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Offline Franz_Liszt

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What are your favorite Sonatas, Variations,...etc
on: June 24, 2003, 01:06:14 AM
What are you favorite pieces out of the following Sets

Piano Sonatas:
Piano Concertos:
Chamber Works w/ Piano:
Rhapsodies:
Mazurkas:
Nocturnes:
Suites:
Variation Sets:
Etudes:
Preludes:
Miscellaneous Pieces:
  My favorites are-
Piano Sonatas: Beethoven's Appassionata, Beethoven's Hammerklavier
Piano Concertos: Rach 2/3, Grieg
Chamber Works w/ Piano: N.A.
Rhapsodies: Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody #2
Inventions: Bach's 13th 2 part invention
Fugues: Beethoven's op.110 Sonata's Fugue. All WTC Fugues
Mazurkas: Chopin Mazurka No.1
Nocturnes: Chopin Nocturne No.1
Waltz: Chopin's Waltz in Ab Major, Op.34 No.1
Variation Sets: Bach's Goldberg Variations
Etudes: Chopin Op. 10 No. 2  ;D
Preludes: Chopin op. 28 no. 22
Miscellaneous Pieces: Chopin's Fantaise Impromptu, Chopin's Funeral March, Bach's Miscellaneous Works
Favorite Composer- Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, in that order
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  If I miss two days, my wife notices it
  If I miss five days the public notices it
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Offline ayahav

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Re: What are your favorite Sonatas, Variations,...
Reply #1 on: June 24, 2003, 01:22:02 AM
Piano Sonatas: beethoven's pathetique, moonlight, tempest, and appasionnata

Piano Concertos: by far the Rach 2 and 3

Chamber Works w/ Piano: ---? haven't played many

Rhapsodies: brahms 79.1 and Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody 2

Mazurkas: in e minor (can't remember the number) by Chopin

Nocturne: in f minor 55.1 by chopin

Suites: havent done many....

Variation Sets: ah! vous dirais-je maman (mozart)

Etudes: chopin 10.4 in c# minor

Preludes: chopin in c minor (20?)

Miscellaneous: mozart and verdi's requiems, beethoven's 5th symphony and his ninth, poulenc's flute sonata and his improvisations an many more..........
     

Offline Franz_Liszt

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Re: What are your favorite Sonatas, Variations,...
Reply #2 on: June 24, 2003, 02:45:32 AM
The Waldstien Sonata and the last four are also among my favorite sonatas of Beethoven.
If I miss a day of practice, I notice it
  If I miss two days, my wife notices it
  If I miss five days the public notices it
                                       -Franz Liszt

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Re: What are your favorite Sonatas, Variations,...
Reply #3 on: June 24, 2003, 11:15:03 AM
Piano Sonatas: Beethoven's Moonlight, Appassionata

Piano Concertos: many of Mozart's

Chamber Works w/ Piano: I like the one I'm playing at the moment...Martinu's Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano

Rhapsodies: Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody no 2

Mazurkas: All of Chopin's

Nocturne: Same as above

Variation Sets: Mozart's Ah! vous dirais-je maman

Etudes: Chopin's op 25 no 1, op 25 no 2, Ocean, Revolutionary

Preludes: Chopin's Raindrop

Miscellaneous: Chopin's Berceuse and Fantasie Impromptu, Brahm's Hungarian Dances, Bach's Violin Concertos, Liszt's La Campanella.
"Simplicity is the highest goal, achievable when you have overcome all difficulties." - Frederic Chopin

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Re: What are your favorite Sonatas, Variations,...
Reply #4 on: June 24, 2003, 11:25:48 AM
Piano Sonatas:  Clair de lune, pastorale from Beethoven

Piano Concertos: Nº4,5 Beethoven

Chamber Works w/ Piano: Haydn quartets

Mazurkas: all from Chopin !

Nocturnes: Same !

waltz: Same !

And much more i can't remember now !

Offline 88keys

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Re: What are your favorite Sonatas, Variations,...
Reply #5 on: June 24, 2003, 07:28:27 PM
Piano Sonatas:  Beethoven's last two (#31 in Ab and #32 in Cm), Schubert's latest sonatas.
Piano Concertos: Mozart's Concerto in G (the later one, don't remember the Kochel number)
Chamber Works w/ Piano: Beethoven's Piano Trio in C, Op. 59/3.
Rhapsodies: Liszt's Hungarian #2, of-course.
Mazurkas: Chopin's Jazzy style one in A minor, Op. 13
Nocturnes: Chopin's, Op. 9/2.
Variation Sets: Mozart's variations on Ah! vous dirai-je, maman, which is actually the same tune American children sing the alphabet to.
Etudes: Chopin's Op. 25, No. 11 (Winter Wind), Op. 25 No. 6 (the "thirds" edute) and Op. 10, No. 4.
Preludes: Chopin's Op. 28, No. 24. Op. 28, No. 16. And Scriabin's Prelude #4 in E minor from first set (don't remember the opus number).

Offline MzrtMusic

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Re: What are your favorite Sonatas, Variations,...
Reply #6 on: June 27, 2003, 03:54:28 AM
Piano Sonatas:  Mozart K570, Beethoven Appassionata, Waldstein and Hammerklavier.
Piano Concertos: Rachmaninoff 2 and 3, Beethoven 1-5, Mozart No. 20, Prokofiev No. 3
Chamber Works w/ Piano: Brahms piano trios
Rhapsodies: Brahms Op. 79
Mazurkas: I generally don't like Mazurkas...
Nocturnes: Chopin Op. 9 No. 1 or Op. 72
Suites: Bach French suites, Debussy Pour le Piano
Variation Sets: Mendelssohn variations seriouse, Rachmaninoff Paganinni variations, Beethoven God save the Queen variations.
Etudes: Scriabin etudes, Rachmaninoff Etudes, Liszt Un Sospiro
Preludes: Rachmaninoff preludes, Debussy the Sunken Cathedral
Miscellaneous Pieces: The Queen of the Night's aria from Act II of "The Magic Flute" anything by Josh Groban, but especially Starry Night, Home to Stay and Let me Fall... 8)
My heart is full of many things...there are moments when I feel that speech is nothing after all.
-- Ludwig Van Beethoven

Offline eddie92099

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Re: What are your favorite Sonatas, Variations,...
Reply #7 on: August 03, 2003, 04:07:19 AM
Piano Sonatas: Prokofiev's Seventh or the Liszt B minor  
Piano Concertos: Rach 2/Prokofiev 2
Chamber Works w/ Piano: Brahms Piano Quintet
Rhapsodies: Bartok Viola rhapsodies
Mazurkas: Any of Chopin
Variation Sets: Rachmninov Corelli or Brahms Paganini
Etudes: Chopin/Liszt
Preludes: Rachmaninov's (especially the B minor)
Miscellaneous Pieces: Oktober by Shostakovich (more people should hear this piece!)

Ed
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