Mon-November 11, 2002

Haven't been practicing much last couple days because I needed to spend those precious two hours of my time cramming for the midterms that I took today. The Schubert piece and the Rachmaninoff prelude in G minor need to be memorized. I also printed out Schumann's Kreisleriana Op. 16, No. 7. It sounds like challenging piece, but it wasn't that bad actually. It's just one of those pieces that sound hard. Of course, playing it well is a different story.

I'm still waiting for my Schubert Complete Sonatas for Pianoforte (Dover edition) to arrive in the mail.

Also, once I'm done learning a couple more pieces, I'll attempt to learn the Liszt-Horowitz Rakoczy Marche (aka Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15)--sounds totally different from Liszt's original work. I like Horowitz's transcription better! I first heard this piece played in this Arcadi Volodos recording that I borrowed from the library. And someone had the music in pdf format posted on the internet...luckily I got it in time (he's since taken it off). It looks more challenging than Liszt's.