Suddenly this get into my mind.

Please list down your most favourite piano piece here. It can be a quite famous piece, but i also prefer those pieces which are not not known by many of us. Any suggestions here??

Nice pieces can be very easy to play or maybe very complicated. It depends on you...

Dennis~~

hmm... i have too many favourite pieces and this is quite a hard decision to me.. i'll jot some of them here...

--> Sundial Dreams by Kevin Kern [a new age composer, pianist]
--> Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin
--> Moments Musical in F minor by Schubert
--> Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven
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ShArOn

Beethovens Piano Concerto No 5 in Eb- The Emperor
All the Bach Well Tempered Klavier
All the Chopin 48
Shostakovitch "Assault on Beautiful Gorky"
Joplin Maple Leaf Rag
Rachmaninov Piano Concertos 2 and 3

The Emperor beats them all though!!

I like Beethoven's Piano Sonata op. 13 in C minor (Pathetique)

Its a great piece, cant play it full speed, but gets the hairs on the back of my neck goin!

Keet
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Canon in D(piano version) is also one of my most favourite pieces. Very smooth, soothing and relaxing pieces!
How do you think about this piece?

Dennis~~

I've listened to the recordings, i quite love it!



Listening to Emperor Piano Concerto. The piano parts are very lively. Nice! Thanks!

I agree with Canon in D... a great piece. I also really like Pavane by Faure- does that count?- as well as:

Mozart- Sonata No. 11
Beethoven- Moonlight Sonata (although I'd like it more if it weren't on just about every piano compilation CD around).
Mussorgsky- Reverie
& most of Mendelssohn's work (that old genius!)

However, most of my favourite pieces are orchestral...

ermm..Besides, i love my pieces too. 2005-2006 ABRSM grade 8 pieces, i played Sonata in D by Scarlatti, Sonata in C by Mozart and Impromptu by Arensky. Those three have their own characteristics!

Dennis~~

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2, the second movement says it all!

Love this piano concerto too! The violin melody is nice too! Very expressive!

What about doing a poll once you have a few answers for ideas as to what to include? I'd find it very hard to just pick something out of the blue, and my favourites change on a regular basis, but at the minute I'd say Chopin's Grande Valse Brillante, J.S. Bach's Italian Concerto, Chopin's Nocturne in C# minor, Haydn's sonata in D (can't remember the number, but I'll look it up if you're keen!), Mendelssohn's Duetto, the third movement of Beethoven's Moonlight sonata, the slow movement of Beethoven's Pathetique....etc, etc, etc......

Ravel Menuet Antique, Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue No 7 in A, Bach P+F in B minor (WTCII), I've Got Rhythm by Gershwin.

I love the lizst one from urrent gd 8 syllabus - dem andenken petofis (i think). It such a great show piece!!!

Also, the apassionata sonata by beethoven and micheal nymans theme from THE PIANO>

I have just discovered the most beautiful piece EVER:
comptine d'un autre ete by yann tierson. it moves my so much. i don't know why. it just does.
i can't play it because I don't have the music
does anyone else know this piece?

i also love:
quel che resta- einaudi
tango- einaudi
i giorni- einaudi
nocurne in c sharp minor- chopin
pathtique sonata- beethoven
the heart asks pleasure first- michael nyman

they are a few I can remember.....

Ah yes - Chopin.....and Brahms - not sure which is my favourite overall piece, but the 2nd movement of the Brahms 1st piano concerto is just awesome......Plus the final D major section of the final movement - so triumphant......

oooh yes - I'd vote for that one too. Wonderful stuff.

Schubert Wanderer Fantasia ? also maybe

I'll put a few of my favourites down

Chopin Nocturne in F# minor

Ravel Sonatine (also in F# minor)

Bach Prelude and Fugue Book 2 No 14 (also in F# Minor)

Beethoven Waldstein Sonata, and the five late Sonatas (None of which are in F# minor)

Learning the first two and learnt the 3rd!

My favourites include:

Grieg - Weddingday at Troldhaugen
Mendelssohn - Spring Song
Nyman - The Heart Asks Pleasure First
Schumann - Aufschwung

And many more too!

I will be keeping an eye on this thread as I am looking for a nice slow relaxing piece to play alongside the Duetto.

Ok... I had a few days to really think about this thread as I do have quite a lot of favourite pieces. Whatever the pieces i may be learning, there are a few which I come back to regularly, so I guess these could be my favourite piano works ...

JSBach - P & F book 2 - E major, F# minor, B major, B minor & Italian Concerto
Mozart - D minor Concerto
Beethoven - 4th Concerto
Chopin - 2nd Ballade
Rachmaninov - G# minor Prelude

Having written so far, I realised that I could go on and on...

Hello

I would definitely recomend Mozart's Sonata in C (K545), because it is F A N T A S T I C.



From Wolfgangous

I think i'm going to let this topic continues for a month before i make a conclusion on the favourite piano works of the members of this forum.

Oh ya. I found out one website from a friend. It's Naxos.com. You can register for free and can only enjoy part of most classicals in the web. You can also subcribe to enjoy more privilleges like listening to the whole recordings of some pieces. It has a wide range of recordings which i want to share with all of you here!

Dennis~~

Great ! A second vote for the Bach Book 2 F# minor Prelude and Fugue !

Kinderscenen Op.15.No.7 "Traumerei" by Schumann. Quite easy to play, quite hard to play well, will melt the heart of even the stoniest listener.

Edward

Not sure if its been said yet, but gershwins Rhapsody in Blue is FAB!

Liszt B minor piano sonata

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Take a look at John Field's Nocturnes. I keep trying to flog these here, but nobody ever seems to take me up on it! As you probably know, JF was a fore-runner of Chopin and that's where Chopin got the "nocturne" idea from. They are beautiful pieces of music, and I'm sure you'd like them, as you seem to like similar things to me!

I'll try to listen to the recordings in naxos.com 1st to see how much I would agree with you guys! Maybe later I'll post to request the sheet music that I think I would like to play! Thanks for your opinions. Others, keep on posting your favourites!

Dennis~~

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Take a look at John Field's Nocturnes. I keep trying to flog these here, but nobody ever seems to take me up on it! As you probably know, JF was a fore-runner of Chopin and that's where Chopin got the "nocturne" idea from. They are beautiful pieces of music, and I'm sure you'd like them, as you seem to like similar things to me!
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The Field does it for me, in particular I love No 4 in A... so lovely to play. Also ( bit hackneyed I suppose, but the slow movement always brings tears to my eyes) the Grieg Piano Concerto. And loads of Mozart, too much to list....

Chopin - Ah.. Many!

Beethoven: Emperor concerto

Gershwin : Rhapsody in Blue

Rachmaninov: Piano concerto No 2

Liszt: Liebestraum

I really love the Chopin Waltz in E minor. Its such a wonderful piece, I played it for my grade 8 years ago.

Yes that is a nice piece.

Famous pieces I like...I also like Liszt's Liebestraum No. 3 and his Sonata in B Minor, Chopin's Nocturne in Eb...

I also really like Beethoven's Sonata Op. 27, No. 2 (aka Moonlight), esp. the 3rd movement.

My immediate favourites are:-

Chopin Ballade no. 1
Rachmaninov Concerto no.2
Beethoven's Appassionata Sonata

Could think of loads more but those ones stand out for me.

Here are a few alot of my favourite peices:

Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition (especially Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks, Limoges, Baba Yaga and
the Great Gate at Kiev) I can only play Baba Yaga though

Rimsky Korsakov - Flight of the Bumble Bee - great fun to listen to the different versions and even more fun
to play!

Debussy - L'isle Joyeuse, Reflections Dans L'eau and Clair de la Lune. L'isle Joyuese is so difficult i cant get
my fingers round it.

Ravel - Ravel, Ravel, Ravel... Just daydreaming there thinking about the lovely sounds of Jeux D'eau and
Gaspard de la Nuit. I'm tryin to learn Jeux D'eau but unfortunately it gets rather difficult after the
first page

Beethoven - How can you not love Beethoven! I love all of his Sonatas especially the Moonlight and
Pathetique.

Mozart - Rondo Alla Turca is a wonderful peice and also Sonata Facile (K545 1st movement in C major)

Chopin - I love Chopin! He has such passionate music. His Nocturnes are wonderful. And i love Fantasie
Impromptu. And his etudes are great. Especially Revolutionary Etude Op10 No. 12. And Etude
Op. 10 No. 8 is lovely. Here is a link to Elena Kuschnerova playing Etude Op 10 No 8 at the
Tchaikovsky Competition, what a great pianist!

Prokofiev - He is currenty one of my favourite composers. I absolutely love the strange qualities found in lots
of his music, anyone agree? I learned the (2007-2008) grade 8 Prokofiev peice - C3 - Gavotte,
Cinderella Suite, its so spectacular. I also like Prokofiev's Toccata in D minor, prelude in C major
(with glissandos!!!) and of course his best, Dance of the Kinghts.

Einaudi - A wonderful composer. He produces such soothing, relxing music that is very nice to play and listen
to. I Giorni, Le Onde, Samba and Inizio are my favourites from him.

Liszt - La Campanella, Hungarian Rhapsody nos. 2 and 6. and his transcendental etudes.

Michael Nyman - The Heart Asks Pleasure First, bliss from the film the Piano

Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag, The entertainer are such good fun peices.

And even more that i won't bother writing down in danger of you falling asleep in boredom. I tend to end up writing huge posts on the forums, i can't help it I think that should cover the main peices i like. As you can see i'm a big fan on piano music Anyway thats enough from me.

hey PiAnO~C.Bechstein~PiAnO, nice reply.. thx for listing down all the famous+favourite pieces.. this coming holiday i can enjoy by searching the pieces recordings and music sheets.. if anyone could provide some, a big thank you to you 1st!

Keep replying!

Dennis~~

Solos

J S Bach "Italian Concerto" (not really piano music, but WTH, WTH)
Schubert "Wanderer Fantasy"
Mussorgsky "Pictures ..." *
Debussy "La Cathédrale Engloutie"
Sravinsky Movements from "Petroushka"

Duets

Schubert "F minor Fantasia"
Ravel "Mother Goose"

Concertos

Mozart 24 C minor
Beethoven 4 *
Schumann
Brahms 2
Ravel G minor
Rakhmaninov "Paganini Variations"
Prokoviev 3
Bartok 3

* Repeating someone else's excellent choice; the rest are new, unless I missed something.

J S Bach "Italian Concerto" (not really piano music, but WTH, WTH)
Schubert "Wanderer Fantasy"
Debussy "La Cathédrale Engloutie"

greats among greats, these !

At this very moment:
solo work - Schumann Fantasy Op.17
concerto - Beethoven Fourth Piano Concerto Op.58