Loud "Crashy Chord" Pieces

[fuel925]

Please put forth your nominations for the loudest "blow you out of your seat" pieces, with crashy chords and lots of oomph! This is not a "hardest piece" thread, so name easier pieces that fit the bill as well. I nominate Griegs Minuet from Sonata Op.7.

[stevie]

ornstein's danse suavage

[shasta]

Khachaturian's piano concerto D-flat

Bartok's piano concerto #1

George Crumb's Archeozoic

[Dazzer]

Rach prelude c#
Stravinsky Petrushka
Cziffra Saber Dance transcription
Liszt Mazeppa
Chopin Octave etude.

[zheer]

Rach prelude c#

  Yeah why did'nt i think of that, it does give the pianist the opportunity.

[Dazzer]

prokofiev toccata
prokofiev diabolique suggestion

[berrt]

Theodor Oesten: "Alpenglühen" ("Sunset on the Alps")

[musicsdarkangel]

Liszt's Orage

[Etude]

Ligeti:  Desordre.

[Floristan]

Rachmaninoff prelude Op. 32, No. 10 -- the "B" section is all large chords in both hands played ff and pesante. 

[I Love Xenakis]

Corigliano Etude No. 4 "Ornament"
Flynn "Trinity"
Fox Etude No. 24 "Feroce"
Liszt Apres un Lecture du Dante
Martino "Pianississimo" (don't let the name fool you)
Sorabji Solo Concerto

[bearzinthehood]

Chopin Prelude No. 22 in G minor

[pies]

L'escalier du diable
Excerpt:

[kriskicksass]

Bartok's Allegro Barbaro is a good one.

[brewtality]

I'll come back to my old favourite: Horowitz's the stars and stripes forever. But you have to play it like Horowitz not Volodos.

[Dazzer]

Ravel Scarbo

[panic]

quasi-faust

[apion]

Liszt Totentanz
Schumann Toccata
Prokofiev Toccata

[Etude]

Messiaen:  'Noel' from Vingt Regards.

[Kassaa]

Tchaikovsky Grande Sonata.

[quantum]

Messiaen:  'Noel' from Vingt Regards.

in addition from the Vingt Regards:

VI - Par Lui tout à été fait
XII - La parole toute puissante  (short and sweet, only 2 1/2 mins)
XVIII - Regard de l'Onction terrible

also
Debussy Prelude Bk I: VII - Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest

[hodi]

Alkan - Allegro barbaro (Etudes Op.35 No.5)
no doubt
full of fast octaves and requires demonish finger work towards the end.. like a whirlwind!

[Etude]

Rzewski's Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues

[ravel]

prokofiev sonata no.6, 7.
debussy, prelude no.7 book 1 " what the west wind saw"
lots more, i dont know why i cant think now?
oh ya, lots of bartok
his sonata first movement.

[pita bread]

Post-Cadenza of the Prokofiev Piano Concerto #2 Mvt. 1

[Etude]

and the ending of mov. 3

[ravel]

o yaaa prok 2 cadenza, what could have louder crashier chords  and still be so amazing??

[the cadenza kid]

Scriabin's allegro de concert op.18 (underplayed and it's wonderful, as well as a very crashy piece), Several of the scriabin preludes  fit the bill. the op.11 no.6 and the op.37 no.2 come to mind, but there are many others. His op.12 no.2 impromptu in Bbminor is also a good example. Beethoven of course is known for percussive chords. Any of the chopin polonaise or one of the two liszt polonaise are good, though they're difficult. Chopin's F minor or g minor prelude. One could go on for hours.............

[rohansahai]

Rach g minor prelude.
Lots of liszt....

[ahinton]

Corigliano Etude No. 4 "Ornament"
Flynn "Trinity"
Fox Etude No. 24 "Feroce"
Liszt Apres un Lecture du Dante
Martino "Pianississimo" (don't let the name fool you)
Sorabji Solo Concerto

No especial desire to take this thread off-topic, but perhaps you might, as a matter of interest, tell us a little more about the particular Fox of whom you have now written at least twice to my knowledge; thanks in advance.

Best,

Alistair

[I Love Xenakis]

To be honest there isn't much to say about him.  He's a friend of mine who's currently working on his doctorate in music in Canada.  Most of the stuff he's written is for solo piano, and is either written in free dissonance, new complexity or post-spectral.  This is NOT Christopher Fox- his first name is Jason.  I don't think he's officially published anything besides his Wind Quintet though.  Since he's not a pianist he shows me all of his solo works for critique and to make sure they're at least theoretically possible.


If you'd really like I can send you a video of the etude (or etudes if you're that interested).  Send me a PM.

[ahinton]

To be honest there isn't much to say about him.  He's a friend of mine who's currently working on his doctorate in music in Canada.  Most of the stuff he's written is for solo piano, and is either written in free dissonance, new complexity or post-spectral.  This is NOT Christopher Fox- his first name is Jason.  I don't think he's officially published anything besides his Wind Quintet though.  Since he's not a pianist he shows me all of his solo works for critique and to make sure they're at least theoretically possible.


If you'd really like I can send you a video of the etude (or etudes if you're that interested).  Send me a PM.

I had realised that it was neither Christopher Fox nor any of the other English foxes that it's no longer legal to hunt. Out of interest, I wouldn't mind seeing a score or three if you can email them to me at
sorabji-archive@lineone.net
but only, of course, if you first secure Mr Fox's written permission to do so; if you can do that, I would naturally receive them only on the strict understanding that I would not copy them for anyone else.

Best,

Alistair

[brahmsian]

To be honest there isn't much to say about him.  He's a friend of mine who's currently working on his doctorate in music in Canada. 

Which university?

[I Love Xenakis]

Blarg-- I was thinking more along the lines of making a recording, not copying the sheets.  That sonata I was talking about is 2 hours long and over 400 pages and the pages themselves don't fit in my roommate's scanner XD

That would take forever x.x


School?

Sly says:
what's the name of the music school you're going to right now?
Sly says:
o.o
Sly says:
hewwo?  o.o


He doesn't seem to be here right now XD  But I know it is very close to where Berezovsky canceled that concert of the Rach 4 because he was complaining that he wouldn't get to see it now that he canceled.

[ahinton]

Blarg-- I was thinking more along the lines of making a recording, not copying the sheets.  That sonata I was talking about is 2 hours long and over 400 pages and the pages themselves don't fit in my roommate's scanner

Then why not just photocopy a few pages - even if you have to split each of them into two, three or more in order to fit them onto a convenient scannable format (say A4) - and then email them to me? No obligation, of course...

Best,

Alistair

[I Love Xenakis]

Then why not just photocopy a few pages - even if you have to split each of them into two, three or more in order to fit them onto a convenient scannable format (say A4) - and then email them to me? No obligation, of course...

Best,

Alistair

yeah I can send you a few pages no problem.  but doing the whole thing would be tedious beyond all belief x.x


Choose three numbers between 1 and 412 XD

[ahinton]

yeah I can send you a few pages no problem.  but doing the whole thing would be tedious beyond all belief x.x


Choose three numbers between 1 and 412 XD

Having - as I have already indicated - no knowledge whatsoever of the piece concerned - I will (and indeed I feel that I must, in all fairness) leave the choice of specific pages to you.

Besgt,

Alistair

[I Love Xenakis]

ok... someone else choose three numbers between 1 and 412 XD


I hate being so indecisive x.x

[Etude]

Try this - https://www.random.org/nform.html

[I Love Xenakis]

17
61
393


sweet....... i guess.

[JCarey]

You are all missing the single most "crashiest" piece:

Crazy pregnant cat's Disco, by John Carey and Peter Ryan (inspired by Ornstein's Wild Man's Dance)

Definitely.

[donjuan]

Cant believe no one has mentioned Prokofiev's Toccata..

or this:

Meyerbeer-Liszt: Valse Infernale from Robert le Diable

[pita bread]

You are all missing the single most "crashiest" piece:

Crazy pregnant cat's Disco, by John Carey and Peter Ryan (inspired by Ornstein's Wild Man's Dance)

Definitely.

True.

[g_s_223]

Regard de l’Église d’amour, the final movement of Olivier Messaien's Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus, has chords a-plenty.

[steveie986]

Cant believe no one has mentioned Prokofiev's Toccata..

It has been mentioned many times already.

I would vote for the Prok 2 cadenza.

[verywellmister]

Would the Chopin scherzos count?

[Waldszenen]

Liszt TEs Wilde Jagd and Eroica

[alessandro]

Dear,

The third of the three Argentinian Dances by Alberto Ginasteras

Kindly

[Ruro]

I don't think it's been said yet...

Medtner - Op.25 No.2 Sonata In E Minor (Night Wind)

OMG, Amazing! It's just so darn note-filled, I would love (or hate!?) to see the score for this! The Climax in the second movement is unbelievable, and imo plenty of chord crashing. God, Berezovsky seriously makes this DA BOMB! Ecouté!

Concur with the Wild Jagd and Prok 2 Cadenza, possibly the Rach3 one too O_o

And sorry folks, but possibly the end of the Passacaglia from the piece that shall not be named :/ Soz Ahinton

[JCarey]

Here are some more:

Ginastera's Sonata #1, Movement #4
Ives Concord Sonata, Movement #2
Liszt Sonata
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition, "The Great Gate"
Sorabji, St. Betrand: "He was laughing in the tower"