What is your favourite? ...........

[pianochild]

What is Your favourite ?? ............. 
Choose an option from the list and a piece from that option and explain Why you like it, and your opinions!

eg: - Joplin Rag - the entertainer.

-  Joplin rag
-  Chopin Waltz
-  Beethoven Piano sonata (also favourite movement)                               Choose a piece
-  Mozart Piano sonata                                                                        out of 1 of the
-  Rachmaninoff Prelude                                                                          examples
-  Michael Nyman The piano (Piece?)
-  Brahms Waltz
-  Debussy Arabesque or other piano works
-  Bach Prelude and Fuge
-  Chopin Polonaise
-  Schumann Album for the young (Piece?)
-  Satie Gymnopedie
-  Any other interesting piano piece.

Choose as many as you like!
 

[musik_man]

Definitely a Beethoven Sonata, though I could never pick only one.  That'd just be cruel.

[pianochild]

Mine is the moonlite 3rd movement

[kevinatcausa]

Bach P & F: #22 in B flat minor from book 1.   I love the pulse running through the whole prelude, and the little dissonances poking their way through.

Debussy: The Sunken Cathedral, mainly for the nifty parallel fifths opening and the block chord section in the middle.

[steve jones]

I like quite a few of the Chopin Waltzes. But right now, I think Op34 No1 gets the cake. But I love Op69 No1 aswell.

Favorite Beethoven Sonata? Tricky one! Not really sure, depends on the day. Pathetique is a favorite of mine, but so are many others. Op90 is nice. Op2 No1... so many good ones!

Rach preludes are easy - Op23 No4.

Not sure about the Bach P&F. I would have to go through them again, cuz I cant remember them all of hand.

Some pieces worth mentioning - Mendelssohn Songs without Words. There are some really nice ones, definately worth a listen. And there are loads too! I remember one in Op84 which was pretty sweet.

As for picking just one piece, sorry, dont think I could. Depends to much on my mood. Sometimes I would say a Beethoven Sonata, other times it would be a Chopin Waltz or Polonaise.

SJ

[gonzalo]

What is Your favourite ?? ............. 
Choose an option from the list and a piece from that option and explain Why you like it, and your opinions!

eg: - Joplin Rag - the entertainer.

-  Joplin rag
-  Chopin Waltz
-  Beethoven Piano sonata (also favourite movement)                               Choose a piece
-  Mozart Piano sonata                                                                        out of 1 of the
-  Rachmaninoff Prelude                                                                          examples
-  Michael Nyman The piano (Piece?)
-  Brahms Waltz
-  Debussy Arabesque or other piano works
-  Bach Prelude and Fuge
-  Chopin Polonaise
-  Schumann Album for the young (Piece?)
-  Satie Gymnopedie
-  Any other interesting piano piece.

Choose as many as you like!
 

My list is:

Chopin Waltz :  Op.69 nº 2.
Beethoven Piano sonata : The Waldstein .I love the 3rd movement
Mozart Piano Sonata: K331 specially the Andante Grazioso with variations.
Bach:Prelude and Fugue nº 6 in d minor. Good show off piece
Chopin Polonaise: Militaire because I can play it.
Schumann Album for the young : nº 29 , The Stranger. Difficult, ferocious piece with contrasts of FF to PP.

[dnephi]

What is Your favourite ?? ............. 
Choose an option from the list and a piece from that option and explain Why you like it, and your opinions!

eg: - Joplin Rag - the entertainer.

-  Joplin rag
-  Chopin Waltz
-  Beethoven Piano sonata (also favourite movement)                               Choose a piece
-  Mozart Piano sonata                                                                        out of 1 of the
-  Rachmaninoff Prelude                                                                          examples
-  Michael Nyman The piano (Piece?)
-  Brahms Waltz
-  Debussy Arabesque or other piano works
-  Bach Prelude and Fuge
-  Chopin Polonaise
-  Schumann Album for the young (Piece?)
-  Satie Gymnopedie
-  Any other interesting piano piece.

Choose as many as you like!
 

Brahms-A-flat Major, the only one I know.  Chopin Polonaise: My favorite is the C minor one. 
Liszt Etude: Mazeppa
Chopin Etude: 10#12 or 25#12
Rachmaninoff Prelude: 23/5 G Minor
Beethoven: Sonata Quasi Una Fantasia Third Movement

[burstroman]

Praeludium und Fuge in a (BWV 889) because this is the beginning of jazz.

[ihatepop]

Chopin Waltz: Op.64 No2
                       Op.64 No.1
Chopin Polonaise:'Heroic'
                             'Military'
Satie G.: No.1
Beethoven Piano Sonata: Moonlight Mov 1 and 3

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Chopin Fantasy Impromptu

Sorry, it's a bit messy...

[franz_]

Rachmaninoff Prelude. I have a lot of offinity with all Russian composers.

[moi_not_toi]

Liszt- Everything

[lol_nl]

If I had to choose 1 single example, I would choose Chopin Waltz. I don't know why, but I just like it.

My favorites:
-  Joplin rag - Entertainer
-  Chopin Waltz - No. 5 Ab major op. 42
-  Beethoven Piano sonata -  No. 27 E minor op. 90, 2nd mvt.                 
-  Mozart Piano sonata - a minor (forgot KV no.)   
-  Rachmaninoff Prelude - op. 32 no. 5                             
-  Brahms Waltz - uh.. no. 15?
-  Debussy Arabesque or other piano works - Arabesque no. 1
-  Bach Prelude and Fuge - what I C# major
-  Chopin Polonaise - Op. 44
-  Satie Gymnopedie - No. 1

And in general:

Sonata: Schubert B-flat D. 960, Beethoven op. 90

Prelude and Fugue: Bach C# major Bk. 1

Prelude: Any Rach or Chopin, especially Rach. 23/5 and 32/5.

Etude: Liszt Mazeppa and Scriabin op. 8/12

Concerto: Rach 2

Symphony: Bruckner 4

Nocturne: Chopin, any, and especially op. 48/1 and 27/2

Chamber
Cello: Rach - Cello sonata
Piano Qunitet: Dvorak
Violin: Beethoven Sonata no. 5 (Spring)

Variations: Brahms Paganini Bk. 1 and 2

Fantasy: Schumann

Choral: Händel - Halleluja from Messiah (I don't know much about choral music)

Tone Poem: Smetana Die Moldau

Opera: I don't really fancy operas.