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Offline chopinaninoff

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Warsaw or Rach 2?
on: May 29, 2011, 03:58:09 AM
which one seems more difficult...first movement of Rach 2, or Warsaw?

Offline thalbergmad

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Re: Warsaw or Rach 2?
Reply #1 on: June 02, 2011, 07:51:17 PM
I have a soft spot for the Warsaw Concerto. It seems sometimes to suffer under a "film music" banner, but I think it is a wonderful dramatic piece.

As to the difficulty, I cannot play either.

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Offline retrouvailles

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Re: Warsaw or Rach 2?
Reply #2 on: June 02, 2011, 10:24:27 PM
A better "film music concerto" is the Concerto Macabre by Bernard Herrmann. The Warsaw Concerto is a bit to schmaltzy for me, and the piano writing is far too derivative for my tastes. I have a soft spot for it too, but I personally would never consider learning it. The Concerto Macabre has a quirkier, witty sound to it, even though it still has some romantically-influenced gestures. It just has a "smarter" sound to it, if you know what I mean.

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Re: Warsaw or Rach 2?
Reply #3 on: June 03, 2011, 01:13:36 AM
I have a soft spot for the Warsaw Concerto. It seems sometimes to suffer under a "film music" banner, but I think it is a wonderful dramatic piece.
I completely agree. A delicious guilty pleasure! 

Offline healdie

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Re: Warsaw or Rach 2?
Reply #4 on: July 15, 2011, 01:56:06 AM
which one seems more difficult...first movement of Rach 2, or Warsaw?

To play or to listen to? :P
"Talent is hitting a target no one else can hit, Genius is hitting a target no one else can see"

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Offline pianoplayjl

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Re: Warsaw or Rach 2?
Reply #5 on: October 18, 2011, 01:35:40 AM
He probably means to play because listening is not that hard; you just need patience.
Funny? How? How am I funny?
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