Copy of Franz Liszt - Liebestraum (Dreams of Love No. 3)This is in my opinion one of the most beautiful and dramatic piano pieces ever written. This piece caused me to fall in love with playing in High School and it's been a challenge to revisit it a number of years (ahem, ahem) later. :)
Dedicated to my newborn, Ian Joseph - because I used this piece to get my mind off things during the last few nervous weeks before the delivery!
Chopin Etude Op 10 No. 12 (revolutionary)The 12th Étude appeared around the same time as the November Uprising in 1831. Chopin poured his emotions on the matter into many pieces that he composed at that time, the "Revolutionary Étude" standing out as the most notable example. Upon conclusion of Poland's failed revolution against Russia, he cried "All this has caused me much pain. Who could have foreseen it!"[2]
Unlike études of prior periods (works designed to emphasize and develop particular aspects of musical technique), the romantic études of composers such as Chopin and Liszt are fully developed musical concert pieces, but still continue to represent a goal of developing stronger technique.
