Piano cycles

[ceneash]

If anyone could help me sharing piano cycles that lasts at least 30 minutes? I need an hour long recital for an exam and it could even be a contemporary or your national composer's cycle. I have already played Scriabin's Preludes Op. 11, Schumann's Bunte Blatter... I'm looking for something not too repeated. I'm best at playing romantic music, not much of a surprise, tho. Also, my hands are pretty small, so I can't really play large girth. Thank you!

[le_poete_mourant]

Rachmaninov Preludes. Chopin Preludes. Liszt Years of Pilgrimage. Mendelssohn selections of Songs without Words...

[ceneash]

Thank you, but these all are widely known. That's why I asked something not too repeated, something less known:)

[le_poete_mourant]

Very rarely do people play all of the Rachmaninov Preludes in one sitting, or the Years of Pilgrimage. Even the Chopin Preludes are not done that often as a group, except for competitions and such. If you're looking for people don't know about and is never heard, good luck with that, especially if you want romantics. I also think that the "common" sets are worth playing before diving into something obscure that you won't necessarily have opportunity to play in the future or that is of lesser quality compositionally. If you insist, however, the Lyapunov Transcendental Etudes (an homage to and completion of the Liszt set) are very difficult and very rarely played. Poulenc 5 Impromptus are shorter but not played very often. Mendelssohn 6 Preludes and Fugues.  Janacek: On The Overgrown Paths.

[zippi]

The Seasons op.37a by Tchaikovsky.

[andreslr6]

the op.45 etudes of Scriabin, not just no.5 but all of them, they're 8 if I remember correctly, most of them deal with polyrhythm and left hand of course . The Chopin preludes are a good choice too, just like le poet said. You could try also some of the later post "mystic chord" era preludes of Scriabin, or his op.63 etudes, they're just 3, each dealing with intervals, 9ths, 7ths and 5ths.

Prokofiev's visions fugitive op.22, 20 miniatures with a wide range in mood and are a great example of Prokofiev's style, Charles Rosen considered them Prokofiev's masterpiece. Together they don't last more than 40 minutes.

Debussy's Etudes, 1 of the 2 books, or both. Preludes, estampes, etc.

If you want a big challenge you could also try Bartok's 3 etudes op.18.

Ravel's complete Mirroirs.

.... etc.