100 GREATEST SOLO PIANO WORKS




1. Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig Van Beethoven
2. Well Tempered Clavier - Johann Sebastian Bach
3. Goldberg Variations - Johann Sebastian Bach
4. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor "Moonlight" - Ludwig Van Beethoven
5. Piano Sonata in B minor - Franz Liszt
6. Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major - Franz Schubert
7. 24 Preludes - Frederic Chopin
8. Préludes, Book 1 - Claude Debussy
9. Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major “Heroic” – Frederic Chopin
10. Pictures at an Exhibition - Modest Mussorgsky
11. Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor - Ludwig Van Beethoven
12. Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major "Waldstein" - Ludwig Van Beethoven
13. Fantasy in C major "Wanderer" - Franz Schubert
14. Ballade No. 1 in G minor - Frederic Chopin
15. Carnaval - Robert Schumann **
16. Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig Van Beethoven
17. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor - Frederic Chopin
18. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor "Pathetique" - Ludwig Van Beethoven
19. Préludes, Book 2 - Claude Debussy
20. Gaspard de la Nuit - Maurice Ravel
21. Symphonic Etudes - Robert Schumann
22. Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major - Franz Schubert
23. Impromptus, D899 - Franz Schubert
24. Kinderszenen - Robert Schumann
25. Gymnopédies - Erik Satie
26. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
27. Iberia - Isaac Albeniz **
28. Four Pieces for Piano, Op. 119 - Johannes Brahms
29. Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118 - Johannes Brahms
30. Intermezzi - Johannes Brahms
31. 24 Etudes - Frederic Chopin
32. Kleisleriana - Robert Schumann
33. Impromptus, D935 - Franz Schubert
34. Pavane pour une Infante Défunte - Maurice Ravel
35. Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major - Ludwig Van Beethoven **
36. Phantasie in C major - Robert Schumann
37. Seven Fantasias - Johannes Brahms **
38. Goyescas - Enrique Granados **
39. Variations on a Theme by Paganani - Johannes Brahms
40. Fantasia in C minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
41. Ballade No. 4 in F minor - Frederic Chopin
42. Ballade No. 3 in A flat major - Frederic Chopin
43. Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat "Les Adieux" - Ludwig Van Beethoven
44. Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel in B flat major - Johannes Brahms
45. Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 - Frederic Chopin
46. Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor - Frederic Chopin
47. Hungarian Rhapsodies - Franz Liszt
48. Songs without Words for Piano - Felix Mendelssohn
49. Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major- Serge Prokofiev
50. Piano Sonata No. 5 in D sharp minor - Alexander Scriabin **
51. Piano Sonata No. 19 in C minor - Franz Schubert **
52. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major - Ludwig Van Beethoven
53. Piano Sonata No. 2 “Concord, Mass.” - Charles Ives
54. Fantasie for Piano in F minor/A flat major - Frederic Chopin
55. Le Tombeau de Couperin - Maurice Ravel
56. Thirteen Preludes, Op. 32 - Sergei Rachmaninoff **
57. Ten Preludes, Op. 23 - Sergei Rachmaninoff
58. Prelude, Chorale and Fugue - César Franck **
59. Suite Bergamasque - Claude Debussy
60. Estampes - Claude Debussy **
61. Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 3, No. 2 - Sergei Rachmaninoff
62. Keyboard Sonata No. 62 in E flat major - Joseph Haydn **
63. Transcendental Etudes - Franz Liszt
64. Children's Corner - Claude Debussy
65. Lyric Pieces - Edvard Grieg **
66. Italian Concerto - Johann Sebastian Bach **
67. Barcarolle in F sharp major - Frederic Chopin
68. Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
69. Valses Nobles et Sentimentales - Maurice Ravel
70. Annees de Pelerinage - Franz Liszt **
71. Islamey - Mily Balakirev **
72. Images for Piano - Claude Debussy
73. Polonaise No. 3 in A major "Military" - Frederic Chopin
74. Mephisto Waltz No. 1 - Franz Liszt
75. Piano Sonata No. 9 in F major "Black Mass" - Alexander Scriabin
76. Piano Variations - Aaron Copland **
77. Five Piano Pieces - Arnold Schoenberg **
78. Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli - Ludwig Van Beethoven **
79. Piano Sonata No. 18 in G major - Franz Schubert **
80. Jeux D'eau - Maurice Ravel
81. Grande Valse Brillante in E flat major, Op. 18 - Frederic Chopin
82. Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
83. Moments Musicaux - Franz Schubert
84. Partita No. 1 in B flat major - Johann Sebastian Bach
85. Nocturne in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2 - Frederic Chopin
86. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart **
87. Piano Sonata No. 13 in A major - Franz Schubert **
88. Variations Sérieuses in D minor - Felix Mendelssohn
89. Rhapsodies, Op. 79 - Johannes Brahms **
90. Fantasiestucke - Robert Schumann **
91. Petrouchka, three movements for piano - Igor Stravinsky
92. Nocturnes - Gabriel Fauré
93. Andante and Rondo Capriccioso - Felix Mendelssohn **
94. Fantaisie Impromptu - Frederic Chopin
95. Invitation to the Dance - Carl Maria von Weber **
96. Preludes and Fugues for Piano, Op. 87 - Dmitri Shostakovitch
97. Liebesträume No. 3 - Franz Liszt
98. Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor - Johann Sebastian Bach
99. Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor - Frederic Chopin
100. Suite Española - Isaac Albeniz
101. Suite for Harpsichord No. 5 in E major "The Harmonious Blacksmith" - George Frideric Handel
102. Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor - Johannes Brahms
103. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff
104. Waltz in C sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2 - Frederic Chopin
105. Miroirs - Maurice Ravel
106. Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major - Serge Prokofiev **
107. Three Piano Pieces - Arnold Schoenberg **
108. Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1 - Frederic Chopin
109. Etude in D sharp minor, Op. 8 No. 12 - Alexander Scriabin
110. Les Saisons - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
111. Harpsichord Sonata in E major, K380 “Cortege” - Domenico Scarlatti
112. “Minute” Waltz in D flat major, Op. 64, No. 1 - Frederic Chopin
113. Piano Sonata No. 8 in B flat major - Serge Prokofiev
114. Arabesques - Claude Debussy
115. Sonatine - Maurice Ravel
116. Three Etudes de Concert, S.144 - Franz Liszt
117. Preludes for Piano - George Gershwin
118. Etude in C sharp minor, Op. 2 No. 1 - Alexander Scriabin
119. Berceuse in D flat major - Frederic Chopin
120. Andante Spianato et Grand Polonaise Brillante in E flat - Frederic Chopin
121. Piano Sonata in E flat minor - Samuel Barber **
122. Piano Sonata No. 10 - Alexander Scriabin **
123. Mouvements Perpetuels - Francis Poulenc **
124. Piano Sonata No. 2 - Pierre Boulez **
125. Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor "Tempest" - Ludwig Van Beethoven
126. Consolation No. 3 in D flat major - Franz Liszt
127. Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor - Frederic Chopin
128. Vingt Regards sur l’enfant Jesus - Olivier Messiaen **
129. Arabeske in C major - Robert Schumann
130. Sports et Divertissements - Erik Satie **
131. Piano Sonata No. 8 - Alexander Scriabin **
132. L'isle Joyeuse - Claude Debussy
133. Rêverie - Claude Debussy
134. Fantasia in D minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
135. Scherzo No. 1 in B minor - Frederic Chopin
136. Fur Elise - Ludwig Van Beethoven
137. Romanian Folk Dances - Béla Bartók
138. Harpsichord Sonata in D minor, K9 “Pastorale” - Domenico Scarlatti **
139. Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
140. Etudes - Claude Debussy




40 GREATEST PIANO SONATAS





1. Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig Van Beethoven
2. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor "Moonlight" - Ludwig Van Beethoven
3. Piano Sonata in B minor - Franz Liszt
4. Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major - Franz Schubert
5. Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor - Ludwig Van Beethoven
6. Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major "Waldstein" - Ludwig Van Beethoven
7. Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig Van Beethoven
8. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor - Frederic Chopin
9. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor "Pathetique" - Ludwig Van Beethoven
10. Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major - Franz Schubert
11. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
12. Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major - Ludwig Van Beethoven
13. Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat "Les Adieux" - Ludwig Van Beethoven
14. Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor - Frederic Chopin
15. Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major- Serge Prokofiev
16. Piano Sonata No. 5 in D sharp minor - Alexander Scriabin
17. Piano Sonata No. 19 in C minor - Franz Schubert
18. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major - Ludwig Van Beethoven
19. Piano Sonata No. 2 “Concord, Mass.” - Charles Ives
20. Keyboard Sonata No. 62 in E flat major - Joseph Haydn
21. Italian Concerto - Johann Sebastian Bach
22. Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
23. Piano Sonata No. 9 in F major "Black Mass" - Alexander Scriabin
24. Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
25. Piano Sonata No. 18 in G major - Franz Schubert
26. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
27. Piano Sonata No. 13 in A major - Franz Schubert
28. Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor - Johannes Brahms
29. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff
30. Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major - Serge Prokofiev
31. Harpsichord Sonata in E major, K380 “Cortege” - Domenico Scarlatti
32. Piano Sonata No. 8 in B flat major - Serge Prokofiev
33. Piano Sonata in E flat minor - Samuel Barber
34. Piano Sonata No. 10 - Alexander Scriabin
35. Piano Sonata No. 2 - Pierre Boulez
36. Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor "Tempest" - Ludwig Van Beethoven
37. Piano Sonata No. 8 - Alexander Scriabin
38. Harpsichord Sonata in D minor, K9 “Pastorale” - Domenico Scarlatti
39. Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
40. Piano Sonata in F sharp minor - Charles Griffes

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How is Appassionata greater than Well Tempered Clavier?

I'm not sure that it is.

Moonlight is greater than both

No.

Hahaha. Yeah, greater, idk, but I just had to express my love for it

Nah, Tempest greater than Moonlight.

I wasn't being serious when I said that before

It took me a while, but the Hammerklavier sonata really is jaw dropping.

Brian,

Great work you're doing putting together these lists.

One of my favorites is Chopin's Nocturne Op.48 No. 2. So emotional and delicate. ( of course it's Chopin for chrissakes ) Chopin is the Gilmour or Santana of classical piano. He pours so much emotion and pathos into his compostions.....love it.

actually the guitarist that's been compared to chopin is lenny breau... by none other than chet atkins

Not familiar with any of Lenny Breau's stuff...any intros ?

Ever since my daughter starting playing Chopin works, I've discoverd that his compositions hit me just as Gilmour's or Santana's emotive solos. I'm curious if this Breau cat's stuff can do the same for me.

Any intros would be appreciated.

Below is a superb rendition of the Nocturne. op.48 No.2 of which I referenced above performed by the Hungarian Lívia Rév. She should have achieved much more international fame. Chopin would approve of her delicate and emotive touch and her compatriot Franz Liszt would be proud.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzVMvX-A ... =1&index=3

i shall make a thread in the guitar forum
(can't guarantee anything... lenny's different from santana and gilmour in that he was more of an impressionistic painter than a narrative storyteller)

I like that..."impressionistic painter than a narrative storyteller"


I'm game, I'm not only into "melody lines"

I love it all, if it's a good quality and it rocks my boat. Thanks

What do ya think of Livia's touch on that Chopin piece? Reminds me of Gilmour's subtlty.