Giora Schmidt - World Premiere of Liszt Piano Sonata in B minor for Solo Violin

Violinist Giora Schmidt presents World Premiere of Liszt Piano Sonata in B minor transcribed for solo violin by Noam Sivan: http://www.noamsivan.com.

Live from the Ravinia Festival in Chicago, September 2011.
Performed using an iPad controlled by wireless Bluetooth foot-switches from AirTurn: http://www.airturn.com and forScore: http://www.forscoreapp.com.

The story behind the transcription: http://bit.ly/Liszt-World-Premiere

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[martinadler73]

I appreciate the painstaking transcription and performance of this pinnacle in piano literature. This is a wonderful hommage to the great Franz Liszt. Many thanks for this!

[JonathanRabson]

@Toccataquarta I haven't compared the whole thing to the score; I merely listened & felt that the overall form & story come across. It's possible there are voice-leading errors (common in arrangements), though none stuck out to me. Is there a specific part where you feel the arranger missed a key subtlety? Mostly, what I feel is missing is the big sonorous romantic chords you can get with the piano. But my point was simply that if one listens as a "fresh" piece, it works as a composition.

[Toccataquarta]

@JonathanRabson Instrumentation is one thing, distortion of counterpoint is another.

[JonathanRabson]

The arrangement and performance are amazing. I suspect those who dislike it may be comparing it to the original and looking for how their favorite parts are handled. Clearly the original is all about sonorous playing, and all those sonorous, romantic chordal moments are lost; the aesthetic is transformed into a more spartan, modern outlook. Nevertheless, the result is a far more thoughtful, introspective piece. If one listens to it on its own terms, it clearly succeeds as a musical experience.

[IZn0g0uDatAll]

4 words: does, not, sound, good.

Seriously, 37 minutes of Paganini + Ysaye-like technical fest in order to try to reproduce the piano on one of the deepest pieces of the repertoire is just plain stupid. Great performer, great arrangement, great everything, and fucking horrible idea.

[LBP2emo]

Very peaceful piece to be listening to at very late night times (sorry if my english bad, not my native language) I love listening to this, it has it moment of sadness in this song, but I have notice that it also sounds like a trio or quartet being played by one person. This is a truly amazing piece, I'm much very glad I found out about Giora Schmidt :)

[sunyuloveu]

This could be a good technique training, but honestly, the music doesn't fit a solo violin at all. Mr Sivan, if you really wanna do some experiments on transcription, at least do it for a string quartet please!!

[Matteo7419]

Why? :(

[pviola314]

for a good while i didn't notice the music stand. obviously it's just printed in really tiny font

[Mizzles240]

oh. my. god.