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This is one of those "island" threads. If you could only play one piece by each composer for the rest of your life, which pieces would those be? You can pick two per composer if you really can't decide on only one. (for the sake of this activity, just assume you have virtuoso technique)
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As many as you want to list.
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My answers will all be different tomorrow.
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....assume you have virtuoso technique Impossible, including because I'd be a different person. Bach: Sorry that it's an arrangement: Bach-Busoni (and further tweaked by 'the performer') Toccata Adagio & Fugue Scarlatti: Dunno, let's say E major, L. 430, K. 531 Haydn: Sonata in Eb major (the big one) Mozart: Concerto in Bb major, K. 595 Beethoven: Op. 110 Schubert: "Little" A major Sonata Schumann: Carnaval Chopin: Sonata in B minor Liszt: 2nd Hungarian Rhapsody Mendelssohn: Fantasy in F# minor Brahms: 2nd Concerto Scriabin: 9th Sonata Debussy: L'isle joyeuse Ravel: Miroirs Moszkowski: Etincelles Joplin: Pine Apple Rag If I really could also assume what you want us to assume: Henselt Concerto
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Bach: Sorry that it's an arrangement: Bach-Busoni (and further tweaked by 'the performer') Toccata Adagio & Fugue Scarlatti: Dunno, let's say E major, L. 430, K. 531 Haydn: Sonata in Eb major (the big one) Mozart: Concerto in Bb major, K. 595 Beethoven: Op. 110 Schubert: "Little" A major Sonata Schumann: Carnaval Chopin: Sonata in B minor Liszt: 2nd Hungarian Rhapsody Mendelssohn: Fantasy in F# minor Brahms: 2nd Concerto Scriabin: 9th Sonata Debussy: L'isle joyeuse Ravel: Miroirs Moszkowski: Etincelles Joplin: Pine Apple Rag I'm assuming the OP was referring only to solo work, so I'm going to reply with that in mind. Bach: Goldbergs, what else. Scarlatti: Sonata. Haydn: Agreed, or perhaps the Variations in F minor. Mozart: D major sonata, K576. Beethoven: Opus 120. Schubert: 960 - again, what else. Schumann: Fantasy. Chopin: Agreed. Liszt: Sonata (don't see how you can say what you said. ) Mendelssohn: Agreed, or maybe the good old Variations. Brahms: Opus 118 or 119. Must I choose? Scriabin: Probably the G# minor sonata. Debussy: Agreed, or perhaps Bergamasque. Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit (saying Miroirs might be cheating, Mark. ) Moszkowski: Not familiar with most of it. Caprice Espagnol? Joplin: The Chrysanthemum
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What about your pick of the Liszt 2nd Rhapsody?
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Bach: Goldberg Variations Busoni-Bach: Chaconne in D Minor Chopin: Fantasie Impromptu Beethoven: Symphony No.5 Arrangement Mozart: Sonata in A Minor (KV310) Brahms: Hungarian Dance No.5 Joplin: The Entertainer Gershwin: Prelude No.1 Scarlatti: Sonata in D Major Debussy: Golliwogs Cake-Walk Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumble Bee Most of these are because I've played them in the past for exams or because they're popular If I new more about classical music, I'd probably have different choices
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Bach: BWV 850 Haydn: Hob.XVI:23 Mozart: K. 330 Beethoven: Appassionata sonata Schumann: Grillen Chopin: Op. 58 Liszt: Liebestraume No. 3 Brahms: Op. 118 No. 2 Scriabin: Op. 8 No. 12 Debussy: Images, Book I Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit Joplin: Fig Leaf Rag (a high class rag! )
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Maybe we should use this list.
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I'd do some rearranging of that list:
Bach no.1 Mozart no.2 Liszt no.3 Chopin no.4 Beethoven no.5
Edit: This is of course my 100% biased unprofessional unknowledgeable list (I haven't even heard of 1/4 of them!)
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Good one. I might do some rearranging of my own, but it's not about the order in this case.
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I'm sorry, but Liszt doesn't belong with those others in my opinion.
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You're probably right, I'm no expert But I'd definitely put Bach in position 1.
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I wouldn't do precisely that, but that's a valid opinion. Liszt being in front of Beethoven is not.
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Okay, pick three pieces from Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin. Three each.
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I'll take a stab at the first 20 composers on the list. Wagner - no comment. Tchaikovsky - The Seasons. Handel - Suite in E, Bb, E minor. Stravinsky - Tango in D minor. Dvorak - is there anything? Verdi - searched on Verdi piano music and came up with this. Needless to say, not a masterpiece. Mahler - I don't know of a single work. Berlioz - equally sparse. Vivaldi - he wrote some keyboard suites, but I'm not familiar with them. I doubt I'm missing much.
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Well, fair enough, I've never even learned anything by Liszt anyway But from my experience with Beethoven, a lot of his music is very... bland, almost. Some of it is extremely memorable, such as Symphony no.5/no.9/Fur Elise/Moonlight Sonata, but a lot of it sounds the same, and being quite simplified. I know I'm treading dangerous ground here (either that of I jumped off the cliff already), but it seems to me like it's just complex ideas, simplified over simple chords, if that makes sense. Sort of hard to explain my position I'll just leave it at that
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Verdi - searched on Verdi piano music and came up with this. Needless to say, not a masterpiece. You're right. I don't think it's Verdi good either.
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