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want to know Franz Liszt's work better - what should I listen to first?
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Date: February 6th, 2026 10:36 AM Author: Quality Learing Center alumnus (✅🍑) the guy wrote so much, what should I start with? Piano sonata in B minor? the Hungarian Rhapsodies? what else? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831690&forum_id=2"#49650694) |
Date: February 6th, 2026 10:37 AM Author: FizzKidd (probably not even asian) his organ work is underrated (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831690&forum_id=2"#49650697) |
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Date: February 6th, 2026 10:40 AM Author: Quality Learing Center alumnus (✅🍑) Huh. Thanks. Anything specific I should look out for? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831690&forum_id=2"#49650710) |
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Date: February 6th, 2026 1:29 PM Author: FizzKidd (probably not even asian) these are the two big ones https://youtu.be/ngNKPqiC-RM |
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Date: February 6th, 2026 2:42 PM Author: Nude Daddy (FizzKidd releasing her fat oafish tits) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831690&forum_id=2"#49651322) |
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Date: February 6th, 2026 2:42 PM Author: Ode to the Web 1.0 Message Boards... (tp, clearly) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisztomania_(song) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831690&forum_id=2"#49651326) |
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Date: February 7th, 2026 10:04 AM Author: Geno Type (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831690&forum_id=2"#49653292) |
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Date: February 7th, 2026 10:02 AM Author: happytobealive That's easy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcendental_Études |
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Date: February 7th, 2026 10:18 AM Author: happytobealive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AkoZTThzRs&list=RD1AkoZTThzRs&start_radio=1
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Date: February 7th, 2026 10:03 AM Author: cucumbers Hungarian Rhapsodies performed by Cziffra
In fact any Liszt performed by Cziffra |
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Date: February 7th, 2026 10:05 AM Author: OYT and the Indie Reprieve ( ) I’ve watched this performance many many times https://youtu.be/LdH1hSWGFGU?si=ripPomN4rT9qN6hW (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831690&forum_id=2"#49653293) |
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Date: February 7th, 2026 10:32 AM Author: cucumbers I have to interrupt here as a classical music snob. Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2 is among the most famous of Liszt's pieces, and this performance might satisfy the ear of the casual listener, but it lacks the finesse of the grand interpreters of Liszt and will likely leave the listener entertained but not fully engaged with classical music. In particular, this performance is too mechanical, poorly phrased, and clearly at the technical limits of the performer. These factors combined limit the listener from appreciating the nuances of Liszt (despite him being historically called a "superficial and just flashy" composer) and will likely keep the listener from exploring classical music further.
With that in mind, the "golden age" of Liszt interpretations was in the mid-to-late 20th century, with a few, more recent exceptions like Marc-Andre Hamelin.
I would have to recommend Cziffra or Horowitz as the finest interpreters of this particular Hungarian Rhapsody. Cziffra if you want to hear someone who's unfazed by the technical challenges of the piece, and Horowitz if you want the "flashy" performance.
Hamelin's most notable recording is hard to compare to others as his has a sizable cadenza added by Hamelin himself, so it strays from the piece as originally intended. His recording, however, does demonstrate the peak of piano virtuosity in the most recent decades. |
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Date: February 7th, 2026 10:34 AM Author: Quality Learing Center alumnus (✅🍑) ty for this, extremely informative (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831690&forum_id=2"#49653319) |
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Date: February 7th, 2026 10:36 AM Author: cucumbers Here's Hamelin's recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIMzL2-4bjg
He's arguably the most gifted pianist of his generation, and the cadenza he adds here is one demonstration of that. |
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Date: February 7th, 2026 10:48 AM Author: cucumbers I thought this recording was from the early 21st century, but it's actually from 1997, so it falls into that "golden age" of the mid-to-late 20th century that I mentioned. I doubt there's a pianist alive who can replicate the last three minutes of this recording as effortlessly as Hamelin. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831690&forum_id=2"#49653336) |
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Date: February 7th, 2026 10:49 AM Author: Quality Learing Center alumnus (✅🍑) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831690&forum_id=2"#49653338) |
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Date: February 7th, 2026 11:53 AM Author: cucumbers Straying off-topic, but it's relatively uncontroversial to say that Hamelin (at his peak) is indeed the most gifted pianist alive. Alkan's works for solo piano are considered the most difficult pieces written before composers went insane in the 20th century and started composing pieces that are simply impossible to perform. While some pianists have recorded Alkan's more difficult pieces, these pieces are understandably not often performed live. Of the pianists brave enough to perform them in concert, no one comes close to matching Hamelin's accuracy, clarity, tempo, overall control, etc. And he's the only one that looks at ease performing that kind of insanity. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831690&forum_id=2"#49653422) |
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Date: February 7th, 2026 12:05 PM Author: UhOh hfs (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831690&forum_id=2"#49653432) |
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Date: February 7th, 2026 12:15 PM Author: cucumbers (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831690&forum_id=2"#49653438) |
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Date: February 7th, 2026 10:10 AM Author: ,.,.;', (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5831690&forum_id=2"#49653303) |