Impressive performance of a virtuoso composition. Like Hindemith, Barber composes a fugue--polyphony held together by the underlying tonality more than than the identity of the subject--in a highly chromatic language. While it is exciting for awhile, it smacks of puzzle solving and thwarts listener's attempts to listen to the parts making a magnificent composite; rather what we here are parts, held together by shape, but not much of a composite sound. Yet I do want to listen again.
I love this piece but Im typically disappointed by its performance. All I can say after three listens is thank you. Thank you for working on it, thank you for bringing it to this level of performance, and thank you for sharing with us.
Impressive performance of a virtuoso composition. Like Hindemith, Barber composes a fugue--polyphony held together by the underlying tonality more than than the identity of the subject--in a highly chromatic language. While it is exciting for awhile, it smacks of puzzle solving and thwarts listener's attempts to listen to the parts making a magnificent composite; rather what we here are parts, held together by shape, but not much of a composite sound. Yet I do want to listen again.
hotplate85 1 year ago
Well played - enjoyed that.
5tgb6yhn5tgb 3 years ago
I love this piece but Im typically disappointed by its performance. All I can say after three listens is thank you. Thank you for working on it, thank you for bringing it to this level of performance, and thank you for sharing with us.
rtgd68 3 years ago
Have you listened to Terence Judd play this (it's on YT)? You positively won't be disappointed!
GetMeThere1 3 years ago
Awesome! This is one of my preferred Piano Sonatas, and you did it very well! It's a very hard piece...
dallemos 3 years ago
WOW
Welllllll impressive! I love it :)
BeckyRawMusic 3 years ago
well played!
but watch the tension in ur body..
acpiano 3 years ago
i agree, a lot of tension. try to relax. this is a gorgeous piece, you play it very well.
bnjmnklb 3 years ago
Awesome play!!
t0malin 3 years ago
even better than horowitz!!
horowitzlover 3 years ago