"Brutal" piano music?

[franz_]

Suicide in an Airplane for Ornstein.

THAT'S brutal!

[nanabush]

Whoever mentioned the Khatchataurian Toccata, I think that actually fits.

[moi_not_toi]

Some   Alkan can be pretty brutal.Try his Festin D'esope or second movement of his op 33 Grand Sonata. Prokofiev can be pretty brutal as well, especially the Second Concerto cadenza, WOW.

Yeah, his Minor Etudes can be downright evil (technically and musically) and the final mvmt or the Solo Concerto is pretty arabic sounding (the brutal side of arabic music)

[pianoplayjl]

Chopin Etude op 10 no 12

[pianoplayjl]

I did not realize how old this thread was.....

[stoudemirestat]

Liszt: Totentanz, Funerailles.

[stoudemirestat]

I did not realize how old this thread was.....

Lol me either.

[pianoplayjl]

Basically most Liszt pieces have an element of brutality combined with musicality, something I admire.

[49410enrique]

i've got this on my hit list to start learning in the next couple months, essentially the title translates to 'Those who fight', from the FFVII PC book and CD by Nobuo Uematsu, this one always had a "Prokofievesque" etude like sound but has the movie score quality the OP mentioned.

High reccommended piece to learn for late intermediate/early advanced and further pianists, it's just good fun and a neat piece that can serve as an novel encore (since likely most audiences have never heard it)

i haven't seen it cheaper than here, and i doubt you can get it used since most everyone that has this treasures it and won't let it go:

https://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-135-49-en-70-260c.html

[packrat79]

  How about Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto, particularly the third movement?

 

[pianoplayjl]

Rachmaninoff's third, particularly the 1st movement when the heavy chords come in before the cadenza.