Classical Keyboard Music List

This page is a list of some piano music i've listened, along with their midi files are collected here. This list is compiled in the early 1990s, and this webpage is created during 1997. I haven't updated it since. The original intention of compiling this list is for self study of classical music, and also a personal rating for each piece.

The composers are ordered by their birth year.

The midi files are either public domain, or the author has granted permission for public use. (however, later in this project of collecting midi files during 1998, i may have slacked. If a midi file is yours and you wish to be removed, please let me know.)

Keyboard Music Listing

1626 Louis Couperin

• L'Arlequine (★★★)
• Les Folies Francaises/les Dominos (★★?)
• L'Ame en Peine (the sorrowful soul) (★?)

1668 François Couperin

1668 to 1733 François Couperin. (nephew of Louis Couperin, best known for four books of harpsichord 1713 to 1730,The Art of Playing the Harpsichord, good expression of French Rococo style)

• Les Fastes de la grande et ancienne (5 pieces) - Mxnxstrxndxsx (★★★★)

1675? to 1741 Vivaldi

• The Four seasons—“Presto” from “Summer”. (⏳2:40) (★★★★)

1671 Tomaso Albinoni

• Adagio (1978?) (trumpet and organ. Sad) (★★★★)

1683 to 1764 Jean-Philippe Rameau

• Le appel des Oiseaux
• La dauphine ⏳4:21
• Menuets ⏳3:35
• La Cupis ⏳6:35
• La Liri ⏳2:28
• L'Entretien des Muses ⏳5:41
• Les Sauvages (savages) (★★★★) ⏳2:27
• L'Enharmonique ⏳4:45
• Les Cyclopes (★★★★)
• Suite (𝄞 A minor)
  • Allemande ⏳6:33
  • Courante ⏳3:22
  • Sarabande ⏳3:23
  • Les Trois Mains ⏳3:53
  • Fanfarinette ⏳2:53
  • La Triomphante ⏳1:40.
• Gavotte avec six doubles (★★★★)

1685 J S Bach

• Bach Music List

1685 to 1757 Domenico Scarlatti.

(famous for his approx. 555 sonatas)

• K191, (𝄞 D minor) (★)
• K203, L.380, (𝄞 E minor) (★)
• K208-9, in A (★★?)
• K234, L49 (𝄞 G minor) (★)1
• K337-8, L.sup.26/L87, (𝄞 G major) (★)
• K380, (𝄞 E major) (★★★)
• K418-9, L.26/L279, (𝄞 F major) (★★)
• K447, L.290, (𝄞 G major) (★)
• K532-3, L223/L395 in A m/M (★★★★)
• K534-5, L11/L262, (𝄞 D major) (★★★)
• K546-547, L312/L.sup.28, (★★)

1685 to 1759 George Frideric Handel

• Suites for Keyboard (★★★★)
  • Simplity.
  • HWV452, (𝄞 G minor)
  • HWV447, (𝄞 D minor)
  • HWV440, Suites II/No. 7, (𝄞 B♭ major)
  • HWV433, Suites I, No. 8, (𝄞 F minor)
  • HWV427, Suites I, No. 2, (𝄞 F major)
    • I,II,III 1.40 (★★★★★),IV
  • HWV429, Suites I, No. 4, (𝄞 E minor)
    • I Fuga ⏳3:37 (★★★★★),II,III,IV,V
  • HWV426, Suites I, No. 1, (𝄞 A major)
    • I Prelude ⏳2:31 (★★★★★)

1689 to 1755 Joseph Bodin De Boismortier

• La Puce (Piece en rondeau)

17?? F.D. Mouchy

• La Mort De Louis XVI (1794) (★★★★)

1714 to 1788 Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach

• Les Folies D'espagne (★?)
• Ann.122-125: (polonaise, march, and minuets) (★★★★)

1727 to 1799 Claude Balbastre

• La Malesherbe (Ariette Gracieuse) (★★★)
• La D'Esclignac (★★★)
• Marche Des Marseillois et L'Air Ça IRA; The March of Marseillais and the air Ça ira (★★★)

1729 to 1783 Antonio Soler

• Sonata No. 117 (𝄞 D minor) (★★?)
• M.13, Sonata (𝄞 B♭ major) ⏳5:40 (★★+)
• M.8, Sonata (𝄞 D minor) ⏳4:30 (★★★-)
• M.1a, Fandago. ⏳11:15 (★★★★)

1732 to 1809 Franz Josef Haydn

• Symphony No. 101, “The Clock” ?

1734 to 1794 Jean Jacques Beauvarlet-charpentier

• Marche des Marseillois Avec Variations (Variations of the March of Marseillais) (★★★)

1749 to 1801 Domenico Cimarosa.

(simple melody, elegant, graceful harpsichord style. generally good, I think)

• Sonata (𝄞 D minor) (★★★★)
• Sonata (𝄞 C minor) (★★★)
• Sonata (𝄞 G major) (★★★)

1752 to 1832 Muzio Clementi

• Sonata Quasi Concerto, Opus 33, No. 3 (⏳21:35)
• Sonata, Opus 34, No. 2 (⏳21:44)
• Sonata, Opus 14, No. 3 (⏳13:51)
• Sonata, Opus 26, No. 2 (⏳11:34)
• Rondo (Sonata, Opus 47, No. 2) (⏳3:34)

1756 Wolfgan Amadeus Mozart

Soporific. melodrama.

• Mozart Piano Music List

1770 Ludwig van Beethoven

hammer-clavier Beethoven

• Beethoven Piano Music List

1782 to 1837 John Field

• 15 Nocturnes (★★)

1782 to 1840 Niccolo Paganini

• 24 Caprices for solo violin, Opus 1, (★★?)

1786 to 1826 Carl Maria von Weber

• Invitation to the dance ⏳7:24 (★★★★)

1797 Franz Schubert

sweet

• Schubert Piano Music List

1810 Frederic Chopin

mawkish Chopin

• Chopin Piano Music List

1922 Elmer Bernstein

• The Magnificent Seven (⏳5:29)

1804 to 1849 Johann Strauss, Sr.

• Radetzky March

1809 to 1847 Felix Mendelssohn

• Op.19, Songs Without Words (★★?)
• Op.30 (★★★?)
• Op.38 ?
• Op.53 ?
• Wedding March from “Overtures to A Midsummer Night's Dream” ?

1810 Robert Schumann

botched Schumann

• Schumann Piano Music List

1811 Franz Liszt

God Liszt

• Liszt Piano Music List

1825 to 1899 Johann Strauss Jr.

• The Beautiful Blue Danube (★★★)

1829 to 1869 Louis Moreau Gottschalk

• Deuxième Banjo, Opus 82. (★★★)
• Manchega (Etude de Concert) (★★★)
• La Savane (Ballade Creole) (★★★★)
• Union, (Paraphrase de Concert) (★★★)
  • Star Spangled Banner
  • Yankee Doodle
  • Hail Columbia

1833 to 1897 Johannes Brahms

• Opus 4, 1 Scherzo ?
• Opus 5, Sonata No. 3 (𝄞 F minor) (★★)
  • I ⏳10:12, II ⏳10:04 (★★★), III ⏳4:58, IV ⏳3:41, V Finale: Fugue ⏳7:34.
• Opus 10, 4 ballades (★★★★-)
  • No. 1 (𝄞 D minor)
  • No. 2 (𝄞 D major)
  • No. 3 (𝄞 B minor)
  • No. 4 (𝄞 B major) ⏳7:55
• Opus 24 Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel. ⏳27:00.(★★★★)
• Theme (aria) and Variations 1-25, Fugue ⏳4:52
• Opus 34, Quintet (𝄞 F minor)
  • No. 1 ⏳15:00 (★★★)
  • No. 2 ⏳9:54
  • No. 3 ⏳7:10
  • No. 4 ⏳10:36
• Opus 39, 16 Waltzes (★★)
  • No. 14 (𝄞 G♯ minor) (★★★)
• Opus 76, 8 Piano Pieces ?
• Opus 79, 2 Rhapsodies (★★★★-)
  • No. 1 (𝄞 B minor)
  • No. 2 (𝄞 G minor)
• Opus 116.
  • No. 3, Capriccio (𝄞 G minor) ⏳2:53 (★★★)
  • No. 4, Intermezzo (𝄞 E major) ⏳4:55 (★★★-)
  • No. 7, Capriccio (𝄞 D minor) ⏳2:08 (★★★-)
• Opus 118, Klavierstücke (Piano) (★★★?)
  • No. 1 (𝄞 A minor) ⏳1:52
  • No. 2 (𝄞 A major) ⏳5:53
  • No. 3 (𝄞 G minor) ⏳3:25
  • No. 4 (𝄞 F minor) ⏳2:29
  • No. 5 (𝄞 F major) ⏳3:55
  • No. 6 (𝄞 E♭ minor) ⏳4:56.
• Piano Concerto No. 2. ⏳50:00. (★★★?)

1835 to 1921 Camille Saint-Saëns

• Piano Concerto
• No. 1 (𝄞 D major), Opus 17 ⏳30:00. (★★★★)
• No. 2 (𝄞 G minor), Opus 22 ⏳22:00. (★★★★)
• No. 3 (𝄞 E♭ major), Opus 29 ⏳30:00. (★★★★?)
• No. 4 (𝄞 C minor), Opus 44 ⏳27:00. (★★★★)
• No. 5 (𝄞 F major), Opus 103 ⏳30:00. (★★★★?)

1838 to 1875 Georges Bizet

• L'Escarpolette ⏳2:00 (★★★★)
• La Touple ⏳0:56 (★★★)
• Children's Games (Jeux D'Enfant) (★★★)
• “Farandole” from Carmen. ⏳3:28

1839 to 1881 Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky

• The Great Gate of Kiev (Pictures at an Exhibition) (★★★★)

1840 to 1893 Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky

1844 to 1937 Charles Marie Jean-Albert Widor

• Symphony No. 5, Opus 42 V: Toccata (Allegro) (1977) (organ) (★★★★)

1850 to 1924 Xaver Scharwenka

• Four Polish Dances, Opus 58.(★★)
  • I ⏳5:45
  • II ⏳6:16
  • III ⏳3:47
  • IV ⏳5:41 (★★★)
• Scherzo in G, Opus 4 ⏳5:24
• Barcarolle (𝄞 E minor), Opus 14 ⏳7:05
• Two Pieces Opus 22
  • Novellette ⏳4:17
  • Melodie ⏳4:47
• Theme and Variation Opus 48 ⏳20:00. (★★★)

1852 to 1925 Wihelm Posse

• Etude de Concert
• No. 1 (★★★)
• No. 2 (★★★)
• No. 3 (★★★★)
• No. 4 (★★★)
• No. 7 (★★★)
• No. 8 (★★★)

1854 to 1932 John Philip Sousa

(The March king)

• The Stars and Stripes Forever ?

1858 to 1924 Giacomo Puccini.

From the Puccini Album: Arias for Piano, arranged by John Bayless

• No. 1, Prelude ⏳2:41 (★★★★)
• xNotes:La Bohème (1896)
• No. 2, How cold your little hand is! ⏳4:56 (★★★★)
• No. 3, Yes. They call me Mimi. ⏳4:42. (★★★★)
• No. 4, Oh, sweet maiden! ⏳3:49 (★★★★)
• No. 5, Musetta's Waltz ⏳5:01 (★★★★)
• No. 6, Have they gone? ⏳4:12 (★★★★)
• Turandot
• No. 7, Don't cry, Liù! ⏳4:35 (★★★★)
• xNotes:Gianni Schicchi
• No. 8, Oh, my dear daddy. ⏳4:46 (★★★★)
• xNotes:La Rondine
• Doretta's Song
• xNotes:Madama Butterfly (1904)
• No. 9, One fine day ⏳4:40 (★★★★)
• No. 10, Blossom Duet ⏳5:37 (★★★★)
• No. 11, Humming Chorus ⏳4:28 (★★★★)
• No. 12, You, you little God! ⏳6:35 (★★★★)
• xNotes:Turantdot
• No. 13, Lord, listen! ⏳4:00 (★★★★)
• xNotes:Tosca (1900)
• No. 14, And the stars were shining… ⏳3:48 (★★★★)
• xNotes:Turandot
• No. 15, No man shall sleep! ⏳5:19 (★★★★)
• No. 16, In this Palace ⏳6:59 (★★★★)
• No. 17, Postlude ⏳2:09. (★★★★)

1860 to 1941 Ignace Jan Paderewski

• Minuet in G (★★★)

1862 to 1918 Claude Debussy.

(stupid impressionist, notable works include two books of not-too-pleasing preludes)

• Clair de lune ⏳4:54
• Arabesque No. 1 (𝄞 E major) ⏳4:32.

1868 to 1917 Scott Joplin.

• A Breeze from Alabama (★★★★)
• Maple Leaf Rag (★★★)
• The Entertainer (★★★),
• Original Rags (★★?)
• Swipesy (★★?)
• Peacherine Rag (★★?)
• The Easy Winners (★★?)
• Sunflower Slow Drag (★★?)
• Elite Syncopations (★★?)
• The Strenuous Life (★★?)
• Palm Leaf Rag (★)
• Something Doing (★★?)
• Weeping Willow (★★?)
• The Chrysanthemum (★★?)
• The Cascades (★★?)
• The Sycamore (★★?)

1872 to 1915 Aleksandr N. Scriabin.

(Russian impressionist, religious, and mystical…)

• Nocturne for the left hand alone (𝄞 D♭ major), Opus 9, No. 2 ⏳5:11.
• Etude Opus 8, No. 12 (★★★)
• prelude Opus 11, No. 6 (★★★)

1873 to 1943 Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninov

• No. 2 (𝄞 C♯ minor), Opus 3 (★★)
• Etude-tableaux, Opus 39 (★★★)
  • No. 6 (𝄞 A minor) Allegro ⏳2:46
  • No. 9 (𝄞 D major) Allegro moderato ⏳3:40
• Etude-tableaux, Opus 33 (★★★)
  • No. 1-No. 8.
• Moment Musicaux, Opus 16
  • No. 1 ⏳8:47
  • No. 2 ⏳3:15 (★★★)
  • No. 3 ⏳6:15
  • No. 4 ⏳3:00 (★★★★) Rachmaninoff Moment Musicaux Opus 16 No. 4
  • No. 5 ⏳4:50
  • ⏳6:25 (★★★★)
• Preludes
  • 10 Preludes, Opus 23.
    • No. 2 (𝄞 B♭ major)
    • No. 5 (𝄞 G minor)
  • 13 Preludes, Opus 32
    • No. 4 (𝄞 E minor)
• Piano Sonata No. 2 (𝄞 B♭ minor), Opus 36.
  • I
  • II
  • III ⏳6:12
• Piano Concertos
  • Opus 30, (𝄞 D minor)
    • I ⏳13:57
    • II ⏳9:55
    • III ⏳13:29
  • Opus 40, (𝄞 G minor)
    • I ⏳9:21
    • II ⏳6:23
    • III ⏳8:51
• Prelude (𝄞 C♯ minor) *
• Variations on a theme of Corelli, Opus 42 ⏳19:00.
• Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini op.43. (⏳23:00.) (★★★★)
• Melody (𝄞 E major), Opus 3, No. 3 ⏳4:52

1653 Johann Pachelbel

• Cannon. (★★★) MIDI

1874 to 1951 Arnold Schoenberg.

(strictly twelve-tone, non-tonal, composes very stupid nonsense music.)

• Opus 11 Three Piano Pieces
• Opus 19 Six Little Piano Pieces
• Opus 23 Five Piano Pieces
• Opus 25 Suite for Piano
• Opus 33a/b Piano Piece

1875 to 1937 Maurice Ravel

• Boléro (for 2 pianos) (★★★★)
• Ma Mére L'oye-5 pieces enfantines (★★★)
• La Valse (★★★★)
• Pavane for a dead infant (★★?)
• Le Tombeau de Couperin (a suite) (★★?)
• Valses nobles et sentimentales (★★?)

1916 Milton Babbitt

(twelve tone, mathematician)

• Three Composition for Piano (complete serial music) ?
• Composition for four instruments ?

1949 George Winston

(new age style, work inlcude alblums December, Autumn.)

• December: Thanksgiving (★★★)
• December: Prelude (inspired by Vince Guaraldi) (★★★)
• December: Carol of the Bells (A 19th c. Ukrainian carol) (★★★★)
• Autumn: Road (★★★★)

1963 Danny Wright

(new age style. work inlcude alblums Autumn Dreams, Shadow.)

• Anne's Triumph (★★★)
• Shell Island (★★★)