Thanks. I shall have to look at those pieces.
I have concentrated so much in Bach, Beethoven & Mozart that I have never learned anything, or next to nothing, from some piano composers. I would include Brahms, Schumann, and Mendelssohn, and I have played very little 20th century music: I think just a couple of exam pieces, one by Bartok and another by Prokofiev. I have also neglected Haydn and Schubert, although I know the latter's Impromptus (Op 90) pretty well.
I have played a few of Chopin's preludes, and I have recently been learning the waltz, Op64 no2 in C sharp minor (op 64 no 1 is the Minute Waltz). I have recorded this for my pal Penny's birthday next week, but it is awaiting Dez editing out the mistakes!
Edit: if you ever fancy a trip to Saarfend to try out my Blüthner, let me know.
If you are preparing to buy an acoustic piano, the videos at
https://www.robertspianos.com/ are very informative. I can't give Roberts my unqualified approval though, as there was a problem with my piano which took months to sort out and I felt their after-sales service was poor. There were mitigating circumstances in that one of their 8 staff, the second-in-command, was very ill and lucky to survive, but they didn't keep me properly informed as to why they were so slack in making good the faults on the piano (damper felts dropping off). They should have just dispatched another similar piano to me and taken the Bluthner back for the work to be done in house. It's lovely now, but it took at least 6 months of me tearing my hair out trying to get Marcus Roberts to respond properly.
