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Offline 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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Chopin Polonaise Op. 53
Brahms Op. 79 No. 2
Rachmaninoff Op. 16 No. 4 and 5

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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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