Most difficult Liszt pieces?

[etudes]

ok so transcendental etudes 4 and 5 are the hardest, which one is the easiest?

well.....4,5,12 are hardest
easiest is no.1 (3 also not that bad)

[stucoy]

liszt horowitz hungarian rhapsody no 2. watch lang lang doing it on youtube. he looks like hes having a fit.
also horowitz said it was the hardest thing hes ever played

No - I'm sure Horowitz said that Feux Follets was the hardest thing he'd ever played.

[dnephi]

Lang Lang's always havin' a fit. 

 

I would say Feux Follets (1838 ed.) is the hardest :p.

[elias89]

You've forgotten one piece whichis played NEVER because of its difficulty:

        SCHERZO&MARCH
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The only Horowitz recording which exists is H.'s own transcription, which is indeed much easier than the origina.
I suppose that it's a late work of Liszt.

[lombardian]

uhmmmm. HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY NO. 6!!!!! for the love of god if thats not the hardest piece out there i dont know what is.

[soliloquy]

Beethoven-Liszt Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"
Beethoven-Liszt Symphony No. 9 "Choral"
Berlioz-Liszt "Symphony Fantastique"

[donjuan]

You've forgotten one piece whichis played NEVER because of its difficulty:

        SCHERZO&MARCH
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

no, its not played very much because it's not very deep.  you know it's Junk food music, admit it.  and people do play the original -Jeno Jando, Leslie Howard, and others I'm sure

The only Horowitz recording which exists is H.'s own transcription, which is indeed much easier than the origina.
I suppose that it's a late work of Liszt.

1st sentence: huh? sorry I dont understand

2nd sentence: well, you supposed wrong because Liszt composed it in 1851-4.  He wasnt old at all...  even if he was, what does that have to do with anything we are talking about in this thread anyway??

[dnephi]

Liszt went sickeningly atonal when he got old... bagatelle, anyone?

[nicko124]

(FYI to you peeps talking about Grand Galop Chromatique - It is very well known this piece has been put into context with his huge Galop in A minor, and many would say the Chromatique galop is studied in preparation for studying Galop in A minor.) I think it is similar to how Grosses Konzertsolo is studied before tackling the B Minor Sonata.
donjuan

Galop in A Minor is my favourite Liszt piece (at the moment) and I think Leslie Howards recording of it is fantastic. It is a very tricky piece with some really mean stretches (1st Page), however I have seen more difficult Liszt pieces.

For anyone who is interested, have a look at the sheet music attached.

In terms of monstrous difficulty, I find the top of page 4 with the Octave leaps very very difficult. There are of course a lot of other difficult sections in it as well.

It's one hell of a piece, I love it!

Check out the recording here:-

https://www.megaupload.com/?d=HAXNCADX

taken from Leslie Howard's 'Dances and Marches' CD.

[emmdoubleew]

uhmmmm. HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY NO. 6!!!!! for the love of god if thats not the hardest piece out there i dont know what is.

Lmao, no.

[thracozaag]

no, its not played very much because it's not very deep.  you know it's Junk food music, admit it.  and people do play the original -Jeno Jando, Leslie Howard, and others I'm sure1st sentence: huh? sorry I dont understand

  Yes, and their recordings are quite mediocre.  The Horowitz version is actually structurally superior, I find--and as hard as the Scherzo and March sounds...it's 10X harder to play.

koji

[donjuan]

thanks for the sheet music, nicko!

[da jake]

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