2007-10-31 00:58:07 · 6 answers · asked by Amber 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Classical
"Best" as in technical ability ...
2007-10-31 00:58:31 · update #1
*player
It's too early in the morning for me to be on Y!A, apparently ...
2007-10-31 01:12:55 · update #2
i would say Liszt because he seemed to have left more audience in awe; however, by the time Rachmaninoff came, piano technique had developed so much that people might not have complimented as much because there were a lot of pianists with brilliant, formidable techniques.
2007-10-31 09:32:33 · answer #1 · answered by sting 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By reputation Liszt, but being as there is no way to verify this the question is pretty much moot. There are recording of Rachmaninov, but obviously nothing but anecdotes about Liszt. I am not sure by what standards one would make a judgement, perhaps on comments about how a performer plays music other than his own. Chopin is reputed to have said that Liszt played his music better than he could himself.
2007-10-31 03:04:43 · answer #2 · answered by Malcolm D 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Liszt, hands down (forgive the pun). Rachmaninoff was the better composer, but Liszt with his octave and half finger expansion was the better player.
2007-10-31 01:32:45 · answer #3 · answered by Shadowfaxw 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Liszt!
2007-10-31 01:00:26 · answer #4 · answered by ~JennyBunny~ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We don't know as there are no recordings of Liszt to enable us to compare him with Rachmaninov. We have only written testimony from those who heard him - and, of course, his music.
2007-10-31 01:35:48 · answer #5 · answered by rdenig_male 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Iiszt but Rachmaninoff had bigger hands
2007-10-31 02:12:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋