The most beautiful piece of piano music

[Etude]

Gulistan.

Yeah it's already been said but it needs to be said again.

[pies]

John Adams Phrygian Gates

[camstrings]

Tarrega's Recuerdos de L'Alhambra. Trouble is was written for guitar, but perhaps there is a piano version? (There exists a violin version.)
Failing that,  Liszts arr. of Beeethoven 6 2nd mvt. Try Glenn Gould's recording.
Strictly piano: Strauss op3 no.1

[ahkow]

Ketelbey's works aren't that bad..

[thracozaag]

Tarrega's Recuerdos de L'Alhambra. Trouble is was written for guitar, but perhaps there is a piano version?

 There is now 

[thalbergmad]

There is now 

Not just piano either.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljwCt7-SBs8

If you have written one Mr Koji, can i have a copy please .

Thal

[kelly_kelly]

Debussy: Ballade
                Les sons et les parfums toument dans l'air de soir         
                D'un cahier de equisses

Chopin: Ballade no. 2 (I love the opening theme...)
             Nocturne op. 48 no. 1
             Etude op. 10 no. 3
             Etude op. 10 no. 11
             Etude op. 25 no. 1

Scriabin: Many of the op. 11 preludes

Mozart: Many slow movements, especially K. 545, K. 310, and K. 457
             Rondo in A minor, K. 511

Mendelssohn: Variations Serieuses

Ravel: Pavane pour un infant defunte

And the Bach-Busoni Chaconne strikes me as one of the most sublime pieces ever written. The original, on violin, is equally amazing.


That's just off the top of my head...

[dnephi]

Suicidie in an airplane

[quasimodo]

There is now 

I'm very curious too!
I play it on the guitar but I'm very intrigued about how one would tranlsate the tremolo in the melody for the piano. If it's 'as is' then it must be playbale by only a happy few pianists...

[learner of liszt]

Liszt - Liebestraum no. 3
Liszt - Un Sospiro
Alkan - Barcarolle Op. 65 No. 5

[db05]

So far I find these most beautiful:

Chopin - Prelude in Db "Raindrop"

Scarlatti - Sonata in Fm K183
Sonata in Bm K197

Albeniz - Leyenda

Granados - Spanish Dance No. 5

And these works by "anonymous," my favorite composer (maybe there's a piano transcription somewhere)
Romance de Amor
Londonderry Air
Spagnoletta

[akonow]

Alkan:

Alleluia

Chopin:

Wiosna
Nocturne Op. 48 No. 1
Étude Op. 25 No. 1
Waltz No. 17

Liszt:

Widmung
Valse Impromptu

Rachmaninoff:

Prelude Op. 23 No. 4

Satie:

La Diva de L'Empire

Scharwenka:

The first movement of the first sonata
Eglantine Waltz

Schubert:

The Trout Quintet
The Rosamunde Theme
Impromptus Op. 90 No. 2 and Op. 142 No. 2
Ständchen

Scriabin:

Étude Op. 2 No. 1

[pianisten1989]

Hmmm... some has already been said but Chopins C-minor nocturn no 13, is really beautiful

[healdie]

Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No. 2 2nd movement
Schubert - Impropmtu No. 3
Brahms - Cappricio Op. 116