hardest piano prelude

[aweshana21]

what are the hardest piano preludes

[chopinawesome]

Chopin Prelude Op.28 nos.8,16,24 and others are very hard,so are Rachmaninoff's preludes. Some Scriabin preludes are easy. I don't know which prelude is the hardest.

[coda_colossale]

Rachmaninoff 23-2 and 23-9, Chopin 8, 12, 16, 24 come to mind.

[theholygideons]

Sorabji mutherfuck.

[piulento]

That's a tough question, considering the ridiculous amount of preludes out there, but I'll give it a go.
I'd say rach 23/2 and 32/13 are pretty terrible. Also, Debussy's Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest is just awful.
I personally never had to many difficulties with Chopin's 24th (which was already mentioned twice), though no.8 is still one of my greatest fears.

[ahinton]

Sorabji mutherfuck.

If this post is intended to heave any meaning whatsoever, might you consider doing members a favour and explaining it, mindful of the context that Sorabji wrote no piano preludes (other than a single small transcription of one by a certain J. S. Bach)?

Best,

Alistair

[theholygideons]

If this post is intended to heave any meaning whatsoever, might you consider doing members a favour and explaining it, mindful of the context that Sorabji wrote no piano preludes (other than a single small transcription of one by a certain J. S. Bach)?

Best,

Alistair

Fine... Marc Andre Hamelin's 'Preambulum to an Imaginary Piano Symphony', an Homage to Sorabji mutherfuck.

[chopinlover01]

So you're the one starting all these hardest threads?
Burn the heretic!!

[perfect_pitch]

So you're the one starting all these hardest threads?
Burn the heretic!!

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