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Stravinsky's goal in arranging Petrushka for the piano (along with Piano-Rag-Music) was to attempt to influence Arthur Rubinstein into playing his music. (A 1961 live recording featuring Rubinstein at Carnegie Hall was published in 2012.) [ 2 ] In order to gain the latter's attention, Stravinsky ensured that Rubinstein would find the ...
"La campanella" is a revision of an earlier version from 1838, the Études d'exécution transcendente d'après Paganini, S. 140, and is widely considered one of the most technically challenging piano pieces ever written.
The Well-Tuned Piano: La Monte Young: 5-6 hours Premiered and recorded by the composer. [14] The History of Photography in Sound: Michael Finnissy: 5½ hours 365 (edition) [15] [16] A3 Premiered and recorded by Ian Pace. [15] [17] Performed by Mark Knoop. [18] Piano Symphony No. 6 (Symphonia claviensis) Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji 4¾ hours
The Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 is a ballade for solo piano by Frédéric Chopin, completed in 1842 in Paris and published in 1843 with a dedication to Baroness Charlotte de Rothschild. [1] Being his last published ballade , the piece is commonly considered one of the masterpieces of 19th-century piano music.
In an interview in 1941, Rachmaninoff said, "What I try to do, when writing down my music, is to make it say simply and directly that which is in my heart when I am composing." [5] [6] Even though Moments musicaux were written because he was short of money, [7] the pieces summarize his knowledge of piano composition up to that point. [1]
Gaspard de la nuit (subtitled Trois poèmes pour piano d'après Aloysius Bertrand), M. 55 is a suite of piano pieces by Maurice Ravel, written in 1908.It has three movements, each based on a poem or fantaisie from the collection Gaspard de la Nuit – Fantaisies à la manière de Rembrandt et de Callot completed in 1836 by Aloysius Bertrand.
Completed in 1818, it is often considered to be Beethoven's most technically challenging piano composition [25] and one of the most demanding solo works in the classical piano repertoire. [26] [2] The Piano Sonata No. 1 in C, Op. 1 by Johannes Brahms opens with a fanfare similar to the fanfare heard at the start of the Hammerklavier sonata.
In the digital era, "My Immortal" became an early example of healthy sheet music downloads, becoming the all-time best-selling sheet music download at Musicnotes, with over 8,350 copies until June 2004, outpacing "A Thousand Miles"'s 7,137 sales. [22]