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I too have pdf's of some of the works I listed, so just let me know if you need them Morodiene. You can also find a number of scores at the following:

http://vkgfx.com/scores/
http://www.pianopiano.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Category:Composers

Let us know what piece you choose. 20th/21st century repertoire is so rich and diverse that any musical taste can be satisfied (which may surprise some).

You might enjoy Pierre Sancan's Toccata or his toccata-like and very amusing Mouvement. There are videos of both on YouTube. I think Cazal's performance of the Mouvement is especially dazzling (and he was a student of Sancan's, I believe).

Toccata
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilMLu27hajI

Mouvement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHSg6j-oDdc

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I'd go for the Ginastera. Very good music.

Prokofiev Tocatta op.11 is a brilliant piece! A rather difficult in the end...

Also Prokofiev sonatas are quite nice. While everyone goes for No.8 I totally love No.7! It has a slow, very haunting begining, it is a "tiny bit atonal", (not academically speaking of course, it is Prokofiev after all), but goes into a fast middle section which is very impressive. 2nd movenent is slow, to the classical style of Prokofiev and 3rd is a fast scherzo.

Ligeti http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZTaiDHqs5s Etudes (No.13 in this recording). I find them a bit too technical (they are etudes after all), but... yeah.

Messiaen as it's been mentioned before "Vingt Regards" are all amazing!

Nikolas:
Also Prokofiev sonatas are quite nice. While everyone goes for No.8 I totally love No.7! It has a slow, very haunting begining, it is a "tiny bit atonal", (not academically speaking of course, it is Prokofiev after all), but goes into a fast middle section which is very impressive. 2nd movenent is slow, to the classical style of Prokofiev and 3rd is a fast scherzo.

Have you perhaps got your numbers mixed up? I thought that No7 was a more popular concert/audition piece, and the description you give fits No 8 better. E.g. the beginning of No7 (allegro inquieto) is hardly slow... FWIW the 8th is also my favourite Prokofiev Sonata

-Michael B.

Debussy Preludes Book 2 - Brouillards
Shostakovich - Prelude and fugue no.1 op.87

hmm, Does Joplin count as 20th century?

Michael B (PoStTeNeBrasLuX) (Christ it took forever to copy your forum nick).

Yes I'm sorry. Mixed up! Don't have the scores here in London. Isn't it an amazing sonata? (the No 8)