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Offline rubinsteinmad

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Greatest Piano Work Ever
on: December 07, 2015, 01:04:45 AM
What is the greatest tonal piano work? (tonal does not mean atonal.)

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Re: Greatest Piano Work
Reply #1 on: December 07, 2015, 01:05:25 AM
My votes go for "Italie" and "Sonata" by Liszt.

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Re: Greatest Piano Work Ever
Reply #2 on: December 07, 2015, 02:41:12 AM
What a great idea for a thread. Doubt if it has been done before ::)

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Re: Greatest Piano Work Ever
Reply #3 on: December 07, 2015, 04:29:20 AM
What a great idea for a thread. Doubt if it has been done before ::)

And every one of us will be instantly able to name one surely ;)

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Re: Greatest Piano Work Ever
Reply #4 on: December 07, 2015, 05:40:36 AM
(tonal does not mean atonal.)
???

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Re: Greatest Piano Work Ever
Reply #5 on: December 07, 2015, 01:24:29 PM

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Re: Greatest Piano Work Ever
Reply #6 on: December 07, 2015, 05:26:05 PM
The Appassionata Sonata by Beethoven.

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Re: Greatest Piano Work Ever
Reply #7 on: December 07, 2015, 06:09:51 PM
Beethoven's sonatas 109-111 (although they are in different opus numbers, they were composed at the same time and intended as a set)

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Re: Greatest Piano Work Ever
Reply #8 on: December 07, 2015, 06:12:47 PM
You may as well ask who the greatest philosopher of all time was...

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Re: Greatest Piano Work Ever
Reply #9 on: December 07, 2015, 06:32:47 PM
You may as well ask who the greatest philosopher of all time was...
that's easy. c'mon. philosoraptor, of course

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Re: Greatest Piano Work Ever
Reply #10 on: December 08, 2015, 01:05:24 AM
OK,notify the the admins delete this topic, I found out it's already been done  :)
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