Shchedrin "Basso Ostinato", родион Щедрин Бассо Остинато

[farristhegreat]

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Farris

[farristhegreat]

Hi Basso, Thank you for your reply. Here is my email farristhegreat@yahoo.com

Waiting for your email. Farris Adam

[farristhegreat]

Well done!!!!!! I would love to have you play my music with your technique and the nice impression you have. It's hard for me to play my own music.

Will you be able to?????

It's new. It has middle east taste with Chopin, Beethoven, Mozart, etc. completely new.

Let me know. You have golden fingers. God bless you.

[arsforsa]

@farristhegreat Hi, thank you for your comment! yes, please, give me your email, ill send you my address, so you can mail your music

[malit1234]

Awesomeeeeeee :D

[xtnzai]

what the meaning of ostinato anyway? could you help me?

[gsherlock]

Love Shchedrin, exhilarating piece.

[gsherlock]

Love Shchedrin, I think your playing excellent.

[MATTDUNCAN1]

wonderful :)

[KronosCodename]

Congratulations, dude. Whatever you do, DON'T GET YOUR HANDS BROKEN. They're sacred, man. Believe me!

THAT WAS PURELY FANTASTIC!

[yvesjod]

Haunting piece. Brilliant interpretation.

Bravo.

[violinclass]

You do learn fast... Imagine if you come back to that, for another week? I would come to your concert:)

[prezlla]

How many times have you played that piece to get that good at it?

[arsforsa]

@prezlla hi! first of all, i don't think playing here is any good. But thank you so much anyway for your nice words!! I play it here after 2 weeks learning it i think. and unfortunately, i put it away right after i played it. :) since then i've never got back to it.

[pianomarina]

omg thats amazing,my crazy teacher gave it to me and im seventh grade,maybe he`s crazy(im sure in it),maybe he never heard it played like this),so ill stop playing it lol, really good job!

[apokalipsa91]

the best intepretation I heard so far

[drgabrielsoileau]

I'm afraid he's going to break the piano!

[heatstroke34]

pfft, i learned that in pre-school

[enjoyyourworries]

Wow. That's damn incredible.

I love the sound of the piano too. What brand is it?

[arsforsa]

@enjoyyourworries that was a yamaha i believe. :)

[ch252525]

The piece is beautifully played!

[aslanov]

holy hell!

this is amazing! i've never heard it played like this before.

Fantastic work; More Shchedrin please, :P

[trojanlol]

this video introduced me to R Schchedrin, and this piece (and this performance) still is my fav one

[killermike215]

I don't really like his playing. There is an issue with accuracy, and after the long string of notes (the downward chromatic scale), it is immediately soft. Where is the quietness of the piece?

If you look at the score, there are plenty of quiet areas.

As preposterous3637 also said, he is rushing. He is probably going twice the speed that you're supposed to play, and with that, you make a lot of mistakes.

All of the climaxes were messy, and the whole piece was just "striking" and muscle.

[Quinlanqman]

where was this video taken.... it think it might be i a concert hall that i was at

[tiririram7]

BRAVO!!!

[preposterous3637]

Too fast, it feels like you're rushing

Also, not enough dynamic changes

[klaus1509]

what do you want? adagio sostenuto? are you mad? he play it ok. lo puedes hacer tú? gracias so much...

[ignisfatuus67]

My gosh, this is so fucking good.!!! Never heard about the pianist b4.

[geertdehoux]

Brilliant!

[natwoo2000]

BRAVO BRAVO BRAVO

[Kahavat]

Excellent !!!

[AlmaSchiwago]

OH MY GOODNESS! Excellent!

I'm surprised that I never heard of this extraordinary pianist before...He must be a celebrated musician...He understands every single note he plays. Not many pianists do that. I know what I'm talking about, I am a pianist myself!

Nice greets from Germany!

[kage1369]

great performance! scares me somehow

[galz777]

gosh you're amazing. enough said. =]

[Ivorytickling]

i' ve played that. But not that fast. The bigest difficulty is to play it by heart, left hand 8ves goes here and there... And the hand crossing made my elbows hurt...Well done, perfect job, congradulations!!!

[XarlieMoreno]

* Great performance. That is passion! ;)

Xarlie

(Rosario, Argentina)

[skryabyn]

usually i dont listen to pianists i havent heard of, but certainly i will start listening more to non commercial pianists after hearing this AMAZING AMAZING performance!!!! congrats, arsforsa

[arsforsa]

THanks so much for your nice comment!

[mmcoopstar]

amazing....:)

[sibelius5user]

Such Presicision and Accuracy... Pure Brilliance

[mickyj300x]

I'm amazed at how loose your wrist is.

[szender22]

Fantastic!

[0marcus]

this is so great.... ich can't believe it

[MarioSpinosi]

Really Awesome, my friend, excelent technique and very expressive, congratulations!

Mario

[wol4fram]

I really enjoyed your performance!

[melly88nis]

OMG! WELL DON BOY.... amazing job..congrats on your technique...

eventhough the tempo is 140 how u said LuizCorato..what does it matter..the interpratation was FABOLOUS..and he enjoyed it..he was "in it" and..that's HIS performance and he is on that scene..so..he has the right for playing it on HIS way...

i just think that this is amazing performance..

i'm also playin' it now... ;) :D

[arsforsa]

thank you very much for your nice comment!!!

[melly88nis]

:-)

U're welcome.. :$ :)

it's just my opinion..i think this is an amaazing performance..and d one that i'm gonna listen for d next few months while i'm playin' it... ;)

[mrk169]

curious about the setting, is this at weill recital hall in carnegie? i performed there...

[steffnayyoo]

yeah me too it looks familiar!

[arsforsa]

that was made in Magale recital hall in Louisiana, Natchitoches. BTW, great hall!

[malaguena312]

First of all, this is very impressive, regardless of the interpretation.

However, I do agree that this tempo is far too quick. So much subtlety is lost, not to mention the inevitable missed notes.

I believe his energy was most admirable. All pianists should approach this piece with the same vigor, even if a few notches down on the metronome.

[derPaterBrown]

I like his piano. It supports his interpretation. Although I also doubt his interpretation, but all is said in the other comments.

[alexongcs]

THE BEST INTERPRETATION!!!!! I love it!!!!

[MAJDMTP4]

Holy SHIT. This is the most passionate interpretation I've ever heard. That just totally blew my mind.

Yes, it might be different from what other people think it should be, but this is just ... completely amazing.

[lovesGenet]

Look up Ostinato and then figure out WHY and what type of MUSICAL GAME SHCHEDRIn is playing. U will be much more astonished and pleased with your result . Youngsters STUDY !

[LuizCorato]

It may be interesting and look virtuosistic (althugh the more attent observer will notice a lot of wrong notes...), but definitely it's not Shchedrin!

I'm studyind this piece and yes, the tempo is 138 - 144! Why playing it so fast? Everything is lost... Totally agree with xoxlas and ogopogo1812.

[horowitzvs]

OMG!!! THis is great piece of music!!!!!!! I want to learn it! This guy inspired me so much! Great!!!

[chilloutblue]

This pianist is from an interesting school of piano . Let us enjoy !

[stepansoukenik]

Absolutely perfect. Do anyone have the sheet?

[innaangelova]

to many wrong notes besides but the interpretation i like :]

[chad410]

i my go my teacher at conservatoire asked me to play this and i said i didn t like it but yes later I do. well done. she was given it as a present from yakov Flier I believe so i tried not to damage it when i photocopyed i.lol. it s great

[pisherfamily]

Fliere was Shchedrin's teacher at the conservatory.

[drcavacho]

mystical plots being carried out on ominous scarlet landscapes pop into my head!

[xoxlas]

this is one of the worst interpretations i've ever heard. yes, its interesting, but thats not Shchedrin. this piece name is basso "OSTINATO" that means, that bass is moving ritmicaly, non stop. look how he plays it! i've played this piece so i know how it really sounds

[ogopogo1812]

not being harsh here, but i'm afraid i have to agree with xoxlas; being another one of those that has actually played this piece, if you look carefully at the beginning of the piece, you will find that there is in fact a tempo marking specified by Shchedrin himself; it says 138-144 per crotchet beat. by choosing such a fast tempo, this guy just comes in and completely destroys the whole "threatening/hassling" character of the piece.

[dahnbi]

Hello! Please put up a video of you playing this piece (or other Shchedrin pieces) - I would love to see/hear more of Shchedrin! :o)

[guerno1]

you're right about that, i was searching a ostinato piece, and this is not ostinato but i like his playing though!

[dahnbi]

Hi! Could you put up a video response of you playing this piece? I'd love to see more videos of Shchedrin's piano pieces (there's so little of his non-ballet stuff on YouTube!)

[alexongcs]

I agree totally. This is so different and more convincing than all the "half-dead" renditions from other pianists! Absolutely fantastic!!!!! BRAVO

[jre58591]

great performance of this great piece! its the most spirited interpretation ive heard.

[PSearPianist]

I enjoyed this.  When and where was the performance given?