimore.

[KeithWhalen11]

Wicked piece.

[damildlyshreddah]

Best video on Youtube

[tompilk]

Thanks. Ive been looking for any video of Sorabji's works for ages!

Tom