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envrbey (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
excellent ........
ClassicalMusicReview (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Dear Amazing,I totally support your right to think about this (or anything else )what you need to think.Personally I do not care if Faure of Mao Tse Tung is playing this...because it makes me want to scream for joy because of it's intense expressivity. The academic search for 'authenticity' always overlooks the obvious...everything is always authentic...even falseness itself cannot exist without 'authenticity'...deal with it as it is,and be shorn of intellectual charade.
LemonAndYoghurt (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
THAT WAS PLAYED BEAUTIFULLY! Did he actually performed this piece what I hear or is it recently payed?
It expressed this piece very concise. I had all types of imaginary images to go with that, the walk of the piano, the expression. from beautiful landscapes, little insects to men at war. The dynmaic was a ten.
amazing763 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Acoustic and electronic recordings of piano music tend to preserve timing and relative intensity of notes, albeit with some noise. Even then, some are fake.
Piano rolls, including the so-called reproducing rolls, are from a mechanical process that distorts, through lost motion, punch repetition aliasing, damper latency, and use of secret methods. Post-editing was necessary to correct the result.
Does an old piano roll correctly represent the artist? Compare it to a similar acoustic recording.
ClassicalMusicReview (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Dear Amazing763,To your comment on 'this roll not truly representing Faure's playing'... I can only say...We are truly fortunate that you so intimately knew Faure and can still remember all that today.Keep up the intuitive work!
ClassicalMusicReview (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
This is one of my favorite alltime performances of a piece.The performer has such a deeply intense understanding of phrase affect that the tempo is constantly shifted with great artistry to make all of that cinematic.Further this composition has the most remarkable plethora of competing feelings that if I had to pick a piece of music to represent humanity and all of it's beautifully joyous and vain endeavors in eternity...then it would probably be this.
amazing763 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Piano rolls that included expression were developed fairly early, produced extensively 1910 - 1930, and often post-edited to match someone's idea of what the artist wanted. They were sold to the rich as "the Master's Touch on Your Keyboard".
The player piano involved - usually an Ampico or Duo-Art - might not be adjusted well. Indeed, rebuilding and adjusting them is an art itself. Well-adjusted, they are amazing.
Enjoy it for what it is, but it's not faithful to Faure's own playing.
cziffra1980 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I wouldn't bank on that. The roll of 'Ravel' playing his Pavane wasn't even played by Ravel himself. He let them claim it was him playing, thanks to a generous sum of money. In any case, regardless of how well (or more likely badly) the original roll captured Faure, the transfer process is often done terribly. The unpleasant clunkiness of tone is just like most other bad piano rolls- so it's probably safe to say that this sounds almost nothing like Faure had played it.
chopinhand (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
its not faure playing..!!
michmakker (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I do like the interpretation.. but it does sound suspiciously digital indeed... |
