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Topic: Musical Madness 2026! La Valse, Tatum, Scarbo, and more in the "Group of death!"  (Read 466 times)

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Link to the form for voting: https://forms.gle/FBSeZP9zUH6A4GCU6

Pieces in the matches:
Ravel/Gryaznov - La Valse
Liszt - S. 400 Reminiscences de Lucrezia Borgia (Trio du Seconde Acte ONLY)

Tatum - Tiger Rag
Albéniz - Eritaña (Iberia Suite Book IV no. 3)

Ravel - Scarbo (from Gaspard de la Nuit)
Scriabin - Op. 53 Sonata no. 5

Lyapunov - Op. 11 Transcendental Etudes no. 12 "Elégie en Mémoire de François Liszt"
Alkan - Étude Op. 39 no. 1 "Comme le Vent"

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

Winners of the previous matchups: Fauré’s Ballade, Chopin’s Allegro de Concert, Mussorgsky’s Baba Yaga, and Rachmaninoff Op. 23 no. 9. 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 March 3rd, 2026 (US Eastern time).
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