Best Romantic Piano Works  (1820 - 1930)

Note:  A few of these composers (e.g. Prokofiev, Richard  Strauss, Puccini) straddle the romantic / 
           modernist line in the early 20th century.  Works by the Early Romantics (Schubert, Schumann, 
           Berlioz, Liszt, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Weber, and Alkan) are in larger fonts.

 Piano Concertos

  1. Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 20  (proto-romantic)
  2. Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 2  
  3. Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2  
  4. Grieg - Piano Concerto  "Norwegian"  
  5. Schumann - Piano Concerto 
  6. Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5  "Emperor"
  9. Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 4 
13. Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 3  
14. Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1  
19. Brahms - Piano Concerto No. 1  
21. Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
23. Chopin - Piano Concerto No. 2  
26. Saint-Saëns - Piano Concerto No. 2
29. Mendelssohn - Piano Concerto No. 1
32. de Falla - Noches en los Jardines de España  (Nights in the Gardens of Spain)
34. Chopin - Piano Concerto No. 1
45. Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 1



Solo Piano Works:
 
 4. Chopin - 24 Preludes, Op. 28
 6. Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 21, D. 960
 8. Chopin - Ballade No. 4, Op. 52
 9. Schumann - Fantasie in C major, Op. 17

10. Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition  (1874)  Equally famous orchestra version by Maurice Ravel (1922)
15. Chopin - Études, Op. 10
16. Liszt - Piano Sonata, S. 178
18. Schubert - Four Impromptus, D. 899
19. Chopin - Études, Op. 25
20. Schumann - Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6
22. Schumann - Kreisleriana, Op. 16
23. Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 20, D. 959

31. Albéniz - Iberia
34. Schumann - Carnaval, Op. 9
35. Mendelssohn - Lieder ohne Worte  (Songs without Words)
36. Schumann - Études Symphoniques, Op. 13

39. Brahms - Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 35
41. Chopin - Ballade No. 1, Op. 23
43. Chopin - Nocturnes, Op. 9
46. Schumann - Kinderszenen, Op. 15

47. Brahms - Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118
48. Schubert - Wanderer Fantasy, D. 760
52. Chopin - Nocturnes, Op. 27
53. Chopin - Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 35

56. Fauré - Nocturnes
59. Busoni - Fantasia Contrappuntistica, BV 256
60. Brahms - Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24
61. Grieg - Lyric Pieces
62. Schubert - Four Impromptus, D. 935
64. Schumann - Grand Sonata No. 3, Op. 14 "Concerto Without Orchestra"
67. Chopin - Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 58
68. Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, S.244/2
69. Liszt - Années de pèlerinage
72. Schubert - Six Moments Musicaux, D. 780
73. Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 19, D. 958

76. Brahms - Four Pieces for piano, Op. 119
78. Liszt - Études d'exécution transcendante, S. 139
80. Chopin - Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60

83. Rachmaninoff - Ten Preludes, Op. 23
87. Schumann - Papillons, Op. 2
88. Alkan - Douze études dans tous les tons mineurs (Studies in all 12 minor keys), Op. 39
95. Brahms - Seven Fantasias, Op. 116
97. Schumann - Grand Sonata No. 1, Op. 11
98. Medtner - Sonata Reminiscenza, Op. 38/1
101. Chopin - Polonaises, Op. 40
103. Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 18, D. 894
104. Chopin - Mazurkas, Op. 56
105. Chopin - Ballade No. 3, Op. 47

108. Granados - Goyescas, Op. 11
111. Rachmaninoff - Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 33
112. Brahms - Three Intermezzi, Op. 117
114. Schubert - Drei Klavierstücke (Three piano pieces), D. 946
115. Brahms - Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 5
116. Chopin - Fantaisie-Impromptu, Op. posth. 66
117. Schumann - Fantasiestücke, Op. 12
118. Brahms - Two Rhapsodies, Op. 79
119. Liszt - Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S.173
123. Chopin - Polonaise in A flat major, Op. 53 "Heroic"
125. Schumann - Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 22
127. Chopin - Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante, Op. 22
128. Alkan - Grande Sonate "Les quatre âges", Op. 33

129. Weber - Aufforderung zum Tanz, Op. 65
132. Chopin - Scherzo No. 2, Op. 31
133. Mendelssohn - Variations sérieuses, Op. 54

135. Rachmaninoff - Études-tableaux, Op. 39
137. Rachmaninoff - Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3
138. Rachmaninoff - Thirteen Preludes, Op. 32
139. Grieg - Ballade in the Form of Variations on a Norwegian Folk Song, Op. 24
141. Schumann - Waldszenen, Op. 82
142. Rachmaninoff - Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 36
143. Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 13, D. 664
147. Tchaikovsky - Les Saisons, Op. 37
150. Liszt - Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514
155. Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 6, D. 566
158. Chopin - Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49
159. Schumann - Album für die Jugend, Op. 68

162. Dvořák - Humoresques, Op. 101
163. Chopin - Nocturnes, Op. 48
166. Brahms - Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 1
168. Albéniz - Suite española, Op. 47
171. Chopin - Scherzo No. 3, Op. 39
173. Franck - Prelude, Chorale, and Fugue
174. Dukas - Piano Sonata


Piano Trios (Chamber Music):

3. Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90 / B. 166, "Dumky"
4. Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8
6. Schubert: Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat major, D. 929
8. Schubert: Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat major, D. 898
9. Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49
11. Schumann: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 63
12. Fauré: Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120
13. Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
15. Brahms: Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101
17. Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
21. Smetana: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 15
22. Arensky: Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32
23. Brahms: Trio for horn, violin and piano in E-flat major, Op. 40
24. Rachmaninov: Trio élégiaque No. 2 in D minor, Op. 9
25. Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65 / B. 130
26. Brahms: Trio for clarinet, cello and piano in A minor, Op. 114
27. Chausson: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 3
29. Schubert: Notturno, D. 897
30. Brahms: Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87
34. Schumann: Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor, Op. 110
37. Saint-Saëns: Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 92
39. Rachmaninov: Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor
40. Schumann (Wieck), Clara: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17
42. Schumann: Piano Trio No. 2 in F major, Op. 80
45. Bruch: Eight Pieces for clarinet, viola, and piano, Op. 83
47. Saint-Saëns: Piano Trio No. 1 in F Major Op. 18
53. Franck: Piano Trio in F-sharp minor, Op. 1/1
59. Chopin: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 8
63. Schumann: Märchenerzählungen, for clarinet, viola and piano, Op. 132
68. Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 2 in G minor, Op. 26 / B. 56
72. Alkan: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 30
74. Lalo: Piano Trio No. 3 in A minor, Op. 26
75. Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 88
76. Pierné: Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 45
77. Weber: Trio for flute, cello and piano, Op. 63
80. Beach: Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 150
86. Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 21 / B. 51
87. Granados: Piano Trio in C Major, Op. 50
90. Glinka: Trio Pathétique in D minor, for clarinet, piano and bassoon
91. Borodin: Piano Trio in D major
94. Reger: Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 102
105. Hensel (Mendelssohn), Fanny: Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11


Piano Quartets & Quintets (Chamber Music):

 1. Schubert: Piano Quintet in A "Trout"
 3. Schumann: Piano Quintet in E flat

 4. Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor
 6. Dvořák: Piano Quintet No. 2 in A
13. Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat
16. Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor
19. Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor
23. Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor
27. Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 2 in A
29. Dvořák: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E
33. Fauré: Piano Quintet No. 1 in D minor
35. Elgar: Piano Quintet in A minor
39. Franck: Piano Quintet in F minor
43. Taneyev: Piano Quintet in G minor

Violin, Cello & Clarinet Sonatas:

  1. Brahms                -  Cello Sonata No. 1
  3. Franck                 -  Violin Sonata
  4. Brahms                -  Violin Sonata No. 1
  9. Brahms                -  Clarinet Sonata No. 2
10. Brahms                -  Violin Sonata No. 2
12. Schubert           -  Arpeggione Sonata
15. Fauré                   -  Élégie For Cello And Piano
17. Brahms                -  Clarinet Sonata No. 1
21. Brahms                -  Cello Sonata No. 2
39. Dvořák                -  Romantic Pieces For Violin And Piano
40. Grieg                   -  Cello Sonata



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