here are 10 iconic and well-known piano pieces from various periods and styles that are often celebrated for their beauty, technicality, or emotional impact:
- Ludwig van Beethoven - "Moonlight Sonata" (Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2)
- Frederic Chopin - "Nocturne in E-flat Major" (Op. 9, No. 2)
- Claude Debussy - "Clair de Lune" (Suite Bergamasque, No. 3)
- Franz Liszt - "Liebestraum No. 3 in A-flat Major" (S. 541, No. 3)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - "Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major" (K. 331) - particularly the third movement, "Alla Turca"
- Sergei Rachmaninoff - "Prelude in C-sharp minor" (Op. 3, No. 2)
- Johann Sebastian Bach - "Prelude in C Major" (BWV 846) from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I
- Erik Satie - "Gymnopédie No. 1"
- Robert Schumann - "Träumerei" (Kinderszenen, Op. 15, No. 7)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - "June: Barcarolle" (The Seasons, Op. 37a, No. 6)
