The HARDEST piece in common repertoire, round 1 match 1. Cast your votes!

[liszt-and-the-galops]

Finally, it's ready. Round 1, match 1 is underway!
Cast your votes, comment below, or both!
Deadline is noon of March 6, US eastern time. Be sure to vote by then.

^^^Here's the bracket, sorry for the low quality^^^

[lelle]

Hahaha love that you are doing this. My vote has been cast. Hoping the competition will be fierce!

[liszt-and-the-galops]

Thanks for the compliment and the vote!
I have a feeling that we won't actually get to tough decisions until around match 6 though... Just how the draw turned out, I guess.

[liszt-and-the-galops]

Voting closes in exactly 24 hours.
Vote now if you don't want to miss it!

[frodo4]

I never heard Liszt - Hamelin Cadenza, from Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2 so I voted for Mussorgsky.  Is the Hamelin Cadenza in common repertoire?

[liszt-and-the-galops]

I never heard Liszt - Hamelin Cadenza, from Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2 so I voted for Mussorgsky.  Is the Hamelin Cadenza in common repertoire?

It's the last part of Hungarian Rhapsody #2. If you don't know what a piece is, I suggest you google it.

[frodo4]

It's the last part of Hungarian Rhapsody #2. If you don't know what a piece is, I suggest you google it.

Thanks.  I tried to change my vote after hearing the Hamelin cadenza but I was unable.

I am mostly familiar with this great Liszt work from the Tom and Jerry cartoon.  I refer you to the 24th measure of Liszt’s work.  This measure (performed by Tom the cat to comic perfection) wakes up Jerry the mouse and is found at minute marker 1:25 of the following.

[liszt-and-the-galops]

Surely you're joking...
The song that plays during that scene is Friska, which is also from HR 2 lmao.
Also, the reason I didn't want people changing their votes is because I want people to be honest personally, and if they see a large majority voted for the song they think is less difficult then they might vote for that one instead, even though voting is anonymous.

[frodo4]

Surely you're joking...
The song that plays during that scene is Friska, which is also from HR 2 lmao.

Not sure what you are saying here.  But that's ok.   

[liszt-and-the-galops]

Friska is the 2nd part of Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2 while the Hamelin Cadenza is the 3rd part of HR 2.

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Friska is the 2nd part of Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2 while the Hamelin Cadenza is the 3rd part of HR 2.

Only in some recordings - Hamelin wrote this cadenza and I always use another cadenza because I don't have any stamina or technical capability to play any of these super challenging ones.

[liszt-and-the-galops]

Voting closes in under 4 hours, so it's your last chance to cast your vote!

[lelle]

One idea, since some people may be unfamiliar with the pieces/sections referenced: maybe add a youtube link to each selection to your post for the next rounds?