Etudes

The greatest of all the etudes is the "Revolutionary," Op. ❋ Gustav Kobb�� (1887)

For these pupils 'studies, like those of Heller, are desirable in the cases of students with only moderate technical ability, while the splendid "etudes" of Chopin are excellent remedies for advanced pupils with tendencies toward hard, rigid playing. ❋ James Francis Cooke (1917)

The Ligeti etudes wore titles, like "Autumn in Warsaw." ❋ Allan M. Jalon (2011)

Ganz's remarks were as heartfelt as his playing in the first installment of his projected 10-year, 15-concert traversal of the master's complete works, but if he plans to continue this practice he would be well advised to calculate the talking time when planning programs as of 10:30, he was still playing encores - etudes, both with extended spoken introductions. ❋ Robert Battey (2011)

But the Symphonic etudes put to rest any notion that Schiff was merely a pretty player. ❋ Anne Midgette (2010)

Hahn's pianist is a powerhouse in her own right her DVD of the Chopin etudes is amazing, and this program certainly didn't leverage her talents adequately. ❋ Unknown (2011)

All spring, he complained about the coming months of heat and etudes and hormonal teenagers, but I knew how much he loved it there. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I would like to go and just swim and aller au village for saucissons while the others font les etudes. ❋ Roger Sutton (2009)

I didn't learn about the plane crash until about 5:00 p. m. today from my Jim after his faculty recital--at which a pianist played 3 fantastic Chopin etudes, which, of themselves, almost brought me to tears! ❋ Fresca (2010)

Morris's works have always been known for their musical sensitivity, whether the accompaniment is Chopin etudes or the Western swing of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It consists of 21 chorale preludes and four two-part keyboard etudes, flanked by a stately prelude and a five-voice, triple fugue that is a towering edifice of contrapuntal invention. ❋ Barbara Jepson (2010)

Nevertheless as the four etudes unraveled, an elaborate sense of composition set in. ❋ John Murph (2010)

Nevertheless, as the four etudes unraveled, an elaborate sense of composition set in. ❋ Post (2010)

If you put words to one of your etudes or preludes or any of those other pieces you like to play, it still wouldn't be a song, would it? ❋ Unknown (2009)

I think I'll pass the day with Chopin's etudes though. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I find Shishkin's etudes interesting too -- especially when you compare them to the final painting. ❋ James Gurney (2009)

It's a mixed bag of Balanchine's 1956 "Divertimento No. 15" to music by Mozart, Mark Morris' 1988 "Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes" to 13 unrecorded piano etudes by Virgil Thomson, and Yuri Possokhov's version from last year of the 1910 Stravinsky "Firebird." ❋ Sfmike (2008)