what is your absolutely nr 1 favorite piano piece?.....your biggest obsession!

[sportsmonster]

what pianopiece is your lifes biggest obsession?
or your nr 1 favorite at the now time beeing.

i heared la campanella when i was 10 years old.
i was crazy for that song for like 10 years. now im getting a little tired of it....but that was my lifes biggest obsession.

[tompilk]

mmm... i'm sure there have already been discussions on this but still... Opus Clavicembalisticum!!! 

[sportsmonster]

mmm... i'm sure there have already been discussions on this but still

i dont know, but im afraid this has been discussed before......but if it is a long time ago we could start this discussion over again

am i the only one that has la campanella as my favorite?

[sonatainfsharp]

Right now Chopin Op.9/1 is my aobession, but I am sure that will change some day.

Life would be boring if it didn't.

[Etude]

mmm... i'm sure there have already been discussions on this but still... Opus Clavicembalisticum!!! 

[sportsmonster]

Right now Chopin Op.9/1 is my aobession

ahh....one of my favorite nocturnes from chopin......you should also try "rain drop prelude" from chopin......for me it is the only thing that is as good as op.9/1

op 9 no. 2 is very beutiful too

[lau]

Fantasie Impromptu, i play it 20 times a day. Before i learned it, I listened to it about 10 times a day.

[sportsmonster]

Fantasie Impromptu, i play it 20 times a day. Before i learned it, I listened to it about 10 times a day.

i have never played it....but i have listened to it more that 10 times a day

i like that it has different parts......fast in the beginning....and then a beutiful slow part in the middle to rest your fingers.....and in the end....caboom......perfect show off piece.
(i really hate that timing problem in the beginning of the piece)....i looked at it once....
it is really wired to combine right and left hand....agh!

[hodi]

schumann's piano concerto
i got addicted.
it NEVER gets boring
NEVER

[lau]

I thought the right and left hands were easy to put together, the hard part I think is actually being able to play it. When I first learned it I had no energy left in my hands, but now I am used to it.

[apion]

Beethoven, Hammerklavier
Brahms, Handel Variations
Brahms, Piano Concerto no. 2

[maryruth]

I'm actually addicted to two at the moment:

Mozart Rondo in A minor K511
Bartok's Rumanian Folk Dance #6 Maruntael (or however you spell that!)

[sportsmonster]

I thought the right and left hands were easy to put together, the hard part I think is actually being able to play it. When I first learned it I had no energy left in my hands, but now I am used to it.

this is the same problem that i had when i played the revolutionary etude.
the hard part was actually playing it because my left hand turned num......specially in the whole biginning....my left hand was completely gone when i was finished
endurance can bee the biggers challenge in chopins crazy piano pieces

[sportsmonster]

schumann's piano concerto
i got addicted.
it NEVER gets boring
NEVER

i love that one too....one of the best of all pianoconcertos i think.
i have a very nice good quality mp3 of that.
and i have a video on my computer of the concerto.
i can send it to you on e-mail if you want to. (pianocon in A op.54 mov 1)

[perfect_pitch]

I actually don't have a favourite piece... I just love Liszt and Rachmaninoff, so i technically love all their works.

[zheer]

Beethoven Fur Elise ( BAGATELLE ) IF played well.

[sportsmonster]

rachmaninov, liszt and chopin are my 3 favorite composers.

but right now chopins sonata 3 mov 4 is my favorite song (liszts la campanella is nr 2)

[sportsmonster]

Beethoven Fur Elise ( BAGATELLE ) IF played well.

that song was one of my first favorite piano pieces when i was younger.....(i played it too much on the piano ....so i got tired of the piece after a while.

a lot of people like that song....a very popular piece......it might be one of the most played pieces.

[zheer]

Fur Elise was also my first favorite piano piece, 14 years later it still remains my favorite piano piece.

[sportsmonster]

one of the first things you play on the piano....you become most attached to.
like beeing born in to the world....mom is the first person you see.....and the person you are most attached to rest of your life.

fur elise means something special to me because it is the first. and fur elise also gives me the best memories of my childhood

[gradyee]

Right the Art of Fugue is what I'll play most often.

[hodi]

i love that one too....one of the best of all pianoconcertos i think.
i have a very nice good quality mp3 of that.
and i have a video on my computer of the concerto.
i can send it to you on e-mail if you want to. (pianocon in A op.54 mov 1)

i have 3 videos of it:
Argerich,Arrau and some cut one.. the jemboy video
i have the performance of Perahia/Abbdao (the best),Perahia with conductor i can't remember,argerich(video),arrau(video),richter with warsaw philharmonic,klara wurtz and kristian zimerman

thanks anyway

[shasta]

Mendelssohn's piano trio in D minor

[sportsmonster]

Right the Art of Fugue is what I'll play most often.

is it:  the art of the fugue by Bach (bwv1080)?

doesent it have 19 different parts?....(or numbers).
the whole book has like 75 min. of playing?

i cant help asking....

[tompilk]

Polka Italienne by Volodos is quite amazing, though not my favourite...

[sportsmonster]

Polka Italienne by Volodos is quite amazing, though not my favourite...

by volodos?. I havent heard his version.  does anyone have mp3 of it?
i would be interested in hearing it.

[yamagal]

It's whatever I'm currently learning.  Right now it's Scarlatti Sonata in D minor, K. 213.

[musicsdarkangel]

well,

currently that Barber Sonata, particularly the Fugue.


My life's obsession would be Rachmaninoff's op 23 no 7 etude and 3rd concerto.

[burstroman]

Mozart, Rondo in a minor
Beethoven, Sonata Op. 101

[arensky]

Mozart, Rondo in a minor
Beethoven, Sonata Op. 101

Two of my favorites, very obsessive! Still haven't done the Mozart, I was going to do it on my next recital but it doesn't fit with it's companions; someday...

[pseudopianist]

This changes from time to time but it always seems to be one of these 4:

Sorabji - Gulistan
Liszt - B minor Sonata
Chopins - G minor Ballade
Scriabin - 8th sonata

[sportsmonster]

where can you find recording of sorabjis gulistan??
and hes 8th sonata........i have heard almost nothing from sorabji.  dont know much music from him

[cz4p32]

Biggest obsession right now, and has been for well over a year is Alkan Concerto for Solo Piano.  My favorite work...also one of the most difficult.  I wish i could play it.

[Etude]

where can you find recording of sorabjis gulistan??
and hes 8th sonata........i have heard almost nothing from sorabji.  dont know much music from him

There are currently three recordings of Gulistan. 

Michael Habermann - https://www.musicweb-international.com/BMS/recordings.html  (third down )

Charles Hopkins -  https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000003IXZ/qid=1130353936/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl15/103-3697778-2663003?v=glance&s=classical&n=507846


Jonathan Powell - https://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000BBYS5G/qid=1130354032/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/202-6057906-6599819 (not yet available on amazon.com)

The first four Sonatas of Sorabji have been recorded (he wrote five, not including the Sonata no. 0)

No. 1 - Marc-André Hamelin - https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000HXOL/qid=1130354189/sr=8-10/ref=pd_bbs_10/103-3697778-2663003?v=glance&s=music&n=507846

No. 2 - Tellef Johnson - https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000296TZ/ref=pd_sr_ec_ir_m/103-3697778-2663003

No. 3 - Tellef Johnson - not released yet.

No. 4 - Jonathan Powell - https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00029LNDC/qid%3D1130354274/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/103-3697778-2663003.

[kreso]

Now that is Liszt.Horowitz Hungarian Rapsody no2. which I found extraordinary (especialy in Horowitz's own performance!!)
btw. Is there anybody who have that notes?

[sara81]

Well I'm not sure...but you'll have to ask a guy who has almost everything.
If you live in Zagreb,you will HAVE to know Krešo S. ...

[sara81]

I don't know...
But the piece I adore,and could listen for hours-2. Chopin's ballad in F-major
It's so hard to say just one composition.

[pianogeek_cz]

Absolutely nr. 1?

Rach 2.

I wish I could play that sometime in the future...

[g_s_223]

I find Chopin's Polonaise-Fantasie endlessly fascinating. Those arpeggios at the start are such a brilliant idea. You have the freedom to play them as you like, but you must use them in a way to shape the form of the rest of the piece. Magical...

[phil13]

There are too many! The Polonaise-Fantasie is one of my favs, too, BTW.

Hmmm... which one is my absolute No.1?

Chopin, Op.1-74.

Phil

[vladhorwz]

Right Now I am obsessed with (perfect way to describe it)


Grande Fantaisie sur des Thèmes polonais, Op. 13-Chopin

and...


TE 10
Chopin Ballade 1,4
Rach Var Corelli
Scumann's Tocatta

[rohansahai]

When I listen to this piece, I close my eyes and drift into a world where there is no sorrow, no tears, only love. All the best times of my (so far relatively short) life flash in front of me and I get a feeling of electricity flowing through me. I listen as if I'm possessed, and all of a sudden find that the 33 minutes are over and i'm back to the planet of reality. This piece is .........::::::










































Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor ...(OF COURSE !!)

[steveie986]

The Prokofiev "war" sonatas (nos. 6, 7,
All his piano concertos

I can't play any of it, of course. P is really an acquired taste.

[I Love Xenakis]

Xenakis Herma, Synaphai, Eonta

[infectedmushroom]

Liszt - Mazeppa



That'll always be my favorite piano piece of all time I think. And I'm listening a lot to Chopin's Revolutionary Etude Op. 10 No. 12 too. Let's say it's one of my favorite pieces atm.

[Ruro]

The Prokofiev "war" sonatas (nos. 6, 7,
All his piano concertos

I can't play any of it, of course. P is really an acquired taste.

Sorry, but P standing for Prokofiev?! Meh, maybe your right Just Prokofiev's pieces seem to have that lively feel to it, that I would personally assume teenagers new to the classical scene would enjoy! Especially like his PC No.1, Tocatta & Sonata No.3 to name a few...

I myself love/like everything I have heard of his so far, and is my favourite composer easily, but for favourite piece rates elsewhere...

I am suprised (and I know Winamp has wiped this many times before), but in recent weeks 10/1 is most played, followed so closely by TE "Harmonies Du Soir" (amazing performance by Berezovsky!). Then there is some Prokofiev, Rach, Khachutarian & Sorabji (God, just his Fantasia)

[I Love Xenakis]

I wouldn't really think Prokofiev is an acquired taste either.  Sonata nos. 1, 2, and 4, along with almost all of his orchestral music, is very aurally accessible and followable.


Boulez is an acquired taste, prokofiev is cute ^^

[rc]

Ahh what the hell...

It basically boils down to LVB for me. The day I can do justice to his sonatas I will be very happy. I'll probably take on some of the easier movements pretty soon here, Fur Elise is on my list (people love that one, gotta remind 'em how it is compared to those damned ringtones). Somewhere along the way I've developed a taste for Schubert and Bach as well. I also look forward to when I can pull off pre+fugue in C#m, book 1.

I dig the Prokofiev as well. Shostakovich is the one I have a hard time listening to.

[jamie_liszt]

I like all of Chopin's music, some of my favourites include: Raindrop prelude, Nocturnes 9/1 9/2, Prelude 7 a major, Sonata no 2, 3 (especially no 3 finale), all the etudes, andante polonaise op 22, heroic polonaise, fantasie impromtu ballades and more!!

[and]

Hi everyone,

I'm completely and utterly obsessed with Saint-Saens' Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.22.  Hopefully one day I'll get around to at least attempting it!

Andrew

ps. this is my first post!