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Opus clavicembalisticum is a work for solo piano, notable for its length and difficulty, composed by Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji and completed on 25 June 1930. [1]At the time of its completion, it was the longest piano piece in existence, taking around 4–4½ hours to play, depending on tempo.
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 sonata is widely viewed as one of the most important works of the composer's third period and among the greatest piano sonatas of all time. It is also considered to be Beethoven's most technically challenging piano composition [1] and one of the most demanding solo works in the classical piano repertoire.
Étude Op. 25, No. 11, is a study of right hand dexterity and left hand flexibility. Each hand has intense challenges, ranging from brilliant runs and multi-octave leaps to tricky articulations which must be phrased correctly so the melody becomes audible. [4]
The Toccata in C major, Op. 7 by Robert Schumann, was completed in 1830 and revised in 1833.The piece is in sonata-allegro form. [1]The work was originally titled Etude fantastique en double-sons (Fantastic Study in Double Notes), and was infamously referred to by Schumann as the "hardest piece ever written"—to this day it remains as "one of the most ferociously difficult pieces in the piano ...
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 ...
The Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141, are a series of six études for the piano by Franz Liszt, revised in 1851 from an earlier version (published as Études d'exécution transcendante d'après Paganini, S. 140, in 1838). It is almost exclusively in the final version that these pieces are played today.
The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music is a compilation of classical works recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor David Parry. [2] Recorded at Abbey Road Studios , Royal Festival Hall and Henry Wood Hall in London, the compilation was released in digital formats in November, 2009 and as a 4-CD set in 2011. [ 3 ]