04-10-2013, 18:17
Concerti for piano and orchestra:
Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20
Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1
Grieg's Piano Concerto
Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1
Dvorak's Piano Concerto
Symphonies:
Mozart's Symphony No. 39
Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6
Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue
Piano Works:
Chopin's Waltzes, all
Chopin's Polonaises, all
Chopin's Nocturne
Scryabin's Etude No. 12
Rachmaninoff's Prelude No. 5
After that, try switching to opera. Don't tackle Wagner right away. Start with Verdi's Rigoletto. Then you've got Verdi's Aida; Bizet's Carmen; Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin; PUccini's La Boheme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly. If and when you do get to Wagner, start with the Flying Dutchman; progress to Lohengrin; and then to Die Walkure.
Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20
Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1
Grieg's Piano Concerto
Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1
Dvorak's Piano Concerto
Symphonies:
Mozart's Symphony No. 39
Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6
Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue
Piano Works:
Chopin's Waltzes, all
Chopin's Polonaises, all
Chopin's Nocturne
Scryabin's Etude No. 12
Rachmaninoff's Prelude No. 5
After that, try switching to opera. Don't tackle Wagner right away. Start with Verdi's Rigoletto. Then you've got Verdi's Aida; Bizet's Carmen; Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin; PUccini's La Boheme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly. If and when you do get to Wagner, start with the Flying Dutchman; progress to Lohengrin; and then to Die Walkure.