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#1309436 - 11/20/09 07:55 PM Rachmaninov Polka Italienne
pianoloverus Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member Registered: 05/29/01 Posts: 14236	Which transcription do you prefer and why? Gryaznov http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmSDDslA__M&feature=related Yaschevith http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzW8CwidCqE Volodos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReSofV_IbYY&feature=related Edited by pianoloverus (11/20/09 07:57 PM)
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#1309782 - 11/21/09 01:16 PM Re: Rachmaninov Polka Italienne [Re: pianoloverus]
Emanuel Ravelli 500 Post Club Member Registered: 10/15/04 Posts: 529 Loc: Reston, VA	I like the Gryaznov. It's simpler, more musical, and (though I could be wrong about this, since I've never heard the original) sounds closer to Rachmaninoff's true intentions. I think Volodos is a brilliant transcriber (his arrangement of the slow movement from the Rach. cello sonata is high on my list of all-time favorites), but this one sounds a bit too much like Horowitz improving on a Godowsky transcription of a Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody. Start to finish, it's all pyrotechnics and not much music. Can't say I got very far with the Yaschevith, since I have no taste at all for accordion music. What do you think? _________________________ Phil Bjorlo
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#1309793 - 11/21/09 01:32 PM Re: Rachmaninov Polka Italienne [Re: Emanuel Ravelli]
pianoloverus Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member Registered: 05/29/01 Posts: 14236	I like the Gryaznov for the same reasons you do. Also, that transcription varies the tempo more than the Volodos which is just fast all the time.
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