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I also love Flight of the Bumblebee, it's a great crowd-pleaser despite not being as difficult as some non-musicians believe.

lordlactose, as I sense that you want suggestions for new pieces to hear I will give you the following suggestions that I loved before I went deep into classical

So I will choose pieces that appeal to the wider audience

here's what you got:
Bach-Busoni - Toccata & Fugue in D minor BWV565 (does not need explanation)

Beethoven - Rondo a capriccio Op.129 "Rage over a lost penny" (funny)

Beethoven - fur elise (if you aren't sick of it already)

Brahms - Hungarian Dance No.1 (For 4 hands)

Brahms - Hungarian Dance No.4 (For 4 hands)

Brahms - Hungarian Dance No.5 (For 4 hands)

Chopin - Etude Op.10 No.4 (stormy .. very impressive)
Chopin - Etude Op.10 No.12 (anger and rage at its finest)

Chopin - Fantaisie Impromptu Op.66 (no one doesn't love this piece .. it is on all the cellphones as a ringtone)

rest of Chopin is romantic music (you know .. works on the gurlz )
Chopin - Mazurka No.7 Op.7 No.3
Chopin - Mazurka No.41 Op.63 No.3
Chopin - Nocturne No.15 Op.55 No.1
Chopin - Nocturne No.20 in C# minor
Chopin - Waltz No.7 Op.64 No.2

Beethoven - Sonata No.8 'Pathetique' (Listen to the 3rd mov. it rocks)

Beethoven - Sonata No.14 'Moonlight (Listen to the 3rd mov. it rocks)

Beethoven - Sonata No.17 'Tempest' (Listen to the 3rd mov. it rocks)

Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 (listen to tom and jerry play this - the second half is what piano is all about)

Liszt - La Campanella (watch this on youtube played by someone like kissin and you will know what I am talking about)

Mozart - Rondo Alla Turca (very famous)

Rachmaninoff - Elegie Op.3 No.1 (listen to this)

Rachmaninoff - Flight of the Bumblebee (dazzles the eye of who is watching)

Rachmaninoff - Prelude Op.3 No.2 (very frightening dark piece .. and impressive)

Rachmaninoff - Prelude Op.23 No.5 (a military march like of a piece with an ultraromantic middle)

Schubert - Moment Musical No.3 in F Minor (a cute piece)

Schubert - Impromptu Op.90 No.4 (a romantic piece indeed)

So leave the above suggestions the others mentioned .. and listen to these.

I know this will be said. I love this piece, and I'll take the flack. I think it's terribly depressing hwo many people butcher it...

Liszt S139 #4

And then

Paganini Etude No. 6 -> Much better than the Campanella. I don't understand its popularity- sure it's hard, but it's also boring.

Liszt Fantasia Quasi Sonata: Apres Une Lecture De Dante
Liszt Variations on Weinen Klagen...
Liszt S139 #s 5,8,12,11,10,2
Liszt Orage
Liszt

Wagner-Liszt Isolde Liebestod
Wagner-Liszt Tannhauser Overture
Mozart-Liszt-Busoni Reminiscences de Don Juan
Bellini-Liszt Reminiscences di Norma
Donizetti-Liszt Lucrezia Borgia Fantasy
Meyerbeer-Liszt Robert le Diable Fantasy

Beethoven Opp. 53, 57, 111, 31-2.

Mozart K475 and 457- Sonata and Fantasy in C minor (a set)
Schubert-Liszt Ave Maria
Schumann-Liszt Widmung
Mendelssohn Variations Serieuses
Hadyn Sonata no. 52 and 26 (my favorites)
Schumann Fantasy
Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G Minor (No amount of hackneying can kill this!)
Rachmaninoff Etudes-Tableaux: 39-3,5 and 9 (My favorite of the E-T output.)
Rachmaninoff Sonata No. 2 Finale- more attractive than the first two movements.


Now 20th Century:
Stravinsky-Agosti: Three movements from the Firebird
Barber Sonata - particularly the fugue.
Vine Sonata #1
Prokofiev Toccata, Suggestion Diabolique.

What is this piece you mean dnephi?

Mazeppa

A brief list of some of my favorites for solo piano:

Schumann: Fantasy, symphonic etudes, sonata no1
Liszt: Funerailles, sonata
Brahms: Op79/76/24/35
Chopin: etudes
Dohnanyi: 6 concert studies
Schubert: wanderer fantasy, impromptus and late sonatas
Mozart: c minor fantasy, sonata in bflat k333

and too many others =)

yeah, too many, so i just list a few:

Beethoven 32 sonatas
Mozart rondo K511 (simply because i'm learning this, and heard Goode played it)
Liszt TE no.10 & 12
Chopin etudes
Bach WTC

I don't know how old everyone is on this thread, but I remember at 16 loving to play Liszt's 'Mazeppa'--and I devoured the Lazar Berman LP of the Transcendental Etudes--yes, I played 'Wilde Jagde', 'Feux follets'--ah, youth! But now, I don't skim over the keys--I've become much more demanding on myself!

I think it's Horowitz that does a marvalous job at transcibing the Stars and Stripes Forever to piano. It's as recognisable to anyone as the 1812 overture.

Right-O. Isn't it mah-velous?

There are some recordings of Horowitz that nobody will ever duplicate. Throw in his Liszt 6th Rhapsody and Rachmaninov Humoresque whilst we're at it. The stuff of legend.

And then there is Argerich's Liszt Sonata. It is the greatest performance of this masterwork. And, thank-you, that is why I have never attempted to learn it. Her recording says everything. It is the ultimate.

You should give it a listen, Matt. (Maybe you will be less intimidated than I was.) And don't worry about what others here say. Sure, there will be dissenting opinions; but no one will offer concrete evidence to the contrary. They can't. Sure, the usual suspects of Arrau, Brendel, Curzon, Bolet, Horowitz, et al will be promenaded -and some will want to take argerichfan down a notch- but ultimately we're dealing with the parnassus of piano playing. You accept what Argerich does with the Liszt or you do not.

Debussy you spelt "marvalous" wrong it is really marvelous. You spelt "transcibing" wrong it is really transcribing. You spelt "recognisable" wrong it is really recognizable.

The correct enlgish is Yeah too many pieces, so I just listed a few.

Well aren't you just so grand, LL. Yet you still misspell Kurt Cobain in your signature. Good grief. :t:

What is "enlgish"?

Oh I get it. You've been listening to George W.

Good grief is not a full sentence. You need to go back to grade school.

U beta chek urself b4 yu rek urself...

Priceless...