Revolutionary Etude played by Jordan Rudess

This is Chopin's Revolutionary Etude played by Dream Theater keyboardist Jordan Rudess, from the Steinway To Heaven CD. If you guys thought Jordan Rudess couldn't play classical, well here's proof he can!

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• classical
• jordan
• rudess
• dream
• theater
• frederic
• chopin
• steinway
• to
• heaven
• revolutionary
• etude
• piano
• keyboard

[intooctavarium]

who think that the guy from juilliard can't play classical stuff?

[matthieuim]

I have been playing piano for 12 years and I can play this piece. Jordan rudess' recording is 10 times cleaner than most concert pianists.

[twooffour]

@MrCrgl

Who knows!!

[MrCrgl]

@twooffour well, I dont have a particular problem with digital pianos. I have a Yamaha P-80 which has a very classic tone. But I recognize its limitations. ...being a digital piano, brings another question..could it be that it was MIDI edited ?

[twooffour]

@MrCrgl

From the sound of it, I'm pretty sure it was.

I've got a fondness for digital pianos / MIDI (something "seizable" about 'em), but despite its expressiveness, this recording does sound somewhat "flat".

Not bothered by the LH, though - the RH chords do "quack" a few times, though (i.e. the notes aren't hit simultaneously), which, from my experience, is more probable to happen on a digital.

[MrCrgl]

@twooffour do you know if this was played on a digital piano ? Because there is something about the sound that bothers me, specially in the left hand arpegios.

[MrCrgl]

@twooffour I agree with you. Certainly Horowitz was also that kind of pianist where his interpretations where more Horowitz than the composer,,,A very idiosyncratic pianist. But Rudess, how could I say it... , I dont know why he bother playing Chopin.

[twooffour]

@MrCrgl

Depends.

For example, in this clip, a lot of the emotion and "excitement" actually comes from the interpreter, not Rach - not least because she violates some of the original score markings (and at least at one point, I think, the actual score):

watch?v=tVuP1BjbhAg

In Rudess' case, I'd agree.

[twooffour]

@MrCrgl

Well, it does sound good, so why not :)

Can't get a grip on this recording enough to point out specific passages, but yea, some of the decisions do give off an "arbitrary" vibe, but I sometimes like it that way.

[MrCrgl]

@Uberloinvongenchler an "appraisal" of someones musical interpretation is always subjective in nature but it is made on objective criteria. For example, I can critique his use of dynamics, his use of rubato, his technical management of musical passages, his overall concept in the interpretation, Do you understand these things ?

[Uberloinvongenchler]

@MrCrgl Since when was your interpretation of others' musical 'interpretations' an objective apprasial?

[TheWhocares233]

Listening to this, and then listening to other interpretations...I kind of agree tha this doesn't have that "Feel" that other artists have when they play this. But I would say that it is mostly because he is playing on an electric keyboard so the sound is very bright compared to an actual piano.