etudes your favourites

[ignaceii]

I am somewhat curious to know which piano etudes are among the ones you find the most rewarding.
Say given 3 categories : beginner - intermediate - advanced.
Bach of course.
But then there are numerous later on : clementi, cramer, czerny,moscheles, brahms, chopn, moskowski, scriabin, ...

or if you like : for finger independance: x,  for velocity: y, and so on.

But I find Brahms 50 exercises hard to place.

I know, 1 etude played to perfection, is better than a 1000 touched in the air let's say.

But still any ideas are welcome.


Greetings from Belgium,
Ignace

 

[roger_1948]

Hi im not even sure what you where saying, but thats probably my musical ignorance and no fault of yours.  My favorite etudes in no particular order are

Chopin -  op 10 numbers 3,4,5,7,12

liszt - La campanella

Scriabin op 8 #12 - I things thats it. You know the one all the greats tend to do all the time.

Roger

[54545]

Beginner: Burgmuller's op 100 25 easy etudes.

Moderate: chopin's op 10 and op 25.

Liszt's 3 concert etudes. Liszt's ab irato the etude of perfection.

Really hard: Liszt's 12 transcendental etudes.


I only played the burgmuller's but they are musically fun and easy to learn.

[pianisten1989]

I'm sorry, but.. Chopin's etudes are faaaar from moderate.


For beginners: Czerny or Burgmuller. Maybe some of the clementi

Moderate: Czerny and Clementi

Difficult: Chopin, Still more Czerny and Clementi (not as difficult, buit not all of them are easy) and Liszt etudes

[ignaceii]

Thanks
Yes, Chopin is at the top I think to.
I'm looking at some etudes tableaux rachmaninov. Beautiful pieces, but hard to.
But it's difficult to stick at some.
I learned a lot from Brahms to. But his variations (esp the paganini) are huge, but rewarding.
I only try some of the first. Very difficult.
Also, some chopins, liszt is beyond my capabilities for the moment.

[ongaku_oniko]

Not whole collections, and not 3, but my favorite study pieces:

Easy:
Burgmuller
Progressive
Harmony of the Angels
Bartok
pentatonic Tune
study for the left hand

Medium:
Burgmuller
The gypsies
Morning Bell(? forgot the name)
Mario T.(forgot last name.. lol)
Dance of the Marionettes
Loeschorn (sp?)
Song of the Waterfall

Advanced:
Rachmaninoff
Etude Tableaux op.33 no.8 in g minor

Scriabin
Etude in C#-

Really difficult:
Chopin
Etudes Op.10 Nos. 4,5,12
Etudes Op.25 Nos. 1,5,11,12

Liszt
La Campanella
Transcendental Etude no.4 mazeppa

[ignaceii]

Interesting to see Burgmuller coming back again.
Never did any of him. I will take a closer look.
If any of you have experiences with the Debussy etudes, glad to hear from you.
Harmonically and technically they are so demanding, I don't find the courage to begin.
Uchida's version is awesom.

Bye.