*snore*
This is the worst possible choice of composers for a comparison I've seen yet. Everyone knows that Chopin sucked writing for orchestra and Tchaikovsky sucked writing for piano...How can you compare the two?
I thought his Piano Concerto was pretty cool.
Welcome B.Piano!!Your English is quite good.However, I wonder about a Chopin-Mozart comparison. Would Chopin stand a chance?
definitely.
I think that is actually a quite good comparison....
The Concerti of Chopin are some of my favs, but let's face it...Chopin's piano concerti focus too much on the piano to get that effective tension between the soloist and the ensemble. The orchestral writing is banal, even if it does compliment the piano, it still doesn't stand on its own. That's why he's been critiqued so much for it.Musical Quality= UnbelievableOrchestral Banality= UnbelievablePhil
I was referring to Tchai, but you're right too.
I think Chopin does better piano solos, but Tchaikovsky writes (by far) much better concertos and overtures.
Tompilk, what do you think of the operas? I'm quite in love with Eugene Onegin.I've read somewhere or another that Tchaikovsky was actually best known as an opera composer in his day.
I would go Tchaikovsky because one i am a " Maverick " and Chopin did not write one ballet, orchestral work, opera etc.. as oppose to Tchaikovsky who has some of the greatest ballets and symphony's out there, and his piano music is not bad.