Hamelin in Stockholm - Saint-Saens-Godowsky - The Swan 2/14
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Il me rends fier d'être québecois!
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What do people mean by "aristocratic" when talking about music?
I don't quite get this connection, because "aristocracy" is where music at this level usually emerged in the Renaissance - Classicism periods... but usually when people say something sounds "aristocratic", it's Romantic music.
does.not.connect?
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I dedicate this piece to a very special friend who is now not among us.
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...a kind of mediocre composer, Saint-Saens, worked over by a more mediocre arranger, Godowsky...well, at least NOT a mediocre pianst here...close-ups of aristocratic-looking Nordic bitches, I guess, kinda fit in...
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@Frozentoes1 How dare they call him a computer! Have they heard his preformance of Busoni's piano concerto?! Or Alkan's Symphony for Piano?!
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nice playing but I prefer Rachmaninov's transcription much more, stays true to the original.
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He play godowsky soo well!
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BEAUTIFUL! Interesting arrangement, but still masterful nonetheless.
This is a clear example of Hamelin as a poet of the piano. Those critics who continuously refer to Mr. Hamelin as a computer need to have a listen to this.
Frozentoes1 1 year ago 7
Frozentoes1 is exactly right. This proves to me that Busoni's dictum "To be more than a virtuoso, one must first be a virtuoso." Hamelin in his sheer technical wizardry may lack something in warmth occasionally, but this is extraordinarily beautiful playing, very sensitive, and pure--almost aristocratic.
klavierspieler72 1 year ago 2