# Versus Poll - Liszt Ballade no2 vs. Chopin Ballade no4 **URL:** \ **Category:** Repertoire\ **Created:** [October 17, 2018, 10:42am UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/versus-poll-liszt-ballade-no2-vs-chopin-ballade-no4/24615 "2018-10-17T10:42:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ashley\_Tervort](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/ashley_tervort/32/16775_2.png) [@Ashley\_Tervort](https://www.dasdc.net/u/Ashley_Tervort)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 10:42am UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/versus-poll-liszt-ballade-no2-vs-chopin-ballade-no4/24615/1 "2018-10-17T10:42:09Z")
Now this is an interesting contrast, two masterworks of the Ballade genre - but which is your favourite? _Poll ([view on site](https://www.dasdc.net/t/versus-poll-liszt-ballade-no2-vs-chopin-ballade-no4/24615/1))_ ---
**Author:** ![Mephisto](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/mephisto/32/2193_2.png) [@Mephisto](https://www.dasdc.net/u/Mephisto)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 11:15am UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/versus-poll-liszt-ballade-no2-vs-chopin-ballade-no4/24615/2 "2018-10-17T11:15:24Z")
Chopin’s 4th ballade, but the Liszt ballade is also an extraordinary work and it should be plauyeds more often ---
**Author:** ![Ashley\_Tervort](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/ashley_tervort/32/16775_2.png) [@Ashley\_Tervort](https://www.dasdc.net/u/Ashley_Tervort)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 11:17am UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/versus-poll-liszt-ballade-no2-vs-chopin-ballade-no4/24615/3 "2018-10-17T11:17:41Z")
Absolutely! This is a tough one but Chopin’s winning 3-0 so far. I was expecting it to be less one sided! ---
**Author:** ![Mephisto](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/mephisto/32/2193_2.png) [@Mephisto](https://www.dasdc.net/u/Mephisto)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 11:29am UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/versus-poll-liszt-ballade-no2-vs-chopin-ballade-no4/24615/4 "2018-10-17T11:29:21Z")
I votet for Chopin because it might be the best piano piece ever written and not because I dislike the Liszt one ---
**Author:** ![Ashley\_Tervort](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/ashley_tervort/32/16775_2.png) [@Ashley\_Tervort](https://www.dasdc.net/u/Ashley_Tervort)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 11:31am UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/versus-poll-liszt-ballade-no2-vs-chopin-ballade-no4/24615/5 "2018-10-17T11:31:42Z")
You know this might be the very reason very few composed Ballades after Chopin…with such a mighty example to live up to. Even piano sonatas became a bit less common after Beethoven, and composers varied piano music forms more. Do you know of York Bowen’s Ballade no2? It’s a great work…a bit inspired by Chopin’s Ballade no2 but in my opinion actually a greater piece. ---
**Author:** ![xsdc](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/xsdc/32/6860_2.png) [@xsdc](https://www.dasdc.net/u/xsdc)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 11:33am UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/versus-poll-liszt-ballade-no2-vs-chopin-ballade-no4/24615/6 "2018-10-17T11:33:01Z")
Dude, Op.52 could be the greatest work in the literature as far as I am concerned ---
**Author:** ![Brewtality](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/brewtality/32/2173_2.png) [@Brewtality](https://www.dasdc.net/u/Brewtality)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 11:51am UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/versus-poll-liszt-ballade-no2-vs-chopin-ballade-no4/24615/7 "2018-10-17T11:51:39Z")
For whatever reason, it’s never done much for me. I played the other 3, but never even printed off the score for the 4th. Having said that, the Liszt second ballade is not his strongest work, and has always struck as being too episodic. It’s only been very recently that Fernanda’s performance convinced me that it’s good music. ---
**Author:** ![Ashley\_Tervort](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/ashley_tervort/32/16775_2.png) [@Ashley\_Tervort](https://www.dasdc.net/u/Ashley_Tervort)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 11:56am UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/versus-poll-liszt-ballade-no2-vs-chopin-ballade-no4/24615/8 "2018-10-17T11:56:16Z")
Wow actually I think if we took a consensus among musicians - Chopin’s Ballade no4 would probably(I’m guessing) be voted as the greatest work in it’s length category. ---
**Author:** ![festinfurious](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/festinfurious/32/79288_2.png) [@festinfurious](https://www.dasdc.net/u/festinfurious)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 12:19pm UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/versus-poll-liszt-ballade-no2-vs-chopin-ballade-no4/24615/9 "2018-10-17T12:19:18Z")
Yeah, for me it’s a tossup between it and the Liszt sonata. ---
**Author:** ![da\_zepp](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/da_zepp/32/2242_2.png) [@da\_zepp](https://www.dasdc.net/u/da_zepp)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 1:02pm UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/versus-poll-liszt-ballade-no2-vs-chopin-ballade-no4/24615/10 "2018-10-17T13:02:40Z")
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**Author:** ![Dr.TM](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/dr.tm/32/61676_2.png) [@Dr.TM](https://www.dasdc.net/u/Dr.TM)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 2:03pm UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/versus-poll-liszt-ballade-no2-vs-chopin-ballade-no4/24615/11 "2018-10-17T14:03:42Z")
No. 4 has a structural problem, takes a while to get going. Sort of a rondo… the refrain is already repetitive … each repetition of it is in the same fuckin register… You know, I can’t stand No 4… ---
**Author:** ![Ashley\_Tervort](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/ashley_tervort/32/16775_2.png) [@Ashley\_Tervort](https://www.dasdc.net/u/Ashley_Tervort)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 2:06pm UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/versus-poll-liszt-ballade-no2-vs-chopin-ballade-no4/24615/12 "2018-10-17T14:06:54Z")
Hahah rezpec! Now this not a complete landslide ---
**Author:** ![Dr.TM](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/dr.tm/32/61676_2.png) [@Dr.TM](https://www.dasdc.net/u/Dr.TM)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/versus-poll-liszt-ballade-no2-vs-chopin-ballade-no4/24615/13 "2018-10-17T14:18:04Z")
Da TM taste in music mostly Structure \> emotion ---
**Author:** ![xsdc](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/xsdc/32/6860_2.png) [@xsdc](https://www.dasdc.net/u/xsdc)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 3:03pm UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/versus-poll-liszt-ballade-no2-vs-chopin-ballade-no4/24615/14 "2018-10-17T15:03:23Z")
Pozz da tm growing up to a mature mofo! I found your Rachmaninoff preference surprisingly adult as well. ---
**Author:** ![da\_zepp](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/da_zepp/32/2242_2.png) [@da\_zepp](https://www.dasdc.net/u/da_zepp)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/versus-poll-liszt-ballade-no2-vs-chopin-ballade-no4/24615/15 "2018-10-17T15:37:30Z")
ahahahah on de otha hand da zepp juz nevah grow up 🕶 tru it appearz in termz of m\*zikal preference, i iz da zame mofo i wuz at 15 yrz old 🕶 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.TM](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/dr.tm/32/61676_2.png) [@Dr.TM](https://www.dasdc.net/u/Dr.TM)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 5:38pm UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/versus-poll-liszt-ballade-no2-vs-chopin-ballade-no4/24615/16 "2018-10-17T17:38:17Z")
I still prefer chicks 17-22 pozz ---
**Author:** ![Dr.TM](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/dr.tm/32/61676_2.png) [@Dr.TM](https://www.dasdc.net/u/Dr.TM)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 5:39pm UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/versus-poll-liszt-ballade-no2-vs-chopin-ballade-no4/24615/17 "2018-10-17T17:39:51Z")
Not quite, wiz all da HO yale unleashes you heard recently - now u hear how da HO rhythmic control still makes up fo any slight inferior RAW dex, compared wiz BARMITZVAH o Ziff tru 🕶 ---
**Author:** ![vladspeedster](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/vladspeedster/32/11979_2.png) [@vladspeedster](https://www.dasdc.net/u/vladspeedster)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/versus-poll-liszt-ballade-no2-vs-chopin-ballade-no4/24615/18 "2018-10-17T18:16:57Z")
> [@Dr.TM](#): > > I still prefer chicks 17-22 pozz Can we add some detail to this and say that you prefer 17-22 who look about 13-17? That seems accurate. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.TM](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/dr.tm/32/61676_2.png) [@Dr.TM](https://www.dasdc.net/u/Dr.TM)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/versus-poll-liszt-ballade-no2-vs-chopin-ballade-no4/24615/19 "2018-10-17T18:45:36Z")
Nah, dey all haff to at least look 18. ---
**Author:** ![vladspeedster](https://www.dasdc.net/user_avatar/www.dasdc.net/vladspeedster/32/11979_2.png) [@vladspeedster](https://www.dasdc.net/u/vladspeedster)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://www.dasdc.net/t/versus-poll-liszt-ballade-no2-vs-chopin-ballade-no4/24615/20 "2018-10-17T18:46:49Z")
That last chick you showed a photo of looked about 12 / 13 dude. [Next page](https://www.dasdc.net/t/versus-poll-liszt-ballade-no2-vs-chopin-ballade-no4/24615.md?page=2)