Epic Piano Battles of History: Chopin vs Liszt

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The Epic Piano Battles of History have their second round: Chopin vs Liszt! It's not sure who's gonna win but it's sure that the hands and fingers are gonna lose.

Song List (in order of appearance):
Chopin: Etudes, Opus 10 No. 5 - Black Key
Liszt: Grandes Etudes de Paganini No.6
Chopin: Nocturne Opus 9 No.2
Liszt: Transcendental Étude No. 5 - Feux follets
Chopin: Fantaisie-Impromptu
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Chopin: Scherzo Bb minor, Opus 31

Attribution

Author: Bernd Krueger
Changed: Yes

Composer(s): Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt

Original Music © Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt

[ActionAdam]

Fun fact: Did you know Liszt and Chopin were buddies. Apparently Liszt was able to SIGHT-READ Chopin's works, even some of his hardest etudes. It is even rumoured Liszt could play Chopin's "Bees" in octaves. As one could imagine, this annoyed Chopin to a degree but also deepened his respect for him and he dedicated his Op.10 etudes to Liszt, his dear friend :3

[anirudhrajesh]

Liszt wanted to make pieces that only he could play. But later he realised he wanted his works to be remembered, so he simplified his pieces so others could BARELY play them.

[michaeldd]

If you need the music name:
0:00 Beethoven 5th symphony arr by Liszt
0:08 Chopin-Etude op.10 no.5
0:31 Liszt-Paganini Etude S.141 no.6
1:11 Chopin-Nocturne op.9 No.2
1:39 Liszt-Transcendental Etude no.5
2:11 Chopin-Fantaisie Impromtu Op.66
2:41 Liszt-Hungarian Rhapsody no.2
4:11 Chopin-Scherzo no.2 op.31
4:47 Chopin-Etude op.10 no.12
5:01 John Cage-4'33

[sergeirachmaninoff]

0:04

Even the fonts speak about both the composers...

[ewibowo]

i love how both of them thought that humans had 20 fingers

[just_yunie]

Liszt and Chopin. Thank you for making our lives as pianists harder.

[imperatorcaesaraugustuspri]

´´ i paid for the whole piano, so i am going to use the whole piano ´´

~ Chopin and Liszt

[dazydulce]

As a pianist, I think there's no way to compare them. Liszt has unrivaled technique; his technical skills are teetering on superhuman. On the other hand, Chopin's melodies are unparalleled. True, Liszt has beautiful pieces as well, but no one can come close to Chopin's superiority in producing touching works of art.

[erenagilonu]

Next one would be me versus Rachmaninoff!

[Zephyrus]

Get this:
Chopin: mind-bending
Liszt: finger-bending

[adriankowal]

In my view Chopins songs were more melodic, more pleasant to being heared but Liszt's peaces were definitely harder.

[franzliszt]

Alternative Title: Two old fussy men death threaten each other without having the ability to fight the other with their hands - because they're too busy playing the piano with them.

[deathpyre]

I liked the Chopin pieces better. It was interesting though that Liszt had the first ravenous fandom of ladies for a performer like boy bands do, which was called Lisztomania.

[Trevr]

Liszt had force, fancy keyboard tricks and fireworks. Chopin had melody and brilliance.

[ysadalawatatloapat]

The intro: Liszt vs Chopin
Music: *casually plays Beethoven*

But all jokes aside, this is pure talent

[franzliszt]

Wha-
Chopin and I are like, best friends! He and I were partying the day before yesterday, we'd NEVER roast each other like that, right Chopin?







Uh... Right?

[adriantovar]

I think the next two composers that should go against each other are Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff

[ryanting]

0:00 Beethoven fifth symphony arranged Liszt
0:10 Chopin Op 10 No 5 "black keys"
0:31 Grande Etudes de Paganini No 6
1:12 Nocturne in E flat Op 9 No 2
1:40 Etudes de transcendente No 5 "Feux Follots"
2:13 Op 66 Fantaisie Impromptu
2:43 Hungarian rhapsody No 2
4:12 Scherzo No 2 in B flat minor, Op 31
4:46 Op 10 No 12 "Revolution"

[sebastianboeddinghaus]

"But I prefer this suffering to your music - every single day"

ouch

[pepto_bismol.]

First of all, Liszt created the hardest playable piece, AND is my favorite composer. Chopin, don't get me wrong, is amazing, but we gotta give
this to Liszt.