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Answers: what is the hardest sont to play on the piano?

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(1) Alkan: Symphony for Solo Piano / Concerto for Piano (etc)
(2) Godowsky: Studies on Chopin Etudes
(3) Sorabji: Opus Clavicembalisticum
(4) Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No. 29, op. 106 (Hammerklavier) and No. 32, op. 111
(5) Ravel: Gaspard De La Nuit
(6) Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
(7) Liszt: Transcendental Etude No. 5, "Feux Follets"
(8] Bach: Goldberg Variations
(9) Brahms: Paganini Variations (Books I & II)
(10) Balakirev: Islamey
(11) Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies No. 2 and 6
(12) Chopin: Piano Sonata in B minor
(13) Schumann: Toccata in C Major, Op. 7
(14) Schubert: Fantasy for Piano in C major, D 760/Op. 15 "Wanderer"
(15) Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 1
(16) Chopin: Etudes Op. 25
(17) Brahms: Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24
(18) Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C Major, Op. 53 "Waldstein"
(19) Liszt: B Minor Sonata
(20) Liszt: Etudes
(21) Brahms: Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op. 5
(22) Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues
(23) Liszt: La Campanella
(24) Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 7
(25) Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 83
(26) Debussy: Preludes
(27) Liszt: Transcendental Etude No. 9 "Ricordanza"
(28) Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Opus 36
(29) Liszt: Mephisto Waltz, No. 1
(30) Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 5 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 53
(31) Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9
(32) Corigliano: Etude Fantasy
(33) Scriabin: 24 Preludes Op. 11
(34) Bartok: Sonata (1926)
(35) Debussy: Image
(36) Brahms: 16 Waltzes, Op. 39
(37) Prokofiev: Sonata No. 6 in A Minor, Op. 82
(38) Bartok: Suite Op. 14
(39) Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23
(40) Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12

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