Best Solo Keyboard Works (piano sonatas, etc)

 The TC Top 200 Recommended Solo Keyboard Works

1. Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 846–893

2. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 29, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"

3. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 32, Op. 111

4. Chopin - 24 Preludes, Op. 28

5. Bach - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

6. Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 21, D. 960

7. Ravel - Gaspard de la Nuit

8. Chopin - Ballade No. 4, Op. 52

9. Schumann - Fantasie in C major, Op. 17

10. Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition

11. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 23, Op. 57 "Appassionata"

12. Debussy - Préludes, Books 1 & 2

13. Bach - Partitas, BWV 825–830

14. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 30, Op. 109

15. Chopin - Études, Op. 10

16. Liszt - Piano Sonata, S. 178

17. Shostakovich - 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87

18. Schubert - Four Impromptus, D. 899

19. Chopin - Études, Op. 25

20. Schumann - Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6

21. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 21, Op. 53 "Waldstein"

22. Schumann - Kreisleriana, Op. 16

23. Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 20, D. 959

24. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 31, Op. 110

25. Prokofiev - Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 83 "Stalingrad"

26. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 13 "Pathétique"

27. Ravel - Miroirs

28. Bach - English Suites, BWV 806-811

29. Beethoven - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120

30. Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte

31. Albéniz - Iberia

32. Mozart - Piano Sonata No. 14, K. 457

33. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 14, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"

34. Schumann - Carnaval, Op. 9

35. Mendelssohn - Lieder ohne Worte

36. Schumann - Études Symphoniques, Op. 13

37. Prokofiev - Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 82

38. Scriabin - Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 53

39. Brahms - Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 35

40. Debussy - Children's Corner, L. 113

41. Chopin - Ballade No. 1, Op. 23

42. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 28, Op. 101

43. Chopin - Nocturnes, Op. 9

44. Bach - French Suites, BWV 812-817

45. Medtner - Sonata Romantica, Op. 53/1

46. Schumann - Kinderszenen, Op. 15

47. Brahms - Six Pieces for piano, Op. 118

48. Schubert - Wanderer Fantasy, D. 760

49. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 26, Op. 81a "Les Adieux"

50. Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonata in E Major, K. 380 "Cortège"

51. Debussy - Images pour piano, Sets 1 & 2

52. Chopin - Nocturnes, Op. 27

53. Chopin - Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 35

54. Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin

55. Haydn - Piano Sonata No. 62, Hob. XVI/52

56. Fauré - Nocturnes

57. Bach - Italian Concerto, BWV 971

58. Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonata in E minor, K. 402

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

63. Bach - Toccata in C minor, BWV 911

64. Schumann - Grand Sonata No. 3, Op. 14 "Concerto Without Orchestra"

65. Ligeti - Études, Books 1-3

66. Satie - Gymnopédies

67. Chopin - Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 58

68. Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, S.244/2

69. Liszt - Années de pèlerinage

70. Tveitt - 50 Folk Tunes from Hardanger, Op. 150

71. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 27, Op. 90

72. Schubert - Six Moments Musicaux, D. 780

73. Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 19, D. 958

74. Bach - Overture in the French Style, BWV 831

75. Debussy - Suite Bergamesque, L. 75

76. Brahms - Four Pieces for piano, Op. 119

77. Messiaen - Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus

78. Liszt - Études d'exécution transcendante, S. 139

79. Schoenberg - Drei Klavierstücke, Op. 11

80. Chopin - Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60

81. Debussy - Estampes, L. 100

82. Mozart - Prelude and Fugue in C major, K. 394

83. Rachmaninoff - Ten Preludes, Op. 23

84. Prokofiev - Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 84

85. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 17, Op. 31/2 "The Tempest"

86. Ravel - Sonatine

87. Schumann - Papillons, Op. 2

88. Alkan - Douze études dans tous les tons mineurs, Op. 39

89. Ravel - Jeux d'eau

90. Rameau - Pièces de Clavecin

91. Bach - Inventions and Sinfonias, BWV 772–801

92. Bach - Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 903

93. Ives - Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 19 "Concord, Mass., 1840-60"

94. Berg - Piano Sonata, Op. 1

95. Brahms - Seven Fantasias, Op. 116

96. Mozart - Piano Sonata No. 11, K. 331

97. Schumann - Grand Sonata No. 1, Op. 11

98. Medtner - Sonata Reminiscenza, Op. 38/1

99. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 15, Op. 28 "Pastorale"

100. Janáček - On an Overgrown Path, JW 8/17

101. Chopin - Polonaises, Op. 40

102. Scriabin - Piano Sonata No. 10, Op. 70

103. Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 18, D. 894

104. Chopin - Mazurkas, Op. 56

105. Chopin - Ballade No. 3, Op. 47

106. Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonata in F minor, K. 466

107. Beethoven - 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80

108. Granados - Goyescas, Op. 11

109. Hummel - Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 81

110. Dutilleux - Piano Sonata, Op. 1

111. Rachmaninoff - Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 33

112. Brahms - Three Intermezzi, Op. 117

113. Medtner - Skazki

114. Schubert - Drei Klavierstücke, 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

120. Beethoven - Bagatelles, Op. 126

121. Scriabin - Vers la flamme, Op. 72

122. Bach - Toccata in E minor, BWV 914

123. Chopin - Polonaise in A flat major, Op. 53 "Heroic"

124. Haydn - Piano Sonata No. 60, Hob. XVI/50

125. Schumann - Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 22

126. Handel - Harpsichord Suite No. 5, HWV 430 "The Harmonious Blacksmith"

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

130. Rodrigo - Cuatro Piezas para piano

131. Debussy - Rêverie, L. 68

132. Chopin - Scherzo No. 2, Op. 31

133. Mendelssohn - Variations sérieuses, Op. 54

134. Mozart - Fantasia in D minor, K. 397

135. Rachmaninoff - Études-tableaux, Op. 39

136. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 24, Op. 78 "À Thérèse"

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

140. Sorabji - Opus clavicembalisticum

141. Schumann - Waldszenen, Op. 82

142. Rachmaninoff - Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 36

143. Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 13, D. 664

144. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 18, Op. 31/3

145. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 13, Op. 27/1 "Quasi una fantasia"

146. Beethoven - Eroica Variations, Op. 35

147. Tchaikovsky - Les Saisons, Op. 37

148. Barber - Piano Sonata, Op. 26

149. Liebermann - Gargoyles, Op. 29

150. Liszt - Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514

151. Bach - Toccata in F sharp minor, BWV 910

152. Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K. 9 "Pastorale"

153. Mozart - Fantasia in C minor, K. 475

154. Villa-Lobos - Rudepoêma, W. 184

155. Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 6, D. 566

156. Mozart - Piano Sonata No. 8, K. 310

157. Haydn - Piano Sonata No. 59, Hob. XVI/49

158. Chopin - Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49

159. Schumann - Album für die Jugend, Op. 68

160. Lutosławski - Piano Sonata

161. Haydn - Andante with variations in F minor, Hob. XVII/6

162. Dvořák - Humoresques, Op. 101

163. Chopin - Nocturnes, Op. 48

164. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 12, Op. 26

165. Bartók - Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56

166. Brahms - Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 1

167. Cage - Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano

168. Albéniz - Suite española, Op. 47

169. Haydn - Piano Sonata No. 33, Hob. XVI/20

170. Boulez - Piano Sonata No. 2

171. Chopin - Scherzo No. 3, Op. 39

172. Bach - Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV 944

173. Franck - Prelude, Chorale, and Fugue

174. Dukas - Piano Sonata

175. Chopin - Ballade No. 2, Op. 38

176. Medtner - Piano Sonata in G minor, Op. 22

177. Schumann - Humoreske, Op. 20

178. Beethoven - Six variations on a theme in F major, Op. 34

179. Ginastera - Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2

180. Satie - Sports et Divertissements

181. Debussy - Deux Arabesques, L. 66

182. Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 14, D. 784

183. Bach - Toccata in D minor, BWV 913

184. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 10/3

185. Liszt - Liebesträume, S. 541

186. Chopin - Berceuse, Op. 57

187. Mozart - Rondo in A minor, K. 511

188. Frescobaldi - Il secondo libro di toccate

189. Clementi - Piano Sonata in B minor, Op. 40/2

190. Liszt - Réminiscences de Don Juan, S. 418

191. Rachmaninoff - Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22

192. Brahms - Eight Pieces for piano, Op. 76

193. Schumann - Novelletten, Op. 21

194. Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonata in G Major, K. 455

195. Bach - Toccata in G Major, BWV 916

196. Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 16, D. 845

197. Prokofiev - Visions Fugitives, Op. 22

198. Byrd - My Ladye Nevells Booke

199. Medtner - Theme and Variations, Op. 55

200. Liszt - Trois études de concert, S. 144


*Bach's Art of Fugue was not included because of the uncertainty of whether or not it was intended for keyboard. 


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