Piano Concertos
Piano Concertos
Liszt vs. Rachmaninoff piano concertos?
I know that Rachmaninoff piano concerto No. 3 in D minor and No. 2 in C Minor is almost 3 times as long as Liszt 1 and 2, but are the Liszt No. 1 in E Flat Major and No. 2 in A Major at a higher level of technical difficult then the Rach 2 or 3?
Listening to the concertos the Liszt appears to be somewhat "trickier"
Who am I to rate piano execution difficulty ? And also the official ratings show so many inconsistencies, especially when dealing with masterpieces like the ones you quote.
Thanks God, the hardness of such executions goes far beyond mere fingering, scales or 3rd hand effects and regard the overall interpretation.
Liszt 1 is a real virtuoso concerto (L. has been decreasing technical difficulties over the time; pick the ‘Transcendental studies’ 3 versions); it lasts less than 20 minutes and has the final ‘Presto’ which is really hard (tricky as you say), but the beginning has a portentous Beethovenian theme which declares the author’s ambition (he was 38) and probably a dedication to the first conductor (Berlioz). The irony about over-usage of triangle jeopardized the fame of the work for years.
Liszt 2 is just a bit longer and, while composed in the same years, was first played only in 1857. It is only one movement, divided in sections, and has nothing virtuosistic in itself, at least in the monster standards Liszt sets. It’s very lyrical and munches over and over the same initial theme.
Rachma 2 (1901) can be considered a young work (he was 28) but the quality of that half an hour of post-romantic music struck the public immediately. It’s difficult to love that outpouring of pathos and sentimental unbalance in the sheerest tchaikovskian style, but the finale ‘Allegro Scherzando’ reaches the top of technicality.
Rachma 3 (1909) maintains pathos and post-romantic sentimentalism but it seems more classical in structure. It’s the longest of the four-some (40 minutes) and it distributes technicalities between a long, long cadenza to the first movement and the finale ‘Alla breve’. The attitude of building a sentimental concerto and then finishing it off with the fireworks is something that puzzles and disturbs me.
But, who am I ?
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