Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a theme by Pagannini

[musicsdarkangel]

I guess I'm going to play this.



How difficult is it compared to, say,

Mendelssohn G minor?
Rachmaninoff 1st-3rd concertos?


I am clueless.

[pianomann1984]

Harder than Mendessohn, but easier than the concerto's, I'd say

[steinwayguy]

a lot harder than mendelssohn.

I heard it was harder than the 2nd concerto, but I really have no idea. and I don't know the 2nd shapes up against the 1st.

[pianomann1984]

I don't know about the 4th concerto, but I think of the other three, 2 is most awkward, then 3, then 1.  But the Rach Pag is definately easier (for starters its much less complex harmonically) than the 1st concerto

[Rach3]

Very formidable - more so than the first and probably the second as well.

[Motrax]

It's quite a lot harder than it looks on paper. There are some tremendous chord skips which are very difficult to do cleanly. I would definitely consider it on the same level as the concerti.