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- Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op. 61
- Debussy: Preludes, Books 1 & 2
- Brahms: 6 Klavierstücke Op. 118
- Schubert: Sonata in A Major, D959
- Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.21 in C, Op.53, ‘Waldstein’
- Schumann: Fantasie in C, Op.17
- Chopin: Sonata No.2 in B Flat Minor
- Beethoven: Diabelli Variations
- Bach: Goldberg Variations
- Beethoven: Sonata Op.106 in B Flat Major, ‘Hammerklavier’
Most of Chopin’s piano music deserves to appear in this list, but the Polonaise-Fantaisie(published in 1846), one of the best solo piano pieces, remains unique in his output. Combining Chopin’s passion for the music of his native Poland with his bent for groundbreaking structures, it is a concentrated, meditative piece that constantly defeats those...
These may be the subtlest, gentlest pieces on our list of best solo piano pieces. In two books of 12 pieces each, composed between 1909 and 1913, Debussy’s Preludes are each followed by a suggestive title, drawing on a range of inspirations from the natural forces of wind, mist and snow, to acrobats, a bottle of wine from Capri, the poetry of Baude...
It is difficult to pick one set of Brahms’ late piano pieces ahead of another, so exquisitely wrought are they all. Brahms turned to these short-form pieces – intermezzi, rhapsodies and simple klavierstücke – late in his life, with Clara Schumann in mind. Beset by arthritis in her hands in advancing age, she was no longer able to play works that de...
Schubert’s piano sonatas are a treasure trove of intensely personal music. The Sonata in A major, D959is his penultimate work in the genre, written in the spring of 1828. Although either of its two immediate siblings – the Sonatas in C minor and B flat major – could equally deserve the title of the greatest, the A major, one of the best solo piano ...
Yes, more Beethoven. Almost any one of the remaining 31 sonatas could fill this spot but the ‘Waldstein’, one of the best solo piano pieces, perhaps sums up the quests of Beethoven’s great ‘middle period’ sonatas: an orchestral scale of concept, an elemental force with an irresistible and galvanizing forward motion, and a vision of something just b...
The bulk of Schumann’s piano music dated from early in his compositional career, much of it intended for the young pianist Clara Wieck, with whom he was desperately in love (they would later marry). Forbidden by her father to see one another, the couple communicated via music, Schumann sending Clara music that often contained musical ciphers; in th...
There’s a dark side to Chopin. Far from the angelic image of a quiet, dreamy man coughing consumptively at the keyboard, Chopin’s imagination when fully unleashed could deliver music of terrifying demonic power. His Piano Sonata No.2dating from 1839, one of the best solo piano pieces, is perhaps the most original of all his large-scale works and fl...
With lashings of that rare musical quality – humour – Beethoven takes a rather flippant little waltz by the composer Antonio Diabelli and puts it through a musical hall of mirrors, transforming its character in every which way. A glorious feat of imagination, dating from 1819-23, this piece should never fail to sound fresh and startling. It was wri...
This 1741 masterpiece by JS Bach was composed for the two-manual harpsichord, but that has never deterred pianists from adding it to their repertoire. Indeed, most of its greatest interpreters have played it on the modern grand. The aria and 30 variations, the story goes, were created for Count Keyserlingk, who suffered from insomnia and would ask ...
The mighty Op.106, the largest and most dense of Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas, sits just before the final three – perhaps the Eiger’s north face to the Jungfrau peak of Op.111. With a slow movement that alone extends to around 18 minutes (depending on tempo), it pushes both the piano and the performer to the very limits of their abilities. Rachmani...
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