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Question: Create A Playlist For Me

wittgenstein — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:43:08 -0800

What classical music on YouTube passes the oh-my-god-i-can't-believe-this-is-available-on-youtube test?

Several of my posts have been 20th century composers on YouTube (Reich, John Adams). And I am very fond of this piece by Lygeti. So, of course, I am especially interested in 20th century music. But, I am really interested in people posting the classical YouTube videos that amazed you most when you found them. All periods welcome.

By: neroli

neroli — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:11:31 -0800

Glenn Gould playing Gibbons and Byrd.

By: halogen

halogen — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:12:15 -0800

Violin-centered answer: my all-time-favorite solo violin piece, Song by Pancho Vladigerov, one of Bulgaria's most prominent composers, as well as several other compositions (Zlatev-Cherkin's Sevdana, for instance) that I didn't think anyone outside of Bulgaria would be familiar with. And fun pieces like Kroll's Banjo and Fiddle!

By: pengale

pengale — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:14:06 -0800

I've enjoyed listening to Nikolai Lugansky: he plays a lot of Rachmaninov and some other composers.

Perhaps you have seen the clip of Bernstein playing/conducting Ravel's Concerto in G (frantic and fun).

By: ob

ob — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:44:06 -0800

Well, if it's Ligeti that you like, you could check this out, I was pretty amazed that this was on youtube. As you mention Reich and Adams you might like this film of the world premiere of a very recent piece by Louis Andriessen.

By: furtive

furtive — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:06:47 -0800

Steve Reich - Clapping Music or any of his other stuff.

By: furtive

furtive — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:07:12 -0800

doh, just noticed you mentioned him.

By: cmchap

cmchap — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:15:16 -0800

John Cage's 4'33"

By: aquafortis

aquafortis — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:10:35 -0800

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau sings Der Erlkönig
Messiaen on Birds
Messiaen Organ Improvisation

By: schyler523

schyler523 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:24:04 -0800

Threnody to The Victims of Hiroshima by Krzysztof Penderecki

By: mandymanwasregistered

mandymanwasregistered — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:01:33 -0800

I've always liked this clip of Glenn Gould playing Bach at home in his pajamas. Especially the part where he gets up in the middle of the piece and looks out the window for a moment before resuming.

By: carsonb

carsonb — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:46:11 -0800

There was a great MeFi post a few years ago on extremely difficult piano pieces: Showoffs and Knucklebusters. Many of the videos remain available, including the set that really tuned my baby grand: Perlemuter playing Gaspard de la Nuit. (That's part one, Ondine. Here's Le Gibet and Scarbo.)

By: misteraitch

misteraitch — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:40:51 -0800

Two surprising clips from a '60s game show called I've Got a Secret: John Cage performing Water Walk, and a young John Cale performing part of Satie's Vexations (the actual performance starts at 7'30" in the latter clip).

By: mathiu

mathiu — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:53:37 -0800

This is the link to the Glenn Gould piece posted by mandymanwasregistered

By: aheckler

aheckler — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:35:01 -0800

After I saw There Will Be Blood, I went searching for one of the pieces in the film and was pretty amazed when I found it right away: Brahms' Violin Concerto in D Major Op.77:3. Vivace Non Troppo

By: Autarky

Autarky — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:53:37 -0800

Jacqueline du Pre playing Elgar's concerto. It just doesn't get any better than that.

By: invitapriore

invitapriore — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:31:44 -0800

Ravel's Jeux d'Eau as played by Sviatoslav Richter.