Great Pianists Technique Trills

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I knew that my method of playing the trill could be greatly improved. After much study, to my great delight the rebellious trills came into beautiful submission. Busoni • There is probably nothing which is at the same time as simple and excruciatingly difficult as a trill. Some pianists struggle to get decent ones (according to Lenz a once famous piano professor by the name of Werstedt devoted his life to playing the trills in the theme in Beethoven's op.26 but sadly was never satisfied...) while more fortunate ones are born with perfect trills (Alfredo Casella claimed he could perform 3-5 trills with the utmost ease without ever studying them). • Many trills are difficult because of their length and this cuts down on the number of examples that could be included. Therefore this collection is NOT intended to be a complete survey of trills nor it is meant to cover the infinite baroque variations on the theme. It does, however, provide an interesting contrast to the Lisztian virtuosity that has been a key feature of most of the previous videos. • • Bach Prelude 16 from WTC Bk.1, Pollini Live, 2011; • Bach Sarabande from French Suite No.6, Gould, 1971 1:08; • Scarlatti Sonata K.159 (L.104), Zecchi, 1937 3:05; • Chopin Waltz Op.42, Zecchi, 1937 3:24; • Chopin Waltz Op.42, Solomon, 1945 3:36; • Chopin Waltz Op.42, Rachmaninoff, 1919 3:47; • de Falla Ritual Fire Dance, Rubinstein, 1947 4:02; • Debussy L'Isle Joyeuse, Cherkassky Live, 1963 4:22; • Liszt Paganini Etude No.6 (1851), Arrau, 1928 4:46; • Chopin Nocturne Op.62 No.1, Ciccolini 2003 5:17; ( I'll always remember, I was a student still in Montreal, I went to hear Ciccolini playing Rachmaninoff's 2nd with the Montreal Symphony. And I remember his trills. And it sounded like 144 notes a second! . Marc-Andre Hamelin) • Weber/Tausig Invitation to the Dance, Moiseiwitsch, 1939 6:11; • Liszt Sonata, Sofronitsky Live, 1960 7:45; • Scriabin Sonata No.10, Horowitz Live, 1966 8:11; (Horowitz surely had one of the most memorable Scriabin 10th's. Almost any passage in the sonata could be chosen to illustrate the trills....) • Liszt Concerto No.1, 2nd mvt., Anda, 1955 8:59; • Ravel Concerto in G, 1st mvt., Michelangeli, 1957 10:13; • Chopin Concerto No.1 1st mvt., Hofmann Live, 1956 11:09; (Josef's left hand trills here are particularly unusual and distinctive.) • Saint-Saens Concerto No.2, 3rd mvt., Gilels, 1954 11:29; • Rachmaninoff Concerto No.2, 2nd mvt., Richter, 1959 12:25; • Rachmaninoff Sonata No.1, 2nd mvt., Fiorentino, 1995 13:20; • Brahms Sonata No.2, 3rd mvt., Zimerman, 1979 14:14; • Brahms Paganini Variation 4 Book 1, Michelangeli, 1948 14:39; • Brahms Handel Variation 14, Solomon, 1941/42 15:28; • Beethoven Concerto No.5 3rd mvt., Backhaus Live, 1961 16:06; • (Tricky trills for the weak fingers...how many can dispatch them this way at 75?!?) • Beethoven Sonata Op.2 No.3, 4th mvt., Michelangeli Live, 1952 16:57; • Beethoven Sonata Op.109, finale, Backhaus, 1963 17:45; • Brahms Concerto No.2, 1st mvt., Richter, 1969 19:16; • Brahms Concerto No.2, 1st mvt., Hamelin Live, 2006 19:41; ( They [trills] are not easy for me...actually. I don't have the greatest trills. Marc-Andre Hamelin) • Brahms Concerto No.1, 1st mvt., Solomon, 1954 20:20; • Chopin Barcarolle Op.60, Zecchi, 1937 21:20; • Chopin Barcarolle Op.60, Moiseiwitsch, 1941 22:07; • Chopin Barcarolle Op.60, Richter Live, 1961 22:47; • Chopin Polonaise-Fantasy Op.61, Richter Live, 1963 23:29; • Chopin Polonaise-Fantasy Op.61, Kapell Live, 1953 23:50; • Liszt Mephisto Waltz No.1, Richter Live, 1958 24:12; (While not strictly a trill, Liszt's writing in this passage gives the effect of one - witness the Master's exciting performance.) • Liszt Mephisto Waltz No.1, Wild, 1968 24:58; (This passage is often cheated ...In his edition of the Waltz, Earl suggests this tremolo-like redistribution of the notes.) • Beethoven Concerto No.4, 1st mvt., Backhaus, 1965 25:24; (Surely some of the most amazing trills in thirds ever, and Backhaus was 81 at the time!!!) • Beethoven Concerto No.4, 2nd mvt., Schnabel, 1933 25:52; • Beethoven Sonata Op.111, 2nd mvt., Michelangeli Live, 1962 26:27; (Nobody gets close to Ciro in this long passage with his transcendental trills.) • Beethoven Sonata Op.111, 2nd mvt., Brendel, 1995 27:23 • ( The chains of trills! he yelled. These embellishments and cadenzas! Do you hear how convention is left untouched? Here -- the language -- is no longer -- purified of cliché -- but the cliché of the appearance -- of its domination by subjectivity -- the appearance -- of art is thrown off -- at last -- art always throws off the appearance of art T. Mann, Doctor Faustus. • Arietta's trill suspends motion, seeming to stop the movement of time C. Rosen);

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