Charles-Marie Widor: Valse Chantante (Op. 33 No. 4); Valse Triste (Op. 71 No. 2)

[AndreaPianoPlayer]

Thanks for posting this! Great to listen to Widor Piano music. I like this Valse, you combine skill and interpretation!

[PSearPianist]

Thanks for your most kind comment. I would like to hear more of Widor's sizeable output of piano music. However, it is hard to get hold of (although a company in Australia is republishing some of it) and some of it is immensely difficult to play!

[PSearPianist]

Thank you!

[4candles]

Thanks for uploading these Philip. Widor sounds different on the piano to how I expected it, these are likeable miniatures. Your forays into the world of salon and other genres of music are yielding some interesting results! Keep it up.

[PSearPianist]

Thanks. Widor wrote quite a lot of piano music, and I will see if I can get hold of some more!

[Babejuda]

You're right about the pathos. However, the listener tends to 'judge' according to his own personal feeling, being at the right moment, the right mood, etc. I think it goes also in literature: we tend to like a book, if we have an identification with at least one of the characters. Thanks for uploading.

[PSearPianist]

Thanks for your (as always) interesting observation.