- Richardzon
- Wild
- Kockzix
- Triffid
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Not for purists, but I’m entirely sold on the Kocsis. It really is a shame there is no live recording around of him playing it.
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Hahah da Richardzon zeemz to be da moz modezt and zubtle
And da WILD iz fo zhor ma fav fo hiz PIMPd out to da max texturez
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Hmm, tru da Wild does take it to 
pianisdick detail (first time ive heard it actually) but its so far removed from the original. I played it with a zinger last week and it’s really quite haunting, I think my favourite setting. (And first time I’ve heard it with voice too)
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Tru it dependz wut u iz in da mood fo
Zubtle, underztated and haunting.
Or blown up n melodramadick lyk da WILD
Tiz hard to pick a fav tranz becuz dey are interpretationz in demzelvez
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I like several of Wild’s other transcriptions (romantic though they may be), but this one is just too much for me. I think part of what makes the piece so touching is its simplicity, which Wild ruins by going essentially full Godowsky with it from what I recall.
To prezent a diztorted echo ov wut u zay…u hit da nail on da head dat da otha tranz’ follow da zimplicity n modezty ov da original, n mo authentic
But da WILD iz a bit lyk a Chop-God. Reinventin da work and I think it’z a valid alternative, it’z very fun, but agreed dat it izn’t az touchingly plaintive.
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Amazing
diz one might be my fav ov all hiz Rach zong tranz’
Gud playing on diz tribute dizc
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Can’t zay i liked da Triff. Performance was plodding and da key drop completely loses da ethereal quality. I guess he wants a more masculine sound but doesn’t suit imo.
Da richardzon pozz
Wild is so far removed from my taste. Musically, pianistically, as a transcriber, it all rings false. I should relisten because it’s been 15 or so years, but I’d probably call his recording of the Chopin Nocturnes the single worst recording I’ve ever heard. He turned them into Disney bubblegum music. I know he has fans here and for sure he offers something worthwhile. Just to me it’s awful.
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Not a fan of most of his playing.
The transcriptions are certainly interesting. Many things in them are features of Rachmaninoff’s own piano writing but he makes the mournful vocalise into a pianistic orgy.
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Unsurprisingly I’m very selective as well, but I did like the concerts he gave right towards the end of his career. This is from one of them for instance, not to your liking either?
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I completely agree about Wild’s nocturnes set! Who on this planet could play these after Arrau, - randomly whose chopin I don’t usually like.
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Maybe I should make that Nocturne series after all 
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This true!
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Da TRIF X TENDED version!
Daim. Wikid
And daim diz insane POSTURE change
How about Gryaznov’s transcription?
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That was VERY good. Though I still found myself missing a few of the details from the Richardson trans.
For me, in terms of performance AND trans, it doesn’t get better than this:
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