Tell us about your favourite and least- favourite classical piano pieces, whether solo or accompanied.

[WildRosie]

My favourites are Gymnopedies 1 and 2 by Erik Satie. I'm just below Grade 2 piano and I hope to learn these two tunes in the fullness of time. Just now I'm learning a simplified Liebestraum by Lizst - I admit I'm not keen on the tune but it's a part of the overall learning process so I need to persevere. Above all, I really want to avoid Fur Elise by Beethoven. It's just too cliched!
Of course, my lovely piano teacher might have other ideas.

The only orchestral and piano music I know well are the ever-popular concerto 21 movements 1 and 2 by Mozart. I expect the second is rather easier to play than the first.

I Don’t think there’s any I don’t like! Favorites would be maybe Ludovico einaudi, arvo pärt, Keith Jarrett’s köln and Paris concerts 😍😍😍

I got to Grade 6 level when I was 14 and played lots of Chopin Waltz's, Mendelsohn, Beethoven etc. Learned Fur Elise at 10. Fun pieces I learned included The Entertainer (Scott Joplin) which I played in a school concert aged 12 and wowed everyone apparently . Wish I could play it now! This year I learned to play 'River Flows in You' by Yiruma - its beautiful. I would love to be someone who could play fun songs and tunes by ear but unfortunately need music and lots of practise to play anything at all.

I never knew Keith Jarrett had a classical side; I always associated him with jazz.

When I played the violin at school forty-one years ago, I played exclusively by ear as I couldn't read a note of music. I got away with that for five years before packing it in. Now, I am learning to read music but it's a slow process. On the other hand, I can't play simple tunes without it in front of me. Put Your Hands Up by Ryuichi Sakamoto is another piece I like and would like to learn but I think it's beyond my grade for now.

Goldberg variations by Bach will I’m sure be my all time favourite.

Used to enjoy Einaudi but have gone of him and music of that ilk over the last few years.

I think the line between contemporary classical and out-there jazz is quite a fine one...

If you're after full orchestral, Schumann's piano concerto is pretty good, as these things go

Rhapsody in Blue
Moonlight Sonata
Goldberg Variations

and, a niche one,
Petits Litanies de Jesus

Like PP Rhapsody in Blue, and the aria from Goldberg variations.
DM adores Rachmaninov 2nd piano concerto and I do like that a lot but is a bit intense for me.

For playing, it's got to be The Heart Asks Pleasure First from the Piano by Michael Nyman. Though it's been a long time since I could play that well.
Bach's first prelude, love that. Simple but lovely.

I have a soft spot for Mozart piano sonata 16 in c major as I played it a lot when I was learning as a child.

Tchaikovsky piano concerto No. 1

I know Rhapsody in Blue well, a curious blend of jazz and classical. I saw Dudley Moore perform it live with the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Manchester GMex in 1992. Outstanding. The other tunes on here I don't recognise by name but I probably know them if I heard them.

The Myra Hess arrangement of Joy of Man's Desiring is nice.

Yes, Yiruma's River Flows in You is lovely