Bumblebee | Värmland, Sweden 22-07-08 | via michaelnordeman
Rimsky-Korsakov (arr. Rachmaninoff) || Rousseau
Looking back I wished I had been better prepared with a list of some sort to demand he play, if only I had done some homework on him beforehand. Switching between instruments is pretty hard thing to do especially when being requested to play the fast pieces.
Top 10 Most Difficult Piano Pieces || Rousseau
10) Balakirev - Islamey (Pogorelich): https://youtu.be/cepieLOSu24
9) Beethoven - Hammerklavier (Levit): https://youtu.be/erD1Yy-4F5M
8) Ravel - Gaspard de la nuit (Hamelin): https://youtu.be/E1yFDKXfwl4
7) Godowsky - Passacaglia (Siirala): https://youtu.be/f0nlJXooIVc
6) Liszt - Gallop in A minor (Clidat): https://youtu.be/smobyeL5p_4 Mereaux - Etude, Op. 63 No. 45 (MIDI): https://youtu.be/jTRmtaGx85s
5) Alkan - Solo piano concerto (Hamelin) Mvt 1: https://youtu.be/W3XKeqy8xd4 Mvt 2: https://youtu.be/zPIB5OM8nlw Mvt 3: https://youtu.be/ne7XYi1i5l0
4) Ligeti - Piano Concerto (Wosner): https://youtu.be/P3mDevv2LP0 Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto no 3 (Volodos), Mvt. 1: https://youtu.be/fDblE1CcrR4
3) Xenakis - Mists (MIDI): https://youtu.be/ZH4j70KU-RQ
2) Messiaen - Vingt Regards (Loriod): https://youtu.be/ovMnmIoZh74
1) Sorabji - Symphonic Variations for Piano: 9 hours long, no recordings exist. Thank you to the pianists of my discord server, and specifically David, for their input regarding this list.
K.S Sorabji: Symphonic Variations, Var. 56 | NotMusicTheory
Thank you so much for sending one of Algy’s favourite little friends all the way from Sweden to join his birthday party! Algy loves your fabulous photographs of the animals and birds around your northern home, and hopes to see lots more of them!
Sending you and all your Swedish wildlife friends lots of very fluffy hugs, Algy xoxo