NO. 1 moving piece

[BoliverAllmon]

What would you consider the most beautiful moving piece you have heard? We have talked about the hardest piece before, but now I want to know the most beautiful.

Boliver Allmon

[chelsey]

Wow,  I'll be interested to read the answers to this topic. I think it will be even harder to lable a piece most moving since so much depends on interpretation and the performance. I am by far not a very "seasoned" pianist and even my listening experiences are quite limited, but the first time I heard a recording of chopin's etude op10 no3 I cried, maybe it was the err mood I was in but ever since it's been one of my favourite moving piece to listen to and work on (though it's no where near perfomance ability and it won't be for a loooong time).

meh.

Chelsey

[BoliverAllmon]

I agree Op. 10 NO. 3 is simply a tear-enducing song. I have a cd with perahia playing all the etudes and I listen to NO. 3 all the time. I would love to learn how to play this piece, but I saw the sheet music and decided to put the piece off for a while and let the masters play it.

Boliver Allmon

[pskim]

The very first time I remember getting goose bumps while listening to a piece was when I heard Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini's famous 18th variation by performed by Ashkenazy with Andre Preven conducting.  I have yet to hear this version out done.  His interpretation was and is fantastic!

[Colette]

my first music induced chills were from this piece as well. my grandmother was a classical pianist and i used to visit her house in michigan where rachmaninoff's rhapsody on a theme of paganini (ashkenazy/previn) was always playing on the stereo when i walked in. i was about nine or ten the first time i heard it and was absolutely stunned by its beauty even though i didn't really understand what was going on. i used to beg my grandmother to play the 18th variation over and over and over again until i'd get yelled at. this ashkenazy version is still my favorite to this day, and i'm always amazed to find different nuances in his interpretation every time i listen. it's such perfect pianism that it's a little scary.

[BuyBuy]

Ballade nº1, in G minor, by Chopin.

Doesn't  bear comparison when played by Horowitz.

[Franz_Liszt]

Etude Op. 10 No. 3. Figure out the composer.

[ned]

If we are talking about "moving" beauty rather than say sensuous or decorative beauty, I would have to suggest the first and second movements of Schubert's Sonata in B flat.
Ned

[Rach3]

What about the fourth movement of the Schubert sonata?

[RiskyP]

Rachmaninoff's 3rd Piano Concerto. Not because it happens to be hard... I love the theme of love and despair clashing with each other - pure genious.  

[titos]

  So many to choose from... To my surpise, noone mentioned the slow movement of the Ravel Concerto in G, especially in its legendary performance by Michelangeli!

[Rach3]

A few more ideas, all candidates for "most" moving depending on when you ask me: Chopin Nocturnes, Schubert Impromptus, Schubert 3 posthumous impromptus D946, Schubert Moments Musicaux, Chopin impromptus, Chopin ballades esp. the fourth, Schubert in general, Chopin 2nd concerto, most of Mendellson and Schumann, Schumann's Humoreske, the Schubert fantasy, Barber's violin concerto, Sibelius' 5th symphony. his violin concerto too, Beethoven's  6th, 7th, and 9th, Rach 3, most of Beethoven's later sonatas including appasionata, his earlier sonatas too, Liszt Annees des Pelerinage including the Dante sonata and Petrarch sonnetts, Liszt 1st concerto, Grieg concerto, Scarlatti if played right, Goldberg Variations, anything played by Horowitz or Glenn Gould.

[Rach3]

And Brahms' F minor piano quintet!

Maybe the Haydn cello concerto, 2nd movement.

[RiskyP]

The second movement of Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 - so beautiful.

[sasson]

are we talking piano or any?
so many to choose from - i can't pick but here's a few that come to mind:

Chopins prelude opus 28, No. 4
Some of the Nocturnes - melancholy and dreamy

I think alot of very moving pieces have strings in them

Adagio by Albinoni
Zigeunerweisen, for violin & piano by Sarasate
Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto
Schubert's fantasy for violin and piano
Some Dvorak string quartet pieces (names are not coming to me! )

too many to name !

S~

[BoliverAllmon]

I agree piano and strings make quite the combo.

BoliverAllmon

[erik-]

Schumann - Sonatas for violin and piano performed by Martha Argerich and Guidon Kremer

[jennbo]

I've always found Four Impromptus For Piano, D 899 (Op.90) No. 3 In G-Flat Major Andante by Schubert and Chopin's Nocturne no.20 op. posth. in C# minor to be quiet moving

[kilpok]

2nd movement of Beethoven op10.no.3 D Major Sonata
Various Scriabine preludes op.11

[dreamaurora]

Hmm, moving pieces.

Personally these are my favourites :
- Faure :  Barcarolle No 1 , very very beautiful middle section.
- Ginastera : Danza Argentinas No 2 , very poetic and heart-wrenching
- Ravel  : Piano Concerto, 2nd movt
- Iberia : Suite Book 2 - Almeria
- Rachamaninov : Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini, 18th variation

[bachopoven]

My best choice is Chopin Op 164 Waltz. Just so romantic and beautiful.

My second best choice is Chopin Fantasy Impromptu. (thank God it's on the demo of my piano.)

It'll be a while before I get to play these pieces, but the hope I will one day be able to play them keeps me motivated to keep learning the piano.

[BoliverAllmon]

yeah bachopoven, I am glad that Chopin's Fantasie Impromptu is on my keyboard also. I listen to it all the time.

boliver

[Hmoll]

Kilpok,

I agree about the second movement to op10#3. Also, the slow movement to op. 106 is very moving.

[e60m5]

Hmmm... I have a couple...

Liszt - Liebestraume no.3

Beethoven - Sonata Op.13 (Pathetique) 2nd movt

Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto no.2 2nd movt

Chopin - Etude Op.10 no.3

Chopin - Nocturne Op.9 no.1

Oh, and for non piano:

Rachmaninov - Symphony no.2 3rd movt


Anyone agree with these ones...?

[Irock1ce]

Chopin Nocturne in C#minor. Chopin Ballade no.1 in G minor. Debussy-Clair de Lune. oh yeah. Beethoven's 9th.

[BoliverAllmon]

Beethoven's 5th also gives me chills.

boliver

[luda888]

beethoven's 5th symPHONY!  

[donjuan]

luda888, quit bringing up these old threads! Some of the posters left the forum LONG ago! so stop trying to talk to them!

[monk]

Mozart: Piano Concerto in A major KV 488, second movement.

SOOO beautiful!

And, as mentioned already, the 2nd movement of Ravel's G major concerto. Especially the moment when the other instruments come in is making me GOOSEBUMPS!

Best Wishes,
Monk

[Spatula]

my first music induced chills were from this piece as well. my grandmother was a classical pianist and i used to visit her house in michigan where rachmaninoff's rhapsody on a theme of paganini (ashkenazy/previn) was always playing on the stereo when i walked in. i was about nine or ten the first time i heard it and was absolutely stunned by its beauty even though i didn't really understand what was going on. i used to beg my grandmother to play the 18th variation over and over and over again until i'd get yelled at. this ashkenazy version is still my favorite to this day, and i'm always amazed to find different nuances in his interpretation every time i listen. it's such perfect pianism that it's a little scary.

INdeed

[Spatula]

Hmmm... I have a couple...

Liszt - Liebestraume no.3

Beethoven - Sonata Op.13 (Pathetique) 2nd movt

Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto no.2 2nd movt

Chopin - Etude Op.10 no.3

Chopin - Nocturne Op.9 no.1

Oh, and for non piano:

Rachmaninov - Symphony no.2 3rd movt


Anyone agree with these ones...?

Rach's 2nd movement, PC nr 2 is very touching, much more than his other P concerti.  

[abe]

well, this may not be the most moving peice i've heard, but it comes to mind.....
Chopin etude op. 25 no. 12---very, very powerful for a minature

also Chopin's Ballade in fminor

[Nightscape]

Rachmaninov's 3rd concerto.  There are many moments that are astonishingly beautiful in this piece, ill describe a few.  The cadenza in the first movement(the long version), so full of pathos!  When the chord finally transforms into a major chord, it's like having an orgasm.  A musical depiction of an orgasm.  Towards the end, when the french horns have a soli, it sounds like a mournful call far in the distance... very touching.  The orchestral prelude at the beginning of the second movement is simply beautiful, and when the piano comes in it is spine tingling!  It sounds like a blanket of storm clouds covering a serene landscape.  And at the end, when the piano flys up to the keyboard with the orchestra, it's like a burst of ecstatic energy.  But the best parts are in the end of the 3rd movement.  There's a part towards the end that sounds like a frenzied march.... a march of death.  And the climax of the 3rd movement is like a glimpse of heaven!
Ah.... I think I'll listen to it now.

[Max]

It's hard to judge.

I would say Chopins Tarentelle, it's kind of quirky, but very exotic and beautiful.

[pseudopianist]

Chopin:

Celllo Sonata Mov3
Nocturne in C minor (Op48?)
Piano Concerto in F minor Mov2
Marche Funbré (spelling?)


Bach:

St Matthews Passion

Liszt:

Un Sospiro
Les Funérailles
Preludio Etude in C

[pk]

I think Chopins 24th prelude in d minor is the most moving,beautiful and UNDERRATED pianopiece ever written.
I always get confused when soweone says some other Chopin
prelude is more moving or anything. Just listen to the 24th.

[donjuan]

Schumann - Traumerai
Liszt - Totentanz, Consolation No.2
Mozart - Fantasy D minor, Don Giovanni
Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D minor (Probably better examples, but I dont know too much Bach..)
Wagner - Liebestod from 'Tristan and Isolde' (Especially Liszt's transcription!)

Overall however, it really is a personal thing for which music move who the most..
donjuan

[luda888]

chopin's prelude in E minor

[pk]

Is that a joke or what.

chopin's prelude in E minor

[JK]

I don't know whether you're including opera and stuff in this but if you are I would say:

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde.

The whole opera is just incredible, what with the story the orchestration etc. The sheer power of some parts is overwhelming as is the beauty of others.

Also:

Beethoven: sonata in c minor op.111, well the rest of the last five as well!

[tomcc]

Geez, what about Schumanns fantasy especially the last mvt.
There are so many really

Tom

[Spatula]

I also like Rach PC no 1 2nd movement.

[luda888]

Is that a joke or what.

no, why?

[chopiabin]

Chopin:
Nocturne op.48 in cminor
Ballade #1 in gminor
Etude op.25,#12
Prelude#24

Beethoven:
Appasionata sonata
op.111
Moonlight sonata

Scriabin:
op.8#12
op.2#1
op.8#11
op.42#5
Funeral march from the first sonata
5th sonata

Rachmaninov:
Prelude in bminor op.32#10
2nd movement of Rach 3
2nd movement of the second sonata

[pk]

:-/Well it is a beautiful piece and it is very satisfying to play it.
But it´s too short and it doesnt happen so much. I think there are hundreds of other piano pieces that are more moving to listen to and more satisfying to play.

no, why?

[Spatula]

2nd movement of Rach 3

Don't you find that that piece starts out very very eeriely when the piano comes in with all the juxtaposed chords? Sounds like an Alfred Hitchcock movie.  I still find the 2nd concerto more moving (esp the 2nd movement and development (andante) of the 3rd movement, when it changes into that major key but has that distinctive "middle eastern" motif (I might not be labelling this right)

[donjuan]

..when it changes into that major key but has that distinctive "middle eastern" motif (I might not be labelling this right)

I would say it is more 'arabian'..

[Spatula]

I would say it is more 'arabian'..

That's what I was looking for

Thanks DJ (can I call you that?)

I also really like the Warsaw Concerto's major theme, sounds very romantic 1930's music.

And have any of you heard Hubert Bath's Cornish Rhapsody?? I'm still trying to find that actual recording, but it's so romantic!! A definite must!!

I think it's for love story movie of the 30's or 40's...don't know, but its really moving as well.

[donjuan]

Thanks DJ (can I call you that?)

no.. you see, there is someone else here called 'dj', and once we were both posting on a thread, and someone was refering to what I wrote by saying "as DJ was saying", and then dj piped up and said, 'huh?!'
stick with donjuan...unless you can think of a better name for me, I WAS considering changing my name..
donjuan (for now..)

[Spatula]

OH yeah sorry sorry,

anyways I finally found out that this Hubert Bath guy..some british..composed cornish rhapsody for those early romantic films ...it's considered british light music.

It can be found on british light music volume IV catalogue number 8.554712 on www.naxos.com if you're interested.

Done by the warsaw concerto, it also has the warsaw concerto..richard addinsell, dream of olwen; charles williams.

And a host of other stuff.  Well finally I guess since this is "british" music, they can actually compose decent stuff...but umm I think still the europeans on the actual mainland have already got to the heart of classical music long before...like long before before.

Okay?  

I'm trying to get the sheet music of that piece (Cornish Rhap) from my local library...but I can't put a hold on it..weird..