I didn't know that Liszt had his own octave etude

[musicsdarkangel]

HOLY ****** ****

Orage out of the Anees de Pilgramage........


it's nuts, all left hand octaves, or joint.  It sounds impossible.


Would that be a dumb idea for me to use this instead of the octave etude?  It's so bad@ss.

[g_s_223]

It's fairly straight-forward as far as I can see. Just avoid the muddle of over-pedalling. A great piece! 

[mikey6]

It's been called the fiercest octave etude ever written.  Personally I don't like it, I think it's one of Liszt's way overblown bombastic pieces - although it suits it's programmatic content.  That said it is fun to play through if you wanna test out your octaves.

[donjuan]

Orage is ok.... sort of juvenile of Liszt, but still, when Im in that bashing the piano type of mood, its certainly a great piece to listen to. 

Personally, I prefer Liszt's "Lyon", as far as the bombastic, strepitoso works go.
donjuan

[musicsdarkangel]

yeah, the piece came off as kind of immature to me,

but hey, I'm young 

[liszt1022]

I was onstage and saw Stephen Hough play it and I was stunned. Quite a piece, if played by quite a performer.

[stevie]

can someone please link me to some sheets and possibly a great recording?

[thorn]

i can send you both if you want- dont have links though but i could mail them to you