Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin (Cecile Licad, 1986) 3/3
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@erginakif God you are SO right - Good luck hopefuls!!!
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The last movement that starts at the 2:45 mark is Cecile's way of saying: "Just give it up. In your BEST day you'll never be this good." Fast and furious with sustained energy all throughout the piece... It's been 25 years and nobody has played this better. Top that, bitches!
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@Baddogphil sir, (at this year of recording) are you comparing a 20+ year old CL to a 50+ year old Gilels who is one of the formidable pianists to come out of Russia in this century? That's a true honor for CL. However i beg to disagree re: the last part as being messed up unless you're from the Paris Conservatoire but I believe even Casadesus (or even Cortot) would play it like so. Cheers.
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The technique is absolutely stunning, although the performance could be more refined, if the tempo was a little bit slower- listen to Yvonne Lefebure playing that piece at 76!
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PANALO ANG PILIPINAS! WOOHOO!
(PHILIPPINES WIN! WOOHOO!)
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Her beginning to the Toccata is the best I've ever heard it. At the ending I think she panicked a bit, though. Whether from the notes or from something else, the voicing kind of got lost in a roar, and then the final note just didn't have the sort of... finality... I was hoping for. The first part of it, though, is, as I said, stellar.
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@xgianpatrick The tempo markings aren't Ravel's! They are Marguerite Long's, the first pianist to perform these sublime pieces.
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I don't know why she could perform all the complicated musical pieces from memory...Is she that talented?
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Check Ravel's metronome marks. It IS supposed to be that fast.
@merson21concha Most solo musicians develop the ability to perform from memory.
That's one of the many things that a lot of people tend to be impressed by that isn't actually necessarily impressive. Anyone, with enough time and effort, can play a huge amount of notes at any speed you please, and memorize them as well.
The real trick is musicality. Debate all you want about whether it's teachable, but I'll tell you one thing: Learned or inborn; it's rarer than speed or memory.
madlutist 1 year ago 4
The topic of that thread is Rowena Arrieta. Any reader can see that, why can't you? Challenging my post was unnecessary because there was nothing to challenge.
mozartian18 2 years ago 4