From Stravinsky’s ballet “Petrushka”: “Russian Dance” (piano transcription)
Maurizio Pollini
The variety of feelings that C major offers is incredible.
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Chopin’s Scherzo no. 3
Ivo Pogorelich
This piece is in the key of C sharp minor. But at the end, before the virtuosity of the final, there is a short beatiful part in C sharp major. So, I am still in my topic.
P.S. The last sentence. Is it correct? Tell me, please.
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Sgambati’s Mélodie Poétique “Cantico di Speranza” (Hymn to Hope), op. 36 no. 12
Francesco Caramiello
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Liszt’s Concert Etude “Un Sospiro”, S 144 no. 3
Liszt too, like Chopin, in this key expresses a great sense of distance and… Nostalgia.
Marc-André Hamelin
kind of mystifying.






