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Title: hardest piano prelude
Post by: aweshana21 on January 23, 2016, 11:08:36 PM
what are the hardest piano preludes
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Post by: chopinawesome on January 23, 2016, 11:29:03 PM
Chopin Prelude Op.28 nos.8,16,24 and others are very hard,so are Rachmaninoff's preludes. Some Scriabin preludes are easy. I don't know which prelude is the hardest.
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Post by: coda_colossale on January 24, 2016, 12:06:37 AM
Rachmaninoff 23-2 and 23-9, Chopin 8, 12, 16, 24 come to mind.
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Post by: theholygideons on January 24, 2016, 12:13:40 AM
Sorabji mutherfuck.
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Post by: piulento on January 24, 2016, 04:41:17 PM
That's a tough question, considering the ridiculous amount of preludes out there, but I'll give it a go.
I'd say rach 23/2 and 32/13 are pretty terrible. Also, Debussy's Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest is just awful.
I personally never had to many difficulties with Chopin's 24th (which was already mentioned twice), though no.8 is still one of my greatest fears.
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Post by: ahinton on January 24, 2016, 06:24:33 PM
Quote from: theholygideons on January 24, 2016, 12:13:40 AM
Sorabji mutherfuck.
If this post is intended to heave any meaning whatsoever, might you consider doing members a favour and explaining it, mindful of the context that Sorabji wrote no piano preludes (other than a single small transcription of one by a certain J. S. Bach)?

Best,

Alistair
Title: Re: hardest piano prelude
Post by: theholygideons on January 24, 2016, 11:27:10 PM
Quote from: ahinton on January 24, 2016, 06:24:33 PM
If this post is intended to heave any meaning whatsoever, might you consider doing members a favour and explaining it, mindful of the context that Sorabji wrote no piano preludes (other than a single small transcription of one by a certain J. S. Bach)?

Best,

Alistair
Fine... Marc Andre Hamelin's 'Preambulum to an Imaginary Piano Symphony', an Homage to Sorabji mutherfuck.
Title: Re: hardest piano prelude
Post by: chopinlover01 on January 25, 2016, 12:31:32 AM
So you're the one starting all these hardest threads? ;D
Burn the heretic!!
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Post by: perfect_pitch on January 25, 2016, 12:46:48 AM
Quote from: chopinlover01 on January 25, 2016, 12:31:32 AM
So you're the one starting all these hardest threads? ;D
Burn the heretic!!

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