assembling advanced repertoire for recital

[Diabolos]

Hi all.

I need help assembling an advanced repertoire for a concert.
Until yet, I thought of maybe playing Chopin's Grande Polonaise, Liszt's Mephisto Waltz and Granados' Goyescas, Schubert's Impromptus Op.posth.142 Nr.3 and 4 and maybe Beethoven's Sonata for 'Hammerklavier'..

However, I need two hours of repertoire, which should show both virtuosity and expression but should also contain not so common pieces.

I'd appreciate any suggestions.
Thanks all.

Regards,

[Desperado]

the Muchinsky sonata is pretty awsome and seldom heard

Debussy's last 3 or 4 preludes from Book two are pretty damn virtuosic (again seldom performed)

Rachmaninoff's sonata, in my opinion one of THE most technically challenging and musically demanding works for solo piano

Scriabin etudes are always a favorite

the Lizt sonata gives close to an hour of non-stop music

Bach is underappreciated in recitals-a set of Preludes and Fugues from WTC I & II can be just as hard as anything out there showing extreme contol and independence of fingers in High Baroque polyphoninc writing(his Five voice fugues are pretty amazing)

hope that gives you somewhere to start

[Diabolos]

Well, you certainly did  

I didn't think of the Rach and Liszt sonatas yet - guess I'm gonna have a look at them.

thanks for the hint!

Regards

[rubinsteinmad]

Wow. That program is AWESOME. Good taste!

[chopinlover01]

May I suggest the Schubert Op. 90? It's not nearly as hard as what you're working on but it's still an excellent set of music, and it's not like it was designed to be easy or something.
Something simply being hard doesn't make it good recital rep., and vice versa.
Others; A couple opuses of Chopin mazurkas, Debussy Children's Corner, perhaps some Ravel, or a Bach partita or toccata..

[kevonthegreatpianist]

i suggest both chopin and liszt b minor sonatas? beethoven late sonatas are god. so as chopins ballades and scherzi. and go for kaveblaskys variations of a japanese song

[dogperson]

This post is from 2002 and the OP has not been online since then.    Rubensteinmad is just madly dredging up old posts and replying.

[chopinlover01]

Oh, I hadn't noticed that. My bad then.

[dogperson]

Oh, I hadn't noticed that. My bad then.

You were just being helpful..  you just might look at all of Rubensteinmad's threads before you reply  to save yourself the energy.  Why the repeated responses to posts over 10 years old baffles the imagination