Help me finalize my recital round

[Skeptopotamus]

Anyways.... I have made a slight change in that previously mentioned recital round.  It used to be:

Alkan Symphonie pour Solo Piano Op. 39                                        (27:00)
Debussy Images Suite II                                                             (13:00)
Xenakis "Herma"- Musique Symbolique                                           (7:45)
Scarlatti Sonatas K. 298, 417 and 517                                          (8:00)
Messiaen Regards de l'Esprit de Joye                                            (8:15)
Wagner-Liszt Isolda's Liebestod                                                   (8:15)


But is now:


Alkan Symphonie pour Solo Piano Op. 39                                        (27:00)
Debussy Images Suite II                                                             (13:00)
Xenakis "Herma"- Musique Symbolique                                           (7:45)
Scarlatti Sonatas K. 298, 417 and 517                                          (8:00)
Tchaikovsky-Pletnev Concert Suite from the Ballet "Nutcracker"   (16:30)


The Isolda's got dropped but the Andante Maestoso from Nutcracker gets the same job done, but I feel like I really lost something when I dropped the Messiaen.  Here are the EXACT times (done today) of all of these pieces:


Alkan Symphonie pour Solo Piano Op. 39                                        (25:58)
Debussy Images Suite II                                                             (12:33)
Xenakis "Herma"- Musique Symbolique                                           (7:30)
Scarlatti Sonatas K. 298, 417 and 517                                          (6:54)
Tchaikovsky-Pletnev Concert Suite from the Ballet "Nutcracker"   (16:20)


All of that adds up to 66 minutes and 195 seconds... ergo  69:15.  That leaves 5:45 worth of time in my round and I need to choose an atonal modern work to fit in that slot.  I know Herma is modern but avante-garde serialistic pieces are sort of in a category of their own and i need something that at least has some noticable form.  So please vote for one of those things up there.  I'm just gonna go with whatever gets the most votes.  I play all of them at the same general level of goodness.  The Babajanian is the most virtuostic, the Ligeti is the most challenging musically, and the Prokofiev I can get out extremely fast and showy.  I asked my teacher and he said any of them would be good choices (big help....).


Also, what order should I play these pieces in?


Oh.  The Babajanian.

Sheets:  https://www.piano.ru/scores/babad/babad-poem.pdf
Sound File:  https://www.piano-e-competition.com/MIDIFiles/IndvEnhancedMIDIAuditionFiles04/Chen,J/CHEN07.mid

[Jacey1973]

I voted Projofiev, but now i've heard the Babajanian i rather like that, sounds impressive 

[nanabush]

Bajanian is CRAZY!!!  Do you think it's easier in the end than prokofiev?  Although IT's so f****ing fast, it's not like huge chords really fast....

[Skeptopotamus]

oh nobody is helping me decide what order to play them in!

[Nana_Ama]

maybe you should open with Debussy... or Scarlatti

[Skeptopotamus]

uh..... and then what?

[Skeptopotamus]

poke poke poke!  What order do i play these pieces in people?

[Nana_Ama]

poke poke poke!  What order do i play these pieces in people?

um how about....
Scarlatti Sonatas K. 298, 417 and 517                                         
Xenakis "Herma"- Musique Symbolique                                           
Tchaikovsky-Pletnev Concert Suite from the Ballet "Nutcracker"   
Alkan Symphonie pour Solo Piano Op. 39                                       
Debussy Images Suite II                 

is there going to be an intermission?
                                           

[viking]

Not sure why I am the only voter at the moment for the Ligeti Etude, but it is one of my favorite ligeti etudes.  I would like to hear it in a recital.
SAM

[Skeptopotamus]

Meh.  I think probably everyone is voting for the Prokofiev because it's the only one they're familiar with.  I want to go with the Babajanian but it runs like 5 minutes, and that's cutting it too close.  My prokofiev is like closer to 3 than 5 so I'm gonna play it safe and go with that.  Here it is, in this order:


Alkan Symphonie pour Solo Piano Op. 39
Debussy Images II
Xenakis "Herma" - Musique Symbolique
Scarlatti Sonatas K. 298, 417 and 517
Prokofiev Toccata Op. 11
Tchaikovsky-Pletnev Concert Suite from the Ballet "Nutcracker"

[Bouter Boogie]

I'd go for Prokofiev

[dbrainiak914]

I would play Alkan last.

[donjuan]

Skepto, Im a little.... um... skeptical about your repertoire.  Im still waiting for those recordings of you.

[wendys]

hey, do you think one of you could send (or post up a link!) me the sheet music for pletnev's transcription of pas de deux [andante maestoso]? sorry that I post in the wrong section, but I REALLY need that sheet music!

[desordre]

 Dear Skepto:
 First, let me say that my vote is Ligeti. Then, let me ask you: why did you cut Messiaen? Nothing against Tchaikovsky, but I really don't like this transcription. However, I think that's not time to another change, so here's a suggestion about the order:
 - One of Scarlatti's;
 - Alkan
 (intermission)
 - Another Scarlatti;
 - Xenakis (or Ligeti);
 - Debussy;
 (intermission two)
 - Ligeti (or Xenakis);
 - Tchaikovsky.

 Another idea, more conventional, would be:
 - Scarlatti;
 - Debussy;
 - Alkan;
 (intermission)
 - Xenakis and Ligeti;
 - Tchaikovsky.

 Hmmm...just another one:
 - Xenakis
 - Debussy
 - Tchaikovsky
 (intermission)
 - Ligeti
 - Scarlatti
 - Alkan

 Would you like any of it? Anyway, you have an interesting and intriguing repertoire, with some works that are barely heard. That's very cool.
 Best wishes!

[jlh]

Was this for a competition?

[phil13]

Considering this thread is close to two years old...

How'd it go, Soliloquy?

Phil

[soliloquy]

Considering this thread is close to two years old...

How'd it go, Soliloquy?

Phil

Didn't get in.  Didn't even use this rep if I remember correctly.  Used something close to:


Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G Minor Op. 23
Rachmaninov Etude Op. 39 No. 5 "Appassionata", Etude Op. 39 No. 1, Etude Op. 33 No. 8 "Grave"
a few scarlatti sonatas, probably some mixture of 98/141/237/298/348/417/450/517
Nancarrow Tango? or something similar
Bach CF&F
Selection of Debussy Preludes
Prok Toc
Scriabin Sonata 4/Vers la Flamme


at the suggestion of my ex-teacher.  I didn't like this rep at all, and I had to submit a Beethoven piece that I had almost no time to record, ergo fucked up pretty bad.  Plus it was the Op. 109 and i was only 16, so obv this wasn't a good idea.  Once again, my retard teacher.


w/Prokcon2 instead of Barber, Prok5 or Bartok2, which were my personal choices.