Jagd

Jagd

Track Listings

1. Saturation

2. Crystalization

3. Blasphemer

4. Tortured [Dub]

5. Adrenalin

6. Ritual

7. Symptom

8. Force

9. Manic

10. Glory

Tracks:

The Blue Danube - (Waltz) - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.
Anna Polka - (French Polka) - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.
Morning Papers - (Waltz) - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.
At The Hunt - (Polka) - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.
Light of Heart - (Fast Polka) - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.
Wine, Women And Song - (Waltz) - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.
Pleasure - Train - (Fast Polka) - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.
Vienna Bonbons - (Waltz) - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.
Perpetual Motion - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.
Accelarations - (Waltz) - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.
Pizzicato - Polka - (Johann And Josef Strauss) - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.
Tales From The Vienna Woods - (Waltz) - J. STRAUS SR./STRAUSS*J. JR.

Tracks:

The Emperor Waltz - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Thunder and Lightning - (Fast Polka) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Die Fledermaus: Overture - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Voices of Spring - (Waltz) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Prince Methusalem: Bandit Gallop - (From 'Prince Methusalem') - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Artist's Life - (Waltz) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Persian March - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Roses from the South - (Waltz) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Eljen a Magyar! - (Fast Hungarian Polka) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Chit-Chat Polka - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Vienna Blood - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Radetzky-March - (Johann Strauss, Father) - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Customer Reviews:

wonderful.......2007-07-22

These CD's were wonderful. When I drive in the Sierra Nevada mountians I want something peaceful but not boring. I love, love, love it.

Repackaged New Year's Concert 1984 with VPO, etc........2005-02-23

If I'm not mistaken, most of the pieces were recorded originally live during a 1984 New Year's Concert conducted by Lorin Maazel with the Vienna Philharmonic playing in its grand concert hall, the Musikverein. Maazel and the Vienna Philharmonic have had a longstanding relationship dating from the 1960's, and without question, this CD does rank among my favorite New Year's Concert performances (However, the most mesmerizing ones I've heard have been those with the late Carlos Kleiber and Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting.) for the superb quality of the Vienna Philharmonic's playing. Maazel leads the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in some of the most popular works composed by the Strauss family, most notably Johann II Strauss' Tales from the Vienna Woods Waltz, Emperor Waltz, Pizzicato Polka, Blue Danube Waltz and his father's Radetzky March, which traditionally closes out the annual New Year's Concert. Fans of the Strauss family, Vienna Philharmonic and Lorin Maazel, will not be disappointed with this excellent two CD compilation.

I am glad I bought this one.......2003-04-25

I listen to this cd to relax and it is so soothing. It starts with The blue Danube, which is my favorite. But the rest of the songs do not disapoint.

Great Music as usual.......2002-10-08

This is great recording,
I enjoy listening to it
veru much. This is a
compilation of all the
favorite waltzes by
the Strauss family, that
one might hear at a
New Year's eve concert
of the Vienna Philharmonic...
All waltzes and Polkas are
favorites of audiences everywhere
in the world...

A gem!.......2001-10-29

Who else knows Strauss better than Viennese? I attest that no other orchestra in the world plays Strauss better than the Vienna Philharmonic. Their light sound is exactly what the composer wanted, and it really makes other clumsy, heavy attempts by some other orchestras like Berlin and Chicago seem pathetic.

Tracks:

The Blue Danube Waltz, Op.314
Hunting Polka, Op.373
Anna Polka, Op.117
Tales From The Vienna Woods Waltz, Op.325
Perpetuum mobile, Op.257
Vienna Blood Waltz, Op.354
Thunder And Lightning Polka, Op.324
In The Krapfen Woods Polka francaise, Op.336
Roses From South Waltz, Op.388
Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, Op.214
Voices Of Spring Waltz, Op.410
Champagne Polka, Op.211
Hurrah For The Huingarian! Polka, Op.332
Emperor Waltz, Op.437

Customer Reviews:

The very, very best Johann Strauss Jr. recordings.......2006-08-14

No orchestra in the world has ever known how to play the waltzes of Johann Strauss Jr. as well as the Wiener Philharmoniker . . . and no conductor has ever led the Philharmoniker in this repertoire in as perfect a Strauss style as Willi Boskovsky (the orchestra's long-time concertmaster). The sine qua non of Strauss playing, the famous Viennese lilting afterbeats (where the second of the three beats of the waltz tempo comes infinitesimally early, rather than in strict time) is here. Tempos perfectly "in the groove" are here. Accept no substitutes: in this repertoire, this combination of performers is the absolute gold standard.

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King of the waltz

Roses from the South

Manufacturer: Delta
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000021XYJ
Release Date: 2005-06-28

Tracks:

Voices of Spring, Waltz, Op.410
Tritsch-Tratch Polka, Op.214
Roses from the South, Waltz, Op.388
From the Hunt, Polka, Op.373
Die Fledermaus Waltz, Op.367
Annen Polka, Op.117
Viennese Bonbons, Waltz, Op.307
Bandit's Gallop, Fast Polka, Op.276
Lagoon Waltz , Op.411 [From A Night in Venice]
Thunder and Lightning, Fast Polka, Op.324
On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Waltz, Op.314
Radetzky March, Op.228

Customer Reviews:

King of the waltz.......2000-09-06

Andre Rieu is known in Europe as the King of the Waltz. He should also be known as the King of the Waltz here in the United States. Superb! He makes it fun, exciting and so refreshing as you absorb the love he has for playing the music. Thank you Andre Rieu - don't stop making your music. I vote you King of the Waltz of the World!

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El mejor Strauss
Johann Strauss: Waltzes and Polkas
Ormandy Suited to Strauss

Johann Strauss: Waltzes and Polkas

Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B00008PX9P
Release Date: 2003-04-01

Customer Reviews:

El mejor Strauss.......2004-10-02

Notoriamente incomparable este CD nos entrega lo mejor de Strauss. Es versatil, jocoso, alegre, sereno, majestuoso, pomposo, vibrante y envolvente.
Ormandy llega a un punto de versatilidad increible, no estamos frente a una gran sinfonía, ni mucho menos al mas espectacular de los grandes conciertos, sino frente a los mejores vals de la historia por lo que la orquesta debe hacer lo mejor, es genial, los sonidos espectaculares los matices, la alegria de Strauss por todos lados. La orquesta de Filadelfia se empeña en hacernos disfrutar del genio de Austria al máximo. Vaya a un gran salón y deslicese al compás del vals maravilloso o de una encantadora polka, y si no hay mucho espacio sientese y disfrute de un momento mágico inolvidable. Ormandy y Strauss de lo mejor.

Johann Strauss: Waltzes and Polkas.......2003-05-26

I just bought this CD today and I agree with the previous review. This is a wonderful recording of Strauss' waltzes. I grew up with Antal Dorati's recording of the waltzes. However, I have not been able to find his recordings re-issued on CDs though! I wonder if Michael can let me know where to find the Dorati's Strauss CD? Thanks.

Ormandy Suited to Strauss.......2003-05-19

Stravinsky once said, in one of his "Prince Igor" moments, that Eugene Ormandy was a perfectly good conductor of Johann Strauss. Well his insult was half-right -- Ormandy is a good conductor of Strauss' Waltzes, he just also happens to be a great conductor of everything from Bach to Wagner. I personally feel that almost all of the material Ormandy committed to disc with the Philadelphians during his association with CBS/Columbia/Sony is worth owning, and this CD of Strauss Waltzes is no exception. While I'm not a huge waltz fan (I don't own one of those big Boskovsky Boxed Sets -- not yet anyway), I do have J. Strauss CDs by Bernstein, Dorati, Kleiber, Reiner and Walter, and the Ormandy is just as vibrant and joyous as any of the previously mentioned collections. I guess the one thing that does separate the Ormandy from the others is that it is the only one available at budget line. So with this title, you can waltz through the night and still have enough money left for drinks.

Liszt: Sonata in B minor/Funerailles/Transcendental Etudes

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great music, great pianist, terrible recording
One of the last giant pianists in Liszt's repertoire!
ONE OF THE GREATEST PIANISTS: TECHNICALLY ASTOUNDING, EMOTIONALLY POWERFUL

Liszt: Sonata in B minor/Funerailles/Transcendental Etudes
Sviatoslav Richter
Manufacturer: Palexa Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000AMPZQM
Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

Sonata In B Minor, S. 178
Funerailles
No. 1 'Prelude'
No. 2 (Molto Vivace)
No. 3 'Paysage'
No. 5 'Feux Follets'
No. 7 'Eroica'
No. 8 'Wilde Jagd'
No. 10 (Allegro Agitato Molto)
No. 11 'Harmonies Du Soir'

Album Description

Sviatoslav Richter (1915-1997) is numbered among the finest pianists of the 20th century. He exhibited all the best traits of the Russian school of playing: dynamism, lyrical expressiveness, and a wide range of tonal color. Combined with his typical thoughtfulness, subtlety, and attention to style, these qualities assured Richter of a distinguished international career. For many listeners, indeed, he was the paragon of balance among virtuosos, the pianist who exhibited the greatest equality among the elements across his musical palette. The West first became aware of Richter through recordings made in the 1950s. He was not allowed to tour the U.S. until 1960, and then created a sensation. Touring, however, was not Richter's forte. He preferred an intimate concert venue, and in later years took to playing in small, darkened halls, sometimes with only a small lamp lighting his piano. The centerpiece of this release, the B minor Sonata of Liszt, was recorded live in Carnegie Hall on May 18, 1965 when Richter was at the height of his powers, and only one week after Vladimir Horowitz had appeared on the same stage for his famous "Return Recital". Funérailles recorded Budapest, 1958; Etudes, Moscow, 1956.

Customer Reviews:

great music, great pianist, terrible recording.......2006-10-09

No one can deny Richter's brilliance, especially as applied to the notoriously difficult Liszt repetoire. Unfortunately, this monaural recording was made live in the '50's and the tape hiss is more audible than the upper piano register. Another reviewer (RBS) noted that the sound quality was not great (!); actually it is terrible. I don't know enough about sound engineering to know if remastering would save it; it sounds as if it were taped with one mike.

One of the last giant pianists in Liszt's repertoire!.......2006-08-21

To play Listz demands from you several fundamental aspects; a total domain of the breadth into the phrasing, plain conviction of the meaning of the thematic material beneath the score and additionally, an evilness technique, a sense of the organic flow of the piece. To be true just a few pianists may sustain for instance the overall attention of the listener playing a particular piece of The years of pilgrimage, for instance.

In this sense we might consider Richter as one of the most distinguished interpreters of Liszt during the sixties and one of the most important in the seventies, because fortunately several emblematic pianists emerged in the seventies: Bruno Rigutto, Lazar Berman, Mijail Rudy, apart of the expected reappear of Erwin Nyireghihazi in 1973.

Sviatoslav Richter was gifted of that ability to create atmospheres, aspect nothing to easy to achieve, because there are so many details to take into account at the meantime that it turns a very heavy burden to sustain.

Nevertheless he did it, and if he has not entirely included among the great Lisztian pianists, he has earned a significant place, since the last two decades.

One of the most difficult barriers to surpass in the case of Richter has to do with his ambitious repertoire that barely in four decades established by himself many achievements in which concerns privileged composers. From Tchaikovsky to Cesar Franck, on one hand; but his Schubert (Sonata D. 960)and his Schumann (Búnte blatter) literally renovated the soul of the flaming performer according the tradition established by Sigismund Thalberg, Anton Rubinstein or Adolf von Henselt. He was by far, much more introspective than his homologous Horowitz, but his repertoire was infinitely major, as well as his abstraction capacity.

So that's the reason why I don't even hesitate just a blink, at the moment to recommend you this special compilation of Liszt' s works. These performances possess vigor, audacious and mercurial expression.

ONE OF THE GREATEST PIANISTS: TECHNICALLY ASTOUNDING, EMOTIONALLY POWERFUL.......2006-02-13

Five Amazing Stars!! I would give it SIX but...(see my note). Sviatoslav Richter was simply in a class attained by few classical pianists. A contemporary of Vladimir Horowitz, he was one of the best there ever was!! And, as shown on this CD recorded between ages 40 and 50, he was a thorough-going perfectionist who was demanding: demanding of himself, of his instrument, and of his audiences. This CD captures him playing Liszt like his life depended on it. Technically astounding and emotionally powerful, he didn't let one extreme over take the other, but maintains a balance that simultaneously dazzles us and touches our sensibilities. Certainly not an easy task for any artist, but perfect for any pianist tackling the complexities of Liszt, who was arguably regarded by many as perhaps the world's best pianist himself. Imagine playing something he composed!

Recorded in three locations spanning the years 1956 to 1965, he was in his prime and playing his "A" game when these recordings were made. And, of course, Liszt is no easy task for any pianist. Indeed, I use Liszt as a guage of a pianist's degree of accomplishment, there is simply no place to hide. Mortals don't rush in to a Liszt performance without some pause. Richter is AWESOME throughout.

The Piece De Resistance is the 1965 Carnegie Hall recording of Liszt's B Minor Sonata and it is BREATHTAKINGLY beautiful. Beyond the beauty, some of the passages are absolutely jaw dropping, nearing the edge of physical fingering possibility, as Liszt probably intended. Of the Transcendental Etudes/S.139, my favorites are an absolutely scorching read of No 2 (Molto vivace), with some of the bass notes lost in the recordings shortcomings, and a wonderfully heroic read of No. 5 (Feux follets), and No 8 (Wilde Jagd) with it's searing arpeggio. Highly Recommended with a caution. Five Stars.

(Notes:
*The recording quality is good but not great, Indeed it cries out for remastering in the future. There is one jump from a vinyl disk imperfection in one place and some audible noise in other places, requiring equalizer adjustments. The bass notes are muddled at times. Also some pieces end abruptly. Some of the audience coughing makes it tough on the listener but, hang in there, Richter's power passages more than make up for the bad mike placement. These performances cry out to be heard. These days the mike is placed to nullify audience noise and enhance the music. No wonder Keith Jarrett is so hard on his audiences. LOL.
* UPDATE: in the 12 months of my ownership, this CD has never left it's rotation in my 5 CD changer and is played first each morning of every day. With Ahmad Jamal and Elis Regina getting similar special treatment, only two CD slots are available for new music.)

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Jagdmusik (Hunting Music)

Manufacturer: Novalis
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001MPQ
Release Date: 1995-12-12

Tracks:

The Hunter's Joy: Auf, Auf Zum Frohlichen Jagen
The Hunter's Joy: Ein Jager Aus Kurpfalz
The Hunter's Joy: Des Jagers Wonderliedchen
The Hunter's Joy: Auf Gruner Heid
The Hunter's Joy: Le Rendez-Vous De Chasse
The Hunter's Joy: Theresien-Fanfare
The Hunter's Joy: Diana Jagdmarsch
The Hunter's Joy: Jagdstuck
The Hunter's Joy: Wachtel-Fanfare
The Hunter's Joy: Norderstedter Jagdfanfare
The Hunter's Joy: Jagerchor
Hunting Fanfare, The Meet: Le Point Du Jour Tagesanbruch
Hunting Fanfare, The Meet: Furstenruf
Hunting Fanfare, The Meet: Jogerruf
Hunting Fanfare, The Meet: Aufsitzen Zur Jagd
Hunting Fanfare, The Meet: Marsch (Im Trab) Beim Auszug
Hunting Fanfare, The Chase Begins: Ov: Jagd Anblasen
Hunting Fanfare, The Chase Begins: Ov: Anjagd, Gute Jagd
Hunting Fanfare, The Meet Is Over: Coda: Hubertusfanfare
Hunting Fanfare, The Meet Is Over: Coda: Jagd Vorbei-Grosses Halali
Hunting Fanfare, The Meet Is Over: Coda: Steh-Fanfare
Hunting Fanfare, The Meet Is Over: Coda: Hommage Aux Pigueux
St. Hubert's Mass: Introitus (Legende Des Hubertus)
St. Hubert's Mass: Kyrie
St. Hubert's Mass: Gloria
St. Hubert's Mass: Cloches Dans Le Soir
St. Hubert's Mass: Agnus Dei
St. Hubert's Mass: Sortie De Messe

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Greatest Hits-Strauss

Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Polkas | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000002A1Z
Release Date: 1994-08-09

Tracks:

The Blue Danube, Waltz, Op. 314
Perpetuum mobile, A Musical Joke, Op. 257 - Leonard Bernstein
Voices Of Spring, Waltz, Op. 410 - Johann Strauss, Jr.
Die Fledermaus Overture - Johann Strauss, Jr.
Pizzicato-Polka - Johann Strauss, Jr.
Tales From The Vienna Woods, Waltz, Op. 325
Rasch in der Tat, Polka schnell, Op. 409
Emperor Waltz, Op. 437
Procession For Pleasure, Quick Polka, Op. 281
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214 (Chit-Chat Polka)
Vienna Blood, Waltz, Op. 354
Hunting, Fast Polka, Op. 373
Egyptian March, Op. 335
Feuerfest! (Fireproof) Polka francaise, Op. 269
Radetzky March, Op. 228

Franz von Suppé: Marches, Waltzes, Polkas

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Franz von Suppé: Marches, Waltzes, Polkas

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Release Date: 2000-09-26

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Einzugsmarsch Aus 'Prinz Liliput'
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Johann Strauss, Josef Strauss: Waltzes & Polkas

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Essential Strauss, beautifully performed, and a bargain

Johann Strauss, Josef Strauss: Waltzes & Polkas

Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
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ASIN: B000001GHJ
Release Date: 1993-05-11

Tracks:

Tales From The Vienna Woods Op. 325 - Waltz
The Hunt Op. 373: Polka schnell
Pizzicato-Polka
Thunder And Lightning Op. 324: Polka schnell
Vienna Blood Op. 354: Waltz
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Customer Reviews:

Essential Strauss, beautifully performed, and a bargain.......2005-09-05

Karajan was Austrian, and however far from home he roamed, to his dying day he never lost his touch with Johann Strauss. This is one of his analog collecitonns of Struass waltzes--all the old goodies--and it couldn't be better. I would rate this one of my desert island choices.

Schumann: Fantasy, Op. 17; Liszt: Transcendental Etudes, Nos. 5,8,10,11,12

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Powerful yet poetic interpretation
An achievement, though mainly negative
Greatness personified--a Kissin we may never hear again
Liszt is celebrating in his grave...
Fantastic piano

Schumann: Fantasy, Op. 17; Liszt: Transcendental Etudes, Nos. 5,8,10,11,12

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Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 2; Etudes-Tableaux
Evgeny Kissin: Beethoven, Franck, Brahms

ASIN: B000003FY4
Release Date: 1996-03-26

Tracks:

Fantasy, Op. 17 In C Major: Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftli
Fantasy, Op. 17 In C Major: Massig: Durchaus energisch
Fantasy, Op. 17 In C Major: Landsam getragen: Durchweg feise zu hatten
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Etudes d'execution transcendante: 11. Harmonies du soir
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Etudes d'execution transcendante: 5. Feux follets
Etudes d'execution transcendante: 8. Wilde Jagd

Amazon.com essential recording

These works present severe challenges even to the most accomplished virtuosi, and Kissin comes through with flying colors. He responds to the Schumann, which requires both tenderness and passion, with exquisite sensitivity and power. If Kissin doesn't quite match the excellent versions by Richter, Arrau, and Horowitz, he does convey the ardent passion and volatility of the score. Kissin's Liszt is on a similar level; what it occasionally may lack in moments of tranquility is more than made up for with spontaneity and daring--few pianists before the public today take so many risks and emerge unscathed. Above all, this disc illustrates Kissin's pianistic mastery, his affinity for drama and color, and his sheer delight of engagement with the instrument. An immensely enjoyable disc. --Dan Davis

Customer Reviews:

Powerful yet poetic interpretation.......2007-01-15

A highly recommended recording. I have played Schumann's Fantasy and Liszt's Transcendental etudes, and have listened to numerous recordings, yet Kissin's performance really caught my attention. Dazzling technique with inspiring, refreshing artistry!!! A collection not to miss!!

An achievement, though mainly negative.......2006-10-28

I can see how a person with no musical history in "classical" music would be impressed with Kissin; his technique is flawless and his playing arresting. However, I can find no understanding in how one singles out Claudio Arrau's masterful recording of the entire set of Transcendentals in his seventy-fifth year to attempt to compare with this sophomoric, ritalin-inspired perusal. Indeed, Kissin manages to zip through Feux Follets without bringing out a single musical nuance in the score; his shading is non-existent. Compared with Arrau's version, which actually makes one SMILE while imagining the little devilish will-o'-the-wisps gleefully misguiding their unfortunate victims, there simply is no comparison. Kissin's playing, on the other hand, actually sounds like a parody of itself; as if he were accompanying a 20s-era silent film starring himself running about frantically (and aimlessly) from place to place. While initially awe-inspiring, such playing is without genuine musical insight and thus, exists less to be enjoyed than endured.

Greatness personified--a Kissin we may never hear again.......2006-03-18

"Come back, Shane--I mean, Yvgeny." Apparently the great Kissin has ridden away from his role as the ideal virtuoso, a lion of the keyboard with a poet's touch. Now his recitals are drastic ups and downs--the moments of coarseness and grandstanding outnumber those of finesse and beauty. On this CD from 1996, however, his Schumann is perfection, an example of controlled abandon and inward feeling tied to supreme technique. I can't imagine a better C major Fantasy in the grand manner of Horowitz and Rachmaninov.

Even better are the breathless Liszt Transcendental Etudes. The piano is a supremely egotistical instrument, thanks in large part to Liszt's bombastic heroics. Kissin adds a touch of genuineness to his world-dominating technique. As a result, this is the most satisfying Liszt I've heard since Richter's great days. The Harmonies du soir alone would put Kissin in the pantheon. Indeed, only Richter surpasses him here, and that's only because Richter showed a more idiosyncratic personality, one large enough to overwhelm even Liszt's titanic ego. Will we ever hear Kissin in such form again? Time awaits with the answer.

Liszt is celebrating in his grave..........2006-01-06

Ok lets do a very quick simple excercise - blindfold yourself and think of Arrau as X. Listen to the fifth etude " Feux follets". Then listen to Kissin (Richter and Berezovsky if you wish). You will notice that Kissin plays it about 4 times faster and with more precision (and in my opinion also beautifully though this point is not necessary to get my message across).
Only in the most Orwellian of Orwellian worlds can you call Arrau's performance better than Kissin. The main point of these pieces by Liszt is to show command and virtuousity at the piano (and even an argument as to some type of emotion that Arrau has that is lacking in the Kissin would be real embellishment).
Now don't get me wrong... not all pianists have to have superb techniques. But when it is blatantly obvious that Y pianist has a superior technique to X pianist.... there are a number of implications as far as I am concerned:
1. a pianist with a noticeable lesser technique will most likely never be considered a mega pianist. I am sorry but there are just too many good pianists out there who have a combination of technique and other attributes.
2. Said pianist should avoid pieces such as Chopin and Liszt etudes and pieces that display virtuosity.
3. When running comparisons, in the framework of reviews or talk, discrepancies in technique must be pointed out and illuminated.
No different is done with gymnasts in the Olympics... no matter HOW elegant they are....if they make technical mistakes they lose out from the get go.

The crux of all this is that we have to set a clear standard. The first thing that is imperative for a pianist is:
1. mastering the technique of a piece
2. not making mistakes (wrong notes) within reason.

ONLY AFTER this can we start to delve into the complex world of interpretation, musical intelligence, etc.

Don't get me wrong I am at times dissatisfied with Kissin because of his lack of insight/intelligence/expression (sometimes he is too quick, intense and bangy even when playing the nocturnes for example). I am sorry but the technique in the etudes here are beyond any other rendition that I have heard. Although the Schumann falls short I challenge someone to present a more technically brilliant and explosive rendition of these etudes than Kissin. In addition I would reccommend Richters performance in the famous Sofia Recital. Also Busoni recorded this in the 1920s.

Fantastic piano.......2005-12-28

A fantastic recording. The pieces are difficult to play but by Kissin, he masters it. The CD came this afternoon and I've played it 4 times already.

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