Piano Forum

Piano Street Magazine:
The Many Voices of Alfred Brendel

Alfred Brendel, the Czech-born Austrian pianist, essayist and poet, died peacefully at age 94 on June 17, 2025, in London. Celebrated for his deeply intellectual interpretations of Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert and Liszt, he reshaped classical performance with clarity, wit and literary flair. His legacy endures through recordings, writings and mentorship. Read more

Pages: [1] Go Down

Topic: What piece should I learn next? (Read 4276 times)

johnnypresto

Newbie
Posts: 1

What piece should I learn next?

on: December 21, 2016, 04:42:55 AM

I started playing a year ago and I'm not seeing a teacher (though I plan to start soon), but so far I've managed to learn pieces like For Elise, Canon in D, Bach's Prelude in C and Chopin's Prelude no. 15 ('Raindrop'), among others of his easier preludes. I am very enthusiastic when it comes to playing the piano, so I'd like to learn something challenging yet accesible.
I'm trying to build up a repertoire. Maybe some 'easy' or intermediate pieces by Shumann, Beethoven, Schubert, Liszt, Wagner, Bach...
Thanks

Logged

adodd81802

PS Silver Member
Sr. Member
Posts: 1114

Re: What piece should I learn next?

Reply #1 on: December 21, 2016, 09:28:43 AM

Check out the Schubert Waltzes I believe there are 3 sets, I don't know all of them but the 36 Waltzes D.365 have some really nice ones.

I think they are all pretty much on youtube for you to listen too
[ Invalid YouTube link ]schubert+d.365

And the scores are available on IMSLP
https://imslp.org/wiki/36_Originalt%C3%A4nze,_D.365_(Schubert,_Franz)

They are all roughly around a minute each.

I think In terms of technical building I would point you to Bach, the well known notebooks of Fugues and Preludes have a solid foundation for making a competent piano player.

In terms of the other composers, accessibility to their repertoire for the level you are at, I think Schumann and Schubert, possibly some Beethoven. You will unfortunately find very little by Liszt, and I don't know anything about Wagner - in terms of piano compositions unfortunately.

Logged

"England is a country of pianos, they are everywhere."

visitor

PS Silver Member
Sr. Member
Posts: 5294

Re: What piece should I learn next?

Reply #2 on: December 21, 2016, 10:54:05 AM

Logged

https://tinyurl.com/danbo-de-piano-part-deux
https://twitter.com/DeDanbo?s=09

visitor

PS Silver Member
Sr. Member
Posts: 5294

Re: What piece should I learn next?

Reply #3 on: December 21, 2016, 10:56:45 AM

Logged

https://tinyurl.com/danbo-de-piano-part-deux
https://twitter.com/DeDanbo?s=09

visitor

PS Silver Member
Sr. Member
Posts: 5294

Re: What piece should I learn next?

Reply #4 on: December 21, 2016, 11:33:06 AM

No 1 from this set could work as well

Logged

https://tinyurl.com/danbo-de-piano-part-deux
https://twitter.com/DeDanbo?s=09

stevensk

Sr. Member
Posts: 641

Re: What piece should I learn next?

Reply #5 on: December 21, 2016, 07:19:00 PM

1) J.S Bach zweistimmige inventionen
2) Teleman kleine fantasien
3) Bartok mikrokosmos (if you like Bartok and is a nerd)
4) Mozart sonantinen

Logged

samdm93

PS Silver Member
Newbie
Posts: 23

Re: What piece should I learn next?

Reply #6 on: December 22, 2016, 07:31:52 AM

Schumann has his 'Scenes from Childhood' as well as his 'Album for the Young' which are really accessible. There's also a book by Bärenreiter entitled 'Liszt: Easy Piano Pieces & Dances" which includes some lighter/easier Liszt pieces which are very nice to play and not too hard.

Logged

Sign-up to post reply

Pages: [1] Go Up

For more information about this topic, click search below!

Piano Street Magazine:
Lucas Debargue - A Matter of Life or Death

Pianist Lucas Debargue recently recorded the complete piano works of Gabriel Fauré on the Opus 102, a very special grand piano by Stephen Paulello. Eric Schoones from the German/Dutch magazine PIANIST had a conversation with him. Read more

Piano Forum

Piano Street Magazine:The Many Voices of Alfred Brendel

Topic: What piece should I learn next? (Read 4276 times)

Piano Street Magazine:Lucas Debargue - A Matter of Life or Death

Piano Street Magazine:
The Many Voices of Alfred Brendel

Piano Street Magazine:
Lucas Debargue - A Matter of Life or Death