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pianoplayjl
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Intense moments in music
on: February 23, 2012, 10:36:22 AM
The most intense moments in pieces you have ever heard. In your life. It doesn't have to be whole pieces, only parts. If the whole pieces is very tense, post it here
I can only think of 1 at the moment: Rachmaninoff's 3rd piano concerto in the first movement. The section most tense is the part after the theme is stated again, somewhere in the middle of the movment. IMO the piece reaches 2 climax points. The first one starts when the heavy chords come in, followed by rapidly alternating chords.
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drkilroy
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Re: Intense moments in music
Reply #1 on: February 23, 2012, 11:21:18 AM
This has to be in my case the ending of La Valse by Ravel.
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Re: Intense moments in music
Reply #2 on: February 23, 2012, 03:08:52 PM
The section in Rach 3 you mention is certainly a candidate. This being a piano forum I will stick away from works that don't involve a piano. So...
The heart shattering climax from 13:25 - 13:45.
There are a couple other sections in that piece (absolute masterpiece, by the way. One of the greatest, most emotionally powerful pieces in the piano repertoire) but none are quite as intense.
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Re: Intense moments in music
Reply #3 on: February 23, 2012, 05:37:53 PM
This would be one of my picks. Starting at 4:09 and onwards.
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Re: Intense moments in music
Reply #4 on: February 24, 2012, 05:41:28 AM
1st movement to Prokofiev's 2nd Piano Concerto, although that Muraro thing above's pretty intense, never heard it before but very nice!
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Re: Intense moments in music
Reply #5 on: February 24, 2012, 09:35:37 AM
The coda of chopin's third scherzo
and in chopin's fourth ballade before the coda and a little before the middle where the main theme is played in a very dramatic way.
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mozartk365
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Re: Intense moments in music
Reply #6 on: March 11, 2012, 02:25:12 PM
the presto con fuoco in Chopin ballade no.1
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