ABennett Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Maybe I'm the odd man out, but I've always been drawn to Schubert's later sonatas (e.g. the A major and the obligatory Bb major). While certainly not by any means virtuosic, there is a kind of humility and introspection that pervades these works, which to me overcomes the limitations that the music has to be "impressive". Compositionally I think the later sonatas are of the highest quality and maturity (coming from a man who was barely over 30 years old). Just my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nirvana69 Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Xenakis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkalex100 Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Right now, I can't get enough of all of Beethoven's piano sonatas. And also everything by Chopin, especially his etudes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferkungamabooboo Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 I have deep love for the Six Little Piano Pieces by Schoenberg.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pliorius Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 this is an excerpt of my most listened piano work, it's completely intense and beautiful this goes second and third, a must for all anarchists http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsfJIJ7ZQ2c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miss congeniality Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Anything by Charles Alkan is amazing. Saltarelle Op.23: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6gxquAUx9k Le Festin d'Esope: They're all pretty difficult, but totally worth it, and So fun to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicFiend Posted April 4, 2011 Author Share Posted April 4, 2011 Wow... I don't even remember making this thread.... lol. :/ And I recently made one similar to this.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParanoidFreak Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 KAPUSTIN KAPUSTIN KAPUSTIN KAPUSTIN KAPUSTIN KAPUSTIN KAPUSTIN KAPUSTIN KAPUSTIN KAPUSTIN KAPUSTIN KAPUSTIN KAPUSTIN KAPUSTIN KAPUSTIN KAPUSTIN KAPUSTIN KAPUSTIN KAPUSTIN KAPUSTIN KAPUSTIN KAPUSTIN KAPUSTIN KAPUSTIN KAPUSTIN KAPUSTIN KAPUSTIN KAPUSTIN KAPUSTIN KAPUSTIN yeah. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yasamune Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Schoenberg, Webern, Scriabin, PS. Liszt is circus music. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Harkonnen Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 If I say Dario Marianelli, does it make me sound stupid? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPBeaSbFuDo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeckelphoneNYC Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 No, who is he? Or am I having a mind blank... :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 excuse my ignorance cage first name is? John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan-Peter Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Nobody mentioned Henselt. So: Adolf von Henselt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henselt And Beethoven, Mozart etc. And I like Tansman... (Piano Sonatines) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravels Radical Rivalry Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 I have always thought that Beethoven and Chopin and Lizst were the obvious choices or at least the most commonly picked choices. For me though I have always been a huge fan of Debussy's solo piano works. I love Children's corner of course, but even more-so I love the Suite Bergamasque and the preludes. I am a huge fan of Rachmaninoff's piano works. A less common choice also would be Grieg's solo piano works. I love how culturally specific they sound - all of his scandinavian touches. So, I would say with the additional of one other composer the best piano compilations (IMO) come from Rachmaninoff, Grieg, Debussy and Barber (of course). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferkungamabooboo Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Can't deny Thelonius either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turpentine_angels Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 in my standards... best to me would be Chopin. Chopin has always been the "piano" composer to me. i could go on and on about why i picked him but you all probably know why... Rachmaninoff comes in second. other than that, I feel obligated to mention Kaikhosru Sorabji and Frederic Rzewski. Their music isn't as accessible as Chopin (or maybe even Prokofiev) but the technique, tone, and intellect required to play their music makes them stand out to me out of anyone. samuel barber's solo works, songs, and his concerto are all intesnse and strikingly beautiful. franz liszt, marc-andre hamelin, leopold godowsky, georges cziffra, and arcadi volodos have written some of the most virtuosic and imaginative transcriptions I have ever heard. Gyorgy Ligeti's piano etudes are gut wrenchingly complex and highly innovative. Leo Ornstein's earlier works are always fun to play when you really want to beat the scraggy out of someone. I always prefer a Nikolai Kapustin piece to be an encore being that he's very technically demanding and it appeals to everyone at a concert who was kind of dragged along even though they aren't into classical music. Arensky has written powerful works in the piano duo repertoire. Last but not least, i'm going to mention Ravel, because I love him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrsbit Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I wouldn't dare to say he wrote the best music for piano but since a bunch of composers nobody even cares about has been mentioned in this thread: both early and late Leo Ornstein. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshtsai Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 I agree with Chopin also, although the remainder of my favorite choices seem to be named in this thread. His music just feels like a perfect fit for the instrument. Not discrediting Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Bach, etc... I praise their music with all my heart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjplumblossom Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 MOZART, BEETHOVEN, Liszt, chopin, rachmaninoff!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeckelphoneNYC Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 MOZART, BEETHOVEN, Liszt, chopin, rachmaninoff!!! Bartok.....Alkan..... Get creative. go post 1850! Ooooh and the last things Sibelius ever wrote were really great piano pieces! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htgunnell Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 I have always thought that Beethoven and Chopin and Lizst were the obvious choices or at least the most commonly picked choices. Well there's a reason for that :happy: , people don't just become famous for nothing. I'm a Rachmaninoff/Liszt fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adamich Posted September 9, 2011 Share Posted September 9, 2011 My vote goes to Scriabin, no question. Crazy mother**((*& Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Klavierspieler Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Schumann, then Beethoven, then Bach, then Chopin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernandocouto Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 César Franck (who is ignored by all) and we just know the «Prélude, Chorale and Fugue» because the it's a easy piece to apreciate and it was the favourite piece of Alfred Cortot. There is other easy piece to apreciate: «Prélude, Aria and Finale» but it's so difficult that pianists can't apreciate when they are playing, most of them just touch the piano like me and people love it and I do a great interpretation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treehugger1995 Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 so, basically you're asking if we're team Chopin or team Liszt (oh, last time I went to the Kennedy center, they had a Chopin Liszt, and a Chopin board, XD so corny) anyway, TEAM CHOPIN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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