Classical Music

[Ceixah]

Any recommendations guys?

Currently have a playlist from grooveshark of every Ludovico Einaudi piece available.


Such a calming way to get through a day of work etc,


Preferably good pianists, I quite like pan pipes too tbh!


hit me up with suggestions or youtube vids gogo!

 

[Tuthmes]

Chopin - Piano Concertos
Beethoven - Piano Concertos

Done.

 

[Ceixah]

Youtube links are welcomed! but thanks tuth!

 

[dysfunction]

‪Vivaldi Four Seasons - I Musici 1988‬‏ - YouTube

 

[Shagrat]

‪Gustav Holst - The Planets - Mars, the Bringer of War‬‏ - YouTube

Rest of the planet suite is good as well.

always loved Vivaldi's four seasons, spring especially

 

[Ceixah]

four seasons is brilliant yes - especially all 38 minutes in one sitting, but perhaps a little overplayed its the kind of classical that even the mindless chavs know

 

[old.user4556]

Don't like classical, but I like jazz interpretations of it:

‪Little Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578 /Jacques Loussier/‬‏ - YouTube

 

[Tuthmes]

‪Brahms Violin Concerto-1M (1/3) Janine Jansen (VN) / Paavo Järvi Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen‬‏ - YouTube

‪Beethoven Violin Concerto-1mov (1/4) Seiji Ozawa& Anne-Sophie Mutter Boston symphony orchestra‬‏ - YouTube

‪Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C minor BWV 1060-3rd mvt. By Bach‬‏ - YouTube

Last one with pretty pictures btw :<

 

[Scouse]

If you like piano then you have to look at anything by Lizst. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 is one of my favourites (there's loads of different versions - even variations on it played by Rachmaninov - who is someone else you should look for). La Campanella is lovely too.

Of course, Rachmaninov, Chopin, Tchaikovsky yadda yadda yadda.

If you like orchestral try Ravel's Bolero (nice crowd pleaser) or Khachaturian's Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia or Johann Strauss Jr's Blue Danube.

The biggest tip I could give is don't only try to listen to the famous extracts - the real pleasure of classical music is in listening to the entire piece (especially live if you can). It's not as immediately accessable as contemporary stuff - it's much more challenging and there's a learning curve to go through - but once you've been through it you won't look back.

Oh, Dvorak's New World Symphony (the whole thing) - fantastic. If you understand the story half the fun is trying to imagine what Dvorak was trying to describe with the different bits of the piece...

Classical wins



Edit: Beefoven and mo-zart suck balls, mostly

 

[megadave]

if you live in the UK The Proms are on at the moment which you can catch most days at about 7.30 on bbc4 or even more on the radio. or if you're in London you can go to see them for £5 (?) if you can be bothered to queue and stand up

 

[Lamp]

Been playing the piano for over 30 years. I have an extensive library of classical piano music. I can also recommend some of the most outstanding pianists of all time for any given piece. What sort of stuff do you like?

 

[Ceixah]

yeh i'm in the UK and have been watching a bit, such a shame i live in the midlands or i'd be down there in a shot!


and around here there are 0 classical music venues etc

 

[Scouse]

such a shame i live in the midlands or i'd be down there in a shot!

and around here there are 0 classical music venues etc

Birmingham Philharmonic?

 

[Ceixah]

Been playing the piano for over 30 years. I have an extensive library of classical piano music. I can also recommend some of the most outstanding pianists of all time for any given piece. What sort of stuff do you like?

I played the piano til I was about 19 (24 now) and unfortunately no longer have access to one or have the time to invest in lessons anymore


I literally like all sorts of piano to be honest, and I mean ALL!


if you could perhaps suggest a few for a playlist i'd be most grateful - its exceptionally relaxing to sit at work with it in my ear rather than the gossip and nonsense of the office environment!

 

[dub]

classic.

verdi's requiem , ruud langgaard's antichrist , strauss's also sprach zarathustra , wagner's ring cycle or keith jarrett's köln concert.

my piano favourite atm is hiromi uehara , technique , speed , groove and stride , she's got it all.

 

[Lamp]

Start at some of the basic most popular repetoire pieces & see how you go - eg

Bach - Goldberg Variations. I tend to emulate Glenn Gould when I play these.
Fur Elise - Beethoven
Chopin: Waltzes, Nocturnes, Preludes.
Rachmaninoff - 2nd & 3rd piano concertos. Horowitz plays the definitive version (Rachmaninoff was in the audience when Horowitz played them, and later told Horowitz "thats how I intended them to be played". Can't ask for better than that!)
Tchaikovsky's 1st Piano Concerto
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5 (The Emperor)
Chopin - Piano Conerto No. 1 in E minor
Liszt - Un Sospiro
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata
Chopin Etude No. 3 in E major
Saint-Saens - piano concerto
Mozart Piano Concerto in D minor & C major
Grieg - Piano Concerto
Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsodies - No. 2 is very famous

For notable pianists try: Horowitz, Cziffra, Argerich, Volodos, Richter, Rubenstein, Hamelin

The list is almost endless. Enjoy

 

[Zenith.UK]

I'm going to stick to contemporary pieces because there are SO MANY good piano pieces from the last couple of hundred years.

I like most of Steven Cravis' piano pieces.
"Through The Kaleidoscope" is one of his most well known, but I also particularly like "Tears of Joy".
‪Through the kaleidoscope‬&rlm; - YouTube

‪Steven Cravis - Tears of Joy‬&rlm; - YouTube


Then there's Maia. She brought out an album in 1996 called "Piece of Heaven" that's got one of my all-time favourite piano pieces "Windstorm".
http://muzetunes.com/playback.mp3?f=I&c=cf9dpfNCf1jdG15ieWAhc7vXod8VRldJXIhaUDJlYiM=

And while it's not entirely piano, John Murphy's "Sunshine (Adagio in D minor)" from Sunshine is just awesome IMO.
‪John Murphy - Sunshine (Adagio In D Minor)‬&rlm; - YouTube
(indexed to the piano part)

 

[Tuthmes]

‪Brahms - Piano concerto n°2. Mov 1 (part1)‬&rlm; - YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoH9QOVSqX0&feature=related

 

[bainteor]

Albinoni is hugely under-appreciated. Look him up.

 

[Aoami]

‪Erik Satie - Gymnopédie No.1‬&rlm; - YouTube

 

[Wij]

Bach's 5th Brandenberg Concerto. Listen to the epic harpsichord solo and discover where all metal guitarists learnt how to rock

 

[Lamp]

Currently practicing Liszt's La Campanella

‪Liszt - La Campanella (Kissin)‬&rlm; - YouTube

Got the first 2 pages done & dusted (about 1:16 on the vid), but its bloody hard going. Not an easy piece to play with 2 octave presto semiquaver jumps!