Aman Ahuja wrote:


>My curiousity is aroused, however.  What pieces _are_ usually considered
>the most "difficult" piano music? What does one mean by "difficult" in
>the first place?

I would opine that Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit and Balakirev's Islamey are
the two most technically difficult pieces in the repertoire.  They are made
difficult by the sheer number of notes to get under the hands at the same
time.

Kevin Sutton