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Favorite (and hardest) Ballades? (Not just Chopin)

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Who's Ballade(s) were best?

Chopin's: 6 (85.7%)
Liszt's: 1 (14.3%)
Clara Schumann's: 0 (0%)
Brahms': 0 (0%)
Debussy's: 0 (0%)
Fauré's: 0 (0%)
Grieg's: 0 (0%)
Other (comment below): 0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 7

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Topic: Favorite (and hardest) Ballades? (Not just Chopin) (Read 2358 times)

liszt-and-the-galops

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Favorite (and hardest) Ballades? (Not just Chopin)

on: May 28, 2024, 04:30:52 PM

Who's ballades were best and who's were hardest?

IMO:
Hardest: Of the ones I've heard, Chopin's
Best: Chopin's

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Re: Favorite (and hardest) Ballades? (Not just Chopin)

Reply #1 on: May 28, 2024, 09:27:01 PM

Favorite - definitely Chopin. Not even close, considering they're Chopin's best pieces, in my opinion.

I don't even want to get started on hardest, but I guess I'll think about it. By the way, do you mean Clara Schumann by Schumann?

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liszt-and-the-galops

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Re: Favorite (and hardest) Ballades? (Not just Chopin)

Reply #2 on: May 28, 2024, 10:56:44 PM

Quote from: transitional on May 28, 2024, 09:27:01 PM

By the way, do you mean Clara Schumann by Schumann?

Yes. Sorry if that wasn't clear.

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Re: Favorite (and hardest) Ballades? (Not just Chopin)

Reply #3 on: May 29, 2024, 05:41:53 AM

Best - Chopin's, by a mile

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Re: Favorite (and hardest) Ballades? (Not just Chopin)

Reply #4 on: May 29, 2024, 07:11:48 AM

I voted Chopin's too though I don't like the 2nd. The 4th is one of my favourite piano pieces so it more than compensates!

Honourable mention is Granados' ballad 'El amor y la muerte' from Goyescas.

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