I'll check those out, what piece would you recommend by ravel?
Have a look at Ravel's Sonatina, or the Pavane pour une infante défunte.Have you played any Debussy? If not, you should remedy this as once. There's loads of possibilities: the Estampes, L'île joyeuse, the Préludes...
Hi guys! As the title suggests I'm in search of some new pieces to learn, I'm tempted to learn a 20th century work of some kind as I enjoy that style. To give you an idea of what standard I am the pieces I've completed are Rachmaninov prelude in G minor op.23 and B minor op.32 (one bar resists polish!), Brahms intermezzo in A and moonlight sonata (yet another person playing it I know!)too name a few.I'm currently working on / polishing ( plan on finishing in a couple of weeks) Fazil says Paganini 'jazz' variations.Any suggests will be greatly appreciated!
Go ahead and pick any of the following.. As for era, I prefer the....Romantic:Rachmaninov: Prelude in B flat major Elegie in E flat minor Etude Tableaux in F minor, op33/1Chopin: Any of the preludes (except maybe the B flat minor or D minor)Etudes; 10/3, 10/5, 10/6, 10/9, 10/11, 10/12, 25/1, 25/2, 25/5, 25/7,Ballade 3 in A flat majorAny of the Impromptus (just don't do Op 66, it's... agh!!)
Hmm.. Debussy is always good. Bartok dances in bulgarian rhythm are fun... My favorite Debussy:1st ArabesqueChildren's Corner (esp. The Snow is Dancing)Etudes
To give you an idea of what standard I am the pieces I've completed are Rachmaninov prelude in G minor op.23 and B minor op.32
Etude Tableaux in F minor, op33/1
ok I might go for the chopin etudes you've mentioned or the ballade plus a Debussy prelude if that sounds reasonable?
Hi cameron,in spite of Rachmaninoff, as we know, being assigned by people to the "late Romantic", he - at least to some extent - lived in the 20th century, but was born in the 19th. So, the Rachmaninoff-area seems to offer interesting works: You mentioned the preludes - chopinlover01 mentioned an etude-tableau: One of the latter I heard of and listened to some time ago, and many years ago I borrowed the etudes-tableaux from a library, but gave them back without trying them out too much, and of "special names" or background for the works I didn't know anything then.But perhaps you already know it? "Op.39,6" :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06qCCmw0d4shttps://conquest.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/8/87/IMSLP309444-PMLP01894-Op.39_Etudes-tableaux_6._Allegro.pdf
How about one of the Liszt Ballades? The martellato from the 2nd ballade always impresses!
Any Prokofiev you could recommend just because he's been a figure if interest for me since I considered music seriously.
Hi cameron,not really.. . hmm, but since wolves were mentioned above, and connecting them to Mr. Prokofiev, I remember I only bought somewhen a simple, but funny piano-version of "Peter und der Wolf", arr. by John W. Schaum. That would be far too easy for your purpose, but at least it contains a test / little exam-form, in which young piano pupils are supposed to select the correct theme and assign it to the correct protagonist. But there's a piano reduction by Prokofiev, too, out there, of 1998 ( Schirmer), and there should be other piano solo versions, too (?) , all of them probably being harder than my Schaum-book (?) - but I don't know how difficult exactly the piano reduction or other piano solo versions are. Can only estimate that they'll be harder than the Schaum arr. Nevertheless, a demanding piano reduction / piano solo version of it may be worth a look, I think! But I haven't thoroughly checked the catalogues either, because there's an overwhelming amount of Peter+Wolf-stuff out there.. . And generally most Prokofiev-works seem to be copyright restricted.Other works by Prokofiev I unfortunately don't have, and I think you are more interested in his sonatas and piano concertos, so perhaps others may be of help here?Many greetings, 8_oct!
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