classical piano music
my canon
!work in progess!
please, give me some time to finish this list of classical piano music which i consider as 'most important to play'.
my original plan was to record each piece by myself. i gave up after a few since it seemed to be incompatible with my life expectancy. instead i picked some fabulous recordings from professional pianists.
in the first column publication dates are given. they may differ significantly from the date of composition.
as an amateur i find it extremly helpful to use music sheets with fingering. i prefer them over more popular edititons.
now, off to practice ...
the main list covers all pieces for two hands without orchestra, including transcriptions
| 1722 | bach | the well-tempered clavier | bwv.846 | praeludium & fuga I | c-dur |  |  | |
| bwv.847 | praeludium & fuga II | c-moll | | | ||||
| bwv.848 | praeludium & fuga III | cis-dur | | | ||||
| bwv.849 | praeludium & fuga IV | cis-moll | | | ||||
| bwv.850 | praeludium & fuga V | d-dur | | | ||||
| bwv.851 | praeludium & fuga VI | d-moll | | | ||||
| 1783 | mozart | sonata in c-dur | kv.330 | 1.allegro moderato | c-dur | | | |
| 2.andante cantabile | f-dur | | ||||||
| 3.allegretto | c-dur | | ||||||
| 1796 | beethoven | sonata in f-moll | op.2 nr.1 | 1.allegro | f-moll | | | |
| 2.adagio | f-dur | | ||||||
| 3.allegretto | f-moll | | ||||||
| 4.prestissimo | f-moll | | ||||||
| 1805 | beethoven | sonata in c-dur 'waldstein' | op.53 | 1.allegro con brio | c-dur | | | |
| 2.adagio molto | f-dur | | ||||||
| 3.allegretto moderato - prestissimo | c-dur | | ||||||
| 1831 | mendelssohn bartholdy | rondo capriccioso | op.14 | andante | e-dur | | | 2008 |
| 1833 | chopin | etude in c-dur 'waterfall' | op.10 nr.1 | allegro | c-dur | | | |
| etude in a-moll 'chromatique' | op.10 nr.2 | allegro | a-moll | | ||||
| etude in e-dur 'tristesse' | op.10 nr.3 | lento, ma non troppo | e-dur | | ||||
| etude in c-moll 'revolutionsetude' | op.10 nr.12 | allegro con fuoco | c-moll | | ||||
| 1836 | schumann | grand sonata nr.1 | op.11 | 1.un poco adagio - allegro vivace | fis-moll | | | |
| 2.senza passione, ma espressivo | a-dur | |||||||
| 3.scherzo e intermezzo | fis-moll | |||||||
| 4.allegro und poco maestoso | fis-moll | |||||||
| 1838 | schumann | kinderszenen | op.15 nr.1 | von fremden ländern | g-dur | | | 2007 |
| op.15 nr.7 | träumerei | f-dur | 2008 | |||||
| 1848 | heller | 30 etudes progressives | op.46 nr.7 | vivace | e-moll | | | |
| 1850 | liszt | liebestraum nr.3 | s.541/3 | poco allegro, con affetto | as-dur | | | 2007 |
| 1851 | liszt | ungarische rapsodie nr.2 | s.244/2 | lento a capriccio | cis-moll | | | |
| 1860 | liszt (schubert) | gretchen am spinnrade | s.375/2 d.118 | non troppo allegro | d-moll | | | |
| 1906 | albeniz | iberia | book 1 | 1.evocation, allegretto expressivo | as-moll | | | |
| 2.el puerto, allegro commodo | des-dur | | ||||||
| 3.el corpus en sevilla, allegro gracioso | fis-moll | | ||||||
| 1908 | debussy | children's corner | l.113 | 1.doctor gradus ad parnassum | c-dur | | | |
| 2.jimbo's lullaby | b-dur | | ||||||
| 3.serenade for the doll | e-dur | | ||||||
| 4.snow is dancing | f-dur | | ||||||
| 5.the little shepherd | a-dur | | ||||||
| 6.golliwog's cake walk | es-dur | | ||||||
| 1931 | rachmaninoff (rimsky-korsakov) | flight of the bumblebee | transcription | presto | c-dur | | | 2021 |