Liszt's piano arrangements of Beethoven's symphonies feel like they're cheating, somehow accessing something more elemental through compression. Just wild. (To say nothing of the inconceivability of *performing* this as a concert solo!)
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Liszt is conspicuously missing from this (excellent) site. Is it because everything he wrote is a 4.5 - 5? pianolibrary.org/composers/
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Very possibly. :) Certainly the Beethoven symphonic transcriptions are often cited as among the very most difficult piano scores, and particularly the ninth.
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This is helpful, if not as authoritative: imgur.com/a/7hPNQZ2
Henle also has ratings for many Liszt scores: henle.de/en/detail/?Tit
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Thanks. I've never attempted easy-to-medium difficulty Liszt, and assumed it didn't exist. But it does. Just ordered this one! henle.de/us/detail/?Tit