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No, I'm not trolling. I'm being serious. Those are my recommendations. I don't understand people who make recommendation threads. Instead of waiting for people to give you lists of music you were going to listen to anyways, why not just go on youtube and do the job yourself? Use the search function and read threads about all the composers you mentioned. All of their works are categorized in terms of difficulty. All of their works have organized playlists on youtube. Go and listen to music and make your choice. You're the one who knows you the best, not us.

Sorry for not appealing to your laziness.

Thank you for assuming that I didn't do any research prior to writing this thread. /s I had searched this forum for Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Debussy, and Ravel threads, and essentially, most repertoire I've heard already that would be appropriate at my level would be something like a Mazurka or a Waltz by Chopin, most of which I'm not interested in pursuing. There are way too many Mazurkas and Waltzes out there that Chopin wrote, and I don't have the time to listen to all of them. Furthermore, mostly everything that I know of by Debussy, Rachmaninoff, and Ravel is inaccessible.

Saying that Gaspard de la Nuit is a warm-up exercise for someone who is playing grade-8-ish repertoire is like recommending that a beginner warm-up with Rach 3.

You know it's a shame Some people just can't either offer genuine help or refrain from replying at all

Since you Are a Debussy  fan, look at
Snow is falling or flowers in the rain ... sorry I'm typing from my cell phone, and don't really have easy access for the French Title  but you can find it this way   

For Chopin, I gravitate toward the slow as well but you might want to look at the mazurkas  such as Opus 50 number three. Not sure this meets your fast enough criteria

If you don't find anything appealing,  i'll do some more thinking and I'm sure there are other fmembers here that will offer some real advice

I've tried the Children's Corner several times now and have given up with the first movement (the Doctor Gradus) for now, because it's just too many notes. I can't figure out a way to approach this other than to stare at the keys as my fingers touch them, and slowly practice the runs - they're not straightforward arpeggios. Do people who play this piece tend to stare at the keys when they're playing it? My teacher had told me that "The Snow is Dancing" is harder than the Doctor Gradus. Do you have any insight here?

Gardens in the Rain from the Estampes - one Debussy piece I haven't tried playing yet; I'll look into it. Thank you! From looking at the sheet music, this reminds me a lot of the first movement of the Pour Le Piano. EDIT: From sightreading this, it's a lot more straightforward than the Doctor Gradus from Children's Corner. Thank you again!

And that's a very delightful Mazurka. Thank you for this as well!