Musical Madness 2026! Petrushka, Firebird, La Valse + more in the Quarterfinals!

[liszt-and-the-galops]

Link to the form for voting: https://forms.gle/uFaoaK3kXP1PjCh89

Pieces in the matches:
Chopin - Op. 52 Ballade no. 4
Cziffra - Fantasy on William Tell

Stravinsky/Agosti - The Firebird
Fauré - Op. 19 Ballade

Ravel/Gryaznov - La Valse
Albéniz - Lavapiés (Iberia Suite Book III no. 3)

Saint-Saëns - Étude Op. 111 no. 1 "Tierces Majeures et Mineures"
Stravinsky - Trois Mouvements de Petrouchka

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

Winners of the previous matchups: La Valse, Lavapiés, Saint-Saëns Op. 111 no. 1, and Petrushka. 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 27th, 2026 (US Eastern time).

Apologies for the delay in getting this vote posted; I decided at the last second to include all of the quarterfinals votes in a single form instead of splitting the round into two votes.

[the_franzliszt]

I got , Chopin, Faure (JUST KIDDING), Albeniz, and Unfortunately Stravinsky (Which shouldn't have made it  )

[liszt-and-the-galops]

Faure (JUST KIDDING),

Honestly, I'd love to see Fauré in the semifinals if it was facing a piece that I didn't also love lmao.

and Unfortunately Stravinsky (Which shouldn't have made it  )

Stravinsky definitely should have made it. La Clochette is probably harder technically but definitely not harder overall lmao.

[the_franzliszt]

Stravinsky definitely should have made it. La Clochette is probably harder technically but definitely not harder overall lmao.

Im just a Stravinsky hater lol, but I ended up voting accordingly and fairly lol

[thorn]

I went Cziffra, Stravinsky x2, Ravel. It'd be nice to have a proper solo transcription of Rite of Spring for the complete set, the Leyetchkiss feels anorexic in places but in fairness any more notes would make it unplayable. Oh well!

[the_franzliszt]

It'd be nice to have a proper solo transcription of Rite of Spring for the complete set

That would be horrifying lmao

[liszt-and-the-galops]

Due to a personal issue, I have to postpone the next two matches. They'll be posted at 20:00 on Sunday, March 29 (US Eastern time), and the current matches will remain open for voting until then.