Looking for piano music
June 29, 2010 10:15 AM Subscribe
Looking for piano music
I am looking for piano music, can people here make a list of great piano music for listening. It would help if you wrote down the name of the artist and the name of the song and possibly where I can find it.
I am looking for piano music, can people here make a list of great piano music for listening. It would help if you wrote down the name of the artist and the name of the song and possibly where I can find it.
This post was deleted for the following reason: This is way too broad. If you want to try again next week with some sort of specific guidance re: genre, style, etc, that's fine, but this isn't gonna work. -- cortex
This is an incredibly broad question; it's sort of like asking for guitar music. Do you have any particular sort of piano music in mind? Like, solo piano? Soft? Loud? Dissonant and obnoxious? Pretty and quiet?
posted by koeselitz at 10:21 AM on June 29, 2010
posted by koeselitz at 10:21 AM on June 29, 2010
Arrau's interpretation of Chopin's Nocturnes is enjoyable.
Pretty much anything by the virtuosa Martha Argerich will be amazing, but I like her Chopin and Rachmaninoff.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 10:22 AM on June 29, 2010
Pretty much anything by the virtuosa Martha Argerich will be amazing, but I like her Chopin and Rachmaninoff.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 10:22 AM on June 29, 2010
Glenn Gould's performance of Bach's Partitas is great stuff, particularly the second Partita, which just dances.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 10:28 AM on June 29, 2010
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 10:28 AM on June 29, 2010
There are so many great performers for Chopin's Nocturnes, but I always loved the delicate touch of Daniel Barenboim.
Satie is a completely different experience, start with his Gymnopédies which are very accessible. Satie has perhaps the greatest variation in interpretations, so try various performers.
There's an FPP today about Debussy. Great piano compositions - try any of those. Branch out into Ravel for comparison.
For contemporary living composers, Glass has great piano works in Metamorphosis.
That's a wide selection of classical stuff, of course there's tons more.
posted by VikingSword at 10:44 AM on June 29, 2010
Satie is a completely different experience, start with his Gymnopédies which are very accessible. Satie has perhaps the greatest variation in interpretations, so try various performers.
There's an FPP today about Debussy. Great piano compositions - try any of those. Branch out into Ravel for comparison.
For contemporary living composers, Glass has great piano works in Metamorphosis.
That's a wide selection of classical stuff, of course there's tons more.
posted by VikingSword at 10:44 AM on June 29, 2010
I like Regina Spektor. She plays pop music with a piano.
posted by too bad you're not me at 10:46 AM on June 29, 2010
posted by too bad you're not me at 10:46 AM on June 29, 2010
You want the stuff Vince Guaraldi did for The Peanuts cartoons. The song Linus and Lucy, pretty much considered to be the theme to the Peanuts, can bring joy to even the coldest of hearts. It's just about the happiest song on Earth.
posted by bondcliff at 10:53 AM on June 29, 2010
posted by bondcliff at 10:53 AM on June 29, 2010
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posted by The Winsome Parker Lewis at 10:20 AM on June 29, 2010