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What are some pieces that you guys want to learn at some point and keep in your repertoire??

Here are some of mine:

Beethoven Waldstein Sonata
Beethoven Les Adieu Sonata
Prokofiev 3rd Sonata
Chopin 2nd Sonata
Chopin Preludes (full)
Chopin Ballads (all 4)
Rachmaninov Marceaux de Fantasie
Rachmaninov 2nd Concerto
Ravel G Major Concerto
Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit
Saint-Saens 2nd Concerto
Schumann Papillons
Schumann Op. 12 Fantasies
Tchaikovsky Dumka


There are more, but these are some of the main ones.

Hmm,

I share your sentiment with the Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit. It is a masterpiece that should be explored. I just picked up a complete recording of Ravel's piano works and need to listen to them all in detail. I don't intend to study these for awhile, but they include,

Liszt Transcendental etudes complete
Chopin etudes complete
Rachmaninoff preludes, Variations on Corelli
Scriabin sonatas (nos. 1, 5, and 7 mainly)
Balakirev pieces as well as his Islamey
Liszt Norma fantasy, B minor sonata
Stravinsky 3 movements of Petrushka

More currently I am looking into some Chopin etudes and Bach preludes and fugues.

-Colin

You might find such a list in my signature. .

But, really, I want to fill each of these:

1. A large-scale classical work
2. A Scriabin Work
3. A large-scale Chopin work
5. Play some of my other favorites...

I want to be able to sight-read anything I run across.

I'm a sophmore piano major, and by the time I graduate in a few years, I plan on performing these:

Beethoven Sonatas Op.7 and 28
Chopin Third Sonata, Polonaise Fantasy
Liszt Dante Sonata, TE's 10-12
Mussorgsky Pictures
Brahms First Piano Sonata, 117 or 119
Buson Carmen Fantasy
Carl Vine 5 Bagatelles
Schubert a minor D 845
Rachmaninoff Paganini Rhapsody

I think that's doable in the next few years.

Complete Chopin Etudes
Beethoven opus 53 Sonata
Beethoven opus 57 Sonata
Various 19th and 20th century baubles

Chopin and Liszt etudes
Waldstein sonata
Pavane pour le enfante defunte (Ravel)


Kylie

What? Nothing specific?? :p

I guess you wouldn't really have to worry about learning music then.

It is interesting most of the pieces listed are for solo piano. Are piano concerti viewed as less desirable? Myself, I want to tackle the rach 3 at some point in my life!

Hey, i listed a few concerti

Apart from those of you who may be piano majors, it seems that many of the goals are more idealistic than practical, along the lines of : "When I get to be a concert pianist, I want to play ..."

There's nothing wrong with that, mind you, but I would like to read what some more immediate and more realizable goals of some of you might be.

Regards,

I don't plan to major in piano so I'm not going to pretend that the Rach 3 is a goal of mine. These are some of my goals in the foreseeable future:

Beethoven Pathtique Sonata
A few more Chopin Etudes (black key & op.10 no.3)
Debussy, L'Isle Joyeuse, Estampes, the rest of Images Book 1
Ravel - Jeux D'eau, the entire Sonatine
Schubert, Some more impromptus

Well, for me concerti are less desirable because I'm not a "concert pianist," i.e. I'm not ever likely to get to play with any orchestra that I'd want to play with! (Or maybe even that I wouldn't...)

So the repertoire that I'd semi-realistically like to tackle (assuming continued growth and progress) includes:

• Schumann Carnaval (spent last night klunky-reading it through for the first time and I have the hugest crush on it, but MUST focus on current material)
  Chopin Barcarolle
  Chopin b minor sonata
  A bunch of Chopin Etudes, several in progress now
  Mussorgsky Pictures (I mean doing it more justice than the barely-hanging-on-by-my-fingernails version I did in college)
  Beethoven sonata #30 in E, op 109 (How could you resist a movement marked "Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung"?)
  Something really wild and woolly but accessible; Penderecki comes to mind bu I don't know what he's written for piano. Any suggestions?
  And then there's the chamber music repertoire.

Here is my list.

Beethoven Pastoral Sonata, Waldstein. Well any of the last 3
Beethoven Emperor Concerto
Chopin 2nd piano sonata
Chopin Grand Fantasie on Polish Airs in A Major
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
Busoni Concerto
Mozkowski Piano Concerto
Stowjoski first piano concerto
Tveitt First Piano Concerto*working on this one though*

Well, some of the ones i listed were looking quite a bit up the road, but some i can see myself learning soon, such as the Ravel G Major, Saint-Saens 2nd, Beethoven Les Adieu, and the Rachmaninov Marceaux de Fantasie.

Are piano concerti viewed as less desirable?

As an amateur, I can't imagine wanting to play a piano concerto. Why bother unless you plan to play it with an orchestra? I can't imagine that many amateurs have that opportunity.


Mary

Concertos accompanied by piano reduction may not have the same magic/desirability as an orchestra accompaniment, but i think that performances with piano reduction are still enjoyable to hear.

Actually I have played a piano+orchestra piece, but did not have an orchestra. I used digital music software to have the orchestra playback using the computer sounds and then I played along with it. The software is pretty high-tech and sounded pretty good. Not the same as playing with a real orchestra, but it was nice enough, and better than playing with another piano (and my audience didn't care too much - we weren't going to be getting a full orchestra anytime soon). I played my own piano+orchestra arrangement of Clair de Lune.

My dad told me about a concert he went to where a guy performed the Tchaikovsky 1st Concerto but used a recording of an orchestra as accompaniment. I'm not really sure how well that worked, though.