Beethoven 5th Symphony Piano Arrangements ?

[PDG]

Originally posted by Peter:
Liszt transcribed the complete symphonies for piano 2 hands - they are masterly and extremely difficult to play!

Near-impossible I'd say, Peter! Liszt, for all his faults, had only good intentions at heart, and scrupulously noted in his notebook margins, the orchestrated passages which simply could not be replicated on solo piano.



[This message has been edited by PDG (edited 07-05-2006).]

[PDG]

Originally posted by robert newman:

I am looking for any keyboard arrangement of the Beethoven 5th symphony for more than 2 hands since the existing versions have obviously been attempts to make such an arrangement sound as much like the orchestral version as possible. A version for 4, 6 or even 8 hands would be a version that sounds like a symphony written FOR keyboards.

Regards

Robert, I've never met a man with 8 hands (apart from Mr L. van Octopus who lives upstairs). He can't play the piano but you should see his knitting patterns...

(forgive me...hic...)



[This message has been edited by PDG (edited 07-05-2006).]

[Nightklavier]

Originally posted by PDG:
... Liszt, for all his faults

What faults?