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Wich one is the hardest?

Brahms - Intermezzo in E flat minor Op 118
2 (14.3%)
Rachmaninov - Prelude in G minor Op 23-5
11 (78.6%)
Gottschalk - Souvenir D’ Andalousie
1 (7.1%)

Total Members Voted: 14

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Offline presto agitato

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Wich one is the hardest?
on: November 08, 2005, 06:31:32 AM
I need to learn one of those pieces as soon as possible.

Can you rank them please.  Explain your reasons please.
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Re: Wich one is the hardest?
Reply #1 on: November 08, 2005, 07:19:45 AM
Go with the Gottschalk

Ah never heard it. and ahve heared the other two ways too much 8)
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Offline joell12068

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Re: Wich one is the hardest?
Reply #2 on: November 08, 2005, 01:58:38 PM
The Brahms E-flat minor intermezzo packs an emotional whallop that the others don't have, although it is probably not the hardest one in terms of technical skill. 

The Gottschalk piece is a big right-hand workout piece (the left hand is mostly "oom - pah - pah").  The Rach works both hands almost equally.   

Very tough choice, but I would give the edge to Rachmaninov.

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Re: Wich one is the hardest?
Reply #3 on: November 08, 2005, 09:25:47 PM
The Rach is probably the hardest, but being a champion of the unjustly neglected, i suggest you learn the Gottschalk.

It is one of his better pieces and a good workout for repeated notes. Harmless salon music, but rather pretty.
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