im sixteen years old and am applying to a summer piano program this summer
most of what im playing right now is romantic or 20th century
so i thought i should probably learn something baroque and classical.
any ideas?
just for the record.
i HATE baroque.
i think its boring..
so i was wondering what your favorite baroque and/or classical pieces were
and if there really is a baroque piece out there that i would like
some of the pieces ive been playing lately are:
fantasy and caprice scherzo in e minor by felix mendelssohn
la fille aux cheveux de lin by claude debussy
so something around that difficulty, possibly a bit harder
J. S. Bach's Fantasia in C minor is a popular Baroque piece... as are his preludes/fugues, suites, and inventions. From the classical era, however, you could try Schubert's Impromptus, Beethoven's bagatelles and rondos, and Mozart's Fantasia in D minor or sonatas. I have played both Schubert's Impromptu Op. 142/D935 No. 2 in A-flat (very lovely; demanding pedal work and balance in voicings needed) and Beethoven's Rondo in C Op. 51 No. 1 (quaint and savory; the real treat is near the end with a wonderful transformation to an arppegiated D-flat major section). Don't neglect the Baroque era, though, it is important as a pianist to have a good sense of all realms of the repetoire.
If you wish to try more classical, I should also suggest Mozart's Rondo in D K. 485. I think it is a rather witty piece (also quite humorous, in a way) that isn't all that difficult. There seems to be some confusing trills and turns in some places (the edition I came across didn't spell these out) and some of the fingerings were at times questionable, but I think a better-quality edition may solve these problems.
That was for baroque..
and for classical...
Beethoven sonatas "appassionata", No. 32, "Moonglight" 3rd movement
Polonaise in c major
Haydn sonata in e flatt major
Domenico Scarlattihas to be the baroque composer for people who hate baroque! Italian, b. 1685 (same year as J. S. Bach and Handel), worked mostly in Portugal and Spain, about as different to Bach (say) as you could get!
Check out his 500-odd "sonatas" (not as we understand the term; they're shortish single-movement pieces) – the easiest way would be to get hold of a budget-priced CD of "hits". There'd probably also be some mp3's floating around online somewhere.
One of my favourite Scarlatti works is the E major K (Kirkpatrick, not Köchel) 380.
I don't play piano, I play guitar. So forgive that most of my suggestions are from the guitar repertoire. There a couple of songs that were transcribed for the guitar that were orinally piano; like Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No.1, 2, & 3 I heard them on guitar and I always thought that they were nice pieces. (Satie isn't from the Baroque Period, he from the turn of the 20th century, he had his own style really)
Maurice Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess (Pavane pour une infante défunte)
François Couperin: Les Barricades
J.S. Bach: BWV 999 Prelude in D minor
J.S. Bach: Chaconne in D minor
J.S. Bach: BWV 1007 Prelude in D
J.S. Bach: Two Part Inventions (No. 4)
Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
Beethoven: Sonata No 8 'Pathetique' (Adagio Cantabile)
Georg Philipp Telemann:
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