Michael Murray

classical improvisation Youtube channel (work in progress)

(Under construction - updated 23 Aug 2025)


In order of progress: 

Fantasie Impromptu 
Etude Op. 10. No. 1
Etude Op. 10. No. 12
Prelude Op. 23 No. 5
Etude Op. 39 No. 8
Etude Op. 33 No. 7

La Campanella
Canon in D variations


BACH

Prelude & Fugue No. 2 book 1. 
Chaconne
Adagio BWV 974

CHOPIN

Etude Op. 10. No.1
Etude Op. 10. No. 12
Fantasie Impromptu

BEETHOVEN

Sonata Pathetique
Sonata Appassionata
Sonata Moonlight
Sonata Pathetique on Appassionata
Rage over a lost bumblebee
Fur Elise

RACHMANINOFF

Etude Op. 39 No. 8
Prelude Op. 23 No. 5
Piano concerto No. 3
Vocalise
Elegie
Melodiya

LISZT 

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
La Campanella
Etude No. 5 - Mazeppa
Etude No. 6 Paganini variations
Liebestraume no. 3
Dante sonata
Hungarian Rush E Rhapsody No. 13
Hungarian bumblebee No. 2

GREIG

In the Hall of the Mountain King
Morning 

MOZART

Turkish March (Alla Turka)


TCHAIKOVSKY

Dance of the sugarplum Fairy
Waltz of the flowers
Swan lake

SAINT SEANS

The Swan
Danse Macabre

OTHER:

Carmen variations
Tea for Two
Canon in D
River flows in you


More:

 

🎹 Classical Era (Baroque → Classical)

 

1. J.S. Bach – Prelude in C Major (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)

2. J.S. Bach – Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (arr. piano)

3. J.S. Bach – Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 847

4. J.S. Bach – Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (arr

5. Mozart – Sonata in C Major, K. 545 (“Sonata Facile”)

6. Mozart – Sonata in A Major, K. 331 (Rondo Alla Turka)

7. Beethoven – Für Elise

8. Beethoven – Moonlight Sonata (Op. 27, No. 2, 1st movement)

9. Beethoven – Moonlight Sonata (3rd movement)

10. Beethoven – Pathetique Sonata (Op. 13, 2nd movement)

11. Beethoven – Appassionata Sonata (Op. 57)

12. Beethoven – Waldstein Sonata

 

 

 

 

🎹 Romantic Era

25. Schubert – Impromptu in G-flat Major, Op. 90 No. 3

26. Schubert – Impromptu in A-flat Major, Op. 142 No. 2

27. Schubert – Moments Musicaux, No. 3 in F Minor

28. Chopin – Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2

29. Chopin – Nocturne in C-sharp Minor, Op. Posth.

30. Chopin – Prelude in E Minor, Op. 28 No. 4

31. Chopin – Prelude in D-flat Major, Op. 28 No. 15 (“Raindrop”)

32. Chopin – Waltz in C-sharp Minor, Op. 64 No. 2

33. Chopin – Waltz in D-flat Major, Op. 64 No. 1 (“Minute”)

35. Chopin – Etude Op. 10 No. 4

38. Chopin – Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

39. Chopin – Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 31

40. Chopin – Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53 (“Heroic”)

41. Chopin – Fantaisie-Impromptu, Op. 66

42. Liszt – Liebestraum No. 3

43. Liszt – Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

44. Liszt – La Campanella

45. Liszt – Transcendental Etude No. 4 (“Mazeppa”)

46. Liszt – Mephisto Waltz No. 1

47. Mendelssohn – Song Without Words, Op. 30 No. 6 (“Venetian Boat Song”)

48. Mendelssohn – Song Without Words, Op. 62 No. 6 (“Spring Song”)

49. Schumann – Kinderszenen, Op. 15 No. 7 (“Träumerei”)

50. Schumann – Arabesque, Op. 18

51. Schumann – Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17

52. Brahms – Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118 No. 2

53. Brahms – Rhapsody in G Minor, Op. 79 No. 2

54. Brahms – Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 39 No. 15

55. Grieg – Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, Op. 65 No. 6

56. Grieg – Notturno, Op. 54 No. 4

57. Grieg – In the Hall of the Mountain King (arr. piano)

58. Tchaikovsky – June: Barcarolle (The Seasons, Op. 37a)

59. Tchaikovsky – Waltz of the Flowers (arr. piano)

 

 

 

🎹 Early 20th Century

60. Debussy – Clair de Lune

61. Debussy – Arabesque No. 1

62. Debussy – Arabesque No. 2

63. Debussy – Rêverie

64. Debussy – L’isle joyeuse

68. Ravel – Jeux d’eau

69. Ravel – Gaspard de la nuit: Ondine

71. Rachmaninoff – Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 3 No. 2

75. Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2, 2nd movement

76. Rachmaninoff – Vocalise (arr. piano)