Ep. 7 - Steven Spooner and Liszt's Eternal Legacy

Welcome to Practice Room Breaks, an interview series presented by IMSLP! TIME STAMPS: 00:52: Intro 01:15: Easing his way into piano as a child 03:15: The genesis of this massive 10 volume Liszt album 06:00: Performance of Liszt B minor Sonata (excerpt, with score included) 07:09: What encapsulates the personality of Liszt 08:15: Performance of Liszt/Schubert Erlkönig (excerpt, with score included) 08:32: Origins of the masterclass, Liszt's contributions to society and philosophies, and other cornerstones of our classical music world that originate from Liszt 12:30: Spooner's philosophy on recording music, profound challenges of Liszt's music 16:57: Performance of Réminiscences de Robert le Diable (excerpt, with score included) 17:05: Audience reaction to politically controversial piece that inhabited the "devil" 21:55: The piece Liszt refused to teach, story behind why 24:21: Performance of Vallée D'Obermann (excerpt, with score included) 27:20: Spending a day with Liszt, the conversations, the piece(s) he would play 28:30: Liszt's genius portrayed by his peers (Schumann, Brahms) 31:30: Origins of the Berlin Philharmonic 33:20: Approach to the score, to the initial study of a piece. Discussing the term "Rinforzando". 36:50: Words of wisdom for his younger self 39:20: Analysis and story behind Liszt/Schubert Ständchen 43:44: Full performance of Liszt/Schubert Ständchen (with score included) Listen to Steven Spooner's 10 volume Album: Aspects of Liszt on all streaming platforms, including Apple Music: https://classical.music.apple.com/us/... Episode details: Guest: Steven Spooner  ‪@richtermaniac‬ Host: Natalie Nedvetsky Videographer: Tristan Siegel Editor: Jeff Cerulli  ‪@JeffCerulliComedy‬  , Natalie Nedvetsky