Liszt - Mazeppa (Transcendental Étude No. 4)

MAZEPPA!!! The story of the Hetman and the Horse, and one of Liszt's most daunting Etudes. For those of you who don't know, the galloping-like figures of this piece aren't just for difficulties sake - this Etude was inspired by the story of the Ukrainian military commander Mazeppa, specifically Lord Byron's poem about his youth, in where Mazeppa was tied to a horse and dragged around Europe as punishment for having an affair with a Polish Countess. There is obviously a lot more to the story, the summary and poem is available online for you to read, though even with this small piece of information the piece begins to make a lot more sense. This galloping motion is captured by Liszt in the use of his consecutive 24 -> 24 fingerings for the thirds (often disregarded by pianists for easier playing), but the feeling of the motion and physical look created by this movement is very reminiscent of a wild horse, it's amazing how many layers there are to the inspiration. I hope you enjoy the effects on this one, experimented more with the effects than usual and spent wayyyy too much time on designing them, though I think the result is pretty cool! All the best and wishing you all a beautiful weekend ♥

3:35 in the grande etude (S137) is amazing

TS TOO HARD-

Davvero impressionante… complimenti 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Are you even human 😅😂?

He seems like he is calm

Yeah

I am still surprised tp think this was my First ever Lizst piece, even though i could've done Liebestraum

5:45 how come every top class pianist mess this part but he plays it cleanly. Not even yuchan lim played it it without mistakes. 😭😭😭

Coming back after some years, noticing that This sounds like a Hollow Knight (more like the voidheart one) boss-