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ballades or scherzi

Ballades
18 (85.7%)
Scherzi
3 (14.3%)

Total Members Voted: 21



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Offline elevateme

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chopin
on: June 02, 2006, 04:59:03 PM
just a bit of fun
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Re: chopin
Reply #1 on: June 02, 2006, 05:16:18 PM
both his scherzi and ballades are masterpieces and impossible to compare (for me). One day i love his scherzi more, another day i could die for his ballades. Depends on the mood
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Re: chopin
Reply #2 on: June 02, 2006, 05:30:54 PM
fair enough
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Re: chopin
Reply #3 on: June 02, 2006, 08:45:22 PM
ballades for me, i dont know. i like all ballades and all scherzos, but i just find the scherzo number 2 too overplayed, and too many people not familiar with the classical repetoire know this piece aswell.

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Re: chopin
Reply #4 on: June 03, 2006, 03:49:16 PM
Ballades for me.

IMO, the fact that a piece is overplayed has nothing to do with liking it or not.

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Offline stevie

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Re: chopin
Reply #5 on: June 03, 2006, 04:29:46 PM
i like all of them, but the ballades are just perfect.

a couple of the scherzi are overlong, especially no1, and no2 is a great piece, but it doesnt stand as many repeated hearings as ballade no1 or 4.

scherzos 3 and 4, if played swiftly and with stunning fluidity are perfectly structured and never get boring.

the ones i would like to learn through time - are ballades 1 2 3 4 and scherzi 3 and 4.....

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Re: chopin
Reply #6 on: June 03, 2006, 04:59:12 PM
I think the four ballades are some of the finest pieces of music written ... ever. All four of them are stunning. My order of preference is 4123.
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