Short virtuosic pieces

[wizardfingers]

but not necessarily romantic.

Trying to prepare a level recital and the only thing that will keep audience interested is virtuosity.

hamelins cd kaleidescope is BRILL for this kind of thing. can anyone suggest some pieces?

[lost_child]

Umm...

-- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Flight of The Bumblebee
-- Villa-Lobos - O' Polichinello (from Suite Prole do Bebe)
-- Abram Chasins - Rush Hour in Hongkong
-- Rachmaninoff - Polichinelle (from Fantasy Pieces)

All of them are Virtuostic pieces.. But Polichinelle by Rachmaninoff is a little bit long.. 

[gyzzzmo]

...some of the Chopin preludes...

[quantum]

Alkan - lots of stuff

Bach - Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue
Bach - Partita #1 - Giga

Bach-Bussoni - Chaconne

Finnissy - English Country Tunes

Ginastera - Check out the Sonatas

Kapustin - Concert Etudes

Ligeti - Etudes

Liszt - Fantasia and Fugue on the Theme B-A-C-H

Medtner - Sonata #1, also look at various Fairy Tales

Messiaen - (it is the year to play Messiaen!) something from Vingt Regards, or Bird Pieces

Ornstein - Suicide in an Airplane

Rzewski - The People United variations

Scarlatti - one or couple of the Sonatas

EDIT:  eek, I just realized you said short.  Some of those aren't so short 

[franz_]

Umm...

-- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Flight of The Bumblebee
-- Villa-Lobos - O' Polichinello (from Suite Prole do Bebe)
-- Abram Chasins - Rush Hour in Hongkong
-- Rachmaninoff - Polichinelle (from Fantasy Pieces)

All of them are Virtuostic pieces.. But Polichinelle by Rachmaninoff is a little bit long.. 

Where can I hear the piece of chasins?

[goldentone]

Chopin:  Opus 25, 11

Virtuosic, short, and a crowd pleaser.

[shadow88]

Some of the Chopin Etudes or Liszt Transcendental Etudes would do good. For example No. 2,5  or No. 10 from the Transcendental Etudes.
Edit: Some stuff of "Valses nobles et sentimentales" from Ravel are also virtuosic and some of them short.

[term]

Rachmaninoff Moment Musical op16/4.
Quite difficult (also musically), but fits the criteria^^

[ilikepie]

rachmaninoff etudes(some) would fit.

Generally a lot of etudes are quite virtuostic(and are quite short).

[burstroman]

Ginastera:  Malambo

[elevateme_returns]

chopin studies?

[bacchuspaul]

Hello everybody, this is my first post.

but not necessarily romantic.

Trying to prepare a level recital and the only thing that will keep audience interested is virtuosity.

hamelins cd kaleidescope is BRILL for this kind of thing. can anyone suggest some pieces?

Check your private messages.

[gerry]

Ginastera:  Malambo

Or 2 or 3 of his Preludes - Book 1 (eg. Creole Dance or Homage)

[point of grace]

Ginastera:  Malambo

yes yes yesssssssssssssssssssssss

oh my gosh, i remember that chromatic scales for the left hand!!!!      were a real problem for me!!


anyway.... good option.. take it into account

[tuufy]

Chopin:  Opus 25, 11

Virtuosic, short, and a crowd pleaser.

I that category definetly more rachs musical moment 16 no4 e minor

[april]

Sad your audience has short attention spans.......

[jagm]

you should try

chopin etudes op 10 no 1,4,5,7,8 op 25 no 4, 6, 11,12
chopin preludes no 16, 18, 24
Liszt tras etudes no 2,5,10
rachmaninov etudes tableaux op 39 no 1,6
                  moment musical no 4 op 16
                  some preludes`
prokofiev, etude op 2 no 1
ginastera, danzas argentinas op 2 maybe the no 3
Scriabin, some etudes

All this pieces are short, and have a good level talking about technique

[petzzo_man]

you should also consider the Moszkowski Etude in F major.

[eminemvsrach]

the Prokofiev Toccata is always a jaw dropping favorite =]

[chopinsmaster]

erm, this thread was created 2 and a half years ago...i have a feeling the OP isn't too concerned with this at the moment 

[nearenough]

But it a useful thread. My vote is for Rachmaninoff's Etude Tableaux op 39 #1 ("Waves") which is a virtuosic piece with complexity, richness and drama, but not impossible.

I heard Rustem Hayroudinoff play it on a cruise, along with several other. You can find an absolutely smashing performance on You Tube where RH plays R's piano concerto #3.

[sonatainfsharp]

Palmgren's "En Route". Simple, under a minute, but sounds really difficult and fun to the general audience.