repertoire help

[kat123]

This may seem like an unusual request, but I'm wondering if anyone knows any pieces similar in difficulty and style to either Rachmaninoffs prelude in c sharp minor or Mussorgsky's great gate of kiev? These are two of my favourite piano pieces and I am have having trouble finding pieces that are similar to these in difficulty level. i enjoyed playing these two very much and I know they are two very different pieces but any kind of help would be great )

[j_menz]

You really have got to be kidding. On every possible count.

Early advanced, Russian, (latish) romantic? If you can't find that, you really aren't trying.

[kat123]

I'm not kidding  I have looked at a LOT of romantic music, even some obscure pieces, but I still have trouble finding a piece that both appeals to me and isn't ridiculously hard :/

[j_menz]

Then it appears your taste is the significant factor.

How do we account for that satisfactorily on the basis of two indicative, though quite different, pieces?

[kat123]

The piece doesn't have to be similar to both of them, I was only providing those two pieces in my description because I feel they are indicative of a) the level of difficulty I am at and b) their style. I like both the pieces styles, and while they are not similar at all, they are two of my most favourite piano pieces. If it helps, I love piano pieces with huge chords rather than up and down run kind of pieces.

[visitor]

[mjames]

play more  of rachmaninov and mussorgsky

[skywalker_06]

The piece doesn't have to be similar to both of them, I was only providing those two pieces in my description because I feel they are indicative of a) the level of difficulty I am at and b) their style. I like both the pieces styles, and while they are not similar at all, they are two of my most favourite piano pieces. If it helps, I love piano pieces with huge chords rather than up and down run kind of pieces.

Try maybe the Chopin Polonaise in A Major? (Military Polonaise) May not be quite as difficult, but it definitely has some large chords.

[kat123]

Thanks very much

[amytsuda]

Scriabin Etude Op 8 No 9.

[chopinlover01]

+1 to the Military Polonaise.
Lots of Rachmaninoff. Some Beethoven is like that as well, though it's probably the later stuff which will likely be a right pain in the arse to play.
Once you're a bit more advanced, try the other Chopin polonaises. Op 53, Op 44 (that one, IMO, is the hardest of the bunch except perhaps op 61),  Op 26/1...