How do you play Liszt?!!!!

[flashyfingers]

Soooo…This is going to be an odd topic. I am only posting this because I am slightly insane.

I have this theory that to play Liszt well you need TWO of the following, not one. You need not only technique, but also virtuosic abilities…

I mean…many pianists that are professionals have great technique. But only the greats play Liszt. I mean, REALLY play Liszt.

How do you go from technique to virtuosity?

A side note:

These are the works by Liszt which I have played

Mephisto valse no 1
Rigoletto (the stupid trill with thirds is something I still can't brag about!!!)
Concert études Il lamento and La leggierezza
Valse impromptu

BACK to the point:

How do you REALLY play Liszt, and can you recommend some works that are fast and challenging that are between the levels of La leggierezza and Feux follets?


Thanks!! Love you all.

[ronde_des_sylphes]

With not merely technique, but with panache, commitment and charisma. In short, how he did.

Suggested works: 8th Transcendental (Wilde Jagd), browse through the Hungarian Rhapsodies, but choose a less-played one, like no 7 or no 11. The paraphrases on Rienzi and Gounod's Faust are good fun, virtuosic, but not insanely difficult (like eg Don Juan, or the Tarantelle di bravura). Scherzo and March? I had great fun with the Heroic March, S.231, a while back. It's nonsense really, but no-one writes entertaining nonsense like Liszt does!

[flashyfingers]

With not merely technique, but with panache, commitment and charisma. In short, how he did.

Suggested works: 8th Transcendental (Wilde Jagd), browse through the Hungarian Rhapsodies, but choose a less-played one, like no 7 or no 11. The paraphrases on Rienzi and Gounod's Faust are good fun, virtuosic, but not insanely difficult (like eg Don Juan, or the Tarantelle di bravura). Scherzo and March? I had great fun with the Heroic March, S.231, a while back. It's nonsense really, but no-one writes entertaining nonsense like Liszt does!

Thank you!

Wilde Jagd is pretty difficult. I don't think it is going to help with TE 5 though lol

It is quite entertaining nonsense, indeed. I don't know HOW he wrote all this music. Such excellent music.