Alkemist
12-27-2005, 06:04 PM
Greetings fellow music lovers and performers.
For those of you who recall my [rather short-timed] posting and activity period, hello again. Since my account mystically disappeared I have resisted the temptation to register and post away, and have been present as a reading-only guest, selfishly avoiding contributing to this great community, for which I am extremely sorry.
In hopes that you would happen to forgive me this weakness of mine, and help me out, I turn to you on my quest for a classical piano piece for 2 pianos. I have been researching the subject with very little success - often a recommendation from a respected person is worth so much more than just a verbally poor literary reference. I know that many of you are trained and talented classical pianists too, aside from being keyboardplayers, thus I hope I might get somebody to recommend me one, most preferably that of an advanced level. What I'm looking for is a certain 'Wow!' -factor, musical beauty, perhaps through mind-blowing speed, great emotional... soul, in search for a better word. I was thinking something late-romantic, with intricate harmony, perhaps something Russian.. Preferably something rather unknown or rarely performed, if that is not asking too much.
I remember hearing some Rachmaninov 2-piano piece many many years ago, which certainly did astound me at that time, though I do have a certain degree of doubt regarding it being so mind-blowing really, taking into account I was rather young and foolish at that time..(You must remember being blown away with anybody who was capable of playing the c-major scale with _both_ hands and with _no_ mistakes when you were a little kid aged around 5 or so?)
If somebody would make a little friendly effort and come forward with a suggestion, I would not hesitate to express my gratitude and appreciation.
Thank you oh so very much in advance, and my most sincere apologies for such a lengthy post.
For those of you who recall my [rather short-timed] posting and activity period, hello again. Since my account mystically disappeared I have resisted the temptation to register and post away, and have been present as a reading-only guest, selfishly avoiding contributing to this great community, for which I am extremely sorry.
In hopes that you would happen to forgive me this weakness of mine, and help me out, I turn to you on my quest for a classical piano piece for 2 pianos. I have been researching the subject with very little success - often a recommendation from a respected person is worth so much more than just a verbally poor literary reference. I know that many of you are trained and talented classical pianists too, aside from being keyboardplayers, thus I hope I might get somebody to recommend me one, most preferably that of an advanced level. What I'm looking for is a certain 'Wow!' -factor, musical beauty, perhaps through mind-blowing speed, great emotional... soul, in search for a better word. I was thinking something late-romantic, with intricate harmony, perhaps something Russian.. Preferably something rather unknown or rarely performed, if that is not asking too much.
I remember hearing some Rachmaninov 2-piano piece many many years ago, which certainly did astound me at that time, though I do have a certain degree of doubt regarding it being so mind-blowing really, taking into account I was rather young and foolish at that time..(You must remember being blown away with anybody who was capable of playing the c-major scale with _both_ hands and with _no_ mistakes when you were a little kid aged around 5 or so?)
If somebody would make a little friendly effort and come forward with a suggestion, I would not hesitate to express my gratitude and appreciation.
Thank you oh so very much in advance, and my most sincere apologies for such a lengthy post.