nice. It's interesting to think of G. as contemporary with Chopin & Liszt. How sublime Chopin is with the beautiful lyricism, grandiose Liszt, & at the same time G., representing "American" music to Europe--flamboyant. Sophistication against raw flash/show. I can play Chopin. I can play much of Liszt. But every time I try G., I give up--the music is very difficult, not in complexity, but in execution. So bravo to anyone who can play it. --and still have hands attached to the body.
Very good! Also, a very interesting interpretation...I have never heard it pedaled in the ways he did for the majority... The end, from 5:15 on, truly sounds like a banjo!
As a music historian and leading proponent in early American music, I have to state that Mayorga is not only a brilliant concert orator who educates his audience with concise intellect of the work for the composer he has programmed to perform, I say with 100% conviction that even though there are technical and virtuoso errors in his performance, his execution, understanding and deliverance of this remarkable work is nonpareil to that of Earl Wild.
@BardCoennius Great question! No doubt Gottshalk & later ragtime composers were both influenced by music from Caribbean, New Orleans, and Africa. Did the later ragtime composers hear Gottshalk? Reaching for the book "They All Played Ragtime." (Lincoln now playing the major passage from "Gottshalk's 'Souvenir de Puerto Rico'...Caribbean ragtime!). Maybe safest to say that later ragtime composers were influenced by Gottshalk's piano style which was influenced by romantic classical composers?
Fabulous
saiczarina 4 weeks ago
nice. It's interesting to think of G. as contemporary with Chopin & Liszt. How sublime Chopin is with the beautiful lyricism, grandiose Liszt, & at the same time G., representing "American" music to Europe--flamboyant. Sophistication against raw flash/show. I can play Chopin. I can play much of Liszt. But every time I try G., I give up--the music is very difficult, not in complexity, but in execution. So bravo to anyone who can play it. --and still have hands attached to the body.
SunslightAndSong 7 months ago
1:50 STARTS PLAYING
notoriouskoala 11 months ago
The ending sounded a lot like an accordion, with all the notes running together in a continuous flow.
That's an impressive performance.
Hikikomori013 11 months ago
Very good! Also, a very interesting interpretation...I have never heard it pedaled in the ways he did for the majority... The end, from 5:15 on, truly sounds like a banjo!
germanmusician 1 year ago
As a music historian and leading proponent in early American music, I have to state that Mayorga is not only a brilliant concert orator who educates his audience with concise intellect of the work for the composer he has programmed to perform, I say with 100% conviction that even though there are technical and virtuoso errors in his performance, his execution, understanding and deliverance of this remarkable work is nonpareil to that of Earl Wild.
Music4ibc 1 year ago
@Music4ibc Would you say that Gottschalk's work was an influence on later ragtime composers?
BardCoennius 5 months ago
@BardCoennius Great question! No doubt Gottshalk & later ragtime composers were both influenced by music from Caribbean, New Orleans, and Africa. Did the later ragtime composers hear Gottshalk? Reaching for the book "They All Played Ragtime." (Lincoln now playing the major passage from "Gottshalk's 'Souvenir de Puerto Rico'...Caribbean ragtime!). Maybe safest to say that later ragtime composers were influenced by Gottshalk's piano style which was influenced by romantic classical composers?
shebamaybe 5 months ago
I wish I could see his hands.
inosakurachan 1 year ago
bad ass
viralinfection55 2 years ago
what a history of accomplishments this genius has accrued these past 50 years! Linc Mayorga is phenomenal.
tracer740 2 years ago
cool
ThePianoman21 2 years ago
Excellent !!!
pianist2013 2 years ago