Slithery Slide

[Rachmanoinoff]

The serpent slithers shyly...

Hey people,

I have a recital in 2 weeks and the stuff I wanted to play/learned I don't like anymore.  So, I was just wondering... I don't know any Chopin etudes, but do you all think it's a good idea to learn them?  All of them?  Like 2 a day?  SO I can play them in time for this recital?

Tell me what you think!

P.S. I'm also thinking about doing the Liszt sonata... is that to long/hard to learn in two weeks?

[xenia]

You can't be serious !You must be kidding!
All Chopin's etudes and List sonata for 2 weeks ?!
But,why?

 

[88keys]

Rachmanoinoff, learning the Chopin Etudes at this rate is completely unrealistic, even for the best pianists!

2 etudes per month would be more realistic.  And even then, most of them won't sound that good... Mastering the Chopin Etudes is a work years.

For comparision:

It took me about a week and a half to learn Beethoven's Sonata #4 in Eb, Op. 7. This work is over 20 minutes long.

Yet I've been working for something like 3 months on Chopin's Etude Op. 10, No. #4, and I still can't get it up to full speed. That's a single etude - a mere two minutes long... and it isn't the hardest one either.

The above is the result of practicing about an hour or two a day. If you practice more, you can learn it quicker. But even practicing 12 hours a day will not get you anywhere near the "2 a day" you are looking for.

Sorry, but it seems like you'll have to pick something else for your next recital.

(I still recommend learning the Chopin someday. It is well worth the effort, as long as you take your time.)

[10Fingers]

Oh my god,

2 Etudes a day, that's absolutely impossiple. First of all, I doubt you you have the technique (at the age of 15) to learn all of them, for they're very different from each other. And secondly, whether they'll sound fine will depend on your maturity, you can't develop  such a musical understanding in just 2 weeks.
Martin, the Chopin are more than just virtuoso-etudes, they're of a very hogh musical niveau. I've played three of tehm (op. 10 no 12, op. 25 no. 2 and no. 21) and it took me almost two years to get it up to the right speed, and even now they don't sound perfect.
Concerning the Lizt sonata, have you ever taken a glance to the notes? It'S one of the most difficult pieces ever composed.
sorry but that'S not doable, as 88keys said it, not even by the best pianists.
Just an example: it took Horowitz 2 month to study the lizt sonata until he decided to perform it.