Augustness, Austerity, Pain and Suffering: 4 Piano Pieces to Die For
Augustness, Austerity, the Pain, the Suffering.
Bach, Fugue 4, WTC 1
Fugue starts at 2:50.
Supreme purity. Austere perfection. Flows with a deterministic and unstoppable force. With precision, it slowly drives your brain on a unerring path towards singularity.
Bach, Fugue 8, WTC 1
Liszt, Transcendental Etude, #12
Liszt, Transcendental Etude, #6
About Bach and Liszt
I've known Bach's WTC since around 1991, and have been listening to his WTC almost every day for many hours for the first few years. Am mostly interested in his fugue works. Through out the past 20 years, i still listen to them, perhaps every month.
I've known Liszt's transcendental etudes also in the early 1990s. Franz Liszt is a fascinating character. My hero of sorts. The type of guy i admire. (for context, i don't care about Mozart, Chopin, Beethoven, et al.) I've read increasingly more about Liszt, and discovered he has massive number of piano work. About in 2006, i discovered that a pianist Leslie Howard has recorded the entire Liszt's solo piano works as they exist. 99 CDs so far. Record label is Hyperion. (i bought tens of CDs on of Bach and Liszt in 1990s, but am sorry to say, i downloaded the Leslie Howard's liszt work.) Since i listened to all Liszt's works, they are just incredible. Now, 3656 songs in my lib. 1.7k are Liszt. 354 are Bach.
Liszt: Transcendental Studies. Franz Liszt (Composer), Leslie Howard (Performer) Buy at amazon
(I can't find the boxed set of Leslie Howard's complete Liszt work. Please let me know if you do find it.) Here's a list of the titles: Leslie Howard Complete Liszt Titles.