Franz Liszt ‒ Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886), Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth, for solo piano, S. 534/2bis (Version 3, 1858 - 1860)
Performed by Clemens Muller
Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth was something of an obsession with Liszt. At the last count, beginning around 1841 and continuing until the last years of his life, he seems to have made three versions of the song to Lichnowsky’s poem about the cloisters on the island in the Rhine, an Élegie with a different text over the same music, four versions of it for solo piano, the second of these with an alternative reading effectively making version number five, just one version for piano duet, and versions for violin or cello and piano, most of which can be readily run to ground today by the diligent collector. The present piano version is the second from last, and the simple song has become a nostalgic reflection upon happier times and gives rise to the speculation that, in old age, Liszt mused upon one of the happiest periods of his life when he and the Countess d’Agoult holidayed on the island of Nonnenwerth with their children Blandine, Cosima and Daniel in the summers of 1841-43 - some of the terribly few occasions when that extraordinary family was united.
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Dear Medtnaculus. Liszt is my favourite composer and I'm always searching for new gems. I thank you so much for what you do in this channel : you, angel, share some of the best pieces of music forgotten, even by the music lovers.
It's all worth it just for comments such as this. Makes my day if one person can find something new they love. Glad I could help!
Hey Quentin, if you'd be interested I do a similar thing on my channel :)
So beautiful... Pity that Liszt wrote many beautiful works after Chopin's death. I'm always thinking how would Chopin feel after hearing these original late works by Liszt...
Probably not that much if I had to be honest. Chopin sounded like a very self centered, shrewd man!
not quite. Chopin had his ego as most artists have but he was also delicate and very emotional. He could have easily appreciated Liszt's better works @@CziffraTheThird
@Lisztian Chopin liked Beethoven's 12th Piano Sonata, Op 26... but hated every other Beethoven.
@@inazuma3gou Chopin hated Beethoven? That explains a great deal...
Chopin admired Liszt’s virtuosity, but I don’t remember any quotations of Chopin saying how good Liszt’s compositions were. I think that says a lot when Liszt was composing things like this (obviously pieces like this from before Chopin died in 1849)
I just discovered this today and it’s one of the most beautiful piano pieces I’ve ever heard, especially at 2:29. Thank you so much
lovely piece of late Liszt. Almost like Chopin in pathos.
Liszt's pathos, at its best, lives in a universe parallel to Chopin's. Take his songs "I vid' in terra angelici" (+ the Petrarch Sonnet version for piano) and "La Perla." In these songs, especially, I experience the sublime dilemma of not knowing where the poetry ends and the music begins.
That completely shocked me (as always with the master) such a transentient and utterly profound small piano composition. Not a day goes by that fine and wondorous classical music doesn't blow my mind completely.
2:30 mans just copied himself
liebestraum?
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This was very beautiful, no wonder Liszt kept making so many versions of the piece, loved it! Thanks for sharing, it's always great to discover new music (new for me) in your channel, and also the video descriptions are very appreciated!
I've noticed that a lot of Liszt's pieces use a very similar melody to liebestraum. Not that I'm complaining, I've just heard a lot of his pieces use it.
I think the declamatory melody and the accompaniment figures are just characteristic of lieder.
I thought the same.
He also uses a lot of hand crossing (Left hand playing high notes) and the infamous three handed technique where left hand plays bass, right hand melody and both share the accompaniment part in the middle (Can be seen in Liebestraum and his Concerti)
AiAiTheMonkey obviously the are similar... This is the fantastic liszt style! 😍
If you've been subjected to so many Love Dream performances that it causes a mental breakdown, could one say that you've experienced liebestrauma?
Gosh, Liszt was quite the guy, wasn't he? This music is crazy beautiful
I enjoy playing his pieces the most because I feel like I understand exactly how the music progresses and therefore I can play it expressively. Though one of the reasons is that he tends to repeat the theme many many times with different register, dynamics and forces etc.
yeah he his work is amazing..but he also wrote very much..and a lot of rubbish too!
Less rubbish than Chopin. Okay, except for the Ballades and Nocturnes I think all Chopin is trash xD I think Liszt is a way bigger genius than any other composer of his time, maybe only rivalled by Wagner, and is seldomly recognized for it.
@@EcstasyJesus true
and crazy difficult
Thank you for posting this lovely performance of a piano version, which incidentally is played on the historic Steingraeber piano at Bayreuth (also used for Liszt recordings by Andrea Bonatta, among others).
For those interested in the original voice/piano song:
Version 1: Julia Kleiter, soprano/Julius Drake (Hyperion)
Version 2: Adrian Eröd, baritone/Charles Spencer (Marsyas)
Version 3: Allan Clayton, tenor/Julius Drake (Hyperion)
French version ("Élégie"): Benjamin Brecher, baritone/Robert Koenig (MSR Classics)
Thank you Sir!
The ending is absolutely beautiful
Bravo. Wonderful textures and different layers!
Браво супер исполнено грандиозно музыка волшебная красивая
At around 2.40 a typically Liszt melody starts. It's reminiscent of the first amongst Petrarca song, but made more nostalgic and melancholic, yet as a religious invocation. Liszt is a continuous source of marvellous surprises
Great gem. Didn't knew this work of Liszt. Thanks for uploading it :) very beautiful
It's perfect.
Best bit is 3:48 - 3:57 approximately.
The balance of tones in this performance, the way Clemens Muller brings out the melody cleanly and evenly, despite the fact it shifts from finger to finger and hand to hand, is the mark of a true artist. Liszt often calls for this type of subtlety in his slow and pensive music, which is why this music can be as difficult to play as many of his showpieces. Thank you for introducing us to this phenomenal pianist.
Imagine: Chopin and Liszt were friends! I think about that they played together and had a good friendship.. wow.I am sad that they are dead and we can't hear them play- Happy that they wrote such masterpieces!! Thank you liszt, thank you chopin thank you Rachmaninoff thank you......
Such masters!
QuangHuyVlogs I know 👍
And alkan was a friend of chopin
Liszt also wrote this piece where he made his friends contribute to writing it, including Chopin. Search Hexameron. Good times, those were.
Chopin was a jealous bastard
@@franzliszt8550 lol no
Absolutely sublime piece by Liszt, wonderful composer
Listening to this piece, I feel as if I am in a dark, lonely, yet tranquil woods at nightfall.
*Guy plays this*
Girls: eh, you made a mistake. It’s easy
*guy plays river flows in you*
Girls: MARRY ME
There is a saying, "the only women you will attract as a pianist are married women over the age of fifty". There's some wisdom in it! The saying is not mine, of course.
@@Santosificationable What a dumb saying though.. Who does even believe in _sayings?_
This piece bears many similarities to the third Liebestraum, and to some extent, I find many sections to be more enjoyable. What a shame that this piece is relatively unknown.
you can say all you want as a composer, but at least give him the benefit of the doubt, because far from subjective opinion, Liszt is a master of not only development but structure, and as a composer he’s very useful to stufy
Google translate переводит название композиции как "Чтобы оценить ячейку у монахинь".
Я просто оставлю это здесь.
😂😂😂 Ну и Google translate... Позабавили! 😂 А вообще-то, что-то общее есть, отдалённо... "Келия в монастыре Нонненверт" (насколько я понимаю).
Finally, a piece from Liszt that I can almost sight read. Not so difficult as most the other ones.
I wouldn’t say such. It seems to be reminiscent of the delicate phrasing and melodic maturity seen in composers like Chopin! I’d still approach this piece with as much caution and maturity as possible!
Its so much harder than it sounds. Thats whats stopping me from learning it. I'm young, so if i play this for my friends and mess up, they think im bad because this piece sounds somewhat easy, compared to the phony who plays river flows fast and impresses everyone else more.
I feel you. I've been learning Moonlight sonata (1st movement, not as hard as this, but still-) and played it for a freind. I messed up and he said "Its not hard". He can't even play, how does he know?!
Ugh... River Flows In You is such an easy, boring and repetitive piece. Why do people play it? I simply hate it.
Okay first, its not easy at all, because Liszt is NEVER easy. I think you have to be really good and you also have to make different experiences with other composers on the piano. He is like the last composer i would recommend if you are a beginner, or maybe a beginner in classical music. 03:52 just a quick little example. @Allegro Vivace Piano I personally would never play a song like this, but if you are a beginner and you really like the song, why shouldn't you play it? its really easy and you can get a quick success, plus you have something to present in front of friends and family.
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You're wrong, liszt wrote a bunch of easy pieces.
The A minor -> F minor transitions are so beautiful.
Hey a Liszt piece I can actually play.
Led Dawson could play it too.
I thought that too! Until a few minutes later
If you cannot play Chopin's etudes, don't bother with this.
Frédéric François Chopin They are harder than this piece.. I wonder if you played eather the etudes or this piece to make that claim..
Actually this is indeed harder than most of Chopin's études (not all of them), off the fanboy pls.
liszt e seu estilo único de tocar, que dádiva eu ter conhecido esse compositor incrível, suas melodias só me trazem boas sensações...
A monk's cell in the monastery? Whatever the reason for the title, it's a gem.
Wish I spoke German.
No... it’s about Liszt’s holiday with his family in a place called Nonnenwerth
Thank you dear God for such talented people among us!
Indeed❤
Wonderful ! Couldn´t be better. Here am I at midnight, alone, listening to Liszt.
same dude :(
One of the best feelings
musica meravigliosa gaetano marotti polistrumentista autodidatta
wow..
Wonderful!
Bears many similarities to Liebestraum 3
This piece makes me so emotional. I hope to know that who is peforming in this video. I really appreciate if you tell me the name of the pianist.
Check description.
Dear,@@Euro.Patriot , thank you for your reply. I checked the description. By the way, I am practicing the other version of this piece. Do you know the other version? If you know, tell me which version you like.
Beautiful♡
Where did you find the sheet music? I‘ve been trying for a while now to get my hands on exactly this version
The bar at 2:47 is so beautiful.
Genius Ferenc Liszt TYSM ♫♪♥
those chords at the end blew me up....remarkable!
Oh Liszt and his chromatic mediants.
So he remade this for many other versions and this one is from his old age?
0:39 the theme sounds like La Notte but different, it actually has the Am-F#m proggression.
20-------+24.
...🌹🍃🎶
Breathes towards a "7th Consolation"
Where can I find the music for this
Liszt remains a shining example of what humanity is capable of - if we are humble and apply ourselves.
Great! Where can I get sheets?
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BRAVO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Díky!
Anyone know how difficult this is? It seems about as hard as the Liebastraume 3. Maybe a hit easier?
I am playing It now, and i can say that is dificult...
Much harder
Nice!
Wow i love it
1:35
well thats not very nice is it
One of liszt's most beautiful pieces imo
@@WEEBLLOM who is this zelle person
@@2nfgjesus332 what
@@2nfgjesus332 its german dumbass, and you juat dont understand the music
@@nikitaedellwow rude
Not much of a fan of Liszts own works as I fall asleep at his peregrinage works. But this is good. Weird it's a hidden gem.
The “peregrinage” pieces are much better when you hear them live. They lose some of their magic over the recording...
I assume you mean Années de Pélérinage. They are fabulous pieces; it helps to understand the background and programme for each one and listen carefully to them. They repay the effort in appreciating them but if you don't understand the programme you won't get them at all.
Sounds like vampire music
That is preciselely the contrary.Vampir music vampirise Liszt,like , for example,heroic fantasy film music vampirise Wagner,Bruckner, etc...
Considering what I know of Liszt (which I have, over the past few days, realised isn't that much), this piece almost seemed a bit too "filmesque", cliché and not too interesting. I fond it really beautiful, but hearing it without analising it too deeply wasn't a very rich experience. Until the last few bars. That ending explains the whole piece, the "saudade" (yearning, missing of) of experiences that are forever imprisioned in his memory, and stops the composer from being whole again. Interesting, very interesting ending
It seems I have to start to learn this on the piano. Such a beautiful piece, and not technically very demanding, needs some attention on specific parts though. This is one of my very favorites written by Liszt