Fast, Beautiful, Fun Piano Pieces Needed

[pianogirl23]

Hi,
I need to know the names of some fun "fast" (here I mean pieces with tempos marked from Allegro to Vivace) to learn. I normally go for more of the slower pieces, like Chopin Nocturne no 20 in C# Minor, Rachmaninoff Prelude in G Minor, Brahms Intermezzo in E flat Minor, etc..., but I really need to know the name of a fast, technical, fun, (but still pretty) piece to learn. Do you have any suggestions?
What I have so far are Beethoven's Pathetique (mvt 1 and 3), Appasionata (mvt 3), Chopin Etude Op 10 No 12
Thank you so much!!!

[KGill]

Well, it seems like you pretty much only do 19th-century stuff, but if you were willing to try something a bit more modern, there's Villa-Lobos's A prole do bebê No.1, especially No.7 ('O polichinelo'), although most of the others would work as well.

[vinteuil]

If you're up to the technical side, the third movement of the Chopin 2nd Sonata is a great choice.
Elsewise, Schumann's Arabeske or Phantasie, Op. 17 (also hard) are good.
And Chopin etudes: Nos. 1, 23, 24, 13 aren't too hard, and are very fun.

[Lyle Neff]

Hi,
I need to know the names of some fun "fast" (here I mean songs [...]

[As you might guess, unless the composer actually uses the word in a title, it really grates against my brain when someone uses the word "song" to refer to a piece of music that has no voice parts. ]

[allegroamabile]

CARL MARIA VON WEBER- PIANO SONATA NO. 1: IV. RONDO

This is exactly what you are looking for.

[Lyle Neff]

Oh, I forgot to answer the request in my earlier response.

I've been learning the Scherzino (No. 2) from Cui's Op. 8. Look through his 25 Preludes, too.

[dwil9798]

Perhaps maybe Mendelssohn's Variations Serieuses, or the easier Rondo Capriccioso?

[oczkom]

If you want FUN and FLASH there's nothing like Liszt's "La Campanella" etude based on Paganini. Enjoy!

[SkyIvories]

Chopin's "Winter Wind" Etude, Debussy's "Estampes," and Ondine by Ravel are all pretty fast and fun pieces that I enjoy.

[Sathrandur]

Try the last movement - allegretto, off memory - of the Beethoven sonata in D minor "The Tempest"