Great Pianists’ Technique: Octaves

“Do you think I care how fast you play octaves?“ Liszt to a pianist who tried to impress him with Chopin Op 53’s octaves Rachmaninov Op 1 Rachmaninov (“In octave playing a large hand can be helpful, but an over-sized hand is definitely a hindrance. This is the reason we find so few octave passages in Rachmaninov’s compositions.“ Earl Wild) Liszt Orage 00:22 Mazeppa 01:30 Eroica 01:59 Berman Chopin Op 10-5 Horowitz 02:34 Janis 02:44 Op 25-10 Berman 02: