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Piano Variations; What are your favorites?
Topic Started: Aug 1 2010, 09:07 AM (421 Views)
Klaus
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Here are some of mine:

Corelli & Chopin variations by Rachmaninoff
The People United Will Never Be Defeated by Rzewski
Passacaglia by Godowsky
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PhJ
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Brahms on a theme by Haendel op.24
Beethoven C min, & Eroica if you shorten the long Wurst Coda after the fugue :-p

Webern op.27 if you're particularly brave

edit:
just relistened, I love them, actually.
(I played the Webern for my entrance exam at the conservatory 20y ago, half of the jury wasn't pleased, the other thought of me as a clever guy for the choice, & because I played them from memory :-) Funny reactions all in all)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V_niGEXisA
Edited by PhJ, Aug 1 2010, 03:27 PM.
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Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
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Rach - Corelli variations
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Mozart - K.263/300e (Twinkle Twinkle Little Star variations)
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Good list, I'd add the Arietta from LvB Op 110.
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Aug 1 2010, 08:04 PM
Good list, I'd add the Arietta from LvB Op 110.
you mean 111, I suppose ?
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Aug 2 2010, 01:12 AM
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Aug 1 2010, 08:04 PM
Good list, I'd add the Arietta from LvB Op 110.
you mean 111, I suppose ?
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Mendelssohn "Variations serieuses"
Schubert "Ten Variations in F Major"
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i really like variations.. they help me be a better creative, on the fly pianist.

To my Corelli I add the Paginini, Beethoven Eccossaises (simple for children), Twinkle, Twinkle

Recently some music a Ponce was shared with me.. variations on Handel's sonata((?) 4. i don't know if it is variations, but it sure is fun.
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Aug 2 2010, 04:42 AM
Recently some music a Ponce was shared with me.. variations on Handel's sonata((?) 4. i don't know if it is variations, but it sure is fun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib0a8j-T5zo


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PhJ
Aug 2 2010, 01:12 AM
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Aug 1 2010, 08:04 PM
Good list, I'd add the Arietta from LvB Op 110.
you mean 111, I suppose ?
Yep.
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I would add the Haydn F minor variations.
Also Beethoven 'Eroica' variations, Brahm Pagannini variations.
If you're including chaconnes and pasacaglias, I would include the Bach-Busoni Chaconne in D minor.
Edited by Phlebas, Aug 2 2010, 05:57 AM.
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Aug 2 2010, 05:57 AM
Also Beethoven 'Eroica' variations, Brahm Pagannini variations.
the eroica are there (with some minor reservation :-) ), but how could I forget the Brahms / Pagannini ? :doh:
(maybe because I've never been able to play them even half decently, damn are they though)
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Brahms opus 21 #1, just beautiful. Give them a try. One of the undiscovered masterpieces within classical literature IMO.
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Aug 2 2010, 08:30 PM
Brahms opus 21 #1, just beautiful. Give them a try. One of the undiscovered masterpieces within classical literature IMO.
Only listened to the first few minutes of this but based on those I think this is performance of Brahms 21/1 is great:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYNCHWF7XSw
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Aug 2 2010, 09:02 PM
Horace
Aug 2 2010, 08:30 PM
Brahms opus 21 #1, just beautiful. Give them a try. One of the undiscovered masterpieces within classical literature IMO.
Only listened to the first few minutes of this but based on those I think this is performance of Brahms 21/1 is great:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYNCHWF7XSw
Gah! My favorite variation of the entire set, the one I find painfully beautiful, the simplest one, is cut off at the end there. SOrry about that. But it is a beautiful performance IMO. Here's the second part, which gives the ending of that variation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU4-I0zCEj4&feature=channel

(this guy is pretty amazing.)
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Thanks for posting that, Horace. Lovely piece, and should be on the list as well.
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You're welcome! Glad you liked it Phlebas.
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