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Greatest Classical Music Piano
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Criteria: Classical Piano and Organ Works are ranked for their innovation and influence, as well as their aesthetic importance, historical significance and lasting popularity.
Edited By: Brian
Last Updated: 2025-03-27 |
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Greatest Solo Keyboard Works
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1. Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor "Appassionata" - Ludwig van Beethoven
2. Well Tempered Clavier - Johann Sebastian Bach
3. Goldberg Variations - Johann Sebastian Bach
4. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor "Moonlight" - Ludwig van Beethoven
5. Piano Sonata in B minor - Franz Liszt
6. Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major - Franz Schubert
7. 24 Preludes - Frederic Chopin
8. Préludes, Book 1 - Claude Debussy
9. Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major "Heroic" - Frederic Chopin
10. Pictures at an Exhibition - Modest Mussorgsky
11. Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor - Ludwig van Beethoven
12. Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major "Waldstein" - Ludwig van Beethoven
13. Fantasy in C major "Wanderer" - Franz Schubert
14. Ballade No. 1 in G minor - Frederic Chopin
15. Carnaval - Robert Schumann
16. Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major "Hammerklavier" - Ludwig van Beethoven
17. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor - Frederic Chopin
18. Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor "Pathetique" - Ludwig van Beethoven
19. Préludes, Book 2 - Claude Debussy
20. Gaspard de la Nuit - Maurice Ravel
21. Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13 - Robert Schumann
22. Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major - Franz Schubert
23. Impromptus, D899 - Franz Schubert
24. Kinderszenen - Robert Schumann
25. Gymnopédies - Erik Satie
26. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
27. Iberia - Isaac Albeniz
28. Four Pieces for Piano, Op. 119 - Johannes Brahms
29. Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118 - Johannes Brahms
30. Intermezzi - Johannes Brahms
31. 24 Etudes - Frederic Chopin
32. Kleisleriana - Robert Schumann
33. Impromptus, D935 - Franz Schubert
34. Pavane pour une Infante Défunte - Maurice Ravel
35. Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major - Ludwig van Beethoven
36. Phantasie in C major - Robert Schumann
37. Seven Fantasias - Johannes Brahms
38. Goyescas - Enrique Granados
39. Variations on a Theme by Paganani - Johannes Brahms
40. Fantasia in C minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
41. Ballade No. 4 in F minor - Frederic Chopin
42. Ballade No. 3 in A flat major - Frederic Chopin
43. Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat "Les Adieux" - Ludwig van Beethoven
44. Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel in B flat major - Johannes Brahms
45. Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 - Frederic Chopin
46. Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor - Frederic Chopin
47. Hungarian Rhapsodies - Franz Liszt
48. Songs without Words for Piano - Felix Mendelssohn
49. Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major - Serge Prokofiev
50. Piano Sonata No. 5 in D sharp minor - Alexander Scriabin
51. Piano Sonata No. 19 in C minor - Franz Schubert
52. Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major - Ludwig van Beethoven
53. Piano Sonata No. 2 "Concord, Mass." - Charles Ives
54. Fantasie for Piano in F minor/A flat major - Frederic Chopin
55. Le Tombeau de Couperin - Maurice Ravel
56. Thirteen Preludes, Op. 32 - Sergei Rachmaninoff
57. Ten Preludes, Op. 23 - Sergei Rachmaninoff
58. Prelude, Chorale and Fugue - César Franck
59. Suite Bergamasque - Claude Debussy
60. Estampes - Claude Debussy
61. Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 3, No. 2 - Sergei Rachmaninoff
62. Keyboard Sonata No. 62 in E flat major - Joseph Haydn
63. Transcendental Etudes - Franz Liszt
64. Children's Corner - Claude Debussy
65. Lyric Pieces - Edvard Grieg
66. Italian Concerto - Johann Sebastian Bach
67. Barcarolle in F sharp major - Frederic Chopin
68. Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
69. Valses Nobles et Sentimentales - Maurice Ravel
70. Annees de Pelerinage - Franz Liszt
71. Islamey - Mily Balakirev
72. Images for Piano - Claude Debussy
73. Polonaise No. 3 in A major "Military" - Frederic Chopin
74. Mephisto Waltz No. 1 - Franz Liszt
75. Piano Sonata No. 9 in F major "Black Mass" - Alexander Scriabin
76. Piano Variations - Aaron Copland
77. Five Piano Pieces - Arnold Schoenberg
78. Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli - Ludwig van Beethoven
79. Piano Sonata No. 18 in G major - Franz Schubert
80. Jeux D'eau - Maurice Ravel
81. Grande Valse Brillante in E flat major, Op. 18 - Frederic Chopin
82. Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
83. Moments Musicaux - Franz Schubert
84. Partita No. 1 in B flat major - Johann Sebastian Bach
85. Nocturne in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2 - Frederic Chopin
86. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
87. Piano Sonata No. 13 in A major - Franz Schubert
88. Variations Sérieuses in D minor - Felix Mendelssohn
89. Rhapsodies, Op. 79 - Johannes Brahms
90. Fantasiestucke - Robert Schumann
91. Petrouchka, three movements for piano - Igor Stravinsky
92. Nocturnes - Gabriel Fauré
93. Andante and Rondo Capriccioso - Felix Mendelssohn
94. Fantaisie Impromptu - Frederic Chopin
95. Invitation to the Dance - Carl Maria von Weber
96. Preludes and Fugues for Piano, Op. 87 - Dmitri Shostakovitch
97. Liebesträume No. 3 - Franz Liszt
98. Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor - Johann Sebastian Bach
99. Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor - Frederic Chopin
100. Suite Española - Isaac Albeniz
101. Suite for Harpsichord No. 5 in E major "The Harmonious Blacksmith" - George Frideric Handel
102. Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor - Johannes Brahms
103. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor - Sergei Rachmaninoff
104. Waltz in C sharp minor, Op. 64, No. 2 - Frederic Chopin
105. Miroirs - Maurice Ravel
106. Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major - Serge Prokofiev
107. Three Piano Pieces - Arnold Schoenberg
108. Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 1 - Frederic Chopin
109. Etude in D sharp minor, Op. 8 No. 12 - Alexander Scriabin
110. Les Saisons - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
111. Harpsichord Sonata in E major, K380 "Cortege" - Domenico Scarlatti
112. "Minute" Waltz in D flat major, Op. 64, No. 1 - Frederic Chopin
113. Piano Sonata No. 8 in B flat major - Serge Prokofiev
114. Arabesques - Claude Debussy
115. Sonatine - Maurice Ravel
116. Three Etudes de Concert, S.144 - Franz Liszt
117. Preludes for Piano - George Gershwin
118. Etude in C sharp minor, Op. 2 No. 1 - Alexander Scriabin
119. Berceuse in D flat major - Frederic Chopin
120. Andante Spianato et Grand Polonaise Brillante in E flat - Frederic Chopin
121. Piano Sonata in E flat minor - Samuel Barber
122. Piano Sonata No. 10 - Alexander Scriabin
123. Mouvements Perpetuels - Francis Poulenc
124. Piano Sonata No. 2 - Pierre Boulez
125. Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor "Tempest" - Ludwig van Beethoven
126. Consolation No. 3 in D flat major - Franz Liszt
127. Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor - Frederic Chopin
128. Vingt Regards sur l'enfant Jesus - Olivier Messiaen
129. Arabeske in C major - Robert Schumann
130. Sports et Divertissements - Erik Satie
131. Piano Sonata No. 8 - Alexander Scriabin
132. L'isle Joyeuse - Claude Debussy
133. Fur Elise - Ludwig van Beethoven
134. Harpsichord Sonata in D minor, K9 "Pastorale" - Domenico Scarlatti
135. Etudes - Claude Debussy
136. Piano Sonata No. 28 in A major - Ludwig van Beethoven
137. Scherzo No. 1 in B minor - Frederic Chopin
138. Piano Sonata in F sharp minor - Charles Griffes
139. Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major "Sonata semplice" - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
140. Romanian Folk Dances, Sz.56 - Béla Bartók
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Johannes Brahms
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The Greatest Organ Works
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1. Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV565 - Johann Sebastian Bach
2. Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV542 - Johann Sebastian Bach
3. Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C major, BWV564 - Johann Sebastian Bach
4. Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor, BWV582 - Johann Sebastian Bach
5. Prelude & Fugue on B-A-C-H, S. 260 - Franz Liszt
6. Chorale No. 2 in B minor, Op. 39 - César Franck
7. Chorale No. 3 in A minor, Op. 40 - César Franck
8. Fantasia & Fugue on Ad nos, ad salutarem, S. 259 - Franz Liszt
9. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV645 - Johann Sebastian Bach
10. Organ Sonata in F minor/major, Op. 65 No. 1 - Felix Mendelssohn
11. Variations on America - Charles Ives
12. Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV532 - Johann Sebastian Bach
13. Pièce Héroïque in B minor, Op.37 - César Franck
14. Passacaglia in D minor, Bx161 - Dieterich Buxtehude
15. L'Ascension - Olivier Messiaen
16. Fugue in G minor "Little", BWV578 - Johann Sebastian Bach
17. Fantaisie No. 1 in E flat major - Camille Saint-Saëns
18. Toccata and Fugue in D minor "Dorian", BWV538 - Johann Sebastian Bach
19. Prelude, Fugue & Variation in B minor, Op. 18 - César Franck
20. Litanies, Op. 79 - Jehan Alain
21. Grand Pièce Symphonique in F sharp minor, Op.17 - César Franck
22. Prelude and Fugue in E flat major "St. Anne", BWV552 - Johann Sebastian Bach
23. Symphony for Organ No. 6 in G minor, Op. 42 No. 2 - Charles-Marie Widor
24. La Nativité Seigneur - Olivier Messiaen
25. Organ Sonata in D minor/major, Op. 65 No. 6 - Felix Mendelssohn
26. Organ Sonata in A major, Op. 65 No. 3 - Felix Mendelssohn
27. Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV543 - Johann Sebastian Bach
28. Prière in C sharp minor, Op 20 - César Franck
29. Finale for Organ in B flat major, Op. 21 - César Franck
30. Toccata & Fugue in F major, BWV540 - Johann Sebastian Bach
31. Symphony No. 3 for Organ in F sharp minor, Op. 28 - Louis Vierne
32. Fantasia & Fugue on B-A-C-H, Op. 46 - Max Reger
33. Trio Sonata No. 5 in C major, BWV529 - Johann Sebastian Bach
34. Livre d'Orgue - Olivier Messiaen
35. Trio Sonata No. 1 in E flat major, BWV525 - Johann Sebastian Bach
36. Prelude & Fugue in D Major, Bx139 - Dieterich Buxtehude
37. 3 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 7 - Marcel Dupré
38. Trio Sonata No. 3 in D minor, BWV527 - Johann Sebastian Bach
39. Adagio and Allegro for Mechanical Organ in F minor, K594 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
40. Symphony No. 5 in F minor, Op. 42 No. 1 - Charles-Marie Widor
41. Prelude and Fugue in E minor "Wedge", BWV548 - Johann Sebastian Bach
42. Toccata in E minor, T. 240 - Johann Pachelbel
43. Chaconne in F minor, T. 206 - Johann Pachelbel
44. Apparition de l'Église Éternelle - Olivier Messiaen
45. Symphony No. 1 for Organ in D minor, Op. 14 - Louis Vierne
46. Fantasia & Fugue in D minor, Op. 135b - Max Reger
47. Chaconne in E minor, Bx160 - Dieterich Buxtehude
48. Chorale prelude in G major "In dulci jubilo", Bx197 - Dieterich Buxtehude
49. Variations sur un Thème de Clément Janequin - Jehan Alain
50. Piece Fantaisie in A major, Op. 35 - César Franck
51. Pastorale in F major, BWV590 - Johann Sebastian Bach
52. Fantasia for Mechanical Organ in F minor, K608 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
53. Organ Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 28 - Edward Elgar
54. 3 Toccatas for the Elevation of the Host from 'Fiori Musicali', Op.12 - Girolamo Frescobaldi
55. Prelude and Fugue in E minor No. 2 - Arthur Bruhns
56. Nun danket alle Gott, Op. 65 No. 59 - Sigfrid Karg-Elert
57. Pastorale in E major, Op. 19 - César Franck
58. Fugue in A flat minor - Johannes Brahms
59. Variations for Organ on "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen", S. 673 - Franz Liszt
60. Prelude and Fugue in G minor - Johannes Brahms
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The Greatest Composers for Piano
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1. Frederic Chopin
2. Ludwig van Beethoven
3. Franz Schubert
4. Robert Schumann
5. Johannes Brahms
6. Franz Liszt
7. Claude Debussy
8. Maurice Ravel
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9. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
10. Sergei Rachmaninoff
11. Alexander Scriabin
12. Felix Mendelssohn
13. Serge Prokofiev
14. Isaac Albeniz
15. Erik Satie
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The Greatest Composers for Organ
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1. Johann Sebastian Bach
2. César Franck
3. Olivier Messiaen
4. Franz Liszt
5. Felix Mendelssohn
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6. Dieterich Buxtehude
7. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
8. Johannes Brahms
9. Charles-Marie Widor
10. Jehan Alain
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