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Topic: Liszt Grand Etude 8 Opening (S.137)  (Read 2026 times)

Offline abel2

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Liszt Grand Etude 8 Opening (S.137)
on: August 18, 2015, 02:43:06 PM
Is the opening of this piece even possible on a modern piano? It seems so ridiculously convoluted.
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Offline hfmadopter

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Re: Liszt Grand Etude 8 Opening (S.137)
Reply #1 on: August 18, 2015, 07:04:45 PM
Just a guess here but Liszt would probably marvel at a quality modern piano of this day compared to what he Had to play on..
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Depressing the pedal on an out of tune acoustic piano and playing does not result in tonal color control or add interest, it's called obnoxious.

Offline liszt1022

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Re: Liszt Grand Etude 8 Opening (S.137)
Reply #2 on: August 18, 2015, 07:09:36 PM
Leslie Howard says it's impossible on a modern piano but Idil Biret managed it just fine.
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