What's Some Great Piano Music?
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There is a pretty interesting band by the name of My Own Private Alaska. They're a French experimental band consisting of a classical pianist, drummer, and screamer, really interesting stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3At3OWBg5E8&feature=related
Yann tiersen does some great stuff on piano
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRCFvohiwAg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3At3OWBg5E8&feature=related
Yann tiersen does some great stuff on piano
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRCFvohiwAg
Working for my grade 8 on saxophone, and grade 8 theory. Also preparing for my conservetoire auditions. I mostly play jazz, but starting to play more classical. Been playing the piano for about 6 months, to aid composition and because of how great it sounds..so not great at the moment.Berethond said:
Hehe, I've been trained vocally, but I'll never be a great.
Yourself?
That is the Most Awesome Band Ever.superbleeder12 said:
Grade 8 is pretty good, if it's the same as grade 8 here.Jhaotic said:Working for my grade 8 on saxophone, and grade 8 theory. Also preparing for my conservetoire auditions. I mostly play jazz, but starting to play more classical. Been playing the piano for about 6 months, to aid composition and because of how great it sounds..so not great at the moment.Berethond said:
Hehe, I've been trained vocally, but I'll never be a great.
Yourself?
I'm grade 8 for piano and sax. I was classically trained on piano, high school band route on sax.
I play jazz now, on both.
I've never had vocal lessons, so I pretty much suck.
I sound better when I sing in a Scottish accent, though. It's weird.
Clair de Lune should go without saying. Such a delicate and pretty piece. The Maid with the Flaxen Hair is also beautiful,TonyOfPlimith said:
as is Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum.
I absolutely love Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto as well. Such grandeur in the thing.
(The sync is a bit off, though, so if you are a stickler for that kind of thing, just listen and don't watch =P)
EDIT: And yes, I do play the piano, but that's secondary to my cello.
And I can't play stuff like this with my piano skills.
BOO YAH. This and The Hymn of the Fayth, although thats more heavy on actual voice talents with almost no piano in it.......But its still good.ElTigreSantiago said:
Oh, and I forgot about these gems:
If you want lightning and thunder in your piano music, look no farther than Germany's very own Ludwig van Beethoven for his Moonlight Sonata
Mozart wrote this nice little movement in his A Major piano sonata:
If you want lightning and thunder in your piano music, look no farther than Germany's very own Ludwig van Beethoven for his Moonlight Sonata
Mozart wrote this nice little movement in his A Major piano sonata:
The Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor by Rachmaninov is my favourite piece of classical piano music of the romantic period. It is sublime. He wrote it after coming out of a major depression:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWRb90BRB5w
For more contemporary music, check out these:
- The piano solo by Harry Connick Jr at the end of Booker
- Some of the piano playing by Tori Amos in Little Earthquakes is very nuanced and crisp
- Most of Ben Folds stuff...he plays the piano like a percussion instrument...it's a lot of fun to play his stuff
- Anything by Oscar Peterson...My favourite album is Last Call
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWRb90BRB5w
For more contemporary music, check out these:
- The piano solo by Harry Connick Jr at the end of Booker
- Some of the piano playing by Tori Amos in Little Earthquakes is very nuanced and crisp
- Most of Ben Folds stuff...he plays the piano like a percussion instrument...it's a lot of fun to play his stuff
- Anything by Oscar Peterson...My favourite album is Last Call
Hey, I already mentioned that! (EDIT: It does merit two mentions, though, due to its inordinate levels of greatness)Slackenerny said:
For that, you must listen to a Zelda piano medley (which is beautiful, by the way)
Is that sarcasm? or do you actually enjoy it? most of the people that I introduce to the band don't like it.Berethond said:
Also, what would be a good starting point for Ben Folds? I enjoyed his song 'Rockin the suburbs'
I love you so much for posting this. It's been awhile since I saw it, hilarious stuff especially for a music student who had to study Rachmaninov (who's awesome btw)HardRockSamurai said:
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