I was going to nominate Modest Mussorgsky’s "Pictures At An Exhibition", but during a little research learned that though the work became very popular and often performed after orchestrations were written for it in the early 1900’s, most famously by Maurice Ravel in 1922, Mussorgsky’s original piano transcription was written in 1874, and published in 1886, five years after the composer’s death. I love the work, both as performed on solo piano, and with full orchestration.
The Best Piano Works of the 20th Century
My nonimations are:
Vignt Regards sur L’Enfant Jesus by Olivier Messiaen, and
The People United Will Never be Defeated by Frederic Rzewski
How about you?
Vignt Regards sur L’Enfant Jesus by Olivier Messiaen, and
The People United Will Never be Defeated by Frederic Rzewski
How about you?
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I don't know about being the greatest anything, but Stravinsky wrote some good stuff for solo piano. I really like this record and recommend it to anyone who is remotely interested in solo piano stuff. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Marie-Francoise-Bucquet-STRAVINSKY-Solo-Piano-Works-Philips-6500-385-SEALED... |
Anyone up for Kaikhosru Sorabji’s "Opus Clavicembalisticum"? It is about 4.5 hours long and almost every minute is exhausting to listen to because of the complexity and changing rhythm. I particularly like the last two sections of the work (the fugue and the coda section). I also agree that the Nancarro works are amazing. They are not conventional piano works and cannot possibly be played by a human. |
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