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Offline trish89

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your favourite piano pieces
on: January 03, 2009, 07:25:02 PM
what are your favourite piano pieces, which you listen for long time and still you can listen to them over and over?
mine: Rachmaninov piano concerto no.3
        Chopin nocturne op. 48 no. 1
        Mendelssohn Variation Serieuses Op. 54
        Bach/Busoni, Chaconne
        Brahms Rhapsody Op.79 No.1
        Liszt Reminiscences de Don Juan 
        Beethoven Apassionata

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Re: your favourite piano pieces
Reply #1 on: January 03, 2009, 08:00:56 PM
Beethoven-Appassionata
Beethoven-op.111
Chopin-Ballade no.4
Prokofiev-Concerto no.2
Liszt-Sonata in B-minor (zimerman though)
Rachmaninoff Concerto no.2
Rachmaninoff Concerto no.3
Rachmaninoff-Sonata no.2
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Re: your favourite piano pieces
Reply #2 on: January 04, 2009, 02:10:05 PM
Haydn: Sonata Hob/ 1, 6, 23, 44.

Mozart: Sonatas K 331, 457, Fantasies K 397, 475, Rondo K511

Beethoven: Sonatas : Op.2 no.1 Op.10 no.2 Op. 31 no.2,3 Op. 90 Op.111

Weber: Sonata no.3

Schubert last three sonatas, Wanderer fantasy

Brahms: Scherzo op.4 Sonata no.3 Op.5 pieces op. 76, 118, 119, Rhapsodies op.79 Fantasies op.116

Schumann: Papillions, Davidsbundlertanze, Sonatas 2, 3, Arabesque

Prokofiev: sonatas no.2, 6

Shostakovich: preludes and fugues

Rachmaninoff: complete piano works  :D

Ades: Darkness Visible, Still Sorrowing

Rautavaara: complete piano works.

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Re: your favourite piano pieces
Reply #3 on: January 07, 2009, 08:23:24 PM

Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words  :)
Mozart - anything
Liszt -  LIebestraum
Chopin - Nocturnes, Scherzos
Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven
Rachmaninov Piano Concertos 2 and 3
Haydn: Sonata Hob 42
Grieg Piano concerto
Beethoven - Apassionata
Brahms - Hungarian Dance

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Re: your favourite piano pieces
Reply #4 on: January 09, 2009, 02:38:51 AM
Beethoven Op. 111 (especially Annie Fischer's version), 110, 106, Appassionata, Waldstein; Piano concertos no. 3 & 4.
Bach Goldberg Variations.
Chopin Etudes Op. 10 no. 2, 3, 4, 12; Op. 25 no. 10; Nocturne no. 8; Ballade 1 & 2; all the Polonaises; Souvenir of Paganini (lovely piece no one ever plays).
Liszt Liebestraum, Totentanz, Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2, La Campanella, Feux Follets, Wilde Jagd.
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Re: your favourite piano pieces
Reply #5 on: January 09, 2009, 04:14:53 PM
Like a true geek I have made a list of (some) of my favourite piano pieces.

Beethoven - Sonatas: Pathetique, Moonlight,  Hammerklavier. Bagatelles: Op 119 No 9, Op 126 3 – 4 8). Ecossaise WoO 25. Landler WoO 15 No 4. Piano concerto No 5.

Chopin - Most of the nocturnes but esp. Op 9 No 1 :-*. Preludes Op 45 in C# minor, Op 28 No 4. All of the Ballades :-*, Etudes Op 10 No 1-2. Op 25 No 1,9,11 8).

Bach - Bach/Busoni, Chaconne D minor. Prelude in C minor bwv 999

Grieg - Lyric pieces: Op 47 No 3. Op 12 ‘arietta’

Schumann - Kinderszenen: Op 15 No 1, 7
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Re: your favourite piano pieces
Reply #6 on: January 11, 2009, 01:02:31 PM
wow i just realised how small my list was compared to what it acctualy is:

bach-english suite no.3
bach-partita no.3
bach-goldberg variations
haydn-sonatas no.23 and 50
mozart-concerto no.23
beethoven-appassionata and op.111
schubert-last 3 sonatas
schubert-wanderer fantasy
chopin-too many to name
liszt-again too many to name
mendelssohn-variations serieuses
mendelssohn-fantasy op.28
schumann-phantasiestuck, carnaval, sonata no.2, davidsbundlertanze, carnaval jest, piano concerto
Mussorgsky-pictures at an exhibition
grieg-piano concerto
scriabin-all sonatas, vers la flamme, fantasy op.28, many etudes
prokofiev, sonatas 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, romeo and julliete, piano concerti 1-3
rachmaninoff-all piano concerti, both sonatas, most of preludes and etudes
debussy-estampes
ravel-piano concerto, jeux deux, gaspard, mirors
medtner, sonata tragica, remineszenza (sp?), and night wind
Khachaturian-piano concerto
rautaavara-fire sermon sonata, preludes, etudes, and icons
bartok-piano sonata, out of doors

there are more but this list is long enough
 
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Re: your favourite piano pieces
Reply #7 on: January 11, 2009, 01:24:44 PM
Wagner/Liszt Isolde's Liebestod
Bellini/Liszt Norma Fantasy
Liapunov Transcendental etudes, Nocturne op.8
Tausig Fantasy on Moniuszko's Halka; Ungarische Zigeunerwiesen
Thalberg Moses Fantasy
Cziffra Tritsch-Tratsch polka; paraphrase on Il Trovatore and many improvisations

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Re: your favourite piano pieces
Reply #8 on: January 11, 2009, 02:41:50 PM
This may take a while:

Solo Piano Works

Scarlatti: Sonatas K. 13, 14, 26, 96, 229, 466. 481 and probably many more
Bach: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue
         English Suite no. 2 in A minor
         English Suite no. 3 in G minor
         French Suite no. 5 in G major
         French Suite no. 6 in E major
         from WTC I: No. 2 in C minor
                         No. 3 in C# major
                         No. 7 in E flat major
                         No. 8 in E flat minor
                         No. 9 in E major
                         No. 10 in E minor
                         No. 13 in F-sharp major
                         No. 15 in G major
                         No. 16 in G minor
                         No. 20 in A minor
         from WTC II: No. 2 in C minor
                         No. 4 in C# minor
                         No. 6 in D minor
                         No. 12 in F minor
                         No. 14 in F# minor
                         No. 22 in B flat minor
                         No. 24 in B minor
         (I'm not as familiar with WTC II, or there would probably be more.)
Mozart: Sonata K. 283 in G major
           Sonata K. 310 in A minor
           Sonata K. 330 in C major
           Sonata K. 332 in F major
           Sonata K. 457 in C minor
           Sonata K. 533 in F major
           Sonata K. 576 in D major
           Fantasy K. 396 in C minor
           Rondo K. 511 in A minor
Haydn: Sonata in C minor
          The most common D major one, I think Hob. XVI/37?
          Sonata in C# minor
          Both late E flat major sonatas
          The late C major sonata
          Andante and Variations in F minor
Beethoven: Sonata in C major op. 2 no. 3
                Sonata in D major op. 10 no. 3
                Sonata in E flat major op. 31 no. 3
                Sonata in C major op. 53
                Sonata in F minor op. 57

OK, I'm bored... Maybe I'll come back and finish the list later.
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Re: your favourite piano pieces
Reply #9 on: January 11, 2009, 10:40:55 PM
Debussy - Images
Satie - Gnossienes/Gymnopedies
Bach/Busoni - Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Rachmaninoff - Etudes and Preludes
Ravel - Left hand Concerto, Toccata, Gaspard
Scriabin - Sonata Fantasie G# minor

Those are the ones that really stand out for me.  I have like 200 pieces at least I could list but those are probably my favorites.
Interested in discussing:

-Prokofiev Toccata
-Scriabin Sonata 2
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