Jules Massenet - "Valse folle" for piano solo (audio + sheet music)
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- Опубліковано 31 бер 2024
- To those who know Massenet as the composer of Manon, Werther and the ‘Méditation’ from Thaïs, his Valse folle is the aural equivalent of being hit in the face with a brick. Composed in 1898 (by which time Massenet had become wildly wealthy and famous from his success as an opera composer), the ‘Mad Waltz’ was dedicated to his friend Raoul Pugno (1852-1914). Pugno himself, one of the first internationally acclaimed lions of the keyboard to commit his art to disc, recorded the work in April 1903 for the Gramophone and Typewriter label. Its innocent main theme contrasts with abrupt changes of tempo and (for Massenet) unexpected discords and harmonies, to say nothing of the violent ending, providing a brief glimpse of an unexpected side to the elegant, urbane Massenet.
(Hyperion)
Please take note that the audio AND sheet music ARE NOT mine. Feel free to change the video quality to a minimum of 480p for the best watching experience.
Original audio: Aldo Ciccolini (EMI France, 1992)
( • Valse folle:Prestissim... )
Original sheet music: imslp.org/wiki/Valse_folle_(Massenet%2C_Jules) (Heugel, 1898) - Ігри
Wow, this is amazing! Certainly not what I expected.
Вот уж не подозревал,что у Массне есть такой шедевр. Браво!
great description for this piece lol
There's nothing really Waltz like about this piece, maybe it's a caricature of the madness of the 19th century pianism as in Liszt or maybe Saint Saen's own Etude en forme de Valse, which share similarities in its virtuosic breath.
Should the pace be just that crazy? This is not a waltz, this is an etude. Isn’t it possible to play this piece a little slower, bringing it closer to a fast waltz, but still a waltz?
I think the texture is slightly too bare at times to support a slower tempo - or at least maybe that's the thinking with this recording.
@@seanfogarty5559 But the performer turned out to be some kind of rattle, finger-breaking, but anti-artistic.