Bach/Brahms - Chaconne for the left hand - Paul Wittgenstein (1)
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@lecochonbleu Perhaps you would like the Awadagin Pratt playing of the Bach/Busoni transcription better. There is a fullness with two hands that is not there with even the greatest one hand. And yet, this Bach/Brahms-Wittgenstein still produces in me great deep breaths of pleasure and joy.
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Musicians show their greatness in TRANSCRIPTIONS. Period.
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he was a great despite with just his left hand...
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simply unbelieveble. he captures bach's harmony, he captures brahms... this is unbelieveble
and by the way, i do not think its impossible to play with just one hand i think its easier to coordinate and he does not need to be faster than for example a both-hand-player would have to be for the revolutionary etude. so i admire his musical expression not less and not more
ps excuse my bad english :)
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@jsphotos Wittgenstein was 10 when Brahms died in 1897, and lost his arm in World War I. I've heard that the Bach transcription may have been written for Clara Schumann - at least it had nothing to do with Wittgenstein. He did commission pieces from many major contemporary composers, though - Ravel's left-hand concerto being one of these.
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obviously the recoring device was crude. The piano sound is oddly wavy, the room dry and not favorable. This is a wonderful piece to explore, and Wittgenstein is doing so. He made some alterations to the Brahms version.
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@lecochonbleu
try being injured.
try losing your right hand.
and then let's talk about what's "tasteful," "effective," and "which transcriptions do bach justice."
my suspicions are that you know nothing of the history of music.
meaning that. oh wait. bach transcribed HIS OWN MUSIC FOR OTHER INSTRUMENTS AND DIDN'T WRITE HIS KEYBOARD WORKS FOR ONE PARTICULAR INSTRUMENT.
by denying that transcriptions are effective, you contribute to the illiteracy of the world.
bordersish 1 year ago 5
okay.
can we please do our research before we ask stupid questions?
a) this is not an "improvisation." it's a written out transcription and part of the 3rd book in his series "School for the Left Hand" which was published in a limited printing from Universal Edition.
b) this has nothing to do with the Brahms transcription.
c) read the preface to the "School for the Left Hand" and you will find 2 paragraphs devoted to why he arranged the transcription in this way. it is NOT based on Brahms.
bordersish 1 year ago 4