What is currently your favorite piece of music?

Rhapsody in Blue

Ravels Piano Concerto in G

Saint Saens carninval of the animals, and clarinet sonata

Pines of Rome

Brandenburg Concerto

Ionization (varese)

Octandre (varese)

Clair De lune

NEW WORLD SYMPHONY!!!!!!!!!!! :D

Rhapsody in Blue

Ravels Piano Concerto in G

Saint Saens carninval of the animals, and clarinet sonata

Pines of Rome

Brandenburg Concerto

Ionization (varese)

Octandre (varese)

Clair De lune

NEW WORLD SYMPHONY!!!!!!!!!!! :D

I would scallop you out for putting Clair de Lune on the list... but you've also included Ravel's Piano Concerto in G so all is well.

What's wrong with Clair De Lune?

Its a great piece. and it helps me relax ;)

Grisey - Derives

Satie - Gymnopedies

Wim Mertens - Struggle for Pleasure

Hildegard von Bingen (a constant favourite)

Alexander

Chopin's Waltz in B minor, Op. 69, No. 2.

I'm playing it in a recital next week. Wish me luck.

Ooh, Grisey! Much props.

For me, at the moment it's Steve Reich's The Desert Music. There are moments in there that are just overwhelmingly intense. It be awesome.

Brandenburg Concerto

:D

Which one?

I really like 3.

Oh.

I'm also playing Claude Debussy's Reverie.

Which one?

I really like 3.

Oh.

I'm also playing Claude Debussy's Reverie.

oh sorry. forgot the # xD

yeah, #3 :p

What's wrong with Clair De Lune?

Its a great piece. and it helps me relax ;)

It's an alright piece in itself; however it gets an OVERWHELMING amount of attention while many of his other pieces get comparetively little attention because everyone is so hung up on Clair. Never before have I seen the general public focus on such a (comparitvely) crappy piece by a composer. The following pieces by Debussy are better in my opinion: The prelude from the same suite as Clair, both entire books of preludes (besides maybe one or two pieces on each book), La Mer, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, Petite suite for four hands, Nocturnes, sonata for viola, flute, and harp, and Estampes. There are more I'm probably forgetting but oh well.

I just don't like Clair because of it's massive popularity and the fact that it shows up EVERYWHERE in pop culture (Hell, it was even in an episode of South Park). Also, it's one of the least challenging pieces by a composer that's not all that challenging to get into in the first place.

So there, my rant on Clair de Lune. ;)

EDIT: Also, Scriabin's 5th sonata is now my favorite piece. So beautiful.

I can't believe you left out Jeux and Pell

I can't believe you left out Jeux and Pell

Hindemith Piano Sonata No. 2 Movement 3

Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 4 Movement 3

Ravel's Prelude from Le Tombeau de Couperin

Ravel String Quartet in F

Definitely Messiean's Turangalila Symphony. OMG it's soo awesome.

feldman for sam beckett

Currently my favorite piece is Vaughan Williams's 2nd symphony. It changed a lot. It was his first symphony at one point. I guess I may eventually get to his third...

Oh, and I love Debussy's Nocturnes. (Plural nocturnes. Not the singular "nocturne" for piano).

Ligeti: Requiem

This is awesome. I am in love with this piece. 

Composer: Stephen Sondheim.

Work:The "Sweeny Todd" Suite.

Specific Selection: "Wait"

Reason: Contrasting Themes, Mix of Texture, Context in the Suite

Other Selections from the Suite: "Ballad of Sweeney Todd","Not While I'm Around", "Johanna", "God That's Good"

Any of you familiar with this work?

(I prefer the music-play edition music to the movie score)

At this current point in time, my favourite piece is Chopin's Ballade in G minor.

I've decided to teach myself it over the christmas holidays... :S

I've been hooked to Glass' "Tirol Piano Concerto" movement 2. Gorgeous.

I share Tyler's complete views on Clair. I'm performing Bergamasque in a recital here and there, but I won't perform Clair if I'm not playing the whole suite. I'd rather use the time playing the more overlooked pieces of Debussy (i.e. the other movements of Bergamasque) that I feel are worth the attention. Right now my favourite of the suite is the Passepied. I'm not sure I even like the Prelude right now. I've started on Suite Pour le Piano recently, we'll see how that turns out.

Favourite piece of music at the moment... hmm, would I go with Shosty's 2nd piano concerto? I think I will - I've been listening to it more than any other piece as of late, I might order it and learn it. I had an Arnold Bax infatuation a few months ago, now I think I'm discovering Poulenc, really digging the Concerto for Two Pianos and Orch. Can't find a recording on the webz of the Concerto for (single) Piano and Orch.... except with a piano accompaniment instead of the orch. Driving me nuts. Oh, and his Sonata for Horn, Trumpet and Trombone hit me just right. <3

My all time favorite piece is by far Mozart's Requiem. I also enjoy the second movement from Beethoven's 7th.

This is awesome. I am in love with this piece. I know I made a point in another thread that people go overboard with Joe Hisashi, but this piece is awesome.

At least I know I'm not the only one who loves that piece around here.

At least I know I'm not the only one who loves that piece around here.

Not by far...

I love it, too.

Sibelius's Symphony No. 7 (although this is not just "currently", it's always)

Ives's String Quartet No. 1 (see above)

Hindemith's Viola Sonata Op. 11 No. 4 Mvmt. 2

Hindemith's Viola Sonata Op. 25 No. 4 Mvmt. 1

Barber's Piano Sonata Mvmt. 1