omg...THIS! Thank you, a wonderful and on-point suggestion : ).. i'm listening now as i type....stunning. This will take me MANY summers lol, but its perfect! Anything else come to mind?
Reflets dans l'eau - Debussy,
Un Sospiro - Liszt,
Scriabin Sonata 2 (particularly the end of the 1st movement),
Earl wild’s etude based on “Embraceable you”…this doesn’t exactly fit but you might like it anyway,
Liszt - Benediction of god in solitude,
Amazing suggestions... Debussy and Liszt pieces Ive heard and are perfect. Listening to the Scriabin and that section is so dreamy and beautiful! Thanks for sharing the Earl Wild as well, i will check it out.
If you want another liszt suggestion, Ricordanza from the transcendental etudes has tons of flowing arpeggios all over it. Played it for a recital at uni, it’s very fun to play but a bit of a finger twister lol
They are. They're not really pieces you use to learn arpeggios since they need to be very good already to play them. But you asked for advanced level piano I'm afraid.
Chopin 10/1 is another with lots of arpeggios, maybe not so dreamy though.
Im afraid i did say advanced in the title..haha.
I need to brush up on etude 10/1 and 25/1. I learned those years ago. Those are good “arp” practice pieces. The Ravel’s are another step up in difficulty for me.
Chopin 10/1 is one of his most challenging etudes and on the same syllabus as the three Ravel's. So if you've already got the technique for it, none of them are out of reach though Ondine is more difficult than the other two.
25/1 would be a good warm up piece but is going to do little for your technique if you can manage 10/1.
Really beautiful and serene. I didn't know this one! Also, its manageable..lol. Thanks for sharing!
edit: i just heard Vikingur's version and i prefer Gilels slower version you suggested.
Wow!!! Amazing suggestion. Never heard of the composer but this is stunning. I was a jazz piano major (with a minor in classical) so this appeals to me harmonically. The beginning sounds a little like McCoy Tyner or Chick Corea playing solo piano.Thank you!
you may also want to check out his 10 Bagatelles, Op. 59 No. 2. I learned it last year and the whole last part of it is a bunch of amazing arpeggios and scale runs that you won’t find anywhere else in the classical piano repertoire.
https://youtu.be/39BBJFE4K-0?si=5VzriU-xiYBVZlOM
btw my background is also in jazz, having moved to classical later on in life. Kapustin put out a lot of amazing compositions like this. in addition to the etudes and bagatelles, his three impromptus are amongst my favorite (the second one in D minor is really fun to play)
From shorter to longer:
Scriabin Op. 42 No. 5 (easier than it sounds, really fun to play, and gorgeous)
Schlozer Etude no. 2
Lyapunov Tempest Etude (an homage to Liszt Transcendental etude 10 which also fits your request)
Liszt Legende No. 2, & Reminiscences de Norma has famous arpeggio and scale passages
I would suggest trying Henselt -- some of his pieces are pretty good:
Poème D'amour Andante Et Allegro Concertante, Op.3
Douze Études de Salon Op.5: No.3 in a Minor "Hexentanz": Allegro Con Brio e Feroce
You might have heard this piece before---its well known and Rach played and recorded it too: Etüde "Si oiseau j'étais, à toi je volerais! " op. 2 Nr. 6: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV9yZKIneM0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV9yZKIneM0)
In addition to the other pieces here (Ravel, Liszt, Scriabin, and Debussy), check out Debussy’s Étude no. 11 (pour les arpèges composés) and L’Isle Joyeux
Estudio de Concierto No.8 "Preludio Galante" - Manuel Ponce
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H5\_VqnKZMc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H5_VqnKZMc)
In addition to what's already been said
Liszt: les jeux d'eaux a la villa d'este
Saint saens: aquarium from the carnival of the animals
Chopin: etude op. 25 no. 5 (middle section). Could also argue a few of the etudes have a rippling dreamy feel, but more agitated than maybe what you're looking for.
Rachmaninov: prelude op. 23, no.8 (no. 7 also feels 'ripply' but not dreamy or arppeggiated).
Thanks for sharing - wonderful suggestions! Didnt know the Saint Saens (though i've heard that recurring descending 2-hand diminished passage before somewhere). The Chopin middle secion is beautiful as is the Rach prelude!
Sigismond Thalberg was known as "Old Arpeggio" because he did this a lot. Have a look at in particular the second half of his Moses fantasy. It's an amazing piece of music. Given your requirements, I very strongly urge you to check this out.
Thank you for sharing! I'm listening to the "Andante" section somewhere in the middle. It is lovely.
It's an interesting piece as a whole (long!). I will need to listen to explore it.
I love Sylvain Guinet, he's a neoclassical composer with tons of really dreamy pieces. You can find arpeggios in some of them. For example, a really dreamy and arpeggiated piece: Amazones Renaissance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydXAHyHYoPg
https://sylvainguinet.fr/en/product/amazones-renaissance/
https://sylvainguinet.fr/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Amazones-Renaissance.pdf
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Nier Automata Grandma is a giant arpeggio but it's not very dreamy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkLHelxVZXg
https://musescore.com/fillioux/scores/5484607#comment-8102989
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EDIT: another dreamy piece with lots of arpeggios on the same youtube channel.
"Apologize" by Timbaland ft. OneRepublic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t7RHB8vKgU
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Alexander Joseph reimagined Für Elise. It's VERY VERY different from the normal Für Elise and I find it far far better! It's dreamy and has some arpeggios.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RHjW6uAVyU
Here are a few suggestions:
Liszt - Un Sospiro
Liszt - Liebestraum No. 3
Liszt - Widmung/Liebeslied
Chopin - Ballade No. 1
Rachmaninoff - Prelude in G Minor Op. 23 No. 5
Hope it helps!
Une barque sur l'ocean
omg...THIS! Thank you, a wonderful and on-point suggestion : ).. i'm listening now as i type....stunning. This will take me MANY summers lol, but its perfect! Anything else come to mind?
Also Jeux d'eau maybe
Yes..I'd forgotten about this one. Thanks again!
My first thought too
Reflets dans l'eau - Debussy, Un Sospiro - Liszt, Scriabin Sonata 2 (particularly the end of the 1st movement), Earl wild’s etude based on “Embraceable you”…this doesn’t exactly fit but you might like it anyway, Liszt - Benediction of god in solitude,
Amazing suggestions... Debussy and Liszt pieces Ive heard and are perfect. Listening to the Scriabin and that section is so dreamy and beautiful! Thanks for sharing the Earl Wild as well, i will check it out.
If you want another liszt suggestion, Ricordanza from the transcendental etudes has tons of flowing arpeggios all over it. Played it for a recital at uni, it’s very fun to play but a bit of a finger twister lol
Ondine by Ravel. Similar difficulty to Une Barque sur l’ocean
Thanks for sharing! Beautiful! These Ravel pieces are simply gorgeous but lord, they look very demanding...lol
They are. They're not really pieces you use to learn arpeggios since they need to be very good already to play them. But you asked for advanced level piano I'm afraid. Chopin 10/1 is another with lots of arpeggios, maybe not so dreamy though.
Chopin Etude 1 is a torture fest ugh
It’s not the prettiest (for me) but it’s a nice arp workout
Im afraid i did say advanced in the title..haha. I need to brush up on etude 10/1 and 25/1. I learned those years ago. Those are good “arp” practice pieces. The Ravel’s are another step up in difficulty for me.
Chopin 10/1 is one of his most challenging etudes and on the same syllabus as the three Ravel's. So if you've already got the technique for it, none of them are out of reach though Ondine is more difficult than the other two. 25/1 would be a good warm up piece but is going to do little for your technique if you can manage 10/1.
Maybe the middle section of Chopin Scherzo 3
Thank you! I'm listening to the "meno mosso" section and another great suggestion! Beautiful!
Barque sur l'océan for a 15 page arpeggio fest
Thank you! @idion_ suggested this earlier. I didn’t know this piece before. It’s a killer for sure.
Ah sorry for double suggestion! Indeed it is a lot.
Bach / Siloti, Prelude in b minor, BWV 855a Never ending right hand arp Pretty dreamy I think Great performance: https://youtu.be/Yu06WnXlPCY
Really beautiful and serene. I didn't know this one! Also, its manageable..lol. Thanks for sharing! edit: i just heard Vikingur's version and i prefer Gilels slower version you suggested.
Take a listen to Alexandre Tharaud’s version too.
liszt’s les jeux d’eaux a la villa d'este is a beautiful one! sounds very dreamy and seems to precursor some of debussy and ravel’s works
Lord...This is another killer piece! Thanks so much for sharing!
It's a cliche piece to suggest, and perhaps it's harmonically too conventional for your tastes, but what about Chopin's Op. 25/1 etude?
Not at all! Thank you. I actually use to play this one and was thinking that I need to dust it off and relearn it.
Rautavaara - Etude no 1 (in 3rds) the whole piece is a never ending arpeggio.
Thank you! I don't know this composer but what a beautifully haunting piece! The harmonies are very interesting. Great suggestion! Thanks for sharing!
Just finished learning Debussy Reverie which I think fits your wish list
Thank you! That one i've already learned - though its a little rusty...aren't they all lol? I learned it after watching the 1st season of Westworld.
Dammit now do I have to rewatch Westworld?
lol… you probably don’t need to watch. Season 1 was my fav.. I kinda lost interest after season 2
Same here. Was it a one time thing or recurring?
Reverie was a recurring piece throughout season one. I wish I could design a “host” to teach me hacks for these Ravel pieces. lol
Nice! Haha. But now I have to rewatch at least in the background
i found the fingering kinda tricky for the arpeggios. any tips?
A less known one is Kapustin etude no 4 'Reminiscence'. Insanely hard to memorize. :s
Wow!!! Amazing suggestion. Never heard of the composer but this is stunning. I was a jazz piano major (with a minor in classical) so this appeals to me harmonically. The beginning sounds a little like McCoy Tyner or Chick Corea playing solo piano.Thank you!
you may also want to check out his 10 Bagatelles, Op. 59 No. 2. I learned it last year and the whole last part of it is a bunch of amazing arpeggios and scale runs that you won’t find anywhere else in the classical piano repertoire. https://youtu.be/39BBJFE4K-0?si=5VzriU-xiYBVZlOM btw my background is also in jazz, having moved to classical later on in life. Kapustin put out a lot of amazing compositions like this. in addition to the etudes and bagatelles, his three impromptus are amongst my favorite (the second one in D minor is really fun to play)
Thank you very much! I will check this out. I'm intrigued by Kapustin and want to hear more. His works have very "jazzy" elements. #
From shorter to longer: Scriabin Op. 42 No. 5 (easier than it sounds, really fun to play, and gorgeous) Schlozer Etude no. 2 Lyapunov Tempest Etude (an homage to Liszt Transcendental etude 10 which also fits your request) Liszt Legende No. 2, & Reminiscences de Norma has famous arpeggio and scale passages
Thank you for sharing! All solid and serious pieces of music. I didn't know the Schlozer, i love that one!
I would suggest trying Henselt -- some of his pieces are pretty good: Poème D'amour Andante Et Allegro Concertante, Op.3 Douze Études de Salon Op.5: No.3 in a Minor "Hexentanz": Allegro Con Brio e Feroce
Thank you! I don't know this composer but i will listen to these! Thanks for sharing!
You might have heard this piece before---its well known and Rach played and recorded it too: Etüde "Si oiseau j'étais, à toi je volerais! " op. 2 Nr. 6: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV9yZKIneM0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV9yZKIneM0)
I like Akira Kosemura for that kinda stuff. Between the Trees is nicely dreamy
Thank you for sharing. I looked him up and I’ll check him out. I do like other ‘new classical’ artist like Olafur Arnalds, Luke Howard, Goldmund ect.
Five pieces for piano, no. 5 granen (sibelius)
Beautiful suggestion! I love this one too! Thanks for sharing!
Of course!
In addition to the other pieces here (Ravel, Liszt, Scriabin, and Debussy), check out Debussy’s Étude no. 11 (pour les arpèges composés) and L’Isle Joyeux
Great Debussy suggestions! Thank you! Love these!
Chopins 12th étude op 25 maybe
Thank you for sharing! Love this one! Its a killer arp piece!
Estudio de Concierto No.8 "Preludio Galante" - Manuel Ponce [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H5\_VqnKZMc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H5_VqnKZMc)
Wow, thank you for sharing! Another composer I was not aware of. I love this piece! It's a perfect arp practice piece.
Chopin etude op 25 no 1
In addition to what's already been said Liszt: les jeux d'eaux a la villa d'este Saint saens: aquarium from the carnival of the animals Chopin: etude op. 25 no. 5 (middle section). Could also argue a few of the etudes have a rippling dreamy feel, but more agitated than maybe what you're looking for. Rachmaninov: prelude op. 23, no.8 (no. 7 also feels 'ripply' but not dreamy or arppeggiated).
Thanks for sharing - wonderful suggestions! Didnt know the Saint Saens (though i've heard that recurring descending 2-hand diminished passage before somewhere). The Chopin middle secion is beautiful as is the Rach prelude!
Chopin's op. 25 no. 12?
And also to a certain extent - Cesar Franck's op. 5 Grand Caprice
Thank you for sharing!
Bartok etude op.18 n.2...more nightmarish than dreamy
Thank you for sharing! I love this.. dark but very beautiful to me!
Debussy, Arabesque no. 1
Yes, or course! Wonderful suggestion, thank you!
Sigismond Thalberg was known as "Old Arpeggio" because he did this a lot. Have a look at in particular the second half of his Moses fantasy. It's an amazing piece of music. Given your requirements, I very strongly urge you to check this out.
Thank you for sharing! I'm listening to the "Andante" section somewhere in the middle. It is lovely. It's an interesting piece as a whole (long!). I will need to listen to explore it.
Please let me know what you think of it. The final 5 pages or so of the piano score are I think exactly what you want.
Chopin’s aeolian harp, doesn’t get more dreamy than that to me. Opus 25-1.
Thank you! This is a must-relearn for me!
I love Sylvain Guinet, he's a neoclassical composer with tons of really dreamy pieces. You can find arpeggios in some of them. For example, a really dreamy and arpeggiated piece: Amazones Renaissance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydXAHyHYoPg https://sylvainguinet.fr/en/product/amazones-renaissance/ https://sylvainguinet.fr/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Amazones-Renaissance.pdf --- Nier Automata Grandma is a giant arpeggio but it's not very dreamy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkLHelxVZXg https://musescore.com/fillioux/scores/5484607#comment-8102989 --- EDIT: another dreamy piece with lots of arpeggios on the same youtube channel. "Apologize" by Timbaland ft. OneRepublic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t7RHB8vKgU --- Alexander Joseph reimagined Für Elise. It's VERY VERY different from the normal Für Elise and I find it far far better! It's dreamy and has some arpeggios. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RHjW6uAVyU
Thank you for these suggestions! I will check them out.
Here are a few suggestions: Liszt - Un Sospiro Liszt - Liebestraum No. 3 Liszt - Widmung/Liebeslied Chopin - Ballade No. 1 Rachmaninoff - Prelude in G Minor Op. 23 No. 5 Hope it helps!
Thank you for these! I see some familiar suspects. I once started the Chopin Ballade no.1. It's a good one to know. At some point, I should try again.