The Classical Thread.

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Synival: Aug 14, 2012; Relax. It's still time for Klax.

Godowsky's studies on Chopin Etudes are pretty fearsome. In this one, he combined two pieces into one - the "black key" etude and the "butterfly" etude. It's pretty mind-boggling if you're familiar with the two pieces:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8U1s57ror8

Here's what he combined:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pyqLbi2wLU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKeley78hM4

Oh, and while we're on the subject of piano music, ever since Diablo 3's Whimseyshire came out, I've wanted to post this. It's the original piece called 'Gaspard de la Nuit' by Maurice Ravel, in full:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKgcHjq1xKQ

Pretty much everything Ravel wrote is amazing, I'd check out all of it :P

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