How well would the old composers do

[jamie_liszt]

hey

how would you think liszt, rachmaninov etc would do in todays competitions like liszt, chopin, sydney competitions ? liszt was considered the best but no one has heard him play...............................

what do you guys think

[Dazzer]

they would probably get kicked out before the 2nd round.

why?

looking back at history... many people who we know today to have influenced the world tremendously were exiles. Edison. Ford. Van Gogh.

[zheer]

looking back at history... many people who we know today to have influenced the world tremendously were exiles. Edison. Ford. Van Gogh.

   The reasonable man adapts to the world around him, the unreasonable man demands that the world adapts to him.

[thalbergmad]

hey

how would you think liszt, rachmaninov etc would do in todays competitions like liszt, chopin, sydney competitions ? liszt was considered the best but no one has heard him play...............................

what do you guys think

Great pianists though they were, I don't think they would have gotten very far.

Rach made many recordings, so we can make a judgement first hand.

Whilst we cannot hear Liszt or Chopin first hand, we can gain an idea of their playing by listening to pupils/contempories/admirers, who were influenced by them.

With Liszt, we can listen to Rosenthal who was one of his favourite pupils and for Chopin we can listen to Plante who saw Chopin in Concert.

Taste changes over time and I can't help feeling that Liszt and Chopin would be far too erratic for a modern jury.  I have not listened to many of Rachs recording but perhaps he might have fared a little better.

Very interesting question. 

[lisztisforkids]

Today we value playing every note note right instead of making music. The old masters would overwhelm us I beleive. But they might not hit every note right.