Bucket list works?

[gralva]

What are works that you want to learn in their entirety before you leave us behind to fend for ourselves?

For me, Liszt Sonata in B Minor and Chopin Berceuse in D flat Major. And that's just so far. I haven't listened to everything yet. Others can be on my list, but not as much as those two works.

[transitional]

A ton of them. Right now, Schubert D 958, Schumann Humoreske, Scriabin Sonata 4, Schoenberg Little Pieces, Webern Variations, Schubert D 946, and Chopin Ballade 3 are farthest down. I have yet to get to everything I want to play. There's just too much good music out there. I do have a list, though, and it's 28 pages long. I doubt I'll ever play that much but most music gets really good once you explore it enough.

[liszt-and-the-galops]

Currently, my main "end-goal" is Liszt's S. 139 version of Mazeppa.

Le Festin d'Esope (Alkan) is another one that I eventually want to reach. That's even further away, though.

[brogers70]

Beethoven's Les Adieux sonata and Schubert's last sonata in Bb.

[gralva]

Nice list. I had to listen to most of those. They Schubert Sonata is lovely. Honestly, I was never a fan of playing Schubert, but I've always enjoyed listening to it.

I'd only ever heard of Alkan as being difficult. I hadn't listened to his music. That one sounds like it's really hard to make the picture correct.

[iamdopeuarenope]

My list is unfortunately long..

Paganini/Liszt etude No. 6 S.141, Spanish Fantasy

Scriabin Sonata 5

Chopin Ballade No. 4, Barcarolle Op. 60, all the etudes, preludes, nocturnes

Bach all of WTC

++A lot more

[pianistavt]

John Adams - Hallelujah Junction
Bartok - suite op 14
Brahms - Handel Variations
Chopin - Barcarolle, 4th ballade, fantasy in f minor, various etudes
Godowsky - Java Suite, Passacaglia
Liszt - La Campenella, Mazeppa
Medtner - some shorter pieces
Ornstein - sonata 4 and/or 8
Prokofiev - 5th sonata, 7th sonata, 8th sonata, suggestion diabolique
Schubert - sonatas: a minor d845, A major d959, Bb d960
Stravinsky - Petroushka (1st and 2nd pieces)

[dizzyfingers]

Beethoven's Les Adieux sonata and Schubert's last sonata in Bb.

BROGERS70 - What about Brahms - you love Brahms, right?  Maybe his rhapsodies op 79?

[brogers70]

BROGERS70 - What about Brahms - you love Brahms, right?  Maybe his rhapsodies op 79?

I do love Brahms, he's just not on my bucket list because I'm already learning his late piano pieces (Opus 116-119) and his sonatas are likely to remain beyond my technical level. I've never actually been crazy about Opus 79.

[gralva]

My list is unfortunately long..

Paganini/Liszt etude No. 6 S.141, Spanish Fantasy

Scriabin Sonata 5

Chopin Ballade No. 4, Barcarolle Op. 60, all the etudes, preludes, nocturnes

Bach all of WTC

++A lot more

WTC... That's quite the undertaking. There are really a lot nice pieces in there. For me, as far Bach goes: Fantasy and Fugue and in a minor BWV 944. Not incredibly hard, but damn it sounds cool.

[lelle]

I've had the fortune of playing many of my bucket list works when I was in music college and during the 4-5 years that followed. There are still many great works out there but many of my true bucket list works have already been studied at least once.

Some things that are left are:
Scriabin Sonata 5
Scriabin Sonata 4
Scriabin Sonata 9
Scriabin Etude Op 42 no 5
Chopin Scherzo 3
Ravel Miroirs

Plus a number of others i can't remember at the moment

[dizzyfingers]

I've had the fortune of playing many of my bucket list works when I was in music college and during the 4-5 years that followed. There are still many great works out there but many of my true bucket list works have already been studied at least once.

Some things that are left are:
Scriabin Sonata 5
Scriabin Sonata 4
Scriabin Sonata 9
Scriabin Etude Op 42 no 5
Chopin Scherzo 3
Ravel Miroirs

Plus a number of others i can't remember at the moment

Lelle - Since you've played so much Scriabin, may I recommend Samuil Feinberg sonata 3 for your bucket list?

[essence]

i know this is a piano rather than organ forum, but I had a bucket list for the organ, and after performing them all in church services, I kinda lost enthusiam, and returned to the piano.

Bach's major preludes and fugues and fantasie's and the passacaglia of course.
Liszt Ad Nos, Warem sarem and Bach fantasie and fugue
Rheinberger sonata
Ruebke sonata
Alain trois danses, two fantasies
Various Messiaen pieces incl. Dieux Parmi Nous
Franck chorales 1 and 3
Elgar sonata
hakim fantasie on Adeste Fidelis

the above are all great pieces of music. demanding musically and technically. Much of the organ repetoire less so. i used to play the Brahms choral preludes a lot.

[lelle]

Since you've played so much Scriabin, may I recommend Samuil Feinberg sonata 3 for your bucket list?

Thanks for the recommendation! I haven't played much Scriabin at all actually. Just the 2nd sonata and the Etudes op 2 no 1 and op 8 no 12.

[essence]

My piano bucket list includes Scriabin Fantasy, but it is very difficult to make convincing, particularly the fast quiet passages, with multiple lines. It is much more difficult than it sounds.

I have already performed sonatas 10 and 8 in master classes or in public. Sofronitsky is the master in the 8th.

[gralva]

I've had the fortune of playing many of my bucket list works when I was in music college and during the 4-5 years that followed. There are still many great works out there but many of my true bucket list works have already been studied at least once.

Some things that are left are:
Scriabin Sonata 5
Scriabin Sonata 4
Scriabin Sonata 9
Scriabin Etude Op 42 no 5
Chopin Scherzo 3
Ravel Miroirs

Plus a number of others i can't remember at the moment

I hadn't heard the Scriabin Sonatas until you mentioned them. Some of them have really hauntingly beautiful melodies, very rich harmonies too. I'm probably going to end up getting the complete set. I like to follow along with the music while I listen, especially of tunes out of my league, for now

[asperibra]

Alkan Grande Sonate, Alkan 12 etudes in all the minor keys, Sorabji Sequentia Cyclica, Sorabji in the Hothouse, Scriabin Black Mass (Sonata no.9), Tausig/Wagner Die Walkure, Alkan Symphony for Solo Piano, Alkan Concerto for solo piano, Liszt Totentanz

That's my very much overshot bucket list. Working on J.S. Bach WTC 2 and Liszt Der Doppleganger. I preformed Dopplerganger and just started the WTC. Been playing for about 6 years.

[liszt-and-the-galops]

Alkan Grande Sonate, Alkan 12 etudes in all the minor keys, Sorabji Sequentia Cyclica, Sorabji in the Hothouse, Scriabin Black Mass (Sonata no.9), Tausig/Wagner Die Walkure, Alkan Symphony for Solo Piano, Alkan Concerto for solo piano, Liszt Totentanz

Well, I have some good news for you.
Alkan's Symphony and Concerto are both contained within Op. 39, the Minor Keys Etudes.
So you can technically scratch those two off the list already.

[asperibra]

Well, I have some good news for you.
Alkan's Symphony and Concerto are both contained within Op. 39, the Minor Keys Etudes.
So you can technically scratch those two off the list already.

Yeah I realized after I sent, Still its easier for me to think of them as separate hence why I do

[thorn]

I've had the fortune of playing many of my bucket list works when I was in music college and during the 4-5 years that followed. There are still many great works out there but many of my true bucket list works have already been studied at least once.

Likewise I've studied most of my long-term bucket list works at least once. But at the same time new things appear as I listen to more music- a relatively newer one that I truly hope I can give the time it would demand someday is Granados Los Requiebros from Goyescas.

[mooshrimp]

My top 3 are:

Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit: Ondine
Chopin 4th Ballade
Liszt Mazeppa
Liszt Piano Sonata B Minor

Maybe not the most original list, but they are famous for a reason!

[dizzyfingers]

Only one person mentioned Prokofiev. I guess he's not the kind of composer that you sit down and play for personal enjoyment, as you might with Schumann or Chopin.
Also, only one mention of Beethoven - Les Adieux. I would think we'd see Appassionata, Waldstein, op 111 mentioned at least once. I guess he's similar to Prokofiev - kind of cerebral - mentally and physically taxing.

I'm going to list Ravel: the toccata and then alborada del gracioso.
Beyond my capability perhaps but perhaps my capability will change...

[jetrohbagonya21]

I'm surprised that there are so many Scriabin pieces on bucket lists. I bet if I listened to Scriabin a bit more, I would put some of his stuff on my bucket list, but in the end I barely ever listen to Scriabin. Here's some of my bucket list. *I know it's limited to quite a few composers*

Prokofiev, Ravel, and Rachmaninov Piano Concertos (Some of them)
Ravel Miroirs
Rachmaninov Piano Sonata 2 and his etudes

[jesujuva]

OH man I have so many pieces on my current bucket lis(z)t (not in any particular order):

1. HR2 (planning to learn this one really soon, it looks way easier than I thought), also Rakoczy March
2. Mephisto Waltz No. 1(my dream piece)
3. Mazeppa (just for the sake of it)
4. Paganini Etude #6 (I already learned #3 of course)
5. Grand Galop Chromatique
6. Les Adieux, Waldstein, and HAMMERKLAVIER Sonatas (working on LA currently)
7. Chopin Ballade No. 1 (most beautiful piano song in existence) and Scherzo No. 1
8. A good deal of the Chopin etudes (Waterfall, Torrent, Revolutionary, Aeolian Harp, Winter Wind, and Ocean are my favorites, and why not throw in Double Thirds just for the fun of it?). I actually want to learn all of the Etudes (they are my favorite of Chopin's sets).
9. Other small random pieces (Mozart Sonata No. 8, Grande Valse Brillante, Heroic Polonaise, Nocturne No. 13, Un Sospiro, Liszt's Ave Maria transcription, Rachmaninoff Prelude in C#m)
10. Bach Fugue in Am, WTC book 1. I started learning this fugue a while ago and I need to revisit it. It's extremely long and complicated, but totally epic! Of course it would be awesome to eventually plow through the entirety of WTC, but I think that is unrealistic for me.
11. Rach 2

[jackpiano]

Working on all these now and would say all are in the BL zone for me:

Scriabin Etude Opus 8 No 12
Scriabin Etude Opus 42 No 8
Scriabin Preludes Opus 11 (all?)
Chopin Barcarolle Op 60[/li][/list]

[pianistavt]

Working on all these now and would say all are in the BL zone for me:

Scriabin Etude Opus 8 No 12
Scriabin Etude Opus 42 No 8
Scriabin Preludes Opus 11 (all?)
Chopin Barcarolle Op 60[/li][/list]

Yes! This could EASILY be my active list as well. Just bogged down with other things rn.

[ned174849]

  As of right now, my bucket list works include the fallowing:
Chopin sonata op 58
Chopin Polonaise fantasie op 61
Scriabin sonata no 7
Schubert sonata D 960 (my teacher just assigned it  )
Medtner sonata romantica op 53 no 1
Bach Well-tempered klavier book 1(long term project. Got a few done already. Finally have been itching to play more Bach)
List goes on… 
Chopin should be quite approachable with in a year.

[thorn]

The Scriabin Sonata 7 is one of mine too. I was working on it before but other things took over.

[ravelpin]

My bucket list is:
Ravel - Miroirs (specifically barque sur l'ocean), Gaspard de la Nuit, Tocatta from le Tombeau de Couperin, jeux d'eau.
Chopin - various etudes, fantasy in f minor, ballade no 4 and no 3 , polonaise brilliante, various preludes (mainly no 16), scherzo no 1, and 3, barcarolle
Debussy - various preludes (mainly ondine), le soiree dans grenade, refects dans l'eau, Poissons d'or.

Beethoven, - les adieux, appasionata, waldstein and many other sonatas.

Liszt - mazeppa, transendental etude no 2, un sospiro, jeux de la ville d'estate (sorry if I spelt that wrong), friska from hungarian rhapsody no 2

Trenet-Weissenberg - En avril, a paris

just to name a few..

[neptune]

Unfortunately i have many pieces i want to learn, but to name a few;
-Transcendental étude no 10 in f minor - Liszt
-Mephisto Waltz no.1 - Liszt
-Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 - Beethoven
-Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor - Beethoven
-Étude Op. 25, No. 6, in G-sharp minor - Chopin
-Ballade no.4 in f minor op.52 - Chopin
 

[lelle]

Decided to get started on the Scriabin Liszt I posted earlier, beginning with Op 42 no 5 a couple of days ago! The sonatas will take way longer than that one

[bruceszhou]

I'm only 13 but I've played Fantaisie-Impromptu, Clair de Lune, a few Mozart sonatas, and Beethoven op 109 first movement. I really want to learn the 3rd ballade, Liszt sonetto 104, and Beethoven op 110

[pianistavt]

I'm only 13 but I've played Fantaisie-Impromptu, Clair de Lune, a few Mozart sonatas, and Beethoven op 109 first movement. I really want to learn the 3rd ballade, Liszt sonetto 104, and Beethoven op 110

I think that's interesting that a 13yr old likes Beethoven op 110 - it's such an abstract, slightly deranged piece, compared to the pieces you've played and like. What do you like about it?

[ppiano]

Lovely question but so many pieces to chose from ;-). And some great pieces already mentioned above.

I already have a lot of Chopin, Rachmaninov and some list on my existing repertoire list already, thus some obvious candidates may not be on my current bucket list.

Truly bucket list for the next few years(?) are:
1. Liszt Sonata 2, Mazeppa, HR2 (and many others)
2. Rachmaninov (pretty much anything), but bucket list probably includes Op.16 No.4, Op.39.No 6, Liebeslied / Liebesfreud
3. Chopin (pretty much anything), but next Chopin Sonata No. 2, Ballade No.1, Prelude No.24, Polonaise-Fantasie
4. Medtner, Sonata Tragica (and many others)
5. Scriabin, Op.8 No.12, Fantasy
6. Ravel, Ondine (but technically beyond me)

A lot to look forward to!

[droprenstein]

There's a ton. Maybe the very top of my list is Medtner, all the sonatas but especially the Sonata Tragica. Currently working on the Op. 5 and it's one of my favorite things i've ever played.
Any of the last 5 Beethoven sonatas as well. I guess that's the top of my list

[bach-busoni chaconne]

Solo Repertoire:
Bach-Busoni: Chaconne in D Minor, BWV 1004
Chopin: Barcarolle
Liszt: Transcendental Etudes Nos. 10 [Appassionata], 11 (Harmonies du soir), 12 (Chasse-neige)
Scriabin: Piano Sonatas No. 5
Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit

Hopefully I can finish all these solo pieces next year. And of course...

Concerto Repertoire:
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2

...And maybe one of these.

[dizzyfingers]

Decided to get started on the Scriabin Liszt I posted earlier, beginning with Op 42 no 5 a couple of days ago! The sonatas will take way longer than that one

How is Scriabin op 42 no 5 going?
What a difficult looking work.  Beautiful though.
I think I need more Chopin etudes under my belt before i attempt op 42....

[lelle]

How is Scriabin op 42 no 5 going?
What a difficult looking work.  Beautiful though.
I think I need more Chopin etudes under my belt before i attempt op 42....

I got it to a point where it was flowing decently a bit under tempo and then dropped it I will pick it back up at some point to solidify and go for a higher tempo. It's around the edge of my technical capabilities so it needs some time to marinate and hopefully my skill has grown a bit when I return.

[thorn]

I started working on one of my lighter bucket list works, Sciarrino Anamorfosi. It's a mashup of Singin' in the Rain and Jeux d'eau (with a little Un barque sur l'ocean). Having a melody in the middle of the opening Jde figurations (first 40 seconds in this video) is harder than it seems, particularly the run at 33s. The rest is straightforward enough if you know the original Ravel pieces.

[ned174849]

 I decided I would start Medtner’s Night Wind Sonata op. 25 no 2 as a long term project over a course of a few months. I started it two days ago and I’m excited to dive deep into it for it is certainly one of my favorites in the repertoire 

[ash120]

There are way too many pieces, from canon to recondite deep cuts…I don’t think i’ll be able to stop going on about it! My perpetual repertoire desiderata against reality!

- Dream liszt (list*)  -
1. Schumann/Tausig - “The Smuggler”
2. Moszkowski - Étude Op. 72/13
3. Prokofiev - Scherzo Op. 12/10
4. Prokofiev - Étude Op. 2/4
5. Alkan - Étude Op. 39/7 (Symphonie for Solo Piano - III)
6. Alkan - Étude Op. 39/10 (Concerto for Solo Piano - III)
7. Alkan - Étude sans opus (Encyclopedie du Pianiste; WoO)
8. Liszt - Valse Impromptu
9. Liszt - Bénédiction de Dieu dans la Solitude
10. Scarlatti - Sonata k. 141
11. Medtner - Sonata in F minor
12. Scriabin - Impromptu Op. 12/2
13. Scriabin - Sonate - Fantaisie (G sharp minor)
14. Kalkbrenner - Concerto No. 1 (Op. 61)

That’s it!!
(for now )

[dizzyfingers]

There are way too many pieces, from canon to recondite deep cuts…I don’t think i’ll be able to stop going on about it! My perpetual repertoire desiderata against reality!

- Dream liszt (list*)  -
1. Schumann/Tausig - “The Smuggler”
2. Moszkowski - Étude Op. 72/13
3. Prokofiev - Scherzo Op. 12/10
4. Prokofiev - Étude Op. 2/4
5. Alkan - Étude Op. 39/3 (Scherzo Diabolico)
6. Alkan - Étude Op. 39/10 (Concerto for Solo Piano - III)
7. Alkan - Étude sans opus (Encyclopedie du Pianiste; WoO)
8. Liszt - Valse Impromptu
9. Liszt - Bénédiction de Dieu dans la Solitude
10. Scarlatti - Sonata k. 141
11. Medtner - Sonata in F minor
12. Scriabin - Impromptu Op. 12/2
13. Scriabin - Sonate - Fantaisie (G sharp minor)
14. Kalkbrenner - Concerto No. 1 (Op. 61)

That’s it!!
(for now )

Nice list.  Not the top 15 pieces you see so much of.

[russmpiano]

I have many but here’s a list of some I hope to play in the near future

BACH Prelude and Fugue in C# Major, Book 1
BACH Prelude and Fugue in G Minor, Book 1
BACH Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, Book 1
HAYDN Sonata in D Major Hob. XVI:37
HAYDN Sonata in C Major Hob. XVI:50
MOZART Sonata No. 6 in D Major
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 28 (Pastorale)
BEETHOVEN Sonata No.17 (Tempest)
SCHUBERT Impromptu No. 3, D935
CHOPIN Etude Op. 10 No. 9
CHOPIN Etude Op. 25 No. 2
CHOPIN Fantaisie Impromptu
CHOPIN Mazurka Op. 30 No. 4
CHOPIN Waltz Op. 70 No. 1
CHOPIN Waltz Op. 64 No. 1
LISZT Paysage
LISZT Paganini Etude No. 4
LISZT Les Cloches de Geneve
BRAHMS Klavierstucke Op. 118
GRIEG Ballade
FAURE Barcarolle No. 1
DEBUSSY Suite Bergamasque
DEBUSSY Children’s Corner
RACHMANINOV Etudes Tableaux Op. 33 No. 5
RAVEL Prelude from Le Tombeau de Couperin

Of course I can’t get to all of these pieces but it gives me ideas (for instance i’ve already started learning the D Major Haydn)

[essence]

Solo Repertoire:
Bach-Busoni: Chaconne in D Minor, BWV 1004

How do you compare the Busoni and Brahms versions of the Chaconne? They are very different in style. The Brahms is quite sparse.

[dnak441]

Definitely the Hammerklavier. I'm just about finishing up the Waldstein Sonata and it's been really enjoyable to dig deep into a Beethoven masterwork. After I get Appasionata down I'll consider taking it on.

[lukepettyjohn]

Un Sospiro-Liszt
Chopin Ballade 1
Mendelssohn-Duet and Hunting Song from Songs Without Words
Liebestraume
Beethoven Sonatas-1, 5, 8, and 15
Mozart- C Minor Sonata, A Major Sonata, A Minor Sonata
Sonata by Haydn (not sure which)
Revolutionary Etude
Debussy Ballade
Reflets Dans Leau
Hungarian Rhapsody #2
Several Bach from WTC
Complete Children's Corner
Rhapsody in G Minor by Brahms
All Liszt Consolations
The Sunken Cathedral-Debussy
Preludes in E Flat and G Minor-Rachmaninoff
Rhapsody on A Theme of Paganini
Chopin Grande Valse in E Flat, Waltz in C Sharp Minor
Bach-Busoni-Toccata in D Minor

Too many to name

[dizzyfingers]

There's barely a piece listed above that I'm not familiar with (excluding the ones for organ listed by <essence>).  I looked up the ones I've never heard of.  Sharing that info with you all.

Sorabji - Sequentia Cyclica - (Khaikosru Sorabji (1892-1988) is one of the most enigmatic and controversial 20th century composers. Largely self-taught he chose his own way, never fitting into any school or movement. His style is highly idiosyncratic, inspired by late-romantics like Busoni and Szymanowski.  This piece:  the eight-hour cycle of 27 variations based on the ‘Dies Irae’ and Requiem Mass plainchants.)

Sorabji - In the Hothouse (1918).   Reportedly a good intro for playing Sorabji.

Liszt - Der Doppleganger - This is a Liszt arrangement of a Schubert song:  "Der Doppelgänger" is a famous, haunting Lied (art song) for voice and piano composed by Franz Schubert in 1828, featured in his posthumous collection Schwanengesang (D. 957). Setting a poem by Heinrich Heine, it tells a terrifying story of a man visiting his former lover's house, only to see a ghostly double of himself mocking his past agony.   Liszt arranged it for solo piano (1838-39)

Trenet-Weissenberg - "En avril, à Paris" - a virtuoso solo piano arrangement by the Bulgarian-French pianist Alexis Weissenberg, based on the popular French chanson by Charles Trenet (and Walter Eiger)

Sciarrino - Anamorfosi - (1980) is a brilliant, surrealist piano work by the Italian avant-garde composer Salvatore Sciarrino. It is a direct "deformation" of Maurice Ravel’s Jeux d’eau.

Schumann/Tausig - “The Smuggler” -  is a flashy concert transcription by the legendary virtuoso Carl Tausig, based on a song from Robert Schumann’s song cycle Spanisches Liederspiel, Op. 74.  Schumann’s original 1849 song is a character piece for baritone and piano, depicting a defiant smuggler through rapid, rhythmic Spanish-style motifs.  Tausig transformed it into a "technical tour de force" for solo piano. It is famous for its relentless, light-fingered repeated notes and crisp staccato, mimicking the "patter" of the original vocal line.  It became a signature encore for the great Romantic-era pianists. Sergei Rachmaninoff famously loved this piece; his 1923 recording remains the gold standard for its razor-sharp precision and wit.

Kalkbrenner - Concerto No. 1 (Op. 61) in d minor - (1823) was the "blockbuster" of its day, cementing his Kalkbrenner's status as the king of the Parisian piano scene before Chopin arrived.  It is in the quintessential "style brillante" - elegant, flashy, and designed to show off the new technical possibilities of the 19th-century piano.  It follows the classic three-movement form (Allegro maestoso, Adagio, and Rondo). The finale is a sparkling, high-speed romp that was a massive hit with audiences.  It has plenty of octave passages and rapid scales, which were Kalkbrenner’s specialty. He was obsessed with maintaining a "quiet hand" while the fingers did all the work.

[thorn]

Sciarrino - Anamorfosi - (1980) is a brilliant, surrealist piano work by the Italian avant-garde composer Salvatore Sciarrino. It is a direct "deformation" of Maurice Ravel’s Jeux d’eau.

He did one of Gaspard too (well Ondine/Scarbo). It's not on my bucket list, feels like all the technical work of Gaspard but without the musical depth, but worth a listen:

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[essence]

There's barely a piece listed above that I'm not familiar with (exclude the ones for organ listed by <essence>).

i realise some of the organ pieces I listed may not be to everybody's taste, but two i will highlight (apart from the Bach Passacaglia, which is of course one of his greatest works, and Bach's organ preludes and fugues are amongst his best)):

Alain Trois Dances
Liszt Ad Nos.

Of course many pianists are organists, and all organists are pianists.

This I attach, not because it is my favourite performance, but because sheet music is attached.

Gillian Weir is very well known and gives a great performance here. Ad Nos is one of Liszt's greatest masterpieces. It has everything, all based on the initial motif. I once heard Weir play the Busoni Fantasie Contrappunctistica.

[brogers70]

How do you compare the Busoni and Brahms versions of the Chaconne? They are very different in style. The Brahms is quite sparse.

I love the Brahms. I played it for my piano teacher once, and her husband, a violinist, said that the spots that were giving me trouble were the same spots that give violinists trouble. Those big rolled chords in one hand are hard in a similar way that quadruple stops are hard on the violin. I've played it on the guitar, too, and the difficulties are completely unlike the difficulties on the violin, the chords and arpeggios are easy on the guitar, while getting the fast runs smooth is more difficult than on the piano (or the violin, I guess). The Busoni arrangement, to me, is almost a different piece of music altogether.