Lyapunov - Transcendental Etude No. 4 "Terek"

Fourth study subtitled "Terek" from the Transcendental Etudes Op. 11 (1905)

Sergei Lyapunov (1859-1924) belongs to the group of pre-revolutionary Balakirev disciples and conservative Russian composers. Like Medtner and Glazunov, Lyapunov rejected the new aesthetics of Scriabin, Prokofiev, and Stravinsky, preferring the models and sound world of late Romanticism. Lyapunov attended the Moscow Conservatory, studying piano with Karl Klindworth, an eminent pupil of Liszt, and composition with the renowned Taneyev. After graduation, Lyapunov became a student of Balakirev and taught at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. The 1917 October Revolution brought changes that Lyapunov would not accept and, like so many other Russian composers and musicians, he fled to France in 1923. A year later he died of a heart attack. In the late 19th-century, critics and composers praised Lyapunov as a first-rate composer of piano music comparable to Balakirev. Indeed, Lyapunov was given the fanciful appellation of "Black Balakirev" due to the severity and expressive power of his works.

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• liszt
• balakirev
• medtner
• rachmaninov

[KeithWhalen11]

Is it not Scherbakov that has recorded all of the Liszt-Beethoven symphony arrangements? I'd love to hear the rest of Lyapunov's etude set, the two you have uploaded are incredible.

[Hexameron]

Leslie Howard, Cyprien Katsaris, and Idil Biret have also recorded them all. Katsaris is the one to savor; Scherbakov ranks next, I think.

[fmdsta]

Questa esecuzione - mi sembra evidente - non tiene per nulla conto degli accorgimenti stilistici ed espressivi posti da Lyapunov.

[Hexameron]

Sorry... Non parlo Italiano...

[stevey226]

I could play this with my eyes shut... But then when I open them and get back into reality I'll realise I never will be able to play this.

[addeex1]

You can always try ;)

[eggplant1994]

This may be one of the most difficult pieces I've heard... The technical and musical expectations for a proper performance of this piece seem truly transcendental, due in no small part to the subtlety and seemingly varying time signature of the melody.

[wiesnase8]

ja, ich habe 3 Jahre gebraucht nun bin ich auf mich

Stolz... wie sich das anhört, abe ja ,so ist es.

Ich hatte Jahre lang garnicht mehr aus Schicksalsgründen spielen können. Aber langsam kommt alles wieder. ich hatte es nicht mehr geglaubt,

[hcjpiano]

In my humble opinion the pianist should be mentioned in the title, or description.

[FurlanPaolo]

@Hexameron Fmdsta's comment:

This execution -that's unmistakable- doesn't consider Lyapunov's stylistic and expressive expedients at all.

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

mah....

until now the only great one I found is no.2

[TheRiskyBoxSpread]

you never know what you'll find entering "transcendental etudes 4" in youtube, I'm glad about this one

[TheRiskyBoxSpread]

you never know what you'll find entering "transcendental etudes 4" in youtube, I'm glad about this one

[radiantblau]

sehr schön...das unruhige wasser ist wirklich zu erhören und die interpretation sucht seinesgleichen ;)

[3ObIEHKA]

Who performed these?

[titusbeertsen]

@kingofkillings Meine Sie, dass Sie ein Schwule sind? (just kidding :) Great piece of music!