8 Levels of Piano Sonatas (Ranked by Difficulty)

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Just made this video, thought it could spark some discussion.

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You should do chamber music difficulty!

I'm hoping to possibly start working on some ensembles, there's very little discussion on where to start with these besides the typical "Mozart or Haydn" advice. Schubert Trio 2 is my favorite piece but that might be a strange piece to start with. There's so much talk about which piano sonata is the hardest/easiest but it may help to think about other categories too.

As far as difficulty goes for piano sonatas, I'll check out your video eventually.

[cuberdrift]

The general view seems to be that the Hammerklavier is unique in difficulty as far as common practice music goes, so it would be at a level higher than the Liszt or Chopin Sonatae. I know the Czerny Sonata No. 10 is at least as hard as the Hammerklavier. 

On a related note, I wish people would also make these types of lists, but for "quality".