Michael Weiss Posted August 2, 2006 Report Posted August 2, 2006 Obouhov - Preludes (Prières) Messaien - Preludes Ligeti - Etudes #2, #4, #5 Szymanowski - Masques, Metopes, Etudes Op. 33, Sonata #3 Quote
Alexander Hawkins Posted August 3, 2006 Report Posted August 3, 2006 I've been having a look at some of the Bach-Busoni chorale preludes. Just because they make your left hand do things it shouldn't really be able to do! Have designs on some of that Ligeti, as well... Quote
Joe G Posted August 3, 2006 Report Posted August 3, 2006 I've got some movements of several Bach solo violin suites worked up as single note guitar studies, and I'm continually refining them. Quote
Free For All Posted August 3, 2006 Report Posted August 3, 2006 Working the Bach cello suites up on trombone was some of the most beneficial practicing I've ever done. Technique, key study, sequence- it's all there. Bach was the original bebopper! Quote
fasstrack Posted August 3, 2006 Report Posted August 3, 2006 (edited) I'm working hard at the 1st piece in Bartok's Mikrokosmos. And I feel in time and with assiduous dedication I will get it Actually some time ago I took off Chopin's Prelude #4 and made a lead sheet out of it. I'm hardly the first jazz knucklehead to have done this either. I never heard anyone improvise on this convincingly though, have you guys? I heard Art Farmer recorded it. I'd like to hear that. Benny Aranov did a nice job with some Debussy themes on an album called Shadow Box in the 70s. (or maybe it was some Horace Debussy Jones themes and I'm confused again ) I think, though, when I get off my ass and work on the Chopin piece I'll just play it 'au jus' on guitar, maybe put an ending. It is so perfect as is. Edited August 3, 2006 by fasstrack Quote
Joe G Posted August 22, 2006 Report Posted August 22, 2006 Bach 2-part inventions. I'm currently working up three of them with an upright bass player. I'm on the hunt for more duets in a variety of styles, too, so any hot tips will be greatly appreciated. Quote
Michael Weiss Posted January 29, 2007 Author Report Posted January 29, 2007 Samuil Feinberg Sonatas #5 (Op. 10) and #7 (Op. 21). These pieces are a nightmare to read but well worth the effort. Check 'em out: Tracks 1.2.3. Track 7. Quote
fasstrack Posted January 29, 2007 Report Posted January 29, 2007 (edited) Still dealing w/Chopin's Prelude # 4. The challenge is to get that top note to sustain and not die with a chord also sustaining underneath it----on guitar, not notable for its highest string holding long notes. The one LP I felt I HAD to bring overseas in my move was Fritz Reiner and the Chicago Symphony's Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra. A great reading of a great piece. Hi Michael. Joel Fass here. Edited January 29, 2007 by fasstrack Quote
Joe G Posted January 29, 2007 Report Posted January 29, 2007 That will be incredible when you get it together. Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted January 29, 2007 Report Posted January 29, 2007 It's gonna blow it all WIDE open, dude. Quote
Guest youmustbe Posted January 30, 2007 Report Posted January 30, 2007 I picked up Richter's Prokofiev 7 and 9 sonatas on WERGO...anyone know what year it was recorded? Quote
7/4 Posted January 30, 2007 Report Posted January 30, 2007 I picked up Richter's Prokofiev 7 and 9 sonatas on WERGO...anyone know what year it was recorded? You must be asking a question in the wrong thread. Quote
brownie Posted January 30, 2007 Report Posted January 30, 2007 I picked up Richter's Prokofiev 7 and 9 sonatas on WERGO...anyone know what year it was recorded? 1958 Quote
Michael Weiss Posted January 30, 2007 Author Report Posted January 30, 2007 Damn, Michael! Never expected to see a Samuel Feinberg reference here, right on... Generally you tried any Roslavets or Medtner? The latter isn't as nutty modernist as other stuff & I don't even know if there's a good edition of Roslavets out there but... worth looking for given yr other interests. (Ah, there is!) You ever play the Busoni sonatinas? c Was in a cab tonight with a Russian driver who was very familiar with Roslavets, Obouhov, Alexandrov and Feinberg. I'm working on an arrangement of a Roslavets prelude, Largo from 1915, for my quintet. Maybe we'll play it at the Vanguard in March. The three "Compositions" from 1914 are really nice. I have the music to the second sonata, but it's a bitch to play and not all that satisfying for me. I love music that stretches tonality like a rubber band, but strictly serial pieces like that are a little tough for me to appreciate. I have Hamelin's recording of Roslavets. I like Schoenberg's Op. 11 but the later piano music is not for me - at least now. Never say never. Have to admit I'm unfamiliar with the Busoni sonatinas. Quote
Guest youmustbe Posted January 31, 2007 Report Posted January 31, 2007 To those that live in NYC, West Side Records, formerly Gryphon on West 72nd, just got in 3000 Melodya lps. Quote
7/4 Posted June 30, 2008 Report Posted June 30, 2008 I've been looking at Bachs Violin Sonatas and Partitas recently, particularly the Gm presto. Gets the fingers moving, I tell ya and plus, it's Bach, sounds way cool. . Quote
aparxa Posted June 30, 2008 Report Posted June 30, 2008 Grieg - Klaviersonate e-moll, op.7 Allegro moderato. 3 more years of practicing for the 3 others movements Quote
Niko Posted June 30, 2008 Report Posted June 30, 2008 Grieg - Klaviersonate e-moll, op.7 Allegro moderato. 3 more years of practicing for the 3 others movements Stravinsky - Three pieces for clarinet solo still can't really play it after all these years... Quote
Chauncey Posted July 4, 2008 Report Posted July 4, 2008 Samuel Feinberg, Piano Sonata No. 6 (Universal Edition, 1925) but just for fun. Much more fun, I should add, then listening to any Brad Mehldau or post-'74 Jarrett, thank you very much. To relax, I lately play a lot of Dussek, don't ask why. Quote
7/4 Posted July 4, 2008 Report Posted July 4, 2008 Samuel Feinberg, Piano Sonata No. 6 (Universal Edition, 1925) but just for fun. Much more fun, I should add, then listening to any Brad Mehldau or post-'74 Jarrett, thank you very much. To relax, I lately play a lot of Dussek, don't ask why. That doesn't sound believable at all. Quote
Larry Kart Posted July 4, 2008 Report Posted July 4, 2008 How snarky can you get! Keep tuned, and we'll probably find out. BTW, Michael have you ever tried any Medtner? Speaking as a listener, not a player, he's a late-in-life favorite of mine. Quote
Alexander Hawkins Posted July 4, 2008 Report Posted July 4, 2008 The Berg is great - a real favourite! Have the dots somewhere...haven't looked at it in ages though...I must root it out and do so! p.s. am I making it up, or is there a Naxos Historical issue of Medtner playing Medtner??? Quote
Michael Weiss Posted July 4, 2008 Author Report Posted July 4, 2008 BTW, Michael have you ever tried any Medtner? Speaking as a listener, not a player, he's a late-in-life favorite of mine. I'm not at all familiar with his work. The little I've heard hasn't grabbed me yet, but I really need a more thorough exposure. What's your favorite? p.s. am I making it up, or is there a Naxos Historical issue of Medtner playing Medtner??? Check this out: Mr. Weiss, if you are suggesting 7/4 improbably knew about Samuel Feinberg earlier... than you must have posted on him sometime and I missed it? Ain't no big deal. Mr. Weiss, are you familiar with the compositions of Ronald Stevenson at all? Nope, but I'm on it right away, chief. Although I will now e-mail my friend, the pianist, Elisabeth Leonskaja to tell her of this wonderful conversation I've been having with "the boys." (Elisabeth, although best known for her excellent recordings of the Chopin, Shostakovich and the Austro-Germans has omnivorous tastes and abilities; I only wish she herself would record some Feinberg or Medtner, both of whom I know she admires very much.) Feinberg's music is so under-recorded, anything would be welcome. Quote
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