Which one is the most difficult to play? Sonata No. 14 C sharp Minor Op. 27 No. 2 Moonlight 3 Presto AgitatoPerformer: Glenn Gould
...That one is not anywhere near the most difficult ones.
The Hammerklavier would be the most difficult.
. Im puzzled to where the difficulty lies.
does no one think the 1st movement of les adieux is the hardest? didnt john ogdon say it was one of the pieces he had most trouble with? you have to have played it to know how nasty it is
Please! Hasn't this been discussed a gazzllion (sp? ) times before and you're still debating the issue! you'd think from all the threads that haven'f come to any sort of definitive answer that there would NOT BE ONE!
About opus 29/2 last movement, it's only fast. There is nothing particularly difficult in it.
Oxymoron.
I find it relatively easy to play fast so I don't find that an oxymoron at all. Which again proves why these questions are pointless.
Didn't know there was an op.29 sonata in the 1st place
Could someone who's played both 101 and 111 please explain why 101 is more difficult than 111? I have not played 101 and am in the process of learning 111...It seems to me that the Arietta movement would be more difficult than anything 101 has. I dunno.
ive listened to this - is it only difficult because it is long? it doesn't seem tremendously difficult like any liszt or anything like people make it out to be... and definitely not like the busoni concerto, which i have heard it compared to. Im puzzled to where the difficulty lies. I also don't find it as interesting to listen to either as his other stuff.TomHow about 109 - i love this piece. Im playing pathetique at the moment - do i have a chance with 109 first mov.?
Dear fellows: Sorry about the wrong opus number. There is an edit mark, now. Dear opus 10: I don't think so. I believe that speed is not a part of the difficulty itself. In my humble opinion, the final speed is a matter of interpretation, and thus, something that you naturally acquire with time, and something that was never a problem to myself. In this particular case, the technical issue lies on the arpeggi and broken figuration that occurs throughout. What I want to say is, if you can play it, play it fast it's not a problem. Of course that, if you see it another way, I respect it very deeply. That's just my own experience. Best!
HAHAHAHAHAHAH opus10no2 even talks about speed in beethoven sonatas!!! hahahahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Faster tempo causes greater diffculty, of course, there is no need to deny it, or claim you can play any speed you want with the same articulation and precision as with slower tempos.
In the other hand, I must agree that faster tempi sometimes introduce problems. But think a bit: the problem is not the speed, but what you have to do.
(...)Speed is not only a choice but also a benchmark, I feel the execution of the notes regardless of tempi is an almost pointless issue, we must marry this difficulty to the difficulty of a certain performance benchmark, and by this standard - GG's moonlight finale has to be a remarkable and difficult achievment to replicate.
Having played les adieux, I can tell you that it fits in the hands pretty easily once you learn it. There are trouble spots of course... Of all the sonatas I've played, this was probably the most fun to perform.
Let me reinforce that I don't want to say that's the way things must be. If someone want to pursue a standard professional performing career, it would likely includes competitions and so on, and in this case I think that those "benchmarks", as you put, make sense. However, that's really not my case, and I'm very thankful to those who like such a life, because it's something I never could consider seriously. Returning to my argument, it's possible that I don't take speed as a difficult issue because I never fight with it. It comes naturally, and so it is. Whatever, it's just my opinion. Best wishes!
I'm sure the musical difficulty of Op.111 would outweigh the difficulties in Op.101.
try the fugue of 101 ....it is not easy at all...(some spots with double notes in LH and RH)
Though you said it didn't exist...
Have you played both sonatas? I would really like to hear from people who have played both.
ive played les adieux too and i think one passage on the second page is really nasty. however some people find different things difficult
The solution for les adiux evil passage is......Laern it without the thumb. Just miss out the notes you would play with the thumb, and when you miss it, make sure it is super relaxed. Next best thing to do is you know when it breaks into chords and contrary motion? 2nd bar of evil....group it 3 3 2 as oppose to 2 sets of 4. the 3 3 2 helps the position changes. Do NOT accent though, just imagine 3 3 2. Practice it in that grouping.
It's awesome, but terrifically pianistic, isn't it?
everyone forgets op. 2 no. 3 in c major which is extremely difficultRubinstein plays it wikid
I am playing this one now, so why are you beeing so hard on me What is particulary hard about it? I haven't began to play most of the 4th mvt yet btw.
What didn't exist? I said it in relation to playing 'fast=hard' which may not be the case if one has no problems with speed.
Sontata Op. 29...
you're right... they BOTH are fictional...