A Four Flats Masterpost (some great pieces in what I find to be the most expressive key signature):
(This was 100% inspired by @you-had-me-at-e-flat-major)
warning: there is gonna be a lot of chopin pieces because he's my fave and this the key containing the highest amount of his pieces and I love everything he did so scerw you.
And yes, I have made Spotify playlists so you guys can listen to these great pieces, just click on the key. Also feel free to tell me some other good ones if there are any I missed.
This list was a long time coming, so enjoy. <3
A♭ Major
- Polonaise Fantasie by F. Chopin - Impromptu No. 4 in A♭ Major by F. Schubert (it technically starts in A♭ minor though but oh well) - Sonata Pathétique Mvt 2 by L. van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 10 in A♭ Major by D. Shostakovich - Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin (yeah yeah cliche but it's undeniably great) - Polonaise Héroïque by F. Chopin - Concerto for Two Pianos in A♭ major by F. Mendelssohn - Waltz in A♭ Major Op. 39 No. 15 by J. Brahms - Symphony No. 1 in A♭ Major by E. Elgar - String Quartet No. 14 in A♭ Major Op. 105 by A. Dvořák - Intermezzo in A♭ Major by F. Poulenc - Étude Op. 25, No. 1 (Aeolian Harp) by F. Chopin - Finlandia Op. 26 by J. Sibelius - Sonata No. 31 in A♭ Major Op. 110 by L. van Beethoven - Bruyères by C. Debussy - Lillies by S. Rachmaninoff (so calming) - Liebestraum No. 3 by F. Liszt (if I didn't include this piece, I would feel like a bad person)
F minor
- Piano Sonata No. 23 (Appassionata) by L. van Beethoven - Violin Concerto L'inverno by A. Vivaldi (the Winter Concerto of the Four Seasons) - Symphony No. 1 in F minor by D. Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor by F. Chopin (just......... all of it. so good.) - Fantasia in F minor for Piano, Four Hands by F. Schubert - Das Jahr: November by F. Hensel-Mendelssohn - Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor Op. 2 No. 1 by L. van Beethoven (despite my suffering in trying to play this, it really is a fantastic piece) - Valse Romantique by C. Debussy - Sonata No. 3 in F minor by R. Schumann - Symphony No. 4 in F minor by P. I. Tchaikovsky (one of my favourite symphonies) - Prelude And Fugue in F minor BWV 881 by J. S. Bach (currently working on this one and now am essentially forced to include it. The fugue is especially good.) - Piano Quintet in F minor by J. Brahms - Ballade No. 4 in F minor by F. Chopin (probably my favourite piano work of all time)
