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Offline i_m_robot

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Which is harder?
on: July 11, 2005, 03:41:22 AM
Brahms or Liszt's paganini variations

not counting the length of the brahms in to much


and are there harder variation by other composers?
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Offline Waldszenen

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Re: Which is harder?
Reply #1 on: July 11, 2005, 04:59:23 AM
Brahms with THREE GOLD MEDALS


But Liszt's is still pretty tough

And no I think they are just about the two hardest variations on this theme.
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Re: Which is harder?
Reply #2 on: July 11, 2005, 05:05:21 AM
The Rachmaninoff Paganini Rhapsody is considered quite tough too.

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Re: Which is harder?
Reply #3 on: July 11, 2005, 05:19:16 AM
Yeah that too - actually it might just be harder than Liszt's, on second thoughts.
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Re: Which is harder?
Reply #4 on: July 11, 2005, 05:21:18 AM
The Hamelin-Liszt-Paganini Campanella is probably the technically hardest though.

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Re: Which is harder?
Reply #5 on: July 11, 2005, 05:28:36 AM
Which Liszt variations do you mean?

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