whats your fave composision?

Bassoonist · 03-23-2007, 07:34 PM

There's so many... I have to make a list. :P

Clarinet Concerto in A Major (Adagio movement) - Mozart
Oboe Concerto in d Minor - Marcello
Bassoon Concerto in F Major - Weber (all three movements are good.)
Water Music: Andante - Handel (though I like Adagio and Allegro as well.)
Summer and Spring of The Four Seasons - Vivaldi
Oboe sonatas (I can't name all of them. XD) - Vivaldi
Bassoon Concerto in Bb - Vivaldi (can't remember the movement. XD)
Moonlight Sonata - Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 - Beethoven
Fur Elyse - Beethoven
Air - Bach
Cello Suites - Bach (the cello is an amazing instrument.)
Horn Concerto in Eb Major - Mozart (all three movements)
Adagio For Strings - Barber
The Rite of Spring - Stravinsky
Quintet for Piano and Winds: Largetto - Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23 - Mozart (it's a recent addition to my library, but I love it. The piano is just so beautiful in this piece...)

bloodorflies · 03-23-2007, 08:43 PM

I'm all about Stravinsky's rite of spring...what is it? Le sucre de printemps? something like that. and the iceburn collective cover versions are sick too.

PrincessChaminade · 03-25-2007, 02:23 AM

My favorite composition is Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakoff. There is so much COLOR in that piece. I generally like the Russian composers.
Kim

allisonthepianist · 05-03-2007, 07:33 PM

I can't just name one...Polonaise-Fantasie by Chopin - one of his best compositional masterpieces in my opinion. Bartok - Piano Concerto No. 1, Samuel Barber - Piano Sonata, Gasprad de la Nuit by Ravel....too many...to many.

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~~yurshta~~ · 09-07-2007, 09:59 AM

There's no right or wrong in something subjective like this but I'll rattle off
a few favorites and this is coming from a former concert pianist and composer himself:

Bach: Tocata and Fuguge in D minor (esp Stokowsky's arrangement for orch.)
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons.
Pachebel: Canon in D
Mozart: Fantasy and Fugue in C Major (The A minor fugue at the end is
perhaps the grandest three voci fugues ever written)
Requiem (orchestra and choir), Piano Concerto in D minor.
Beethoven: Ninth Symphony and the Appassionata Sonata, Emp. Concerto
Chopin :Nocturne in C# minor (Post) and Prelude in F# minor
Brahms : Rhapsody in G minor
Liszt: Transcendental Etude Mazeppa, Totentanz (orchestra and piano
mini concerto based on the Gregorian chant Dies Irae), L'Orage
Mendelssohn: The collection of piano shorts known as Songs Without Words
Rachmaninoff: The 2nd Piano Concerto
Haydn: The "Surprise" symphony.
Schumann: In Der Nacht (from his Fantasiestucke)
Schubert: March Militaire (four hand version) and the
unfinished symphony.
Grieg : Hommage a Chopin
Scriabin : The White and Black Mass Sonatas
Stravinsky: Rites of Spring original version
Clementi: His collection of piano exercizes Gradus Ad Parnassum.
Edward McDowell: not so well know American composer. His collection of
Sea Pieces and New England Idylls has some really
great piano shorts. This American composer was
eclipsed by Gershwin's great popularity and blending of
"negro" melodies with a Classical foundation.
Stephen Heller: Piano Concerto no 1 (rather difficult to get ahold of).
Mussorgsky : Night on Bald Mountain
Messaien : La Igliese Eternelle (The Eternal Church, symphonic like organ
solo. [The name possibly mispelled as my French is not all
that great.]

Here's some songs to feast on. As far as Beethoven's Fur Elise goes, I'd like to see that piece taken out of performance. It has been played so often by so many both well, poorly and downright crappily, that the piece needs to be retired as it has been played so much as to become odious and nauseous. I'd suggest Beethoven's Rage Over a Lost Penny be it's replacement). It seems like every doofus who fancies him or herself a pianist finds it de rigeur to play Fur Elise (and that is usually the only song they know too (thank God!).

Thank you. Likewise the first movement of the Moonlight Sonata is placed ad nauseam as if it were entire Sonata and usually played quite loud when the entire first movement is Sotto Voce with the pedal marked Una Corda. The Db Major transition is very sweet and lovely and the C# minor finale (although a bit long if you ask me putting the work out of balance) is fast, furious and an endurance contest for the aspiring pianist. Likewise with the not so difficult but extremely long finale to the Tempest Sonata, another endurance training seminar (but cool piece anyway!).

gunnels · 07-05-2013, 03:41 AM

I swear to god I've been laughing at this eight-year-old typo for five minutes now.

Astronomer · 07-05-2013, 04:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gunnels

I swear to god I've been laughing at this eight-year-old typo for five minutes now.

I'm glad I wasn't the only one!

03-23-2007, 07:34 PM	#31 (permalink)
Bassoonist Groupie Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: In a practice room. Posts: 5	There's so many... I have to make a list. :P Clarinet Concerto in A Major (Adagio movement) - Mozart Oboe Concerto in d Minor - Marcello Bassoon Concerto in F Major - Weber (all three movements are good.) Water Music: Andante - Handel (though I like Adagio and Allegro as well.) Summer and Spring of The Four Seasons - Vivaldi Oboe sonatas (I can't name all of them. XD) - Vivaldi Bassoon Concerto in Bb - Vivaldi (can't remember the movement. XD) Moonlight Sonata - Beethoven Symphony No. 5 - Beethoven Fur Elyse - Beethoven Air - Bach Cello Suites - Bach (the cello is an amazing instrument.) Horn Concerto in Eb Major - Mozart (all three movements) Adagio For Strings - Barber The Rite of Spring - Stravinsky Quintet for Piano and Winds: Largetto - Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 - Mozart (it's a recent addition to my library, but I love it. The piano is just so beautiful in this piece...) __________________ Yeah, I'm a bassoonist for life, and proud of it too. XD

03-23-2007, 08:43 PM	#32 (permalink)
bloodorflies Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: long beach, ca and jersey shore Posts: 150	I'm all about Stravinsky's rite of spring...what is it? Le sucre de printemps? something like that. and the iceburn collective cover versions are sick too. __________________ .we live and die with our opinions.

09-07-2007, 09:59 AM	#35 (permalink)
~~yurshta~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The South Posts: 13	My favorite pieces by various composers. There's no right or wrong in something subjective like this but I'll rattle off a few favorites and this is coming from a former concert pianist and composer himself: Bach: Tocata and Fuguge in D minor (esp Stokowsky's arrangement for orch.) Vivaldi: The Four Seasons. Pachebel: Canon in D Mozart: Fantasy and Fugue in C Major (The A minor fugue at the end is perhaps the grandest three voci fugues ever written) Requiem (orchestra and choir), Piano Concerto in D minor. Beethoven: Ninth Symphony and the Appassionata Sonata, Emp. Concerto Chopin :Nocturne in C# minor (Post) and Prelude in F# minor Brahms : Rhapsody in G minor Liszt: Transcendental Etude Mazeppa, Totentanz (orchestra and piano mini concerto based on the Gregorian chant Dies Irae), L'Orage Mendelssohn: The collection of piano shorts known as Songs Without Words Rachmaninoff: The 2nd Piano Concerto Haydn: The "Surprise" symphony. Schumann: In Der Nacht (from his Fantasiestucke) Schubert: March Militaire (four hand version) and the unfinished symphony. Grieg : Hommage a Chopin Scriabin : The White and Black Mass Sonatas Stravinsky: Rites of Spring original version Clementi: His collection of piano exercizes Gradus Ad Parnassum. Edward McDowell: not so well know American composer. His collection of Sea Pieces and New England Idylls has some really great piano shorts. This American composer was eclipsed by Gershwin's great popularity and blending of "negro" melodies with a Classical foundation. Stephen Heller: Piano Concerto no 1 (rather difficult to get ahold of). Mussorgsky : Night on Bald Mountain Messaien : La Igliese Eternelle (The Eternal Church, symphonic like organ solo. [The name possibly mispelled as my French is not all that great.] Here's some songs to feast on. As far as Beethoven's Fur Elise goes, I'd like to see that piece taken out of performance. It has been played so often by so many both well, poorly and downright crappily, that the piece needs to be retired as it has been played so much as to become odious and nauseous. I'd suggest Beethoven's Rage Over a Lost Penny be it's replacement). It seems like every doofus who fancies him or herself a pianist finds it de rigeur to play Fur Elise (and that is usually the only song they know too (thank God!). Thank you. Likewise the first movement of the Moonlight Sonata is placed ad nauseam as if it were entire Sonata and usually played quite loud when the entire first movement is Sotto Voce with the pedal marked Una Corda. The Db Major transition is very sweet and lovely and the C# minor finale (although a bit long if you ask me putting the work out of balance) is fast, furious and an endurance contest for the aspiring pianist. Likewise with the not so difficult but extremely long finale to the Tempest Sonata, another endurance training seminar (but cool piece anyway!).

03-25-2007, 02:23 AM	#33 (permalink)
PrincessChaminade Groupie Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: California - Bay Area Posts: 1	My favorite composition is Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakoff. There is so much COLOR in that piece. I generally like the Russian composers. Kim

05-03-2007, 07:33 PM	#34 (permalink)
allisonthepianist Groupie Join Date: May 2007 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 20	I can't just name one...Polonaise-Fantasie by Chopin - one of his best compositional masterpieces in my opinion. Bartok - Piano Concerto No. 1, Samuel Barber - Piano Sonata, Gasprad de la Nuit by Ravel....too many...to many. If you want to hear some new music and me playing piano, please come to my website. I'd LOVE to know what you think of my music! Allison's Homepage