my repertoire-comments welcome

[walking_encyclopedia]

Please add your thoughts about additions or subtractions to my repertoire. thanks in advance.

Bach- Toccata d minor
         Toccata e minor

Chopin- Etudes opus 10 nos. 1, 2 and 12
           Etudes opus 25 nos. 6 and 11

             Complete Ballades

Saint-Saens- Concerto opus 22 g minor

Scriabin- Etude opus 2 no. 1 c sharp minor
             Etude opus 8 no. 12 d sharp minor
             Etude opus 42 no. 5 c sharp minor

Prokofiev- Visions fugitives op 22 nos. 1, 2, 10 and 16

Copland- Passacaglia


Thanks all! if i have any misgivings, its that i don't include a full sonata. what do you all think?

[pianistimo]

how do you subtract from your repertoire?  do you just stop playing it and hope you forget it?

i like what you have so far.  complete ballades!  that's something!
am learning the chopin etude #1 right now - and it reminds me of a kind of mental dillemma chopin was facing between loving george sand - and her turning into fredryka in his mind.  thus the constant turns between C(chopin)to G (george) and C to F (fredryka).  perhaps i put too much thought into this.  anywyas, it was dedicated to liszt. 

love the saint-saens concerto and finally, somebody who plays a bit of copeland.  can you post the passicaglia in the audition room sometime?

[walking_encyclopedia]

how do you subtract from your repertoire?  do you just stop playing it and hope you forget it?

Well unfortunately thats what I've done with many of the pieces I've learned over the years. I'm currently 18 and starting to resurrect a lot of those pieces, and I regret ever dropping them and forgetting them.

As for the Copland, I have not yet finished learning it. This repertoire list is a bit of a projection, although I have mastered most of the pieces I'm not yet finished learning the copland, bach, or the last two Chopin ballades.

thanks for the reply.

[walking_encyclopedia]

Anyone else? Please?

[phil13]

Ummm...I don't understand this. 

Why would you ask US what to add to your repertoire? Surely you would add what YOU want to your own rep!

Also, for future reference, threads like these can come off as a bit arrogant- flashing your rep in front of everyone, and all that. I hope that was not your intent.

Phil

(Addendum: This would make more sense if you were entering auditions or a competition, but frankly I fail to see the point of posting your repertoire for apparently no reason.  )

[desordre]

 Dear Walking:
 I have to somewhat agree with Phil: you seem to be able to play a huge amount of repertory, given yours current one. However, I have a comment: I think that you miss a bit of focus. You have a handful of etudes, some tour-de-force pieces, but it looks hard to extract two different recitals from what you have. Three suggestions:
 - a multi-movement work (sonata/suite) would fit nicely a program, giving some balance to stand-alone and shorter pieces. Personally, I would choose a Beethoven's Sonata;
 - some non-Chopin 19th century music, and/or non-russian 20th. It's hard to suggest something, because there are lots of possibilities, but maybe some Liszt or Brahms (sometimes I can be so conservative...  ). About 20th century, why not some french music (Debussy, Ravel), or German (Hindemith, Berg, Webern)?
 - a less known work.

 Writing the above, it occurs me that another interesting choice is to focus on one composer or style. Looking at your repertory, an obvious option would be an all-Chopin recital: if you have the four ballades, you don't need much else...  But there are countless alternatives, just trust your taste (late-19th/early-20th russian music is just one).
 Best!

[amelialw]

you should add a sonata by Mozart/Haydn/Beethoven

[teresa_b]

You are missing the entire Classical period.  If you are serious about becoming a pianist (and I would guess you are, with those pieces in your repertoire) you need to get friendly with:

Mozart!!!!!!!!  Learn at least one concerto.  (For quintessential Mozart learn no 17, for more drama, no 20 or 24.)
Beethoven!!!!!!!!!   The perfect choice for sonatas. 
Haydn wrote some wonderful sonatas too.

Even if you want to "specialize" in Romantic works, you can't skip these composers. 

Have fun--
Teresa

[dnephi]

How about some Rameau?  Handel D minor suite?

But, I definitely  recommend some classical.  For a unique take, you could do a Clementi Sonata.  Technically interesting, but actually very nice.  There are some amazing slow movements.  Besides that, you'd love the Wanderer Fantasia- it's incredible.