Beautiful music only please

enry · 01-12-2009 10:16PM #1

Ok this is what I was thinking a thread where we give links to some of our favorite pieces of music, however, you must give the story behind the music you are putting up or if more then one piece it must have a theme.
F*** it just put it up if its nice music. Come on share the love.

So ill begin and the three bites of music I’ve thrown up are from the movies.

The first is vide cor meum as it was written by an Irish compose namely Patrick Cassidy and features in the film Hannibal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKVOLND7ZEM

The second is Ennio Morricone pieces from the film the mission as it is one of my favorites.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2MycU_N634

The third is the marriage of figure, Mozart is fabulous and this piece was introduced to the masses through the film ”the Shawshank Redemption"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8z_i3NAxbM&feature=fvw

TheBandit · 13-12-2009 11:54AM

Rachmaninov's Vocalise played by Kissin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIq-1iILP5Q&feature=fvw

enry · 14-12-2009 12:43AM

Mozart Ave Verum Corpus por Leonard Bernstein

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KUDs8KJc_c&feature=related

Lisa Otto - Laudate dominum (Mozart)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB494X6ZqlI&feature=PlayList&p=A64057699582354B&index=7

Kevster · 20-12-2009 02:17AM

Good idea for a thread, and Im sorry to see a lack of replies. I think it goes without saying that 'Spring' by Vivaldi is beautiful, but that's too common!

I think that Andrew Lloyd Weber's Pie Jesu is a very beautiful piece (when sung by a lady): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhOstwxcwWs&feature=related

Then there is also:

Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt, Morning Mood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAbwMGZtIsY

Henry Francis Lyte - Abide With Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eaNpn-77K4&feature=related

docmol · 20-12-2009 02:25AM

A.M. Barrios, la Cathedral, wow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du4F4mQkXRo

fonecrusher1 · 21-12-2009 03:45PM

John Barry. Two Socks – The Wolf Theme from Dances with Wolves Soundtrack. Well im not an expert or anything but it chills me out when im pissed off & i just like it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4zyrVac7I4

nesf · 22-12-2009 12:51AM

Glenn Gould's 1981 recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7LWANJFHEs

It's a very well known piece but one of my favourites. I introduced my 1 day old daughter to it today and her facial expression when the aria began was one of pure wonder and curiosity. She reacted more strongly to it than to any other stimulus she's seen so far in her short life. Her older brother has also been introduced to it and likes it a lot.

Gilels recording of Rachmaninov's Prelude Op. 23 No. 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXU7I_Yyi2Y

My son loves this and used to get very excited about it when he was 2. It's not a delicate piece and is quite forceful but it I do like it a lot.

Nothing obscure about those two choices but they are some of my favourites.

kawaii · 24-12-2009 11:07PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmM6QenS3XU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL_1k52B5ZA

From http://www.answers.com/topic/variations-on-an-original-theme-for-piano-in-e-flat-major-geister-variationen-woo-24:

This set of theme with five variations is inextricably linked with deterioration of Schumann's nervous condition that was to lead to his death two and a half years later. He was already suffering from a severe and painful hearing disorder when he dreamed or imagined that an angel (either Mendelssohn or Schubert) descended and dictated a "spirit theme" to him, which he wrote down. The always manic-depressive composer was elated and immediately started writing a series of variations on it.

It is probably a symptom of his condition that he did not recognize this theme, which was in fact one of his own. He had used it in his op 41 no 2 string quartet in 1842, in his Lieder-Album fŸr die Jugend in 1849, and, finally, in the slow movement of his violin concerto, just four months earlier. These Spirit Variations are unusual in that for the first three variations no changes at all are made to the theme itself. The first and third variations put the theme into different triplet accompaniments, while the second uses the theme in canon. It is as if Schumann was unwilling to sully the "angelic gift." In the fourth variations, at last, there is some change in the melody itself, but these are minimal. The harmonies have a curiously static effect, and the reluctance of the melody to be altered creates an impression of a memorial.

At this point Schumann plummeted to the opposite end of his manic-depressive disorder and, in despair, cast first his wedding ring and then himself into the freezing waters of the Rhine in a suicide attempt. He was rescued and taken back home, soon thereafter to voluntarily commit himself to an asylum. While still at home, the very day after the attempt, he finished the fifth and final variation. The theme is now altered, hidden, more and more submerged in other textures of the piano until it has disappeared. The music faded into the distance. The hope Schumann thought had been offered by the angels is gone.

rcaz · 04-01-2010 12:01AM

Liszt - Un Sospiro

Pärt - Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten

rcaz · 04-01-2010 10:20AM

Gorecki - Symphony No.3, Lento e Largo

(Though the whole symphony is gorgeous...)

Aidric · 11-01-2010 01:13PM

qwerty2 · 06-02-2010 08:08PM

I absolutely lovee Debussy!
Claire de Lune (All time fave! I've loved it since pre-Edward Cullen days :P:):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlvUepMa31o

Arabesque 1 :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWpV7L4YHuU

The Girl With The Flaxen Hair :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfQ5hOOLk1o

Also love Albeniz Cordoba:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LFSxMDDE5o

Moonlight Sonata (Absolute classic!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2cFEHM9yMw

Also the Heart Asks for Pleasure First and Comptine D' un Autre Ete for a more modern take!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dPS-EHl-FE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyCRJmerW1Q

qwerty2 · 06-02-2010 08:48PM

El Pr0n wrote: »

Liszt - Un Sospiro

Wow just listened to this it's amazing

Just printed off the sheet music and will definitely be giving it a go! Thanks!

Dudess · 17-02-2010 01:46AM

Schubert - Death and the Maiden. Used in the highly disturbing Sigourney Weaver/Ben Kingsley movie of the same name.

Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor. My mother used to play it on a loop when I was about six (she still has the record) and even though I had far more of an interest in Wham! at the time rather than stuffy grown-up music :pac: I became so taken with that amazing piece of music.

_LilyRose_ · 17-02-2010 01:56AM

Classical Gas- classical guitar solo by Mason Williams...my mam makes me play it for her all the time! It's kinda depressing when she says that I have to play it at her funeral though....:eek:

This isn't exactly classical but it's a beautiful piece of guitar music-Embryonic Journey by the 60s (I Think) band Jefferson Airplane. It's the music playing at the very end of the last episode of Friends...always wondered what it was so I googled it:D

I looooove to play this piece-Prelude No.1 in E minor by Heitor Villa-Lobos, again for classical guitar! Its just amazing:)

Okay, enjoy if you listen to those! Sorry about the lack of links:rolleyes:

Dudess · 17-02-2010 02:01AM

Oh I absolutely love Classical Gas. Great kinda Cajun version of it being used for a Guinness ad at the mo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVmHfb5Ljw4

_LilyRose_ · 17-02-2010 02:06AM

Dudess wrote: »

Oh I absolutely love Classical Gas. Great kinda Cajun version of it being used for a Guinness ad at the mo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVmHfb5Ljw4

yeah, it sounds like a banjo? nice arrangement though!

kawaii · 19-02-2010 11:46PM

One of Brahms' last compositions, Op. 119 No. 3 in C major, played by a student of Clara Schumann.

One of my favourite piano pieces by Brahms.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCJYKDFiPio

kawaii · 20-02-2010 09:16PM

Dark is life, is death:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYIEUIjR7fc

rino87 · 26-02-2010 12:56AM

Short, but amazing.

Rhapsody on a Theme of a Paganini Variation 18 by Rachmaninoff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLQALZFW85E

kawaii · 01-03-2010 11:12AM

Sorry to hog the thread!

The second movement from Schubert's A minor sonata D. 537 - In my opinion one of the most beautiful melodies ever written. It's one that always stays with you and for me it sums up Schubert's character: meek and melancholy, lost in fantasy. I'll let it speak for itself (via the great Michelangeli!):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J113z39QWp4

Obviously Schubert himself was equally fond of it as he saw fit to use it again in his great A major sonata D. 959 a decade later:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LAzZCjCMqU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBfJFncuNeE

Jammyc · 03-03-2010 12:15AM

The arrangment of these songs from Ennio Morricone's soundtrack for 'Once upon a time in the america' Bought the album the other day and was blown away by 'Deborah's theme'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQCGvfBc-oI

PurplePrincess · 03-03-2010 08:56PM

Al di là del vetro, by Ludvico Einaudi. Just caught a tiny bit of this on classic fm one day and it just enchanted me.

Gabriels Oboe- The Mission Ennio Morricone. First time I heard this song was when it was used in the AerLingus ad. I was only young but it has always stayed with me as a lovely piece of music.

tarbolton · 06-03-2010 09:11PM

The greatest - here are some that come close:

Bartok - 44 duos for 2 violins. Here are 6 of them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4fDTeq9UVM

Bach - the 6 cello suites

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU_QR_FTt3E

Shostakovitch - 24 preludes and fugues for piano. Listen to the man himself play the first one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uuj5uzgmB5A

Janacek String Quartet No 1 (Actually No 2 is just as good!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc-DZWoU52E

Janacek - On an overgrown path (Teodoro Anzellotti arranged this for accordion. As brilliant as it was unexpected)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56wvTmGVShg

Ravel - Sonata for Violin & Cello

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNFQb6fNdao

That's enough to be getting on with for the moment! I almost envy you if you are coming to these for the first time!

rino87 · 07-03-2010 05:52PM

Some savage pieces there in the last post!!!! What a way to spend a sunday afternoon!!!!

Feckin delighted i came across this section of boards!

...only thing is the links appear to be broken, i had to go to youtube and type em in. Could be just my browser tho, chrome has been givin me shockin problems!!

tarbolton · 07-03-2010 07:03PM

Glad you like them RIN087. The broken links might be my fault. I am not sure that I made these links correctly. I just placed the URL between the Youtube tags. Was that the correct thing to do or did I make a haims of it?

tarbolton · 07-03-2010 07:39PM

Sorry folks I've copped onto this now. I did do it wrong! I used the URL rather than the 'embad' script.

So here they are :

6 pieces from Bartok's 44 duos for two violins.

Bach Cello suite no.1 prelude played by Rostropovitch. This can't be embedded but the URL is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU_QR_FTt3E

Shostakovitch playing the first of his 24 preludes and fugues for piano

Janacek String Quartet no 1

Janacek - Along an overgrown path

Ravel - Sonata for violin and cello

Enjoy!

MayoExplosion · 28-03-2010 11:13AM

Surprised nobody mentioned this

kawaii · 07-04-2010 12:39AM

The fifth of Beethoven's Op. 126 set of Bagatelles, his last published compositions for solo piano.

Sounds almost like Brahms, which is probably why I like it so much!