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I thought I knew how to play something until I got my hands on the transcription score of Schubert-Liszt's Die Forelle and listened a thousand times to Jorge Bolet's recording.
But how many hands and how many fingers did this pianist have?
How can one sing in that way and simultaneously execute those darting arabesques distributed across all registers of the piano?
Before throwing in the towel and falling into depression, I humbly ask for some advice.
Thank you.
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It is quite a difficult piece even in the original quartet or in the transcriptions, including the one for vocal accompaniment... let alone in Liszt's transcription!!! So do not get discouraged! Having a good grasp of the harmonic part helps. Studying the notes separately by voice helps. A method Liszt used was to have the notes studied... without regard to rhythm. Here I believe it is worth starting to study what the two hands divide in the sung theme and perhaps keeping it in mind as a point of reference. The transcriptions of Schubert's Lieder composed by Liszt are all difficult and I would even say a bit "ungrateful" compared to listening to them. Certainly, the Hungarian Rhapsodies offer the pianist a very different kind of concert virtuosity, which entertains and surprises the audience more. Many of the "Années de pèlerinage" are also difficult even for great pianists. Bolet is undoubtedly one of these and performs Liszt, and not only him, with great ease, the result of great preparation and dedication. Happy studying
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Thank you for the encouragement, I appreciated the word "ungrateful"; indeed, listening to the recording of the great Jorge Bolet, one does not perceive the terrifying difficulty of the whole thing, but only the amazing singing with its relative "accompaniment".
