What piece would you play for your love?

[pianobee]

hi! here is an interesting question.....what are the most romantic piano pieces that you know, that you would play if you were giving a special recital for your "significant other?" 

[hodi]

moonlight sonata
Debussy - Claire De Lune
chopin ballade no.4
Chopin - Nocturne in C# minor op.post

[donjuan]

Liszt - grand galop chromatique  

Seriously though, Schubert is your man.  He has great melodies, and in performance, you dont have to repeat it as much.  I would do Impromptu Op. 90 No. 3. -It was beautifully used in Gattaca.

Impressive, flashy stuff like Liszt transcriptions will not fly in this situation.  That is, unless you are doing Wagner-Liszt: Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde.

[pianistimo]

my husband only tolerates piano music.  it isn't his passion.  if i played piano - he'd be checking his watch.  it's what you wear when you play, imo.

[chopinfan_22]

umm.... Liebestraum No. 3 by Liszt comes to mind.

Consolation No. 3 by Liszt is also a good one.
Berceuse by Chopin.

That's all I can think of.

[steveie986]

Military Polonaise, because I intend to conquer her.

[nanabush]

Schubert impromptus seem good... Liszt Liebestraum,

[jas]

If it were me being "serenaded" I wouldn't be able to keep a straight face. I'm not at all into big romantic gestures like that. I think talking to someone rather than playing to them is a better way of getting across how you feel. However, each to their own.

my husband only tolerates piano music.  it isn't his passion.  if i played piano - he'd be checking his watch.  it's what you wear when you play, imo.

And they say romance is dead.

Jas

[steinwaymodeld]

Tam arranges Prodigy's - "Smack my b*tch up"

or

Scriabin's etude 42/5 simply because of the sadistic, bittersweet atmosphere, complicated stormy yet sensitive touching.

Like love-making. 

[musicsdarkangel]

Ravel - Gaspard de la Nuit, the Ondine
Saint-Saens - "thirds" etude
Rachmaninoff - Sonata no 2
Liszt - La Legirezza
Beethoven - Appassionata

[sauergrandson]

n

[superstition2]

Satie, Véritables préludes flasques (pour un chien): Sévère réprimande
Ornstein, Danse Sauvage
Ornstein, Suicide on an Airplane
Scriabin, Vers la Flamme

[nanabush]

Suicide on an airplane, sounds interesting lol... could someone post pdf or mp3, or even a midi file of this piece.. or just any general info on it... I want to know why it's called this haha..

[chopinfan_22]

Military Polonaise, because I intend to conquer her.

Now that's not very nice. 

[tac-tics]

it's what you wear when you play, imo.

So.... what you're saying is wear as littleas possible  ?

Familiarity is the key. Play a song she knows. Preferably one she likes.

[kriskicksass]

Rachmaninoff's Prelude in D Major (23/4)

[quantum]

Scrabin Sonata No.3 - in-your-face romanticisim. 

[emmdoubleew]

Pretty much any of the Chopin Nocturnes 

Chopin's Ballade no.4
Liszt Liebenstraum or La Campanella

Those come to mind.

[moose_opus_28]

There is some weird crap here.  Just play Brahms 117.  And play it better than her recordings.  She loves it. 

[ahinton]

Impressive, flashy stuff like Liszt transcriptions will not fly in this situation.  That is, unless you are doing Wagner-Liszt: Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde.

And, as I think I may have mentioned here in a different context a while ago, if you play the Wittgenstein version of that for left hand alone, your right hand will be left free to...

Best,

Alistair

[ted]

I would play, and indeed often do play, one of the many pieces I wrote for her of course. "The Call of the Hundred Islands" was my wedding present to her because neither of us had any money and our wedding reception was fish and chips in my parents' kitchen after a hasty visit to the registry office in case she was deported. It wasn't Hollywood but it was real magic.

[superstition2]

Suicide on an airplane, sounds interesting lol... could someone post pdf or mp3, or even a midi file of this piece.. or just any general info on it... I want to know why it's called this haha..

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[musicsdarkangel]

hi! here is an interesting question.....what are the most romantic piano pieces that you know, that you would play if you were giving a special recital for your "significant other?" 

def piezes wich wud get me laid

and wich sho mah girth on da 88

= Ravel - Gaspard
   Chopin - Nocturne op 48 no 1
   maybe sonata 3

surely she wud bang mah wang over dese true pregnant cat peazes and show dat i'm betta peniz den otha penizes fer her

[musicsdarkangel]

ahah dayum

mad respect fo da double pozt

[rafant]

Since you talk about a recital, I'd pick pieces from several music periods; only romantic music could be boring. This is an idea for a love recital within a traditional form:

Bach: Prelude 24 (WTK II) or Fugue 23 (WTK II)
Scarlatti: Sonata K99 or K466
Schubert: Impromptu Op 90-3
Field: Nocturne in G Major
Chopin: Mazurka Op 17-4
Schumann: Kreisleriana 2 & 3 or Intermezzo (Faschingsschwank aus Wien)
Brahms: Intermezzo Op118-2 or Op 119-1
Rachmaninoff: Elegie or Prelude Op 23-4 or Prelude Op 23-6

You could substract some pieces above in favour of the adagio of the 2nd Chopin's concerto, which is a declaration of love. On the other hand, Schumann and Brahms composed many unforgettable love pages while having Clara Wieck in mind and heart (And Schumann was succesfull .

[zheer]

hi! here is an interesting question.....what are the most romantic piano pieces that you know, that you would play if you were giving a special recital for your "significant other?" 

   Oooooooo let me think, The 1st MVT from Chopins PC in e minor, then quickly return to the entourage. 

[pianistimo]

entourage?  zheer!  even solomon found out that was a bad idea (too many cat fights).  what if one of them falls in love with you.  then you have to give all the other ones up.  kind of like 'the bachelor' on tv.  of course, even the one that ends up with him has some kind of reason to dump him at the end.  (not trying to be pessimistic) but you have to start with one to end with one.