Week 4: Share your Recording!
We’ve arrived at the final week of the Lisztomaniac Challenge!
Over the past few weeks, you chose a piece, took your first steps, and started shaping the music. Now it’s time to share where the journey has taken you.
This week, we’d love for you to post a recording of your Liszt piece or excerpt.
It does not need to be perfect. It does not need to be polished. It does not need to be the final version you’ll ever play.
A short excerpt, a work-in-progress, or a full performance are all welcome.
This week here are some things that you can share!
- Your final challenge recording
- A short excerpt or work-in-progress clip
- What you worked on during the challenge
- Something you discovered about Liszt’s music
- Something you’re proud of!
Whether you spent the month with a Consolation, a transcription, a Hungarian Rhapsody, a piece from Years of Pilgrimage, a Transcendental Étude, or just a few meaningful measures, thank you for being part of this challenge.
We can’t wait to hear everyone’s Liszt!
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Here is the recording of Paysage for the Transcendental Etude Challenge portion. I'll try to post a recording of Vision before Friday.
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Hi everyone, here is my recording of Eglogue! Looking forward to hearing all the other Liszt pieces for this challenge! Rgds
Derek
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These 4 weeks sure went by quickly! With only a few days left, I won't have a chance to make a full new recording of the Eroica etude but I did work quite hard on the sections I broke it down into, so I have compiled them into a single video with slight trimming edits for continuity. As I mentioned in week 2, I organized my practice into 7 sections and I have left section markers in the video for those who are interested. I also added an updated section F as I have continued to work on this challenging part and it is steadily improving.
I am pretty satisfied with the progress I made on this difficult etude over these 4 weeks. I plan to record an updated full playthrough for the follow up portion of the Transcendental Étude challenge in October. Thanks to everyone that has listened!
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Hi everyone
here is my final submission for the Lisztomaniac challenge ( apologies for not submitting anything earlier in the month )
Liebestraum no 3
a few flubbed notes but I’m reasonably satisfied with the result, I’ve been busy with exam preparations so would have preferred to have spent more time on this piece
now onto Chasse neige for the October challenge (yikes!)
Liebestraum no 3
https://youtu.be/K11rWlhpFt4?si=XIpmmZKxzw5J8tov
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Here is my week 4 recording. Work in progress, of course!
It is very hot here in Switzerland (100 degrees F 🥵)! Difficult to enjoy playing the piano with no air conditioning 🤣. I had a nice swim in the pool and then made a recording of Schubert’s Lied “Frühlingsglaube” transcribed by Liszt. So please excuse my poor hairstyle!
These four weeks passed very quickly. I will put the piece aside now for the moment and then start working it with my teacher in September.
Thanks again for organizing this challenge.
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Joining the set list with Mazeppa. I gave myself two attempts at filming, and this is the second/final! (for now) TIA for your understanding and patience 😅
https://youtu.be/545Sb4uOx0w?si=QddsRxW2shyH_9U5
Looking forward to hearing as many folks as I can tomorrow! (have to leave after about 45min)
p.s. I didn't post an update for Week 3 - basically I was trying to decide whether to go back to Liszt's original fingering (42 42) and ultimately decided to stick with the easier (42 31) fingering for now. The 42 42 fingering actually works much better at high speeds for the thirds, but I can't keep up with that tempo for the big melodic and left hand leaps with any sort of accuracy.
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Here is a last minute submission of one of my favorites "Au bord d'une source". (Maybe I'm too late but here it is anyway.)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JtcmUFpEpdcCV-QrIbFnfBs2zcq02k6l/view?usp=drive_link
Played this years ago and relearned it in a hurry - did a bunch of takes and didn't like any so I spliced together the 1st half of one with the 2nd half of another (you might notice a flicker halfway through).
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It's certainly ok if you don't want to show this at the watch party since it's not played on a piano!!
Sancta Caecilia (for harmonium and mezzo soprano) "Fiat cor meum, immaculatum, ut non confundar."
And now for something completely different - one of Liszt's liturgical pieces in honor of Saint Cecilia (patron saint of music). It is written for the organ or harmonium plus voice, so we pulled out our old field harmonium and commenced to getting timing and other fun things figured out. I'm still laughing after making this recording since I'm pumping, singing, and still trying to read the music which is at an odd angle for me. It's a pretty rough performance, but this is the best recording from our evening of recording fun - which was enjoyable for us both.
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Here's my Second Transcendental Etude recording, this time of Vision. It's not as polished as I might have liked it, but I did make it to the end without any disastrous hiccups, so that's a plus :-). Hope you all enjoy!
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Thank you Dominic, I hope that you will be able to open the link. I have added in two places. I am playing the Prelude from the Prelude and Fugue in A minor, transcribed by Liszt. https://youtu.be/mu3Gar0vYfM
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Here is my little "work in process" excerpt of La Campanella. It's actually quite fun to play, so looking forward to go deeper into this and play the whole thing later.
PS: The Chasse-neige has been looked into just enough to get a feel of the difficulties and what needs to be done before October-party.
Looking forward to hear everyone! ☺️🎹
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https://youtu.be/R5s3ruogVSE?is=dzZ89LSUCdh_2kjj
Liszt etude S.136-2
Earlier in the challenge, I decided not to participate because of health reasons. Summer holiday from work and having less stress helps a lot. So, this is the video, and the result so far. Thank you for listening.