Impossible Piano Pieces

[aweshana21]

What are the hardest pieces and musical elements written for piano
?

[abel2]

What are the hardest pieces and musical elements written for piano
?

Do you want like musical gibberish? Cause then it's Sorabji, Xenakis, Finnisey, and those fun guys. Otherwise commonly cited ones are Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit, Balikerev Islamey, Busoni Piano Concerto, Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto 3, Mereaux Etudes, Liszt Grande Etudes or some early Liszt, probably some stuff I'm forgetting, Godowsky Chopin Etudes, Prokofiev Concertos, Trois Mouvements de Petrouchka, etc. etc. etc.

[medtnaculus]

If you want something on par with Ravel's Gaspard try Schmitt's Ombres:

The score on its own is beautiful to look at -- the music is sublime too.

[kawai_cs]

What are the hardest pieces and musical elements written for piano
?

You are getting really boring with all your "hardest" and "impossible" pieces threads.
Don't you have other topics that you want to discuss here?

[ahinton]

Do you want like musical gibberish? Cause then it's Sorabji, Xenakis, Finnisey, and those fun guys.

Who says that the piano works of these composers are "like musical gibberish"? - and it's "Finnissy", by the way (and Balakirev, too).

Best,

Alistair

[ahinton]

You are getting really boring with all your "hardest" and "impossible" pieces threads.
Don't you have other topics that you want to discuss here?

It does indeed appear to be a disproportionate preoccupation of some members here; that said, when such a thread throws up a fine but not at all well known work like Schmitt's Ombres, all is by no means lost! (and I'm still waiting for a really fine performance of that composer's magnificent Piano Quintet)...

Best,

Alistair

[medtnaculus]

It does indeed appear to be a disproportionate preoccupation of some members here; that said, when such a thread throws up a fine but not at all well known work like Schmitt's Ombres, all is by no means lost! (and I'm still waiting for a really fine performance of that composer's magnificent Piano Quintet)...

Best,

Alistair

I completely agree!

I adore composers such as Schmitt. Shame that due to his behaviour many of his works remain so obscure. Here's hoping more recordings of his works surface! Ideally, in the future, I hope to see many more composers with the same magnificent output get some well deserved exposure.

[themusne]

The pieces of extremely fast tempo,with many large interval notes,and  odd-sounding chords.