Recommendations for a quiet encore (transcription)

[pianovirus]

Has to be...
- a transcription (sorry, that's a must )
- something not fast and relatively quiet to calm down.
- for sake of diversity, no Busoni or Godowsky and no Schubert/Schumann song transcription by Liszt (but some other Liszt transcription I'm not aware of might be a possibility)

My current ideas are (but still looking out for possible alternatives)
Bach-Hess: Jesu Joy... (I love it, but wonder if this is a bit too predictable??)
Bach-Bauer: Come sweet death (I am currently most inclined to choose this one)
Brahms-Grainger or Brahms-Reger: Lullaby (Guten Abend, gut' Nacht)
Another idea was Bach-Gounod-Wittgenstein 'Ave Maria', but I currently think an LH-only does not do well for a 'calming down' effect.

Any suggestions from the gurus?

[mikey6]

There's a Gluck flute piece from an opera I think transcribed for piano, sorry can't remember the name though.

[pianovirus]

There's a Gluck flute piece from an opera I think transcribed for piano, sorry can't remember the name though.

Thanks Mikey, good suggestion - I'm exactly looking for pieces like that (btw Gluck-Sgambati, from Orfeo)

[jaypiano]

How about one of the Earl Wild transcriptions of Rachmaninoff Songs?  Here are two that would fit the bill perfectly.

[thalbergmad]

Any of Thalbergs Op70.

Thal

[pianovirus]

Any of Thalbergs Op70.

Thal

I have planned two of them for the 1st half already (Voi che sapete & Adelaide). And thanks - I can only play them because you shared the set at one time... 
Many of them are very beautiful, also Casta Diva especially. But I hesitate to take a third one from the op. 70...

How about one of the Earl Wild transcriptions of Rachmaninoff Songs?  Here are two that would fit the bill perfectly.

Thanks for those also. To be honest, I have not yet managed to fully appreciate the Rachmaninov songs (but I won't give up - maybe I just need to hear a good recording at some time).

[thalbergmad]

I have planned two of them for the 1st half already (Voi che sapete & Adelaide).

Well done sir, this warms me heart.

Thal

[pianovirus]

Well done sir, this warms me heart.
Thal

Sir thal - I is not posting to warm your heart, but to abuse thy wisdom!!! 

[sharon_f]

Bach/Kempff "Siciliano" from the Sonata for Flute & Keyboard

[edvond]

I think that one of the most beautiful, quiet transcriptions for enores is the Bach/Siloti Prelude in B minor.  It was a favorite encore of Gilels.  Gilels would repeat it.  One of the best performances I have heard is by Paperno.  Youtube has several performances of it.

Ed

[steinwaygrand]

What about a transcription of Rachmaninoff's Vocalise? Listen to Gilels' rendition if you need inspiration.

Best of luck!

[pianovirus]

Thanks for the other suggestions, guys! I must say, this is still not quite what I'm looking for. I love the Bach-Siloti and the Gluck-Sgambati, but maybe something less famous?

I have some other ideas currently, but still not sure.

For example, what do people think of the Brahms-Busoni chorales (in particular "Schmucke Dich, o liebe Seele")? Or do you know attractive versions of the chorale that appears twice in Schumann's Album for the Young as "Ein Choral" and "Figurierter Choral"? Or something similar to the beautiful Adagio from the Bach-Busoni C major Toccata? Or maybe something else e.g. from the Bach cantatas?

[thracozaag]

Has to be...
- a transcription (sorry, that's a must )
- something not fast and relatively quiet to calm down.
- for sake of diversity, no Busoni or Godowsky and no Schubert/Schumann song transcription by Liszt (but some other Liszt transcription I'm not aware of might be a possibility)

My current ideas are (but still looking out for possible alternatives)
Bach-Hess: Jesu Joy... (I love it, but wonder if this is a bit too predictable??)
Bach-Bauer: Come sweet death (I am currently most inclined to choose this one)
Brahms-Grainger or Brahms-Reger: Lullaby (Guten Abend, gut' Nacht)
Another idea was Bach-Gounod-Wittgenstein 'Ave Maria', but I currently think an LH-only does not do well for a 'calming down' effect.

Any suggestions from the gurus?

I transcribed a Faure and several Schumann songs that might fit the bill (Les berceaux, Mondnacht, and In der Fremde); could mail them to you, if you wish.

[pianovirus]

That comes much closer to what I'm looking for - a little gem which is not played so often. And if it comes from a piano forum fellow (and admired pianist), it would be even more interesting. The Schumann songs are great; I did not know the Faure song. If I might have a look at them, it would be fantastic. I'll send my email by PM.