pieces to lose yourself in

[ibbar]

Are there any pieces that you find have enough depth and impact to find yourself "lost" in them?  By this I mean that they are long enough that you feel a sense of architecture and pacing, that they express profound feelings (either positive or negative), and when well performed can almost completely absorb the mind of the performer and audience.

Some standard repertoire pieces that come to mind for me are Beethoven's last four sonatas, and Liszt's B minor.

[presto agitato]

Are there any pieces that you find have enough depth and impact to find yourself "lost" in them? 

Yes.  Prelude, Choral and Fugue by Franck and Beethoven´s Sonata num 27 are two of them.

[nicko124]

Although i haven't started learning it, I beleive that Liszt's ''Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude'' from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses qualifies. It goes on for about 15 minutes I think.

[ahinton]

Although i haven't started learning it, I beleive that Liszt's ''Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude'' from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses qualifies. It goes on for about 115 minutes I think.

Surely only when played by Roger Woodward or Martin Offord?

Seriously, it is indeed a wonderful piece...

Best,

Alistair

[invictus]

Prokofiev - Suggestion Diabolique

All that bashing can make you lose control and actually start bashing it and your audience will get mad too due to influence from you, thus all of the people are lost into the piece.

Liszt - Mephisto Waltz No.1

It is also the first piece to have the representation of an orgasm
It will be soo dance-y that the audience will be lost inside too and actually get an orgasm

[nicko124]

I could see myself being lost in ''Phregian Gates'' by John Adams, same goes for his ''China Gates''.


Debussy - Ballade

[emmdoubleew]

I lose myself in Mozart because I get so bored when I play it    Then all of a sudden i'll wake ukp halfway through the piece, it's awful 

I love Mozart, I just don't really enjoy performing it.

I think you would totally lose yourself in the Liszt Sonata. It's so deep, long and beautifully emotional.

[el nino]

Chopin e minor concert

[steveie986]

Beethoven's late string quartets. Prokofiev's war sonatas. Bach's Art of the Fugue.

[klavierkonzerte]

chopin etude in f minor op.25

thalberg moses fantasie and i can lose myself in most catabile sections of his fantasias like traviata and his grand caprice on bellini

clara schumann piano concerto, it has a really nice coda.

[moi_not_toi]

Rach 2nd. Wow.

[presto agitato]

October 17, 1988 by Keith Jarrett.

What an improvisation¡¡¡¡

When i listen to that piece, i really lose my self... I feel something that i cant explain...Magic.

Please guys listen to that piece.

[pianote]

do you have a recording of that piece?

[cosine]

Rach 3
Rhapsody in Blue
Appalachian Spring
Blue Train
Locomotion
So What
Blue in Green

[soliloquy]

Philip Glass String Quartet Nos. 2 and 5
Philip Glass Violin Concerto
Corigliano Fantasia on an Ostinato

[jehangircama]

chopin fantasie in F minor
liszt unsospiro
rach prelude 32 10

[maxy]

I find it's generally more about the musician's performance than it is about the pieces.

[Derek]

October 17, 1988 by Keith Jarrett.

What an improvisation¡¡¡¡

When i listen to that piece, i really lose my self... I feel something that i cant explain...Magic.

Please guys listen to that piece.

That one's pretty good but I think some of his others are better (personally), like the Vienna Concert, or some of the shorter improvisations on Radiance.

[mikey6]

Liszt - Mephisto Waltz No.1

It is also the first piece to have the representation of an orgasm
It will be soo dance-y that the audience will be lost inside too and actually get an orgasm

Great! My recital's gonna turn into a pornstar movie with that and Scriabin 4!  Seriously hope I don't 'lose' myself otherwise that could be embarassing!