The DeuxDuel Piano Masterworks lineup

21 songs · 16 artists · 1949–2025 · listed A–Z, not ranked

What this list is

DeuxDuel draws from 21 songs when it builds a Piano Masterworks matchup. Two of them appear side by side, you play a 30-second preview of each, and you pick the one you would rather hear. Every track here is a real Apple Music catalogue song, hand-picked for this category — not pulled from a streaming chart — and voting needs no music subscription.

The order below is alphabetical by artist. It is not a ranking and does not imply one.

No ranking is published for Piano Masterworks yet. DeuxDuel only publishes a chart once a category has real head-to-head evidence behind it, so this page shows the lineup and nothing more. How the ranking works.

Every song in Piano Masterworks

  1. Goyescas: Quejas o La maja y el ruiseñor
    Arthur Rubinstein · 1949
  2. Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118 No. 2
    Arthur Rubinstein · 2015
  3. Islamey
    Boris Berezovsky · 1994
  4. Nocturne No. 20 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. posth.
    Daniel Barenboim · 1982
  5. Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66
    Daniil Trifonov · 2017
  6. Lyric Pieces, Op. 12: I. Arietta
    Emil Gilels · 1974
  7. Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (1981 Recording): Variation 24 a 1 Clav. Canone all'Ottava
    Glenn Gould · 1982
  8. Transcendental Etude No. 4 in D minor - Mazeppa, Allegro (Remastered 2021, Version 1959)
    Lazar Berman · 2021
  9. 4 Impromptus, D. 935: No. 3 in B-Flat Major, Theme With Variations. Andante
    Maria Joao Pires · 1997
  10. Songs Without Words, Op. 67: No. 6 in E Major (Allegretto non troppo)
    Matthias Kirschnereit · 2015
  11. Carnaval, Op. 9: Chopin
    Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Ernest Ansermet · 2006
  12. Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545: I. Allegro
    Orli Shaham · 2022
  13. Jeux d'eau, M. 30
    Raffaele Grimaldi · 2025
  14. Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 31
    Raffaele Grimaldi · 2025
  15. Suite española, Op. 47: V. Asturias (Leyenda)
    The State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra & Enrique Bátiz · 1994
  16. Moments musicaux, Op. 16: No. 4 in E Minor
    Vladimir Ashkenazy · 2005
  17. Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 "Waldstein": I. Allegro con brio
    Vladimir Ashkenazy · 1973
  18. Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata": III. Allegro ma non troppo
    Vladimir Ashkenazy · 1973
  19. Etude In D-Sharp Minor, Op. 8, No. 12
    Vladimir Horowitz · 1989
  20. Étude in E Major, Op. 10, No. 3 "Tristesse"
    Vladimir Horowitz · 1951
  21. Children's corner, L. 113: VI. Golliwogg’s cake walk
    Yoav Talmi & Orchestre symphonique de Québec · 2007
Disagree with what belongs here? The lineup is settled by the people voting on it — every matchup you play moves Piano Masterworks closer to a published chart.

Get DeuxDuel — free

All DeuxDuel lineups