Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin
Etude Op.8 No.12 - there is actually only one skater who I think could do this piece justice, that would be
Chan. Lambiel too of course, if he would still be skating. But the intensity of this piece is so extreme, the music so driven by powerful emotions. The skater needs to be able to move instinctively, very quickly and with perfect edges to the music - right now there is only one.
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninov
Prelude Op.32 No.12 - this is for Johnny
Weir and Takahiko
Kozuka, I think the pace of the piece, the combination of light cadences with the relative solemn overtone of the music and the linear construction (talking about music in English is so hard
) would compliment their fluid and precise style.
Robert Schumann
Träumerei - in the history of figure skating, this has only been used once? It's such a pretty princess song! And I think I mentioned it last year too, in my classical music list. I mean, so many people can skate to that. Would be great for
Weir, Mukhortova & Trankov, all these girls out there...
Franz Liszt / Niccolò Paganini
La Campanella - this screams
Kozuka, Rippon or
Sawyer. Denis Ten would also be good. And it's such a brilliant piece of music. Plus it already has the perfect long program length.
Claude Debussy
"Jardins sous la pluie", Estampes No.3 - that's
Chan again, I think. Too complex for others.
Beautiful pieces for skating
