Sunday, October 26, 2008

Piano collections

This favorite list will grow as I listen to more.

Bach
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Badarzewska
- The Maiden's Prayer

Beethoven
- Fur Elise WoO.59
- Moonlight sonata 1st movement [Piano (Wilhelm Kempff)]
- Pathetique sonata 2nd movement [Piano (Glenn Gould)]
- Turkischer Marsch Op.76 [Piano (Evgeny Kissin)]
Note: Beethoven has 32 sonatas. All are introduced at wikipedia.

Chopin
- Fantaisie Impromptu in C# Minor, Op. 66 [Piano (Yundi Li)]
- Nocturne Op. 9 No. 1 [Piano (Vadim Chaimovich)]
- Nocturne in E-flat Major Op. 9 No. 2 [Piano (Yundi Li)]
- Nocturne no. 20 in C sharp minor Posthumous [Piano] [Piano, part]
- Etude “Chanson de L'adieu”in E Major Op.10-3 ("Tristesse", Good bye) [Piano]
- Revolution etude (Op.10-12) [Piano]
- Waltz in A minor (Op. Posth.) [Piano]
- Minute Waltz (Waltz in D flat major, op.64, No. 1) [Piano (Kissin)]

Debussy (1862-1918, French, Impressionism)
- Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune [Dance accompaniment]
- Clair de lune (Moonlight) [Piano] [Piano (Marianelli)] [Orchestra]
- Syrinx [Flute]
- Beau soir [Violin & Piano]
- Dieu! Qu'il La Fait Bon Regarder [Chorus]
- Arabesque No.1 [Piano]

Grieg
- Nocturne Op. 54 No. 4 [Piano]

Liszt
- La Campanella (Clock) [Piano (Yundi Li)]
- Liebestraum (Dream of love) [Piano (Evgeny Kissin)]

Mendelssohn
- Spring Song Op.62-2 (from Songs without words) [Piano]

Mozart
- Turkischer Marsch K.331 [Fun: Two pianos]

Rachmaninoff (notorious for being difficulty)
- Piano Concerto No.2 [Piano (Rachmaninoff)]
- Piano Concerto No.3 [Piano (Kissin)]
- Preludeium cis moll [Piano (Rachmaninoff)]

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai
- Flight of the Bumble-bee [Piano (Yuja Wang)]

Saint Saëns
- The Carnival of the Animals: The Aquarium [Orchestra]
- The Carnival of the Animals: The swan [Cello]

Schumann
- Traumerei Op.15-7 (Fantasy) [Piano (Horowitz)]

Tchaikovsky
- Piano Concerto 1, 1st movement [Piano and Orchestra]
- Nutcracker suite [Piano (Mee-Hyun Ahn)]

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Pachelbel's canon in D Major

Similar to the Air on the G String by Bach, Pachelbel's canon in D Major is famous Baroque music.

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nPyLLedfAs

See introduction and score.