Liszt: " Hymne de l'enfant à son réveil " from " Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses "

[dalecampbl9]

you are good...but you play too fast...gotta slow it down just a little, and try to bring out the dreamier qualities of the score...just my 2 cents if you care to cash it in.

[PSearPianist]

@dalecampbl9 Thank you. I will take that into account if I play it again - I know that some interpretations are slower than mine!

[dalecampbl9]

@PSearPianist do you mind if i ask, how long you have been playing and what piano are you using for this recording?

[PSearPianist]

@dalecampbl9 I have been playing for over 45 years, and use a Kawai KG2D.

[littledott1945]

Thanks for sharing this beautiful piano piece. Pam

[PSearPianist]

@littledott1945 Thank you Pam - I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[ReturnOfTheStienway]

Thanks for recording this. I always enjoy your recordings... there are so many!

[PSearPianist]

Thank you for that!

[Rouletabille100]

Very good choice, I discover this piece. I like very much, it is profound, not "saccharine" . I will look to play it with my harp !

[PSearPianist]

That would be wonderful. Liszt liked the harp, and wrote several choral pieces with harp accompaniment.

[Rouletabille100]

Yes that's right and I played some of them. I would be very grateful if you can tell me the name of the editor from the piece, it will be easier to buy it ! Thank you a lot .

[PSearPianist]

I played from a Belwin Mills reprint of the old Emil Sauer edition. You can download the piece (in the 1926 Breitkopf edition) for free from the IMSLP site.

[Rouletabille100]

Thank you a lot for the information, I didn't no this site (we are a little "silly" in France !) I got the score and I print it ! I have now to practice ! Thank you for your help. I wish you a happy new year. Sincerly.

[jannarta]

I last heard this played in Caen Cathedral in 1949 . It was still badly damaged and I was with a party dealing with ordnance.

In the congregation were some who took part in Operation Overlord 6 Juine 1944 and they proudly wore their Medal presented to them by the French Government it was a gold medal with the Landing Beaches on the front and the reverse side is the Torch of Freedom surrounded by the device of William the Conqueror "DIEX AIE" ( 'God is with us' in Norman French) Thanks Janarta

[PSearPianist]

That's an interesting story - thank you!

[gypcnme]

This is a beautiful piece and you play it beautifully as well. thank you

[PSearPianist]

That's very kind.  Thank you!

[Babejuda]

This is pure. Not "saccharine". And you played it pure. Beautiful.

Thanks also for the detailed info.

[PSearPianist]

Thank you. Of course, I don't think it is saccharine myself, but I know that others have that opinion, which is why so many of Liszt's religious-leaning pieces are not played much.

[ADUM300]

i love how you play! your so talented. you inspire me to play like you someday!

[PSearPianist]

Thank you - that's a very kind comment. Good luck with your own piano study!

[stambox]

What a beautiful interpretation! Bravo! We seldom hear quiet, introspective music these days. Much appreciated.

[PSearPianist]

Thank you - you are quite right in what you say. Maybe we have substituted contemporary contemplative music by Messiaen, Part and others in our repertoires for similar pieces by Liszt.

[clavis55]

This is one of my favourite pieces from Liszt's Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses and you play it very well! I like the "Sacred" Piano Music from Liszt. Another great piece is the Benediction. Thank you for uploading!

[PSearPianist]

Thank you for that. I have worked on the 'Benediction', but do not have a big enough stretch to do it justice. Therefore I leave it to pianists better physically equipped to play it!