The most orgasmic pieces ever written

[elevateme_returns]

You all know what I mean. let me kick off with..

 rachmaninov prelude in E flat major, op. 23
 chopin ballade 4 in f minor
 janacek 3rd mvt (andantino) from in the mists
 medtner fairy tale op. 20 no. 1 in B flat minor

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[jre58591]

medtner fairy tale op 20 number 1 and 2, the king lear fairy tale, sonata romantica, 2nd concerto, many more pieces he wrote...

scharwenka 1st concerto

thats just stuff off the top of my head.

[elevateme_returns]

thats the spirit!! totally agree with scharwenka. and the medtner of course

[jre58591]

a few more:

messiaen: many of the vingt regards, turangalîla symphonie, éclairs sur l'au de-là (not piano, but it still qualifies).

a more obscure and modern one: kapustin's berceuse.

[m]

Scriabin, Poem of Extasy












It's already all in the title.

[jakev2.0]

Umm...Scriabin Sonata 4 anybody?

heh

[m]

Umm...Scriabin Sonata 4 anybody?

heh

Nah, it is stil longing.

[ganymed]

I think the middle part of Rach op.23 no. 5 fits into that category xD

[elevateme_returns]

Scriabin, Poem of Extasy





It's already all in the title.

hahahaha

[dnephi]

Haha...

Isolde Liebestod.

In the title.

In Germany, death was sometimes used as a euphemism for orgasm.  One of the most intensely beautiful expressions of human (or superhuman!) emotions...

:sigh:

[pianowolfi]

I think that is in France: "Le petit mort".

 Scriabin "Towards the flame" and 5th sonata. Rach sonata op. 28, development of the first mvt., and perhaps even Bruckner, Symphony No 8, First mvt. Rach 3d PC first mvt. is as a whole beyond orgasmic lol 

[pita bread]

Scriabin - Sonata #5
Liszt - Ballade #2
Ravel - La Valse

[mikey6]

hmm, Scriabin, Scriabin and maybe that dude Scriabin - they all wrote some pretty orgiastic works.
And let's not forget the musical orgy that is Mephisto waltz.
Do Bacchanal's count? Manfred Symph 4th movt.

[jre58591]

hmm, Scriabin, Scriabin and maybe that dude Scriabin - they all wrote some pretty orgiastic works.

alexander, julian, and who? there were only 2 scriabins.

[pita bread]

Beethoven Op. 110 has some orgasmic moments too.

[m]

In fact, it is possible to find orgasmic moments in ANY piece.



































It all depends on ones phantasy... 






















I guess  

[pianowolfi]

Yes it seems, for I couldn't help to ask myself what happens in the dark sections of your post 

[mikey6]

alexander, julian, and who? there were only 2 scriabins.

Ralph 

[olga_janina]

Isolde Liebestod.

[ahinton]

Yes it seems, for I couldn't help to ask myself what happens in the dark sections of your post 

Rubbing fingers over the return button, perhaps?

Best,

Alistair

[m]

Rubbing fingers over the return button, perhaps?

Close, but in fact that was enter button  .

Best, M

[hodi]

Scriabin - Poem of Extacy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[m]

Scriabin - Poem of Extacy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Too late, it is already my courtesy 

[ramseytheii]

medtner fairy tale op 20 number 1 and 2, the king lear fairy tale, sonata romantica, 2nd concerto, many more pieces he wrote...

scharwenka 1st concerto

thats just stuff off the top of my head.

Which one is King Lear?  Is that the wind and cheeks cracking?

Walter Ramsey

[maxy]

My personnal, most orgasmic pianistic experience was with Rach 1, 1st mvt. More so than with Mephisto Waltz, or Scriabin's 4th sonata.

Now I will have to go try Poem of extacy.  

[bench warmer]

Liszt's Mephisto Waltz: all about sexual seduction; the ending is Faust having a big-O.

[m]

Now I will have to go try Poem of extacy.  

While you are on that don't miss Scriabin Symphony No. 3 "Le Poeme Divin", either.
Might be fun

Best regards, M

[jre58591]

Which one is King Lear?  Is that the wind and cheeks cracking?

its the one in c sharp minor, op 35 no 4. i call it the "king lear" fairy tale because there is a quote from king lear in the score.

[jre58591]

oh, and theres one piece that surely beats out all the others (not solo piano though). thomas adès's opera "powder her face" surely beats all. wikipedia it and youll see why.

[elevateme_returns]

oh, and theres one piece that surely beats out all the others (not solo piano though). thomas adès's opera "powder her face" surely beats all. wikipedia it and youll see why.

hahahahahahahahaha just read the article, contains the could-be-quote-of-the-year; "Hensher seized the opportunity to create the first onstage blow job in opera history"

[jre58591]

hahaha i told you so. that piece is surely the obvious winner.

[pianowolfi]

My personnal, most orgasmic pianistic experience was with Rach 1, 1st mvt.

Do you mean 1st Sonata or 1st PC? 

[pies]

Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues tone clusters
The intense parts of Evryali

[leslieb547]

How about, Brahms F minor sonata, 2nd movement. Antii Sirala played it in the semi-final of the Leeds piano competition in 2003, (which he went on to win), and we were all transfixed!

[ahinton]

Close, but in fact that was enter button  .

Best, M

Same thing, of course, but much more effectively put! Well done!

Best,

Alistair

[thalbergmad]

I think you might be heading towards your ban number 37 old chap.

Will you return as opus10no3?

Thal

[moi_not_toi]

While you are on that don't miss Scriabin Symphony No. 3 "Le Poeme Divin", either.
Might be fun

Best regards, M

Yeah, go ahead and steal my song....

Strange though it may seem, Rite of Spring is just one huge orgy of passion....

[soliloquy]

The iteration of the Beethoven 9th chord in the first movement of the Ginastera Piano Concerto No. 2

[jre58591]

i agree with skepto. that part is pure climax.

[pita bread]

Yeah, friggen Ginastera PC#2, mvt 1... when Beethoven's chord comes in, that's orgasmic.

[phil39]

rachmaninov. he is pure sex. some composers are love (chopin, schumann), others are love with sex (tchaikovsky), some are a spiritual kind of love (beethoven slow movements). Rachmaninov, though, makes me think simply orgasm in a lot of his stuff:  etude tableau in Eb minor, 3rd movement melody of sonata no.2, concerto no.2 of course, middle section of prelude no.5.
i am making an oversimplification of course, but you do get the feeling Rach is very 'intense but shallow' whereas schumman, chopin, beethoven can be intesne with depth

[a-sharp]

Funny - I was just feeling embarassed for recently having made this association  to someone about Liebestraum [I see no one else has mentioned that so I must be the only one :p oh well] - and then I read this post - I don't feel so bad anymore. I think music depicts exctasy so often, you can find 'orgasmic' potential everywhere - and in life - not just sexually - but you know - without sex there is no life so.... 

[ail]

Funny - I was just feeling embarassed for recently having made this association  to someone about Liebestraum [I see no one else has mentioned that so I must be the only one :p oh well] - and then I read this post - I don't feel so bad anymore. I think music depicts exctasy so often, you can find 'orgasmic' potential everywhere - and in life - not just sexually - but you know - without sex there is no life so.... 

I too was embarrassed to address this topic, as I always thought some moments in Beethoven's music reminded me of a male orgasm (I really don't know what a female orgasm is like). I don't know most of the pieces mentioned in this thread, so I don't know what you mean by orgasmic pieces. That said, I agree with Chopin's Ballade no.1 (I make that association too). I have also to point out the second climax in Beethoven's 7th symphony 2nd movement. It's around the 6:30 - 7:00 minute mark (depends on conductor, of course) but the way the climax is delayed, especially comparing to the first peak, and the way it finally explodes is a completely overt description of an ejaculation to me. Sorry for being so direct, but I really dislike ambuguities.

Alex

[elspeth]

I have also to point out the second climax in Beethoven's 7th symphony 2nd movement. It's around the 6:30 - 7:00 minute mark (depends on conductor, of course) but the way the climax is delayed, especially comparing to the first peak, and the way it finally explodes is a completely overt description of an ejaculation to me. Sorry for being so direct, but I really dislike ambuguities.

Alex

I played Beethoven 7 while I was at university... and I'm not going to tell you the rest of that story in this context because I don't want to get banned, but suffice to to say that it has some very relevant associations for me! Such a wonderful piece of music, too.

I'd also like to nominate Mussorgsky 'Night on the Bare Mountain' and Verdi 'Dies Irae' from his Requiem.

[soliloquy]

...reminded me of a male orgasm (I really don't know what a female orgasm is like)


orgasmic
second climax
explodes
ejaculation


Alex

Alex you are my new PS bff <3

[cloches_de_geneve]

Beethoven, 9th piano concerto.

[ahinton]

I too was embarrassed to address this topic, as I always thought some moments in Beethoven's music reminded me of a male orgasm (I really don't know what a female orgasm is like).

Then perhaps you ought to go and try to find out (by whatever means might be the most appropriate)...

Best,

Alistair

[ramseytheii]

Perhaps the most non-orgasmic piece:

"The point of recapitulation in the first movement of the Ninth is one of the most horrifying moments in music, as the carefully prepared cadence is frustrated, damming up energy which finally explodes in the throttling murderous rage of a rapist incapable of attaining release."
-- Susan McClary on Beethoven 9th Symphony

Walter Ramsey
PS Why on earth did I just post this?

[ahinton]

Perhaps the most non-orgasmic piece:

"The point of recapitulation in the first movement of the Ninth is one of the most horrifying moments in music, as the carefully prepared cadence is frustrated, damming up energy which finally explodes in the throttling murderous rage of a rapist incapable of attaining release."
-- Susan McClary on Beethoven 9th Symphony

Walter Ramsey
PS Why on earth did I just post this?

God knows. The egregious McClary apparently withdrew this particularly prepospterous statement some time after making it anyway, as far as I understand...

Best,

Alistair

[opus10no2]

Beethoven's music is in some way "phallic"

clazzic