50 Most Essential Classical Piano Pieces

Clair de Lune

Ballade No. 1

Aria from Goldberg Variations

Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 7. Träumerei

Piano Concerto No. 21 in C K. 467 "Elvira Madigan": II. Andante

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor 'Moonlight' Op. 27 No. 2: I. Adagio sostenuto

Waltz in A-Flat Major, Op. 39: No. 15

Prelude and Fugue No. 22 from Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I

Four Impromptus, Op. 90, D899: No. 3 in G-Flat Major

Larghetto from Piano Concerto No. 1

The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (La fille aux cheveux de lin)

Concerto No. 24 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, K. 491/II. Larghetto

Intermezzo in B-Flat Minor, Op. 117/No. 2

Liebestraum No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Op. 62

Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 "Fur Elise"

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 - 2. Andantino semplice - Prestissimo

II. Andante gracioso from Piano Concerto

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: I. Moderato; Allegro

Arabesque No. 1

Piano Trios B flat, Op. 97 (Archduke): III. Andante cantabile

Concerto In A minor For Piano and Orchestra, Op. 16: I. Allegro molto moderato

June: Barcarolle from The Seasons

Hungarian Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra

Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21: III.Allegro vivace

English Suite No. 4 in F Major, BWV 809: IV. Sarabande

Concerto for Piano No. 2, 2nd movement

October: Song of Autumn from The Seasons

Iberia: I. Evocación

Intermezzo in E-Flat, Op. 117/No. 1

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S.124: I. Allegro maestoso - 1

Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique": II. Adagio Cantabile

Childrens Corner: Golliwoggs Cake Walk

Brahms Hungarian Dance No 4

Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30, III: Finale: Alla breve

Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331:III. Alla Turca: Allegretto

Consolation No 3 in D Flat Major

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

Well Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846, Prelude and Fugue in C Major

Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34: I. Heart's Wounds

Two Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34: II. The Spring

Prelude in D-Flat Major, Op. 28, No. 15, "Raindrop"

Invention No. 13 in A Minor

Gnomenreigen

Etude in E Major, Op. 10, No. 3, "Tristesse"

Hungarian Dance No. 2

Waltz in D-Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 1, CT. 212, "Minute"

Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in C-Sharp Minor

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A Minor for Piano & Orchestra, Op. 43

Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35: III. Marche funèbre