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Topic: Liszt's Ballade #2 (Read 1686 times)

rachmaninova

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Liszt's Ballade #2

on: September 17, 2006, 12:42:09 AM

Hello!

I read somewhere that there was a third ending to this piece. Does anyone have it to share with me?

My teacher wants me to play La Vallée d'Obermann, but I prefer the Ballade. How am I gonna get the courage to ask him to play it??

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brewtality

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Re: Liszt's Ballade #2

Reply #1 on: September 17, 2006, 01:08:29 AM

Why not try the 1st? I've always thought it much better than the second, yet that is the one everyone plays.

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dnephi

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Re: Liszt's Ballade #2

Reply #2 on: September 18, 2006, 11:56:30 AM

Where can you find the alternate endings? I didn't even know there were alternates.

However, this is an incredible piece

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Kassaa

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Re: Liszt's Ballade #2

Reply #3 on: September 18, 2006, 12:26:05 PM

There is one fast bombastic ending, like the Liszt sonata, but Liszt changed it to a soft ending. On the page before the (soft) ending, you can choose between banging chords or fast scales.

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cloches_de_geneve

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Re: Liszt's Ballade #2

Reply #4 on: September 18, 2006, 05:27:06 PM

Have you considered "Benediction de Dieu dans la Solitude"? For me its one of the most gorgeous pieces of romantic piano repertoire -- comparable in several ways to Schumann's Fantasy op. 17.

If I had to chose between Obermann, Ballades, and Benediction, I would go straight to Benediction even though I like Ballade 2 a lot.

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