What a great result! Yes, we all know that it could be a bit faster, but I've heard plenty of Orchestral performances at this speed and nobody complained! Milhaud would have been kind and encouraging. He was involved in making a piano roll of this in the early 20's, which is shorter than this arrangement, and makes very interesting listening.
Marvelous and loving job for "amateurs"! Fun! And I don't mind the slower pace, I actually prefer some of the slower performances of the orchestral version.
This is lovely; thank you. The tempo is a fair bit slower than on my recording of the orchestral original (LSO / Dorati / mid '60s), but this makes you appreciate Miilhaud's experimenting with polyphonic harmonies all the more. The way you used the piano to highlight this starting at 7'01" works wonderfully. Along with Honegger's 'Pacific 231', this is one of my favourite pieces of French early c20 music.
Congratulations: nice transcription work you did. Very difficult piece, ins'nt it ? Milhaud'style is very strange sometimes (I like it) But well played here. Bravo again.
Just been listening again. Such wonderful discords and cross rhythms!! And, as I should have said before, well played indeed, ladies. I love this clip. And I don't think it's too slow. Bloody hard, yes!!
I heard this first when University of Southern California "did" "Boeuf" at the Edinburgh Fringe in 1965, I think. A marvellous visual piece of theatre, and this tune has stayed with me ever since!!
It took us a while to get it right. There are some hard and easy parts. It is really fun to play! The original is about 20 minutes, so this is a adaptation from the original 2 pianos. The rhythm and balance between both pianists was the hardest. By the way, switching places was really fun, but was NOT on the music! :-)
It was originally arranged for a small orchestra and then Milhaud himself arranged it for four hands piano. I don't believe there are any solo piano arrangements done of this yet.
Ladies, ladies! Back for my annual listen to this totally loopy, wonderfully rythmic, off the wall, well played entertainment. As ever, thanks!!
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HenryHallsGuestNight 1 year ago
@HenryHallsGuestNight Nice to see you back! You are so enthusiastic about it! You always makes me smile! Thanks so much!
alenc07 1 year ago
You should play it alone : with your hands and your feet.
lapinot21 1 year ago
Thank you everyone...
alenc07 1 year ago
What a great result! Yes, we all know that it could be a bit faster, but I've heard plenty of Orchestral performances at this speed and nobody complained! Milhaud would have been kind and encouraging. He was involved in making a piano roll of this in the early 20's, which is shorter than this arrangement, and makes very interesting listening.
aeolianpianola 1 year ago
@aeolianpianola Thank you!
alenc07 1 year ago
Marvelous and loving job for "amateurs"! Fun! And I don't mind the slower pace, I actually prefer some of the slower performances of the orchestral version.
muhrvis 2 years ago
Sounds great! I think this piece is hilarious, it sounds pretty hard too. Well done!
knittingnickel9 2 years ago
This is lovely; thank you. The tempo is a fair bit slower than on my recording of the orchestral original (LSO / Dorati / mid '60s), but this makes you appreciate Miilhaud's experimenting with polyphonic harmonies all the more. The way you used the piano to highlight this starting at 7'01" works wonderfully. Along with Honegger's 'Pacific 231', this is one of my favourite pieces of French early c20 music.
ldge 2 years ago
Congratulations: nice transcription work you did. Very difficult piece, ins'nt it ? Milhaud'style is very strange sometimes (I like it) But well played here. Bravo again.
pjtuloup 2 years ago
I'm a Les Six specialist. Nice to see you two performing Milhaud. Fun piece. Best wishes.
JimminyJimmy 2 years ago
Just been listening again. Such wonderful discords and cross rhythms!! And, as I should have said before, well played indeed, ladies. I love this clip. And I don't think it's too slow. Bloody hard, yes!!
HenryHallsGuestNight 2 years ago
Thank you again! It is nice to see you back here... :-)
alenc07 2 years ago
Wouah ! belle interprétation !
lulupiano 2 years ago
good work, a little slow, to my preference
jcwchang 2 years ago 2
Sure, it's slow; but you can't believe how much work it took to get it even to the speed that we did. Give us a break! We're amateurs!
pianofan 2 years ago
@jcwchang This was just a practice. We got it in tempo for the performance.
pianofan 1 year ago
Wow, great job.
YoomOmer 3 years ago 3
Wow! Fantastic - well done you two... so much work behind that. Will have to recommend viewing it to a few people now...
sttopher 3 years ago
Thank you. I am glad you enjoyed!
alenc07 3 years ago
I heard this first when University of Southern California "did" "Boeuf" at the Edinburgh Fringe in 1965, I think. A marvellous visual piece of theatre, and this tune has stayed with me ever since!!
HenryHallsGuestNight 3 years ago
Una versión estupenda y muy interesante a 4 manos. ¿¿De quién es el arreglo??
bitxitou 3 years ago
The transcription was made by Darius Milhaud.
alenc07 3 years ago
How hard is this to play? I'd like to play it myself (I've done grade 7 and will do grade 8 soon). It's a great piece, and a very nice piano duet.
Omecron0101 3 years ago
It took us a while to get it right. There are some hard and easy parts. It is really fun to play! The original is about 20 minutes, so this is a adaptation from the original 2 pianos. The rhythm and balance between both pianists was the hardest. By the way, switching places was really fun, but was NOT on the music! :-)
alenc07 3 years ago
Thanks, in that case I'll definitely give it a go (20 mins! [gasp]). It'll give me something to do in the summerholidays.
Omecron0101 3 years ago
I believe this is one piano, but I got the gist of what you meant
kappelmeister123 3 years ago
It was originally arranged for a small orchestra and then Milhaud himself arranged it for four hands piano. I don't believe there are any solo piano arrangements done of this yet.
pianofan 2 years ago
nice! never heard this on 2 pianos before, ive only played the orchestral version
TheTradge 3 years ago