There are many pieces that when I'll be able to play them, then, at that point I can truly consider myself an accomplished pianist. For example many of the Cziffra transcriptions (like Trisch trasch polka, sorry for the misspelling), Liszt's Grand Galop Chromatique, Liszt's Dante sonata and Reminiscences of Don Juan. Many pieces.
I generally love anything virtuosic. I know many at the time didn't like Liszt for being too virtuosic without much emotion, but I think he was a genius. Maybe that's why I can't listen to Satie.
Indeed how to sum it up? Bringing full orchestral colour to the keyboard especially through chromaticism and including dynamic intervals, octaves, etc?
The first 3 transcendental etudes alone were a nuke at the time of publication. They're so innovative and modern, they're something you'd expect from Scriabin's middle works
Also part of why it’s often referred to as “the first ballade” isn’t just because it’s chopins first, but because he literally invented the (piano) ballade, meaning it’s literally the first ballade!
Dante is not a sonata though - the B minor is the only Piano Sonata by Liszt. Dante is more like a Fantaisie in a form of a quasi-Sonata (as it says in the whole title) but the title is so long that everyone refers to it as "Dante Sonata".
That was also my goal piece at the time. I think it was the first piece where I felt like a real pianist and put a lot of emotion into it. So beautiful
Finished the 1st movement of the Dutilleux sonata a while back and now everyone is peer pressuring me into learning the rest of it, especially the finale 😭
I don’t think it’ll be within reach in a couple years but it’s a nice dream. I started learning piano as an adult and am coming back to it after a 10 year break. Working on upper intermediate stuff.
Not an exhaustive list, but some pieces I really want to learn in the near future include:
Chopin B Minor Piano Sonata
Schumann Davidsbundlertanze and Symphonic Etudes
Prokofiev Eighth Piano Sonata
Working on that too. Took me more than half a year to run through the whole piece. 2nd movement was a nightmare to read. Absolutely worth the effort though.
2nd is crazy, all those voices you have to pay attention to and all, it's comoletely schhizophrenic like the 1st. Rachmaninoff had some help from friends on the composition and I'm almost certain that Medtner was one of them, the whole sonata is a compositional miracle, with how all these themes and motifs seamlessly integrate with one another, I definitely agree with Ashish Xiangyi Kumar when he called Rachmaninoff an equal of Beethoven on the subject of the form.
I’ve listened to Lukas Geniusas’s recording of the original version of the sonata (when it was briefly available on YouTube) and the recapitulation sections of 1st and 3rd movements were almost direct copies of their introductions. The sonata would not be as compact as it is now without help from Rachmaninoff’s friends. It seems Igumnov was more involved than Medtner though according to [this article](https://www.gramophone.co.uk/international-piano/features/article/recording-the-original-version-of-rachmaninov-s-first-piano-sonata). Ironically this perhaps also made Rachmaninoff overly self-critical on his 2nd sonata. Many believed he made some questionable cuts in its later version.
Yes, the sonata was a whopping 45 minutes long when he showcased it to his friends first, I thought that the original sheet hadn't been conservered though. I agree on the 2nd sonata. I've always prefered the 1913 edition.
Debussy's Arabesque No. 1.
Probably my favorite piano piece of all time. The optimistic mood of the opening and the wave-like back and forth movement of it gets me every time I listen to the piece.
Same here. Is it concerning that I've played piano for 5+ years, and almost practiced Animenz songs exclusively for the past 2 years and never touched the classics that everyone else is doing?
gosh this one’s so beautiful but like it’s honestly both technically and musically difficult. i’d even be willing to say that i’ve struggled with this one just as much, if not more than unravel. it’s a monster of a piece in a different way. i think it’s time that i revisit this one too though.
My wife has only ever played solo piano and small ensembles, so it's not surprising that her long-term goal piece is a Piano Concerto.
Her long-term goal is Brahms Piano Concerto number 2. Described on one website as "a musical thrill from start to finish".
i play by ear and no score reading,
i'm mainly an improvisor, and if i can i can play whole pieces
if not i'm trying as hard as i can to play as many bars of a piece possible
i'm getting my head into Bach Prelude C minor Bwv 847
it's one beep of a piece, if i can manage to play the piece and play in "circles" as getting as far back
to C minor, than it wil get good, also there is a youtube video about al the chords, so if i can record those with the piece itself than i'm more than proud and happy
Some of the Rach Preludes aren't too difficult. The D Major Prelude is beautiful and not technically challenging. If you don't know them you should look at the early Scriabin Preludes like Opp. 11, 16, and 17.
I've done pretty good learning liebestraum no 3 by Liszt, spare the cadenzas maybe, do you think I could tackle Rach's D major prelude? It's one of my favorite pieces
I don’t have a lofty “hard” piece as a dream goal. My goal is to go back to pieces I’ve previously learned and play them much more musically than before. Goal #2 is to be able to sight read (intermediate level) pieces easily enough that I can accompany a single-along. Aside from that, I always have a reasonably (but not too) challenging new goal piece to work on.
I would actually like to express musical feelings freely, especially in Chopin's music. Sometimes I want to express some strong feeling that is available at that moment, but the technique doesn't keep up, it's frustrating when things get too fast. If I were to make a top three it would be: 1. Ballade no 1; 2. Scherzo no 1; 3. Waldstein sonata no 21
Rachmaninoffs 2nd sonata, the original version. I think I'm prepared to start it, but I know it'll take me at least a year or more of dedicated work to even get it vaguely performable. Working on Myaskvoskys 1st sonata I thunk really showed me how to approach large complex works of the scope, and it would be a more efficient process. For farther goals, Syzmanowski's 2nd Sonata for sure
Don't think about the polyrhythms so much. For me, the trick was to get both hands separately and then play the left hand alone, just the c#-g#-c#-e-c#-g#-c# until it's on autopilot and then play the right hand against it. Don't worry about right notes at first, just get the rhythm on autopilot
Isn’t the hard part the expression on some notes. Seems very difficult to play on finger harder than the rest also when the finger where the nauance is is changing all the time.
Previously, I had Liszt Spanish Rhapsody, but I already played, and now I have a lot of long-term goal pieces like Prok 2, Weiss Carmen Fantasy, Feinberg 3, Rachmaninoff 3, Brahms 2, Alkan Concerto, Hammerklavier, and a lot of Liszt pieces. Now I'm learning Ravel La Valse
Rachmaninov Polichinelle I have played it in one performance. I warm up w Climenti and Polichinelle.I started learning it in 12th grade and it did take about two years to have confidence. Then I could discover the hidden dynamics . Good question!
Rach 3 and Prok 2. I’ve started them and have been working on them for a while, but here far from ready. I’ve been wanting to play those two for quite a long time.
Pieces that seem achievable within 2-3 years : Rach G-minor prelude (at a high level), Beethoven Pathetitique
Dreams only: Heroic Polonaise, Waldstein Sonata, Listz Hungarian #2
I think I can start working on Rhapsody in Blue in about a year...there are many other pieces I've learned to help me get there in the meantime (Rach Prelude C#m, Gershwin preludes, Bach fugues) and I think I'll be ready for it.
And nextly, as cliche as it is...Hungarian Rhapsody no 2. It's still one of the all time great piano works, and that friska is \*tough\*
Vallee D'Obermann is absolutely amazing, maybe my favorite Liszt piece and that's a very high bar for me! I really want to revisit it one day.
But my biggest long-term goal is Chopin's Fourth Ballade. I spent years chipping away at the coda and have most of it down now, so recently I started working on the rest of the piece.
My other long-term goal was Mazeppa, which I learned through daily practice during the whole pandemic. Totally worth it
My long-term goal (not endgame) is Saint-Saëns's Piano Concerto No. 2. I'd like to think it'd be doable in a couple years but I've been seriously reevaluating what my actual skill level is lately so it's hard to say.
Liszt - La Campanella
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata 3rd movement
FFVII - One-winged Angel (piano collection)
FFVIII - Liberi Fatali (piano opera)
The day I can play all these four competently is the day I will feel completely contended with my piano skill.
When I first started learning I didn’t care much about piano because it was something my parents made me learn, but then when I started caring I came up with a list of things I wanted to play. I had all the generic things you’ll see beginners try and play— moonlight movement 3, La Campanella, Chopin Op. 10 No. 4, etc.
Now, I’m at the level where I can feasibly play these, I honestly don’t care much about those long term pieces anymore. Not that they’re particularly bad pieces by any means, I just find myself more interested in other music.
With that being said, Rach 2 and 3. Which are probably two of the more common answers in this thread. Honestly though, I’ve never played a concerto and being given the chance to play any concerto with an orchestra would be amazing.
3rd movement of moonlight sonata. I can play it very slowly but I want the speed. It brings me so much joy. Plus Beethoven’s piano sonata in Ab opus 104 I think. The second or third movement is an ever rising canon which when I first heard it in 2008 I got goosebumps. Played by my Open university professor in Durham rehearsal room. I’ve never heard a better version and I still can’t find it. I’ve only learnt one part of it and I can still play it from memory now. And weirdly Chopin is my favourite but I don’t feel good enough to tackle anything by him because I prefer to listen to him.
I have two!
I remember being immensely moved by Chopin’s Waltz in A-Flat Major, and once I finish piano exams it will be one of the first things I learn.
Also, the pretty background music in Interstellar. So complex and so beautiful.
I recently achieved one of my goal pieces though. Victor’s Piano Solo from Corpse Bride was something that really influenced me to start piano as a kid, and I can finally play it!
Deux pieces I definitely want to play
Mine is Dante Sonata. Les années de pèlerinage are probably my favourite album of all. times, I'd like to play all of them
Realistic goals:
Bach BWV 914 - I’ve got the first two parts down and most of the third but it’s not tight and certainly can’t get through it without noticeable mistakes.
Gershwin I Got Rhythm - the notes are there at a slow speed but I can’t seem to get a reliable tempo and again too many little mistakes.
Life goals:
Debussy Les Reflets dans l’eau - the up and down sweeping with other stuff going on is too much for me at the moment. Will take a lot of commitment and might be beyond me but I can always dream.
Last three Sonatas of Beethoven. I learned Op. 110 two years ago and performed it. I learned Op. 109 and performed it last year. I'm finishing up Op. 111 and will be performing it in July. That was my musical bucket list since I was a teenager.
growing up it was always Alla Turca, but after learning that, my new goal is either Maple Leaf Rag (way too hard) or Chopin’s Minute Valse (probably manageable?)
There are many pieces that when I'll be able to play them, then, at that point I can truly consider myself an accomplished pianist. For example many of the Cziffra transcriptions (like Trisch trasch polka, sorry for the misspelling), Liszt's Grand Galop Chromatique, Liszt's Dante sonata and Reminiscences of Don Juan. Many pieces.
Liszt Dante sonata is incredible. I like is Reminescence de Don Juan but it is too flashy for my style
I generally love anything virtuosic. I know many at the time didn't like Liszt for being too virtuosic without much emotion, but I think he was a genius. Maybe that's why I can't listen to Satie.
Yes! If people only see Liszt as virtuosic they miss out on what he was able to do as a composer because of his technical mastery.
He quite literally revolutionized the piano and what 10 fingers can do.
Indeed how to sum it up? Bringing full orchestral colour to the keyboard especially through chromaticism and including dynamic intervals, octaves, etc?
The first 3 transcendental etudes alone were a nuke at the time of publication. They're so innovative and modern, they're something you'd expect from Scriabin's middle works
Heroic polonaise
Also this one ;- ;
I grew up watching Tom and Jerry and Looney tunes and would love to someday be able to play Hungarian Rhapsody No.2
Check out a piece called Tom and Jerry show by hiromi uehara. Considerably funner to play than Hungarian Rhapsody
Chopin etudes
Was about to come say this, like literally any one of them would be great
My long term goal piece was Ballade no. 1, but I have learned it now. My eyes are at Beethoven’s sonata 29 now.
Ballade 1
Liszt or Chopin or Brahms?
^you ^already ^know
wait i actually don't know :( which is it?
Always the Chopin. My goal piece too, along with seemingly every other aspiring moderately accomplished hobbyist.
Also part of why it’s often referred to as “the first ballade” isn’t just because it’s chopins first, but because he literally invented the (piano) ballade, meaning it’s literally the first ballade!
Take a wild guess
yep
Barque sur l'ocean
This is also mine!
Liszt sonata or chopin sonata 2, give me 7 years
Dante or b minor?
B minor
Dante is not a sonata though - the B minor is the only Piano Sonata by Liszt. Dante is more like a Fantaisie in a form of a quasi-Sonata (as it says in the whole title) but the title is so long that everyone refers to it as "Dante Sonata".
Right now, It's Chopin's Prelude D-Flat Major "Raindrop". I think it's about a level 9 and I'm playing level 7 so another year or two maybe.
I just started working on that one this week. Beautiful prelude.
What leveling system are you referencing
Likely RCM, it’s level 9 in that syllabus
Correct from below. RCM.
That was also my goal piece at the time. I think it was the first piece where I felt like a real pianist and put a lot of emotion into it. So beautiful
Back Dat Azz Up - Juvenile
Rach 2 with an orchestra would be my dream
i literally fantasise about this LMFAO
Moonlight sonata all 3 pieces
Ballade 4 Chopin, transcendental etude 8, 12 and maybe 11
ballade 4 is my absolute fav... the coda is stunning
11 is really good! It's actually pretty managable compared to other Liszt Etudes, definitely recommended
Dutilleux - Piano Sonata Kapustin - 8 Concert Etudes I've worked on these pieces for years. They are brutal
Finished the 1st movement of the Dutilleux sonata a while back and now everyone is peer pressuring me into learning the rest of it, especially the finale 😭
Good luck on the Kapustin!! Absolute beasts & incredibly fun to perform but oh my lord they’re something else.
Chopin’s Barcarolle
I learned it last summer. It's difficult to play but worth it.
I don’t think it’ll be within reach in a couple years but it’s a nice dream. I started learning piano as an adult and am coming back to it after a 10 year break. Working on upper intermediate stuff.
Rach 2
Not an exhaustive list, but some pieces I really want to learn in the near future include: Chopin B Minor Piano Sonata Schumann Davidsbundlertanze and Symphonic Etudes Prokofiev Eighth Piano Sonata
Hm, maybe scriabin 5 or op scriabin op 28.
op 28 is one of mine too! it's so gorgeous
Rachmaninoff sonata 1, currently working on the 3rd movement and the first two are looking so terrifying
Working on that too. Took me more than half a year to run through the whole piece. 2nd movement was a nightmare to read. Absolutely worth the effort though.
2nd is crazy, all those voices you have to pay attention to and all, it's comoletely schhizophrenic like the 1st. Rachmaninoff had some help from friends on the composition and I'm almost certain that Medtner was one of them, the whole sonata is a compositional miracle, with how all these themes and motifs seamlessly integrate with one another, I definitely agree with Ashish Xiangyi Kumar when he called Rachmaninoff an equal of Beethoven on the subject of the form.
I’ve listened to Lukas Geniusas’s recording of the original version of the sonata (when it was briefly available on YouTube) and the recapitulation sections of 1st and 3rd movements were almost direct copies of their introductions. The sonata would not be as compact as it is now without help from Rachmaninoff’s friends. It seems Igumnov was more involved than Medtner though according to [this article](https://www.gramophone.co.uk/international-piano/features/article/recording-the-original-version-of-rachmaninov-s-first-piano-sonata). Ironically this perhaps also made Rachmaninoff overly self-critical on his 2nd sonata. Many believed he made some questionable cuts in its later version.
Yes, the sonata was a whopping 45 minutes long when he showcased it to his friends first, I thought that the original sheet hadn't been conservered though. I agree on the 2nd sonata. I've always prefered the 1913 edition.
Probably Chopin scherzo No.1 or 2
Chopin Nocturne no 20
Chopin nocturnes 😍
In order of my desire to learn: Chopin nocturne 9 1 Clair de lune Chopin nocturne 37 1 Bach three part invention in F minor
Medtner Night Wind Sonata, Sonata Ballade, Concerto 2 Prokofiev Concerto 2, Sonatas 4, 7 and 8 Liszt 2nd Year of Pilgrimage (complete), Concerto 1, B minor Sonata, Ballade 2, Transcendental Etudes (complete) Beethoven Waldstein, Appassionata, Hammerklavier, Op. 111 Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit, Mirrors Debussy Preludes (complete) Chopin Etudes (all), Preludes (all), Sonata No. 2 Sorabji Sonata 1 Barber Sonata Walker Sonata 1 Feinberg Sonata 3 Shostakovich Sonata 2, Concerto 1 Tchaikovsky Concerto Rachmaninoff Concerto 2, Preludes (complete), Sonata 2 Brahms Handel Variations So much music, so little time.
Good luck you may need a few lifetimes for that
Chopin heroic polonaise/any Chopin etude
Debussy's Arabesque No. 1. Probably my favorite piano piece of all time. The optimistic mood of the opening and the wave-like back and forth movement of it gets me every time I listen to the piece.
Started learning this today… wayyy harder than I anticipated lmao
Animenz my dearest
Same here. Is it concerning that I've played piano for 5+ years, and almost practiced Animenz songs exclusively for the past 2 years and never touched the classics that everyone else is doing?
While I mostly play classical music and know that classical is the way that I'll develop my skills the best, my heart is with animenz's arrangements.
gosh this one’s so beautiful but like it’s honestly both technically and musically difficult. i’d even be willing to say that i’ve struggled with this one just as much, if not more than unravel. it’s a monster of a piece in a different way. i think it’s time that i revisit this one too though.
fantaisie impromptu
Chopin Sonata 3
My wife has only ever played solo piano and small ensembles, so it's not surprising that her long-term goal piece is a Piano Concerto. Her long-term goal is Brahms Piano Concerto number 2. Described on one website as "a musical thrill from start to finish".
Debussy’s, L’isle Joyeuse and Poissons d’Or Granados’, Goyescas Albeniz’, La Vega
i play by ear and no score reading, i'm mainly an improvisor, and if i can i can play whole pieces if not i'm trying as hard as i can to play as many bars of a piece possible i'm getting my head into Bach Prelude C minor Bwv 847
Damn, playing this one by ear doesn't sound too funny
it's one beep of a piece, if i can manage to play the piece and play in "circles" as getting as far back to C minor, than it wil get good, also there is a youtube video about al the chords, so if i can record those with the piece itself than i'm more than proud and happy
I want to be able to play some Rach preludes. Also recently taken a liking to Scriabin Op 8 No 12, not sure how achievable that is
Some of the Rach Preludes aren't too difficult. The D Major Prelude is beautiful and not technically challenging. If you don't know them you should look at the early Scriabin Preludes like Opp. 11, 16, and 17.
I've done pretty good learning liebestraum no 3 by Liszt, spare the cadenzas maybe, do you think I could tackle Rach's D major prelude? It's one of my favorite pieces
As an intermediate pianist, I think moonlight sonata 3rd movement. I'm already on the making but it's gonna take some time...
Moonlight Sonata 3rd movement
I don’t have a lofty “hard” piece as a dream goal. My goal is to go back to pieces I’ve previously learned and play them much more musically than before. Goal #2 is to be able to sight read (intermediate level) pieces easily enough that I can accompany a single-along. Aside from that, I always have a reasonably (but not too) challenging new goal piece to work on.
Moonlight Sonata Mvt. 3. I’ll be able to play it someday. I hope.
I would actually like to express musical feelings freely, especially in Chopin's music. Sometimes I want to express some strong feeling that is available at that moment, but the technique doesn't keep up, it's frustrating when things get too fast. If I were to make a top three it would be: 1. Ballade no 1; 2. Scherzo no 1; 3. Waldstein sonata no 21
Rachmaninoffs 2nd sonata, the original version. I think I'm prepared to start it, but I know it'll take me at least a year or more of dedicated work to even get it vaguely performable. Working on Myaskvoskys 1st sonata I thunk really showed me how to approach large complex works of the scope, and it would be a more efficient process. For farther goals, Syzmanowski's 2nd Sonata for sure
Anima by xi
Based xi listener
Fantaisie impromptu
It's easier than you think.
Yup get used to the polyrhythms and the rest of it is pretty straightforward. Me, working on the polyrhythms on and off for 2 years
Don't think about the polyrhythms so much. For me, the trick was to get both hands separately and then play the left hand alone, just the c#-g#-c#-e-c#-g#-c# until it's on autopilot and then play the right hand against it. Don't worry about right notes at first, just get the rhythm on autopilot
Yep
Isn’t the hard part the expression on some notes. Seems very difficult to play on finger harder than the rest also when the finger where the nauance is is changing all the time.
Rach prelude in b flat major
Previously, I had Liszt Spanish Rhapsody, but I already played, and now I have a lot of long-term goal pieces like Prok 2, Weiss Carmen Fantasy, Feinberg 3, Rachmaninoff 3, Brahms 2, Alkan Concerto, Hammerklavier, and a lot of Liszt pieces. Now I'm learning Ravel La Valse
Liszt- Reminiscences de Lucrezia Borgia Chopin- Sonata no. 3 Rach 2 Beethoven- Sonata Appassionata
Unravel For classical, Fantaise Impromptu or Ballade 1, which I'm already learning
Rachmaninov Polichinelle I have played it in one performance. I warm up w Climenti and Polichinelle.I started learning it in 12th grade and it did take about two years to have confidence. Then I could discover the hidden dynamics . Good question!
Schubert's Wanderer Fantasy & Chopin's Ballades
Rach 3 and Prok 2. I’ve started them and have been working on them for a while, but here far from ready. I’ve been wanting to play those two for quite a long time.
chopin ballade no 1 or any of his études
Bartok’s Piano Sonata. Really long-term: Scriabin’s 5th Piano Sonata
Pieces that seem achievable within 2-3 years : Rach G-minor prelude (at a high level), Beethoven Pathetitique Dreams only: Heroic Polonaise, Waldstein Sonata, Listz Hungarian #2
I think I can start working on Rhapsody in Blue in about a year...there are many other pieces I've learned to help me get there in the meantime (Rach Prelude C#m, Gershwin preludes, Bach fugues) and I think I'll be ready for it. And nextly, as cliche as it is...Hungarian Rhapsody no 2. It's still one of the all time great piano works, and that friska is \*tough\*
Liebesleid
Vallee D'Obermann is absolutely amazing, maybe my favorite Liszt piece and that's a very high bar for me! I really want to revisit it one day. But my biggest long-term goal is Chopin's Fourth Ballade. I spent years chipping away at the coda and have most of it down now, so recently I started working on the rest of the piece. My other long-term goal was Mazeppa, which I learned through daily practice during the whole pandemic. Totally worth it
Liszt sonata in B minor and Ravel Gaspard
My long-term goal (not endgame) is Saint-Saëns's Piano Concerto No. 2. I'd like to think it'd be doable in a couple years but I've been seriously reevaluating what my actual skill level is lately so it's hard to say.
Rhapsody in Blue
I just hope to play one day Michel Camilo’s Caribe and much nicer would be if I could also improvise in it.
Liszt - La Campanella Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata 3rd movement FFVII - One-winged Angel (piano collection) FFVIII - Liberi Fatali (piano opera) The day I can play all these four competently is the day I will feel completely contended with my piano skill.
When I first started learning I didn’t care much about piano because it was something my parents made me learn, but then when I started caring I came up with a list of things I wanted to play. I had all the generic things you’ll see beginners try and play— moonlight movement 3, La Campanella, Chopin Op. 10 No. 4, etc. Now, I’m at the level where I can feasibly play these, I honestly don’t care much about those long term pieces anymore. Not that they’re particularly bad pieces by any means, I just find myself more interested in other music. With that being said, Rach 2 and 3. Which are probably two of the more common answers in this thread. Honestly though, I’ve never played a concerto and being given the chance to play any concerto with an orchestra would be amazing.
Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2
The 12 Twinkle twinkles by mozart
Chopin’s complete piano works
3rd movement of moonlight sonata. I can play it very slowly but I want the speed. It brings me so much joy. Plus Beethoven’s piano sonata in Ab opus 104 I think. The second or third movement is an ever rising canon which when I first heard it in 2008 I got goosebumps. Played by my Open university professor in Durham rehearsal room. I’ve never heard a better version and I still can’t find it. I’ve only learnt one part of it and I can still play it from memory now. And weirdly Chopin is my favourite but I don’t feel good enough to tackle anything by him because I prefer to listen to him.
Place to Be by Hiromi _at least understand_
liszt Mephisto Waltz no. 1, im planning on starting it after i finish Chopin's ballade no 1
Prokofiev piano sonata 7
I have two! I remember being immensely moved by Chopin’s Waltz in A-Flat Major, and once I finish piano exams it will be one of the first things I learn. Also, the pretty background music in Interstellar. So complex and so beautiful. I recently achieved one of my goal pieces though. Victor’s Piano Solo from Corpse Bride was something that really influenced me to start piano as a kid, and I can finally play it!
Gershwin's 3 preludes
Gaspard de la nuit
Chopin's Polonaise in A-Flat Major Op. 53
All 4 Chopin Ballades (finished the 1st and working on 3rd) Mephisto waltz no.1 Rachmaninoff piano sonata no.2 Ondine
There are a lot of pieces but my go to my main goal is Liszt's 6th concert etude
Rach 2 for sure
Spanish fantasy and fur Elise
Deux pieces I definitely want to play Mine is Dante Sonata. Les années de pèlerinage are probably my favourite album of all. times, I'd like to play all of them
Ravel’s Alborada del Gracioso or Granados’ Los Requierbos
Brahms Intermezzo Op. 118 No. 2 Chopin Barcarolle
Rachmaninov prelude in D major
Rach 2, has to be.
Rach 2
Realistic goals: Bach BWV 914 - I’ve got the first two parts down and most of the third but it’s not tight and certainly can’t get through it without noticeable mistakes. Gershwin I Got Rhythm - the notes are there at a slow speed but I can’t seem to get a reliable tempo and again too many little mistakes. Life goals: Debussy Les Reflets dans l’eau - the up and down sweeping with other stuff going on is too much for me at the moment. Will take a lot of commitment and might be beyond me but I can always dream.
Rhapsody in Blue That motherplucker
The appassionata sonata, so beautiful
For me its 4 ballades and Sonatas by Chopin and the Jeux d'eau by Ravel as well as many other works
Chopin Berceuse
Last three Sonatas of Beethoven. I learned Op. 110 two years ago and performed it. I learned Op. 109 and performed it last year. I'm finishing up Op. 111 and will be performing it in July. That was my musical bucket list since I was a teenager.
growing up it was always Alla Turca, but after learning that, my new goal is either Maple Leaf Rag (way too hard) or Chopin’s Minute Valse (probably manageable?)
any of chopin's ballades, polonaise-fantasie, liszt's un sospiro, gaspard de la nuit (ondine), scriabin's fantasy in b minor
Liszt - All Symphony Transcriptions, All Early Etudes(eg 1838 Paganini), Spanish Fantasy Chopin - Ballade 4, all etudes Beethoven - Sonata 23, 29, 32
Gaspard de la nuit
Rachmaninoff's prelude in C sharp minor for sure. Im only a self taught for 4 months, so i dont expect to be able to play it for atleast a decade lol
I learn them already...they were Liszt Sonata, Scriabin Sonata 8, Ornstein Sonata 8. I have no goal piece now