Ligeti etudes

[liszmaninopin]

If any of you have ever played any of Ligeti's etudes, did you find them rewarding pieces to work on?  How do you think they'd go over in recital or competition if played well?

[Alp635]

Ligeti etudes...

They are amazing pieces and very much in vogue right now.  I have not worked on them but everyone around me seems to be working on a set...all I know is that they are excrutiatingly hard to learn...the hards ones are really tought but in a competition they light up the audience generating a tremendous "WOW".  

Fanfares is probably the most mangeable one, but there is a great one that descends chromatically...not sure which one it is.

[Hmoll]

They are prety difficult.
I love listening to them, but they are not very original. The first book is by far better than the second.
If you're looking for pieces where a composer breaks new ground, look elsewhere. Just about eveything in the etudes Ligeti has done before.
Great competition pieces. Audiences love them. One was actually commissioned for a big competition. Can't remember which etude or which competition, though.

[Hmoll]

Ligeti etudes...

there is a great one that descends chromatically...not sure which one it is.

Sounds like "Autumn in Warsaw."

[liszmaninopin]

I'm not necessarily looking for pieces that break new ground, I was thinking more in terms of etudes that both develop technique and would be good to use in competitions.  It sounds like these etudes might meet those requirements.  I suppose, then, that you would recommend I purchase book one of the etudes instead of book two?  I can try book one out first.

[Hmoll]

I'm not necessarily looking for pieces that break new ground, I was thinking more in terms of etudes that both develop technique and would be good to use in competitions.  It sounds like these etudes might meet those requirements.  I suppose, then, that you would recommend I purchase book one of the etudes instead of book two?  I can try book one out first.

Autumn in Warsaw is pretty popular, and I think it is in Book 1. There are a couple popular ones in book 2. Look at both books. I like the etudes in both. The ones in book one are better compositions, IMO.