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Topic: What do you think of playing Rachmaninov's Op.39-9 in D major for...  (Read 3623 times)

Offline cardinals

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What do you think of playing Rachmaninov's Op.39-9 in D major for...
on: October 14, 2007, 06:33:56 PM
..an etude in college auditions (MM or DMA)?
Do you think this etude is not as technically difficult as other ones like 39-1, 39-6, or 33-6 or most of the Chopin's or Liszt's etudes? Also, I wonder how popular this piece is for those working on etudes for preparing for the auditions... :)
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Offline s1d1f1

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Re: What do you think of playing Rachmaninov's Op.39-9 in D major for...
Reply #1 on: October 14, 2007, 08:15:51 PM
It is very popular piece for audition,mostly for them,becouse is ,,comfortable,, for fingers,and not very,very hard for memory.But,I don't think that is right making a line betwen Liszt Chopin and Rach.,you will see in Rach etudes-tableaux,very strange music shape,but Liszt,chopin,very familiar,logical music shape...
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Offline verywellmister

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Re: What do you think of playing Rachmaninov's Op.39-9 in D major for...
Reply #2 on: October 20, 2007, 05:29:19 PM
Easy? NO
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