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Rebikov V.

The music box

Appear better known as "Musical Snuffbox" - perhaps this YouTube clip: https://youtu.be/t_tHcJGWrZI?si=sDnBpyzUf86HjsZC?

Liszt F.

Album Leaf S 164k - Moderato in Db Major

suggest this YouTube link: https://youtu.be/3ryVK7TQuMo?si=CeBiKWc0Zd3YE2eU

Liszt F.

Album Leaf S 164a - Vienna

suggested YouTube link: https://youtu.be/H_HZ96P6PAA?si=N33hjVZWKk-QWNir

Liszt F.

Album Leaf S 163c - Pressburg

Would suggest adding this link: https://youtu.be/UbnEOhW9nnw?si=4jTv31XZ4RLJhao6

Respighi O.

Notturno No 1

Suggested grade

9

Satie E.

Gymnopedie No 1

Suggested grade

5

Chopin F.

Polonaise - op 71 no 1 in D minor

Suggested grade

10

Prokofiev S.

Toccata in D minor Op 11

Suggested grade

10

Beethoven L.

Sonata No 8 in C minor Op 13 Pathetique - mvt 1

Suggested grade

10

Liszt F.

Liebestraum - Nocturne no 3 Ab major S541

Suggested grade

10

Prokofiev S.

Ridicolosamente No 10 from Visions fugitives Op 22

Suggested grade

7

Chopin F.

Nocturne in Eb major Op 9 No 2

Suggested grade

8

Clementi M.

Sonatina in C major Op 36 No 1 mvt 2

Suggested grade

3

Satie E.

Gnossiennes No 1

Suggested grade

5

Rachmaninoff S.

Etude-tableau Op 33 No 7 Moderato in G minor

Suggested grade

10

Poulenc F.

Novelette No 3 in E minor sur un theme de Manuel de Falla

Entries merged - thanks

8

Bach C.P.E.

Sonata in E major Wq59/1 H281 - mvt 2 Solfeggietto

Link added - thanks

Mendelssohn F.

Lied ohne Worte Op 19 No 2

Suggested grade

8

Bach C.P.E.

Sonata in E major Wq59/1 H281 - mvt 2 Solfeggietto

Maybe this one ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6xlytK8FWg

Liszt F.

Six Paganini Studies No 3

Suggested grade

10

Tiersen Y.

La Valse d'Amelie (Amelie's Waltz)

Suggested grade

3

Einaudi L.

Una Mattina

Suggested grade

2

Keller O.

Sonatina in A minor

User Poll: avg = 6.3; median = 6

6

Kabalevsky D.

Sonatina No 18 from 30 Children's Pieces Op 27

Suggested grade

2

Beethoven L.

Sonata No 20 in G major Op 49 No 2 - mvt 1 Allegro ma non troppo

Suggested grade

6

Chopin F.

Nocturne in C# minor Op 27 No 1

Suggested grade

9

Bach C.P.E.

Solfeggio in C minor W 117/2 H 220

Suggested grade

4

Bonsor B.

Willie Wagglesticks Walkabout

Suggested grade

10

Poulenc F.

Novelette No 3 in E minor

Should be united with Novelette in E minor sur un theme de Manuel de Falla

8

Rameau J.-P.

The Indisctreet One no 5 Bb major

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6rwz8L_24w

Schubert F.

Impromptu No 2 in Eb major D899/Op90

Suggested grade

7

Chopin F.

Ballade No 4 in F minor Op 52

Suggested grade

10

Satie E.

Gnossiennes No 1

It is a really good piece for beginners to develop musical sense, the piece isn't challenging technically

Chopin F.

Waltz in A minor Op 34 No 2

Suggested grade

7

Chopin F.

Waltz in A minor Op 34 No 2

Suggested grade

8

Haydn J.

Sonata in Eb major Hob XVI:49

Suggested grade

9

Bach J.S.

Partita No 2 in C minor BWV 826 - mvt 6 Capriccio

At a reasonable speed it’s easily grade 10 level - in fact it’s often used as an encore to wow audiences, Argerich included and even she made a few errors.

9

Bach J.S.

Partita No 2 in C minor BWV 826 - mvt 6 Capriccio

Suggested grade

10

Bach J.S.

Partita No 2 in C minor BWV 826 - mvt 6 Capriccio

Suggested grade

9

Mendelssohn F.

Lost Illusions - op 67 no 2 in F# minor

To play at correct speed and with expressive articulation I’d go as far as grade 9 or 10. Yuja Wang recently performed it as an encore and demonstrates that.

8

Mendelssohn F.

Lost Illusions - op 67 no 2 in F# minor

Suggested grade

8

Mendelssohn F.

Lost Illusions - op 67 no 2 in F# minor

Suggested grade

8

Chopin F.

Etude in C major Op 10 No 1

Suggested grade

10

Chopin F.

Nocturne in E minor Op 72 No 1

Suggested grade

6

Mozart W.

Sonata in D major K 311

Suggested grade

10

Mozart W.

Sonata in F major K 332 - mvt 3 Allegro assai

Suggested grade

8

Liszt F.

Consolation No 3: Lento placido from Six Consolations S172

Suggested grade

10

Brahms J.

Waltz No 2 in E major Op 39

Suggested grade

7

Chopin F.

Nocturne in Eb major Op 9 No 2

Suggested grade

5

Rachmaninoff S.

Prelude No 2 from Morceaux de fantasie Op 3

Suggested grade

10

Chopin F.

Etude in Gb major Op 10 No 5

Suggested grade

10

Turk D.

Arioso in F major

Suggested grade

1

Bach J.S.

Prelude and Fugue No 1 in C major BWV 846

Suggested grade

5

Bach J.S.

English Suite No 2 in A minor BWV 807

Suggested grade

9

Bach J.S.

English Suite No 2 in A minor BWV 807

Suggested grade

10

Chopin F.

Waltz in A minor Op 34 No 2

Suggested grade

5

Liszt F.

Douze etudes d'Execution Transcendente No 8

Suggested grade

10

Granados E.

Escenas romanticas No 1 Mazurka

User Poll: avg = 5.7; median = 6

6

Cimarosa D.

Sonata in G major C34

Suggested grade

4

Hellbach D.

Am Flussufer

Suggested grade

2

Hisaishi J.

Reprise arr. Matsuo (Beginner version)

Suggested grade

3

Rachmaninoff S.

Prelude in D major No 4 from 10 preludes Op 23

Suggested grade

8

Chopin F.

Grand Valse Brillante in Eb major Op 18

Suggested grade

7

Tchaikovsky P.

April - Snowdrop - op 37 no 4 Bb major

Suggested grade

7

Bennett R.

Diversion No 2

Suggested grade

5

Liszt F.

Liebestraum - Nocturne no 3 Ab major S541

Suggested grade

10

Diabelli A.

Bagatelle in C major

Suggested grade

4

Chopin F.

Waltz in C# minor Op 64 No 2

Suggested grade

8

Rameau J.-P.

Les Tendres Plaintes (The Gentle Complaints) no 13 D minor

PS grade revised from 4 to 5 (Jan. '25)

5

Rameau J.-P.

Les Tendres Plaintes (The Gentle Complaints) no 13 D minor

Link fixed - thanks

Rameau J.-P.

Les sauvages (the savages) no 14 G minor

Link fixed - thanks

Clapton E.

Tears in heaven arr. Coates

Link fixed - thanks

Clapton E.

Tears in heaven arr. Coates

Link fixed - thanks

Henley D. and Frey G.

Desperado arr. Coates

Link fixed - thanks

Beethoven L.

Sonata No 8 in C minor Op 13 Pathetique - mvt 2 Adagio cantabile

Suggested grade

5

Chopin F.

Ballade No 4 in F minor Op 52

Suggested grade

10

Beethoven L.

Sonatina in G major Anh 5/1 - mvt 1 Moderato

Suggested grade

1

Schubert F.

Impromptu No 2 in Eb major D899/Op90

Suggested grade

10

Chausson E.

Paysage Op 38

User Poll: avg = 6.8; median = 6

6

Bach J.S.

Prelude & Fugue No 12 in F minor from WTC Book 2 BWV 881

Suggested grade

6

Chopin F.

Prelude in E minor Op 28 No 4

Suggested grade

5

Liszt F.

Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 S. 244/2

Suggested grade

10

Henley D. and Frey G.

Desperado arr. Coates

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFS6rYHeLkg

Clapton E.

Tears in heaven arr. Coates

music here : https://youtu.be/W7wYZ0ls9pA?si=C2nv9F7g48KQNtas

Ponce M.

Intermezzo No 1

Suggested grade

8

Rameau J.-P.

The Gentle Complaints no 13 D minor

Suggested grade

5

Rameau J.-P.

The happy lady

Suggested grade

5

Rameau J.-P.

The Savages no 14 G minor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC9VcfYKZ4U

6

Rameau J.-P.

The happy lady

Rameau: La joyeuse (Víkingur Ólafsson) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIqj7bwVlZ4

4

Rameau J.-P.

The Gentle Complaints no 13 D minor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOaulq6N0KE

4

Chopin F.

Etude in A minor Op 25 No 11

Suggested grade

10

Beach A.

A Hermit Thrush at Morn Op 92 No 2

Suggested grade

9

Bach J.S.

Prelude and Fugue No 2 in C minor WTC Book 1 BWV 847

Suggested grade

8

Mendelssohn F.

Prelude & Fugue - op 35 no 5 F minor

Suggested grade

7

Liszt F.

Etude in 12 Exercises - op 1 no 11 Db major S136

Suggested grade

10

Mompou F.

Pajaro triste (Sad Bird) Impresiones intimas No 5

Suggested grade

6

Rachmaninoff S.

Song Without Words - Lento in D minor

Suggested grade

6

Tchaikovsky P.

March - Song of the Lark - op 37 no 3 G minor

Suggested grade

5

Chopin F.

Etude in C major Op 10 No 1

Suggested grade

10

Debussy C.

Arabesque No 1 from Deux arabesques L 66

Suggested grade

10