10, no. Brahms wrote it his First Piano Concerto in 1858, when he was just 25 years old – he went on to write just one more. It should be remembered that Liszt himself would have performed this piece on one of his many tours, reminding us what a superb pianist he was. The composer himself downplayed this concerto, saying it had “no redeeming artistic merits”. Ia/3 (0' 30") Difficulty 1.5 (9) Mazurka in D major, KK Anh. The finale is a thrilling, virtuoso showcase. This is arguably the … So we’re including it in our list. Finally, half of the 13 pieces in Albeniz’s Iberia are harder than most of the ones in this list. It’s one of the longest concertos ever written – although the composer wryly called it a “tiny, tiny piano concerto”. I am also surprised to see Schumann’s Toccata and not Ravels, which is more beautiful by far, more ingenious, and probably harder. There is this part: All times are GMT +1. 1 and 2: 7: difficult: Beethoven, Piano Sonata op. That said it is a wonderfully joyful piece even though it’s key is minor. 12, no. Even though the above pieces represent a section of very difficult works it is not by any means conclusive. 1856/7: Charles-Valentin Alkan: Concerto for Solo Piano Op. You have entered an incorrect email address! Could the idea that some of these are "ridiculously difficult" be chalked up to the fact that some composers aren't very good at writing for the piano? CTRL + SPACE for auto-complete. Difficulty, in this case, will be a technical one although that is not to imply that the pieces in some why lack substance. CMUSE is a participant of the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program – it is designed to provide an aid for the websites in earning an advertisement fee – by means of advertising and linking to Amazon.com products. With a tempo marking of Allegro and a metronome marking of minimum equals 69 beats per minute, as a pianist you already find yourself on the back foot. Confusingly. It was apparently Rachmaninov’s favourite of all his piano concertos. I think it is odd to have one item be “LKiszt’s Trascendenta;l Etudes” (there are 12) and then make a selection of one from the 24 Chopin etudes (and not the one that I would have chosen). Playing in thirds is quite a difficult technique to master and Chopin was well aware of this. With a tempo marking of Allegro … The pianist to whom it was dedicated – Josef Hofmann – never performed it in public and it was the composer himself who gave the premiere in 1909 in New York. He responds with a concert. His 20th concerto, far from being inane, is one of the composer’s most beautiful works. A lot of Composers I'm not familiar with on this list. The initial composition titled “Grande Fantasie de Bravoura sur la Clochette de Paganini.” The grand title, unfortunately, did not give rise to a piece that gained much popularity, often being described as unmusical and even unplayable by some. Ia/1 (1') Twenty-four Préludes, op. I haven’t listed these works in order of difficulty but chronologically. This is one of those pieces of music that everyone knows – even if they don’t realise it, like Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony or Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons. The concerto forms part of a much larger work, the huge set of studies titled “Douze Etudes dans les tons mineurs.” The concerto forms the eighth, ninth and tenth of these studies and effectively becomes the first, second and third movements of the concerto. But I'm not sure about the last one? Rachmaninov wrote the piece in 1900 after recovering from a bout of depression and writer’s block and it has become one of his best known and best loved pieces. It is littered with extraordinary displays of technical virtuosity contrasted by earnest and deeply lyrical melodic passages that his friend Chopin would be proud of. In fact this concerto, written around 1738 was probably written originally for the violin before Bach decided to arrange it for harpsichord, possibly as a training piece for his own sons. This colossus of the piano repertoire has topped our annual Classic FM Hall of Fame – voted by you, the listeners – a huge eight times since the chart first started in 1996. This is arguably the greatest work for piano and orchestra ever written – it’s nicknamed the Emperor for goodness’ sake. Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.5 (Emperor) Let’s start as we mean to go on. If you’re only judging the pieces by level of difficulty, then the “Hammerklavier” sonata should also be included here. 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