Beautiful piano playing please
February 6, 2016 9:14 AM Subscribe
Hit me with your favourite beautiful piano music. Any genre as long as it's played exquisitely and preferably available on spotify.
Fur elise is my all time favorite.
posted by DoubleLune at 9:37 AM on February 6, 2016
posted by DoubleLune at 9:37 AM on February 6, 2016
Bill Evans! Waltz for Debby, Sunday at The Village Vanguard, Everybody Digs, Undercurrent...
posted by The Card Cheat at 9:42 AM on February 6, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by The Card Cheat at 9:42 AM on February 6, 2016 [3 favorites]
Eric Satie, especially as played by Reinbert de Leeuw. Here's an album as an example.
posted by Too-Ticky at 10:00 AM on February 6, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Too-Ticky at 10:00 AM on February 6, 2016 [1 favorite]
If you like improvised sessions of cosmic beauty, try
posted by mbrock at 10:20 AM on February 6, 2016 [4 favorites]
- Terry Riley's Harp of New Albion and
- Keith Jarrett's Köln Concert.
- Arvo Pärt's Für Alina and
- Erik Satie's Gnossiennes.
- Chilly ("the musical genius") Gonzales's album Solo Piano, e.g. Dot (live).
posted by mbrock at 10:20 AM on February 6, 2016 [4 favorites]
On a different note, I've recently been waking up to Maxence Cyrin's piano cover of Where is My Mind (notably played in Mr. Robot and The Leftovers recently), which is available on Spotify as well.
posted by Pryde at 10:23 AM on February 6, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Pryde at 10:23 AM on February 6, 2016 [1 favorite]
I know some folks would classify this as schlocky pop covers, but I really enjoy listening to The Piano Guys (actually one piano guy and one cello guy).
posted by HuronBob at 10:32 AM on February 6, 2016
posted by HuronBob at 10:32 AM on February 6, 2016
On a different note, I've recently been waking up to Maxence Cyrin's piano cover of Where is My Mind (notably played in Mr. Robot and The Leftovers recently), which is available on Spotify as well.
I LOVE this one, and the link should go here.
posted by mochapickle at 10:35 AM on February 6, 2016
I LOVE this one, and the link should go here.
posted by mochapickle at 10:35 AM on February 6, 2016
Rubinstein is one of my favourite performers. His rendition of La Campanella (first one on the list) is my favourite take on it of all time.
posted by tickingclock at 10:50 AM on February 6, 2016
posted by tickingclock at 10:50 AM on February 6, 2016
Nils Frahm is maybe doing the most wonderful things with pianos out of anyone at the moment (IMHO). Solo is just exquisite (Spotify link)
posted by parm at 10:51 AM on February 6, 2016 [6 favorites]
posted by parm at 10:51 AM on February 6, 2016 [6 favorites]
The piano arrangement of the SaGa Frontier 2 soundtrack is excellent. Don't know if it's available on Spotify, but here's some information, and here's a YouTube playlist of it.
posted by Verdandi at 10:56 AM on February 6, 2016
posted by Verdandi at 10:56 AM on February 6, 2016
Michael Jones.
As a bonus, he is also a “leadership educator."
posted by yclipse at 10:58 AM on February 6, 2016
As a bonus, he is also a “leadership educator."
posted by yclipse at 10:58 AM on February 6, 2016
Leszek Mozdzer the Polish jazz pianist. Can't check Spotify on my phone, but here's a YouTube link.
posted by jrobin276 at 11:03 AM on February 6, 2016
posted by jrobin276 at 11:03 AM on February 6, 2016
Ludovico Einaudi! Not sure whether he's on Spotify, but I know for certain he's on Deezer so odds are he's on Spotify, too. Not all of his music is solo piano, but at least some of it ought to be right up your alley.
posted by sailoreagle at 11:04 AM on February 6, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by sailoreagle at 11:04 AM on February 6, 2016 [1 favorite]
Chopin, Minute Waltz or Raindrop Prelude.
Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody #2.
Thelonious Monk, Blue Monk.
posted by kevinbelt at 11:33 AM on February 6, 2016
Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody #2.
Thelonious Monk, Blue Monk.
posted by kevinbelt at 11:33 AM on February 6, 2016
I also love the Klon Concert. Brahms 21 Hungarian Dances. Milhaud's Bull on the Roof.
posted by dpx.mfx at 11:43 AM on February 6, 2016
posted by dpx.mfx at 11:43 AM on February 6, 2016
Vince Guaraldi, starting here.
posted by ActionPopulated at 11:47 AM on February 6, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by ActionPopulated at 11:47 AM on February 6, 2016 [1 favorite]
Chopin. Specifically his nocturnes. I also like Poulenc.
posted by Green Eyed Monster at 11:49 AM on February 6, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by Green Eyed Monster at 11:49 AM on February 6, 2016 [2 favorites]
Brad Mehldau
posted by rhizome at 12:11 PM on February 6, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by rhizome at 12:11 PM on February 6, 2016 [1 favorite]
May not be the genre you're looking for, but I first thought of Tori Amos - her older stuff circa mid 90's and early 2000's.
posted by onecircleaday at 12:15 PM on February 6, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by onecircleaday at 12:15 PM on February 6, 2016 [1 favorite]
Nina Simone & Piano
posted by sallybrown at 12:17 PM on February 6, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by sallybrown at 12:17 PM on February 6, 2016 [1 favorite]
Most of Yann Tiersen's work is on piano. My favourite.
posted by lizbunny at 1:03 PM on February 6, 2016
posted by lizbunny at 1:03 PM on February 6, 2016
Thirding the Satie recommendation, particularly Philip Corner's gorgeous, deliberately languorous take on Satie's work. "Played exquisitely" is "Satie Slowly" in a nutshell.
Also, yeah, Nils Frahm.
posted by multics at 1:23 PM on February 6, 2016
Also, yeah, Nils Frahm.
posted by multics at 1:23 PM on February 6, 2016
Dustin O'Halloran: An Ending, A Beginning
Eddi Front: Into Your Arms
Red Garland Trio: (tough on Spotify for this album but damn, had to mention): Summertime
Brooklyn Funk Essentials: Take the L Train (to 8th Ave)
posted by priested at 1:49 PM on February 6, 2016
Eddi Front: Into Your Arms
Red Garland Trio: (tough on Spotify for this album but damn, had to mention): Summertime
Brooklyn Funk Essentials: Take the L Train (to 8th Ave)
posted by priested at 1:49 PM on February 6, 2016
Huge fan of Tori Amos's Night of Hunters instrumental-only album. It's not only piano played in the arrangements, but it really shows off her mastery of the instrument.
posted by lieber hair at 2:34 PM on February 6, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by lieber hair at 2:34 PM on February 6, 2016 [2 favorites]
Gabriela Montero. She improvises on classical music! I think she's only one of two people who do that (and I don't know who the other person is). She also plays classical music as originally written.
posted by foxjacket at 8:50 PM on February 6, 2016
posted by foxjacket at 8:50 PM on February 6, 2016
I keep recognising Kevin Kern everywhere ever since I grew up listening to it in my school library. It's nice.
posted by appleses at 3:09 AM on February 7, 2016
posted by appleses at 3:09 AM on February 7, 2016
Martha Argerich Ravel 2nd Movement
Mary Lou Williams Solo Blues
posted by smugly rowan at 3:30 AM on February 7, 2016
Mary Lou Williams Solo Blues
posted by smugly rowan at 3:30 AM on February 7, 2016
Dude! Anything by Carlos Cipa (e.g. The Whole Truth or The Monarch and the Viceroy). Or Nils Frahm, of course.
posted by Skyanth at 7:29 AM on February 7, 2016
posted by Skyanth at 7:29 AM on February 7, 2016
Ólafur Arnalds can also play a fine tune.
posted by Skyanth at 7:30 AM on February 7, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Skyanth at 7:30 AM on February 7, 2016 [1 favorite]
Pretty Good Year by Tori Amos was the first thing to spring to mind. And then I went to Spotify to find the link and was immediately presented with a 'Peaceful Piano Music' playlist, so I guess Spotify continues to deploy the witchcraft.
posted by corvine at 7:32 AM on February 7, 2016
posted by corvine at 7:32 AM on February 7, 2016
The albums
Alphabets and Consequences by Adam Benjamin,
and
life carries me this way by Myra Melford.
posted by umbú at 10:43 AM on February 7, 2016
Alphabets and Consequences by Adam Benjamin,
and
life carries me this way by Myra Melford.
posted by umbú at 10:43 AM on February 7, 2016
Konstantin Scherbakov's recording of Shostakovich's 24 Preludes & Fugues.
posted by the duck by the oboe at 3:56 PM on February 7, 2016
posted by the duck by the oboe at 3:56 PM on February 7, 2016
Glenn Gould playing Bach's 1 and 2 part inventions. Sublime.
posted by Barry B. Palindromer at 4:12 PM on February 8, 2016
posted by Barry B. Palindromer at 4:12 PM on February 8, 2016
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posted by Dr Dracator at 9:34 AM on February 6, 2016 [2 favorites]