Tausig - Fantasy on Moniuszko's "Halka" (Part 2/2)

Fantasy on Moniuszko's "Halka" (date of composition unknown)

For Geisterschiff

*Note about this performance: the score I used may differ from the edition Ponti plays from, as he omits some notes and passages altogether.

Carl Tausig (1841-1871) was one of the greatest piano virtuosi of the 19th-century, hailed by many as the successor of Liszt and rivaled only by Anton Rubinstein. Critics who heard him perform noted his power and technical precision as like an alchemy of the best of Liszt and Bülow. At the age of fourteen, Tausig met Liszt and became his youngest and one of his favorite pupils. As a proponent of Music of the Future, Tausig also befriended Wagner and helped raise money to build the Bayreuth Festspielhaus. Tausig toured extensively throughout Germany and Russia, receiving enormous acclaim, but died suddenly of typhoid at the age of 29.

In his brief career as a composer, Tausig composed a small number of works including the now-lost piano concerto and a few symphonic poems. Only a handful of solo piano pieces and transcriptions have survived. It is in the latter genre that Tausig's name still exists in concert recitals, namely for his transcription of Weber's "Invitation to the Dance." In addition, he left an impressive corpus of difficult solo piano transcriptions of Liszt's symphonic poems.

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[SailorVVV]

its not working !!!

[Hexameron]

Thanks for notifying me; I don't know why it's not loading, but if it persists, I'll re-upload this part on my other channel

[MagicDonDino]

Trascendental and power! A immense Fantasy!

[radioplug14]

First time I heard this piece. Wonderful performance by this pianist. Really brings out the characteristic written into the piece!

[Vesivian]

that.looks.scary.

[wetuadjlv]

@MrOliverKjaerulff @addeex Chopin does the same thing in the right hand at the end of Op. 25/8, so the left hand sixths aren't out of the question. As a pianist, though, I'd go with the ossia in this piece. =D

[addeex1]

@MrOliverKjaerulff Hmm are you sure? ;) Well that run shouldn't be played super fast actually, so I think it could be manageable especially if you have big hands. Ponti plays the "fake-line" here ("haha"), so it can sound impossible but I think it isn't.

[MrOliverKjaerulff]

@addeex1 I guess so... I've never seen anything like it, not even Liszt would do something like that

[addeex1]

@MrOliverKjaerulff Good fingerings?

[codonauta]

Ops, I think it is Michael Ponti.

Information there:

Artista: Michael Ponti

Comprar "Themes Of Moniuszko's Halka - Fanatasy" em:

[codonauta]

Who is playing the Tausig´s composition here?

[MrOliverKjaerulff]

1:35 WTF that run in parallell sixth's!! how the &%@# are you supposed to play that!?

[Jackarooned]

@maxsnafu That was the slant I was going for, but thanks for making that clear to everyone.

[maxsnafu]

@Jackarooned

Keen grasp of the obvious.