Something scary/dramatic yet not too difficult

[marcinpl]

Hi

Again I am looking for something to play (your last suggestions were exclent btw.). This time I was wondering if there is something like Liszt Dance Macabre or ... Saint-Saens Dance Macabre (Liszt transcriptions from violin is excelent) but ... more aproachable for beginner (let's say grade <=5,6).

I mean scary, kind of creepy/horroric, dramatic, maybe with some heavy beats almost like I want to kill the piano (well - ok, thats depends on intepretation, everything can be played with heavy hand, but not everything sounds good this way:). It shouldn't be too fast (beginner here) and rather not in Nocturnes or Satie Gnosienne/Gynopedie mood. And it better be classical music (not soundtrack from Buffy the Vampire Slayer smile

Any suggestions?

Marcin

[lhommearme]

Mozarts fantasia in d minor K.397 is a good on to try.Don't know what grade it would be,but has drama and suspence. I don't know what level your at so give it a listen and see if it suits your need.

[lelle]

Try Brahm's Rhapsody in g minor op 79. no. 2. If played well it can be really passionate and dramatic, it almost has this sound of "death" about it. It's not that difficult either.

[jepoy]

Rachmaninoff Prelude in c# minor Op. 3 No. 2
CPE Bach Solfeggietto in c minor

[point of grace]

brahms op. 118 no. 3
schumann scenes des enfants no. 1
the rach is a good option too..
and chopin op. 28 preludes no. 13, 20, 22 and 24 why not.

 

[lelle]

and 24 why not.

Prelude no 24 with those scales and thirds and left hand and stuff is not the first thing I would recommend under the criteria "not too difficult"