Can't decide on Rachmaninoff Etude for auditions!

[romanticpianissimo]

I have auditions coming up for an undergraduate university program, and I am completely stuck between two etudes for the audition!

Rachmaninoff's Etude-Tableaux in d minor Op 33. no 4 OR op 33 no. 7(8?) in g minor.

They're both so beautiful in their own ways, No. 4 gives me this sense of adventure filled with energy, while No. 7 is very dark and sad. They both touch my soul. I listen to d minor and I choose that one, then I hear the g minor and want that one. I don't know what to do!

My professor told me to decide by today over a week ago, and I still cannot decide and those two pieces are all I have listened to in that time frame.

What are your suggestions? Which do you like better and why?

[visitor]

 Um Just learn both. Then on the audition form fill it  out w the one of the two you totally own more than the other.  If you are still equally prepped on both call the university and ask if it's alright to just either or and have the jury tell you on the spot stage which they would like to hear, that would probably be more impressive on audit day and is probably more similar to a semester jury situation where you have more music than they have time to hear and they pick and choose what they want from you.

[awesom_o]

Both D minor ones, from op. 33 AND op. 39, are my absolute favourites!

[romanticpianissimo]

Um Just learn both. Then on the audition form fill it  out w the one of the two you totally own more than the other.  If you are still equally prepped on both call the university and ask if it's alright to just either or and have the jury tell you on the spot stage which they would like to hear, that would probably be more impressive on audit day and is probably more similar to a semester jury situation where you have more music than they have time to hear and they pick and choose what they want from you.

That's a really good idea, I will definitely talk to my professor about it! Thank you!

[romanticpianissimo]

Both D minor ones, from op. 33 AND op. 39, are my absolute favourites!

They're so wonderful! The Etude-Tableauxs as a whole are just gorgeous.

[coda_colossale]

My favourites are 39-3 in F# minor and 39-5 in Eb minor. I would love to be able to play those two
Isn't No. 7 the festive one in E flat major?
And the G minor is supposed to be one of the easier ones, right? I'd go with the D minor if you only have those two to choose from.

[eusebius12]

The Eb minor is also my favourite, closely followed by the C# minor