classical piano music
my canon
!work in progess!
please, give me some time to finish this list of my favourites in classical piano music.
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 | | | ||||
| 1723 | bach | invention | bwv.779 | invention 8 | f-dur | | | |
| 1723 | bach | praeludium in c-moll | bwv.999 | c-moll | | | ||
| 1766 | c.p.e.bach | solfeggietto | wq 117/2, h.220 | c-moll | | | ||
| 1779 | haydn | klaviersonate nr.48 in c-dur | hob.xvi/35 | 1.allegro con brio | c-dur | | | |
| 2.adagio | f-dur | | ||||||
| 3.finale: allegro | c-dur | | ||||||
| 1781 | mozart | 12 variations 'ah! vous dirai-je, maman' | kv.265 | c-dur | | | ||
| 1783 | mozart | sonata in c-dur | kv.330 | 1.allegro moderato | c-dur | | | 2021 |
| 2.andante cantabile | f-dur | | 2021 | |||||
| 3.allegretto | c-dur | | ||||||
| 1784 | mozart | sonata in d-dur | kv.331 | 1.andante grazioso | a-dur | | | |
| 2.menuetto, trio | a-dur | |||||||
| 3.allegretto, 'alla turca' | a-moll | |||||||
| 1785 | mozart | fantasie in d-moll | kv.397 | andante | d-moll | | | |
| 1785 | mozart | fantasie in c-dur | kv.475 | adagio | c-dur | | | |
| 1786 | mozart | rondo nr.1 in d-dur | kv.485 | allegro | d-dur | | | |
| 1788 | mozart | sonata in c-dur 'facile' | kv.545 | 1.allegro | c-dur | | | |
| 2.andante | g-dur | | ||||||
| 3.rondo, allegro | 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 | | ||||||
| 1799 | beethoven | sonata in c-moll 'pathetique' | op.13 | 1.grave | c-moll | | | |
| 2.adagio cantabile | as-dur | | ||||||
| 3.rondo, allegro | c-moll | | ||||||
| 1801 | beethoven | sonata in cis-moll 'mondschein' | op.27 nr.2 | 1.adagio sostenuto | cis-moll | | | |
| 2.allegretto | des-dur | | ||||||
| 3.presto agitato | cis-moll | | ||||||
| 1801 | beethoven | sonata in d-dur 'pastorale' | op.28 | 1.allegro | d-dur | | | |
| 2.andante | d-moll | | | |||||
| 3.allegro vivace | d-dur | | ||||||
| 4.allegro, ma non troppo | d-dur | | ||||||
| 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 | | ||||||
| 1810 | beethoven | bagatelle nr.25 in a-moll 'für elise' | woo 59 | poco moto | a-moll | | | |
| 1820 | kuhlau | sonatine in c-dur | op.20 nr.1 | 1.allegro | c-dur | | | |
| 2.andante | f-dur | |||||||
| 3.rondo, allegro | c-dur | |||||||
| 1827 | schubert | impromptus, erste sammlung | op.90 nr.2 | allegro | es-dur | | | |
| op.90 nr.3 | andante | ges-dur | | | ||||
| op.90 nr.4 | allegretto | as-dur | | | ||||
| 1828 | schubert | moments musicaux Nr.3 | op.94 nr.3 | allegro moderato | f-moll | | | |
| 1828 | schubert | op.142 nr.4 | f-moll | | | |||
| 1831 | mendelssohn bartholdy | rondo capriccioso | op.14 | andante | e-dur | | | 2008 |
| 1832 | chopin | nocturne in es-dur | op.9 nr.2 | andante | es-dur | | | |
| 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 | | ||||
| 1834 | chopin | fantasie impromptu in cis-moll | op.66 | allegro agitato | cis-moll | | | |
| 1835 | chopin | deux valses - valse in as-dur 'l'adieu' | op.69 nr.1 | lento | as-dur | | ||
| 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 | |||||||
| 1837 | chopin | etude in as-dur 'aeolian harp' | op.25 nr.1 | allegro sostenuto | as-dur | | | |
| etude in f-moll 'the bees' | op.25 nr.2 | presto | f-moll | | | |||
| 1837 | chopin | piano sonata nr.2 - march funebre in b-moll | op.35 | 3.lento | b-moll | | | |
| 1838 | chopin | polonaise in a-dur 'military' | op.40 nr.1 | allegro con vrio | a-dur | | | |
| 1838 | liszt (schubert) | la sérénade | 559a/1 | moderato. tempo rubato | d-moll | | | |
| 1838 | schumann | kinderszenen | op.15 nr.1 | von fremden ländern | g-dur | | | 2007 |
| op.15 nr.7 | träumerei | f-dur | 2008 | |||||
| 1839 | chopin | prélude in e-moll | op.28 nr.4 | largo | e-moll | | | |
| prélude in a-dur | op.28 nr.7 | andantino | a-dur | | | |||
| prélude in des-dur 'regentropfen-prélude' | op.28 nr.15 | andantino (Sostenuto) | des-dur | | | |||
| 1839 | schumann | arabeske in c-dur | op.18 | leggiero e teneramente | c-dur | | | |
| 1842 | chopin | polonaise in as-dur 'heroic' | op.53 | maestoso | as-dur | | | |
| 1842 | chopin | nocturne in f-moll | op.55 nr.1 | andante | f-moll | | | |
| 1847 | mendelssohn bartholdy | 6 kinderstücke | op.72 nr.6 | vivace | f-dur | | | |
| 1847 | chopin | valse in des-dur 'minute' | op.64 nr.1 | molto vivace | des-dur | | | |
| valse in cis-moll | op.64 nr.2 | tempo giusto | cis-moll | | | |||
| 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 | | | |
| 1857 | liszt | etude de concert nr.3 un sospiro | s.144 | allegro affettuoso | des-dur | | | 2007 |
| 1860 | liszt (schubert) | gretchen am spinnrade | s.375/2 d.118 | non troppo allegro | d-moll | | | 2021 |
| 1860 | liszt | mephisto walzer nr.1 | s.514 | allegro vivace (quasi presto) | a-dur | | | |
| 1867 | brahms | 16 walzer | op.39 nr.15 | as-dur | | | 2021 | |
| 1874 | mussorgsky | pictures at an exhibition | promenade | b-dur | | | 2007 | |
| 1.gnomus | es-moll | | ||||||
| promenade | as-dur | | ||||||
| 2.il vecchio castello | gis-moll | | ||||||
| promenade | h-dur | | ||||||
| 3.tuileries (dispute d'enfants aprčs jeux) | h-dur | | ||||||
| 4.bydlo | gis-moll | | ||||||
| promenade | d-moll | | ||||||
| 5.ballett der unausgeschlüpften küken | f-dur | | ||||||
| 6.„samuel“ goldenberg und „schmu˙le“ | b-moll | | ||||||
| promenade | b-dur | | ||||||
| 1880 | brahms | rapsodia in g-moll | op.79 nr.2 | molto passionato, ma non troppo allegro | g-moll | | | 2007 |
| 1889 | macdowell | etude de concert | op.36 | allegro con fuoco | fis-dur | | | 2012 |
| 1893 | rachmaninoff | prélude in cis-moll | op.2 nr.3 | lento | cis-moll | | | |
| 1894 | dvorak | humoresque in ges-dur | op.101 nr.7 | poco lento e grazioso | ges-dur | | | |
| 1903 | rachmaninoff | prélude in b-dur | op.23 nr.2 | maestoso | b-dur | | | |
| prélude in g-moll | op.23 nr.5 | alla marcia | g-moll | | ||||
| 1905 | debussy | suite bergamasque - clair de lune | l.75 | andante tres expressif | des-dur | | | |
| 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 | | ||||||
| 1910 | rachmaninoff | prélude in gis-moll | op.32 nr.12 | allegro | gis-moll | | | |
| 1911 | rachmaninoff | études-tableaux in d-moll | op.33 nr.5 | moderato | d-moll | | | |
| 1916 | calvo | intermezzo n°2 - lejano azul | b-moll | | | |||
| 1921 | casella | 11 pezzi infantile | op.35 nr.4 | 4.bolero, allegro spagnuolo | c-dur | | | |
| 1922 | shostakovich | three fantastic dances | op.5 nr.1 | allegreto | c-dur | | | |
| op.5 nr.2 | andantino | g-dur | | |||||
| op.5 nr.3 | allegretto | c-dur | | |||||
| 1931 | rachmaninoff (rimsky-korsakov) | flight of the bumblebee | transcription | presto | c-dur | | | 2021 |
| 1932 | khachaturian | toccata in es-moll | op.11 | allegra marcatissimo | es-moll | | | |
| 1933 | shostakovich | 24 preludes | op.34 nr.2 | allegretto | a-moll | | | 2001 |
| op.34 nr.7 | andante | a-dur | | | 2001 | |||
| op.34 nr.13 | moderato | fis-dur | | | 2001 | |||
| op.34 nr.14 | adagio | es-moll | | | 2001 | |||
| op.34 nr.20 | allegretto furioso | c-moll | | | 2001 | |||
| 1935 | howe (bach) | sheep may safely graze | transcription | b-dur | | | ||
| 1938 | prokofiev | romeo and juliet: ten pieces for piano | op.75 nr.1 | national dance, allegro giocoso | d-dur | | | |
| op.75 nr.4 | juliet as a young girl, vivace | c-dur | | |||||
| op.75 nr.6 | montagues and capulets, allegro pseante | e-moll | | |||||
| 1959 | khachaturian | sonatina in c-dur | 1.allegro giocoso | c-dur | | | ||
| 2.andante con anima, rubato | c-dur | |||||||
| 3.allegro mosso | c-dur |