Anna Yesipova plays Verdi-Liszt

[JeyelSchroeder]

The performance is interesting and vivid, and feels more accurate than many other Welte-Mignon reproductions, but the sound is terrible. The transients are basically missing from each note and chord. Are you sure this is what the old LP sounds like? If not, I guess you could have been slightly more careful with the digital noise reduction. Some amount of audible scratches and other noise is better than ruining the original sound.

[RollaArtis]

Interesting performance but strange acoustic - sounds like she's down a drain. I think it must be a doctored recording of a Welte Mignon piano roll, No.1083 to be precise. Presumably the LP came from the same source in Russia as the LP of Scriabin's "cylinder recordings" (also Welte rolls) which have a weird echoey quality entirely in keeping with the music.

[charburt]

It's amazing that a recording from 1906 could sound like this. This lady was magnificent. We're fortunate to hear this oh so beautiful music from her.

[j72050]

....she equals the Colossus of Rome and the Gardens of Babylon...and then some....

[acortot]

Holy Sh*t!

[artvirtue]

Full control.

[alexongcs]

I am shocked!!!!!!! Thank you so much Andre!!

[Jusohpin]

Amazing...

[perdipe]

very impresive

[paulostroff99]

In a word-awesome!

[KyotoMelody]

Thanks Paulo. Indeed amazing!

[paulostroff99]

Very different,but most enjoyable. Brilliant playing is as good as it gets. Brava! TY.

[Ankhsnammon]

Beautriful,sir Paulo..thanks...and...i completely agree with the grat -b. shaw about the russian culture..

Ankhsnammon

[paulostroff99]

Ankhsnammon-So glad that you enjoy her. Best wishes,and good listening!

[Ankhsnammon]

Sir Pavl...you have a superb taste!Indeed!

ankhsnammon

[paulostroff99]

Ankhsnammon-Thank you so very much! I'm very pleased that you are enjoying it. Best wishes to you for a great week-end.!

[Ankhsnammon]

Sir Pavl,my week- ends are ever lonesome hours that I profit for to read poetry..and,overall,for to hear music like this...

Nina(ankhsnammon)

[paulostroff99]

Ankhsnammon-Poetry and great music make the loneliness in life a bitter sweet experience. My own mother was a published poetess of great sensitivity. All that I have inherited in music appreciation spiritually,and intellectually-has been due to what I grew up hearing her either singing or humming around the house.This was her escape from a mostly lonely life. Best wishes,and a great week-end.

[pkostyak]

Anna Essapova is my great, great, grand aunt! How cool is that? And I can't even play chopsticks.....

[Ankhsnammon]

Oh,what a wonderful surprise,Sir..or Madame!

Ankhsnammon

[stan724]

One sees various ways of spelling Yesipova's name in an effort to Anglicize it, I suppose. Most frequently it's given as Annette Essipov. I've also seen it as Essipova and Essipoff.

[weikko79]

Hehe! Classic performance. Did you get this from the same 8-part "great pianists" anthology where I found it?

BTW, did you know that Yesipova was one of Yudina's teachers?

[truecrypt]

I have it on a very old russian made LP - "Great pianists of the past".

Somehow I suspect there is not much any teacher could do with students as Yudina or Sofronitsky.

Both were students of Leonid Nikolaev in St. Petersburg.

[weikko79]

Yes, that's the LP I have as well!

[OrnishMathe]

That's what I thought! I never thought either of them studied with Essipova! Love the extra info. there is here about her - never knew she studied with Villoing, too!  WOW! A Clementi/Beethoven connection. She died too young at 64! Thank GOD for these rolls, or we might never have known of the playing of such pianists as Essipova and Carreno.

[weikko79]

Yudina studied briefly with Essipova, more with Nikolaev. But it's probable that neither of them was able to teach her much, as truecrypt said.

[OrnishMathe]

I just read off a website on the Russian school that Yudina also studied with Blumenfeld. Is there any literature on Yudina as a pupil and as a teacher that you could direct me to? I'd love to learn more about her.

[weikko79]

If you can read Russian, there are two great books that I can recommend: "Luchi bozhestvennoy lyubvi" (1999, includes articles by and about Yudina) and "Vy spasetes' cherez muzyku" (2005, only includes writings by Yudina, but more than the previous book). Her complete correspondence is also being published at the moment; two tomes have come out so far.

If you can't read Russian, well, then there are some websites that you can find by googling her name. No books in English as far as I know.

[OrnishMathe]

I can't read Russian! :-( Hopefully, these books will be translated in time. In the meantime, I will scout the web for articles on and by Yudina. It's kind of you to get back to me so swiftly - thanks!

[paulostroff99]

weikko-Yudina and Yesipova-two of the finest female pianists of the twentieth,and I'm sure-any other century. Brava to them both,and thank you for posting this gem and so many other treasures. Best wishes,and please continue to enrich our lives with your definitive postings-truecrypt!

[sabibu]

Thanks a lot for posting! you have a great chanel well done.

[AlexPxr8]

This is amazing!!!!

Simply fantastic playing. Check out those sparkling leggierissimo passages. Gives a valuable insight into Liszt's musical intentions... 21st century players take note!

What a treasure! And considering the immense age of the recording, the sound is great!

[smithsherman]

Could somebody please tell me what all this (LOL) stuff is about?Is this English?

[JASenior44]

laughing out loud.

[chad410]

christ can t somebody bring her back from the dead once more. I love this way of playing so so much. and i think i ll just stop playing now.lol

[dido93]

Bellissima e rarissima interpretazione. Musicale e personale. Grande pianista della "golden age of piano".

[smithsherman]

The techniques here(no longer practiced by musicians are)..each phrase has a timing &

weighting heirarchy specifically adapted to it's unique nature.Each part is broken off by varying degree from the rest in order to make

AND...EVERYTHING HAS AN EXPRESSIVE FOCUS EQUAL TO THE TECHNICAL!!!

[smithsherman]

Essipova's version of this Paraphrase has always been in a category by itself for me.

It's incredibly fanciful,whimsical,and spontaneous.Yet also exudes a disciplined and and rationale quirky-izm I love.