Longest non-repetitive piano piece
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This page attempts to list the longest non-repetitive piano pieces along with approximate duration and the number of pages they cover.
[edit] Works that have been performed and/or recorded
- Jacob Mashak – Beatus Vir (about 11 hours)[1][2]
- Though a work for two pianos, it is the longest of these pieces.
- Frederic Rzewski – The Road (about 10 hours; MS: 539 pp.)[3][4]
- The composer performed parts of it at concerts. Part of it is available on CD by the composer.
- 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 62 etudes have been recorded by Fredrik Ullén.[8] The etudes that have not yet been performed in public are Nos. 27, 33, 38, 39, 42, 51, 53–58, 60–64, 68, 69, 71, 74, 78, 82, 87–91, 93, and 94.[9]
- Alvin Curran – Inner Cities (about 6 hours)
- Inner Cities 1–14 (1991–2010) performed by Daan Vandewalle published by Long Distance Records (Harmonia Mundi) in March 2005.
- Michael Finnissy – The History of Photography in Sound (about 5½ hours; ED: 365 pp.):[10][11]
- World premiere on 28 January 2001 at The Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of Music in London by Ian Pace, who has also performed it complete in Leuven, Glasgow,[10] Montreal[12] and Southampton[13] and recorded it for Metier (the recording has yet to be released).
- Also performed by Mark Knoop at the Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Centre in Melbourne on 18 August 2002.[14]
- Sorabji – Opus clavicembalisticum (about 4 hours; MS: 260 A3 pp.)[15][16]
- Premiered by the composer himself.[16]
- Performed and recorded by Geoffrey Douglas Madge[17] and John Ogdon.[16]
- Performed by Jonathan Powell and Daan Vandewalle.[16]
[edit] Works that have not been performed nor recorded yet
- Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji – Sonata V (Opus archimagicum) (about 6 hours; MS: 336 A3 pp.)[18][19]
- Sorabji – Symphonic Nocturne for Piano Alone (about 2 hours; MS: 113 A3 pp.)[20]
- Although the estimated duration of the unperformed work is only around 2 hours, the work is in one continuous movement, such a duration being unusual even for Sorabji to be presented in a single movement.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.jacobmashak.com/index.html
- ^ http://jacobmashak.tumblr.com/post/52026892/beatus-vir-performance
- ^ http://www.musikeon.net/eng/who.php?id_cat=3&id=67
- ^ "Frederic Rzewski", WIMA: Werner Icking Music Archive
- ^ a b "Compositions: KSS59 Symphonic Variations", The Sorabji Archive.
- ^ a b "Performed Works and Timings", Sorabji Resource Site.
- ^ a b "Compositions: KSS71 Sequentia cyclica super Dies iræ", The Sorabji Archive.
- ^ a b "Compositions: KSS66 100 Transcendental Studies", The Sorabji Archive.
- ^ "Unperformed Works", Sorabji Resource Site.
- ^ a b "History of Photography", IanPace.com.
- ^ Finnissy, Michael (2004). The History of Photography in Sound. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0193726482.
- ^ "Concerts", IanPace.com.
- ^ "Trinity College of Music Festivals May 2006", MusicalPointers.co.UK.
- ^ "Performances between 1993 and 2004", MarkKnoop.com.
- ^ "Timings of Recorded Performances of Opus clavicembalisticum", Sorabji Resource Site.
- ^ a b c d "Compositions: KSS50 Opus Clavicembalisticum", The Sorabji Archive.
- ^ Madge's two recordings (released by Keytone Records and BIS Records respectively) were taken from live performances.
- ^ ""Piano Sonata V" (1934-35)", Opus Archimagicum.
- ^ "Compositions: KSS58 Piano Sonata No. 5 Opus Archimagicum", The Sorabji Archive.
- ^ "Compositions: KSS97 Symphonic nocturne", The Sorabji Archive.
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