Liszt's 'La Campanella' (2nd Version - S.140) Audio + Sheet Music

[ivoseixas]

My fellows,

I'm afraid because I'm about to say a sin...

But I really don't like this version... The original is muuuch much better...

[eijilover18]

"la campanella" means "the bell"

[PianRobert]

is this busonis version??

[OktoberStorm]

This gets my juices flowing.

[mozartpiano23]

the first part is cool and then later on in this music is not that cool

[MrStrav81]

This is really interesting, but I understand why people go with the Grades Etudes version.

[emopz13]

I perfer this version, because the melody is brought out in some cute scherzando fasion, but not by giant leaps and others. Also, that melody at 1:48 is very catchy and it has much "paganini" in it.

[PhamousDao]

@emopz13 The theme originally came from Paganini's Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major 3rd movement.

[classicalmusic5491]

So,how can we ask the sheet for this version? Liszt's Campanella S140? I searched the web and all i find is only the version we all know..Can you help me plz? Thank you.

[Restrong]

@RicAbapo Liszt made 5 different campanella's I believe.

This is the second one, Trancendental Practice Etudes After Paganini, the third Etude

The 5th one is the one that we all know. That's something like "Grand Practice Etudes after Paganini, the third Etude" or something. The one we all know is often mistaken as the Trancendental Campanella, but this is the actual trancendental campanella

[mcrettable]

This rocks :O

[kzelmer]

This version looks better for me than the last version.

[RicAbapo]

how is this a "second version" where in fact it's totally different from the "usual" la campanella we all know? Although it has the same theme, but that doesn't mean, i think, that it is the "second" version" of THAT la campanella. This should be given justice! It's amazing. First time to hear this, wonderful!

[wl01422387]

i can hear paganini violin concerto from this piece

liszt really admires him!

[S3844]

Geeeeeeeeeeeeee phlat MAJOR

[CAgigaman]

the other version is a lot harder.

[CesarAmadeus]

heyy liszt ,i need this score please¡¡

[MrSchlapkohl]

boooahhh when I first heard the other version I thought it was hard... but how can THIS be played by a human being??? It's just awesome :D

[jjapricotjam]

there are many reasons why the famous one is still...the famous one...this one lacks the technical skills required and the abundance of notes that make this piece what it is. it is like maths low grade compared to maths high grade.

[avallega4]

@jjapricotjam agreed

[kyleclef]

I prefer this version far more....its harder than the other one I would say :)

[legendbach]

That's very Difficult!!

[RhaegarTargaryen1884]

The second version is more challenging. It is just slower, not easier.

[samirgeagea12]

this is the easier version of the two; it is nonetheless so beautifully played

[Vaneska59]

OMG what a genius.

[mwu42251]

There is definitely reason the famous version is famous... this version pales in comparison...

[tjtheplay]

I wonder if this is more difficult than the more famous la campanella

[Tr0jan1337]

everyday I come here just to listen this! so fuc**** epic!

[Fedorasnesguy]

Holy cow...

[piano9977]

AHHH THIS IS BEAUTIFUL <3

[twooffour]

Many ideas in Hamelin's arrangement definitely came from this version here...

[95hayazi]

1:45 Cool, Liszt added Paganini's 1st concerto! Not his second.

[bfeyalcin]

In fact, this is the first version, the other one (the more famous one) is the second version.

[RhaegarTargaryen1884]

Liszt is the greatist pianist of all time, what a transcriber, his virtuosity exceeds all of the great pianists, in my opinion.

[JalalSela]

I was looking for this for a while now... thanks for sharing

[Leniina1]

Hi, I am 13 years old. And I promise, Once, I´ll play it! And I´ll record it here!! :D

[Fedorasnesguy]

@Leniina1 The exact same, I'll race you. =3

[gerardbedecarter]

Most interesting.

[acer19994]

there are so many b's lol

[xFishNinjax]

my eyes can't follow the sheet music o_o

[OrumMessor]

Can't tell which is more impossible.

[KDALove]

Oh dear lord...32nd notes

[huzzzzzzahh]

@KDALove in debussy prelude book 2 no 12 there are 128th note grace notes!

[AlexandreJdB]

@KDALove At the end of rachmaninov's étude-tableau op. 33 no. 8 in G minor, you have lots and lots of 32nd grace notes too!!! Scaring!!! =)

[oliroxz]

This version takes the beauty, vigor and emotion out of the piece. What we are left with is an empty shell of a great piece of music

[classicalmusic5491]

This version is very good for those who have small hands! Is this version also by Liszt,or is transcripted by someone else?

[ReminiscenceS2]

can a man play this?

[Drake126]

this is the first version youtube.com/watch?v=HDaLwnXaLt­Y

main theme only starts around 4:40

[Mitopit2]

I think it is the simple version?

[develish16]

@Mitopit2 not really



[iloveffvii]

When you say Leslie Howard do you really mean the same Leslie Howard who played Ashley Wilkes in Gone With the Wind? After watching Intermezzo I figured he was a relatively good musician...but not this good.

[tomekkobialka]

@iloveffvii Not THAT Leslie Howard... the other one! :)

[3NUNS]

@tomekkobialka Leslie Howard the classical pianist

[looney1023]

can you post the first version?

i dont care how obscure it is, i really wanna hear it.

[tomekkobialka]

@looney1023 But the first version is the famous version...

[looney1023]

@tomekkobialka

then how come i cant find it on youtube?

[tomekkobialka]

@looney1023 /watch?v=JpfbDLFSZb4

[looney1023]

@tomekkobialka

i thought that was the third version?

supposedly the first version is an incredibly obscure version called

Grande Fantaisie de Bravore sur la Clochette or something like that which im dying to hear

[tomekkobialka]

@looney1023 Ooohhhhhh...that one! I was going to put that on but thought that no-one would want to hear it! Well, looks like I've got some work to do...

[looney1023]

@tomekkobialka

POST IT AND I WILL BE YOUR BEST FRIEND FOREVER!

i looked far, wide, and long. i cant find it anywhere. i did find a $90 recording of it and other songs by liszt on amazon, but wasnt willing to pay that much for it when im only interested in the one piece.

even better the track listing doesnt even include grande fantasie de bravore sur la clochette (thats a good sign!)

[ClassicMusicOnly]

@looney1023

Grande Fantaisie de Bravore sur la Clochette is based on the last movement of Paganini's Op. 7 Violin Concerto in B minor and became incorporated as the third piece into the 1838 set of six works entitled Etudes d'exécution transcendante d'après Paganini, S. 140. Its over 10 minutes long.

So yes, you're correct at least from my foggy guess. (I'm not exactly sure). Even I never really heard it, I heard it "was not worth it" but I'll ask my friends from Liszt's Academy for more info.

[looney1023]

@ClassicMusicOnly

thanks.

i dont care if its not worth it, as far as i'm concernced its the most obscure seldom played piece ever written by liszt and i want tohear just because of that.

you have to admit that your kind of intru\igued by it in that you never heard it but you know people who did. :)

[Gargantupimp]

@looney1023 @ClassicMusicOnly lol wut you guys havent found it? just type in liszt clochette, or look in my favorites. IT really is worth a listen, the whole thing is completely different from all the others, and also splendid in itself.

[Gargantupimp]

@looney1023 @tomekkobialka @ClassicMusicOnly @CalgarySpeller26 /watch?v=JpfbDLFSZb4 first version here and actually by a decent pianist enjoy and put your 90 dollars away. clochette liszt

[tomekkobialka]

@Gargantupimp That's not the first version...

[Gargantupimp]

@looney1023 @tomekkobialka @ClassicMusicOnly @CalgarySpeller26 /watch?v=AZIKFrAa5EY. oops sorry (copypasted wrong link) this is the first version (/watch?v=AZIKFrAa5EY), what your listening to is the first etude version, and the famous one is the last etude version. if the link dont work for whatever reason just search for "clochette liszt"

[gera1262]

@Gargantupimp hey i know you. ure that guy who hating on Mahler lol.

[TheChopinesque]

It's amazing how dots on a page can be turned into music as beautiful as this.

[jjsanchezramirez]

I'd never heard this version before. To be awfully sincere, I did not know La Campanella had distinct versions. I must say, this version sounds terribly... rough, compared to the third version. It cuts more into the music, rather than fiddle with the wonderful arrangements that make the third version so much smoother. It's beautiful, nonetheless.

[cedricrlongreen]

Wow Liszt really changed it if this was the previous version. I like it. Very different from the 3rd version.

[TheChopinesque]

I like this version the best.

[shawkobezhu]

Oooo lala ~~ some violin concert no.1 3rd movement interlude there

Never heard this version before.. lovely find!

[123eldest]

This version is ok I guess but it's missing the ending fireworks that the 3rd version had.

[CodyNelsonMusic]

Are you sure this is the second? I thought there were only two versions? If there is a first, what's the info on it?

[larrycoop]

Do I hear Bye Bye Birdie at 1:48?

[coolsnak3]

how uncomfortable. leave it to liszt, that fuck.

[semicroma]

What is the s number for the first version?

[CutieLas]

this is so fuk'' insane :|

[looney1023]

whats the difference between first and second version?

[JlDsanity]

what version is this? I've never heard this one before. Is this Liszt?

[tioangelw]

quien toque esto es por que es un maldito pulpo

[Pageboy72]

Where'd you get this sheet music?

[chutdigadut]

holy,,, CRAAAP......

[MultiFailBot]

I'm pretty sure the theme from 1:47 was from Paganini's 1st violin concerto in D Major (third mvt).

[ytkRisS]

yes, I'm also pretty sure of it. also at 3:30

[beethovenbd]

@MultiFailBot

You are right, it is the main theme of the rondo of that violin concerto.

[DanMarcy1]

There is a bar that Howard doesn't play, and I commend him. Most people who do decide to play this version don't play that bar. It's... an odd bar. I'm not sure what Liszt was trying to do himself with it.

[tomekkobialka]

Yes, I can see at that the left hand almost plays the same tune as in the bar that Howard played. It's an unnecessary repeat, and it puts the rhythm into jeopardy in my opinion.

[hezhenbang]

@tomekkobialka Which bar is it?

[miiicklyn]

whats the exact bar number please?

[WBensburg]

@miiicklyn The measures aren't numbered, but if you go to 3:30 the recapitulation starts and it's the first measure at the top of the page turn, with sempre fff dynamic marking. ;)

[stevey226]

@DanMarcy1 Which bar is it?

[shadecross]

very interesting i wasnt aware that another version of la campanella exists... its cool ^^

[vivasavonarola]

Great Tomekkobialka! Thanks a lot for posting this.

[PlyMood]

LOL I can't even read it, it's wonderful and hard

[blankpianist]

this isn't that complicated you should take a look at some of Rachmaninoff later work, ridiculous not even very hard to play just hard to physically read.

[mrkwonsony]

Rachmaninoff's works are tremendously difficult, yes, however, how can you ever say this is not very hard ? If literally taking what you said, you're saying this one is easy (if A isn't a hard piece, ergo, an easy piece), just want to say that they're both just above than the average composers and not that many pianists play this version as well or much as you say it's not that very difficult. Although I really am on your side that especially Rach's Concerto 2, 3 are blowing my eyes off.

[EduOrta142536]

@mrkwonsony lol same here dude

[mrkwonsony]

@EduOrta142536 what's the same ...?????

[renenkel]

I like the way he's able to play the repeated notes so fast and yet so evenly.  Like a machine!

[lizarthopinsky]

this is more in the Paganini way of style, it sounds more like the original la campanella

[escudo77]

The 1st version sounds harder. The melody at 1:47 wasn't present in Listz's first version. It's still good though.

[CalgarySpeller26]

You're probably talking about the 3rd version (the more famous one), S. 141 no. 3. The first version is VERY obscure.

[escudo77]

Oh yeah, you're right. Thanks.

[looney1023]

@CalgarySpeller26 wait a minute. theres a third version? (looks something up)

okay so if this is the second version and the g# minor one was the third version (which i thought was the first version) then where can i hear the first version?

[Gargantupimp]

@CalgarySpeller26 the first ones the best, early liszt alot of balls

[OverFjell]

It's a clever variation of one from the well known one actually, or should I say, the well known one has a variation of that melody

[massimiliano123123]

Strana versione! Mi pare che però sia suonata un po troppo forte, sembrano degli spari piuttosto che degli accordi

[TformersReview]

Wow, its worser than the original...

[lizarthopinsky]

it may not sound better but its harder than the liszt's transcription