Looking for a good intense, angry piece! Help!

[16228pnx]

I am a fairly new piano student. Currently, I am learning Schubert/Liszt's "Standchen" (Serenade) in addition to learning and memorizing all the Bach inventions.

Yet, I need to find an intense piece that is at my level to combat the serenity of the serenade. I'm looking for something dramatic and loud and demanding - one that gets out anger when playing. Thanks so much for any help!

[virtuoso80]

Ahh, I like an angry piece myself.    Stuff that comes to mind:

Prokofiev Sonata 6 Mov. 1, or Sonata 7 Mov. 3 (Prokofiev is generally good for some aggression.)

Hindemith Piano Suite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhV79upVmvo  

Rachmaninoff Preludes C# minor, G minor

Bartok Allegro Barbaro

Chopin Scherzo 2, Prelude Op. 28, No. 12, Etude Op. 25, No. 10

Brahms Rhapsody Op. 79, No. 1 (not sure if I'd call it 'angry', but very satisfying to play when you're in that mood)

Beethoven Apassionata Sonata Mov. 3

...being a fairly new student, the Prokofiev and some others are likely too hard for you (but hey, you said 'demanding'). Allegro Barbaro, and the Rach Prelude in C# minor are probably the easiest of what I mentioned, so maybe start there.

[patrickd]

Leo Ornstein's Anger piece form Three Moods.

[piano51]

Angry pieces are so fun to play!
Here are some favorites:

Chopin: Etude Op. 10 No. 12; Waltz in E Minor Op. Posth.; Mazurka Op. 59 No. 3; Preludes No. 20 and 22.

Beethoven: Pathetique Sonata 1st Mvt.; Moonlight Sonata 3rd Mvt.; Tempest Sonata 1st Mvt.

Lecuona: Malaguena; En Tres Por Quatro (some really cool ones).

Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5.

Fina: Bumble Boogie.

Grieg: March of the Dwarves.

Those are a few that come to mind. Most are fairly accessible and they're all really cool songs. Have fun!

[wnlqxod]

Rachmaninoff- Moment Musical Op. 16 No. 4.

[dana_minmin]

If you played Schubert-Liszt Standchen, then again Schubert-Liszt Des Madchens Klage would be good for you with all those loud octaves. 

[pianoplunker]

I am a fairly new piano student. Currently, I am learning Schubert/Liszt's "Standchen" (Serenade) in addition to learning and memorizing all the Bach inventions.

Yet, I need to find an intense piece that is at my level to combat the serenity of the serenade. I'm looking for something dramatic and loud and demanding - one that gets out anger when playing. Thanks so much for any help!

This one might be in reach. This clip is played a little fast but it has the music so you can check it out. JS Bach Prelude and Fugue in Cminor:

[andreslr6]

try some of Prokofiev's visions fugitive. There's a wide range of moods there.

[virtuoso80]

This one might be in reach. This clip is played a little fast but it has the music so you can check it out. JS Bach Prelude and Fugue in Cminor:

Perfect. How is it that Richter still manages to make everyone else sound like rank amateurs?

[perprocrastinate]

Consider the Vecsey-Cziffra transcription of Valse Triste.

[ajspiano]

Perfect. How is it that Richter still manages to make everyone else sound like rank amateurs?

hahah, I have his complete set of the WTC on near permanent repeat at the moment. Too often I find myself feeling grossly inadequate.

[pianoplunker]

Perfect. How is it that Richter still manages to make everyone else sound like rank amateurs?

Not only that, he makes this piece sound like it was written for Acoustic Piano. Pedaling, dynamics,everything

[4greatkeyboards]

Chopin Scherzo No 1 is not only angry, it is apoplectic! Try not to have a heart attack playing it.

[johnnybarkshop]

Ref.virtuoso80.

You ask about angry pieces.  How about the short Chopin Prelude in G minor?  There is a wonderful climax to all the agitation: he eschews a diminished seventh substituting an augmented 6th.  Marvellous.

[birba]

Prokofiev toccata.

[the_fervid_pig]

Chopin Etude 10/12 The Revolutionary?