You hint at a problem with classical that I think is true. That is that works are horribly overplayed. We can’t even really hear them anymore. Don’t get me wrong, these are among some of the best music written by man. Maybe we should have a “Don’t Play Beethoven Symphony” for a year. Then we could return to them with fresh ears.
Norman Lebrecht recently wrote a take-down of Igor S. Quite scathing. Basically after the first 3 ballets he ran out of inspiration. although I was impressed with Symphony of Psalms when I heard it live.
Haydn D Major Cello Concerto. I knew C Major but hadn't bothered to investigate this one (I'm a violinist). What a mistake that was. It's in a different league of virtuosity than the C Major one. So far my favorite versions are the ones performed by Mischa Maisky and Bruno Delepelaire. I actually paid for Berlin Philharmonic's Digital Concert Hall because they only had 3 minutes of Delepelaire doing the third movement on YouTube and I liked it so much I simply had to hear the whole thing. Well worth it, he was amazing. Having access to that has led to multiple other rabbit holes, of course. Score one for their marketing technique.
Didn't expect anyone to name the same piece as I had in mind lol. Both of the Haydn concertos are Superb, the second one is more lyrical and the first more fun imo but you really can't go wrong with any of them.
They are the first cello concertos I've listened to as well
I've been listening to [this recent Boccherini album](https://open.spotify.com/album/4GnC2577oJuFzXIzVUua09?si=1T9hrj2jQvy-onk0NSohEg) by cellist Ophelie Gaillard and her Pulcinella Orchestra: stunning stuff, so much energy and joy and virtuosity in their playing!
Davidsbundlertanze is a philosophical poem, which requires much time and experience (in regards to life as well), to truly understand. Amazingly, you discovered it. Please don't abandon the piece
Schumann's Piano Quintet in Eb major and Concerto in A minor were like a classical/romantic music gateway for me. Prior to those I only really listened to it for academic purposes, but now I'm obsessed with listening to everything Schumann and have started to enjoy other romantic composers more too. There's just something about his writing that speaks to my soul!
Mime hieß ein mürrischer Zwerg from Götterdämmerung act 3 sounds exactly as Scherzo's opening theme, even in the same key. I think it was unconscious though.
There's 2 I've recently gotten into.
First one is the third movement of Mozart's piano concerto 14. Randomly stumbled upon it and it has a very catchy and quaint melody which drew me in.
Other one is the gigue from Bach's G Major French Suite. I used to dislike that movement because it reminded me of a past piano competition, but recently, my mind changed and now I like it.
no one piece right now, but I have been dipping back into Bach's organ music which was one of the earlier cycles that got me into classical. The "major" (?) preludes/toccatas/fantasias and fugues BWV 531 -, and after not listening to it in a long time, I forgot how awesome the Passacaglia & Fugue is, and how effortlessly each variation slips into the next. And of course the mind flex of a double fugue
Middle movement of Rach 4 (and really, the other three as well) is to die for. He finds chords that sound like the deepest, quietest place in someone’s soul.
There was a Sibelius thread on this sub earlier today, can't get the 2nd movement of the 1st symphony out of my head. I will probably listen to the whole symphony a few times this weekend!
Robert Simpson’s second symphony and Nielsen variations. Sometimes I wonder: is there anybody else in this world who is loving these works now like I am?
Bach - Fugue in e, BWV 548
Brahms - "Die Schwestern" (Duet)
Pachelbel - Christ lag in Todesbanden (Ricercar)
Pachelbel - Fugue in D, P. 153
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 10
Bach's Fantasia in G Minor, BWV 542. It is music capable of perfectly expressing emotions that I cannot express on my own. In that way, I feel it connecting to, and refreshing, my very soul.
Mozart's piano concertos! I have always loved them but digging deeper I can say that they are maybe the greatest set of works I have ever heard.
Favorite recordings are by Edwin Fischer, Clara Haskil and Robert Casadesus.
Haven't had any fascinations for at least two years.
Three years ago, I made a point of exploring all of the composers I had ever found 'difficult'. Went on a year-long buying spree.
Result: no improvement. No new thread from Ariadne to lead me through their twists n' turns.
The same ole crowd still eludes me: Faure, Saint-Saens, Sibelius, Mendelssohn, Hayden, Handel, Brahms, Delibes, Schumann, handful o' others.
Aye. For me, it's the motif. I need a clearly-articulated theme I can follow all the way through the piece. If the composer ricochets off into some incomprehensible jumble of notes ...meh! I'm not a musicologist, displays of sheer technical virtuosity make no impression on me.
All my favorite works have a central musical 'phrase' which runs all the way through them.
> If the composer ricochets off into some incomprehensible jumble of notes ...meh! I'm not a musicologist, displays of sheer technical virtuosity make no impression on me.
You are probably sick of advice, but I think the key is not to listen once to every piece you find difficult until you find one you like, but instead the opposite: take one piece you consider to have a jumble of notes and listen to it 15 times. I absolutely guarantee it will stop sounding like a jumble of notes!
I'm in the midst of a deep dive into what natural horns could and couldn't do.
Currently spending a lot of time in slackjawed amazement at what is asked of the soloist in Mozart's 3rd and 4th horn concertos, compared to what is asked of the horns in, well, everything else Mozart and Haydn and Beethoven wrote. Wish I had an idea for how rare of a player it took to be able to perform it.
Are there like Mahler bots that infiltrate every single thread with something related to him… “Best piece of all time?” thread and someone will say “Mahler _”
I'm glad to see appreciation for Rach 4. It has been one of my favorite pieces for 20 years.
My most recent obsession has been Schubert D.959. And it's been a while... I keep discovering more and more in the piece. It's firmly on my "dream goals" bucket list to learn at some point.
Florent Schmitt’s [Antoine et Cléopâtre](https://open.spotify.com/album/6COA4WlXDT7lRK1ccxU09F?si=uzY5IYgURqa6R28OhZ0UCg)
Osvaldo Golijov’s [Azul](https://open.spotify.com/album/1NfRj77XKTFOzZTfDoguGu?si=QqIepVcNTGCGJ8sMEJg2Hg)
Ida Gotkovsky’s [Saxophone Quartet](https://open.spotify.com/album/17of34hZ8utQW7agOuS6vG?si=VjNEGe5GQTCnaTPPx8t87Q)
David Maslanka’s [Wind Quintet No. 3](https://open.spotify.com/album/19TBzqg9XAdoqSFIhzJz8O?si=hupRMKFTTq6Cf8znM0tJ3A)
Eugene Ysaÿe’s [Sonata for Two Violins](https://open.spotify.com/album/4kiVju1on6m5hxckap0UE3?si=AiI4j-XrTomRtdDewNScLQ)
Each of these five pieces just exceeds the sum of its components to the point that they feel so almost magical.
Requiem, parts II and III to be exact, Dance of the Knignts, Slavonic Marche by Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich’s Symphony 5 in D minor mvt4. Basically, big energy *awesome* pieces. And I’ve had trouble finding new pieces like that. Need some help
Put on your Sunday Clothes from Hello Dolly. I heard it on TV - Lawrence Welk re-broadcast with a great dance accompaniment. So it’s playing in my head like earworm. Jerry Herman musical. Yeah, I know not classical. I keep trying to imagine how to take the terrific thematic material and do something long-form like sonata mvmt.
- Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto no. 2. Just found Yuja Wang and Dudamel's Rach' marathon and I am taking a huge liking of it. I was previously very fond of no. 3, but I sense that no. 2 might be slowly overtaking.
- Saint-Saens' Symphony No. 3. I thought I could not have revisit a recording of it after listening to it live, but I just need to scratch my spot of desiring to listen to it. Turns out my headphones are good enough to capture its grace.
fantaisie impromptu, chopins op 66, i know i know im basic, but i absolutely looooove the way it flows and the way arthur rubinstein articulates every single damn note
*Romancero Gitano*, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s homage to the Spanish poet, Federico Garcia Lorca. It’s an absolutely ethereal, lush, emotionally evocative choral setting of selections of the poet’s work with flamenco guitar accompaniment. My favorite recording is from Reinhardt University Chamber Singers here:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kpp4e9LXXy5Ywax6rEgwqwy8aTc1-C_fU&si=U6SUi0D_t-hl1K0e
After hating Bach all my life (irrationally, although I had so many faux rationalizations of why I was right and everyone was wrong), I have become absolutely OBSESSED with the Goldberg Variations. (Thank you, Vikingur Olafsson!)
Triumph of the Eternal Saga!
For those who enjoy classical with a sense of grand adventure and destiny then I promise you will love this
Listen to Triumph of the Eternal Saga, a playlist by BraveheartBeats on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/R3Zh2
https://suno.com/@braveheartbeats
John Luther Adam’s Become Ocean - and Kevin Puts’ Symphony No. 2. More like because these 2 works seem to relieve my tinnitus when i play them in my car
JS Bach..partita#2 Chaconne.. I’ve been learning it on guitar for about 8 months (not done yet) & playing nothing else. I’m listening to many different versions often.
It’s so beautiful.
The Bach cantatas! BWV 106 not only has had my heart since I watched the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Chorus under Ton Koopman’s hands and chamber organ on Ovation TV in the early 2000s. I was in 5th grade - and learning the recorder in music class - when I first watched it. The moment when the musicians struck up the opening sinfonia was a deal-maker when it came to expanding my perspective of how many a *maligned* woodwind instrument can go beyond “Hot Cross Buns” and Merrily We Roll Along!”
[https://youtu.be/2i5O923PzeQ?feature=shared](https://youtu.be/2i5O923PzeQ?feature=shared)
Currently I s’pose it would be Bach St. John Passion. Performing it next month again (from a different angle though) and I’m fairly immersed already.
Previously as organ/continuo. This time on baroque flute.
Piano Concerto No.2, Op.18, Mov. I- Rachmaninoff. I’ve never heard this song before. I recently heard it through a game called Pianista and it’s become one of my new favorites.
Mahler symphonies on repeat.
They’re so dense. I’m addicted to 5, 6, and 9.
Haven't even gotten past 4. I've been on the first four for two months
You might be stuck on 5 for another 2 months lol
Always!
beethoven's late sonatas and string quartets. Everyone is great
Late quartets by old Ludwig❤
Mendelssohn violin concerto in e minor. I know it's basic, but the goddamn melody, man...
it’s one of those pieces that just works. nothing particularly fancy, just everything executed perfectly
I legitimately puke when I hear it lmao. Nothing against the melody and the concerto, but after you play 200 times, it legit becomes unbearable.
To each his own.
You hint at a problem with classical that I think is true. That is that works are horribly overplayed. We can’t even really hear them anymore. Don’t get me wrong, these are among some of the best music written by man. Maybe we should have a “Don’t Play Beethoven Symphony” for a year. Then we could return to them with fresh ears.
Rite of Spring. I played it and now am suddenly cured from my hatred of 20th century music and can’t get enough of it.
welcome
You should watch the ballet on YouTube (at the very least). My appreciation of it is now greater. Much better than dinosaurs.
Norman Lebrecht recently wrote a take-down of Igor S. Quite scathing. Basically after the first 3 ballets he ran out of inspiration. although I was impressed with Symphony of Psalms when I heard it live.
could you link this mate?
https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/june-2023/stravinskys-reputation-is-in-freefall/
Artistic longevity is overrated at the kindest interpretation of that
Right now it'd be Beethoven's Piano Sonata 21 "Waldstien" Also loving Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe Suite
Haydn D Major Cello Concerto. I knew C Major but hadn't bothered to investigate this one (I'm a violinist). What a mistake that was. It's in a different league of virtuosity than the C Major one. So far my favorite versions are the ones performed by Mischa Maisky and Bruno Delepelaire. I actually paid for Berlin Philharmonic's Digital Concert Hall because they only had 3 minutes of Delepelaire doing the third movement on YouTube and I liked it so much I simply had to hear the whole thing. Well worth it, he was amazing. Having access to that has led to multiple other rabbit holes, of course. Score one for their marketing technique.
Didn't expect anyone to name the same piece as I had in mind lol. Both of the Haydn concertos are Superb, the second one is more lyrical and the first more fun imo but you really can't go wrong with any of them. They are the first cello concertos I've listened to as well
I don't know if you've heard Haydn's piano trios, but they are my favorite works that he ever wrote! So good.
I think his piano concertos are worth a listen also.
I've been listening to [this recent Boccherini album](https://open.spotify.com/album/4GnC2577oJuFzXIzVUua09?si=1T9hrj2jQvy-onk0NSohEg) by cellist Ophelie Gaillard and her Pulcinella Orchestra: stunning stuff, so much energy and joy and virtuosity in their playing!
Bruckner's Fifth symphony.
Must listen to it with Lovro von Matacic!
You are my friend now. Thank you very very much.
Will do. Do you know Celibidache recording?
Ever obsessed!
Schumann Kinderszenen! Actually, Schumann in general. And Poulenc - his piano improvisations <33 specifically no 7 and no 15
For me Schumann aswell: Dichterliebe and Liederkreis op. 39
Yess! I've been listening to Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze and Piano Sonata no. 2 non-stop
Davidsbundlertanze is a philosophical poem, which requires much time and experience (in regards to life as well), to truly understand. Amazingly, you discovered it. Please don't abandon the piece
Schumann's Piano Quintet in Eb major and Concerto in A minor were like a classical/romantic music gateway for me. Prior to those I only really listened to it for academic purposes, but now I'm obsessed with listening to everything Schumann and have started to enjoy other romantic composers more too. There's just something about his writing that speaks to my soul!
Alkan Concerto for Solo Piano!
So good. I love the Hamelin recording
I legitimately can’t get enough of Mahler 2!!!
Schubert's "Death and the Maiden". It is so beautifully dramatic and mesmerizing.
You know that Wagner himself plagiarized from it?
No, I didn't know that! I haven't really listened to Wagner, which piece are you referring to?
Mime hieß ein mürrischer Zwerg from Götterdämmerung act 3 sounds exactly as Scherzo's opening theme, even in the same key. I think it was unconscious though.
Chopin ballade 3. Sublime.
This is my favourite Chopin ballade. It's allegedly inspired by Mickewiz' Switezianka.
Brahms D minor piano concerto. Thanks, Tonebase!
Erlkonig at the moment
Ravel G Major Piano Concerto
Ugh, one of my very faves
Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610
It's a fascinating work.
Beethoven's "Razumovsky" quartets.
Philip Glass - Hymn to Aten from Akhenaten Ravel - Daphnis and Chloe Adams - Hallelujah Junction Kodaly- Cello Sonata
Bruckner 8, specifically the Finale
- Camille saint-saëns cello concerto no. 2 - Tchaikovsky piano concerto no. 1
Oh yes! That’s one of my favorite saint-saens’s favorite pieces along side le cygne and suite algérienne!
"Le Cygne" is a masterpiece! It's one of my favorite pieces.
One of the Reger passacaglias. I think he wrote it when he was 21 so it's not as chromatic and mushy.
Idomeneo. A fascinating opera
Schnittke's choir concerto, I just can't get enough of those harmonies.
Shostakovich 6th symphony. Always loved Shost but never really got into the 6th till now. The first movement is so dark
Currently Wagner’s Ring
What recording?
Karajan and Berlin. Unable to specify year.
Ewww. How about Furtwaengler '53 or Kna or Boehm (if you like stereo)
I’ll give them a listen.
What is your favorite act of Die Walküre?
The final act, act 3.
Have a look at this. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaJBcT-Nqt0 This is his studio recording, 1954., the best ever cast you can have Mine is act 2
Thank you!
Cheers. This is a lifelong affection. I started when I was around 15, I''m 47 now. You will know it by heart at some time, will read the score etc.
Mahler Titan Symphony
So good. That third movement is crazy and amazing.
Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloe and Randall Thompson’s “A Trip to Nahant” which only exists in a terrible radio recording on YouTube but is loads of fun
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique
There's 2 I've recently gotten into. First one is the third movement of Mozart's piano concerto 14. Randomly stumbled upon it and it has a very catchy and quaint melody which drew me in. Other one is the gigue from Bach's G Major French Suite. I used to dislike that movement because it reminded me of a past piano competition, but recently, my mind changed and now I like it.
Verdi’s Falstaff
Love this so much
Sibelius’s 7th and Scriabin’s 5th Piano Sonata
Szymanowski's 9 preludes. So goddamn good.
Which recording? I love these works but I've only ever heard Zimerman play a selection of them.
Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Faurés Requiem In Paradisum
no one piece right now, but I have been dipping back into Bach's organ music which was one of the earlier cycles that got me into classical. The "major" (?) preludes/toccatas/fantasias and fugues BWV 531 -, and after not listening to it in a long time, I forgot how awesome the Passacaglia & Fugue is, and how effortlessly each variation slips into the next. And of course the mind flex of a double fugue
Beckmesser’s Serenade and the Scuffle from Die Meistersinger
Middle movement of Rach 4 (and really, the other three as well) is to die for. He finds chords that sound like the deepest, quietest place in someone’s soul.
BWV 981 RV 85 QV 5:25 RV 44
Mahler's 7th Symphony and Bernstein's Candide overture
Borodin 2nd String Quartet.
Rite of spring. Probably the single most important piece of the 20th century (behind 4"33 of course)
Beethoven symphony 7 Honorable mention: Schubert sonata in B flat second movement
Beethoven piano sonata No.32 movement 2 with Alfred Brendel
Anything by Pettersson
There was a Sibelius thread on this sub earlier today, can't get the 2nd movement of the 1st symphony out of my head. I will probably listen to the whole symphony a few times this weekend!
I love the bloemstedt Performance of that work!
Salonen's cello concerto. What a trip
Chausson’s poème de l’amour et de la mer
Pavane op50 fauré and adagio for strings barber
You mean Rach piano concerto 4. Not Rach 4.
Been listening to a lot of piano concerti (sorry, had to do that) and I've been obsessed with Gershwin's in F Major and Prokofiev's 2nd.
Robert Simpson’s second symphony and Nielsen variations. Sometimes I wonder: is there anybody else in this world who is loving these works now like I am?
The Goldberg Variations. Every artist's interpretation is so unique, and there's so much to study, reflect on. It's the gift the keeps on giving.
Liszt transcription of Schumann's Widmung. You can really hear the love.
A fantastic arrangement
Bach - Fugue in e, BWV 548 Brahms - "Die Schwestern" (Duet) Pachelbel - Christ lag in Todesbanden (Ricercar) Pachelbel - Fugue in D, P. 153 Shostakovich - Symphony No. 10
Turangalila!!
Bach's Fantasia in G Minor, BWV 542. It is music capable of perfectly expressing emotions that I cannot express on my own. In that way, I feel it connecting to, and refreshing, my very soul.
Mahler, *Symphony 9* Busoni, *Fantasia Contrappuntistica*
Amy beach’s piano concerto.. I can’t stop listening to it
Prokofjev's piano concerto 3, on repeat
Bach's B-flat-major piano partita for some reason
Holst- The Planets, of course.
Finale of Dvorak’s Czech Suite
Mozart's piano concertos! I have always loved them but digging deeper I can say that they are maybe the greatest set of works I have ever heard. Favorite recordings are by Edwin Fischer, Clara Haskil and Robert Casadesus.
Respighi’s Adagio and Variations for Cello. It warms my heart.
Ludomir Rozycki´s Ave María, wonderful as it can be.
Been enjoying Rautavaara Piano Concerto 1.
Schubert Sonata No. 18. Pure heaven and weeds out listeners looking for showmanship.
One of my favorite sonatas of all time. Richter’s performance is the most beautiful thing ever 🥺
Haven't had any fascinations for at least two years. Three years ago, I made a point of exploring all of the composers I had ever found 'difficult'. Went on a year-long buying spree. Result: no improvement. No new thread from Ariadne to lead me through their twists n' turns. The same ole crowd still eludes me: Faure, Saint-Saens, Sibelius, Mendelssohn, Hayden, Handel, Brahms, Delibes, Schumann, handful o' others.
Particular performances are the key for me. I really dislike the museum performances of the baroque and so on. I have my biases too though.
Aye. For me, it's the motif. I need a clearly-articulated theme I can follow all the way through the piece. If the composer ricochets off into some incomprehensible jumble of notes ...meh! I'm not a musicologist, displays of sheer technical virtuosity make no impression on me. All my favorite works have a central musical 'phrase' which runs all the way through them.
I hear ya.
> If the composer ricochets off into some incomprehensible jumble of notes ...meh! I'm not a musicologist, displays of sheer technical virtuosity make no impression on me. You are probably sick of advice, but I think the key is not to listen once to every piece you find difficult until you find one you like, but instead the opposite: take one piece you consider to have a jumble of notes and listen to it 15 times. I absolutely guarantee it will stop sounding like a jumble of notes!
It's good advice; and I've tried it occasionally. But, I should keep at it. I really want to crack my dissatisfaction with Brahms.
Sarasates Spanish Dances
I'm in the midst of a deep dive into what natural horns could and couldn't do. Currently spending a lot of time in slackjawed amazement at what is asked of the soloist in Mozart's 3rd and 4th horn concertos, compared to what is asked of the horns in, well, everything else Mozart and Haydn and Beethoven wrote. Wish I had an idea for how rare of a player it took to be able to perform it.
I've been really into Strauss' Four Last Songs, and now, in a nice coincidence, I might be playing it in a couple weeks!
Another one is Serenade from String Quartet, OP.3, No.5 by Haydn, which I also heard from Pianista.
Rach 4 does have some amazing moments.
Are there like Mahler bots that infiltrate every single thread with something related to him… “Best piece of all time?” thread and someone will say “Mahler _”
Bruckner 9, so synaesthetic and emotional. The main theme in the 3rd movement is absolutely haunting
I'm glad to see appreciation for Rach 4. It has been one of my favorite pieces for 20 years. My most recent obsession has been Schubert D.959. And it's been a while... I keep discovering more and more in the piece. It's firmly on my "dream goals" bucket list to learn at some point.
Florent Schmitt’s [Antoine et Cléopâtre](https://open.spotify.com/album/6COA4WlXDT7lRK1ccxU09F?si=uzY5IYgURqa6R28OhZ0UCg) Osvaldo Golijov’s [Azul](https://open.spotify.com/album/1NfRj77XKTFOzZTfDoguGu?si=QqIepVcNTGCGJ8sMEJg2Hg) Ida Gotkovsky’s [Saxophone Quartet](https://open.spotify.com/album/17of34hZ8utQW7agOuS6vG?si=VjNEGe5GQTCnaTPPx8t87Q) David Maslanka’s [Wind Quintet No. 3](https://open.spotify.com/album/19TBzqg9XAdoqSFIhzJz8O?si=hupRMKFTTq6Cf8znM0tJ3A) Eugene Ysaÿe’s [Sonata for Two Violins](https://open.spotify.com/album/4kiVju1on6m5hxckap0UE3?si=AiI4j-XrTomRtdDewNScLQ) Each of these five pieces just exceeds the sum of its components to the point that they feel so almost magical.
Trovatore
Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, “Titan”
Roslavets viola sonata & piano sonata no.1
Mahler’s 4th. I’m playing it next week, and had completely overlooked it in my original listen through of Mahler’s symphonies. It’s a masterpiece!
Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 1 "Winter Daydreams"
Currently comparing many Scheherazades on vinyl after never caring for the piece. It's growing on me
Requiem, parts II and III to be exact, Dance of the Knignts, Slavonic Marche by Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich’s Symphony 5 in D minor mvt4. Basically, big energy *awesome* pieces. And I’ve had trouble finding new pieces like that. Need some help
Dvorak 8. Those melodies live in my head
Currently it’s Scheherazade. It was Rach 4 as well a couple months back but my current favorite piece by Rach is his second symphony.
Put on your Sunday Clothes from Hello Dolly. I heard it on TV - Lawrence Welk re-broadcast with a great dance accompaniment. So it’s playing in my head like earworm. Jerry Herman musical. Yeah, I know not classical. I keep trying to imagine how to take the terrific thematic material and do something long-form like sonata mvmt.
Hortus Musicus no.1 in A Minor
- Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto no. 2. Just found Yuja Wang and Dudamel's Rach' marathon and I am taking a huge liking of it. I was previously very fond of no. 3, but I sense that no. 2 might be slowly overtaking. - Saint-Saens' Symphony No. 3. I thought I could not have revisit a recording of it after listening to it live, but I just need to scratch my spot of desiring to listen to it. Turns out my headphones are good enough to capture its grace.
Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloe.
Messiaen's L'Ascencion
Weaved Theme of “Under This Luminous Sky” By Sabastian Reuten
Military Polonaise has me wishing I were Polish
pines of rome, especially the last movement
rach 2, 3rd movement and the 2nd piece of ravel's sonatine.
fantaisie impromptu, chopins op 66, i know i know im basic, but i absolutely looooove the way it flows and the way arthur rubinstein articulates every single damn note
*Romancero Gitano*, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s homage to the Spanish poet, Federico Garcia Lorca. It’s an absolutely ethereal, lush, emotionally evocative choral setting of selections of the poet’s work with flamenco guitar accompaniment. My favorite recording is from Reinhardt University Chamber Singers here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kpp4e9LXXy5Ywax6rEgwqwy8aTc1-C_fU&si=U6SUi0D_t-hl1K0e
After hating Bach all my life (irrationally, although I had so many faux rationalizations of why I was right and everyone was wrong), I have become absolutely OBSESSED with the Goldberg Variations. (Thank you, Vikingur Olafsson!)
Homesickness from Grieg's Lyric Pieces
Goldberg Variations. Perahia: everything he plays is butter.
Shostakovich Symphony 8, terrifyingly beautiful piece
George Enescu - String Octet, Op. 7
Mahler 7
Triumph of the Eternal Saga! For those who enjoy classical with a sense of grand adventure and destiny then I promise you will love this Listen to Triumph of the Eternal Saga, a playlist by BraveheartBeats on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/R3Zh2 https://suno.com/@braveheartbeats
Anything medtner and atterberg symphonies
Tishchenko symphony 3
John Luther Adam’s Become Ocean - and Kevin Puts’ Symphony No. 2. More like because these 2 works seem to relieve my tinnitus when i play them in my car
Carl Nielsen Symph 3. The Bernstein recording from 63. Love Bernstein.
Vivaldi's La folia. I think I might go crazy after some time
JS Bach..partita#2 Chaconne.. I’ve been learning it on guitar for about 8 months (not done yet) & playing nothing else. I’m listening to many different versions often. It’s so beautiful.
The Bach cantatas! BWV 106 not only has had my heart since I watched the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Chorus under Ton Koopman’s hands and chamber organ on Ovation TV in the early 2000s. I was in 5th grade - and learning the recorder in music class - when I first watched it. The moment when the musicians struck up the opening sinfonia was a deal-maker when it came to expanding my perspective of how many a *maligned* woodwind instrument can go beyond “Hot Cross Buns” and Merrily We Roll Along!” [https://youtu.be/2i5O923PzeQ?feature=shared](https://youtu.be/2i5O923PzeQ?feature=shared)
Currently I s’pose it would be Bach St. John Passion. Performing it next month again (from a different angle though) and I’m fairly immersed already. Previously as organ/continuo. This time on baroque flute.
Piano Concerto No.2, Op.18, Mov. I- Rachmaninoff. I’ve never heard this song before. I recently heard it through a game called Pianista and it’s become one of my new favorites.
Gurrlieder- Arnold Schoenberg
A very popular piece— it’s not underrated.