Piano Forum

Piano Street Magazine:
The Quiet Revolutionary of the Piano – Fauré’s Complete Piano Works Now on Piano Street

In the pantheon of French music, Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) often seems a paradox—an innovator cloaked in restraint, a Romantic by birth who shaped the contours of modern French music with quiet insistence. Piano Street now provides sheet music for his complete piano works: a body of music that resists spectacle, even as it brims with invention and brilliance. Read more

Topic: Liszt or Brahms?  (Read 5155 times)

Offline takeo

  • PS Silver Member
  • Jr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 31
Liszt or Brahms?
on: September 01, 2008, 03:41:17 PM
What would you play in an audition?

Liszt- Valse Oubliée nº 1

Brahms- Rhapsody op. 79 nº 2?

Thank you.
Sign up for a Piano Street membership to download this piano score.
Sign up for FREE! >>
Sign up for a Piano Street membership to download this piano score.
Sign up for FREE! >>

Offline bballpianist

  • PS Silver Member
  • Newbie
  • ***
  • Posts: 21
Re: Liszt or Brahms?
Reply #1 on: September 01, 2008, 04:18:08 PM
what kind of audition?

Offline takeo

  • PS Silver Member
  • Jr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 31
Re: Liszt or Brahms?
Reply #2 on: September 01, 2008, 09:39:35 PM
I study in a conservatory. Every year, each pupil plays a piece, only one piece, and I have to choose between these two.

Offline aewanko

  • PS Silver Member
  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 328
Re: Liszt or Brahms?
Reply #3 on: September 01, 2008, 11:59:24 PM
Liszt Valse Oubliee FTW!
Trying to return to playing the piano.

Offline dan101

  • PS Silver Member
  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 439
Re: Liszt or Brahms?
Reply #4 on: September 02, 2008, 05:45:56 PM
The Brahms is what I'd select, although they're both effective.
Daniel E. Friedman, owner of www.musicmasterstudios.com[/url]
You CAN learn to play the piano and compose in a fun and effective way.

Offline bballpianist

  • PS Silver Member
  • Newbie
  • ***
  • Posts: 21
Re: Liszt or Brahms?
Reply #5 on: September 02, 2008, 11:47:01 PM
The Brahms is what I'd select, although they're both effective.


agreed

Offline somnifer

  • PS Silver Member
  • Newbie
  • ***
  • Posts: 8
Re: Liszt or Brahms?
Reply #6 on: September 06, 2008, 08:37:18 AM
The Rhapsody gives you more of an opportunity to show musical maturity than the Valse, but you can't really go wrong with the Valse either.

Offline kitty on the keys

  • PS Silver Member
  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 396
Re: Liszt or Brahms?
Reply #7 on: September 08, 2008, 09:05:56 PM
Both are GREAT pieces!!!! But my choice would be the Brahm's. Also which one fits your personality----the moods of these 2 pieces are so different.

Have fun!!

kitty on the keys
Kitty on the Keys
James Lee

Offline robertp

  • PS Gold Member
  • Full Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 100
Re: Liszt or Brahms?
Reply #8 on: September 12, 2008, 01:36:17 PM
You can't goe wrong with either. But consider that the Brahms is played a lot, and has had some very fine recordings, some recently. I might feel a bit nervous in that company.
Piano: August Foerster 170
Blog: www.oparp.blogspot.com
Teacher: www.racheljimenez.com

Offline thierry13

  • PS Silver Member
  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 2292
Re: Liszt or Brahms?
Reply #9 on: September 12, 2008, 07:38:27 PM
The rhapsody is played to death and I'd be pissed to hear it again. I'd go with the Liszt.

Offline dnephi

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 1859
Re: Liszt or Brahms?
Reply #10 on: September 12, 2008, 09:56:57 PM
Prok 2.
For us musicians, the music of Beethoven is the pillar of fire and cloud of mist which guided the Israelites through the desert.  (Roughly quoted, Franz Liszt.)

Offline healdie

  • PS Silver Member
  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 475
Re: Liszt or Brahms?
Reply #11 on: September 12, 2008, 09:59:03 PM
out of those two i would say Brahms,

i am so fed up of hearing LIszts name i think if i where a judge in a panel i would throttle someone who presented a Liszt piece
"Talent is hitting a target no one else can hit, Genius is hitting a target no one else can see"

A. Schopenhauer

Florestan
For more information about this topic, click search below!

Piano Street Magazine:
A Jazz Piano Christmas 2025 – But not at the Kennedy Center

For more than three decades, “A Jazz Piano Christmas” at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. has been a quiet highlight of the holiday season for jazz and piano lovers. No fixed formulas, no “seasonal jazz” clichés — just strong pianistic voices working with familiar material. This year, the live concert is on pause. Here’s what changed, and where pianists can still turn for meaningful jazz piano Christmas listening and playing. Read more
 

Logo light pianostreet.com - the website for classical pianists, piano teachers, students and piano music enthusiasts.

Subscribe for unlimited access

Sign up

Follow us

Piano Street Digicert
Customer Reviews