which 5 pieces would you most like to be able to play WELL?

[paolo]

in no particulatr order
1. Listz Hungarian Rhapsody no 2 C Minor
2. Chopin Ballade No 1 G Minor
3. Beethoven Moonlight (last movement)
4. Rachmaninoff Prelude G Minor Op 25 No 5
am struggling with no 5 but would HAVE to be something by Bach

[i_m_robot]

Rach - Moment Musicaux no 4
Rach - Prelude g minor (gonna follow that guide starting today)
Chop - Etude 10-2,4,6,11,12
Chop - Etude 25-5,6,11,12
Ravel - Jeu d'eau = seems harder than all the above combined (jk)

wait that's more than five aint it

[apion]

Brahms PC 1
Brahms PC 2
Rach PC 3
Beethoven PC 4
Bach Goldberg V's

[davidoff]

MacDowell PC
Saint-Saens PC2
Liszt trancendental etudes(hehe.. this counts one)
Brahms PC2
Franck Quintet

[possom46]

1. All of Appassionata
2. Last movement Moonlight
3. Rach's 2 
4. Gershwin concerto IN F 
5. Chopin Revolutionary study (Sparkies Magic Piano started me off  )

[steinwayguy]

I'll go ahead and be nice and list ten

1. Beethoven Op. 106
2. Beethoven Op. 101
3. Beethoven Op. 111
4. Rachmaninoff's Third Concerto
5. Brahms' Second Concerto
6. Schubert D.960
7. Prokofiev 8th Piano Sonata
8. Brahms E Minor Cello Sonata
9. Schumann Symphonic Etudes
10. Rachmaninoff Prelude in B Minor, Op. 32 No. 10

[AvoidedCadence]

I could easily go with anything mentioned above but at the moment my preferences are:

1.  The last five Beethoven sonatas
2.  The complete Chopin etudes
3.  All Rachmaninoff preludes
4.  Complete Liszt Years of Pilgrimage

(a pause; suspense)

5.  Fur Elise 

Oops... I thought this thread was about sets of pieces.  I'll just go for the last five then.

[etudes]

1.All Chopin works
2.All Liszt works
3.All Bach Brahms Beethoven works
4.All Schumann works
5.the rest lol.
sound so stupid...
btw Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody no.2 is in C#minor (c minor one is the easy version i think)

[paolo]

btw Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody no.2 is in C#minor (c minor one is the easy version i think)

oooooooppppps
did mean C#minor
sorry!

[musik_man]

1)Wagner/Liszt Overture to Tannhaüser
2)Beethoven Sonata in E major op109
3)Bach/Busoni Chaconne in D minor
4)Prokofiev Suggestion Diabolique
5)Liszt Harmonies du Soir

[argerich_smitten]

Well, Liszt B minor
Schumann Fantasy
Hammer Klavier
Gaspard de la nuit
Beethoven's 4th

However, I really don't have the ability to play anything well.  Just... playing anything well would do fine, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen anytime soon.  A brahms intermezzo, bach prelude/fugue, chopin etude......  but no, never played well

*makes angry face*

[viking]

1.  La Campanella (I play it, but its not perfect!)
2.  Beethoven Hammerklavier
3.  Chopin etude op 25 no. 11
4.  Rachmaninoff etude tableau no.6 A minor (Awesome peice)
5.  RACH 3!!!!!!!!!!! (learning the cadenza )

[minimozart007]

1. Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin
2. Grieg's Piano Sonata
3. Chopin's Op. 36 Impromptu
4. Schubert's D850 Sonata
5. Beethoven's OP. 2 NO. 3 Sonata

I were exclusively a cellist:

1. Beethoven's Op. 69 Sonata
2. Schubert's D46 String Quartet
3. Ravel's String Quartet
4. Ravel's Piano Trio
5. Beethoven's Op. 59 NO. 2 String Quartet

[paris]

i can't choose just 5 pieces, because i want every piece play THE BEST.  but, these days, the Dante sonata.   

[nanabush]

1)  Fantaisie Impromptu
2)  Etude de Chopin op. 10 n.9
3)  Leyenda which kicks so much ass by Albeniz
4)  Liebestraum
5)  Sonata Pathetique

[dancingfingers]

Here's a few more than five 

Chopin: Etudes, g-minor Ballade, Barcarolle (LOVE this piece; why does nobody mention it?)
Beethoven: op. 109, 110, 111, 4th concerto
Bach: Goldbergs, Partitas, WTC
Ravel: Jeux d'Eau, Miroirs, Gaspard (esp. Ondine!), G-major concerto
Debussy: L'Isle Joyeux
Prokofiev: 7th sonata, 3rd concerto
Schumann: a-minor concerto, Carnaval
Brahms: op. 118

So many great pieces! Okay, I'll stop before I list the entire piano repertoire... 

[rohansahai]

Bach: Goldberg
Beethoven: Op. 106
Brahms 2
Rach 3
Prokofiev: sonata #6
Schumann: fantasia
Schubert: D.960
Wait, that's more than five isn't it? Anyway, i can't decide which to omit.

[i_m_robot]

Rach - Moment Musicaux no 4
Rach - Prelude g minor (gonna follow that guide starting today)
Chop - Etude 10-2,4,6,11,12
Chop - Etude 25-5,6,11,12
Ravel - Jeu d'eau = seems harder than all the above combined (jk)

wait that's more than five aint it

might as well add

Brahms - Paganini Variations
Liszt - Paganini Variations
Rach - Paganini Variations
Lutoslawski - paganini variations

[teresa_b]

Fun question, but tough to decide!

1.  Chopin G minor Ballade (working on now for the 3rd time--maybe this time...!)
2.  Beethoven PC 4  (Have played, but never really conquered.)
3.  Debussy "Poissons D'Or" (Just looking at the score makes me tired)
4.  Bach Italian Concerto (have played, but I tend to poop out before quite getting to the end.)
5.  Mozart--anything.  OK, how about PC in D minor K466 ?

Teresa

[stebroccm]

fugue from Hammerklavier
Feux-Follets
Chopin-Dreyschock Revolutionary Etude (l.h. all in octaves)
Rzewski The People United
No. 6 from Messian's Vignt Regards

[Nana_Ama]

of the pieces I have heard

1. Rachmaninoff Concerto no. 2 or Moment musical no.3
2. Bach Parita in B-flat major
3. Tchaikovsky (sp??) Seasons op. 37
4. Beethoven-- The Tempest Sonata
5. Schumann variations on a Theme "ABEGG"

... not that I anywhere near that level, but one can always dream... 

[Dazzer]

1) all the things i play
2) all the things koji plays
3) all the things e50m6 plays
4) all the things everyone plays
5) all the things everyone hasn't played.

lol.

[Bacfokievrahms]

1. Good morning grandfather.
2. Good day to you grandson.
3. Has it passed the morrow yet?
4. Not as of yet.
5. Perhaps it will soon.

[quantum]

1) everything I decide to takeup and learn
2) my improvisations

[nanabush]

Is this 5 pieces you can personally play the best, or five pieces you wish you could play well..

If it's five I wish I could play well then:

Full Gaspard de la Nuit
Entire Chopin Etudes
Entire Chopin Preludes
Entire Etudes Transcendantales
Waldstein Sonata

[Awakening]

At the moment, the following pieces come to mind.  Hard to limit it to five...

1) Rachmaninoff - 3rd Concerto
2) Liszt - Mazeppa
3) Chopin - Etude Op.25 No.11
4) Liszt - Sonata in B Minor
5) Chopin - Ballade in G Minor
6) Chopin - Prelude Op.28 No.16
7) Chopin - Etude Op.25 No.7
Liszt - La Campanella
9) Rachmaninoff - 2nd Concerto

Some of these aren't too far beyond my reach, and hopefully I'll get a chance to work on them in the next couple years. 

[nicko124]

For me this is a difficult pieces 'to do list'.


1. Debussy "Poissons D'Or"
2. Gershwin - Rhapsody In Blue
3. Gershwin - Cuban Overture
4. Chopin - Revolutionary Etude
5. Au bord d’un sorce

[Daevren]

Assuming the question was wat I would like to be able to play, not what I can play.

J.S. Bach Goldberg Variations
Liszt - Sonata in Bm
Liszt - Totentanz (with orchestra, otherwise don't bother)
Scriabin - Sonata No.10 (or 5 or 7 or 9 or 8, ack!)
Barber - Piano Sonata Op. 26

(the fifth one was a hard one, no Beethoven, no Medtner, no Bach/Busoni, no Ravel, no Ligeti, no Schoenberg)

(and some minor things, Like WTC fugue 5 and 6, Liszt Chasse Neige, Harmonies Du Soir and Vision etc)