The work of every great composer has a unique feel and sound. Do you love Chopin? Check out our 24th Season , when five of our artists are including Chopin in their program, as we focus on the Romantic era. Chopin is one of the better composers at telling stories through music, evoking a wide range of emotions into each and every piece. Every note serves a purpose, bringing about magical effects and progression that vaguely forms the outline of a plot. What this story is depends on the musician performing as well as the inclinations and thoughts of the listener.
Any of his four ballades are quintessential examples of this. One can form a story across the multitude of mood changes in the pieces. Page 1 of 2 1 2 Last Jump to page: Results 1 to 15 of Thread: I like Chopin. Thread Tools Show Printable Version. Oct, 1. I like Chopin. Yes well the title really says it. My go to music is Chopin, particularly the sonatas and nocturnes.
I'm trying to expand my romantic era piano listening and have started to include some Debussy greatly enjoy the Suite bergamasque. I've tried listening to Liszt a few times and just have never been able to get into it. If this makes sense in the world of piano music, I find Liszt's works just too hardcore and heavy unless I'm just missing his softer, more gentile side. Anyway, I know you guys can help me find some nice romantic era piano gems. Oct, 2. Good places to start based solely on a liking of Chopin: probably Schumann, Brahms, and Faure.
Art Rock , brianvds liked this post. Oct, 3. John Field's nocturnes. Oct, 4. Oct, 5. Rachmaninov Schumann. Oct, 6. Noli Illegitimi Carborundum. Oct, 7. I'd say the most natural steps are to the piano music of Schubert, Liszt, Mendelssohn, and Beethoven. I agree with the suggestions of Rachmaninov and Schumann and Brahms, and Field is a must if it's the nocturnes that you're loving; but I feel you might be most at home with the first four I mentioned.
In particular, you might consider: - Schubert's Piano Sonatas D. You might consider going directly to Kempff because if you like Schubert's solo piano that'll be something you'll want to hear eventually. The truth is that for D. Heck, though, 'sup to you! These are quite sweet, and if you enjoy them you might move on to Gilel's disk of Grieg's Lyric Pieces.
I don't personally know what I'm talking about but my sense from listening to more knowledgeable people is that Zimerman gives a solid, reliable rendition of the piano sonata. Another one to consider for the same reasons is Yundi Li's recording. If you wanted to try it with more fireworks, go to Argerich either in the solo piano box set from DG or on the disk titled "Debut Recital" , but I see that you might want a softer approach, and you might find Pogorelich more to your liking.
For the sake of just getting started, coming from Chopin, I feel you won't want to miss the Bagatelles including the famous "Fur Elise" , probably you want the Brendel recording because anything else will be a bit tougher to get anyway. For the late ones, a good first disk is Pollini's. For the nicknamed ones, you might start with Gilels but if you're considering buying the individual disks you might consider the probability that some years down the road you'll want the Gilels box.
It's a good place to start at any rate. With Beethoven as with Schubert, you might also consider that if you get into this, you might want the Kempff box someday, so perhaps you should consider starting there.
I'll fill in some of the other recommendations a bit too. I think you're gonna like Rachmaninoff's music quite well if you get into it. The Preludes probably the Ashkenazy recording could be another good place. Chopin didn't write any piano trios, but you might try Rachmaninoff's. For Schumann, the truth is your guess is as good as mine. I might suggest Schiff's recent disk for ECM, but if you're gonna take my word for anything, don't do it here. For Brahms, you might look for Lupu. I think that might be a good place to start.
If you want to go big, just jump up to the Katchen box. IMO, Brahms is a good place to jump from Chopin into the rest of the repertoire, rather than only solo piano music and piano concertos, which is pretty much all Chopin is famous for.
Brahms will seduce you. I'd say you might start with his first piano trio, his piano concertos, and his violin and cello sonatas. That's a lot of good stuff.
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