Hello! Haven’t posted here in a while. I’m curious how you all would rank these 15 major Romantic works by difficulty, since I plan to study all of them at some point and want to gain some insight. Of the list, I have played Ballades 1 and 3, 1 was significantly more difficult, for me it was the absolute limit of my ability, even though the C# minor section in Ballade 3 is also tough to play clean. I have started looking through Ballade 4 as well and it’s a beast- don’t think I’m quite ready since it will take a ton of time. I just want to make sure I space these pieces out well, since I plan to study them all in the next years. can’t figure out a good order to tackle them in. Btw I can’t afford a good teacher at the moment and school is out of session, so no lessons.Chopin Ballade 1 (I have played)Chopin Ballade 2Chopin Ballade 3 (also played)Chopin Ballade 4Chopin BarcarolleChopin Fantasie in F minorChopin Polonaise-FantasieChopin Scherzo 2 (partially learnt)Chopin Scherzo 3Chopin Scherzo 4Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody 2Liszt Ballade no 2Mendelssohn Rondo CapricciosoSchumann Fantasy In C Major (mvmt 1)Schumann Fantasy in C Major (mvmt 2)Thanks for any help, I know these difficulty threads can be annoying but this will help me out big time.
I’m curious how you all would rank these 15 major Romantic works by difficulty, since I plan to study all of them at some point and want to gain some insight. Of the list, I have played Ballades 1 and 3
People here like to estimate the difficult of pieces they haven't played, but I think that's a superficial assessment, as if technical challenge is the only kind of difficulty, as if you can truly assess it by listening, and you can't see the musical challenge until you get into it.
Topic: Rank these pieces by difficulty 