r/piano • u/Ok_Appearance_8724 • 19h ago
🧑🏫Question/Help (Intermed./Advanced) Recommendations for romantic pieces, lyrical slow pieces if best
My teacher keeps saying to learn a romantic piece ( lyrical and cantabile).
I played beethoven pathetique sonata full ( perfecting 1st mov.), sonata no25 op79, bach prelude fugue no6, no2(except fugue), czerny etude op740 no16, and flight of the bumblebee. My teacher says I am fully capable of playing un sospiro, moment musicaux no.4, chopin nocturne op.48 no.1.
The thing is that I don't want to learn nocturne op48 no1 because it is not too catchy for me and I don't "feel" it. The notes seem kind of non pattern, unlike sonatas which I played. I like un sospiro but seems too long for me because I don't like too much slow pieces. He also suggested me some easier chopin nocturnes, like op9 no 1 but I feel that wouldn't push much to my musical or technical limits.
Are there any interesting, or nice slow romantic era pieces which are not too long ( less than 5 minutes). I'm asking this because my teacher is also thinking about other pieces, because I said Im not interested. Thanks.
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u/srodrigoDev 19h ago
Un sospiro slow?
You could try some Brahms intermezzo or some of the pieces in the op. 116-119. Or Liszt consolations
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u/jiang1lin Concert/Recording Pianist (Verified) 18h ago
Rachmaninov op. 16/4 supposedly is also slow 😅
(while I would not even cosider No. 1 being slow)2
u/srodrigoDev 15h ago
Yeah, doesn't sound slow to me 😄
Talking about slow, I started Vallee' d'Obermann this week, and I was surprised that it says Lento. It sounds to me like an Andante at least on most recordings. I was a bit confused.
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u/skibidi-toaleta-2137 18h ago
I know shit, but Satie is your friend when it comes to slower, melancholic pieces
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u/Dry_Yogurtcloset1962 18h ago
Are you specifically looking for slow? Because that generally wouldn't push your technical limits. For real lyricism I could recommend Rachmaninoff elegy, or Schubert Gb major impromptu.
If you actually want something with a few more technical challenges how about Liszt Petrarch sonnet 104?
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u/millenniumpianist 17h ago
How about Chopin's Op 10 No 3 etude? It's lyrical but has a technically challenging middle section. There's some phrasing challenges as well.
Although I'm offended by your opinion on 48/1
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u/thatTerribletoto 15h ago
Sounds like you might be looking for something a bit more obscure? Mompu isn't very well known, not Romantic era either, but wrote some incredibly beautiful music. You could learn one of the Cancion y Danza. Numbers 7 and 9 are two of my favorite pieces.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZeLaY3Vp54
Liadov's Barcarolle comes in just under 5 minutes too. Your teacher might be disappointed if you learn this before Chopin's though.
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u/Murky_Panda_1568 14h ago
Tchaikovsky’s October? It my obsession right now.
I also like Liszt Consolations No.2 and 3.
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u/Patient_Lecture_7385 9h ago
pavanne for a dead princess by ravel and elegy by rachmaninoff (banger of a middle section) are some things i highly suggest! these were big crowd winners when i was younger
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u/GardenGeek21st Amateur (5–10 years), Classical 19h ago
The girl with the flaxen hair - Debussy
Prefer this piece of clair de lune tbh
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u/LeatherSteak Devotee (11+ years), Classical 19h ago
Scriabin 12/2.
Have you ever attempted one of these pieces someone recommended you?