[Captainnumber36]

I'd probably pick Moonlight Sonata.

 

[neoshredder]

Pathetique for me. That second movement. 💯

 

[Highwayman]

Chris Dench - Piano Sonata (2015/16)

 

[clavichorder]

For me, Scriabin's 4th piano sonata is the most beautiful.

 

[Yabetz]

Most "beautiful"? Beethoven's #15, Op. 28, the "Pastoral".

 

[SoloYH]

tempest

 

[Bulldog]

Haydn - Piano Sonata no. 58

 

[Luchesi]

Chopin Bm Sonata

 

[Coach G]

For me the Grieg Sonata. My favorite recording of the Grieg is by Glenn Gould which is interesting as Gould wasn't known for being a champion of those very pretty and decorative High Romantic composers and Gould recorded very little Chopin, Mendelssohn, or Schumann; and yet Gould's Grieg recording is very fine.

 

[Highwayman]

For me the Grieg Sonata. My favorite recording of the Grieg is by Glenn Gould which is interesting as Gould wasn't known for being a champion of those very pretty and decorative High Romantic composers and Gould recorded very little Chopin, Mendelssohn, or Schumann; and yet Gould's Grieg recording is very fine.

GG`s maternal grandfather was a cousin of Grieg so maybe that`s why.

 

[golfer72]

Probably Schuberts last.

 

[Waehnen]

Major key sonatas for me, for I have some problems with Sturm und Drang!

I would go with these, equally beautiful:

Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 15 in D Major, Op. 28
Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 28 in A Major, Op. 101
Beethoven: Piano Sonata no. 30 in E Major, Op. 109
Schubert: Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 959
Schubert: Piano Sonata in Bb Major, D. 960

If you do not care for those sonatas, then you might not like piano music at all.

I have the Beethoven scores at my piano and play them for myself every once in a while. Along with exploring the rather tricky Liszt Sonata and Brahms F-Minor Sonata (which I am not really practicing, but exploring).

 

[TwoFlutesOneTrumpet]

Impossible to pick just one. The Waldstein.

 

[Terrapin]

Pathetique

 

[13hm13]

Cool thread! I'd go with LvB Moonlight.

BUT ... does this count? (it was featured on every episode's end credits of The Incredible Hulk (1977-1982, CBS tv series ):

 

[Rogerx]

On this moment I will go probably with : Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor, S178

 

[nobody]

For me: Mozart – Sonata No 13 In B Flat Major, K 333 – I Allegro

 

[StDior]

Four way tie: Beethoven op.101 and op.109, Schubert D.894 and Chopin No.3.
If I have to chose only one, it is tough but it might be the Chopin sonata.

 

[Art Rock]

A genre that I am not crazy about (in general, I care less for solo piano than most TC members). I'd probably go for Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor "Pathétique".

 

[Forster]

A genre that I am not crazy about (in general, I care less for solo piano than most TC members). I'd probably go for Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor "Pathétique".

I'm not keen either. Having sampled some of the recommendations so far (those that I didn't already know by LvB) I'm inclined to recommend Berg's no. 1.