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by Sathrandur
Thu Apr 29, 2010 2:06 am
Forum: Music Related
Topic: Help in learning Pieces
Replies: 5
Views: 1780

Re: Help in learning Pieces

You do know, don't you, the punch line to "How do you get to Carnegie Hall"? --Sixtus This reminds me of a particular story when Sergei Rachmaninoff was performing there quite a long time ago. He was performing a concerto I believe when an orchestra member whispered to him when he had a f...
by Sathrandur
Thu Apr 29, 2010 2:01 am
Forum: Music Related
Topic: Fast, Beautiful, Fun Piano Pieces Needed
Replies: 9
Views: 3432

Re: Fast, Beautiful, Fun Piano Pieces Needed

Try the last movement - allegretto, off memory - of the Beethoven sonata in D minor "The Tempest"
by Sathrandur
Thu Apr 08, 2010 6:15 am
Forum: Music Related
Topic: College Entrance Piano Audition Help
Replies: 5
Views: 2996

Re: College Entrance Piano Audition Help

If you have never heard this piece - it is a must. Rachmaninoff's Etude-Tableaux Op. 39 No. 9 in D Major. Technical, yes, but not vain either. Rachmaninoff apparently had inspiration behind each of the etudes-tableax and revealed about what 3 of them were. This one at a guess would have been inspire...
by Sathrandur
Thu Apr 08, 2010 6:08 am
Forum: Music Related
Topic: Recommendations for massive choirs
Replies: 6
Views: 1960

Re: Recommendations for massive choirs

Verdi's Requiem
by Sathrandur
Thu Apr 08, 2010 6:07 am
Forum: Music Related
Topic: Pieces that Grow Louder, then Subside
Replies: 16
Views: 8756

Re: Pieces that Grow Louder, then Subside

Perfect example for a shorter piece, and many of you should know it - Rachmaninoff's C-Sharp Minor prelude Op. 3 No. 2
by Sathrandur
Wed Oct 07, 2009 2:47 am
Forum: Music Related
Topic: Organ
Replies: 7
Views: 3340

Re: Organ

Try the Boellmann Prelude In C Minor from His Suite Gothique
by Sathrandur
Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:39 am
Forum: Music Related
Topic: Which piece would you recommend?
Replies: 15
Views: 15195

I suggest a transcription of Rachmaninoff's Vocalise, Op 34. No. 14.
Very nice with piano accompaniment, but you could probably perform it without the piano and it would still be absolutely delightful. Trust Sergei Rachmaninoff to write something so beautiful.
by Sathrandur
Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:32 am
Forum: Music Related
Topic: What are you listening to RIGHT NOW?
Replies: 436
Views: 320859

Last thing I listened to would probably have been Chopin's Military Polonaise, I was playing it on the piano last night. As for recordings, the last thing I think I listened to was Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet Suite 2: Montagues and Capulets, or the piano transcription from Prokofiev's Op 75. I also...
by Sathrandur
Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:16 am
Forum: Music Related
Topic: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto no. 5
Replies: 20
Views: 30537

In response to the topic, there is no fifth concerto for piano by Rachmaninoff. The Rhapsody is in the form of a concerto and can be divided up into movement equivelents, but it isn't called a concerto even though it fits the requisites. But glad to hear you found what you were really looking for. A...
by Sathrandur
Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:06 am
Forum: Music Related
Topic: Recommendations for piano pieces?
Replies: 8
Views: 5254

Difficult depends on your level of experience. I suggest perhaps the rondo from Beethoven's Pathetique sonata Op. 13. I have just been doing that myself. I have just got to perfect a few bits to it now. Quite a lot of fun to play, great to listen to, and I don't think it's too difficult. Althought t...
by Sathrandur
Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:56 am
Forum: Music Related
Topic: Best Composer ever
Replies: 200
Views: 241806

I believe the greatest composer ever to be none other than Sergei Rachmaninoff. He wrote the most heartfelt and touching music, while at the same time being a virtuoso at a level that I believe no one else has ever reached. His music is complex, demonstrating his superior composition skill but incre...