Liszt: Reminiscences de Norma, S.394 [Tozer]
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
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During the 1800s opera had a lot of appeal to audiences. From big dramatic storylines to emotional arias, opera was in its prime during this century. Although opera was perceived to have a glamorous aura, it was actually quite inaccessible for a large part of the public due to price and cultural differences. Therefore it is not surprising that many pianists sought to gain more audiences by composing, arranging and performing their own operatic fantasies.
Franz Liszt’s career gained proper traction after he started performing his bravura transcriptions. These were ideal outlets for pianists to show off their virtuosity and prowess over the instrument. On the other hand, they were also ideal for audiences as they were able to access those iconic operatic melodies, just in a slightly smaller and diluted format.
Liszt undertook the challenge of diluting Bellini’s opera Norma into a solo piano work in 1841. The work easily equals the dramatic impact of the original opera through Liszt’s dynamic and highly virtuosic writing. No less than seven arias dominate Liszt’s transcription of Norma which are threaded together to create a nearly continuous stream of music.
The title role of Norma is often said to be one of the hardest roles for a soprano to sing, and this adds to the drama and intensity of the music. A brief summary of the opera has been described by Greg Anderson:
“Norma, a priestess facing battle against the Romans, secretly falls in love with a Roman commander, and together they have two illegitimate children. When he falls for another woman, she reveals the children to her people and accepts the penalty of death. The closing scenes and much of the concert fantasy reveal Norma begging her father to take care of the children and her lover admitting he was wrong.”
The complex music represents the tragedy woven into this story, which is perhaps why Liszt made the effort to transfer the challenges of this score into a piano fantasy. With cascading arpeggios, massive interval changes and dynamic changes at every turn, Réminiscenes is a true test of technical ability.
The score is saturated with huge chordal movement, fast-paced cadenza sequences and a raffle of different tempo markings. Pianist Leslie Howard described the work as “a triumph of understanding not just of Bellini’s masterpiece, but of practically all the sound possibilities of the piano in Romantic literature.”
Liszt’s ‘Grande-Fantasie’ of Bellini’s Norma is a marvel to behold. Only the most virtuosic of pianists can attempt this work as it is fraught with technically demanding passages from start to finish. Liszt’s ability to encapsulate the tragic element of the story alongside the dramatic twists and turns makes his Réminiscenes a truly dazzling work for piano.
Source: classicalexburns.com
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0:00 Sinfonia | Symphony
2:41 Introduzione | Introduction
4:22 Dell'aura tua profetica | With thy prophetic aura
7:56 Deh non volerli vittime | Please don't make them victims
9:06 Qual cor tradisti | What heart did you betray?
11:51 Commosso è già | He is already moved.
13:26 Guerra guerra | War war!
15:18 Mashup between Dell'aura tua profetica (4:22) and Commosso è già (11:51) | (Your Prophetic Aura + He is already moved)
from marcocampus7943 on the original video
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Never heard this piece. It's now my favorite.
It's my favorite recording of this piece! You do a great job, keep it!!(sorry about my English, greetings from Russia)))
Wow, such a good interpretation, what else should I except from the great Tozer, it's actually my 1st time listeing to his interpretation of a non Medtner's piece!
11:51
11:52 finale theme
This is so beautiful! 😭😭😭
I've never listened to the whole thing, and the heroic melody is such a masterpiece! Makes you want to tear up!
Very well done!
I couldn't agree less! I keep coming back to this masterpiece.
I love this piece but WHY IS SO HARD😭
Liszt used to practice 10-12 hours a day to develop his playing so he had to use all the tools he worked on for composition😂
@@TyeLeavittPiano-zv9hf darn, I'll have to give up the day job...
@@TyeLeavittPiano-zv9hfthat much hours per day how many year 😅?
That was really epic
BASED 🐐
Just a time stamp for myself 7:56
A work of art and technical wonder. One day I'll be able to play it.
The great Australian Tozer!
Amazing work ! I was wondering where did you get the midi or did you make it? Is it available for download ? Thanks!!
I made it
Great for beginners. Soon on SimplyPiano.
Agreed. In fact, I can't even read music so I just copied the hands of Zoltán Kocsis playing this on UA-cam. The hands crossing over bit was quite tricky, but not insurmountable 😊
@@soozb15you must be joking
@@chironchiron5053I learned all the notes, dynamic, rubato, phrasing from this sunthesia video
Tho the voicing in 15:11-15:51 is a struggle for me
Great masterpiece 👏👏👏
I just realized I was the 10,000 view :0 that’s so lucky
11:51 Wrong hand markings. (Playing this without crossing your hands makes this piece harder)
I haven't seen any pianist playing this way before
@@BeMusical. So, I was the only one who did that? (Of course, no video proof = didn't happen).
I thought doing the arpeggios on the right hand only makes playing the piece fun like the final part at 14:32
My idea from 11:51 was like playing the Trois Etude Concert "Un Sospiro".
Maybe that's why I was having some difficulties with the left-hand parts like the ones at 11:57. It was physically impossible for me to reach.
@@Paganini-Lisztnormally, people wouldn’t cross hands, because the melody would be too covered by the crossings.
@@Paganini-Lisztpeople usually take a few notes for the left hand and the melody for the right hand, then just scaling arpeggios with the right hand. Give a bit to the left then the rest to the right
@@chironchiron5053 As I said, I only did it for fun. Plus, I sorta stopped caring about classical now...
Let's goooooOOOOOO
Amazing job, how did you do to make the right and left hand different?
I think you can do that in any MIDI editor
@@BeMusical. really? I've seen videos with one part of the keyboard in one color and the other one with another color. I've never seen the same key being different color depending on the hand you're playing it with. An also didn't know you could grab a recording and make a midi version
Noice
Emotional part at beginning aaaaa
tfw me thinking what vst is currently you using xd
I don't use any vst. All my videos are real performances synced with midi files (exceptions are only my compositions)
👍👍👍👍👍
Nada de Bellini. N
Verdi was a genius
verdi?
Holy shit, this is epic!
btw, do you have discord?
Sure! Barto#0001 (this one with "default cursed pfp")
@@BeMusical. lol, mine is a cursed pic of Robocop's face... I don't even remember why
doing a discord group or server might be an interesting idea
Maybe someday
@@BeMusical. literally rn lol