Ranking Beethoven's Solo Piano Works

Beethoven's Top 20 Recommended Solo Piano Works

1. Bach - The Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV 846–893

2. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 29, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"

3. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 32, Op. 111

4. Chopin - 24 Preludes, Op. 28

5. Bach - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988

6. Schubert - Piano Sonata No. 21, D. 960

7. Ravel - Gaspard de la Nuit

8. Chopin - Ballade No. 4, Op. 52

9. Schumann - Fantasie in C major, Op. 17

10. Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition 

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11. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 23, Op. 57 "Appassionata"

14. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 30, Op. 109

21. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 21, Op. 53 "Waldstein"

24. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 31, Op. 110

26. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 13 "Pathétique"

29. Beethoven - 33 Variations on a Waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120

33. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 14, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"

42. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 28, Op. 101

49. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 26, Op. 81a "Les Adieux"

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71. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 27, Op. 90

85. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 17, Op. 31/2 "The Tempest"

99. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 15, Op. 28 "Pastorale"

107. Beethoven - 32 Variations on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80

120. Beethoven - Bagatelles, Op. 126

136. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 24, Op. 78 "À Thérèse"

144. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 18, Op. 31/3

145. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 13, Op. 27/1 "Quasi una fantasia"

146. Beethoven - Eroica Variations, Op. 35

164. Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 12, Op. 26

178. Beethoven - Six variations on a theme in F major, Op. 34