The Most Beautiful Etude

[richterfan1]

Write the most beautiful etude u"v ever heard, mine is LISZTs "Un Sospiro"

[djealnla]

Ligeti - Etude No. 14a

[liszt1022]

Have you met the Polls, etc board?
https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?board=18.0

Godowsky's Study 45 makes my heart flutter.

[stevebob]

Write the most beautiful etude u"v ever heard, mine is LISZTs "Un Sospiro"

You wrote that?  I could never write anything so beautiful, so I won't even try.

[emilye]

etude op. 33 no 4 in d-minor by Rachmaninov
etude op. 8 no 12 and op. 8 no 5 by Scriabin

[richterfan1]

You wrote that?  I could never write anything so beautiful, so I won't even try.

You are really bob arent you?

[ronde_des_sylphes]

Chopin op.10 no.3 (also see the Godowsky lh only arrangement)
Liapunov Nuit d'ete (TE no.5)
and beautiful in a different way, Liszt Chasse-neige (TE no.12).

[richterfan1]

Chopin op.10 no.3 (also see the Godowsky lh only arrangement)
Liapunov Nuit d'ete (TE no.5)
and beautiful in a different way, Liszt Chasse-neige (TE no.12).

op.10 No.3 by Chopin is 1 of the most beautiful 4 sure

[musicioso]

I would say:

-La Campanella (Liszt)
-Revolutionary etude (Chopin)
-Liszt-Paganinni etude no. 6

[joao975ca]

Chopin etude op.25 no.7, in c sharp minor! 

[heretic]

I'm in love with Chopin's op.25 no.12

[orangesodaking]

Alkan actually has some very pretty etudes from Op. 35.

No. 3:

No. 10:

No. 11:

I've played No. 3 and have dabbled in 10 and 11 (I may pursue learning those two as well).

If you want some standards, Chopin's Op. 10 No. 3 and Op. 25 No. 7 definitely are beautiful.

[stevebob]

Amongst those by Chopin, I have to suggest 10/10, 25/1, and 25/5 (on the strength of its lovely B section alone).  (I don't believe any of these has been mentioned thus far.)

[invictious]

I guess TE No.11 by Liszt (Harmonies du Soir) is also quite beautiful.

[lontano]

Write the most beautiful etude u"v ever heard, mine is LISZTs "Un Sospiro"

Being one of the first really big etudes I ever heard (in childhood) Un Sospiro made a deep impression on me and remains as the most beautiful I can think of. I would be personally remiss if I didn't add Chopin's Op.25/12 though. While most might consider this to be more of a "great bravura" masterpiece, this work is beautiful on several levels and continues to rise to the top end of all my favorite piano works.

[orangesodaking]

Being one of the first really big etudes I ever heard (in childhood) Un Sospiro made a deep impression on me and remains as the most beautiful I can think of. I would be personally remiss if I didn't add Chopin's Op.25/12 though. While most might consider this to be more of a "great bravura" masterpiece, this work is beautiful on several levels and continues to rise to the top end of all my favorite piano works.

About Chopin 25/12, I can say that my take on it drastically changed when I stopped thinking of it "fast" and instead of the longer line. It felt more like waves and more horizontal. I see how you find it beautiful. Even though I hear many of my friends play it a lot, I feel it is one of Chopin's better etudes musically. Many of them don't do much MUSICALLY for me, although I still feel they are great technical studies with more "musical depth" than that of Czerny, Hanon, scales/arpeggios, etc. (although I believe you can make any of those as "musical" as you want, and I feel you should.)

But I personally do not want to attend a concert with Chopin etudes in it. I feel they are perfectly fit for competitions/auditions, hearing a quick sample of someone's playing, or personal study, but there are other, more "substantial" works I'd like to hear in the concert hall than Chopin etudes.

Sorry for getting off topic... 25/12 is beautiful.

[argerichfan]

Being one of the first really big etudes I ever heard (in childhood) Un Sospiro made a deep impression on me and remains as the most beautiful I can think of.

Aye, a wonderful piece. But I'll throw in a vote for Il lamento. Indescribably beautiful, time just seems to stand still. Arrau's recording is magisterial.

[cheesypencil]

Chopin op. 25 no. 5 hah

[jollisg]

Chopin op 25 no 7, in c sharp minor!

[pianoplayjl]

Liszt mazeppa, int he runny section. And black keys etude by CHopin.

[joeplaysthepiano]

It's definitely either Chopin's op.10 no.3 or op.25 no.7.  Both are so beautiful.

[49410enrique]

Karol Szymanowski - Etude No. 3, Op. 4

Scriabin Op 42 No 4

Kapustin Etude 3 - Toccatina (Kapustin plays Kapustin)

all i believe beautiful beyond description in their own ways. i love lots of them but these three i can listen to on a constant loop and not get tired of a single note

PS sorry this one too?...
George Gershwin / Earl Wild: Etude n°6 "I got rhythm"

[redbaron]

Rachmaninov - Op. 33, No 4
Scriabin - Op. 42, No 7

[pianoplayjl]

Liszt TE 3 and 6

[starstruck5]

Write the most beautiful etude u"v ever heard, mine is LISZTs "Un Sospiro"

Agreed.

Some of the Chopin etudes run it close.

[pianoplayjl]

liszt makes brilliant use of arppegios in Un sospiro.

[rv]

Scriabin - Etude Op. 8 No. 5

only because of this specific recording, when other pianists play it it's usually a disaster