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Classical Music

sir pball

(4,941 posts) Thu Jun 15, 2023, 10:30 PM Jun 2023

Liszt should be THEATRICAL and DRAMATIC.

He wrote some of the most complicated piano music ever, anyone who performs it should be a bit extra themselves. It's just not right without some flair. Maksim has it.

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Liszt should be THEATRICAL and DRAMATIC. (Original Post) sir pball Jun 2023 OP

As he no doubt intended. usonian Jun 2023 #1

usonian

(13,940 posts)

1. As he no doubt intended.

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Thu Jun 15, 2023, 11:24 PM

Jun 2023

A musical genius, and virtuoso di tutti virtuosi.
And a showboat, IIRC.

Ya got it, flaunt it.
The opposite, I think, was Arthur Rubenstein playing Beethoven's 4th Piano Concerto.
He channeled some pretty cerebral music.
My vote for some of the most cerebral music ever is Beethoven's 32nd Piano Sonata, the last one.
But I've got lots of votes!
The "Liszt" is very long.

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