20th Century Etudes of Virtuosity

[pita bread]

Alright, I'm hunting for a good 20th century etude for auditions, preferably short, and would appreciate it if you guys could come up with some suggestions.

I'll list the ones I know of right off the bat:

Bartok 3 Etudes Op. 18
Debussy 12 Etudes
Kapustin Concert Etudes and Etudes in different intervals
Ligeti Etudes
Messiaen 4 Etudes of Rhythm
Morel 2 Etudes
Scriabin Etudes Op. 42; Op. 65
Sorabji 100 Transcendental Etudes
Stravinsky 4 Etudes

*I'm omitting stuff like Godowsky-Chopin and Rachmaninoff because I'm not really that interested in the romantic style, and would prefer something impressionistic, and/or mystical, i.e. Debussy and Scriabin, or at least tonal to a certain extent, i.e. Kapustin.

*Also, my maximum span is about a minor 9th, so I'd have severe difficulty playing many of the etudes I listed, i.e. Scriabin and Sorabji.

[m]

Alright, I'm hunting for a good 20th century etude for auditions, preferably short, and would appreciate it if you guys could come up with some suggestions.

I'll list the ones I know of right off the bat:

Bartok 3 Etudes Op. 18
Debussy 12 Etudes
Kapustin Concert Etudes and Etudes in different intervals
Ligeti Etudes
Messiaen 4 Etudes of Rhythm
Morel 2 Etudes
Scriabin Etudes Op. 42; Op. 65
Sorabji 100 Transcendental Etudes
Stravinsky 4 Etudes

*I'm omitting stuff like Godowsky-Chopin and Rachmaninoff because I'm not really that interested in the romantic style, and would prefer something impressionistic, and/or mystical, i.e. Debussy and Scriabin, or at least tonal to a certain extent, i.e. Kapustin.

*Also, my maximum span is about a minor 9th, so I'd have severe difficulty playing many of the etudes I listed, i.e. Scriabin and Sorabji.

Check out Prokofiev etudes, as well.

[thierry13]

Check out Prokofiev etudes, as well.

  you beat me to it 

Hamelin's etude de concert as well 

[phil13]

Scriabin Etudes Op. 42; Op. 65

Why only Op.42 and 65? Why didn't you include Scriabin's Op. 8 etudes?

Phil

[pita bread]

Why only Op.42 and 65? Why didn't you include Scriabin's Op. 8 etudes?

Phil

It's my personal preference, I don't care much for the super-romantic Op. 8.

[shasta]

Add to your list of etudes:

Henselt
Glass
Alkan
MacDowell
Arensky

[ahinton]

Alright, I'm hunting for a good 20th century etude for auditions, preferably short, and would appreciate it if you guys could come up with some suggestions.

I'll list the ones I know of right off the bat:

Bartok 3 Etudes Op. 18
Debussy 12 Etudes
Kapustin Concert Etudes and Etudes in different intervals
Ligeti Etudes
Messiaen 4 Etudes of Rhythm
Morel 2 Etudes
Scriabin Etudes Op. 42; Op. 65
Sorabji 100 Transcendental Etudes
Stravinsky 4 Etudes

*I'm omitting stuff like Godowsky-Chopin and Rachmaninoff because I'm not really that interested in the romantic style, and would prefer something impressionistic, and/or mystical, i.e. Debussy and Scriabin, or at least tonal to a certain extent, i.e. Kapustin.

*Also, my maximum span is about a minor 9th, so I'd have severe difficulty playing many of the etudes I listed, i.e. Scriabin and Sorabji.

We don't know your technical standards, of course, but it is still worth observing that not all of Sorabji's cycle of 100 Transcendental Studies are of supreme difficulty by any means.

Best,

Alistair

[pita bread]

We don't know your technical standards, of course, but it is still worth observing that not all of Sorabji's cycle of 100 Transcendental Studies are of supreme difficulty by any means.

Best,

Alistair

But judging from the samples on Ullen's site, they're all gorgeous 

[jim_24601]

I'd like to throw in, so to speak, Rachmaninoff's Etudes-Tableaux opp.33-39. Wonderful pieces in their own right, not too long, and rather underplayed imo.

[lisztwasgod]

all of the prokoffiev etudes (g minor set, c major set) and all of the rachmaninoff opus 23 and opus 32 etudes are amazing, as well as most of his etudes-tableaux...scriabin had some great etudes, my favrotite of his is his d minor etude (which horowitz owns)...

[pita bread]

Add to your list of etudes:

Henselt
Glass
Alkan
MacDowell
Arensky

I always thought Henselt, MacDowell, and Alkan were 19th Century Romantic composers...