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musicsdarkangel

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Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a theme by Pagannini

on: April 16, 2005, 02:33:40 AM

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.

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Re: Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a theme by Pagannini

Reply #1 on: April 16, 2005, 10:43:46 AM

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

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Reply #2 on: April 17, 2005, 04:59:17 AM

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.

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Reply #3 on: April 17, 2005, 10:12:34 AM

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

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Reply #4 on: April 17, 2005, 09:05:45 PM

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

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Re: Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a theme by Pagannini

Reply #5 on: April 18, 2005, 05:30:50 PM

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.

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