The most beautiful melody lines

[pencilart3]

^ Same melody at 3:23, 5:04, 6:28. I'm not sure which one I like best, though I am inclined to lean toward the 5:04, though one of the other two may be the most "beautiful".

^ 1:37 here. So beautiful. Even visitor must admit.

^ Although I hate to suggest an etude, 1:58 I just cannot get sick of.

^ 2:30 is so classic ahhhhhhhhh

1:55

Well that's all for tonight. I leave for my piano thing in the morning so I had better get to sleep

[preludetr]

The opening melody, and the theme starting at 6:10

starting at 5:40

At around 7:07

7:51

And if you don't mind some non piano music:

The very beginning section, 0:05

7:30

[distantfieldrelative]

This may be too obvious.

[abbyes]

At min 0:35, 1:45, 2:58.

Rachmaninoff was an expert on inner voices...and this hidden melody in this piece is incredibly beautiful in the context it is; this is such an beautiful and bewitching Etude. Since the first time I heard this melody I could not take it out of my head hahaha.

It may sound simple, just like 3-6 notes which lead me to a paradise of music pleasure !!! That's what I felt when I first listened to it; haha , im so weird ^^

 

[visitor]

a lot of those are really nice.


have always loved this, piano comes in at 18 seconds and finishes introducing us to such a pretty theme at about 1 minute in or so.

[visitor]

melody comes in right at the beginning just about 4 seconds in. simple. sweet. super lovely. emi evan's voice quality really seals the deal for me, however it loses it's magic in less capable hands of others trying to 'cover' the piece, they just don't have the chops like evans.

[medtnaculus]

Quite a big fan of the third movement of Fauré's Pelleas et Melisande Suite (if you don't mind non-piano).

The start of Jongen's Claire de Lune has a very nostalgic feeling to it (especially the theme in the left hand). I love music which has that sense of yearning.

[jimroof]

Twp of my favorites that might surprise - both Beethoven.

At 5:55...  such a sweet and lyrical line. Opus 90

And from Opus 7, the Rondo... at 23:37

[2pac_lives]

If there's one word for what I hear in Rachmaninov's melodies, it is "yearning". He does "yearning" better than anyone else, IMHO.

My personal favorite is Rachmaninov's Prelude in G# minor, but also his Concertos 2 and 3, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, and his Prelude in G# Minor. Harmonically complex, contrapuntal, involving two or more voices, polyrhythmic, involving two mathematically indivisible lines at once (i.e. 2 against 3 or 3 against 4), and most important... lyrical, imitating the human voice.

He's an expressive mastermind and I always hear something new in his music.

[medtnaculus]

Yes, you're right. Rachmaninoff is amazing at expressing a deep sense of nostalgia and regret.

Take this seldom performed prelude in F major:

I just love that moment at 2:19

[2pac_lives]

Yes, you're right. Rachmaninoff is amazing at expressing a deep sense of nostalgia and regret.

Take this seldom performed prelude in F major:

I just love that moment at 2:19

I'm a big Ashkenazy fan. I've never heard this, Is this one of the ones written early on (I think there were 2), that never got published in his lifetime?

Reminds me a lot of Chopin or Grieg, tbh.

[visitor]

[black_key512]

For me, this is a piece stolen from Heaven...

[rubinsteinmad]

I haven't listened to enough music to give a reliable answer, but here are some that come to my mind:

O Mio Babbino Caro (Puccini)
Arioso from Concerto BWV 1056 (JS Bach)
Vilja Lied (Lehar)
Ave Maria (Schubert)
Ave Maria (Gounod)
Solveig's Song (Grieg)
"Morning Mood" (Grieg)
Melody in F (Rubinstein)
In my Homeland (Grieg)
To the Spring (Grieg)
The middle section of Wedding at Troldhaugen (Grieg)
Apres un reve (Faure)
Siciliano from Flute Sonata(JS Bach)
Air on the G String (JS Bach)
Largo from Winter (Vivaldi)
Casta Diva (Bellini)
3 Folksongs from Csik (Bartok)
Serenade (Schubert)
Impromptu Op. 90 #3 (Schubert)
Impromptu Op. 142 #3 (Schubert)
Largo from Xerxes (Handel)
Queen of the Night Aria (Mozart)
Glockenspiel (Mozart)
Lascio chio Piangia (Handel)

More to come later.

[isyriel]

liadov op11 no 1

dohnanyi rhapsody op 11 no 3 @1:02 and then somewhere around 3:20

respighi nocturne

3 pieces for piano 1 and 2 by marjan mozetich- i cant find a decent video soz.

rachmanninoff sonata no 1 mvt 2 11:24

[cranston53]

As others have suggested, there are simply too many to list.

But if I tried to be objective (however possible that is when considering melody), I can think of nothing finer that the second movement of Ravel's piano concerto in G Major.

Whatever beauty is, it's that.

[yuuaix]

As others have suggested, there are simply too many to list.

But if I tried to be objective (however possible that is when considering melody), I can think of nothing finer that the second movement of Ravel's piano concerto in G Major.

Whatever beauty is, it's that.

oh yes this.

[piulento]

I'll start by admitting that I'm way too much into Chopin, so it's not that fair...

3:38

4:34

0:53

4:57

0:52

I think I'll stop now before I accidentally link to every Chopin piece in existence...

[pencilart3]

I think I'll stop now before I accidentally link to every Chopin piece in existence...

Hey don't worry about it! Chopin rules! And I love those particular videos of Rafal and Aimi, I have watched both of those a few too many times hahaha

[rubinsteinmad]

Alyabyev's "Nightangale"

[rubinsteinmad]

0:52

OMG that is awesome.

I like this WAY more than Cho Seongjin's interpretation; Shishkin's is far more passionately engaging.

[rubinsteinmad]

The famous part starts at 1:14.

Borodin Notturno, orchestrated from the String Quartet #2

[alkan2010]

Schubert's Hungarian Melody (and the countless soulwrenching melodies found in Schubert's shorter dance pieces)