Best of Classical Piano (part 1)

Classical music A few of my favourite pieces for piano. I know some of the clips in both 'Part 1' and 'Part 2' might actually be considered New Wave, Romantic, etc. rather than classical, but the term 'classical' just sums them all up into a category everyone can recognise. 1) Beethoven: "Appassionata" Piano Sonata in F minor, No. 23, Op. 57 - Third Movement 2) Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18 3) Chopin: Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47 4) Rachmaninoff: Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 3, No. 2 5) Beethoven: "Appassionata" Piano Sonata in F minor, No. 23, Op. 57 - First Movement 6) Scriabin: Etude in D sharp minor, Op. 8, No. 12 7) Satie: Gnossienne 1

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I have compiled what I believe to be the best of Classical music. 1. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik-Mozart 2. Symphony No. 5, 1st mvt-Beethoven 3. Rondo Alla Turca-Mozart 4. William Tell Overature-Rossini 5. Für Elise-Beethoven 6. Blue Danube Waltz-J. Strauss 7. Moonlight Sonata-Beethoven 8. Minuet(from Quintet No. 11)- Boccherini 9. Spring-Vivaldi 10. The Barber of Seville (Overature)-Rossini 11. Dance of the Hours- Ponchielli 12. Also Sprach Zarathustra-R. Strauss 13. Hoedown(from Rodeo)-Copland 14. Prelude to Act 1. (Los Toreadores)-Bizet 15. Adagio for Strings-Barber 16. Classical Gas- Mason Williams

The Best of Beethoven and Tchaikovsky

READ THIS BEFORE WATCHING!!!!! This is the first in a 2 part series on two of the greatest composers of all time, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. Be forewarned, if you're not a big fan of Classical music you may find this boring, but that doesn't mean you cant try something new! Anyway leave your comments and ratings=)

Franz LISZT Liebestraum no. 3 - Pianist Michel Mañanes Live

For better Audio click here: www.youtube.com Michel Mañanes plays live the famous Franz Liszt liebestraum no.3.Has won first prize in several young piano competitions. He is Piano Teacher in Madrid and continue to give concerts.Liszt liebestraum.Dream of love.Liszt Liebestraum.Classical concert pianist. www.geocities.com Liszt, Franz fränts lĭst, 1811--86, Hungarian composer and pianist. Liszt was a revolutionary figure of romantic music and was acknowledged as the greatest pianist of his time. He made his debut at nine, going thereafter to Vienna to study with Czerny and Salieri. In Paris (1823--25) he knew all the principal artistic figures of the period and was influenced by Berlioz, Chopin, and Paganini. He lived with Mme d'Agoult (better known by her pen name, Daniel Stern) from 1833 to 1844, and they had three children; their daughter Cosima became the wife of Hans von Bülow and later of Wagner. As a piano virtuoso, Liszt enthralled his audiences with his expressive interpretations and grand style of playing, augmented with dramatic gestures. In 1848 he decided to make a career as a composer, and became musical director to the duke of Weimar. He remained at Weimar until 1859, and two years later went to Rome, where he became an abbé (1865). During the years between 1880 and 1885, in Rome, Weimar, and Budapest, he taught most of the famous pianists of the succeeding generation. In his compositions he favored program music over traditional musical forms. Liszt ...

The Very Best of Mozart: Part 1

NOTE: To view in HD, click here: www.youtube.com Mozart is one of the greatest composers to have ever lived. Among his towering achievements are a few pieces that speak to me on a level I have never felt with any other composer, past or present. While this list is not definitive, and certainly no list is, it does touch on the broad spectrum of genres for which Mozart is most famous. I encourage you to find these pieces on your own and begin listening to them earnestly and patiently. I assure you, this music is unlike anything you have ever heard or will ever hear. You will be able to always find something new and startling even after a hundred listens. These pieces are classical in their very nature. Thus is the power of Mozart. The List (1-6) 1. Jupiter Symphony - Levine/Chicago Symphony Orchestra 2. Piano Concerto No. 20 - Bilson/Gardiner/English Baroque Soloists 3. The Abduction at the Seraglio - Gardiner/Monteverdi Choir 4. Symphony 40 in G Minor - Maazel/New York Philharmonic 5. Piano Sonata K.545 - Jean Bernard Pommier 6. Requiem in D Minor - Philippe Herreweghe/Orchestre des Champs Elysees

Rachmaninoff - Vocalise For Violin

Title : Sergei Rachmaninov, Vocalise (Songs (14), Op. 34: no 14)
From Wikipedia,Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 is a song by Sergei Rachmaninoff, published in 1912 as the last of his Fourteen Songs, Opus 34. Written for voice (soprano or tenor) with piano accompaniment, it contains no words, but is sung using any one vowel (of the singer's choosing). It was dedicated to soprano Antonina Nezhdanova.
Although the original publication stipulates that the song may be sung by either soprano or tenor voice, it is usually chosen to be performed by a soprano. As with many classical vocal pieces, it is transcribed in a variety of keys, allowing the performer to choose a vocal range more suitable to their natural voice, so that artists who may not have the higher range of a soprano can nevertheless perform the song. When sung by a tenor, it is sung an octave lower than the same key when sung by a soprano.

Claude Debussy - Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun

Painting - On the Hudson Artist - Thomas Doughty

Child Prodigy Wonders Of Innocence Part 23

Prelude

Shirley Temple performs "When I Grow Up"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iqmx5WyGqpk

Amazing Pool Playing Prodigy Tournament Player
You won't believe the talent of this seven year old prodigy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEminNjyBJM

Child Prodigy Drummer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XwtCzUaN1I

Belinda aged 11 - Classical ballet - Operatic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fwu3Mk4LGo

A boy in India is in training to limbo skate under 100 cars in one minute. So far, he can do 57
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOTSk7A6dyU

Chelsea performs at six years old
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKXg92atWVg

Child Speaker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBb8H2cR3CU

Child prodigy teaches future teachers at Ball State
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASiKNJyM874

G.F. Handel -- Concert for Harp, B dur, 1st. part.
Performed by Alexander Andrushchenko -- 8 years old
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul-s3_pYtoM

Frank "Sugarchile" Robinson
From movie "No Leave No Love" 1946
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rcq93txBdtM

THE SEVEN YEAR OLD SURGEON
"The Seven Year-Old Surgeon" profiles child prodigy Akrit Jaswal from a remote village at the foothills of the Himalayas. By the age of five, Akrit was reading Shakespeare and by seven had performed his first surgical operation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_eAkdtYay4

Ch'io Mai Vi Possa, G.F. Handel
Amanda Densmoor, Sings Ch'io Mai Vi Possa, G.F. Handel, just turned 10, sang at GoetheHaus in Jakarta, Indonesia, Feb 3, 2008. Even with a bad cold, she still managed to sing well!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjAOToSxRH8

5-Yr-Old Violinist Allegro Brilliante Op. 19
The 5-Year-Old violinist is now 6-1/4-yr-old and played W. Ten Have "Allegro Brilliante, Op. 19" using a 1/4-size violin with 1/2-size bow on the Suzuki Level VII Graduation Recital
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAdmifpfJOo

Film of Hawaii's best Magician as a child
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg50D8aw-1c

THE WORLD'S STRONGEST BOY
An observational film that follows Richard Sandrak, an 11 year-old child who since the age of 6 has been described pound for pound as the "strongest human being in the world"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esrqV8IVorQ

Korean child guitar play of Al Hambra
Little Korean girl plays guitar so well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaHaRUPfKok

PMC Final Program 2007-Skaters' Waltz
Philippine Montessori Center Final Program 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WGSi3Qb-kk

Finale..

Shirley Temple performs "When I Grow Up"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xkma1w2VvZk

Shriners Hospitals For Children
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A Suwanai plays Paganini Violin Concerto No1 1 of 5

Tchaikovsky Competition 1990

Edgar Cruz - Bohemian Rhapsody classical guitar

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"Bohemian Rhapsody" arranged for solo guitar by Edgar Cruz. Performance and Teaching excerpts.

Romance - classical guitar tremolo solo

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The classic Spanish Ballad played tremolo style.

Classical Medley by Buddy Greene on the Harmonica

SINCE PEOPLE KEEP ASKING, HERE ARE THE SONGS THAT HE PLAYED ACCORDING TO COMMENTERS:

1ST: 'Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring' by Johann Sebastian Bach.

2ND: Mozart's Piano Sonata in C, K. 545 - Allegro

3RD: Rossini's William Tell overture (known to most as the theme from 'The Lone Ranger')

WOW. He's so good on the harmonica!Buddy has talent pouring out from his ears. He also can sing, play the guitar, and he writes music (he wrote the music for 'Mary Did You Know') but he's most known for his Harmonica. Not to mention he is a really funny, cool guy.

Boccherini Classical Guitar Trio

Introduction y Fandango-Luigi Bocherini

Summertime - Piano Improvisation

at the moment I live in Germany and here the summer is nearly always much humid one (RAIN), I hatred this type of summer and I have tried this my version of "Summertime" what mean's for me this 2007 German much rain summer.

Many of his compositions have been used on television and in numerous films, and many became jazz standards. The jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald recorded many of the Gershwins' songs on her 1959 Gershwin Songbook (arranged by Nelson Riddle). Countless singers and musicians have recorded Gershwin songs, including Fred Astaire, Louis Armstrong, Al Jolson, Bobby Darin, Art Tatum, Bing Crosby, Janis Joplin, John Coltrane, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Sam Cooke, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Madonna, Judy Garland, Julie Andrews, Barbra Streisand, Marni Nixon, Natalie Cole, Patti Austin, Nina Simone, Maureen McGovern, John Fahey, The Residents, Sublime, and Sting.

About the composer:
George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose early death brought to a premature halt one of the most remarkable careers in American music. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are universally familiar. He wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works in collaboration with his elder brother, lyricist Ira Gershwin. George Gershwin composed music for both Broadway and the classical concert hall, as well as popular songs that brought his work to an even wider public.
Gershwin's compositions have been used in numerous films and on television, and many became jazz standards recorded in numerous variations. Countless singers and musicians have recorded Gershwin songs.

Early life
Gershwin was named Jacob Gershowitz at birth in Brooklyn on September 26, 1898. His parents were Russian Jews. His father, Morris (Moishe) Gershowitz, changed his family name to 'Gershvin' sometime after immigrating to the United States from St. Petersburg, Russia in the early 1890s. Gershwin's mother Rosa Bruskin had already immigrated from Russia. She met Gershowitz in New York and they married on July 21, 1895.[1] (George changed the spelling of the family name to 'Gershwin' after he became a professional musician; other members of his family followed suit.)
George Gershwin was the second of four children.[2] He first displayed interest in music at the age of ten, when he was intrigued by what he heard at his friend Maxie Rosenzweig's violin recital.[3] The sound and the way his friend played captured him. His parents had bought a piano for lessons for his older brother Ira, but to his parents' surprise and Ira's relief, it was George who played it.[4] Although his younger sister Frances Gershwin was the first in the family to make money from her musical talents, she married young and devoted herself to being a mother and housewife. She gave up her performing career, but settled into painting for another creative outlet â€” painting was also a hobby of George Gershwin.
Gershwin tried various piano teachers for two years, and then was introduced to Charles Hambitzer by Jack Miller, the pianist in the Beethoven Symphony Orchestra. Until Hambitzer's death in 1918, he acted as Gershwin's mentor. Hambitzer taught Gershwin conventional piano technique, introduced him to music of the European classical tradition, and encouraged him to attend orchestra concerts.[5] (At home following such concerts, young Gershwin would attempt to reproduce at the piano the music that he had heard.) Gershwin later studied with classical composer Rubin Goldmark and avant-garde composer-theorist Henry Cowell.

Argerich plays Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto Part 1

Martha Argerich stunningly plays the Tchaikovsky Concerto in Beppu, Japan, April 22, 2001. Antonio Pappano conducts.

Mozart Piano Concerto No 9 First Mvt Mitsuko Uchida

Mitsuko Uchida plays piano and Jeffrey Tate conducts the Mozarteum Orchestra in Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jeunehomme", in E flat major, K. 271.
A Saltzburg Festival performance, recorded in the Mozarteum, Saltzburg, 1989

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed this concerto in Salzburg, 1777. Though only 21 years old, he displayed great maturity and originality in
what is regarded by many as his first great masterpiece.

It was composed for a Mlle. Jeunehomme, of whom very little is known (such as--her first name!). But she must have been a very
fine pianist to be able to perform this! The mix of dramatic and intense emotions, some seemingly mad and anguished with parts of
joy and happiness suggest (one romantically feels) that Mlle. Jeunehomme must have been quite a handful for the young Mozart.

1. Allegro, in E flat major and common (C) time

2. Andantino, in C minor and 3/4 time

3. Rondo (Presto), in E flat major and 2/2 time

Dawn Chan notes:

Renowned pianist Alfred Brendel has referred to Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 9, known as the Jeunehomme, as a "wonder of the world," going so far as to assert that Mozart "did not surpass this piece in the later piano concertos."

update--

thanks to Laemmerhirt, I moved past my old sources and got some new info!

Christopher H. Gibbs wrote in 2005:

WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Countless beloved pieces of so-called classical music have a nickname, often one not given by the composer. Mozart would have no idea what the "Jupiter" Symphony is, Beethoven the "Emperor" Concerto or "Moonlight" Sonata, or Schubert the "Unfinished" Symphony. The names sometimes come from savvy publishers who know they can improve sales, or from impresarios, critics, or performers. The case of the Concerto we hear today is particularly interesting, and only recently explained. Little is known of the genesis or first performance of the E-flat Concerto. Twentieth-century accounts usually stated that Mozart composed it for a French keyboard virtuoso named Mademoiselle Jeunehomme, who visited Salzburg in the winter of 1777. Nothing else was known, not even the woman's first name.

Last year, the Viennese musicologist Michael Lorenz, a specialist in the music of Mozart's and Schubert's time and a brilliant archival detective, figured out the mystery. The nickname was coined by the French scholars ThÃ©odore de Wyzewa and Georges de Saint-Foix in their classic early-20th-century study of the composer. As Lorenz explains, "Since one of their favorite names for Mozart was 'jeune homme' (young man), they presented this person as 'Mademoiselle Jeunehomme.'"

In a September 1778 letter Mozart wrote to his father, he referred to three recent concertos, "one for the jenomy [K. 271], litzau [K. 246], and one in B-flat [K. 238]" that he was selling to a publisher. Leopold later called the first pianist "Madame genomai." (Spellings were often variable and phonetic at the time.) Lorenz has identified her as Victoire Jenamy, born in Strasbourg in 1749 and married to a rich merchant, Joseph Jenamy, in 1768. Victoire was the daughter of the celebrated dancer and choreographer Jean Georges Noverre (1727-1810), who was a good friend of Mozart's. He had choreographed a 1772 Milan production of Mozart's opera Lucio Silla and later commissioned the ballet Les Petits Riens for Paris. Although we still know little about Victoire Jenamyâ€”she does not appear to have been a professional musician, though clearly Mozart admired her playingâ€”Mozart's first great piano concerto can now rightly be called by its proper name: "Jenamy."

The Next Mozart 6-Year Old Piano Prodigy Wows All

6-year old Emily Bear has wowed audiences from the White House to her own house. Playing the piano since age 3, Emily also composes her own music. Has WGN-TV discovered the next Mozart?

My Favourite Classical Music (Part 2)

My Favourite Classical Music (Part 2): 1) Strauss Jr: Blue Danube Waltz. 2) Strauss Jr: Emperor Waltz. 3) Brahms: Hungarian Dance No.5. 4) Wagner: The ride of the Valkyries. 5) Wagner: Tannhauser Overture. 6) Mendelssohn: Wedding March. 7) Offenbach: Can Can. 8) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4. 9) Tchakovsky: Symphony No.5. 10) Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake. Lake in Midnight. 11) Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake. Waltz. 12) Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker. Waltz of the Flowers. 13) Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien Op. 45. 14) Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture. 15) Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1. 16) Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.2. 17) Liszt: Dreams of Love. 18) Liszt: La Campanella. 19) Schumann: Traumerei. 20) Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1. 21) Chopin: Etude Op.10, No.1. 22) Chopin: Etude Op.10, No.3. 23) Chopin: Etude Op.10, No.12. 24) Chopin: Polonaise Heroic Op.53. 25) Chopin: Waltz Op.64 No.1 "Minute Waltz". 26) Chopin: Polonaise Brillante in C major op.3 Cello and Piano.

Tchaikovsky Trio: Heifetz, Rubinstein, Piatigorsky (part 1)

Out of the hundreds and thousands of different classical recordings I have heard in my lifetime, I can safely say this is one of my favorites. Heifetz is the greatest violinist the world has ever known and this is one of his best recordings (if you don't believe me, just listen to variation #4). Part 1: First Movement

My Favourite Classical Music (Part 1)

My Favorite Classical Music. Part 1: 1) Pachelbel, Canon in D major. 2) Charpentier, Te Deum. Prelude. 3) Vivaldi, The Four Seasons. Spring. 4) Bach, Cantata BWV. 147. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring. 5) Bach, Cello Suite No.1, BWV 1007. Prelude. 6) Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565. 7) Haendel, Messiah HWV 56, Hallelujah. 8) Haendel, Water Music HWV 348-350, Alla Hornpipe. 9) Mozart, Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, KV 492. 10) Mozart, Symphony 40 in G minor, KV 550. 1st Mov. 11) Mozart, Eine Kleine Nachtmusic KV 525. 12) Mozart, Rondo Alla Turca, KV 331. 13) Mozart, Piano Concerto No.20, KV 466. Romance. 14) Beethoven, Symphony No. 3, Heroica. 15) Beethoven, Symphony No. 5. Allegro con Brio. 16) Beethoven, Symphony No. 6, Pastoral. 17) Beethoven, Symphony No. 9. Choral. 18) Beethoven, Ruins of Athens Op. 113. Turkish March. 19) Beethoven, Bagatelle in A minor. Fur Elise. 20) Beethoven, Moonlight Sonata Op.27. 21) Schubert, Trout Quintet. Die Forelle Op. 114. 22) Schubert, Ave Maria. 23) Schubert, Symphony No. 8, Unfinished. Hope you enjoy this first part!

Mozart 12 Variations Ah vous dirais-je, maman KV265 (part 1)

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Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream - Furtwangler -(part1)

Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream (part1) Orchestra: Berlin Orchestra Director: Wilhelm Furtwangler --- (part1) www.youtube.com (part2) www.youtube.com --- Listen to radio stations from your browser www.toolbar-radio.com World version --- Digital Remastering of 78 RPM Records Only Classical Music Public Domain PromoClassical Copyright reserved

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