Repertoire suggestions

[bellatrixx]

Hello everyone! I am new here.I will attend the Conservatory next year[I really hope so and I'm looking forward to it ] and I was wondering if some of you are very kind and suggest some pieces I could play.I am open to any suggestion except Prokofiev because I can't undersand him yet.

I have to study a prelude and a fugue by Bach,one study by Chopin and one by Liszt or Czerny.I also have to study a classical sonata and a romantic piece.
The prelude and fugue are almost done,since my first piano teacher gave me to study Bach intensively.I am also familiar to composers like Mozart,Chopin,Rachmaninoff and Schubert.My last piano teacher told me that I have a certain affinity for Rachmaninoff but not for Chopin. 

So,I would really like to know your opinion since I want to start fresh and ready for action!

[theholygideons]

Fantasy in F#, "Scottish Sonata", by Felix Mendelssohn

[ale_ius]

He can be a little intimidating ( but oh so wonderfully so!) in his large scale and extended form pieces ( see his groovy piano sonata and concerto...) but, there is a delicate intimacy that comes through in shorter and smaller solos that I find simply irresistible and delicious.  Maybe explore some? Along these lines should be manageable at the early advanced (formal study) level while allowing for quite an effective rendition...

-Alee Marie.

[ale_ius]

He can be a little intimidating ( but oh so wonderfully so!) in his large scale and extended form pieces ( see his groovy piano sonata and concerto...) but, there is a delicate intimacy that comes through in shorter and smaller solos that I find simply irresistible and delicious.  Maybe explore some? Along these lines should be manageable at the early advanced (formal study) level while allowing for quite an effective rendition...

-Alee Marie.

Or perhaps something a little more "whispy"?....

[ale_ius]

Not Prokofiev but has a similar mix of modern sounds and technique with pretty lyricism (that actually reminds me much of Rachmaninoff) and really should be played more, just a thought

and it is pretty short so if you are new to is it is not too much to try and understand  first time
Alee Marie.

[canada100]

Any of the Preludes and Fugues would be good. I do not know which ones you played, so it is up to you. They are all short but difficult pieces. They are wonderful for the budding young artist.

Chopin has 24 wonderfully written etudes. When played as a whole set, it is considered one of the hardest pieces in the standard repertoire. Liszt wrote many Concert Etudes in addition to the 12 Transcendental Etudes and the 6 Paganini Etudes. They are excellent pieces for the concert pianist. Czerny wrote two main books of exercises: The Op. 299 and Op. 740. These etudes are never to be played in concert or audition, but are wonderful for developing the strength and stamina of one's fingers, and is the gateway to building great technique in young pianists.

As for classical sonatas, Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven wrote many great sonatas. Any one of them would be wonderful to learn and study. Again, I do not know which ones you played, and in the end, I recommend you try to learn it all!

For Romantic pieces, I suggest checking into Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies, his three books of Annees de Pelerinage, or the Chopin Scherzos and Ballades. Liszt also wrote some Mephisto Waltzes, and check out his Sonata in B minor also. Chopin wrote Sonatas too; and while his 1st sonata is ignored, the second and third are widely studied and performed. Schubert wrote many Impromptus as well as Piano Sonatas. Rachmaninoff has some good preludes and Sonatas.


Study Prokofiev too! You will have to play him sometime! Why not now?

[j_menz]

Blah blah blah

Your capacity for pointlessness is remarkable.

That you persist in resurrecting long dead threads to display it is annoying, though.

[liszt1022]

I feel like he made all these posts last year and they're finally getting pushed through the system.
Because nobody would actually resurrect dozens of old threads in just a few days... right?