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Offline kghayesh

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Hardest Chopin piece
on: July 14, 2005, 03:23:27 PM
What do you think are the three nominees for the hardest Chopin piece ???

I mean including everything, the Ballades, Polonaises, Etudes, Scherzos .........etc.
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Offline i_m_robot

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Re: Hardest Chopin piece
Reply #1 on: July 14, 2005, 03:44:40 PM
that one etude thats also like a fugue

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Offline kghayesh

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Re: Hardest Chopin piece
Reply #2 on: July 14, 2005, 04:47:51 PM
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that one etude thats also like a fugue

I guess you mean the Winterwind etude no.11 Op.25
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Offline musicsdarkangel

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Re: Hardest Chopin piece
Reply #3 on: July 14, 2005, 06:01:24 PM
Winterwind....... a fugue?

How so?



Anyway, I'd put Sonata no 2 as a contender. 

To play it up to a speed that sounds good, the Scherzo no 1.  (Jablonski, Yundi Li)

Hmmm choice no 3 would be that 4th ballade. 
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Offline sevencircles

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Re: Hardest Chopin piece
Reply #4 on: July 14, 2005, 06:03:40 PM
What about the concertos?
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Offline musicsdarkangel

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Re: Hardest Chopin piece
Reply #5 on: July 14, 2005, 08:04:36 PM
I originally included the concertos, but I said the hell with it, I'll do solo piano.
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Offline Kassaa

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Re: Hardest Chopin piece
Reply #6 on: July 14, 2005, 08:27:32 PM
Polonaise Fantasie, Fantasie in Fm Op. 49(horribly difficult to play really interesting), Barcarolle, Op. 53 Polonaise.
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Offline Etude

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Re: Hardest Chopin piece
Reply #7 on: July 14, 2005, 08:33:03 PM
The Fourth Ballade, and the Second and Third Sonatas.
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Offline Skeptopotamus

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Re: Hardest Chopin piece
Reply #8 on: July 14, 2005, 09:21:43 PM
Don Juan Variations.  period.
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Offline Waldszenen

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Re: Hardest Chopin piece
Reply #9 on: July 15, 2005, 12:09:19 AM
Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op. 22.


And also the 2nd Sonata.
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Re: Hardest Chopin piece
Reply #10 on: July 15, 2005, 06:00:11 AM
Technical: Don Juan Variations, Etudes Op. 10 and Op. 25, Ballade No. 4
Musical: Fantasy Op. 49, Scherzo No. 4, Barcolle Op. 60
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