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Topic: How would you rank Mozart's Piano Concertos in terms of difficulty? (Read 8660 times)

albumblatter

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How would you rank Mozart's Piano Concertos in terms of difficulty?

on: July 12, 2013, 04:40:11 AM

9th, 15th, 18th would be moderately challenging and I would say that the 17th, 22nd, 25th, and 27th would be the hardest.

Also, favorite piano concertos by Mozart?

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Re: How would you rank Mozart's Piano Concertos in terms of difficulty?

Reply #1 on: July 12, 2013, 06:22:39 AM

Quote from: albumblatter on July 12, 2013, 04:40:11 AM

the hardest.

KV 365. Solo. One hand each piano!

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Re: How would you rank Mozart's Piano Concertos in terms of difficulty?

Reply #2 on: July 12, 2013, 06:56:09 AM

haha, that was a good one.

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Re: How would you rank Mozart's Piano Concertos in terms of difficulty?

Reply #3 on: July 13, 2013, 04:52:35 AM

Haha! I guess in that case K.242 would be quite daunting to play.

I just can't get over how every Mozart's piano concertos have magical moments imbued in them -- like the end of the second movement of the 22nd concerto. When that brief theme returns and the piano plays such breathtaking progressions.. instant goosebumps. If only it weren't for all these runs and clusters of notes in the outer movements, I'd play the work more often.

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Re: How would you rank Mozart's Piano Concertos in terms of difficulty?

Reply #4 on: July 14, 2013, 04:41:23 AM

All of them: the hardest.

Just because they don't have as many notes as Prokofiev, Bartok, or Rachmaninoff doesn't make them easier.

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