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favourite transcendental etude?

1. Prelude
2 (5.3%)
2. Molto Vivace
0 (0%)
3. Paysage
0 (0%)
4. Mazeppa
5 (13.2%)
5. Feux Follets
4 (10.5%)
6. Vision
2 (5.3%)
7. Eroica
1 (2.6%)
8. Wilde Jagd
7 (18.4%)
9. Ricordanza
0 (0%)
10. Allegro Agitato Molto
7 (18.4%)
11. Harmonies du Soir
2 (5.3%)
12. Chasse-Neige
8 (21.1%)

Total Members Voted: 38



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Offline elevateme

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liszt
on: May 30, 2006, 04:53:47 PM
just a bit of fun :)
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Re: liszt
Reply #1 on: May 30, 2006, 04:58:32 PM
err.. its transcendental, or if you prefer:  Etudes d'exécution transcendante.

no 10
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Re: liszt
Reply #2 on: May 30, 2006, 04:59:30 PM
sorry, cant spell
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Re: liszt
Reply #3 on: May 30, 2006, 05:35:20 PM
10, but the 1837 version.
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Re: liszt
Reply #4 on: May 30, 2006, 05:38:18 PM
10, but the 1837 version.

is there a link for the scores of the old versions???

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Re: liszt
Reply #5 on: May 30, 2006, 06:14:17 PM
is there a link for the scores of the old versions???

It is available here, but you need gold membership to download.
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Re: liszt
Reply #6 on: May 30, 2006, 09:58:19 PM
Or just go to a decent library and copy all the stuff there ;P
1+1=11

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Re: liszt
Reply #7 on: May 30, 2006, 10:40:31 PM
Chasse-Neige and Vision have to be mine (voted for the former because that has the edge)

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Re: liszt
Reply #8 on: May 31, 2006, 01:12:28 AM
My favorite would have to be Chasse-Neige - has anyone heard Kissin's recording?  His is my favorite.  Everyone else seems to lack "moto."

Also - Cziffra's Mazeppa without pedal - fantastic!

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Re: liszt
Reply #9 on: May 31, 2006, 08:08:00 AM
10, but the 1837 version.

mine too, actually TE 10 and GE10 are sufficiently different to warrant playing both, and i love them equally, no11 is close behind.

the coupling of 10 and 11 is , as i have said before, like hell and heaven, back to back...with 12 possiblt being a true atheistic non-existant afterlife, with winds blowing around nothingnes,s mildly

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Re: liszt
Reply #10 on: May 31, 2006, 09:46:45 AM
wow i just heard the 1837 version of no 10 and...wow...its just...wow  ;D
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Re: liszt
Reply #11 on: May 31, 2006, 11:37:54 AM
do you have a link or anything for the mp3?
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Re: liszt
Reply #12 on: May 31, 2006, 12:12:54 PM
Due to copyright issues etc etc you know

can i interest you in a midi?  ;D
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Re: liszt
Reply #13 on: May 31, 2006, 02:11:11 PM
Who has recorded this elusive 1837 version?

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Re: liszt
Reply #14 on: May 31, 2006, 04:45:05 PM
Who has recorded this elusive 1837 version?

ML

Leslie Howard has recorded it as part of his "complete" Liszt.

I also have an old tape by Janice Weber, which to me is slightly preferable.

I am not aware that any of the "big guns" have recorded any.

Most pianists seem to leave them alone.

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Re: liszt
Reply #15 on: May 31, 2006, 05:03:22 PM
the midi interp remains unmatched

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Re: liszt
Reply #16 on: May 31, 2006, 05:05:51 PM
haha now i see what a midi is

still great piece though
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Re: liszt
Reply #17 on: May 31, 2006, 06:30:50 PM
Good poll. I also went for No.10, a fantastic study.

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Re: liszt
Reply #18 on: May 31, 2006, 07:50:35 PM
Actually, it just depends on my mood/the mood I want to get in. So it would be no. 3 and no. 11 for calm, no. 6 for satisfaction and grandeur, no. 8 for anger, no. 10 for just awe and exhileration, no. 12 for loneliness, desperation and all these very sociable emotions.

But overally, no. 10 wins.
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Re: liszt
Reply #19 on: May 31, 2006, 08:14:31 PM
For technique no5 wins easily,

musicality 10.

Fun 8.

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Re: liszt
Reply #20 on: May 31, 2006, 08:41:56 PM
is 5 more difficult than 10?
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Re: liszt
Reply #21 on: June 01, 2006, 09:34:22 AM

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Re: liszt
Reply #22 on: June 01, 2006, 03:03:05 PM
Which TE is most played?

Which one has the most impressive ending (an ending that makes the audience go WOW)?

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Re: liszt
Reply #23 on: June 01, 2006, 03:57:21 PM
Most played? Probably Mazeppa.

Most impressive ending? That's harder to say... TE no. 11 has a gorgeous ending, but not WOW, more like OOOH. TE no. 2 has a dramatic ending... TE no. 6 is WOW almost all the way through. But possibly the most WOW TE is no. 12... When I last saw it played, almost the whole audience had their jaws dropped throughout the whole etude and for quite some time afterwards...
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