Auerbach - Prelude No. 21 in B-flat major

Prelude No. 21 in B-flat major from Twenty-Four Preludes Op. 41

Lera Auerbach (b. 1973) is an acclaimed Russian poet, pianist, and composer. She was a child prodigy, performing as a soloist as early as eight years old and even composed an opera at twelve. Although she was born in Russia, she emigrated to the United States and studied piano and composition (with Milton Babbitt) at Julliard. She is a prolific composer and her musical language is characterized by a mixture of tonal and atonal writing. Her music straddles both romanticism and modernism, and is influenced by Scriabin, Shostakovich, and Schnittke. While many of her works have not been recorded, those that have reveal her penchant for creating a decidedly grim, melancholy, and pessimistic sound world.

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• schnittke
• scriabin
• shostakovich

[HandyTheXxxX]

@addeex1 I'm not sure Circus Galop can count, after all it was written for two player pianos! :D

[addeex1]

I think hamelin wrote a piece with 12 staves

[xodn3300]

there are pieces with more than 5. I think synaphai has 10 staves, one for each finger.

[addeex1]

3 staves is nothing there are pieces with 5 :O

[Barnaldomort]

omg 3 staves is just scary!