Repertoire to "Understand" composers?

[chopinlover01]

So at an airport awhile back I got into a conversation with a classical music teacher about Chopin, and he recommended I go through and at least attempt all of his mazurkas (which I am now doing, chose to start with op 17/4) , to start to "understand" Chopin more. He also recommended I do some basic works of all the other greats, as my repertoire is very skewed. I've done very basic works of some composers, but not much.
So, before undertaking harder works, I have decided to do intermediate-late intermediate works by each of the composers. So far, I have a goal for EACH composer, and some of them I have basic works to start with. My question to you all, is to fill in the gaps of the basic(er) works!

Bach:
Finished F major invention
Finished C major prelude WTC I
End goal is at least the c minor prelude and fugue 2 WTC I

Beethoven:
Finished 1st movement of Moonlight Sonata
Finished Sonatina in F major movement II (Anh 5 it says)
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Also currently working on op 13 movement 3, (pathetique) but I'm not sure if that's stretching it or not. To give a comparison, I'm learning chopin mazurka op 17/4, Chopin Raindrops, Chopin op 10/3, among other things.
End goal is moonlight sonata movement 3

Rachmaninov-
End goal is Rach Concerto 2 movement I (for my senior presentation- I have to have a large art component, that, if music or film, is 10-15 minutes long)
Also wanting to play prelude in G and c# minor

Chopin-
SO much chopin.

Finished (f) or working on (WO)
Raindrops, Op 28(WO)
Mazurka op 17/4 (WO)
Prelude in C minor Op 28(f)
Waltz in C# minor Op 64/2 (Abandoned)
Nocturne in C# minor Op Posthumous (F)

End goal is Fantasie Impromptu, all the Etudes, scherzos, basically all of his advanced work.

[awesom_o]

Understanding Mozart helps understanding Chopin. Don't neglect him!

[chopinlover01]

What pieces do you recommend? Forgot to put in, I also have done Ronda alla Turca

[awesom_o]

What pieces do you recommend?

Anything and everything besides Rondo alla Turca!

[visitor]

You seems to hav a pattern of starting piano Sonatas and not completing them. I would wrap those up pronto, ie learn the other movements, I would also start some fresh ones from scrap.

[Bob]

Probably reading up on their style.  Some of the understanding might come from more difficult pieces or pieces written for another instrument/genre.

Mozart -- operas
Beethoven -- string quintets (or quartets)   [I think.  Otherwise, that's Mozart, too.]


You could probably get that from a music appreciation 101 textbook.  Or something that goes through piano repertoire....