Piano music

[Frodo's Bulk]

Dude, that third movement is crazy. It's an emotional frenzy, especially after the calm of the first two movements and the moodiness of the first in particular.

Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 5 in E Flat Major, Op. 73 (1st movement)

welp you're officially one of the only non-dumbasses on this board. both because you are cognizant of classical music and because you rate beer. I have almost 500 ratings on BA at the moment

 

[Mantraschism]

Heh, thanks man. And what's your name on BA? I might have to go check out some of your reviews. I haven't reviewed anything in several months, 'cause I'm in the Middle East now and the best I can get is Franziskaner.... =\

 

[Frodo's Bulk]

illidurit

 

[Frosties]

Loss of a Child

Awesome post rock with (for the most part) a piano lead, while everything is else is more in the background of the song. Check out the song Feeling, Falling and Farmers.

If you dig it, you can download their EP for free too.

 

[Sad Madrigal]

Dream Theater's "Wait for Sleep", "Space - Dye Vest" and "Eve" . PERIOD.

 

[Seanindarkness]

Satie and Phillip Glass's album"Solo Piano" are worth checking out.

 

[MegaMoose]

lol@suggesting anything in this thread that's not classical

 

[Frodo's Bulk]

^or jazz

 

[Arjen W.]

^ or good

 

[fizz6207]

lotsa good shit by Steve Reich or John Adams

 

[Seanindarkness]

I big "FUCK ME" on my part, because I forgot one of my favorite piano based albums of all: Kourva's "Shipwrecks and Russian Roulette"

 

[Crepuscularia]

Another classical cat I think is worth mentioning is Alexander Scriabin, whose piano music ranges from the late-romantic to the atonal. He can be an acquired taste but he had some very unique compositional ideas and he was an influence on some of the giants of the 20th century.

And the best Beethoven piano sonatas are the late ones - like from no. 23 onwards and especially the last 5. The moonlight sonata is okay but pales in comparison to those IMO.

 

[TEDIUM]

Ok, so I know its not classical (or jazz) but I figure somebody has to post this on here: http://www.myspace.com/pianopeth

 

[Talking Meat]

Rachmaninov's Concerto #2 is the one that destroys, but 1 - 3 are all almost necessities.

Others:

Pat Metheny - San Lorenzo (Yeah its a Metheny song but Mays kind of takes the song over)
Grateful Dead - Silver Apples of the Moon (one-off dual-piano piece with Bruce Hornsby that is out of this world)
or unexpectedly amazing Corea/Hiromi performance.

 

[metal_wrath]

John Boswell - The Painter

My favorite piano based album. Brilliant.

 

[Fields Of Sorrow]

No one mentioned David Lanz?

 

[Achtland]

lol@suggesting anything in this thread that's not classical

Fucking morons on this forum got their heads so far up their butts it will never come out.





NP: Scholomance - Snowfall: Serenade of Aurora, The Unearthly Angel of Dawn

 

[Bluegreen]

John Boswell - The Painter

My favorite piano based album. Brilliant.

I just listened to it. Wow. It's that kind of simplicity that's so great about piano! I especially liked "London: 1892..." and "Quit".

 

[Luann]

I laughed at the dream theater suggestion.

I forgot to say I love chopin, specially the nocturnes.
Plus Bill Evans was another really really great jazz piano player, altough I feel that he is different to the others.

 

[DHG]

Chopin had no left hand.

Check out Glenn Gould and Richter.