Favourite Solo Piano Works

rojo

(Ret)
Are you sure? I was listening to Jose Feliciano`s guitar version over at youtube recently- fantastico!
 

dko22

New member
my first favourite was the Schumann Fantasy op. 17 which I remember once trying to play the left hand of while a real pianist played the right. Having recently heard the Richter recording rekindled my love of this moving piece.

Now I would have to say the Janacek Overgrown path takes the top spot. He somehow manages to translate a range of deeply felt emotions directly into music without ever wasting a note. Suk's quite similar "About Mother" in places almost reaches the same standard

Behind that I would say Faure's Nocturnes, especially the last few. He is sadly neglected --for me he is a deeper composer than Debussy or Ravel (though I admit I want to get to know the solo works of the former better as the writing is undoubtedly exquisite).

And then probably the Schubert D.960 --for me his sonata cycle taken as a whole surpasses even the Beethoven
 

ParryHotter

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rojo

(Ret)
Sure, I like Liszt! Especially this version of his Hungarian Rhapsody No.2- I`m allowed to post this because Victor Borge is Danish, and this forum is based in Denmark. Btw, I`m just posting this as a bit of fun; I find it hilarious. I`ve seen it many times and it still makes me laugh! :D Hope you like it too. :)

YouTube - Hungarian Rhapsody #2
 

rojo

(Ret)
Ha- true. That man can play. :up:

Ondine was great; the middle part is quite exciting.
Le Gibet is a bit of a downer, but still a great piece and very well played (great bell echo effect- perfectly done here.)
The Scarbo video kept stopping on me! Drat. :(

I`m going to go see if they have any new versions of La Valse- my fave.
 

Izabella

New member
I like Liszt's work very much,but then there is also Chopin,Ravel and maybe my favorite of all Rachmaninof....
 
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