It’s not Mozart’s hardest piano sonata, but it does require a lot of due diligence in the note-heavy passages. I think #6 or #20 from Messiaen's Vingt Regards is far more difficult than any of his preludes. The first movement is quite dramatic. In today’s episode of PianoTV we’ll explore more of the hardest piano music ever, this time with J.S. I`ve only tried parts of the Tchaikovsky, and found it takes a lot of energy! 1. I nominate Hummel Sonata no. It was written 6 years after the Hammerklavier (what a coincidence with the opus number). There are plenty of light, cheerful Mozart Concerti to choose from also. There you have it. 6 in D, Op. Arguably Scriabin’s most popular and most widely recorded sonata, this was described by esteemed pianist Sviatoslav Richter as the most difficult piece in the entire piano repertoire. In general, this is just a fun piece to play. 106 for the hardest piece from the classical era. On the surface the style is very unpretentious, but there are a lot of finger acrobatics involved. Harmonically it’s well structured, and the development sections are not as harmonically unstable as more rigorous piano sonatas. I can personally only comment regarding J.S. 1 in C major, K 279/189d (Munich, Autumn 1774) Piano Sonata No. 2 in F major, K 280/189e (Munich, Autumn 1774) Piano Sonata No. Mozart was the world’s first child star, having composed his first piano sonata when he was only twelve-years-old. Top 10 Most Difficult Classical Piano Pieces Whether you are a student of the piano or not, you probably understand that some pieces are harder to play than others. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (“A Little Night Music” or “A Little Serenade”) is one of Mozart’s most frequently played pieces. Wow I was on Pandora and Mozart's PIano sonata no 13 in B flat major, played incredibly by Horowitz, came on Now this is the most complex Mozart piano piece I have yet to listen to. Bach.. We’ve looked at the hardest music of Liszt, Chopin and Rachmaninoff on this channel as well.. One difference between Bach and the Romantic composers just mentioned is that they have more individual pieces that are extremely difficult. But what a super piece. I'll sort by instrument. Pieces Sonatas. https://www.superprof.co.uk/blog/top-10-hardest-piano-songs This is a list of solo piano pieces by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Playing Chopsticks is clearly not the same challenge as playing a piece by Mozart. Bach's works. Also, in an article published in 1895 in the famous "Etude" magazine, there was a survey done among the leading professors of piano at the Paris Conservatory, as to the hardest piece of piano music ever written, and the winner was Balakirev's "Islamey". But of course, this predates all the music of the 20th century. Piano Sonata No. And the Chopin "Heroic" Polonaise isn't really that hard, compared to a dozen etudes, or the coda of the first Ballade.) 20 in d minor. Nothing wrong with this kind of list, and like many, I could find plenty to dispute and discuss. I think Mozart P. Concerti are fairly accessible- my favourite is his Piano Concerto No. (e.g. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.