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Offline pianoplayjl

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Best Cadenza ever
on: February 19, 2012, 12:07:22 AM
What is your favourite piano concerto cadenza? Sorry if this topic has been posted before...

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Offline drkilroy

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Re: Best Cadenza ever
Reply #1 on: February 19, 2012, 11:41:15 AM
I think this is the cadenza for Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand.

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Re: Best Cadenza ever
Reply #2 on: February 20, 2012, 12:26:05 PM
For me it is Rachmaninoff's 3rd concerto ossia cadenza from 1st mvt and the bit towards the end of the 2nd mvt leading to the 3rd mvt. Originally, I didn't know there was an ossia cadenza because all along I was listening to Byron Janis play the orginal cadenza and then I happened to stumble along a Lazar Berman version of the ossia cadenza. The Ossia is so much better than the original, with more deeper sounds and more meaning to it. And besides, it is longer.  ;DIMO the original is only for people with small hands.
I can't tell there the cadenza is in Thalberg's concerto.

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Offline mozartk365

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Re: Best Cadenza ever
Reply #3 on: March 11, 2012, 02:34:36 PM
the cadenza on the 1st movement of Beethoven's third piano concerto, and the shorter cadenza on rach 3, but only when played by the great Horowitz
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Re: Best Cadenza ever
Reply #4 on: March 12, 2012, 12:49:22 PM
Gould´s cadenza from Beethoven´s first piano concerto  ;D

I really love it actually, I think that more pianists should play it.
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