I worked so hard to play this piece halfway decently in college. Now I probably couldn't get past the first line—but none of the time I spent practicing it all those years ago was wasted. Even now, listening to it brings tears to my eyes:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIGjguSEmcg …
And then with this, which is perhaps the greatest performance of this extraordinary repertoire ever recorded:http://bit.ly/362fxWx