Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 cadenza

[donjuan]

Hi there,
I have finished learning Liszt's hungarian rhapsody No. 2 and am thinking about what cadenza I should choose to fill in that gap labelled "cadenza ad libitum" at the end. 

Please let me know your favorite cadenzas for this piece so I can then choose which one to play.  I know Liszt himself wrote a cadenza for that piece, but I cant find the sheetmusic.

I know Horowitz, Brendal, Wild, Cortot, d'Albert, Rachmaninoff and moisowitch came up with their own cadenzas but I am having difficulty

a)choosing the best one to play or
b)finding sheetmusic

I have some scores off that game forum.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.  Also, if anyone out there has sheetmusic for Liszt's original cadenza which he added on at an old age, PLEASE let me know asap.

thanks,
donjuan 

[pita bread]

Musically, Rachmaninoff's cadenza is my favorite.

If you want absurd technical fireworks, the Hamelin is the way to go.

This site has some of the cadenzas (the Rach one is in the folder named "complete Liszt works," or something along the lines of that).

https://www.abrahamespinosa.com/

[schimmel]

If you like jazz, then try Denis Matsuev:

"The Hungarian Rhapsody will raise eyebrows, of that I am confident. It is because of the cadenza (by Matsuev himself, 7’54ff). That it is a showpiece is unsurprising; that it is jazz-inspired is. Actually it is like combining Schoenberg with jazz, and at times it is so fast it invokes Nancarrow. Outrageous, and great fun to boot. A descending glissando brings us back, briefly, to Liszt himself. Pre-cadenza, Matsuev impresses by a real sense of vocal line at the beginning, a honeyed touch (around 1’15) and a truly superb cimbalom imitation (4’18 onwards). "

Musicweb

[etudes]

i like Hamelin cadenza
matsuev cadenza is quite interesting btw anyone has a score?? plz pm me

[shasta]

Hey donjuan, you should try writing your own!   

[donjuan]

Thanks for responding!

Pita Bread, thank you so much for the link.  Right now, I am downloading 87.1 MB of sheet music from this guy's site.

Shasta, I actually DID write my own, but it is very awkward for human hands.  It isnt hard to get the sound I want, but the truly difficult part is to make it playable.  If you are interested in hearing a midi file of it, let me know and Ill send it to your email.

Does anyone actually have the sheet music for Hamelin's cadenza? 

Rachmaninoff's cadenza is interesting with all the strange harmonies, but it really doesnt sound like the sort of thing Liszt would have done.

I really like Mischa dichter's cadenza.  Does anyone have sheet music for that?  I also like Benno Moiseiwitsch, but again, where's the sheet music?  was it ever printed? 

Schimmel, can you send me a recording of Matsuev's cadenza?  Also, I would like the see the sheet music.

I cant tell you guys enough how much I appreciate your help!
donjuan     

[BoliverAllmon]

I personally dig the Hamelin cadenza.