Piano music. Sonatas, nocturnes etc

[Graft]

Howdy folks

well i been into classical stuff for a while now. I'm seeking for people who knows about classical piano pieces.

So i need your guidance please i'm not talking about contemporary piano works but classical authors. can you please recommend me some pieces? preferably slow, depressing stuff.

cheers

 

[Firesoull]

Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, my fave

 

[Graft]

Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, my fave

That's a new one

ok danke but seriously (ouch i didn't stated that in my first post, sorry) i'm looking for more unpopular ones lol.

 

[Firesoull]

Sheesh, well sorrrry

 

[CorpseDeception]

Alkan's 'Les Quatre Ages'.

 

[in_absentia]

Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, my fave

Ahh, Sonata in C # Minor, definetly one of my faves also, one of the first few i learnt to play. Great thread idea, i shall be keeping my eyes glued closely to this one for recommendations also

edit- it would also be an awesome idea if people would link their recommendations too

 

[angelofdeath9308]

ah, what a coincidence, I just happen to be listening to Chopin's Nocturnes at this moment. Here are three I recommend:
No. 1 in B flat minor, Op 9, No. 1
No. 2 in E flat major, Op 9, No. 2
No. 20 in C sharp minor, Op post., BI 49

I'm still not sure what all the abbreviations mean, but the album is simply entitled CHOPIN: Nocturnes, and the track numbers are 1, 2, and 14.

 

[beast from the east]

Check out some Satie. Everyone knows about Gymnopedies I - III, but check out more of his stuff. Also, try the 15 Nocturnes by John Field.

 

[derbeder]

some recs:

Johann Sebastian Bach - Goldberg Variations, The Well-Tempered Clavier Books I-II
Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata no.8 "Pathetique" op.13, No. 23 op.57 "Appassionata"
Franz Schubert - Piano Sonatas nos.20 & 21 D.959-960, Moments Musicaux
Robert Schumann - Fantasiestücke op.12
Johannes Brahms - Intermezzi op.116
Franz Liszt - Sonata in B minor
Eric Satie - Gnossiens 1-7
Leos Janacek - Piano Sonata no.1
Alexander Scriabin - Sonatas no.7 & 9 "Black Mass"
Sergei Rachmaninov - Prelude in C# minor, Piano Sonata no.2
Sergei Prokofiev - Sonata no.8 in B flat op.84
Pierre Boulez - Sonatas nos.1-3

 

[Graft]

some recs:

Johann Sebastian Bach - Goldberg Variations, The Well-Tempered Clavier Books I-II
Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Sonata no.8 "Pathetique" op.13, No. 23 op.57 "Appassionata"
Franz Schubert - Piano Sonatas nos.20 & 21 D.959-960, Moments Musicaux
Robert Schumann - Fantasiestücke op.12
Johannes Brahms - Intermezzi op.116
Franz Liszt - Sonata in B minor
Eric Satie - Gnossiens 1-7
Leos Janacek - Piano Sonata no.1
Alexander Scriabin - Sonatas no.7 & 9 "Black Mass"
Sergei Rachmaninov - Prelude in C# minor, Piano Sonata no.2
Sergei Prokofiev - Sonata no.8 in B flat op.84
Pierre Boulez - Sonatas nos.1-3

cool stuff man thanks

 

[soundave]

You seriously cannot go wrong with any Beethoven Piano sonatas, but aside from the Moonlight Sonata already mentioned, I like No. 23 "Appasionata".

I'm a sucker for Bartok, too. I even like Mikrokosmos, which was really written for piano instruction. Anything is great, but I'll pick one that strikes me as memorable; the Dance Suite.

And if you're up for a weird listening, try out some Schoenberg. Five Pieces for piano, Op. 23 is as a good a place to start as any.

(Edit: I missed that Derbeder mentioned Appassionata, but it deserves two mentions! BTW, great recs as always!)

 

[hibernal_dream]

Debussy. Piano Music.

 

[derbeder]

some more recommendations

Felix Mendelssohn - Songs without Words
Edward Grieg - Piano Sonata in e minor, op.9
Frederic Chopin - Nocturnes, Waltzes, Piano Sonata no.2
Cesar Franck - Prélude, Choral et Fugue
Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures at an exhibition
Alexander Glazunov - Piano Sonatas no.1 op.74, no.2 op.75
Maurice Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte, Miroirs
Claude Debussy - Suite bergamasque, Estampes, Préludes Books 1 & 2, Children's corner
Olivier Messiaen - Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus
Dmitri Shostakovich - 24 Preludes and Fugues op.87
György Ligeti - Etudes Books 1-3

 

[soundave]

I love Shostakovich! I haven't listened to the preludes and fugues in ages. time to break them out again.

For more weird stuff: John Cage - The Perilous Night (prepared piano)