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Offline pies

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Sweet, gentle, and serene pieces
on: January 10, 2009, 03:28:03 AM
I need pieces like this.  Any suggestions?  approx. 3-5 min.  Gracias.
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Offline amelialw

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Re: Sweet, gentle, and serene pieces
Reply #1 on: January 10, 2009, 08:20:39 AM
Brahms Intermezzo op.118 no.2

Debussy Children's Corner no.1 Doctor Gradus ad parnassum
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Re: Sweet, gentle, and serene pieces
Reply #2 on: January 10, 2009, 08:31:17 AM
Beethoven, Pathetique, 2nd movement.
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Offline camstrings

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Re: Sweet, gentle, and serene pieces
Reply #3 on: January 10, 2009, 12:33:59 PM
Schumann: Traumerei
Bach: Theme from Goldberg Variations
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Offline frigo

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Re: Sweet, gentle, and serene pieces
Reply #4 on: January 10, 2009, 01:12:44 PM
Tchaikovsky's Romance or Nocturne...
Chopin's Barcarole is very very nice...
Satie's Gymnopedies (specially nr1) or Je Te Veux..
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Offline kelly_kelly

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Re: Sweet, gentle, and serene pieces
Reply #5 on: January 10, 2009, 01:47:46 PM
Chopin Nocturne op. 27 no. 2 or Etude op 25. no. 1
Gluck/Sgambati Melody
Some Mozart slow movements, especially K. 545 or K. 332
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Re: Sweet, gentle, and serene pieces
Reply #6 on: January 10, 2009, 03:22:15 PM
Rachmaninoff Prelude in D op.23 no.4
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Rachmaninoff Prelude in G op.32 no.5
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Re: Sweet, gentle, and serene pieces
Reply #7 on: January 10, 2009, 04:21:12 PM
Chopin's Andante Spianato

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Re: Sweet, gentle, and serene pieces
Reply #8 on: January 10, 2009, 07:08:30 PM
Quote from: allemande on January 10, 2009, 04:21:12 PM
Chopin's Andante Spianato
I second that, and I'd add Chopin's Souvenir de Paganini, not played enough but beautifully sweet, simple and quite catchy ; )
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Offline minor9th

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Re: Sweet, gentle, and serene pieces
Reply #9 on: January 11, 2009, 07:58:12 PM
Bach-Siloti Prelude in B minor. Here's the supreme master playing it:

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Offline daro

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Re: Sweet, gentle, and serene pieces
Reply #10 on: January 12, 2009, 03:34:35 AM
I'm surprised no-one's mentioned the Chopin Berceuse.

yd
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Re: Sweet, gentle, and serene pieces
Reply #11 on: January 12, 2009, 07:24:45 PM
Bizet's Nocturne in D Major, surprisingly underplayed.

Any Field Nocturne.

Debussy Prelude No 8 Book1, La Fille le Chevaux de Lin
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Offline gerryjay

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Re: Sweet, gentle, and serene pieces
Reply #12 on: January 12, 2009, 07:47:25 PM
dear pies:
what about the flight of the bumblebee?

;D

no? ok, then i'd suggest the third movement from janacek's in the mists, which is something to die for.

best!

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Re: Sweet, gentle, and serene pieces
Reply #13 on: January 12, 2009, 11:23:15 PM
Quote from: daro on January 12, 2009, 03:34:35 AM
I'm surprised no-one's mentioned the Chopin Berceuse.

yd

Completely agree!
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Re: Sweet, gentle, and serene pieces
Reply #14 on: January 14, 2009, 09:29:37 PM
I just listened to Brahms Op. 117 no. 1.  It is so lovely.
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Offline dkainoa

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Re: Sweet, gentle, and serene pieces
Reply #15 on: January 17, 2009, 10:10:07 PM
how about a selection from a haendel suite?

HWV 447
HWV 426
HWV 427
HWV 452

are all worth checking out - serene and balanced in that way that only handel can be!   
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