Alphabet associations

[Tapiola]

Terrifying? Spirit? I don't mind if I do but not until after six.

Thank you Angle. A relatively straightforward E (I hope).

Mussorgsky's Great Gate of Kiev and Horowitz's most famous Scriabin showpiece.
Ravel's Ondine and Chopin's Raindrop Prelude.
Mahler's 10th Symphony and Schubert's 3rd Impromptu.

What is the overarching E which governs these pairs of works?

Apologies but I may be offline for a while.

[Angle]

to set the ball rolling then I shall be away for some time, I offer

The Scriabin showpiece was either the Etude in E minor or the Etude in D sharp minor.

[Tapiola]

I would go with the latter if I were you, Angle.

Upon reflection, there is an even closer relationship between the Scriabin prelude and DSCH's final SQ...

[mercia]

so is the word enharmonic?

[Tapiola]

Correctamundo, mercia.

Can you elaborate?

[mercia]

er, well that's the relationship between D sharp minor and E flat minor i.e. they look different on the page, but sound the same

but as far as your other pairs are concerned I don't know what keys they are in, I'm afraid

[Angle]

mercia got it, but to tidy up:

Great Gate of Kiev E flat major
Scriabin Etude D sharp minor
Ondine C sharp major
Chopin Raindrop D flat major
Mahler 10 F sharp minor
Schubert 3rd Impromptu G flat major

All correct ?

Over to Mercia now

[mercia]

Over to Mercia now

no I think you should take it Angle, the details are all-important, besides which your questions are absolute crackers, mine are, well, whatever the opposite is
and you've seen Hindemith trouserless which I think is probably a trump card

[mercia]

actually Angle, now I look at your tidy-up list, they don't look enharmonically connected

wouldn't it be F sharp minor and G flat minor?
and E flat major and D sharp major?

[rubbernecker]

and you've seen Hindemith trouserless which I think is probably a trump card

That is indeed the platinum card of backstage passes...

I'm now back from Whitby via North Wales, Ofca's gone to where I started from and sounds like Anna's gone to where I've just been. 10 days away on holiday, I've suffered a burning throat, peeling skin, complete lack of sleep and I've missed an entire cycle of the alphabet

Thanks to Anna for updating the previous answers. I suspect duplications will be even harder to avoid the further this thread progresses. Trouble is, it's a finite resource - a bit like oil