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diana bb
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Joining you here... Apr 5, 2010

Russell Jones wrote:

Kardi Kho wrote:

one of my all-time favourites is Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto


One of my favourites too.


... and adding Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto and Rhapsody on the Theme of Paganini.


 
Oliver Walter
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I nearly forgot: Apr 5, 2010

The string quintet Opus 163 by Franz Schubert.
There was a time when I thought this work was perhaps the greatest of all chamber music. Now I just think it is a really great work. Having performed it twice and therefore knowing it "from the inside" I consider the first 2 movements to be the best, though the others are also very good music.
Oliver


 
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Two more... Apr 5, 2010

Stenhammar's Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor

and

Op. 25, Poème for violin and orchestra by Ernest Chausson.

Oh and did anyone mention Dvorak's Cello concerto yet?
And Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite?


 
Oliver Walter
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Yes! Apr 5, 2010

Sindy Cremer wrote:
Oh and did anyone mention Dvorak's Cello concerto yet?

Yes! (and Elgar's) (on 2nd April)
Oliver

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sindy cremer
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Cheers, Apr 6, 2010

Walter, and sorry, I read all posts in a hurry..

I so agree with you:

"Sometimes I consider these concertos to be greater than the "great" violin concertos (Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn) ... I think the best "classical" music all represents a story or a journey, even if the details of the meanings are not explicable in verbal language."

Well said!

Kind regards (while listening to Beethoven's Triple Concerto...
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Walter, and sorry, I read all posts in a hurry..

I so agree with you:

"Sometimes I consider these concertos to be greater than the "great" violin concertos (Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn) ... I think the best "classical" music all represents a story or a journey, even if the details of the meanings are not explicable in verbal language."

Well said!

Kind regards (while listening to Beethoven's Triple Concerto ) !
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Yolanda Bello Olvera
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Thank you for your suggestions Apr 12, 2010

I have enjoyed reading and looking them up on the Internet and Youtube.

Thanks a lot

Y


 
Alison Sabedoria (X)
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A few late thoughts... Apr 12, 2010

A few choice morcels from my "Music for painting to" list:

Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610 (especially the moments where 2 tenors call to each other in disembodied fashion like heavenly beings - sheer bliss!)
Thomas Tallis: Spem in alium (40 part motet)
John Tavener: Ikon of the Nativity, The Protecting Veil
Arvo Pärt: Magnificat
Bill Douglas: To see a world in a grain of sand (choral setting of Blake's words)
Hilliard Ensemble /Jan Garbarek: Officium CD (
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A few choice morcels from my "Music for painting to" list:

Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610 (especially the moments where 2 tenors call to each other in disembodied fashion like heavenly beings - sheer bliss!)
Thomas Tallis: Spem in alium (40 part motet)
John Tavener: Ikon of the Nativity, The Protecting Veil
Arvo Pärt: Magnificat
Bill Douglas: To see a world in a grain of sand (choral setting of Blake's words)
Hilliard Ensemble /Jan Garbarek: Officium CD (early sacred choral music with saxophone improvisations)

Some of this is not so much music to hear before you die, as music to die to.

Not quite classical, but will clear your ears out: Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares (good to induce therapeutic howling when necessary, but it petrifies my dog!)

I've really enjoyed reading other people's ideas. Hey - ho, time to get some work done!

Alison



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Michelangeli/Beethoven and Schweitzer/Bach Apr 12, 2010

Tomas Mosler wrote:

Beethoven Piano Concertos - not only the aforementioned No. 5, but all five of them...

http://www.amazon.de/Gulda-spielt-Beethoven-Klaviersonaten-Klavierkonzerte/dp/B000BQV52A/ref=pd_cp_m_1

(I mean exactly this Gulda play.)


My favorite rendition of Beethoven's Piano Concertos comes from Arturo Michelangeli. I can't possibly imagine a "more" perfect performance of #3 and #5 than Michelangeli offered us. That clarity, that perfectly controlled romanticism, ah!

But my number one favorite, memorable and unparalleled piece is the great Albert Schweitzer's rendition of Bach's Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major BWV 564.


 
Yolanda Bello Olvera
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Thanks a lot to everyone who took the time to reply! Apr 27, 2010

I have enjoyed reading each and every single one of your posts.

I have to make a list to look for the music on youtube and then make some purchase
decisions.

Best regards from Mexico City,

Harmoniously yours,

Y


 
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Swan Lake and Tulip Apr 14, 2011

Sonia Atkinson wrote:

Carnival of the Animals and the Danse Macabre by Saint Saens
The Planets by Holst
Carmina Burana by Karl Orf
Swan Lake by Tchaichovsky
The Four Seasons by Vivaldi

There are so many pieces, but I would say these are my favourites!

Ladies and Gentlemen!

Please allow me to present two pieces of music played by my 8-year-old granddaughter Helen. She is a beginner, though. Her feet could barely reach the pedals. Nevertheless, I hope you will enjoy the music! If you can't see the videos, please try refreshing the web page. Thank you all!

Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky:
http://cid-7c52bc3a015d1875.photos.live.com/self.aspx/Swan%20Lake/My%20Movie.wmv

Tulip by Heinrich Lichner:
http://cid-7c52bc3a015d1875.photos.live.com/self.aspx/Helen^4s%20Piano%20Competition/My%20Movie.wmv


 
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Bocelli & Brightman Apr 23, 2011

Maybe not "classical" in the true sense of the term, but one great piece of music is "Con Te Partiró" with Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp7rZEKClk4

I also like the production by the New Three Tenors singing "O Sole Mio". Only aged 14 and 15 but listening to the music you would not
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Maybe not "classical" in the true sense of the term, but one great piece of music is "Con Te Partiró" with Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp7rZEKClk4

I also like the production by the New Three Tenors singing "O Sole Mio". Only aged 14 and 15 but listening to the music you would not think so:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0PdRLkGklc&feature=fvsr

PAUL
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Lyudmila Gorbunova (married Zanella)
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The most beautiful classic music! Apr 24, 2011

Vivaldi's "The four seasons"

"Adagio" by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

"Romance" by Russian composer Georgy Sviridov
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2Lx_cb21cQ


 
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Vanessa Mae Apr 24, 2011

Vanessa Mae playing:Fantasy on a theme from "Caravans"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTHKQvFBS80

Aurora, same magnificie
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Vanessa Mae playing:Fantasy on a theme from "Caravans"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTHKQvFBS80

Aurora, same magnificient Vanessa Mae

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVzRVNYtFV4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InsOK98vBxg&feature=related
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19th century music is my cup of tea. Apr 26, 2011

I love Beethoven's music and my favourite piece will always be his 7th Symphony. On YouTube you can listen to Carlos Kleiber's performance, such a joy to hear and watch him!

I also love ballet music. Tchaikovsky is difficult to beat, those pieces are beautiful even in their orchestral version. But Stravinsky's Petroushka and Rite of Spring, and Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet are magnificent too.

Rossini's The Barber of Seville is funny and witty, with wonderful arias. Whe
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I love Beethoven's music and my favourite piece will always be his 7th Symphony. On YouTube you can listen to Carlos Kleiber's performance, such a joy to hear and watch him!

I also love ballet music. Tchaikovsky is difficult to beat, those pieces are beautiful even in their orchestral version. But Stravinsky's Petroushka and Rite of Spring, and Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet are magnificent too.

Rossini's The Barber of Seville is funny and witty, with wonderful arias. When nobody can hear me (I'm no Maria Callas;-)), I always sing Figaro's and Rosina's cavatinas, they have the power to turn a bad day good.

If you want to go back to the 18th century, then Mozart is what you want to hear. My favourites are his Italian operas (if anything, because I understand the lyrics), his collaboration with Lorenzo Da Ponte was extremely happy and fruitful.
Nevertheless, I'm always moved by a little piece by Mozart - the 12 Variations KV265 of the French song "Ah, vous dirais-je, maman", which you may know in its English version "Twinkle, twinkle, little star" - a delightful composition based on a simple tune.

Listen and enjoy!
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Sona Petrosyan
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One of my favorites Apr 27, 2011

Aram Khachaturyan "Andantino"

 
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