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Jazz pianist Jon Batiste's interpretation of Beethoven's "Für Elise" ...

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Posted on October 18, 2024 at 07:39:26
regmac
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Superb.

 

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It was apparent that..., posted on October 18, 2024 at 09:00:33
acres verde
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...he was very emotionally involved and committed to the piece.

 

The new Liberace...?, posted on October 19, 2024 at 02:05:56
andy evans
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Just needs a candlestick or two and a lot of sequins.....

 

Can I just say..., posted on October 20, 2024 at 13:30:14
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I hate it. I first quit it after the first minute. But then I thought I hadn't really given it a chance, so I skipped about a bit and listened to some other parts. Still hated it.

Worst desecration of a beautiful piece of music since Lang Lang did the Goldberg Variations.

But that is only my opinion.

 

Agreed. Ridiculous idea. NT, posted on October 21, 2024 at 16:10:56
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My Wife Pointed This Out To Me Last Week, posted on October 22, 2024 at 01:39:33
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We are both fans of Jon's talent, diversity and open-mindedness. Hopefully he'll do the same to some classic jazz tunes someday - you know, inject some classical sensibilities into them. I'm guessing the purists here will also point their Durante's in the air at those. I mean, how dare he!

LP and CD out in November, pre-orders at his website.

 

George Shearing did it beautifully, posted on October 22, 2024 at 12:40:38
jimbill
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He intermingled classical themes with jazz standards.

 

If you want "classical" do it properly, posted on October 23, 2024 at 02:54:31
andy evans
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None of the pastiches of classical music work for me and this is one of the more awful ones.

The way to do it is to start from scratch and create a new "classical" sounding piece.

Here's a brilliant example from Brad Mehldau with a lot of Scriabin in it. I can't find the original on YT but here's a fairly good version. A few pianists now play this with the score.

 

Why can't the lines be blurred ?, posted on October 29, 2024 at 23:29:34
peppy m.
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Think many shades of gray, not just black and white.

 

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