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Bro, the middle of La Campanella is so hard before the end; playing on the time and hitting all the notes is hard, not the advanced.

Honestly I don’t understand why la campanella is on most of top because it is less difficult than most liszt pieces and except for the interprétation it’s not harder than hungarian rhapsodie 2

I enjoy these videos. They’re interesting and funny. One question: what’s the point of trying to balance the tiers?

This was really fun. I have played most of these including Chopin’s first ballade. Currently working on Liszt’s “Un Susspiro”. Wonder how you would rank that.

You are a very good teacher, sir.

Sonata no 20 was only G Major chord 💀

How is Sorabji missing from this list? Who ever wrote something harder, than him?

This should be longer. Great job.

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If it’s technical difficulty, then there are a thousand modern dissonant and serial piano works that easily outpace those of a tonal variety.

What’s your opinion on pieces like Liszt S420, S253, S463d

scriabin sonata n5

What happened to Islamey, Op.18 by Balakirev, Mily. It's recognized as one of the hardest pieces for piano. Also, what about any piano concertos? Specifically, Prokofiev and Rachmaninov.

None of these are in the top 50...

Back in the 60s, there was an LP released of Rachmanioff playing vaious pieces. One of them was the Schubert impromptu. I don't have perfect pitch but the music critic who reviewed the recording sais he was surprised that Rachmanioff played the impromptu in Gmajor and not Gflat major. I have always wondered whether he did play it in G or whether it was a technical error.

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You should check out Medellin by Sofiane pamart, he’s a crazy pianist

Thumbs up because they don't only have to be difficult but have to be "pleasant" to listen to also. There's a lot of stuff out there that is almost unplayable that also is just more of an exercise in difficulty than musically significant.

The "Waldstein" beats the "Hammerklavier" in difficulty.

Rach piano concerto 3 and chopin ballades should be here

I agree with moonlight sonata 3rd movement. It's not that hard to play but it sound so cool that non-pianist will find it t very difficult to play.

I don’t hear what you hear or appreciate about Bartok, Ryan. It’s truly awful.

In high school I asked my orchestra teacher if we could play barbers adagio for strings. She said it was too hard and I didn’t understand, so she explained it was about the patience and expressiveness required to play so many consecutive long notes. I think it’s similar with Chopin’s nocturne, it’s not hard because of the notes but because of the potential for expression

I remember enjoying Bartok's 'Evening in Transylvania' when I was learning. It introduced to me the concept of rubato. Plus the name of it sounds mysterious. 🙂

How is Scriabin not in the list??????? Great video tho!!😊

Oh when you played the 3rd one the last phrases, those notes were really craving for a real piano 🥺

in for chrildren, some pieces could be a rite of passage too

very good video m'boy

I am very glad to hear some of Bartok' s music here. I grew up with the Mikrokosmos and his pieces for children. I am a great fan of his music in general and I played his suite op. 14 and his sonata - very challenging ...but great. Unfortunately I didnt play one of his piano concert.... I dont know, why? :-))))

Thank you! I love the Romanian folk dances and absolutely everything by Bartók. I find the lack of key signatures in lots of his piano music quite liberating. And none of it sounds ugly to me.

Bartók is awesome whethever he has written. Even the most "modernist" pieces still are perfectly intellegible and involving whether you are a player or a simple listener, the list of possible "Rite of Passage" pieces by him can be very long. I'd suggest the "Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm" from "Mikrokosmos" as well.

chopin ballades

Bonus points for calling a piece "Der Stampfer" 😂

Please do a video on Bartok's Mikrokosmos also, which also have a plethora of Modernist pieces for Intermediate Students.

I'm 100% gonna learn this piece