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I recently finished up a recording of Earl Wild's Etude #4, based on Gershwin's Embraceable You. I am a total sucker for this piece, and plan on learning a couple more of the transcriptions from this set soon. Everyone knows Earl Wild was a virtuoso, but I think he was underrated as a composer. Hope you enjoy! https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18682/lilp/Earl%20Wild%20Etude%204%20Embraceable%20You.m4a
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I also love and have learned this piece. It's a real pleasure to hear it like this. There's a kind of abandon, insight, and control that I don't think I could pull off convincingly even if I tried.
If I were to say anything constructive, and I certainly need not, it's that on this particular occasion I feel you hit the absolute peak climax a little too soon. I felt like you had nowhere to go once the last statement of the latter half of the theme comes in chords. I think you'd have to sacrifice some of the sound output in the beginning of the final statement of the chorus theme via less percussive Sforzandos. Of course, then it would probably lose some of the sense of abandon, so tough call.
Long story short, it's convincing and engaging in it's current form and I'm sure it'll be convincing and engaging in the future no matter where you decide to go from here.
I hope we don't have to wait another year to hear more.
Thank you! A pleasure!
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Thank you very much for your kind words! It is nice to hear from someone else who has learned this work as well since you are familiar with the intricacies and difficulties of it. Dynamic pacing is always a tough one and I will certainly play around with it as I continue to live with the work.
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damn! Impressive stuff, man
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This is wonderful. I have worked on the others, but not this one until now. It is so Chopinesque. From hearing your playing I have decided to learn it. It lies so beautifully under the fingers. Great piece for an encore or Wild group in a classical recital.
Thank you.
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Gorgeous, lilp! Totally engaging! Warm and sparkly. Shapely. Dare I say? Embraceable. (Not to hijack the thread, but: Prout--please do some recordings of "The Wild Things" from your special "perspective"!) --Andy
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Agree, about the best recording I've heard of this other than Wild's own. This was programmed by a contestant at the Boston Amateur 2017, and played by another contestant a year ago at the Cliburn Amateur (but not in the contest itself). Piano sounds good, but I suspect it is a (good) digital ( I could be wrong!) A performance this good deserves a big acoustic grand in a big room or hall.
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[...] Piano sounds good, but I suspect it is a (good) digital ( I could be wrong!) A performance this good deserves a big acoustic grand in a big room or hall. Hard to tell, Doc, because of the reverb in the soundscape. If it's played on a digital, it's a really, really good digital. I suspect close mic'ing of a grand, with reverb added in the sound editing process to give it that "hall" you want. lilp, can you tell us about the piano? It's beautifully tuned and so evenly voiced! Inquiring minds want to know. Can you give us recording details so that we can learn and improve? Thanks! --Andy
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[...] Piano sounds good, but I suspect it is a (good) digital ( I could be wrong!) A performance this good deserves a big acoustic grand in a big room or hall. Hard to tell, Doc, because of the reverb in the soundscape. If it's played on a digital, it's a really, really good digital. I suspect close mic'ing of a grand, with reverb added in the sound editing process to give it that "hall" you want. lilp, can you tell us about the piano? It's beautifully tuned and so evenly voiced! Inquiring minds want to know. Can you give us recording details so that we can learn and improve? Thanks! --Andy lilp's impressive recording of Tchaikovsky's "Dumka" (Member Recordings) was definitely done on an acoustic grand, but this sounds like a different instrument..
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