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imbetter

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Best cadenzas in piano concerti?

on: July 14, 2009, 06:34:28 PM

For me:

1. Prokofiev 2
2. Rachmaninoff 3
3. Rachmaninoff 1
4. Grieg
5. Ravel

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Re: Best cadenzas in piano concerti?

Reply #1 on: July 14, 2009, 06:47:11 PM

i second Prokofieff's 2nd and i also love Beethoven's 3rd

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Re: Best cadenzas in piano concerti?

Reply #2 on: July 14, 2009, 08:27:43 PM

I second the formers list but I would add Feinberg piano concerto no.2 (I might be thinking of a different concerto)

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Re: Best cadenzas in piano concerti?

Reply #3 on: July 14, 2009, 11:56:49 PM

I'll have to listen to this concerto. If it has as good of a cadenza as the former it must be worth listening to.

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