Talk:Piano Sonata (Liszt)

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"The Sonata has had many champions over the years, and has been performed by virtually every major 20th century pianist. Pianists as diverse as Alfred Brendel and Vladimir Horowitz have performed it, and it seems to be one of the few works that appears in every repertoire. This may be because the sonata's considerable technical and interpretive challenges place it as one of the most difficult and rewarding works a pianist can undertake."

This should be removed, I think.

1. Is it strange that Brendel recorded it? Otherwise I don't understand the point...

2. "one of the few works in every repertoire". This should be explained, if not removed...

Anders Båtstrand

There's every reason to remove it? Schissel : bowl listen 17:34, September 1, 2005 (UTC)

Yes, it is perceived by many to be strange that Brendel recorded this work, since he has been associated, by his own repertoire, with the German classics, for nearly the last 40 years of his career. Most people are unaware that he recorded many Romantic virtuosic pieces in the earlier part of his career, displaying a quite ferocious technique indeed, in works like the Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies (which are arguably even less "serious" works than the Sonata). In fact, he has recorded the Liszt Sonata twice.66.108.145.155 01:30, 13 April 2006 (UTC) Allen Roth

[edit] About the link's download...

When I downloaded the song (performed by Alberto Cobo), instead of the whole 34 minutes of the sonata, it cut off on the 30th minute (not exactly 30th). Is anyone else having this trouble? Or just me? If so, we should look for another download of the same song. It will be difficult to find though.

It's possibly for copyright reasons, I'll look into it to-night M A Mason