Favorite Advanced Repertoire?

[dnephi]

I was just recently thinking about setting some huge goals for piano performance, one of them being to play certain pieces.  I thought that perhaps you guys might have some ideas. 

Already, I have chosen these as some goals:

Liszt S139 #4 Mazeppa 
(Maybe another Etude by Liszt?)
Chopin Sonata #2
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerti, #2,3


What do you suggest as difficult, beautiful pieces?

[mike_lang]

I'm not sure if you mean life goals, or what, but I was thinking yesterday that I would like to make my life goal the Prokofiev 2nd piano concerto.  Granted, I know a 15-year-old who can play it, but it seems to difficult enough to us normal people to be worthy of life goal status.  The Andantino is, to me, so beautiful with its Primary thematic straddling of two distant keys, and the climax jars me with its irony - that while it is found formally in a sort of development, it is musically and humanly a nervous breakdown.

[pita bread]

For piano solo:

Babadjanian - Poem
Barber - Piano Sonata, Ballade
Carter - Piano Sonata
Chopin - Etudes Op. 25 #6, 10, 11
Danielpour - Piano Sonata
Dutilleux - Piano Sonata
Ligeti - Autumn in Warsaw, Devil's Staircase, Galamb Borong
Myaskovsky - Sonata #3
Ravel - Gaspard de la Nuit
Scriabin - Sonata #5
Stravinsky - Petrushka
Vine - Sonata #1

[jre58591]

here are some of my favorites that may be good ideas:

alkan - etudes op 35 and op 39, sonatine
barber - sonata
bortkiewicz - ballade, piano concerto no 1
godowsky-chopin - etudes op 10 and op 25
hummel - piano concertos op 85 and op 89
kapustin - variations op 41, sonata no 2 op 54, five etudes in different intervals op 68
liebermann - gargoyles, piano concertos 1-2
medtner - sonata romantica, piano concertos 1-3, piano quintet
ravel - la valse, gaspard de la nuit
rzewski - variations on "el pueblo unido jamas será vencido!", 4 north amiercan ballades
saint-saëns - etude en forme de valse, piano concertos 1-5, africa fantasie
scharwenka - piano concertos 1-4
scriabin - sonata no 1, 4, 5
stravinsky - etudes op 7
tausig - das geisterschiff, moniuszko halka fantaisie
vladigerov - sonatine concertante

hopefully thats plenty of choices for you

[Waldszenen]

The Solo Concerto and Solo Symphony by Alkan are a must in any advanced pianist's repertoire.

[dnephi]

Anyways, I think I'll choose as goals the following:
Chopin sonata #2
Chopin etudes
Liszt Etudes, especially "Mazeppa"
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies
Liszt Totentanz
Saint-Saëns  concerto in g
Chopin concerto, perhaps.
Rachmaninoff 2,3 [miracles happen]
Rachmaninoff Etudes-Tableaux?
Rachmaninoff Sonata in b-flat
Who's Alkan?  Is his music beautiful or jut a showcase of virtuosity?
Thanks.

[jre58591]

Who's Alkan?  Is his music beautiful or jut a showcase of virtuosity?

his music may be some of the most difficult ive ever seen or heard, but some of it is also the most beautiful ive ever seen or heard. here are all the alkan scores you'll ever need:

https://alkan.assos.free.fr/alkan/04_partitions_en.html

[pianote]

off the top of my head and in no particular order (especially alphabetical)


barber                   ballade
schumann             fantasy, op.17
prokofiev               sonatas (3 & 6 seem to be more / most popular)
bach                      chromatic fantasy & fugue
chopin                    barcarolle in f#, op.60
mendelssohn         fantasy in f# minor, op.28
liszt                       transcendental etudes...H rhapsodies...mephiswaltz...sonata
rachmaninoff         moment musicaux, op.16 & piano sonata no.2
balakirev               islamey
brahms                 rhapsody op.79, no.1
liebermann            gargoyles
granados              Allegro de Concierto, op.46
bartok                  etudes and two roumanian dances, op.8a
bolcom                  The Serpent's Kiss

...etc.

[tompilk]

The Solo Concerto and Solo Symphony by Alkan are a must in any advanced pianist's repertoire.

totally agree...
Tom

[sissco]

Chopin - Adante Spinato Op. 22                  
Chopin - Ballade No. 1
Chopin - Ballade No. 3                  
Chopin - Ballade No. 4
Chopin - Bolero Op. 19                     
Chopin - Berceuse Op. 57                  
Chopin - Barcarolle Op. 60                  
Chopin - Etude Op. 25 No. 1                   
Chopin - Etude Op. 10 No 12                   
Chopin - Fantasie Impromptu                  
Chopin - Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1                   
Chopin - Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2                   
Chopin - Nocturne Op. 27 No. 1                   
Chopin - Nocturne Op. 27 No. 2                                        
Chopin - Nocturne Op. 48 No. 1                
Chopin - Nocturne Op. 48 No. 2                   
Chopin - Nocturne Op. 55 No. 1                   
Chopin - Nocturne Op. 62 No. 1                
Chopin - Nocturne Op. 62 No. 2                   
Chopin - Polonaise No. 15 Post. B flat               
Chopin - Prelude Op. 28 No. 24                   
Chopin - Prelude Op. 28 No. 14                   
Chopin - Sonata Op. 4                     
Chopin - Waltz Op. 34 No. 2                   
Chopin - Waltz Op. 64 No. 2                
Liszt - Etude No. 3 La Campanella
Liszt - Etude No. 3 La Campanella; Early Version 1838
Liszt - Liebestraum No. 3
Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody 2 In C-Sharp Minor
Liszt - Consolation 2                     
Liszt - Consolation 3                     
Liszt - Consolation 5                     
Rachmaninoff - Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 In C Sharp Minor
Rachmaninoff - Prelude Op. 23 No. 7
Rachmaninoff - Prelude Op. 23 No. 5
Rachmaninoff - Romance
Saint Saens - 3 Mazurka's No. 1 Op. 21
Saint Saens - Allegro Appassionato Op. 70
Saint-Saens - Six Bagatelles Op. 3; No. 4
Saint-Saens - Six Bagatelles Op. 3; No. 5
Saint-Saëns - Souvenir d'Italie Op. 80
Saint-Saëns - Duettino Op. 11 (4 Hands)
Scriabin - Etude Op. 2 No. 1
Scriabin - Etude Op. 8 No. 2
Scriabin - Etude Op. 8 No. 5
Scriabin - Etude Op. 8 No. 12
Scriabin - Prelude Op. 11 No. 14
Scriabin - Prelude Op. 15 No. 3 in E major
Scriabin - Prelude Op. 11 No. 22
Scriabin - Prelude Op. 11 No. 1
Scriabin - Prelude Op. 11 No. 13
Scriabin - Prelude Op. 11 No. 24
Schubert - Moment Musical No. 3 F Minor
Schubert - Impromptu Op.90, No.4
Schubert - Impromptu Op.90, No.3
Schubert - Impromptu Op.90, No.2
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata
Rossini - La Danza (Hamelin's Etude)
Granados - Spaninsh Dance 5
Faure - Berceuse Op. 16

 

[mike_lang]

Chopin - Adante Spinato Op. 22                  
Chopin - Ballade No. 1
Chopin - Ballade No. 3                  
Chopin - Ballade No. 4
Chopin - Bolero Op. 19                     
Chopin - Berceuse Op. 57                  
Chopin - Barcarolle Op. 60                  
Chopin - Etude Op. 25 No. 1                   
Chopin - Etude Op. 10 No 12                   
Chopin - Fantasie Impromptu                  
Chopin - Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1                   
Chopin - Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2                   
Chopin - Nocturne Op. 27 No. 1                   
Chopin - Nocturne Op. 27 No. 2                                        
Chopin - Nocturne Op. 48 No. 1                
Chopin - Nocturne Op. 48 No. 2                   
Chopin - Nocturne Op. 55 No. 1                   
Chopin - Nocturne Op. 62 No. 1                
Chopin - Nocturne Op. 62 No. 2                   
Chopin - Polonaise No. 15 Post. B flat               
Chopin - Prelude Op. 28 No. 24                   
Chopin - Prelude Op. 28 No. 14                   
Chopin - Sonata Op. 4                     
Chopin - Waltz Op. 34 No. 2                   
Chopin - Waltz Op. 64 No. 2                
Liszt - Etude No. 3 La Campanella
Liszt - Etude No. 3 La Campanella; Early Version 1838
Liszt - Liebestraum No. 3
Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody 2 In C-Sharp Minor
Liszt - Consolation 2                     
Liszt - Consolation 3                     
Liszt - Consolation 5                     
Rachmaninoff - Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 In C Sharp Minor
Rachmaninoff - Prelude Op. 23 No. 7
Rachmaninoff - Prelude Op. 23 No. 5
Rachmaninoff - Romance
Saint Saens - 3 Mazurka's No. 1 Op. 21
Saint Saens - Allegro Appassionato Op. 70
Saint-Saens - Six Bagatelles Op. 3; No. 4
Saint-Saens - Six Bagatelles Op. 3; No. 5
Saint-Saëns - Souvenir d'Italie Op. 80
Saint-Saëns - Duettino Op. 11 (4 Hands)
Scriabin - Etude Op. 2 No. 1
Scriabin - Etude Op. 8 No. 2
Scriabin - Etude Op. 8 No. 5
Scriabin - Etude Op. 8 No. 12
Scriabin - Prelude Op. 11 No. 14
Scriabin - Prelude Op. 15 No. 3 in E major
Scriabin - Prelude Op. 11 No. 22
Scriabin - Prelude Op. 11 No. 1
Scriabin - Prelude Op. 11 No. 13
Scriabin - Prelude Op. 11 No. 24
Schubert - Moment Musical No. 3 F Minor
Schubert - Impromptu Op.90, No.4
Schubert - Impromptu Op.90, No.3
Schubert - Impromptu Op.90, No.2
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata
Rossini - La Danza (Hamelin's Etude)
Granados - Spaninsh Dance 5
Faure - Berceuse Op. 16

 

Touche.

[dnephi]

Touche.

Vraiment touché.  Only things I'd add are Chopin sonata #2, Liszt Mazeppa, and some Bach.  Thank you for your thoughts and help.

[burstroman]

Albeniz - Iberia Suite
Granados - Goyescas
Rachmaninov - Sonata #1

[soliloquy]

My life-goal is to beat Roulette and live happily ever after.

Current future repertoire list (some of it):

Alkan Complete Op. 39 Etudes (2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 12 left)
Alkan Deuxieme Recueil d’impromptus
Alkan Etudes Op. 35 Nos. 5, 7 and 10
Antheil Sonata Sauvage
Antheil Jazz Sonata
Barber Ballade Op. 46
Barber Nocturne Op. 33
Barber Sonata Op. 26
Barlow Cogluotobusisletmesi
Barraque Sonate
Bartok Etudes
Bartok Sonata
Bartok Piano Concerto No. 2
Beethoven-Liszt Symphony No. 5
Bolcom 12 New Etudes
Boulez Sonates nos. 1, 2, [3: 1-2-3-4]
Boulez Incises
Boulez Douze Notations
Britten Notturno
Babbitt Semi-Simple Variations
Bach-Busoni Toccata en Fugue BWV565
Bach-Busoni Chaconne BWV1004
Barrett Tract
Berio Four Klavierstucke
Berio Sonata
Busoni Sonatina No. 1
Busoni Sonatina No. 6 “Carmen”
Bussotti "Pour Clavier" (currently learning)
Cage Etudes Australes (various)
Chopin Etudes Op. 10
Chopin Fantasy Op. 49
Cowell "The Banshee"
Danielpour Elegy
Danielpour Sonata
Debussy Images I
Dench Topologies
Diaz-Infante "Sol"
Dillon Books of Elements (complete)
Donatini "Rima"
Dusapin Seven Etudes
Dutilleux Piano Sonata
Eckhardt-Gramatte Sonatas Nos. 3, 5 and 6
Erber Fluctuations
Ferneyhough Opus Contra Naturam
Ferneyhough Epigrams
Ferneyhough Three Pieces
Ferneyhough Lemma-Icon-Epigram
Ferneyhough Invention
Finnissy "Alkan-Paganini"
Finnissy Snowdrifts
Finnissy Solo Concerto No. 6
Finnissy Folklore
Finnissy Song No. 9
Finnissy New Perspective on Old Complexity
Finnissy Enough
Flynn Trinity
Gershwin Concerto
Gershwin Second Rhapsody
Ginastera Sonata No. 1
Ginastera Piano Concerto No. 1
Ginastera Piano Concerto No. 2
Ginastera Piano Quintet
Glass Trilogy Sonata
Harrington Blue Strider
Hoban When the Panting Starts
Ives "Hawthorne"
Janacek Sonata 1.X.1905
Kabalevsky Sonata No. 3
Kagel MM51
Kagel Passe-Compose
Liszt Funerailles (currently learning)
Liszt Tarantella
Liszt Spanish Rhapsody
Liszt-Volodos Hungarian Rhapsody No. 13
Liszt-Horowitz Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Martino Pianississimo
Massenet Piano Concerto
Medtner Sonata “Night Wind”
Mendelssohn-Rachmaninov Scherzo
Messiaen Par Lui Tout a ete fait
Messiaen Noel
Messiaen Regard de l’onction terrible
Morilla Cuarta Sonata
Nancarrow Study No. 37
Pace Sonata No. 1
Prokofiev Sonata No. 2
Prokofiev Sonata No. 8
Rabinovich Musique Triste
Rachmaninov Complete Moments Musicaux (1, 2, 3, 5, 6 left)
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 1
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 4
Rachmaninov/Hamelin Cadenzas for Liszt HR2
Rautavaara Preludes Op. 7
Rautavaara Etudes Op. 42
Rautavaara Piano Concerto No. 1
Rautavaara Partita
Radulescu Complete Sonatas
Ravel Valses Nobles et Sentimentales
Rihm Complete Klavierstucke
Roslavets 3 Pieces
Rzewski Squares
Rzewski Studies
Rzewski Variations on The People United Will Never be Defeated
Scelsi Action Music (currently learning)
Scelsi Suites Nos. 2, 9 and 10
Schubert-Liszt Song Transcriptions (selections)
Schubert Trout Quintet
Schubert Sonata D960
Sciarrino Complete Sonatas (1, 2, 3 left)
Sciarrino Nocturnes
Shostakovich Sonata No. 2
Sorabji Sonata No. 1
Sorabji Solo Concerto
Sorabji Transcription in the Light of Harpsichord Technique
Sorabji Nocturne “Gulistan”
Sorabji Three Pastiches
Sorabji Prelude, Interlude et Fugue
Sorabji Fantasia Ispanica
Sorabji Passeggiata Variata
Stockhausen Complete Klavierstucke
Stravinsky-Agosti Firebird Suite
Takahashi Metatheses
Takahashi Yubi-Tomyo
Tchaikovsky-Rutenborn Capriccio Italien
Ustvolskaya Sonata No. 6
Vine Sonata No. 2
Webern Variations Op. 27
Zaimont Impronta Digitale
Zimmermann Wustenwanderung


probably a ton more.  The list gets longer way too fast ><

[mike_lang]

I think that we should start a parallel thread entitled, "What would you do with a million dollars?".

[soliloquy]

I would buy the world's most expensive pair of sunglasses.

[dnephi]

I would invest until I had enough money to retire.

[pianistimo]

granados (all twelve dances)
barber nocturne
poulenc trois pieces (yes i'm still working on all this)
brahms handel variations
mussorgsky's pics
any falling music that comes randomly off the bookshelves at wcu (that's fingered alreadY)

oh.  leroy anderson's piano concerto
a mozart pc

the guitar concerto by rodrigo transcribed for piano?

a bunch of irish music put into a medly that's intermediate/advanced.
greensleeves
oh shenandoah (i have an incredible arrangemnt for accompaniment that i want to turn into solo).


i plan to get rich writing a book someday.  i don't knwo what i'm going to write about.  i get sidetracked by these companies that want a children's book writer.  could do that, but don't really want to.  i want to write something historic.  something that will be turned into a movie so i can get more royalties.  hmmm. perhaps about the pianist thalberg. 

[dnephi]

My piano teacher is performing those, the Granados that is.  Are those dances neat?