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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 Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Sz. 95, BB 101 of Béla Bartók is a musical composition for piano and orchestra. The work, which was composed between 1930 and 1931, is notorious for being one of the most difficult pieces in the repertoire. Playing time is 26–29 minutes.
Piano Sonata No. 5 Maurice Verheul 7 hours 18 minutes 441 (manuscript) [28] [self-published source?] Piano Symphony No. 0 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji 5½ hours 333 (manuscript) [29] A3 Piano Symphony No. 1 (Tāntrik) Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji 4½ hours 284 (manuscript) [30] A3 Piano Symphony No. 2 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji 4½ hours
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.
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 ...
The sonata is widely viewed as one of the most important works of the composer's third period, a pivotal work between his third and late period, [1] and among the greatest piano sonatas of all time. It is also considered to be Beethoven's most technically challenging piano composition and one of the most demanding solo works in the classical ...
Piano Concerto in B-flat minor, Op. 37 (1927–35) Lera Auerbach. Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 39 (1997–98) (I. River of Loss; 2. Dialogue with Time; 3. Wind of Oblivion; Part 2, Dialogue with Time, can be performed separately as an orchestral piece with the piano being part of the orchestra) Double concerto for violin, piano and orchestra, Op ...
Étude Op. 10, No. 4 in C ♯ minor, known as the Torrent étude, is a study for solo piano composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1830. It was first published in 1833 in France, [ 1 ] Germany, [ 2 ] and England [ 3 ] as the fourth piece of his Études Op. 10 .