Ignaz Friedman plays Liszt - Tannhäuser Overture (Wagner) [Duo-Art piano roll]

Ouvertüre zu Tannhäuser, S. 442 (Paraphrase de Concert)

This is a Duo-Art piano roll recording by the great Polish virtuoso pianist Ignaz Friedman (1882-1948) dating from 1921-26, restored and reproduced in modern stereo sound. Here, Friedman plays Franz Liszt's (1811-1886) piano transcription of the overture to the opera "Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg" by Richard Wagner (1813-1883). The technical demands are of this piece are enormous, and this recording is the cleanest rendition I've ever come across, even though Friedman takes some liberties with embellishing a couple runs - which was not uncommon in performances of operatic transcriptions at the time. I usually have mixed feelings about piano roll recordings, but this is certainly a remarkable document of a performance by one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century.

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[allegrissimo]

@SuperDivinemusic Memory is the very least of the problems learning this piece! :)

[3NUNS]

Which editor has produced this please (David) ?

[3NUNS]

Hi there, dear friend. Can you please tell me which exact edition that you have used for the video. It is the Peters I assume ?

[olivleonardo]

I was not liking the sound quality of this playing, then I read that it is a piano roll. It explains everything! Because Friedman is a master.

[javierlopeza]

Please, raise for his Majesty, the Pianoforte! 

[TheVairocana]

I always loved this piece(both original orchestral & piano version) ever since I heard it in CD more than ten years ago. But I'm a violinist and never actuallyheard the liszt version with the music sheets together. This Video is absolutely great. Thank you so much for putting this up, musicanth :)

[uhartchristian]

when you imagine this pianist who did love wagner had to flee from europe to australia to avoid being a victime of the holocaust.... Ignaz Friedman was a fantastic pianist and a good composer too. He wrote a lot of pianoworks.

He studied piano with Leschetitzky in Vienna. Leschetitzky did teach in russia later too and formed many pianists. The result of this school was Sofronitzky and Maria Yudina !!!! Vienna lost a fabulous pianist he was born in austria hungarian empire occupied Poland.

[aardvaark069]

Also that's one of the most coherant performances of this i've ever heard. This piano roll stuff is really amazing. 100 year old pneumatic technology. wow. Friedman! so great!

[aardvaark069]

the Friedman rolls are some of the best edited rolls that Aeolian Duo-Art ever put out.

[Miki42]

dear god this music is near impossible, liszt said something about being surprised if two people were alive at one time who could play it correctly.

[OperaMystery80]

I prefer this great overture in orchestral form, but it's just as beautiful on the piano....Wagner was a great artist and Liszt paid loving tribute here