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Offline elis_piano

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Masterpiece
on: November 14, 2018, 03:36:25 PM
Hello again!
If you can help me, do it, otherwise do not make any ironical comments. It will be appreciarted.

So, here we are again, I have to choose one Romantic BIG WORK for the final exams for my diploma.
 My current repertoire is: Bach bwv 849, chopin scherzo n 2, chopin etude op 25 n 11, 12,  scriabin etude op 8 n 12, beethoven sonata op 2 n 3, and the tempest, Grieg concerto.

I would like you to suggest me a big, romantic piece among the masterpieces of Chopin (except the ballads), Liszt, Schumann or something you have in mind that fits in the situation.. considering the works above as the hardest i have played.

Thank you in advance!
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Offline william_ni_guang_xin

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Re: Masterpiece
Reply #1 on: November 25, 2018, 03:37:25 AM
Liszt's Ballade No. 2 in B minor, Valentina Lisitsa's version is my favorite.

It may be harder than the pieces you can play, considering it's a 16 minute liszt piece, but it's one of the most impressive solo piano work I've ever heard of, in my opinion it has reached the limitation of the expressiveness of a single piano, only Piano Concertos can top this Everest of a Ballade, in terms of Soundscape, most of the techniques in this ballade are very similar to the ones that can be found in Liszt's Transcendental Etude No. 12, "Chasse-Neige".

Offline beethovenfan01

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Re: Masterpiece
Reply #2 on: November 25, 2018, 03:59:39 AM
I would also recommend Chopin's Sonata Op. 35, which would be about a step up in your repertoire I think.

Schumann's Fantasie Op. 17 may also be what you're looking for. 30 minutes long, yes, but even just one movement is plenty (though if you're looking for a "BIG" work, either the first or second would be more what you're looking for, or the whole thing if you're up for the challenge."

Consider also Rachmaninoff's Variations on a Theme by Corelli.

Scriabin's Fantasie Op. 28 is also a great masterpiece work, but not sure if you could consider it "Romantic."
Practicing:
Bach Chromatic Fantasie and Fugue
Beethoven Sonata Op. 10 No. 1
Shostakovich Preludes Op. 34
Scriabin Etude Op. 2 No. 1
Liszt Fantasie and Fugue on BACH

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Re: Masterpiece
Reply #3 on: November 28, 2018, 12:07:51 PM
Chopin allegro de concert

Offline ronde_des_sylphes

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Re: Masterpiece
Reply #4 on: November 28, 2018, 12:49:28 PM
Some Liszt, arranged from comparatively easier to most difficult:

Vallee d'Obermann
Dante Sonata
Norma Fantasy (not for the faint-hearted).
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Offline georgey

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Re: Masterpiece
Reply #5 on: November 28, 2018, 05:22:53 PM
2 Masterpieces:
Franck Prelude Chorale and Fugue - Big enough?
Brahms Variations and Fugue on theme by Handel
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