Kar-Ming Chong <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Which brings me to ask: Why do composers such as Sorabji or Alkan even
>bother to compose these unplayable pieces? Unless they're hoping that
>someone, somewhere has three pairs of hands......or has time on their
>hands ;-)

Which brings me to ask:  Can these composers of "impossible to play" pieces
play them themselves? If not, I second Kar's motion:  Why compose them at
all?

Where does the "Rach.3" and Brahm's 1st or Beethoven's "Emperor" rank in
difficulty?

Tom Warren