Bolet plays Liszt Transcendental Etude No. 12

Liszt's Transcendental Etude No. 12 - Chasse-Neige

Jorge Bolet

A masterful performance of one of Liszt's most poetic compositions featuring Bolet's hallmark translucent tone and finesse. My only qualm is at the end, where he and Cziffra both inexplicably play forte.

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Music

Tags:

• Jorge
• Bolet
• Franz
• Liszt
• Transcendental
• Etude
• No.
• 12
• Chasse-Neige
• piano
• Romantic
• classical
• virtuoso
• tremolo

[jegspillerpiano]

@hellomate639 I haven't fallen for anything, I'm an experienced musician and I've heard many interpretations of many pieces. You're right, it does takes a degree of maturity to embrace 'alternative interpretations'. However, this doesn't mean that 'different' = 'equally valid'. It's a fact that some are better than others. The vast superiority of Bolet's artistry and tone here (with no small lack of power where needed) seems glaringly obvious to me, compared with 'Cziffra the mechanoid'.

[chutdigadut]

DEFINITELY one of Liszt most lyrical compositions!

[robert982]

Kissin and Berman also provide amazing renditions of Liszt's etudes. 

[felipesarro]

@Spiritakis exactly!

[SwePianoholic]

There are fast blizzards an slow blizzards, depending of the velocity of the current wind... /Swepianoholic, living in a country with snow 5 months a year-Sweden

[mwu42251]

Superb voicing... Breathtaking melodic phrasing... Monumental sound! And doesn't sound like a tempest of sound until when it should.

[s1earle]

My earlier teacher Gordon Watson of the Sydney Con was in the same study class as Cziffra - Gordon said that Cziffra was expelled because 'he played things too fast and loud..."However I like some Cziffra performances. Here we have a Master in Jorge Bolet, I bracket him with the insurmountable Michael Ponti.

[Spiritakis]

I am always amused when outstanding artists like Jorge Bolet are compared with outlandish clowns like Cziffra or Berezovsky. It's like comparing a Harley Davidson and a bicycle. Those who are keen of technical fireworks and absurdly fast tempi, may listen to Cziffra and Berezovsky as much as they like. Those who think the music more important than the technique needn't bother with such guys.

[Gargantupimp]

@jegspillerpiano thumbs up 2 u for truth. bolet is clever subtle artistry cziffra is uninteristing mechanoid

[mkeysou812]

Not sure about this interpretation, it sounds like he's playing with a metronome! Doesn't really conjure up any imagery at all.

[hellomate639]

@jegspillerpiano

You do know that once you're used to a certain interpretation, other interpretations often seem awkward, right?

It takes some time to get to the point where you don't fall for that problem.