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josht23musiclover · 07-16-2018, 03:33 AM

My response to Liszt's Transcendental Etudes is quite typical of my response to this composer lately: I really like the music overall, but there's also quite a bit of frustration as I listen through them. Many of them have truly jaw-dropping and wonderful sections, but -even in my favourites- there's also a fair bit that strikes me as either lazy composition or flat out misjudgements.

Flawed, but highly enjoyable and extremely inventive for their time.

I listened to Trifonov's recording today and he's certainly among the best I've heard. There's no complete video on youtube, so here are my favourites from the set:

Harmonies du Soir: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyR8iwWfWMA

Allegro Agitato Motlo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pgTXJPdaEI

Molto-Vivace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7kJJp-qkOY

Vision: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVJN5CwB6O0

Chasse-Neige: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwQsv1i3tCg

07-16-2018, 03:33 AM	#22 (permalink)
josht23musiclover Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2017 Posts: 91	My response to Liszt's Transcendental Etudes is quite typical of my response to this composer lately: I really like the music overall, but there's also quite a bit of frustration as I listen through them. Many of them have truly jaw-dropping and wonderful sections, but -even in my favourites- there's also a fair bit that strikes me as either lazy composition or flat out misjudgements. Flawed, but highly enjoyable and extremely inventive for their time. I listened to Trifonov's recording today and he's certainly among the best I've heard. There's no complete video on youtube, so here are my favourites from the set: Harmonies du Soir: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyR8iwWfWMA Allegro Agitato Motlo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pgTXJPdaEI Molto-Vivace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7kJJp-qkOY Vision: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVJN5CwB6O0 Chasse-Neige: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwQsv1i3tCg Last edited by josht23musiclover; 07-16-2018 at 03:44 AM.