Great pieces with similar difficulty to Clair de lune?

[korlock]

I've finally gotten to the point where I am making progress with Clair de lune. What pieces would you say are have technical demand?

[visitor]

Explore some Delius
Although not super tough on the surface it is much more difficult to pull off well
There is subtlety of timeing and some really delicate imagery that takes lots of experience together
His music is whispy like thing clouds and fog or light smoke and you get an image but very quickly poof it can be gone

[visitor]

[chopinlover01]

Just the impressionistic era?
If so, check out Ravel.
Minuet on the name of Haydn-

This doesn't have much (if any) real technical demand, but I could imagine tone would be the major trouble here. It was actually written as a sight reading exercise for the Conservatory of Paris

[kevonthegreatpianist]

hmmm

Chopin's Nocturnes
Beethoven's Easier Sonatas
Mozart's Sonatas
Mozart's Fantasies
Chopin's Easier Etudes
Chopin's Preludes
Haydn's Sonatas
Debussy's Children's Corner
Debussy's Arabesque 1 & 2
Debussy's Preludes Bk.1
Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier Bk.1
Bach's Fuguettas
Debussy's Pour le Piano

I'm currently mastering Clair de lune right now. It's a beautiful piece; I think if someone played Clair de Lune if I'm depressed, I'll become the warthog and Timon in The Lion King.

Christ, the Lion King's so old....

[kevonthegreatpianist]

hmmm

Chopin's Nocturnes
Beethoven's Easier Sonatas
Mozart's Sonatas
Mozart's Fantasies
Chopin's Easier Etudes
Chopin's Preludes
Haydn's Sonatas
Debussy's Children's Corner
Debussy's Arabesque 1 & 2
Debussy's Preludes Bk.1
Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier Bk.1
Bach's Fuguettas
Debussy's Pour le Piano

I'm currently mastering Clair de lune right now. It's a beautiful piece; I think if someone played Clair de Lune if I'm depressed, I'll become the warthog and Timon in The Lion King.

Jesus, the Lion King's so old....

[michael_sayers]

We can't leave out Charles Griffes!

Mvh,
Michael

[clamking]

Hi

Here's a great list of piano pieces sorted by difficulty clair de lune is rated at a 7 I believe and around it you'll see several Debussy pieces and pieces by other composers with the same difficulty https://www.pianoworld.com/Uploads/files/Graded_Pieces_Sorted_By_Difficulty.PDF

[pytheamateur]

Grieg's Nocturne.  I have never played the piece, but I'd say its slightly easier than Clair de Lune.

[robatsch]

If you want to continue with Debussy, his 1st Arabesque and Nocturne (1892) are great choices.

Among Chopin works, I would recommend the posthumous Nocturne in C-sharp minor and the Raindrop Prelude.

From the classical era, I love Haydn's Adagio Cantabile, the second movement of his Piano Sonata in E-flat major Hob.XVI:49.

[chopinlover01]

Please no, those Chopin pieces are played to death and a lot of people will die a little inside :/
Okay, a little over exaggerated... But seriously.
If you want Chopin, go for some of the easier nocturnes- you could do the Op 32 nocturnes. They'd be a nice piece of recital material, the two (B major and A flat major).
For classical, I'll recommend the Mozart Fantasy K. 397

[robatsch]

Please no, those Chopin pieces are played to death and a lot of people will die a little inside :/
Okay, a little over exaggerated... But seriously.

Part of the reason these works are overplayed is because they are playable.  I think the two works I chose are best representative of the level of difficulty of Clair de Lune.

[chopinlover01]

The prelude you mentioned is far below Clair de Lune. The nocturne is just a little under.
The pieces I mentioned are played far less and of much better thematic content, and it's refreshing to hear something outside of the same ten pieces everyone loves of Chopin.

[pytheamateur]

The prelude you mentioned is far below Clair de Lune. The nocturne is just a little under.
The pieces I mentioned are played far less and of much better thematic content, and it's refreshing to hear something outside of the same ten pieces everyone loves of Chopin.

Yes, Kissin played the A-flat nocturne at a recital in around 2012.

[robatsch]

You could also try some of the Brahms intermezzi- I think Op. 117 1 is at about the same level and Op. 118 2 is more difficult but would be a good challenge.

[visitor]

have a look at number 1 from Richard Strauss op 3. read through this the other day, lovely pieces, love them actually and considering taking them as a set, but individually, good and on par with op inquiry

[pencilart3]

The prelude you mentioned is far below Clair de Lune. The nocturne is just a little under.
The pieces I mentioned are played far less and of much better thematic content, and it's refreshing to hear something outside of the same ten pieces everyone loves of Chopin.

+1 this entire post.

If you want a prelude try 1 or 11 imo.

[28843253]

Played fairly often, but still worth learning. Schubert's Op 90.

[tritone_player]

Take a look at the Ravel Pavane, or maybe Schumann Op. 15.

[pencilart3]

Played fairly often, but still worth learning. Schubert's Op 90.

There are 4 works of Schubert's which are Op 90. Surely you don't mean that only one is "note"able...

[kevonthegreatpianist]

If you want to continue with Debussy, his 1st Arabesque and Nocturne (1892) are great choices.

Among Chopin works, I would recommend the posthumous Nocturne in C-sharp minor and the Raindrop Prelude.

From the classical era, I love Haydn's Adagio Cantabile, the second movement of his Piano Sonata in E-flat major Hob.XVI:49.

I recommend all of Chopin's Preludes and Mazurkas. For the classical era, I recommend the second movement of Mozart's K 280. For early Romantic, Beethoven Op.110.

[pencilart3]

I recommend all of Chopin's Preludes

Are you even being serious? 3? 8? 12? 16? 19? 24?

Preludes similar to Claire de lune I would say are 1, 2, 11, 15, and 23.

[28843253]

There are 4 works of Schubert's which are Op 90. Surely you don't mean that only one is "note"able...

Learn em all, I say!