Musical Madness 2026! La Campanella eliminated in Round 1 +Four composers debut!

[liszt-and-the-galops]

Link to the form for voting: https://forms.gle/1axd4pBJtfa6Hc9H9

Pieces in the matches:
Saint-Saëns - Étude Op. 111 No. 6 "Toccata d'Après le Cinquième Concerto"
Chopin - Étude Op. 25 no. 4 "Paganini"

Stravinsky/Agosti - The Firebird
Hummel - Op. 81 Sonata no. 5 (mvt. 3)

Granados - Op. 11 Goyescas no. 1 "Los Requiebros"
Liszt - S. 442 Tannhäuser Overture

Bartók - Étude Op. 18 no. 3
Falla - Fantasia Baetica

Current bracket: https://challonge.com/musicalmadness26

Winners of the previous matchups: Vingt Regards no. 6, Night Wind mvt. 2, Schumann Fantaisie mvt. 2, and Cziffra’s Fantasy on William Tell. Full results are available on challonge.

This thread also doubles as the official discussion thread for this match and the results of the previous one.

Voting closes at 8:00 PM on February 27th, 2026 (US Eastern time).

[anacrusis]

Interesting matchups. Will try to find some time to sit down and vote! How are you picking the pieces that end up going head to head?

[liszt-and-the-galops]

How are you picking the pieces that end up going head to head?

Apart from the play-in matches, everything is completely randomized lol.

[the_franzliszt]

I feel like this matchup's choices were pretty easy to pick based on the "harder piece". The Firebird for solo piano is a monster