Well yeah finale of the second sonata, true true. In fact most of the second sonata.
― every man and woman is a sitar (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 3 March 2011 23:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Also the etudes, the barcarolle, the ballades, the scherzos
― We make bouquets that fade immediately. (Turangalila), Thursday, 3 March 2011 23:35 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ_XsVcCtTM
― We make bouquets that fade immediately. (Turangalila), Thursday, 3 March 2011 23:39 (thirteen years ago) link
These all fall into the "almost too perfect" category for me. But life is long and I may change...
― every man and woman is a sitar (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 3 March 2011 23:50 (thirteen years ago) link
I think what we're talking about here is Chopin as being experimental in form. And I would probably even go further and argue that it's more characteristic of his general style. Are the ballades more formally experimental than the polonaises?
And I mentioned the Op. 28 preludes, but there are probably plenty of nocturnes and mazurkas that could qualify as formally experimental miniatures, too.
― timellison, Thursday, 3 March 2011 23:56 (thirteen years ago) link
He is definitely experimental in form, sometimes radically. The Ballades and Mazurkas are probably some of the most so.
― every man and woman is a sitar (Jon Lewis), Friday, 4 March 2011 00:09 (thirteen years ago) link
OK, I'm curious what an example of a classical piece that's appealing because it's "rife with imperfections" would be.
Entirety of Bruckner, one of my favorite composers! Except maybe Te Deum, I think he gets nearly perfect there, but the rest has these moments of overreach, visible struggle - I sort of love that stuff
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 4 March 2011 03:55 (thirteen years ago) link
rain gathering in the sky, listening to Sonata No. 2 (Olga Kern, Harmonia Mundi, terrific) - Chopin wins this poll for sure
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 6 March 2011 00:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Chopin for me as well, later Schumann stuff has been a revelation for me recently tho
― zappi, Sunday, 6 March 2011 00:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Mozart vs. Capcom
― CaptainLorax, Sunday, 6 March 2011 00:37 (thirteen years ago) link
dare I ask wtf Capt. L is talking about
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 6 March 2011 00:38 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― bernard snowy, Sunday, 6 March 2011 00:53 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.ndnguyen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/marvel_vs_capcom_2.jpg
in the pantheon of all-time arcade greats
― bernard snowy, Sunday, 6 March 2011 00:55 (thirteen years ago) link
deeply, deeply relevant
― Leighton Baines (nakhchivan), Sunday, 6 March 2011 00:57 (thirteen years ago) link
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 6 March 2011 00:28 (25 minutes ago)
the german gods sent the rain cuz they knew u were going to decide a damn franco-slav could do sturm und drang better than them
it's not the sturm und drang it's the finer feelings that Chopin excels in!
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 6 March 2011 01:50 (thirteen years ago) link
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hk2dup6KMsI/TSTllKjZ6iI/AAAAAAAAAWI/AIno1vO3Dsg/s1600/bismarck.jpg
― Leighton Baines (nakhchivan), Sunday, 6 March 2011 01:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 7 March 2011 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link
ChopinBecause Schubert and Mozart wrote other things besides piano music
― Odult Ariented Rock (Ówen P.), Monday, 7 March 2011 00:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link
dang
― save a tree, write a twitter (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 00:32 (thirteen years ago) link
polonaise in Ab major op 53 olga kern
whole life lived in 6:49
― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 28 April 2011 20:04 (thirteen years ago) link
paul badura-skoda
everybody remotely interested in this thread get him doing mozart at the very least
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 7 August 2011 19:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Thanks. I've been wanting to get into the Mozart sonatas but wasn't sure who to go with. Don't want to hear it overly romanticized.
― corey, Sunday, 7 August 2011 19:35 (thirteen years ago) link
^ u need the Ivan Moravec Plays Mozart disc on Supraphon IMO.
Also I believe Aero has repped strong for the period-piano Mozart recordings of Kristian Bezuidenhout before, I really want to check out one of those. I think there are now two volumes on Harmonia Mundi and an earlier one on a smaller label...
― Axolotl with an Atlatl (Jon Lewis), Monday, 8 August 2011 17:24 (thirteen years ago) link
uchida tbrr
― nakhchivan, Monday, 8 August 2011 17:29 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ79dUvhrXs
― corey, Saturday, 13 August 2011 21:53 (thirteen years ago) link
low placement of schubert incomprehensible to me
― j., Sunday, 14 August 2011 01:01 (thirteen years ago) link
is he on spotify? could use a good sunday morning mozart sesh
― tine nic (k3vin k.), Sunday, 14 August 2011 01:04 (thirteen years ago) link
she is truly one of the greatest pianists of all time imo
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 14 August 2011 01:21 (thirteen years ago) link
but badura-skoda on mozart is something that everybody who loves mozart should really hear because he really seems bent on making the voice of the composer audible. just so crisp
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 14 August 2011 01:24 (thirteen years ago) link
i love the uchida schubert box
― j., Sunday, 14 August 2011 02:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Schubert, and only Schubert, on R3 for the next few days...
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 23 March 2012 22:55 (twelve years ago) link
On the classical thread I was going bonkers recently over Andsnes' recording of the Sonata D958.
― Axolotl with an Atlatl (Jon Lewis), Saturday, 24 March 2012 00:18 (twelve years ago) link
do you rate andsnes w/ liszt?
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Saturday, 24 March 2012 01:21 (twelve years ago) link
Trying to play this now and realizing I never will get it even remotely close to performance tempo. It's depressing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t1eE8sZKIo
― hot and brothered (Eric H.), Saturday, 24 March 2012 03:22 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsoUIBcl7iw imo
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Saturday, 24 March 2012 04:14 (twelve years ago) link
Why come piano gotta be so hard!
― hot and brothered (Eric H.), Saturday, 24 March 2012 04:15 (twelve years ago) link
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan)
I like his Liszt recital disc pretty well, and his Grieg, but his Schubert's on another level entirely (at least D958 and D959 which are the ones I have).
― Axolotl with an Atlatl (Jon Lewis), Saturday, 24 March 2012 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
good recording of Schubert's impromptus?
― Dominique, Friday, 17 August 2012 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
I've tried about 12 different cycles and I just keep coming back to Brendel (his analog one from the 70s, available in a 2fer with the Moments Musicaux etc, not his digital one). It has the most subtly hypnotic effect. I don't like for the performer to do too much to these pieces. They should just 'come down from the sky and stand there'.
― Lewis Apparition (Jon Lewis), Friday, 17 August 2012 17:26 (twelve years ago) link
oh sweet thanks. I listened to some of Krystian Zimerman play on youtube, but I don't know Schubert from Flaubert
― Dominique, Friday, 17 August 2012 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
Zimerman is ok but not great (I do love him in Liszt and Debussy). an easily available alt choice imo would be Radu Lupu.
― Lewis Apparition (Jon Lewis), Friday, 17 August 2012 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
I stan for Lupu that dude is great plus it's fun to say his name
― steven fucking tyler (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 17 August 2012 18:13 (twelve years ago) link
It really is!!!
I've sung it before to myself as well: ra-DOOO, Lu-POOO, ra-DOO lu-POO ra-DOO...
― Lewis Apparition (Jon Lewis), Friday, 17 August 2012 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
this Chopin fellow was quite good at his job I daresay
― .oO (silby), Friday, 22 December 2017 17:11 (six years ago) link
http://navonarecords.com/catalog/nv6123/
― .oO (silby), Friday, 22 December 2017 17:12 (six years ago) link
chopin barcarolle is my favorite solo piano piece these days. wish I could play it..
― ciderpress, Friday, 22 December 2017 17:25 (six years ago) link
Neither Mozart nor Chopin ever wrote anything as transcendent as Schubert's last three piano sonatas.
― pomenitul, Friday, 22 December 2017 17:31 (six years ago) link
makes a killer dip too
― Joan Digimon (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 22 December 2017 17:41 (six years ago) link
started learning Fantasy in Fm for four hands with someone who is much more experienced in playing classical music than me...we'll see how it goes
― Neus Anneus (voodoo chili), Thursday, 21 March 2019 15:32 (five years ago) link