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I just found this piece Elfentanz browsing around YouTube for cello music. Absolutely a delight to watch and listen to - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzndvydB-ws&feature=related Also glad to see a classical music thread again. Yeah yeah, we all know the classics (Beethovan's 9th, Rach's 3rd, etc.) and they are worth listening to and knowing, but one hobby of mine is to find cool pieces that haven't been reduced to cliches by the film industry. Here's a few, and if anyone knows any others please post: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNJdjtNxop0 - Bach's Sheep May Safely Graze for solo piano, played by Yeol Eum Son. This was her final recital in the 2009 Cliburn, and goddamn I still think she should have won. This was the only song that could calm me down before my doctoral preliminary exams, and I love playing it whenever I want to relax. It really illustrates how even simple songs can be made awesome through mastery of dynamics, voicing, and tempo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MEUIGjfHNw - Kodály's Cello Solo Sonata I. Mvt played by the master Janos Starker. I put this on while I fold laundry, so I always think of that whenever I hear it. A POWERFUL solo piece. I post the first movement, but all three are worth listening to (especially the third). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVpLzUpTOd8&feature=related - Dohnanyi's etude no.6, capriccio. Just a balls out fast and complicated piano song. Really difficult to play. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnuAaKiX1sg - György Ligeti's Lux Aeterna. Modern choral piece with 16 voices, very creepy to listen to while working but a beautiful sound. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps_JbyrN3zQ - Mozart's Difficile Lectu. One of my favorite Mozart pieces. The Latin is complete nonsense, but in German the primary lyrics phonetically sounds like 'lick my rear end.' 'Jonicu' said quickly in repetition sounds like cujoni (Italian for balls). I love that Mozart made a vulger pun from nonsense Latin into two other languages, plus set it to a beautiful and catchy canon. That's all I got for now, but it should be enough for anyone who loves classical music. Foyes36 fucked around with this message at 05:12 on Jan 6, 2011 |
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Alabaster Disaster posted:The best stuff he's done since Doctor Atomic, I would definitely give it a shot. Thanks for this; I saw Doctor Atomic through the MET in HD livestreaming they do at movie theaters, and thought it was amazing. Hell, I was just listening to Batter my heart, three person’d God this afternoon at work. Herr Napalm posted:Godowsky is also awesome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWZLx4a_Dss -- This is a wonderful piece of music. Godowsky was said to have some of the greatest technical ability of any pianist ever, but he never really performed, so it's more just hear-say and stories from his students. This is an absolutely gorgeous piece. Your whole post is amazing and exactly what I wanted from this thread: obscure composers and their awesome work. We all know Beethoven, but I'd never heard of Godowsky (and I liked to think that I was up on my piano composers being an amateur player myself) until tonight. Thanks! Foyes36 fucked around with this message at 05:51 on Jan 19, 2011 |
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Two pages, and barely any opera? One of my favorites is from Die Zauberflöte - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kkdrhd1fWE&feature=related You also really can't beat Don Giovanni http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK1_vm0FMAU Samuel Ramey is the best.
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Saxotillery posted:My favorite Grainger piece is Irish Tune from County Derry, which is his arrangement of "Danny Boy". After hearing and playing Irish Tune, all other arrangements of Danny Boy just fall short to me. Grainger was a master of manipulating timbre. That piece alone made me happy I played french horn in high school concert band. Edit: Another great HS concert band song that made me a happy horn player - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzcoUDRR_7s Foyes36 fucked around with this message at 05:37 on Feb 15, 2011 |
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I can't stop listening to John Adams' Nixon in China, especially this aria: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwHxvRJ_vPM&feature=related Live performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mtMI_huRtY
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This piece has been rattling around in my head this week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1shHPcmNqTw But goddamn, I seriously love Brahms. I can play it and work for hours. Synival posted:Godowsky's studies on Chopin Etudes are pretty fearsome. In this one, he combined two pieces into one - the "black key" etude and the "butterfly" etude. It's pretty mind-boggling if you're familiar with the two pieces: gently caress yes, Godowsky is the loving best. I'm a huge fan of the Java Suite - there used to be a bunch of it on youtube but most has been taken down. I was able to find my favorite piece though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZGM_IY_Gug (skip past the dumb intro) Edit: Haha, looks like some already posted it. Here's something else from the suite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dw1Huh_Tfg Foyes36 fucked around with this message at 19:17 on Aug 15, 2012 |
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