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#1399430 - 03/19/10 05:24 PM Re: Which is more difficult? [Re: Horowitzian]
Damon 4000 Post Club Member Registered: 09/22/06 Posts: 4473 Loc: St. Louis area	Originally Posted By: Horowitzian Originally Posted By: BruceD Originally Posted By: euler Yes, they are all very challenging pieces. The ballade is the only one of the three that I have gotten somewhere near a performance level. Moreover, any one with the technical reserves to tackle one of these should be able to tackle any of the others. The question, therefore, doesn't seem to have much relevance. Regards, We need a sticky of something to this effect at the top of the forum! And just add to that sticky that Horowitz was the best, end of conversation!
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#1399431 - 03/19/10 05:26 PM Re: Which is more difficult? [Re: Damon]
Horowitzian 8000 Post Club Member Registered: 09/18/08 Posts: 8208	That, too... ducks _________________________ ~H Close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and nuclear weapons.
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#1399487 - 03/19/10 06:54 PM Re: Which is more difficult? [Re: LaReginadellaNotte]
carey 3000 Post Club Member Registered: 05/13/05 Posts: 3960 Loc: Phoenix, Arizona	Originally Posted By: LaReginadellaNotte Both technically and musically, I think the g minor Ballade is the hardest. I believe that the opening of the Coda is harder than anything in the Scherzo or the Polonaise. As for the Scherzo and the Polonaise, it may depend on what you happen to be good at. The Scherzo focuses mainly on running passages, while the Polonaise focuses mainly on big chordal playing and octaves. I would tend to agree with you. I've always been fairly adept at chordal playing and octaves - and I easily learned and performed the Polonaise during my senior year in college as a non-piano major. Afer 40+ years I still haven't learned either the Ballade or the Scherzo. The Ballade suffers from overexposure (sort of like Opus 10 No. 3) and appears to have some very ticky passages. I just can't motivate myself to work on it. I've attempted the Scherzo a few times over the past 40 years - but always got frustrated with it and moved on to something else. For me, at least, the Polonaise is the easiest of the bunch. _________________________ YouTube channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/pianophilo
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