What would you say is more difficult.. Liszt Trancendentals or Chopin Etudes?

[tw0k1ngs]

I would have to give the upper hand to Liszt, just due to the fact he tends to make larger arpeggios requiring some awkward hand movement at times.

[musicsdarkangel]

it's funny... i think that the better you get, the easier the Liszt becomes in relation to the Chopin, because the Liszt etudes are less focused on one technique.


Chopin etudes take time to become comfortable with each one.


....but yeah I'd consider Liszt's harder

[tompilk]

Liszt by quite a way I would say... but ive been trying No. 8 "Wild Jagde" or something like that, and it's really not that hard! (compared to 4, or 10 say).
All it requires is stamina and good chords, and speed at the end (as well as accuracy), so pretty much everything.
But still, the repetitions of thing help.
Tom

[cziffra]

well, with liszt you could pull an arrau, and play it like a little girlie man, and still sell a large amount of copies.  Chopin doesn't really allow for that freedom in tempo, it sounds like crap played too slowly.  But if you play feux follets at Mei Ting speed, then the liszt etudes are much harder.

[crazy for ivan moravec]

chopin of course. it's like playing mozart, always on ur toes, like walking on egg shells. it's more work for the brain than liszt TE's. IMO

[daniel patschan]

well, with liszt you could pull an arrau, and play it like a little girlie man, and still sell a large amount of copies. Chopin doesn't really allow for that freedom in tempo, it sounds like crap played too slowly. But if you play feux follets at Mei Ting speed, then the liszt etudes are much harder.

Claudio Arrau was on of the most gifted and serious artists on the piano since the instrument's invention. His way of playing was always the result of a long process of musical maturation. Mei Ting has still a long way to go until he can be honored to be compared with Arrau - despite his phenomenal mechanical abilities.