A Personal Recommendation List of Essential Classical Pieces, I: Piano Based, 1

Composer

Ludwig van Beethoven

Recommended Artists

Alfred Brendel

Arthur Rubinstein

Claudio Arrau

Daniel Barenboim

Vladimir Ashkenazy

Vladimir Horowitz

Recommended Pieces

Piano solo

Piano Sonata No.1 in F Minor, Op.2, Movement I

Piano Sonata No.8 in C Minor, Op.13, “Pathétique”, Movement I, II, III

Piano Sonata No.14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op.27, “Moonlight”, Movement I, III

Piano Sonata No.17 in D Minor, Op.31, “Tempest”, Movement III

Piano Sonata No.21 in C Major, Op.53, “Waldstein”, Movement I

Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op.57, “Appassionata”, Movement I, II, III

Bagatelle No.25 in A Minor, WoO 59, “Für Elise”

Composer

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Recommended Artists

Vladimir Ashkenazy

Vladimir Horowitz

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Sviatoslav Richter

Yuja Wang

Recommended Pieces

Piano solo

Prelude in G Minor, Op.23, No.6

Prelude in C Minor, Op.23, No.7

Moments Musicaux, Op. 16, No. 4 in E Minor

Piano Sonata No.2 in B-Flat Minor, Op.36

Piano Concerto

Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op. 18

Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op. 30

*Symphonic Dance

*The Isle of the Dead, Op.29

Composer

Frédéric Chopin

Recommended Artists

Arthur Rubinstein

Daniel Barenboim

Maurizio Pollini

Vladimir Horowitz

Recommended Pieces

Piano Solo

Nocturnes, Op.9, No.1 in B-Flat Minor

Nocturnes, Op.9, No.2 in E-Flat Major

Nocturnes, Op.15, No.3 in G Minor

12 Études, Op.10

No.2 in A Minor “Chromatique”

No.3 in E Major “Tristesse”

No.4 in C-Sharp Minor

No.5 in G-Flat Major “Black Keys”

No.12 in C Minor “Revolutionary”

12 Études, Op. 25

              No.9 in G-Flat Major “Butterfly Wings”

              No.11 in A Minor “Winter Wind”

Waltz for Piano in E- Flat Major, Op.18, CT.207

Waltz, Op. 64, No.1, Minute, in D-Flat Major

Impromptu, Op.66, Fantaisie-Impromptu: In C-Sharp Minor

Polonaise No.6 in A-Flat Major, Op.53 “Heroic”

Sonata No2, Op.35 in B-Flat Minor “Funeral March”

Preludes, Op. 28 Movement 1-24