Liszt – Transcendental Étude No 5, Feux Follets – Pogorelich, Piano
Feux Follets (Wills o’ the Wisp) is the fifth étude of the set of twelve Transcendental Études by Franz Liszt. As with the other works in the Études but one, …
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Villa-Lobos – Etude No 1 in E Minor – Segovia, Guitar
Etude No 1 in E minor for guitar is an arpeggio study by Villa-Lobos focusing on right-hand technique, but includes challenging left hand chord patterns. The same right-hand pattern is …
Scriabin – Etude in C-Sharp Minor – Horowitz, Piano
Scriabin’s etude in c-sharp minor was written in 1887, when the composer was just 15 years old. It was the first of the Three Pieces, Op. 2, and was one …
Chopin – Étude Revolutionary No 12 in C Minor – Horowitz, Piano
Known as Étude Revolutionary, Chopin Étude Op 10, No 12 in C minor is dedicated “à son ami Franz Liszt” (“to his friend Franz Liszt”). The 12th Étude appeared around …
Chopin – Etude Op 25 No 6 – Pogorelich, Piano
Étude Op 25 No 6, in G-sharp minor, is a technical study composed by Frédéric Chopin focusing on thirds, trilling them at a high speed. Also called the Double Thirds …
Liszt Paganini – La campanella – Ott, Piano
La campanella (Italian for The little bell) is the nickname given to the third of Franz Liszt’s six Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141 (1851). It is in the key …