early recording of sum crazy german mofo, timestamped at the arpeggio section
faster than da WEIZZ
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Impressively raped!
also… welcome to dasdc
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if I submitted a rec like that I’d get roasted on here. Fuck da 21st century tru.
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Fiery Kraut!
I like this one overall. The chick that plays it had a weird haircut tho.
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March 29, 1933: Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York
Bach/Busoni: Chaconne in D minor (from Violin Partita No.2, BWV 1004)
Haydn: Sonata in E-flat major, Hob. XVI:52
Schumann: Des Abends, Op.12 No.1
Schumann: Traumeswirren, Op.12 No.7
Brahms: Variations on a theme by Paganini, Op.35 [Selections from Books I & II]
Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op.60
Chopin: Two Mazurkas [unspecified]
Chopin: Two Etudes [unspecified]
Chopin: Nocturne in F major, Op.15 No.1
Chopin: Polonaise in A-flat major, Op.53
Liszt would have transcribed the chaconne much better and tastefully than Busoni… da Bus slightly oversaturated and a bit sloppy voiceleading… way too much stuff crammed in. People accuse Liszt of that but it happens rarely… and basically never after his 1848 mature period or sum shit.
Da 
looks like he’s just attended a 
rectal.
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Chapoon
Instant favorite student status, many private lessons!
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It’s also interesting how the Chaconne now like a 15+ min sheeyat
Petri shredding it in 12mins in 1945 (he tends to be sloppy, overpedalled and kinda unnuanced… and still worth hearing!)
Everyone wants to be a philosophical cunt now?
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The violin versions got slower too! I remember heifetz was like 12 something and any one of several non binary young modern violinists like 16
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Da Dish an underrated perfomer in dis kind of rep
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The slower things get slower and stretched out as hell while the faster stuff gets faster, on average.
I have a bunch of his LPs he seem hearty until the end.
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6 min Mazeppa
He was a very solid pianist. Mechanically all there (slight octaves deficiency) but everything inexplicably a bit cotton-toned and overpedalled, maybe a bit of a Backhaus kind of sound world?
A “tru-way” Totentanz. Yeah back in the 30’s this must have been shocking. I like the tempo choices but it’s missing a bit of polish.
I sound like a Cliburn/Rubinstein juror except I took zero bribes and never raped anyone. Yet.
Wow.
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His Brahms Paganigga is reputedly one take.
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