Piano Pieces to Play

[justinjalandoni]

Hi guys i'm 16 and I'm a pianist. i started when i was 5 but quit a year later. i started again 2 weeks before I turned 12. Anyways can you people recommend some piano pieces to increase my technique level? They could be from Baroque to Romantic Period and could be by any composer. Something that could be played at my level

This are the pieces i can play by the way :

1. Mozart - Piano Sonata in C Major k330 - 1st Movement
2. Mozart - Piano Sonata in C major k545 - 1st Movement
3. Mozart - Variations on Ah Vous Dirai Je Maman ( Theme to variation 5)
3. Beethoven - Fur Elise
4. Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata - 1st and 2nd movements ( the last time i played this however was months ago. LOL)
5. JS Bach - 2 part inventions in D minor
6. JS Bach - 2 part invention in F major
7. JS Bach - Prelude in C major from WTC book 1
8. Liszt - Liebestraum No. 3 (i can play this okay. but i still find it very tricky and i make some mistakes. It's friggin difficult. A miracle i even finished it LOL)
9. Chopin - Scherzo in G minor (posthumous)
10. Satie - Gymnopedie no 1

Pls recommend pieces based on the pieces above and something suitable for my level

[gyzzzmo]

you could try some of the easier Chopin Nocturnes like op9 no1 and 2 and Czerny your technique up.

[guendola]

Beethoven wrote "Variations in C-Minor", many short pieces around 8 measures only, which are said to be a great preparation for his sonatas and quite some other music. AlasoSonata 9 - Op. 10 should be suitable for you now - all three movements. It is a very energetic piece and great fun to play. The second movement should definitely be doable for you now. First and third movement are harder, but still, this is one of Beethovens easier sonatas and it is said to be his start into "Sturm and Drang".

If you like Mozart, there is KV331 - completely. The third movement is the famous Alla Turca. Especially the first movement will teach you precision.

Playing the first complete Sonata is a big project and takes quite some time. You also need to get used to the long duration of performing it. While on that, you should probably do a lot of smaller pieces and work on expression. For example Brahms, Schubert and Chopin wrote a lot of suitable pieces. Bach 3-part inventions are very nice music as well.

[freddychopin]

Beethoven wrote "Variations in C-Minor", many short pieces around 8 measures only, which are said to be a great preparation for his sonatas and quite some other music.

Wow who said that?! "Variations in C-Minor" is a really challenging piece of art. Don't look at it if is a piece for practicing Beethoven's easy or intermediate sonatas. I saw Perahia & Kissin perform this piece in perfection. Look it up on youtube. There is also a great lecture by Maria Joćo Pires on it. If you want to perform Beethoven sonatas (great music!). I know the first 2 movements of the moonlight sonata are very popular, but please start with Beethoven's Opus 49 (1&2) sonatas. Don't look at it thinking it is really easy. You must play it in perfection. When ready start with opus 79 and opus 2. Then you can make you move to lots of his other sonatas. To play Beethoven's advanced sonatas (appassionata level) you need to play lots of etudes and than "Variations in C-Minor" is a great piece to study...

If you liked French impressionist style ala Satie you will like Debussy's Suite Bergamasque and his 2 arabesques. Beautiful romantic pieces and fun to play.

If you liked Liszt's Liebestraum I suggest you start with Chopin's nocturnes. Look on this forum for it's order of difficulty.

The best tip I can give for you is to listen to lots of pianomusic. Search every piece you find on this great forum or heard elsewhere on youtube and play it for a few times. Do this often and you become a pianomaniac like myself and many other people on this forum.

[eclipse97]

I think that you have to try some popular pieces like yiruma- river flows in you. I think you will really enjoy it. You can find the sheets here.

[prongated]

If you liked French impressionist style ala Satie you will like Debussy's Suite Bergamasque and his 2 arabesques. Beautiful romantic pieces and fun to play.

...Suite Bergamasque? Fun to play?!? I've been learning that for more than 2 weeks and it's still not memorised!!! I think I underestimate the wealth of the musical harmonies and structure used in this set, since usually I'd memorise works like Chopin's Ballades in 2 weeks. At the same time, I can now say they are not as easy as they sound, the Minuet probably being the trickiest.

I think that you have to try some popular pieces like yiruma- river flows in you. I think you will really enjoy it. You can find the sheets here.

...isn't that from Final Fantasy the game? How is that popular except to geeks like you (and me, if I got it right I suppose)? Anyway the OP says "recommend pieces based on the list and suitable for his/her skill" right?