does anyone know of best sounding, beautiful...but not known piano pieces?

[sportsmonster]

everytime i search for a new song to play on the piano i find something i like. but they are famuous and played too much. and many has becomed bored of listening to it that they have heared many times over and over again for many years.

does anyone have any suggestion to early modern or romantic pieces that  i would like to play, but is not the most famuous piece? or maybee other pieces that is hard to find because it is not so known.  it can be any classic category too.

it would be nice if i could find something new i havent heared before.

[sharon_f]

Look into the music of Mompou. He wrote almost exclusively for piano. His Cancion y Danzas are wonderful.

[sportsmonster]

hm...ive never heared of mompou.
strange composers means something new. ill see if i can find any midifiles from this person on the internet. 

[bernhard]

Have a look at these threads. Most of the pieces suggested are little known.

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,942.msg13370.html#msg13370
(Show off piece )

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,1864.msg14327.html#msg14327
(neglected pieces)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,1910.msg14856.html#msg14856
(impressionist repertory)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,1898.msg14857.html#msg14857
(Nazareth)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,1943.msg15389.html#msg15389
(Haunting Nocturnal pieces)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2005.msg16286.html#msg16286
(preludes)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2035.msg16633.html#msg16633
(Shostakovich preludes op. 34)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2174.msg18520.html#msg18520
(underplayed concerti)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2213.msg18902.html#msg18902
(Delicate pieces with running passages)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2248.msg19085.html#msg19085
(Moto perpetuos)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2287.msg19431.html#msg19431
(Melancholy and depressing pieces)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2352.msg20235.html#msg20235
(uncommon repertory – what is an album leaf)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2363.msg20436.html#msg20436
(Barber piano pieces)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2372.msg20574.html#msg20574
(New music – Less than 7 minutes long)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2562.msg22127.html#msg22127
(Suggestions for repertory for someone who has been playing for a year)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2738.msg23623.html#msg23623
(pre-classical composers – modal music and the first piece for piano).

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,3279.msg29259.html#msg29259
(Gershwin preludes)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,3381.msg30191.html#msg30191
(Villa Lobos)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,3474.msg30834.html#msg30834
(Richard Strauss & Mahler piano works)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,3642.msg33581.html#msg33581
(neglected composers)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,3741.msg33719.html#msg33719
(Soler sonatas)

https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?PHPSESSID=7b2f205758230985687ad52453952b67&topic=4094.msg38101#msg38101
 (Liszt easy pieces)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,4140.msg38111.html#msg38111
(True repertory for total beginners)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,4227.msg39060.html#msg39060
(contemporary and modern pieces)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,4238.msg39061.html#msg39061
(easy show off pieces)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,4416.msg41105.html#msg41105
(nice slow romantic piece for beginner)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,4737.msg44794.html#msg44794
(Jacques Duphly)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,4827.msg45824.html#msg45824
(English virginalists)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,5063.msg49589.html#msg49589
(Albums for the young)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2357.msg56150.html#msg56150
(Joe Hisaishi sheet music)

https://www.pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,7008.msg80656.html#msg80656
(Beautiful music that is not hard to play)

https://www.pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,7498.msg77046.html#msg77046
(Obscure classical sonatas)

https://www.pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,8368.0.html
(Victor Carbajo)

https://www.pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,9269.msg94090.html#msg94090
(melodic studies)

https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php/topic,12061.msg126976.html#msg126976
(Rachmaninoff easier pieces)

https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php/topic,8225.msg113552.html#msg113552
(minimalist pieces – description of Einaudi pieces.)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2339.msg20064.html#msg20064
(Scarlatti favourite sonatas).




Best wishes,
Bernhard.

[sportsmonster]

ooooh....look at all those links....ahh.......come to mama!!  thankyouverymuch!
now i have something to doo for a while......(more suggestions are still allowed)
i would allways need more.......my eyes are still hungry.

[milly_mb]

I like Vladigerov very much. He`s a Bulgarian composer and I think you`ll like his music.

[bernhard]

ooooh....look at all those links....ahh.......come to mama!!  thankyouverymuch!
now i have something to doo for a while......(more suggestions are still allowed)
i would allways need more.......my eyes are still hungry.

You are welcome.

Keep watching those threads, people add to them from time to time.

In the meantime, you can also have a look here for books that list repertory:

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,3648.msg32681.html#msg32681
(Books that list and rank the piano repertory)

Best wishes,
Bernhard.

[sportsmonster]

oh....im supprised......i thaught that fur elise and moonlight sonata was the only thing that was for piano . now i cant get retired.

[rafant]

I earnestly suggest John Field's 18 Nocturnes. I can't get tired of listening to them. Try to get the complete collection and surely you will find 4 or 6 that you will want to play immediatly.

[prodigy1220]

Simple,

Debussy arabesque a very beautiful song

[tolkien]

I have two words for you: Nicholas Medtner. Look for his Skazki/Tales/Fairy Tales. He wrote more than 30 of these exquisite pieces in every possible mood from the whimsical,playful and evocative to the overtly romantic, dark and violent.

[sportsmonster]

lots of good advices.

actually i just found debussys arabescue just for a while ago. the song is not bad.
debussy is mostly known for its "clair de lune". and yes i think arabesque is a little less known. ill probably play it in the future

[bernhard]

oh....im supprised......i thaught that fur elise and moonlight sonata was the only thing that was for piano . now i cant get retired.

Actually there are only five pieces in the piano repertory,and I am surprised you haven't heard the other three: Chopin's Fantasia Impromptu, Sorabji's Opus Clavicembalisticum and Rachmaninoff's 3rd Concerto

[m1469]

Actually there are only five pieces in the piano repertory,and I am surprised you haven't heard the other three: Chopin's Fantasia Impromptu, Sorabji's Opus Clavicembalisticum and Rachmaninoff's 3rd Concerto

he he... this is funny 

[tocca]

Have a look at these threads. Most of the pieces suggested are little known.

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,942.msg13370.html#msg13370
(Show off piece )


Best wishes,
Bernhard.

I checked out some of all thoose links, and what do you know. Following the above one leads to Bernhards first post at the forum.   
I'll take the opportunity to thank you Bernhard, i've learned a lot from your posts!

[sportsmonster]

i just found out about Carl Czermys etudes (op 740) very nice. specially nr. 8

moszkovs etude op72 no 2 is nice too. worth playing it.

alkan has some nice stuff......but alkan has  probably more known pianopieces
like: "le chemin de fer" a crazy almost impossible to play.
i like "rapidement in b" by alkan. that is one of my new favorites by alkan, (hard to find)

[sportsmonster]

I forgot to say that:"chant kollontai"of Balakirev is the best!!............found it for not a long time ago.

i cant get that song out of my head.
if that is not a known song ill play it forever!

[sportsmonster]

is there a lot of composers that wrote etudes?

i want to find stuff that is etude for piano.



the worst part of piano is to find the music and the notes

[bernhard]

Yes.

https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php/topic,11179.msg117263.html#msg117263
(Extensive list of technical exercises and studies)

Best wishes,
Bernhard.

[psymushroom]

if you want to play nice dreaming stuff
check out yann tiersen.
he mostly writes easy playing stuff, but unbelievable wonderfull !!!
especially: "comptine d'un autre ete:après midi"
the soundtrack of "the fabulous world of amelie"

[sportsmonster]

thankyouextremly much...you all might just save me for hundereths of ours of work.

it would be crazy if i asked for more after this.
(by the way....give it to me on a luxury plate with a pillow on it )

best wishes sportsmonster in bad shape

[stevie]

alkan has always been the biggest 'best kept secret' in the piano world, hes becoming alot more well known, but for a time his neglect was criminal

perhaps.

[rob47]

For the man/woman who wrote "Forkotet", I recommend Shchedrin's "Basso Ostinato". 
I left out the vague "best sounding" and "beautiful" parts of you're question and stuck with "not known", although I'm sure this piece is fairly well known these days and arugably sounds best and beautiful when one plays it effectively.

piece,
Rob

[sportsmonster]

yes alkan is a big secret......specially"le chemin de fer"....that song supprised me.
specially its speed

[piazzo23]

Torre Bertucci - Piano sonata in c# minor
Just awesome.

[sportsmonster]

hmm....ill look in to that. sounds interesting.
never heard of torre bertucci

[sportsmonster]

mendelssohns fantasy in f............is that a known song?......will people be supprised or impressed if i play it? ...or will people be bored because they have heared it too many times?

i cant help it but i love that song. 

[spirithorn]

Check out Koji's recording of the Liadov Op.46 Preludes in the Audition Room.

[sportsmonster]

hmm...not bad...i like nr. 1.....very beutiful and relaxing....perfect background music for a stress paperwork office job

[ravel]

 yaaa mompou is good, i liked his " charms" and "chants"  . i recently heard  his piano music played by stephen hough i think, and i liked  some of it a lot, though its clearly not the best. but its good.

[sportsmonster]

i just found the notes for supermario pianoversion.

I bet that not evryone can play that!
so in that case it is a not common piano piece.
Im going to play it in the future, and make people laugh.

[rimv2]

Have a look at these threads. Most of the pieces suggested are little known.

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,942.msg13370.html#msg13370
(Show off piece )

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,1864.msg14327.html#msg14327
(neglected pieces)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,1910.msg14856.html#msg14856
(impressionist repertory)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,1898.msg14857.html#msg14857
(Nazareth)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,1943.msg15389.html#msg15389
(Haunting Nocturnal pieces)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2005.msg16286.html#msg16286
(preludes)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2035.msg16633.html#msg16633
(Shostakovich preludes op. 34)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2174.msg18520.html#msg18520
(underplayed concerti)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2213.msg18902.html#msg18902
(Delicate pieces with running passages)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2248.msg19085.html#msg19085
(Moto perpetuos)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2287.msg19431.html#msg19431
(Melancholy and depressing pieces)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2352.msg20235.html#msg20235
(uncommon repertory – what is an album leaf)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2363.msg20436.html#msg20436
(Barber piano pieces)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2372.msg20574.html#msg20574
(New music – Less than 7 minutes long)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2562.msg22127.html#msg22127
(Suggestions for repertory for someone who has been playing for a year)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2738.msg23623.html#msg23623
(pre-classical composers – modal music and the first piece for piano).

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,3279.msg29259.html#msg29259
(Gershwin preludes)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,3381.msg30191.html#msg30191
(Villa Lobos)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,3474.msg30834.html#msg30834
(Richard Strauss & Mahler piano works)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,3642.msg33581.html#msg33581
(neglected composers)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,3741.msg33719.html#msg33719
(Soler sonatas)

https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?PHPSESSID=7b2f205758230985687ad52453952b67&topic=4094.msg38101#msg38101
 (Liszt easy pieces)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,4140.msg38111.html#msg38111
(True repertory for total beginners)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,4227.msg39060.html#msg39060
(contemporary and modern pieces)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,4238.msg39061.html#msg39061
(easy show off pieces)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,4416.msg41105.html#msg41105
(nice slow romantic piece for beginner)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,4737.msg44794.html#msg44794
(Jacques Duphly)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,4827.msg45824.html#msg45824
(English virginalists)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,5063.msg49589.html#msg49589
(Albums for the young)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2357.msg56150.html#msg56150
(Joe Hisaishi sheet music)

https://www.pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,7008.msg80656.html#msg80656
(Beautiful music that is not hard to play)

https://www.pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,7498.msg77046.html#msg77046
(Obscure classical sonatas)

https://www.pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,8368.0.html
(Victor Carbajo)

https://www.pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,9269.msg94090.html#msg94090
(melodic studies)

https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php/topic,12061.msg126976.html#msg126976
(Rachmaninoff easier pieces)

https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php/topic,8225.msg113552.html#msg113552
(minimalist pieces – description of Einaudi pieces.)

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2339.msg20064.html#msg20064
(Scarlatti favourite sonatas).




Best wishes,
Bernhard.

Ah was about to say "Look, it's bernhard junior"

Then ah notice who actually made this post

[sportsmonster]

ahhh....lots of more links!!!.................ops.....not.......that was only a quote of bernhard....
baaah .....(i feel stupid....lol)

[presto agitato]

Dvorak
Dvorak
Dvorak
Dvorak

Did i mention Dvorak? 

[sportsmonster]

his symphonies is probably nice....like the "new world" symphonie. he has a lots of interesting and famous stuff.
but his piano is not quite my stile.

maybee his piano concerto?....i dont remember how it sounded like

[crazy_purple_piano_freak]

It may have been mentioned but my fave pieces to play that are SO nice and quite easy are:

Summer by Joe Hisaishi
Innocent by Hisaishi
..anything else by same composer
Le Onde by Einaudi
and Quite a lot of Final Fantasy music is nice...e.g. Tifa's theme or Eyes on me.

[sauergrandson]

Beethoven: Polonaise in C
Mozart: sets of variations
Padre Antonio Soler, sonatas

[musicsdarkangel]

Satie's Gnosiennes


also, Saint-Saens' Third Etude (Modeled after Chopin's) I find to be one of the most beautiful pieces for piano.

[sauergrandson]

Rachmaninov op. 10

[avetma]

Do you know for piece called "Dance of the Baroness" from Croatian composer Frano Parac?
It is known because pop-artist Maksim Mrvica played it on some of his albums. Here is link to mp3, so if you are interested in piano sheet (original) for this, please say.

It is show-off indeed 

https://filebuffer.net/?id=d29b5e1a9184_Frano_Parac_-_12_Dance_Of_The_Baroness.mp3

Ante

[sauergrandson]

Grieg, not the Lyric Pieces, but op. 19, op. 40, op. 73 (sheetmusicarchive)