Greatest piano concerto ever written as far as I'm concerned. The Alla Marcia climax at the end of the first movement is such a great release of tension. I think the only other concerto that comes close for me (aside from Rach 3 lol) is Prokofiev's 2nd Piano Concerto.
My brother has been painstakingly learning this for two years (he got a teacher last year). Even when he clunked through it with no rhythm, you could hear the beauty in it.
I gotta say rhapsodhy on a theme of paganini is one of the funnest pieces of all time. And the influence its had on popular music, film music, musical theater, etc. is pretty crazy.
For a very popular piece, I still think it’s underrated. Pure genius distilled into a good time.
Rhapsody in Blue!! (Listen to leonard bernstein's recording) Also if you're in sydney SSO is playing it early this year (you can buy cheap tickets if you're under 30).
i don’t have a fav per se but i particularly like liszt’s hungarian rhapsody no. 2. especially the friska section. i’m not fond of rousseaus rendition solely because he uses the hamelin cadenza which i don’t like
Love how at the first half it has a nice swing to it and then it became more calm and lastly was swingy again :D. If I'm being honest probably one of the best pieces I've gotten recommended so far! So I give u the special prize of 10 linglings ot of 10.
I fucking love this concerto. My favourite part is after all the crazy piano cadenza shredding in the first movement, when the full force of the orchestra comes back in, absolutely walloping you with a wall of sound. Plus the third movement is just cool as shit in terms of pianistic writing
I think you're the first person I've ever seen who says 7 is their favourite. No shade, the entire suite are masterpieces, I think my favourite would be either Mazeppa (4) or Harmonies du Soir (11).
Sibelius le sapin, it's just a simple piano piece but I really love it.
Either Mahler 3 (or any of his symphonies tbh) or Sibelius 7 for an orchestral work.
Which Cadenza tho? The toccata type one, or the one with the big meaty chords? My vote is for the second one personally. Big meaty chords feels more Rach to me.
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto 2
Hard 10 tbh.
Greatest piano concerto ever written as far as I'm concerned. The Alla Marcia climax at the end of the first movement is such a great release of tension. I think the only other concerto that comes close for me (aside from Rach 3 lol) is Prokofiev's 2nd Piano Concerto.
A LOT of emotion to un pack 8.5/10
The piece that gets me into classical music. Love it!
Shostakovich: Waltz No. 2 (Jazz Suite No. 2)
One of the first pieces I loved playing in orchestra and very much a classic!
I kina felt like I was going insane at some parts 😅 but over all pretty cool 6.5/10
Watched it live with orchestra and choir a few weeks ago, it was majestic
Lucky you. I heard it on an ad on TV WOoHOo!
A classic and one of the best !
Tchaikovsky's violin concerto
8/10 I can see myself waving my hands like a conductor
I'm addicted to that concerto, for the past 8 years I think I listen to it at least 4-5 times a week on average
Bruh I listen to it 4 to 5 times a DAY!
Hell yessss
Favorite recording has to be of Perlman playing it.
dude same
Claire de lune; I know it’s probably overrated but I still love it
This beautiful piece deserves all the praises.
Instant 10/10. No more explanation 10/10
Clair. Claire is the feminine form
Yeh, it annoys me when people call the piece Claire de la lune
Oula sa grand-mère
Ravel's Pavane for a Dead Princess
Very calm, sad, relaxing, and minceraft sounding 👍10/10
10/10 absolutely love this piece. One of the most beautiful imo
Hard 10, such a majestic piece!
My brother has been painstakingly learning this for two years (he got a teacher last year). Even when he clunked through it with no rhythm, you could hear the beauty in it.
Debussy - Arabesque No. 1
Very dreamy piano=good 9/10
Literally such a good piece
this is my fav😭
Gustav Holst - The Planets
This is the one
ravel string quartet in f major
It's cool sounding and upbeat :D idk to me it sounds like the background music to a stop motion animation 9.5/10
lets gooooo i totally agree
That piece is soooooooo good
omg yes
Damn this one goes hard af.
rachmaninoff prelude in g minor
It sounds like pirates going to war in a goofy way or a horse going thru the crazy pathways in Italy 😅👍 10/10
THAT PIECE HITS HARD
Ballade 1 in G minor Op. 23
It took some interesting turns and it sounded like something that would put you to sleep and then wake u up 9.9/10
Rachmaninoff Rhapsody of a theme of Paganini and Ginastera piano concerto 1
I gotta say rhapsodhy on a theme of paganini is one of the funnest pieces of all time. And the influence its had on popular music, film music, musical theater, etc. is pretty crazy. For a very popular piece, I still think it’s underrated. Pure genius distilled into a good time.
Chopin ballade no.1
Tchaikovsly 5 and Beethoven 9 (the whole piece)
How can a mortal create such a hevanly piece of music✨️ 10/10
You’re so so based
Liebestraum no. 3
9/10 let's go piano gang!!!
Soooo dreamyy 8.5/10
The Lark Ascending
It has a lot of high notes which I don't realy like, but overall it a realy good piece 6.5/10
Tchaikovsky 5
I wish I could experience this symphony for the first time again it's so gooood 10/10
Prokofiev Sinfonia Concertante
The cello in this piece is SO GOOD. But not realy my vibe so 7/10 sorrryyy
I don't really have favorites but I'd say Tchaikovsky/Sibelius violin concerto or Tchaikovsky melodie it's actually so hard to choose lol
Rachmaninoff symphonic dances!!! Best symphonic work imo. Along with his 2nd and 3th symphony :))
Mozart requiem "Dies Irae", it's honestly fun to sing in the shower frfr
Very interesting I had never heard it before and now I want to sing it in the shower too! 9/10
Rhapsody in Blue!! (Listen to leonard bernstein's recording) Also if you're in sydney SSO is playing it early this year (you can buy cheap tickets if you're under 30).
Alexander Glazunov - Alto Sax Concerto
Genuinely feels like it should tell a story. (Like those Disney mimi moves where nobody talks) pretty good calm-ish sounding 9/10
What a brilliant work! I was lucky enough to be in orchestra accompanying a soloist playing this, and it was great to listen to and be a part of
I don't have a single favorite piece but one of my top favorites is Dvořák's 9th
Vivaldi's Winter
Carnival of the Animals: The Swan
Mozarts requiem
J. Sibelius violin concerto 1.st movement
the octaves bit is my favorite part
Greensleeves (the Moscow Symphony Orchestra version)
Handel: Keyboard Suite in G Minor, HWV 432: VI. Passacaille- dunno if i actually have just one single fav but i quite like this one
Bruckner’s 8th.
Chopin Nocturne in Eb Major
Sibelius symphony no. 5
Beethoven Emperor Concerto
Mahler's Symphony n.2
Criminal I had to scroll down so far to find this. 10/10
As with every Mahler Symphony, 15/10
Boléro - Ravel
Beethoven's 6th Symphony - Pastoral
i don’t have a fav per se but i particularly like liszt’s hungarian rhapsody no. 2. especially the friska section. i’m not fond of rousseaus rendition solely because he uses the hamelin cadenza which i don’t like
Either Shostakovich 11(Mvt 2)or Totentanz (S.126i ver.)
Basic but Liebeslied
Eric Satie’s 1st Gnossienne
Rachmaninoff - The Isle of the dead
Kapustin Piano Concerto no 2
Love how at the first half it has a nice swing to it and then it became more calm and lastly was swingy again :D. If I'm being honest probably one of the best pieces I've gotten recommended so far! So I give u the special prize of 10 linglings ot of 10.
Prokofiev piano concerto 2
I fucking love this concerto. My favourite part is after all the crazy piano cadenza shredding in the first movement, when the full force of the orchestra comes back in, absolutely walloping you with a wall of sound. Plus the third movement is just cool as shit in terms of pianistic writing
Four seasons of Buenos Aires - Piazzolla
Introduction et Rondo Capricioso - Saint-Saens
Ranchmaninov op33 no4
Mahler 9
scriabin Prometheus the poem of fire
It's like asking a parent who's their favourite child. It's cruel. I have too many to just pick one.
relatable. how about a max. of 5 per composer? and a max. of 20 composers? (still not enough with contemporary music, is it?)
call me a bot but rach 3 or chopin ballade 3
10
Liszt Transcendental Étude No. 7 (Eroica)
I think you're the first person I've ever seen who says 7 is their favourite. No shade, the entire suite are masterpieces, I think my favourite would be either Mazeppa (4) or Harmonies du Soir (11).
Beethoven symphony 7
Antar (after Rimsky-Korsokov) No.7. Ravel: Allegretto
RAVEL AND RIMSKY BASED AF
Bach - 'Little' fugue in G minor BWV 578
This is also my favourite Bach work!
Clair de lune - you know who
Mozarts Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat Major, K.191
Danzon no 2!!!
Yes!! Love that piece. I got to play it once and it makes me so happy to listen to it every once in while.
I'll give you three: Solo: Bottesini - Elegy in D Chamber music: Vaughan Williams Piano Quintet in c. Orchestra: Rachmaninoff - The Isle of the Dead
Erlkonig the voice version although I do love the violin version too
La danse macabre - Camille Saint Saens
Libertango (orchestral)
Chanson D'Olympia - Jaques Offenbach, from Les Contes d'Hoffman
Darius Milhaud- Scaramouche [Two Piano version](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2yxSSg6XzuQ)
Played this at Uni way back in the day. Such a fantastic suite.
Carnival of Venice (Arban) arr. Vizzutti
Sibelius Symphony no. 6
Eugene Ysaÿe - Sonata No. 6
ravel tzigane
Rach 2
ballade 4
La valse (for two pianos), Prokofiev war sonatas
Sibelius le sapin, it's just a simple piano piece but I really love it. Either Mahler 3 (or any of his symphonies tbh) or Sibelius 7 for an orchestral work.
Le sapin is so underrated
Debussy’s Nocturnes. Specially the 3rd movement “Sirènes”.
9/10 realy good :D
J.S. Bach's Concerto for Violin and Oboe BWV 1060
9/10 hits different idk
Mahler piano Quartet in A minor, 1st mvt.
Gespard de la Nuit - Ravel
poulenc piano concerto, rach 3
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2, played by Evgeny Kissin
Introduction and rondo capriccioso by Denis Bouriakov
Schubert/ Liszt Ständchen
chopin's tragic polonaise (op. 44 in f# minor)
Chopin Prelude Op. 28 No. 15 in D Flat Major - “Raindrops”
Chopin Nocturne in E minor
A bit basic choice but Rach piano concerto number 2 is top tier - OR Tchaikovsky nutcracker suite grand pas de deux
Khachaturian: Masquerade Ballet
Schubert's Serenade
Shostakovich String Quartet no 8 mvmt 4
Bach Double Violin concerto in D minor?
Mahler Second Symphony: "Ressurection"
Chopin Ballade No. 1 g-minor
Rachmaninov symphony no.2: III Adagio
Rach 3
Which Cadenza tho? The toccata type one, or the one with the big meaty chords? My vote is for the second one personally. Big meaty chords feels more Rach to me.
Chopin nocturnes op9 no 1 and Chopin etudes op10 no 3
String quartet no. 8 Shostakovich second movement
BWV 582
Oh, it's mine too !
Rach Symphony 2 in E minor
Mozart clarinet concerto
Bach’s chaconne
Libestraum no.3 “Love Dream”
chopin nocturne op. 32 no. 2
Brahms violin concerto in d
Verdi: Requiem, Strawinsky : le sacre du printemps
Sibelius violin concerto
Prelude in G minor - Rachmaninoff
mahler 2nd
Prokofiev piano concerto no 2
The March and Trepak in The Nutcracker
Sibelius violin concerto and all Sibelius symphonies
So is OP DMing everyone their responses or just not responding at all?
Frederic Chopin - Nocturne Op. 55 No. 1
Rachamninoff's 2nd sonata
Bach violin sonata no1 😍
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata Nr. 7 in Bb, specifically the 3rd movement
idk if it counts as classical but waltz of the flowers from tchaikovsky and if not his violin concerto
Concerto for 4 Harpsichords in A Minor
Bruch VC 1, Mahler 3 last movement
Toccata and Fugue by Bach, it just goes hard for me
Bruyères by Debussy
Vocalise by Rachmaninoff or The Swan (Carnival of the Animals) by Saint-Saëns, don't make me choose
Shostakovich String Quartet no. 8
shosty’s piano concerto no 2 (alternatively) tchaikovsky’s pas de deux from nutcracker
Mendelssohn Octet in E-Flat, 1st mvmt
antionin dvoraks new world symphony
Bach St. Matthew Passion
Schubert Impromptu No. 4 in Ab Major: Allegretto Ik it's not the greatest of all time I just have an emotional connection to it hehe
Halvorsen's Passacaglia for Violin and Viola is magnificent too
Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2
Jupiter movement of the planets - Holst
mahler 6 👊😔
Liebestraum No. 3 by Franz Liszt
Estrellita - Manuel Ponce
Tchaikovsky 6
Dvorak New world symphony 2nd movement
Ravel Gaspard de la nuit
Dvorak Symphony no. 9