Schumann?

[anne126]

Please recommend a beautiful work by Schumann for solo piano... Besides Op. 17, Waldszenen, or
Kinderszenen.

I'm quite confident I can play anything, so list away.

[sharon_f]

Davidsbundlertanze.

[kiwi_bd]

Hi Anne!! I am a great fan of Schumann!!!
I do think schumann is somewhat underrated...as some of his great works are neglected and forgotten by many people...
here are some of schuamnn's greatest pieces...
Grand piano sonata no. 2  op. 22
Abbeg Variation op. 1
Fantasie in C op. 17
Carnival
Kresleriana
Fantasiestucke op. 12
Toccata in C op. 7
Symphonic Etude op. 13
Arabeske op. 17
Faschingsschwank Aus Wien Op. 26

If you ask me which single one i would recommend...if you are an advanced player, I would recommend you to play Carnival.

Hope that you will enjoy playing them =]
I am currently playing his piano sonata no. 2, Fantasie in C and Faschingsschwank Aus Wien

[frank_48]

are any of those particularly easy..?

[sharon_f]

Not much of Schumann is easy.

[popdog]

Kreisleriana is the best work he ever composed IMO

[kiwi_bd]

are any of those particularly easy..?

Faschingsschwank Aus Wien Op. 26 is fun and easy
I enjoy playing it a lot!!

[sharon_f]

Kreisleriana is the best work he ever composed IMO

My teacher's favorite. But for some reason, I haven't as much enthusiasm for it as I do for Carnival and Davidsbundlertanze. While I admire it deeply, and it is extraordinary in many ways, I've never connected to it on an emotional level like I have with the other two.

[popdog]

the second intermezzo in the second piece is one of the best passages I've ever heard. 

[thalbergmad]

Please recommend a beautiful work by Schumann for solo piano

Give me a few weeks and i will see if i can think of any.

Thal

[sharon_f]

Give me a few weeks and i will see if i can think of any.

Thal

Just a few weeks?  Not a few years?

[weissenberg2]

The novelleten op.21 are very good and very underrated

papillions

allegro in B Minor

piano sonata no.1 in F-Sharp minor

a lot of people like fantasiestucke but I have never been able to get into it

presto passionato

[edwardweiss]

Faschingsswank aus Wien easy? What?? Easy to play very badly!

[ahinton]

Give me a few weeks and i will see if i can think of any.

Would it be OK if I gave you just a few days to think of all the reasons why you appear to deprecate Schumann and then express them in detail here?

Best,

Alistair

[thalbergmad]

I am not a man of detail. I leave the long winded posts to you.

Personal opinions do not require explanations nor justification.

Thal

[jbb]

Try the Humoresque.  I think it was Schumann's own favorite, is very beautiful (and difficult) and not played all that much.