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Offline xhunterjx

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Classical Music / Piano Related Gifts
on: December 11, 2006, 11:26:00 AM
Does any one know of good DVDs or books regarding classical music, or piano that one must have?

Offline gorbee natcase

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Re: Classical Music / Piano Related Gifts
Reply #1 on: December 15, 2006, 10:29:41 PM
A dead comfy leather ajustable stool :)
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Offline thalbergmad

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Re: Classical Music / Piano Related Gifts
Reply #2 on: December 16, 2006, 12:04:33 AM
The Great Pianists by Harold C Schonberg should be in everyones bookshelf.

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Offline ihatepop

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Re: Classical Music / Piano Related Gifts
Reply #3 on: December 24, 2006, 03:58:10 AM
A DVD named 'The art of piano' that features some of the greatest pianists in the 20th century.

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Offline invictious

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Re: Classical Music / Piano Related Gifts
Reply #4 on: December 24, 2006, 04:02:47 AM
Defintely a comfortable and adjustable piano stool for sure.

oooh, hypercorrection for the sentence above..
Bach - Partita No.2
Scriabin - Etude 8/12
Debussy - L'isle Joyeuse
Liszt - Un Sospiro

Goal:
Prokofiev - Toccata

>LISTEN<

Offline jre58591

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Re: Classical Music / Piano Related Gifts
Reply #5 on: December 24, 2006, 04:15:33 AM
hamelin's DVD would make an awesome gift. or just cold hard cash, too.
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Offline qwerty quaver

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Re: Classical Music / Piano Related Gifts
Reply #6 on: December 28, 2006, 11:43:21 AM
How about Roman Polansky's The Pianist. The story is heart-warming and Adrien Brody actually learnt how to play the piano and the first couple of bars of Chopin's 1ère Ballade. It's great movie for a Chopin buff (even though there is relatively little piano playing in comparison to the length of the movie).
There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.
- Johann Sebastian Bach

Offline quantum

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Re: Classical Music / Piano Related Gifts
Reply #7 on: December 30, 2006, 09:02:10 AM
Schonberg, Harold C. The Lives of the Great Composers

... as an accompaniment to his Great pianists book
Made a Liszt. Need new Handel's for Soler panel & Alkan foil. Will Faure Stein on the way to pick up Mendels' sohn. Josquin get Wolfgangs Schu with Clara. Gone Chopin, I'll be Bach

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Re: Classical Music / Piano Related Gifts
Reply #8 on: December 30, 2006, 01:02:48 PM
A good musical dictionary(if the person has'nt got one.).

Maybe Oxford.

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