{"product_id":"767596","title":"Marc-André Hamelin - Godowsky: Johann Strauss Transcriptions \u0026 Other Waltzes [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarc-Andre Hamelin\\u2019s programme is mostly devoted to Godowsky\\u2019s works based on themes by\\u2014or directly inspired by\\u2014Johann Strauss II. It is not intended to be a comprehensive survey but is, nevertheless, fully representative of Godowsky\\u2019s finest reflections on the Waltz King. In the three great Strauss transcriptions, Godowsky elevated the art of the piano paraphrase to a higher musical and pianistic plane; however their extreme technical difficulty remains a striking feature and places them out of the reach of ordinary pianists. And Marc-Andre Hamelin is, of course, no ordinary pianist\\u2014in fact his playing on a recent disc was compared to that of Alkan and Liszt.\\r\u003cbr\u003eTriakontameron and Walzermasken are rarely performed examples of Godowsky\\u2019s original work, and continue the composer\\u2019s love-affair with the waltz\\u2014they are written entirely in 3\/4 time.\\r\u003cbr\u003eThe last work on this dazzling disc is an oddity\\u2014indeed, a rarity. Sometime prior to 1925, Godowsky made a piano roll of his arrangement of The Last Waltz by Oscar Straus (1870\\u20131954), the Vienna-born composer. The eponymous Waltz is heard throughout the 1920 operetta. The music of Godowsky\\u2019s transcription was never published for some unknown reason\\u2014it is a uniquely appealing arrangement. In the early 1970s, Gilles Hamelin, the pianophile father of Marc-Andre, notated, arranged and edited The Last Waltz from Godowsky\\u2019s piano roll, which was then published in 1975. Shortly afterwards, a copy of the negative of Godowsky\\u2019s manuscript was sent to Gilles Hamelin. It was all but illegible, so Hamelin Snr. made a fair copy in his own hand: in almost every respect it tallied with the version he had transcribed from the piano roll.\u003cp\u003eSymphonic metamorphosis of themes from Johann Strauss's 'Kunstlerleben'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFantasies (24) for Piano 'Walzermasken': no 2, Pastell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFantasies (24) for Piano 'Walzermasken': no 14, Franz\\xef\\xbf\\xbdsisch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFantasies (24) for Piano 'Walzermasken': no 22, Wienerisch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFantasies (24) for Piano 'Walzermasken': no 24, Portrait Johann Strauss\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSymphonic metamorphosis of themes from 'Die Fledermaus'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTriakontameron: no 4, Rendezvous\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTriakontameron: no 11, Alt Wien\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTriakontameron: no 13, Terpsichorean Vindobona\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTriakontameron: no 21, The Salon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTriakontameron: no 25, Erinnerungen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSymphonic metamorphosis of Johann Strauss's 'Wein, Weib und Gesang' Waltzes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDer letzte Walzer: Act I Waltz - Oscar Straus\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55144810578305,"sku":"767596","price":12.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/61-ql8gL8rL._SL1500.jpg?v=1767761698","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/767596","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}