Starting Chopin ballade no.2

[ybanana]

The Ballade is a piece I always wanted to do.

I have already skimmed through some of the Presto con Fuoco, and it seemed somewhat manageable  at a REALLY REALLY slow tempo. Getting that up to the tempo and the way I want to play it, is a different story.

Some of the recent pieces (Past year or so) I have been on include:
Bach: 3-part invention nos: 4 and 8
Mozart: Sonata no 10, movements 1 and 2
Mozart: Fantasie in D minor
Chopin: Etude op 10 nos: 8 and 12, op 25 no 7 
Chopin: Preludes, op 28 nos: 1,2,3,4,5,7,10,14,17,18,20,
Schubert: Impromptus op 90 nos: 2 and 4,
Grieg: Nocturne, op 55 no 4,
Mendelssohn: Songs without words op 19 no 1

(Most of the preludes, I just started, and is going quite well.)


With the high school application process almost ending, I got more time to work on pieces.
I think I might be ready, but I want to ask to all of you guys if Chopin's Ballade no 2 is a good ''next piece''

[preludetr]

I don't think it's a good next piece. Even if you have played some Chopin before, the Ballades are going to be more substantial than anything you've tried. How about a Beethoven sonata? That's something that is conspicuously lacking from your list. I imagine that the op. 49 ones would be too simple and the Waldstein, Appassionata or anything from op.101 or later would be quite hard, but any of the other sonatas would probably be a good choice.

[ybanana]

Oh WOW. I've completely forgot that they existed!! (And it's hard to forget that Beethoven wrote sonatas, as they are some of the most famous pieces out there) ....

Thanks for you response!

[chopinlover01]

Yeah, wait on the Chopin.
You also haven't done any Chopin mazurkas, polonaises, nocturnes....
My recommendation for your Beethoven would be the Pastoral sonata. Great piece, underplayed.