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Topic: Favorite Rachmaninoff Piano Pieces?  (Read 3747 times)

Offline scherzo123

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Favorite Rachmaninoff Piano Pieces?
on: July 20, 2012, 12:20:28 AM
 ;D ;D
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Bach Prelude and Fugue BWV848
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Re: Favorite Rachmaninoff Piano Pieces?
Reply #1 on: July 20, 2012, 12:46:28 AM
Sonata no 1. 8)
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Offline davidjosepha

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Re: Favorite Rachmaninoff Piano Pieces?
Reply #2 on: July 20, 2012, 01:13:55 AM
Quote from: patrickd on July 20, 2012, 12:46:28 AM
Sonata no 1. 8)

Solo piano, I'd have to agree, although favorite Rachmaninoff piece overall featuring a piano? PC 3, no doubt. It is, in my opinion, the most brilliant and powerful piece of music ever written. I have to stop myself from listening to it more than once a month (or less, ideally) so I don't get sick of it. As much as I'd like to one day play it, I also think I might grow to hate it from the hours and hours and hours of practicing it would take to perfect.
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Offline grandstaff

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Re: Favorite Rachmaninoff Piano Pieces?
Reply #3 on: July 20, 2012, 02:06:52 AM
The Moments Musicaux.
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Offline williampiano

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Re: Favorite Rachmaninoff Piano Pieces?
Reply #4 on: July 20, 2012, 02:11:48 AM
Polichinelle op. 3 no. 4

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Offline j_menz

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Re: Favorite Rachmaninoff Piano Pieces?
Reply #5 on: July 20, 2012, 02:16:59 AM
Quote from: williampiano on July 20, 2012, 02:11:48 AM
Polichinelle op. 3 no. 4

 :D Nice choice!

I like the Variations on a theme by Corelli
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Offline scherzo123

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Re: Favorite Rachmaninoff Piano Pieces?
Reply #6 on: July 20, 2012, 02:26:07 AM
Quote from: grandstaff on July 20, 2012, 02:06:52 AM
The Moments Musicaux.

-High Five-  8)
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Bach Prelude and Fugue BWV848
Beethoven Piano Sonata Op.13
Chopin Etude Op.10 No.4
Chopin Scherzo Op.31
Mussorgsky "The Great Gate of Kiev" from Pictures at an Exhibition
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