"Liszt Project" Recording Old-Fashioned Way:-) Analog Tape to Vinyl LP. Lisitsa

Recording of Liszt album in all analog ( or analogue if you will :-)) 1/4 inch Studer tape , no edits allowed !!!! 6 tapes , each one 40 minutes long is what it takes to get approximately 53 minutes of final result. I always knew that Liszt was dangerous :-) One tape was gone for sound tests , and another wasted on takes that had a squeeky pedal ( or was it a boot )? Anywya, here is more technical stuff...
Digital back-up ( lol) on Sequoia digital platform .
Interviews with the producer Michael Fine, sound engineers Wolf Dieter Karwatky and Wim Makkee. Liszt Ballade #2, Hungarian Rhapsody #12, Verdi - Liszt Aida, Schubert - Liszt songs (Ave Maria, Gute Nacht, Der Erlkonig, Der Muller und der Bach, Das Madchen Klage), Rondo Fantastique "El Contrabandista".

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• Studer
• EMT
• Sennheiser
• Liszt
• Schubert
• Verdi
• aida
• Valentina
• Lisitsa
• Analogue
• analog
• vinyl
• decca
• erlkonig
• beethovensaal
• bosendorfer
• boesendorfer
• imperial
• royal
• albert
• hall

[lflarry1]

Really gratifying ..But I have to say you are one Brave Brave girl to even attempt this!

Are you absolutely sure the squeak came from a mechanical component of the piano?

Sometimes magnetic tape will produce a squeak if the lubrication of the tape isn't just so,or whatever. Finding blank good media tapes must be an adventure unto itself.

BTW..I like you on so many levels because of the strength your playing has. Best of luck!

[ValentinaLisitsa]

@lflarry1 We located the squeak. It was coming from the sustain pedal - but only when a lot of downward pressure was applied to it , so it was not easy to pinpoint even forthe piano technician.

[XPKpianist]

Just a random question, what is your favourite opening in chess when you are in white?

[ValentinaLisitsa]

@XPKpianist always e4 :-) I was a pro in Spanish , if the opponent was willing of course _ lol , . For black , c and Scheveningen ( Kasparov wonderful book helped ) or nimtzowich for d ( which Garry didn't particularly like , but nether did other players - very uncomfortable>>>>. I stop now , remember - i quit :-)

[XPKpianist]

@ValentinaLisitsa Thank you for the reply. Honestly I think it would be great if you start a little side project by writing your own biography with the details of your pianistic training and your vivid chess life you had before, plus some advices in both pianistic and chess game. I would be one of the first to order it.

[ValentinaLisitsa]

@XPKpianist Oh no :-) !!!! I don't want to go that way. First , I miss too many articles,being Russian :-) Second, I think it's music should come with a story , not a performer. Bach, Beethoven - or Liszt are deeply unconcerned whether you like dogs, cats, wolves or pigeons; whether you married once or thrice, whether you are rich or poor... Those bio books are just a marketing ploy. And marketing is often a substitute to art. Oops, lost an article again :-)

[ValentinaLisitsa]

@FranKiisko To my shame, not much :( I was busy playing chess >>>

[ValentinaLisitsa]

@1963mathetes Rachmaninoff will be out in May or June as latest .

[Agiyi]

when is the cd coming out for sale?!

i hope in time for my birthday...

[alexei6003]

incredible effect, I now wanna try in the university's piano XDDD too bad it is 23:52PM

[EasyListeningLounge]

When this recording be available for purchase?

[Vibratica]

the sky is the limit!! there are no boundaries... only in our minds! Just keep on going, keep on showing us your love for music... we love you Valentina!

[MrCapacitors]

With LP you get the Bösendorfer exactly as it sounds in real life.I use movingcoil pickup together with the most famous discoplayer and get perfect sound.So your project is great for me.

[fapestar]

Is she replacing the Leslie Howard LIszt collection?

[wyssling]

Perhaps the very best joke you ever made was when you wrote "Der Earlkönig" up here... Actually in german this would mean: the early king, der frühe König - whereas the name "Erlkönig" referrs to the tree "Erle" - at least i guess so - dont know the english name for that species of trees.. "Wer reitet so spät durch Nacht und Wind ? / es ist der Erlkönig mit seinem Kind / etc etc thanks, thanks Valentina