Your current repertoire

[kay3087]

Birba suggested it, and it is a good idea, so here it is!

List the pieces that you can play through, whether by memory or sight reading; pieces you've played in the past that you've forgotten or can't play anymore; pieces you are currently trying to add to your repertoire (no more than two though, this is not the future-want-I-wish-I-could-play repertoire thread); and the pieces that you play in the evenings for your own vanity.

[birba]

OK. You start!

[go12_3]

Past :   Medelssohn---Prelude & Fugue in E Minor (memorized)
           Debussy---- Toccata (memorized)
           Bach----Prelude & Fugue in E flat (memorized)

Present:  Chopin -----Etude 10/1
              Chopin-----Fantasy Impromtu
              Debussy----First Arabesque


Evening pieces:  Bach---Prelude & Fugue in C Minor
                       Clementi,  Diabelli, and Kuhlau-----all of their sonatinas

That's it!   

best wishes,

go12_3

[kay3087]

OK. You start!

Here is mine. The x means that I've forgotten most of it. The * means I'm currently studying.

Ludwig van Beethoven:
Sonata No. 10 in G major Op. 14 No. 2   x
Sonata No. 15 in D major Op. 28   x
Sonata No. 30 in E major Op. 109
Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major Op. 110
Sonata No. 32 in C major Op. 111   *
Bagatelles Op. 126

Joseph Haydn:
Sonata in D major Hob. XVI: 33   x
Sonata in E minor Hob. XVI: 34
Sonata in B flat major Hob. XVI: 41
Sonata in D major Hob. XVI: 42
Sonata in E flat major Hob. XVI: 49
Sonata in D major Hob. XVI: 51

Alexander Scriabin:
Sonata No. 1 Op. 6
Sonata No. 2 Op. 19   *
Sonata No. 4 Op. 30

Johann Sebastian Bach:
French Suite No. 5 in G major BWV 816   x

WTC Book I Prelude and Fugues:
No. 1
No. 2
No. 4
No. 7
No. 8
No. 12
No. 15
No. 17
No. 20
No. 21
No. 22
No. 24

WTC Book II Prelude and Fugues:
No. 1
No. 2
No. 3
No. 5
No. 7
No. 9
No. 17   x
No. 21
No. 22
No. 24

George Frideric Handel:
Suite No. 5 in E major HWV 430   x

Johannes Brahms:
6 Klavierstücke Op. 118   x
4 Klavierstücke Op. 119   x

Franz Schubert:
Piano Sonata in B-flat major D. 960

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B flat major   x
Piano Sonata No. 7 in C major
Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor   x
Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major
Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major   x
   
And that's it. A conservative repertoire I guess, but I only play for myself and friends.

[weissenberg2]

I wonder what Retrou's repertoire consists of 

[birba]

First of all, I have to say this has been a rewarding experience.  LIke  Carlos Castaneda's ricapitulation, if you know what I mean.  To remember everything I've ever played at this point in my life, is a daunting experience, to say the least.  And a little embarassing.   There are so many obvious gaps and missing parts in my repertoire.  And so much stuff I realize I studied because someone else wanted me to or for "competition".  There's no Scriabin! or Faure! - hardly any Haydn or Brahms.   Not to speak of contemporary music.  Real contemporary music.  Really unbelievable. I guess now's the time to fill in those gaps.   I have to thank this forum for putting me into contact, at least, with many composers I never gave second thoughts to.  Medtner comes especially to mind.  As well as Thal's world of so-called secondary composers from the 19th century.
So here's a list of pieces that I could choose from if I needed a recital of 75-90 minutes and had 7 days of 6-8 hours/day to prepare it.  I haven't included little encore pieces and pieces I've studied lots, know by memory, but would never be able to perform decently (Scarbo, Wanderer, Appasionata, etc.), i.e. pieces I WOULD LIKE to play but CAN'T!
The ones with an asterisk I've already performed.

Scarlatti - 7 sonatas
Rameau - Gavotte Varič
J.S. Bach - 10 preludes and fugues, Chromatic Fantasy*, Italian Concerto*, Partita in B-flat*,
             English suites in a and g minor*, Fantasy in c minor*
Mozart - Fantasies in c minor and d minor*, Sonatas, K. 283*, 310, 332*, Duport variations
Haydn - 2 sonatas (e minor and E-flat major)
Beethoven- 32 variations*, Rondō in G*, op. 2, no. 1,2,3*, op10. no. 1*,2*,3*, op. 14 no. 1,2*, moonlight*, Tempest, Waldstein*, op. 78*, op. 90, op. 110*
Schubert - Little sonata in A major*, impromptus, op. 90*
Schumann - Fantasie, Faschingswaank, Symphonic etudes*, Arabesque*
Brahms - op. 79, op. 119*
Chopin - Sonata no. 2*, 3 impromptus, 3 Ballades*, 4 scherzos*, nocturnes, op. 9, op. 27*, polonaise, op. 53*, 10 selected etudes
Liszt - Paganini etudes, 2 concert etudes, 3 Petrarch sonnets*, Dante sonata*, Funerailles*, Venezia e Napoli*, 2 leggends*, Rhapsody no. 11, Rigoletto*, Tristan, and Lucia* "transcriptions".
Mussorgsky - Pictures*
Grieg - Sonata
Mendelssohn - Rondō Capriccioso*
Debussy - Estampes*, Isle Joyeuse*, 2 arabesques, Children's corner
Ravel - Sonatine*, Ondine
Bartok - Suite, op. 14*
Prokoviev - Sonata, no. 3, Toccata*
Kabalevsky - Sonata, no. 3
Tchaikowsky - Rachmaninov - Lullaby
Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue (solo version)*  Song book*
Ginastera - Sonata no. 2*, Danzas Argentinas*
Messiaen - Ile de Feu, 1 and 2 *, 8 Regardes sur l'enfant Jesus*
G. Petrassi - Toccata*

 

[birba]

Oh, forgot.  These are the concertos I would need a week to work up:
Bach d minor, Haydn, Mozart K. 488*, Beethoven no. 1 and 3*, Chopin no. 1, Tchaikowsky*, Katchaturian*
Pretty embarassing, isn't it?  But you don't get asked to play lots with orchestra.

[nanabush]

From the last 2 or 3 years:

Bach - Preludes and Fugues Book 1 C minor, D major, G major, Bb minor
Bach/Busoni - Toccata and Fugue in D minor

Beethoven - Sonata Op 13 C minor

Brahms - Rhapsody in G minor

Chopin - Preludes in C+, G+, failed attempt at D- lol
            Etude Op 10 #5
            Nocturne Op 48#1 in C minor

Debussy - Suite 'Pour le Piano' (complete)
              Preludes 'le vent dans la plaine', 'ondine', 'la cathedrale engloutie'
              Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum

Ginastera - Danzas Argentinas

Grieg - Sonata in E minor

Haydn - Sonata in E minor

Lecuona - Maleguena

Liszt - Liebestraum #3
         Etude 'Un Sospiro', 'Gnomenreigen'

Moszkowski - Liebeswalzer
                  Spanish Dances #1-3 (one piano 4 hands)

Rachmaninoff - Prelude in G# minor
                     Etudes Tableaux Op 33 #7 in Eb major, #8 in G minor
                     Etudes Tableaux Op 39 #4 in A minor

Ravel - Sonatine

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I'm also starting soon the Mozart one piano 4 hand fantasia #1 in F minor.
Hopefully also starting a Chopin etude and a Mozart Concerto.
I'm also desperately trying to play more classical sonatas.  I only have the Beethoven; and the Haydn which I just picked up recently.

[birba]

Oops!  That reminds me, I forgot the Bach-Tausig toccata and fugue!  Wow, there's a lot there that  I did.

[artsyalchemist]

I guess to make it easier on my memory, I'll try to put down everything I've studied from the past few years or so..otherwise, I've forgotten it

Bach: Prelude and fugues in c minor (2), E-flat Major (2), d minor (1), B Major (1)
         English Suite no. 3 in g minor

Beethoven: Sonata op. 7 in E-flat, Sonata op. 2 no. 1 in f minor, Sonata op. 31 no. 3 in E-flat Major

Chopin: Ballade no. 1, Etudes op. 10 no. 5,6 op.25 no. 1,11, Nocturnes in f-sharp minor, F-sharp Major, f minor, F Major, Trois Nouvelles Etudes

Debussy: Pour le piano

Khatchaturian: Toccata

Liszt: Liebestraume no. 3, Paganini Etude no. 5, Un Sospiro

Mendelssohn: Rondo Capriccioso

Mozart: Sonata no. 13 in B-flat Major, K. 333
           Sonata in F Major, K. 533/494
           Piano Concerto in F Major, K. 459

Rachmaninoff: Elegie, Polinchinelle



Current repertoire:

Beethoven: Sonata in A Major, op. 101
Rachmaninoff: Etude in d minor, op. 39 no. 8
Ravel: Miroirs
Scriabin: Sonata no. 5 in F-sharp Major

 

[weissenberg2]

Including pieces I am learning:

Scarlatti:
sonata K.32
sonata K.33
sonata K.34
sonata K.40
sonata K.64
sonata K.149
sonata K.189

Bach:
Invention no.1 in C major
invention no.6 in E minor
Invention no.7 in F major
Invention no.14 in A minor
Sinfonia no.9 in F minor
Sinfonia no.15 in B minor


Mozart:
Fantasy in D minor
Sonata K.332 in F major

Beethoven:
sonata op.49 no.1 in G minor

Schubert:
Allegretto in C minor
Sonata D.784 in A minor

Mendelssohn:
Various Lieder ohne worte

Schumann:
Arabesque

Grieg:
3 lyrical pieces

Chopin
2 waltzes
3 mazukas
Funeral March op.72 no.3
5 preludes

Liszt:
Nuages Gris

Brahms:
ballade in D minor op.10 no.1

Rachmaninoff:
Fragments (1917)
Moment musical in B minor op.16 no.3

Scriabin:
3 preludes

Debussy:
Reverie

[thalbergmad]

Woelfl - Sonata Op.33
Alkan - Nocturne Op.22
Friedman/Gartner - Wiener Danze No.2
Friedman/Bach - Wachet Auf
Eberl - Sonata in C Op.1
Dreyschock - Concert Piece Op.27 (still working)
Field - Sonata No.1 Op.1
Steibelt - L'Orage
Strauss - Stradal - Roses from the South ( i don't think so Thal)
Vogler - Marlborough Variations
Czerny - Variations on a theme by Haydn
Herz - 3 nocturnes
De Meyer - March Marocaine (this is amusing)
Parish Alvars - Piano Concerto in G minor (unfinished)
Baines - Poeme (gave up)
Anything by Pabst (gave up)
Schramm - Grand Fantaisie on God Save the Queen (left hand)

Thal

 

[gerryjay]

no current repertory, i'm looking for some. anyway, last works that i did play and finish:
- mozart - sonata k. 332
- beethoven - sonata opus 81a
- chopin - ballade 2 and nocturne opus 48/1
- schubert - impromptus d. 899
- debussy - preludes, book 1 (almost all, almost done... )
- castelnuovo-tedesco - cipressi

best!

[birba]

Woelfl - Sonata Op.33
Alkan - Nocturne Op.22
Friedman/Gartner - Wiener Danze No.2
Friedman/Bach - Wachet Auf
Eberl - Sonata in C Op.1
Dreyschock - Concert Piece Op.27 (still working)
Field - Sonata No.1 Op.1
Steibelt - L'Orage
Strauss - Stradal - Roses from the South ( i don't think so Thal)
Vogler - Marlborough Variations
Czerny - Variations on a theme by Haydn
Herz - 3 nocturnes
De Meyer - March Marocaine (this is amusing)
Parish Alvars - Piano Concerto in G minor (unfinished)
Baines - Poeme (gave up)
Anything by Pabst (gave up)
Schramm - Grand Fantaisie on God Save the Queen (left hand)

Thal

 


[/quote  Where the h... do you get that music?!  You must live in London.  Even New York doesn't carry that!  That Schramm sounds wild!

[birba]

Sorry, screwed up the "quote" bit from the last post.  I want to know who or what is your fount of music!

[thalbergmad]

Sorry, screwed up the "quote" bit from the last post.  I want to know who or what is your fount of music!

I have made a little spreadsheet of my favourite libraries. The ones that gave me a bad service i have forgotten and deleted links. I have rated them on overall service, price, ease of ordering and quality of holdings.

Perhaps i will do another guide to bookshops and antiquarian book dealers.

Thal

[gerryjay]

hey, thal!
very cool. thanks for some names that i never was aware.
best!

[birba]

Thanks!  I imagine "googling" them I'll find their site.

[brianhoberg]

You all are so advanced in your repertoire's. It gives me something to look forward to working towards. Thank you all for sharing this!

[thalbergmad]

I did try and paste in the links, but it did not work.

I will save you a bit of time:

British Library Integrated Catalogue - https://catalogue.bl.uk/F/?func=file&file_name=login-bl-list
BSB - https://mdz10.bib-bvb.de/~db/ausgaben/dodausgabe.html?recherche=ja&ordnung=alpha
Oxford - https://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/olis/
Cambridge - https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/
Royal Academy - https://www.ram.ac.uk/facilitiesandcollections/library/Pages/default.aspx
Royal College - https://www.libcat.rcm.ac.uk/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/6GCsJamLoI/0/0/49
London - https://www.ulrls.lon.ac.uk/
Denmark - https://www.kb.dk/da/nb/samling/ma/digmus/index.html
Milan - https://www.consmilano.it/biblioteca/digitali_mascarello-titoli.htm
Portugal - https://catalogo.bnportugal.pt/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1W17355813I87.44675&profile=bn&menu=home&ts=1217355870218#focus
New York - https://www.nypl.org/
Wake Forest - https://catalog.zsr.wfu.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=hbSearch
Glasgow - https://www.lib.gla.ac.uk/
Sibley - https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/
Liverpool - https://www.liv.ac.uk/Library/
Edinburgh - https://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/
Austrian - https://www.onb.ac.at/
Belgium - https://www.kbr.be/catalogues/catalogues_en.html?Main+menu=+Main+menu+
Netherlands - https://www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl/en/services/reproductions
CeBeDeM - https://www.cebedem.be/en
Strasbourg - https://www.bnu.fr/BNU/EN

Thal

[perfect_pitch]

Most of these were done over the last 7 years at University and after I graduated...

Bach - Partita No. 1 in B flat (Currently studying)
Bach - Chromatic Fantasie & Fugue, BWV 903
Bartok - 8 Improvisations from Hungarian Peasant songs
Beethoven - Sonata Pathetique
Beethoven - Appassionata Sonata
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata
Beethoven - Piano Sonata in E, Op 109 (Currently studying)
Beethoven - Rondo a Cappricioso (Rage over a lost penny)
Brahms - Variations on a theme by Schumann, Opus 9
Brahms - Variations on a theme by Paganini (Currently studying)
Chopin - Ballades 1, 2 & 4 (want to play the 3rd)
Chopin - Scherzi 1 & 2
Chopin - Fantasie Impromptu
Debussy - Arabesque No. 1 in E
Debussy - Clair de Lune
Faure - Song without words in A flat
Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsodies No. 2, 4 & 6 (SO want to play all 19)
Liszt - Concert Etude No. 1 in D flat 'Un Sospiro'
Mozart - Piano Sonatas K. 310, 331, 457 & 545
Mozart - Piano Concertos K. 467 & 488 (Beautiful pieces, just never got the opportunity to play them with an orchestra)
Rachmaninoff - Piano Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in c sharp minor
Ravel - Tocatta from 'Le Tombeau de Couperin'
Stravinsky - 3 movements from 'Petrushka' (Currently studying)

[kay3087]

Beethoven - Piano Sonata in E, Op 109 (Currently studying)

Remember, the third variation is legatissimo! not staccatissimo. And some pedal is not amoral.

[perfect_pitch]

Remember, the third variation is legatissimo! not staccatissimo. And some pedal is not amoral.

What are you talking about??? The third variation is plastered with staccato notes all over the place...

And there is no mention of the word legatissimo in the 3rd variation.

[birba]

I think ARTICOLATISSIMO is more in demand  here.  Certainly not legatissimo.

[perfect_pitch]

I think ARTICOLATISSIMO is more in demand  here.  Certainly not legatissimo.

Don't mean to sound dumb, but does that word mean - pay attention to strict articulation or something? Never heard the term before today.   

[birba]

Articolato means articulated.  Don't we use that italian word in music?!  The notes come out like a machine gun - "non legato".  Not staccato though - impossible at that speed.  Clear articulated fingers.

[communist]

Stravinsky - 3 movements from 'Petrushka' (Currently studying)

I would love to hear yours, will you post it on YT sometime?

and if you have any extra time can you please learn Debussy arabesque no.2? it bothers me a little how you 1 but not 2.

[perfect_pitch]

Articolato means articulated.  Don't we use that italian word in music?!  The notes come out like a machine gun - "non legato".  Not staccato though - impossible at that speed.  Clear articulated fingers.

Ahh... I had just never heard of the term 'articolato' before... didn't want to assume that it had something to do with articulation... after all 'pizzicato' doesn't have anything to do with pizza.   

ANYWAY... Communist, the Stravinsky is still in it's early stages... I've got most of the articulation and the notes in my head and it's almost steady... at half speed for now (Movements 1 & 3 are *** HARD)... but I'm hoping to do a practice run in June next year and the proper performance will be in September or October 2010. The good thing is that hopefully these piece will be MUCH, MUCH more fluent and professional than my recordings for my Licentiate, since I've been shown how to practice much more effectively by my teacher.

[communist]

ANYWAY... Communist, the Stravinsky is still in it's early stages... I've got most of the articulation and the notes in my head and it's almost steady... at half speed for now (Movements 1 & 3 are *** HARD)... but I'm hoping to do a practice run in June next year and the proper performance will be in September or October 2010. The good thing is that hopefully these piece will be MUCH, MUCH more fluent and professional than my recordings for my Licentiate, since I've been shown how to practice much more effectively by my teacher.

I have not played it (I have contrived doing so) but it looks ****ing hard. Just curious, but which recording are used to? Weissenberg and Pollini IMHO are the greatest.

[antichrist]

I have not played it (I have contrived doing so) but it looks ****ing hard. Just curious, but which recording are used to? Weissenberg and Pollini IMHO are the greatest.

Weissenberg's recording of Petrushka was highly praised
theres a vedio of weissenbergon playing petrushka 1-3 youtube too
russian dance looks so hard

[perfect_pitch]

I was first shown the video of Weissenberg playing it... and because of the difficulty of it - I almost refused to learn it thinking I wasn't ready, but my Piano teacher assured me I was... so I stuck with it.

I have seen the Weissenberg only once, sadly enough - however I have listened to Maurizio Pollini play it about 200 times (literally - I usually listen to the whole thing several times a week) - Both of whom are brilliant... what I WOULD like to see is a VIDEO of Pollini playing it - That would just *** ROCK!!!