List of longest non-repetitive piano pieces
This page attempts to list the longest non-repetitive piano pieces along with approximate duration and the number of pages they cover.
Works that have been performed and/or recorded
- Jacob Mashak – Beatus Vir (about 11 hours; 53 pp. in proportional notation)[1]
- A work for two pianos.
- Frederic Rzewski – The Road (about 10 hours; MS: 539 pp.)[2][3]
- Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji – Symphonic Variations for Piano (about 9 hours; MS: 484 A3 pp.)[5]
- Variation 56 (of 81) has been recorded by Michael Habermann and performed by Chappell Kingsland.[5]
- Sorabji – Sequentia cyclica super "Dies irae" ex Missa pro defunctis (about 7 hours; MS: 335 A3 pp.)[6][7]
- Premiered by Jonathan Powell.[7]
- Sorabji – Études transcendantes (100) (about 7 hours; MS: 456 A3 pp.)[6][8]
- The first 83 études have been recorded by Fredrik Ullén.[8] The études that have not been performed in public are Nos. 27, 33, 39, 42, 45–48, 51, 53–58, 60–64, 68, 74, 78, 82, 87, 90, 91 and 93.[9]
- Alvin Curran – Inner Cities 1–14 (about 6 hours)
- Premiered and recorded by Daan Vandewalle.
- Michael Finnissy – The History of Photography in Sound (about 5½ hours; ED: 365 pp.)[10][11]
- Sorabji – Piano Symphony No. 6, Symphonia claviensis (about 4¾ hours; MS: 270 A3 pp.)[6][14][15]
- Premiered by Jonathan Powell.[14]
- Sorabji – Piano Symphony No. 4 (about 4½ hours; MS: 240 A3 pp.)
- Sorabji – Opus clavicembalisticum (about 4 hours; MS: 253 A3 pp.)[19][20]
- Premiered by the composer.[20]
- Performed and recorded by Geoffrey Douglas Madge[21] and John Ogdon.[20]
- Performed by Jonathan Powell and Daan Vandewalle.[20]
- Sorabji – Symphonic Nocturne for Piano Alone (about 2 hours; MS: 113 A3 pp.)[22]
- Premiered and recorded by Lukas Huisman.[22]
- Although the estimated duration of this work is only around 2 hours, it is in one continuous movement, such a duration being unusual even for Sorabji to be presented in a single movement.
Works that have not been performed nor recorded yet
- Sorabji – Sonata No. 5 (Opus archimagicum) (about 6 hours; MS: 336 A3 pp.)[23][24]
- Sorabji – Piano Symphony No. 0 (about 5½ hours; MS: 333 A3 pp.)[25][26]
- Sorabji – Piano Symphony No. 1 (Tāntrik) (about 4½ hours; MS: 284 A3 pp.)[27]
- Sorabji – Piano Symphony No. 2 (about 4½ hours; MS: 248 A3 pp.)[28]
References
- ↑ http://www.mus.ulaval.ca/roberge/srs/os/opussorabjianum-1.12.zip
- ↑ "Who we are - Frederic Rzewski". Musikeon. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
- ↑ Free scores by Frederic Rzewski at the International Music Score Library Project
- ↑ "Trinity College of Music Festivals May 2006". Retrieved 2013-01-01.
- 1 2 "Compositions: KSS59 Symphonic Variations", The Sorabji Archive.
- 1 2 3 "Performed Works and Timings", Sorabji Resource Site.
- 1 2 "Compositions: KSS71 Sequentia cyclica super Dies iræ", The Sorabji Archive.
- 1 2 "Compositions: KSS66 100 Transcendental Studies", The Sorabji Archive.
- ↑ Sorabji Resource Site: First Performances of the Études transcendantes
- 1 2 "History of Photography", IanPace.com.
- ↑ Finnissy, Michael (2004). The History of Photography in Sound. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-372648-2.
- ↑ Finnissy Michael The History Of Sound Ian Pace Metier 5Cds
- ↑ "Performances between 1993 and 2004", MarkKnoop.com.
- 1 2 The Sorabji Archive — Compositions — KSS95 Piano Symphony No. 6 Symphonia Claviensis
- ↑ Sorabji Resource Site: Works with Alternate or Previous Titles
- ↑ Sorabji Resource Site: Performed Works and Timings
- ↑ Sorabji Resource Site: Works Ordered by Number of Pages
- ↑ The Sorabji Archive — Compositions — KSS85 Piano Symphony No. 4
- ↑ "Timings of Recorded Performances of Opus clavicembalisticum", Sorabji Resource Site.
- 1 2 3 4 "Compositions: KSS50 Opus Clavicembalisticum", The Sorabji Archive.
- ↑ Madge's two recordings (released by Keytone Records and BIS Records respectively) were taken from live performances.
- 1 2 "Compositions: KSS97 Symphonic nocturne", The Sorabji Archive.
- ↑ ""Piano Sonata V" (1934-35)", Opus Archimagicum.
- ↑ "Compositions: KSS58 Piano Sonata No. 5 Opus Archimagicum", The Sorabji Archive.
- ↑ The Sorabji Archive — Compositions — KSS51 Symphony II for piano, large orchestra, organ, chorus and solo voices
- ↑ Sorabji Resource Site: Linguistic, Terminological, and Musical Problems in Titles of Works
- ↑ The Sorabji Archive — Compositions — KSS60 Piano Symphony No. 1 Tāntrik
- ↑ The Sorabji Archive — Compositions — KSS75 Piano Symphony No. 2
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