Piano pieces for Valentine

[amirawad]

Shall anyone suggest a piece to play in the valentine ?

I may play Liszt Libestraum or Salut d'amour ,

any other suggestions ?
 Thanks

[steve jones]

Im trying to get Clair de Lune up to scratch for the big day. Im about half way through, so I need to get my skates on!

SJ

[ahinton]

Anything by Charles-VALENTIN Alkan, surely (except, perhaps, Chant d'Amour / Chant de Mort!)...

Best,

Alistair

[rach n bach]

 

Yeah, his March de Funbre probably wouldn't be a good choice either...   

Joplin's Solace, Clair de Lune, a Chopin Nocturne...
Do you know if she has a favorite piece?
For some bizzare reason, all the girls I know have liked Shubert's G-flat impromtu and (of all things) Vocalise! (don't ask me.)

Best of Luck!
    RnB   

[thalbergmad]

Anything by Charles-VALENTIN Alkan, surely (except, perhaps, Chant d'Amour / Chant de Mort!)...

Best,

Alistair

How about Valentin Rathberger or Valentin Silvestrov.

Thal

[cygnusdei]

Romanze: Larghetto from Chopin concerto no. 1

[pianistimo]

debussy, faure, chopin, poulenc nocturnes

macdowell - to a wild rose
schumann - fantasiestucke
mozart - any one of the concerti
beethoven - moonlight sonata (do something with it)

hmm. dvorak - rimsky-korsakov - tchaikovsky - brahms - you can get away with a lot of composers with certain of their pieces.  different types of passion. 

never hurts to have a vocalist.  i mean - women like to hear the words.

[counterpoint]

How about Valentin Rathberger or Valentin Silvestrov.

Thal

...or "My funny Valentine"

Btw. I am looking for a advanced arrangement for solo piano of this song. If anyone knows one and where it is published, so that I can buy it, would make me very happy.

[pianistimo]

there's one of keith jarrett on utube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIJuYpe2BHA

[counterpoint]

Pianistimo, great idea to look on youtube 

There are so many videos of this song, I will be occupied for a few days...

But sadly, it doesn't help in finding the sheet music 

[mephisto]

How about Valentin Rathberger or Valentin Silvestrov.

Thal

I cannot on earth see how they would work.

[thalbergmad]

Pianistimo, great idea to look on youtube 

There are so many videos of this song, I will be occupied for a few days...

But sadly, it doesn't help in finding the sheet music 

I don't know if he ever wrote it down. My copy is transcribed by Marco Di Gennaro.

Dunno where you would buy it and i am unsure about copyright regarding intellectual property.

Thal

[counterpoint]

Thal, that was a very good hint. I found that Marco di Genaro has a own website with this sheet music on it. That's really great. Thank you so much 

[thalbergmad]

Good thinking old boy, I never thought to look to see if he had a website.

Thal

[desordre]

 What about something by the pop band My Bloody Valentine?

 That remembers me what happened once to a friend, when we were in high school. He had a date, and recorded to her a tape with some musics. Among those, he unfortunately choose a nice song by The Kinks, that opens with the lyrics: "Set me free, little girl".

 Last but not least, some Stockhausen would be probably a hardcore choice. And if the girl like it? 

 Best!

[soliloquy]

Oh, certainly to swoon your love interest you will want to show off your technical prowess :O

Might I recommend the lush and sensuous Evryali by Iannis Xenakis?


Or if that doesn't work out for you try the Wagner-Liszt Isolde's Liebestod.

[ahinton]

Oh, certainly to swoon your love interest you will want to show off your technical prowess :O

Might I recommend the lush and sensuous Evryali by Iannis Xenakis?

Well, you might - though this might risk the "love interest" concerned rushing off into the Mists...

Or if that doesn't work out for you try the Wagner-Liszt Isolde's Liebestod.

The Wittgenstein left-hand version, as I have so often advocated in such circumstances (leaving, as it does, the right hand to - er...)

Best,

Alistair

[soliloquy]

The Wittgenstein left-hand version, as I have so often advocated in such circumstances (leaving, as it does, the right hand to - er...)

Best,

Alistair

Did ALISTAIR HINTON just make a dirty joke?

No... impossible...... this must be a reference to Bolet smoking while playing single-hand music!


Yes.

[ahinton]

Did ALISTAIR HINTON just make a dirty joke?

No... impossible...... this must be a reference to Bolet smoking while playing single-hand music!


Yes.

What I wrote was nothing new, in that I'd suggested this before at least twice on this forum (don't ask me exactly when and where now, as I cannot recall the precise details); whether or not I made any kind of joke thereby may be open to individual opinion but what I did unquestionably do is mess up the quote facility again (bad habit - must cure it), for which I apologise (I've since edited that message to correct that).

Best,

Alistair

[iumonito]

Oh, certainly to swoon your love interest you will want to show off your technical prowess :O

Might I recommend the lush and sensuous Evryali by Iannis Xenakis?


Or if that doesn't work out for you try the Wagner-Liszt Isolde's Liebestod.

You know in that Wagner one they die, right?

I think you are better off with Stravinsky's Firebird or Saint-Saens Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, or his Allegro Appasionato.

Oh well.

Seriously, I would recommend some Brahms Hungarian dances.

[soliloquy]

You know in that Wagner one they die, right?

Oh... that's not all they do

[jre58591]

perhaps the antheil valentine waltzes would fit the occasion. btw, i second the wittgenstein liebestod, even though it reqiures at least 3 hands to play it.

[desordre]

(...)
btw, i second the wittgenstein liebestod, even though it requires at least 3 hands to play it.

Three hands used, there is one hand left again...unless you mean three hands by three persons. Well, then... 
 Best!