Piano-busting Chord Etude

[alkanite]

I need an etude with almost exclusively fast solid chords.   Chopin doesn't really have what I'm looking for here.  Any suggestions?

[Spatula]

Not so much an etude, try Rach's Sonata Nr 3 third movement.

[ted]

Liszt's Wild Chase perhaps ? (Transcendental study number eight)

[faulty_damper]

Alkan's Aesop's Feast, the last variation with the double broken chords.

[jlh]

Also not really an etude, but try Prokofiev's Toccata.  If you want lots of FAST chords, that's your piece.

[liszmaninopin]

Hmmm....here are a few suggestions, all fairly familiar pieces I think

Rachmaninoff op. 39 #1, 5, 9
Ligeti etudes 1, 14
Scriabin op. 8 #12

[allchopin]

Chopin doesn't really have what I'm looking for here. 

I'm sure you didn't overlook the Op. 25 #10...

Scriabin's Op. 8 #9 is mediocre.

[Goldberg]

You could always just compose your own.

Or do Le Festin.

[ted]

Just remembered - Rubinstein's study in C, the staccato one. It's really enjoyable to play, not as hard as it sounds and always goes down well.

Goldberg's idea is good - write or improvise your own. Then you can tailor it to suit your precise needs.

[DarkWind]

Not so much an etude, try Rach's Sonata Nr 3 third movement.

I don't think Rachmaninoff wrote a Third Sonata...

[julie391]

im very interested in this type of piece, this type of thick chordal piano writing sounds very appealing.

this is why i LOVE rach's chordal ossia for his 3rd concerto

you can do so many different things with those chords interpretation-wise

orgasmic music!

[jazzyprof]

orgasmic music!

Hush, Julie...there are children here!

[julie391]

what am i to do? , music evokes these feelings!

[m]

Just remembered - Rubinstein's study in C, the staccato one.

It was my first thought.

[jazzyprof]

what am i to do? , music evokes these feelings!

It sure does!  You know what the bard said: "If music be the food of love, play on!"

[julie391]

 

but that rubinstein etude is staccato - i actually dont like it very much.

the kind of stuff i like is some of the meatier rach preludes and etudes - and the thick juicy cadenzas of his 3rd(the chordal one again) and 1st concerto(the 1st movement cadenza - WOW)

[f0bul0us]

Here he is asking for an Etude and you guys are throwing in Sonatas, Toccatas, Preludes, and Concertos (what the hell?). So here we are, slowly descending into a thread filled with replies that doesn't offer any helpful advice to either the thread-starter or curious readers. For shame.

[chelsey]

For grandioso-type chordal stuff, look at the preludes and etudes of Scriabin and Rachmaninoff. I tend to avoid playing the chord-heavy stuff of these guys because I have small hands (and then tend to write for basketball players), but they are definitely fun to listen to!

Chelsey

[julie391]

Here he is asking for an Etude and you guys are throwing in Sonatas, Toccatas, Preludes, and Concertos (what the hell?). So here we are, slowly descending into a thread filled with replies that doesn't offer any helpful advice to either the thread-starter or curious readers. For shame.

this is irrelevant, plus - an etude was suggested

sometimes sonatas, preludes etc.. work just as well as etudes for technique

[lostinidlewonder]

Scriabin Etude Op 42 no5 . Its not too long to learn as well, very impressive to see played well.

[Noah]

Debussy's etude pour les accords.

[julie391]

yes!

that piece is rather insane, great showpiece
really quite atypical of debussy