which one?

[Skeptopotamus]

kk well this seems to get asked alot, but I too am having to choose a major romantic work for my repertoire to learn after i am done with these two shorter pieces.  Apparently the Tchaikovsky/Pletnev is not enough (you were right darkwind my teacher agrees).


I am gonna choose from:

Brahms Piano Sonata No. 1
Brahms Piano Sonata No. 3
Liszt Apres un Lecture de Dante
Alkan Symphonie pour Piano
Brahms Fantasies Op. 116
Rachmaninov Piano Sonata No. 1
Schumann Fantasy Pieces Op. 12
Schumann Symphonic Etudes Op. 13


btw i hate brahms plz dont choose him ^^

[dedalus]

This is of course just my opinion, but I love the Dante Sonata.  Naturally this is a very difficult piece and even more so if you do not feel comfortable with big, irregular chords at high speeds, but overall, I feel that out of the pieces you listed, it has the most grandoise and emotional effect.

[thierry13]

DEFINITLY the Dante sonata !! I just LOVE that piece !! And of course Rach 1st if you can manage it... it's much longer than the Dante. And I just love rach's 1st too!! So the one you can manage the more between those two, definitly!

[steinwayguy]

Why do you hate poor old Brahms 


Anway, I've always had a thing for those Symphonic Etudes. Really *** hard too. Then again, all of those pieces are. It's either that or the Liszt.

kk well this seems to get asked alot, but I too am having to choose a major romantic work for my repertoire to learn after i am done with these two shorter pieces.

btw i hate brahms plz dont choose him ^^

Aren't you the one doing the Brahms Paganini Variations?

[galonia]

Aren't you the one doing the Brahms Paganini Variations?

Maybe that explains why he hates Brahms at the moment?   

[Skeptopotamus]

no im not doing those paganini variations, nor do i aspire to any time soon.  i dont know why i dislike brahms.  It's just too much loudness.  There's also something plebeian about it, but let's not get off subject.

the two shorter pieces are a couple french ones my teacher wants me to do.

i love the dante sonata too.  it used to be my alltime favorite piece.  ill probably go with that.  BUT arg!  i love the op13 and the rach 1 and the alkan.... i cant choose.

[steinwayguy]

no im not doing those paganini variations, nor do i aspire to any time soon. i dont know why i dislike brahms. It's just too much loudness. There's also something plebeian about it, but let's not get off subject.

the two shorter pieces are a couple french ones my teacher wants me to do.

i love the dante sonata too. it used to be my alltime favorite piece. ill probably go with that. BUT arg! i love the op13 and the rach 1 and the alkan.... i cant choose.

Sorry I was thinking of Pumpkinhead, who is doing the Paganini Variations.

[apion]

btw i hate brahms plz dont choose him ^^

Sorry, I really recommend the Brahms Piano Sonata no. 3.  It is super-great.

[BoliverAllmon]

I personally would go with the dante myself.

boliver

[Awakening]

I'd try the Rachmaninoff Sonata, but that's just me.

[Skeptopotamus]

ARG


why is it that nobody ever agrees on stuff when i need a definite answer =(


anyways, how bout everyone tells WHY they think the piece they chose is the best one.

Also, please choose out of these now.

Brahms Piano Sonata No. 1
Liszt Apres un Lecture de Dante
Alkan Symphonie pour Piano
Brahms Fantasies Op. 116
Schumann Fantasy Pieces Op. 12
Schumann Symphonic Etudes Op. 13

(sorry the other two were a bit TOO major)



and maybe if anyone has any ideas on why one of these particular pieces is BAD, tell me that also.

or if anyone has any other suggestions on pieces tell me.  And dont say brahms, i swear to god if someone says "The pag variations r0x0red!"  they will die.

[SteinwayTony]

I'm confused.

If you're frustrated, why can't you decide for yourself what you're going to play?  You don't even know who we are, and all you're going to get are worthless one-sentence posts such as "do the brahms."  If you're so indecisive, try a Magic 8-Ball.

If you had just chosen for yourself three days ago when you first posted this thread, you could have been halfway through the piece by now.

[steinwayguy]

Symphonic Etudes, for that magnificently grandiose Finale, those hair-raising 6th-9th variations, beautiful 4th and 5th, and my second-favorite- the pompous 2nd!


And why does everyone on this forum like Alkan?