It took three men of genius to make this collection happen: Beethoven to write the music, Liszt to transform it into a solo piano piece, Katsaris to perform it all for posterity. Literally centuries of talent becoming audible as soon as you hit play.

@ciararespect4296

2 ай бұрын

Sounds boring after a minute though 😂

Not a "reduction"... a reduction is a simplification, Liszt's transcriptiions are not simplifications but transcriptions, symphonic translations of Beethovins for piano and masterpieces in their own right.

@bruckmania

Жыл бұрын

You're absolutely right! Thank you dan wolfe for making this essential observation!

@darijadrazovic

Жыл бұрын

Yes. You are 👍 right

@LMR72

Жыл бұрын

Well, they reduce the number of instruments..

@GourSmith

9 ай бұрын

Mate. It’s a reduction 😂😂😂 A masterpiece and a privilege to be able to play on a piano and enjoy that … But get your head out your ass, goofy 😂

@augieresendiz5745

7 ай бұрын

Yes thank you! Calling this magnificent TRANSCRIPTION a “reduction” is offensive to not only the music but Liszt himself.

The 4th movement actually looks and sounds like an actual Beethoven sonata.

The playing of the Menuet/Trio stood out as particularly convincing. It was Karajan with the Berlin Philharmonic. The Finale as well. So satisfying to hear.

underrated channel :0

Je découvre comme fan de Liszt ses transcriptions des symphonies de Beethoven. Un autre univers plus intime et passionné rendu à merveille par C Katsaris

incredible! katsaris as always with a great interpretation. I really love how he leans into the interesting mixture of virtuoso Liszt, and young and fiery Beethoven by taking the fast movements at breakneck speeds and even adding some difficulties, be it at the cost of some cleanliness. but who cares! an absolute joy to listen to!

I thought the piece was difficult enough and then I notice the pianist adds more notes than written in the score. Wonderful interpretation.

@arionthedeer7372

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, I noticed Liszt didn’t add notes that are clearly audible in recordings of the symphony, so the pianist took liberties to include them. I’m not sure why he just didn’t add them into his transcription.

@Musicapiano123

2 ай бұрын

@@arionthedeer7372 I've saw something that he didn't want to take any credits, like putting Beethoven/Liszt/Katsaris for example, Idk exactly why.

Thanks for this valuable project. It's a great privilege to be able to see Liszt's piano scores, and follow along in these familiar symphonies, seeing how Liszt went about solving the problems of creating the impression of full orchestral sonority on the piano. Katsaris is a super-virtuoso, so it's fascinating to see the occasional "improvements" in Liszt's score, perhaps based on a knowledge of the orchestral full score, plus Katsaris' own occasional note additions and alterations springing from his own virtuosic energy. I plan to continue with the rest of these symphonic transcriptions now. Thanks for the impetus, Mr. Simader!

@Quotenwagnerianer

3 жыл бұрын

I'm a bit on the fence about Katsaris' approach. In hindsight it works, because he adds little touches to bring the score even closer to the original. But considering that these recordings were the first complete commercial cycle available of these transcriptions, I think he should have refrained from these embelishments and stuck completely to Liszt's ideas instead of further enhancing them.

@f.p.2010

3 жыл бұрын

@@Quotenwagnerianer I prefer it like this, more original. You'll find someone else who plays all of these in a few years without katsaris' additions

@Quotenwagnerianer

3 жыл бұрын

@@f.p.2010 But back when these released that was not clear. The next complete cycle I was made aware of is Sherbakov's and that was more than 25 years after Katsaris. Sherbakov plays as written.

@frankromano9064

Жыл бұрын

@@Quotenwagnerianer How anal of you...

@justinstacey7005

Ай бұрын

@@Quotenwagnerianer I doubt Liszt himself ever played any piece exactly as it was written, let alone played the same thing twice.

Someone: I can wait 10 hours nicely Host: Nice, you have patience! Beethoven: I composed 9 symphonies Liszt: And I transcripted them for piano with appropriate difficulty. Host: Now's that's a lotta patience!

Wow! That Beethoven guy was kinda good.

Cool!! Lets stay connceted

Hermosaaaaa

Later on Richard Wagner became Liszt son-in law after his daughter Cosima divorced Han von Bulow and married Wagner.

Hints of ragtime in at the end of the exposition?

I just played all these transcriptions sight reading to my school friends 😂

@deividfost

2 ай бұрын

bait used to be believable...

Ads in the middle of movements. I'm leaving.

@TooManyKuromosomes

8 ай бұрын

it's your choice to watch ads. Just use an adblocker