what can you tell me about this piece?

[Sekoul]

hi... i really love the brahms dances no.2, and until now i thought it was a 4 hands piece... but then i found this
https://www.sheetmusicarchive.net/compositions_b/hundanc2.pdf
it's pretty obvious that this is a solo, but what can you tell me about the difficulty? i cant seem to find any information or recordings of this solo version. how would it compare in diffulty to something like, say, La Campanella?

Thank you:)

[steinwayguy]

It's horribly difficult, close to La Campanella I'd say.

[joell12068]

Most pianists only know the Brahms 21 Hungarian Dances for piano 4-hands.  Brahms did arrange the first ten for solo piano.  The solo versions aren't too bad.  Idil Biret (for Naxos) and Martin Jones (for Nimbus) have recorded the solo versions.   

[Radix]

That doesn't look too bad, honestly, but, then again, I don't know how long you've been playing.

[maxy]

These are much harder than the 4-hands original version.  Katchen made a good recording. (better than Jones/Biret, I find)  You may also want to check the Cziffra version... awesome recording!

[SteinwayTony]

I've never seen a solo version of the Dances, but it looks much simpler than La Campanella.  Big hands would be a plus for the sixteenth notes arpeggios (Chopin Op. 10 No. 1 would prepare for these), but other than that, the relatively quick tempo would be the only major obstacle.