Piano Forum

Topic: Etudes - Repertoire, please help  (Read 2221 times)

Offline franz_

  • PS Silver Member
  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 817
Etudes - Repertoire, please help
on: July 08, 2007, 09:02:25 PM
My teacher asked me to look for some good etudes. I have Scriabin Op. 8 Nr. 6 and his last etude on my list.
My questions: How hard is Moszkowski Op. 72 nr 6 in F major?
                       Does anyone have scores of Prokofev etudes Op.52 ?
                       Does anyone have ANY scores of etudes by Bartok or Szymanowsky? And how difficult are these?
And what about the etudes of Debussy? Anyone the scores also?

I would really appreciate it if you could help me with any suggestions.
Currently learing:
- Chopin: Ballade No.3
- Scriabin: Etude Op. 8 No. 2
- Rachmaninoff: Etude Op. 33 No. 6
- Bach: P&F No 21 WTC I

Offline ilikepie

  • PS Silver Member
  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 283
Re: Etudes - Repertoire, please help
Reply #1 on: July 08, 2007, 09:21:28 PM
The op.72 no.6 is fairly easy if you have enough stamina. There isn't really anything there that's too difficult(in comparison to other virtuoso etudes of course). I actually like the piece though.
That's the price you pay for being moderate in everything.  See, if I were you, my name would be Ilovepie.  But that's just me.

Offline mike_lang

  • PS Silver Member
  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 1496
Re: Etudes - Repertoire, please help
Reply #2 on: July 08, 2007, 10:49:53 PM
For an exciting recording of the Moskowski, see Pletnev's Carnegie Hall Debut - developing the ability to play with his facility would prove to be worthwhile study indeed!

Offline amelialw

  • PS Silver Member
  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 1106
Re: Etudes - Repertoire, please help
Reply #3 on: July 08, 2007, 11:38:10 PM
you should be able to find all the scores here

www.sheetmusicarchive.net

www.imslp.com
J.S Bach Italian Concerto,Beethoven Sonata op.2 no.2,Mozart Sonatas K.330&333,Chopin Scherzo no.2,Etude op.10 no.12&Fantasie Impromptu

Offline amelialw

  • PS Silver Member
  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 1106
Re: Etudes - Repertoire, please help
Reply #4 on: July 09, 2007, 01:05:27 AM
why don't you take a look at Chopin's Etudes Op.10 and Op.25? You already have a Scriabin etude...
J.S Bach Italian Concerto,Beethoven Sonata op.2 no.2,Mozart Sonatas K.330&333,Chopin Scherzo no.2,Etude op.10 no.12&Fantasie Impromptu

Offline dnephi

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 1859
Re: Etudes - Repertoire, please help
Reply #5 on: July 09, 2007, 11:26:34 AM
My teacher asked me to look for some good etudes. I have Scriabin Op. 8 Nr. 6 and his last etude on my list.
My questions: How hard is Moszkowski Op. 72 nr 6 in F major?
                       Does anyone have scores of Prokofev etudes Op.52 ?
                       Does anyone have ANY scores of etudes by Bartok or Szymanowsky? And how difficult are these?
And what about the etudes of Debussy? Anyone the scores also?

I would really appreciate it if you could help me with any suggestions.
Moszkowski #6 isn't too bad.  It's a great etude.  That would be an excellent choice.
Bartok's Etudes are extremely difficult, especially for small hands.  The first is the hardest of the three.
Szymanowski Etudes are not terribly difficult.

I am not familiar with the Prokofiev Etudes.  I thought he only published an Opus 2 set of etudes.

I recommend the Saint-Saens etudes.  They lie well under the hands, but require a great deal of double note technique most of the time.  There are some which don't require this, so you might choose one of them.

@amelia:
SMA and IMSLP will most likely not have all of his requests. 
I don't recommend doing a Chopin Etude and a Scriabin Etude simultaneously. 
For us musicians, the music of Beethoven is the pillar of fire and cloud of mist which guided the Israelites through the desert.  (Roughly quoted, Franz Liszt.)
For more information about this topic, click search below!

Piano Street Magazine:
A Life with Beethoven – Moritz Winkelmann

What does it take to get a true grip on Beethoven? A winner of the Beethoven Competition in Bonn, pianist Moritz Winkelmann has built a formidable reputation for his Beethoven interpretations, shaped by a lifetime of immersion in the works and instruction from the legendary Leon Fleisher. Eric Schoones from the German/Dutch magazine PIANIST had a conversation with him. Read more
 

Logo light pianostreet.com - the website for classical pianists, piano teachers, students and piano music enthusiasts.

Subscribe for unlimited access

Sign up

Follow us

Piano Street Digicert