Hey, can you name some pieces, with a glissando in it?

[beethovenfan]

Hey, I want to play a piece, with a nice glissando in it,
can you give me some suggestions?

How long are these pieces?

[jlh]

What can you handle?  Or, what are you currently playing?

[beethovenfan]

Hi,

for example: Skrjabin: some Preludes op. 11

and now I'm working on Rachmaninoff op. 23 Nr. 5 (g - minor)
I think this Prelude is the hardest piece I played (play)

beethovenfan

[dlu]

The 1st Mephisto Waltz (Liszt) has a nice glissando in it...also, Ravel's Alborado del Gracioso (sp?) has a multitude of glissandi (some in thirds!).

DLu

[joell12068]

Debussy - Suite pour le piano (Prelude) has lots of glissandos, and is not extremely difficult.

[thierry13]

Liszt's Totentaz has nice glissandos! Ravel's alborada del gracioso.

[nanabush]

Petrouchka suite for piano?  Speaking of which, is it anywhere online or do I have to buy

[pianonut]

gershwin's 'rhapsody in blue.'

[paris]

liszt paganini etude, i think n.5 E-major  (hunting or somethin like that)

[Goldberg]

Liszt's 10th Hungarian Rhapsody is a universal glissando-introduction piece. Or if you want you can do a few Cziffra transcriptions....THAT'LL make ya learn insane octave and black-key glissandi combinations quickly!

Incidentally, there is also a very short piece called "Glissando Mazurka" by Lecuona I believe. I have the score if you want it. It looks like a fun and effective piece with tons of glissandi.

[steinwayguy]

Petrouchka suite for piano? Speaking of which, is it anywhere online or do I have to buy

Do you really want to buy it??





Anway, Alborada most def. and I'll be the first (surprisingly) to mention the third movement of Beethoven's Waldstein.

[lostinidlewonder]

A pretty interesting piece which you should be able to see the sheets for if you join gamingforce:

Lecuona's Mazurka Glissando.

https://www.gamingforce.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48704

pretty short though, only 3 pages but with about 18 gliss movements.

[quantum]

Alexina Louie - I leap through the sky with stars. 

About 3 glissandi.  2 of them you have freedom to choose the boundaries. 

[rhapsody in orange]

aaron copland's 'the cat and the mouse'.
short piece though =)

[Etude]

Fantasie Espagnole by Sorabji has some fun glissandi, not exactly an easy piece though.

[aerlinndan]

An easier piece with glissandi in it is a short Prokofiev piece. It's called Prelude, with the subtitle "Harp", Op. 12 No. 7.

Ravel's Jeux d'Eau also has some on the black keys, but that's much harder.

[Floristan]

Ravel's "La Valse" -- I believe there's a piano solo version (it was written for 2 pianos and orchestrated about the same time, I believe, then a piano solo version later).  Many glissandos toward the end as I recall.  Devilishly difficult piece.

[thalbergmad]

Brahms Pag Variations,  Balakierev Islamey, Tausig-Weber Introduction to the Dance.

All Octave glissandi.

[philippe]

Scriabine: Sonata no.6

[nanabush]

I find black key glissandos easier than white key, I don't know why, I just get a much better sound of black key glis.

[etudes]

No one mention Gaspar de la nuit??? ondine???
like someone mention Islamey
Brahms paganini

[ako]

Ginestera Danza Argentina No. 3. Nice up and down at the very end...fun

[pianojems]

Prokofiev's Prelude in C (Harp) not too hard at all but pretty

[Bouter Boogie]

Suggestion Diabolique - Prokofiev (about 5 minutes)
Rhapsody nr. 10 - Liszt (about 10 minutes)

Why.. Do you luv to play glissando? 

[maxy]

Suggestion diabolique? 5 minutes? slowest I heard was 3 minutes... 

Liszt HR 15, Gounod Waltz transcription,  Totentanz, Concerto 2

Rach 3

Debussy Feux d'artifice

Prokofiev 6th sonata

[Nightscape]

Prokofiev Toccata op.11

Ravel Piano Concerto for the Left Hand