Pianophilia

I agree 100% with you there alfor, over the dearth of transcriptions in the catalogue and the possibility of learning more by playing a transcription and discovering tyhe secrets in the score.
By extension I would also say that applies to anything we choose to play. Only after discovering what is in the music are you in a position to decide - for you - whether a recording you subsequently listen to is good, bad, helpful, not helpful, too slow, too fast etc. You must discover for yourself what you cannot understand or get your fingers round so that you can critically listen and then learn from other performers otherwise we just end up as a clone of whoever you happen to have heard performing a given piece.
I always derive more satisfaction from self-discovery than I ever do just slavishly copying someone else.
regards
Brian

Timtin wrote:Here's a slow movement piano transcription from another chamber work by Tchaikovsky.
All we need now is for Mercuzio to transcribe the rest of this brilliant Sextet for piano solo!

Tchaikovsky Adagio cantabile aus dem Sextett Op70 (2H Hoffman).pdf

Timtin, I'm afraid that the Sextet has too many notes to be played with only 2 hands. The Andante from op 22 that I posted contains all the notes, I omitted the central section for the same reason.

Hi Mercuzio, my comment wasn't meant to be taken too seriously.

The phrase 'too many notes' reminds me of that line by Emperor Joseph ll
in the film Amadeus!

If I wasn't so lazy, I'd have a go myself by trying to simplify the 4H version.

At the back of my mind is the fact that Mendelssohn's Octet and numerous
orchestral works including all 9 Bruckner Symphonies have been transcribed
for piano solo. The latter, in particular, definitely contain lots of notes. The art
of transcription is knowing which ones to leave out when it's impossible to
play them all.

Timtin wrote:Hi Mercuzio, my comment wasn't meant to be taken too seriously.

The phrase 'too many notes' reminds me of that line by Emperor Joseph ll
in the film Amadeus!

If I wasn't so lazy, I'd have a go myself by trying to simplify the 4H version.

At the back of my mind is the fact that Mendelssohn's Octet and numerous
orchestral works including all 9 Bruckner Symphonies have been transcribed
for piano solo. The latter, in particular, definitely contain lots of notes. The art
of transcription is knowing which ones to leave out when it's impossible to
play them all.

I agree with you. However I prefer working on scores that can be played only making few adjustments.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELZyCWHKdnA

There's a nice upload to the IMSLP today of 40 Transcriptions for Piano
of Melodies by Schubert, made by Francis Thomé. Prolific uploader
Massenetique sourced the images from the BNE.

already uploaded in 2012 by BNE !

Another Puccini arrangement by Emile Tavan.
Last year I posted some of his arrangements (page 125 of this thread).
The second transcription of Butterfly was posted by Paolor in 2009
(page 1 of the thread Opera Fantasies).
Greetings,
kroket

Thank you Kroket.

Btw, last year's La Scala production of Madame B featured drone
footage of geese on a lake. This is slightly ironic, because the
composer himself wasn't averse to taking pot-shots at wild birds.

Fyi, self shout out/shameless self promotion of a recording i made of a transcription which had no other extant live video recording that i could find on youtube
Over in recording room, gave preety little Beethoven Moszkowski transcription a whirl, hope folks who head over and give it a gander like it , was glad i can advance or goal of championing the unknown and forgotten
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