What are you listening to now?

[Sorrano]

Yes indeed! These are my favorite recordings of the Beethoven piano concertos.

I don't believe I've heard anything more vibrant and energetic than these recordings. I will check on these with Amazon and see about adding to my library.

[Megan]

Philip Glass
Dance II (In the Upper Room)
Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble. Conductor: Michael Riesman.

A bit repetitive.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdFp0uL-BeE

[Chris]

In a couple of months I'm going to accompany (on the piano) a soprano singing the Alleluia from Mozart's Exultate, jubilate, K 165, so I've been listening to that piece quite a bit. I have my own favorite recordings, but in checking out some others on YouTube I ran across this one by Aksel Rykkvin, a boy treble:

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwQKhqZ8t1g[/YOUTUBE]

It's very impressive for such a young singer to handle such a difficult piece so well! Now that he's older he is singing as a baritone, and I hope he has a good career ahead of him.

[Enrique]

Hello Peter, Chris, Sorrano, Michael and Philip (Don Quijote). Impressive indeed it is! Break yourself a leg, Chris. Listening to Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (do not think for a moment I typed this name; I just copied and pasted). Debussy was 32 when he composed it, that is when, according to Pierre Boulez, he initiated modern music.

I wonder: assume someone is new to Debussy or to impressionism in general and I want to introduce him to his piano music. What would some pieces be that you could recommend him? That could appeal to his imagination?

[gprengel]

One of my favourite Haydn Finales - from Nr 44 - for piano!! GREAT! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN8p..._radio=1&t=150

[Peter]

Hello Peter, Chris, Sorrano, Michael and Philip (Don Quijote). Impressive indeed it is! Break yourself a leg, Chris. Listening to Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (do not think for a moment I typed this name; I just copied and pasted). Debussy was 32 when he compose it, that is when, according to Pierre Boulez, he initiated modern music.

I wonder: assume someone is new to Debussy or to impressionism in general and I want to introduce him to his piano music. What would some pieces be that you could recommend him? That could appeal to his imagination?

Hello Enrique - My favourite orchestral Debussy pieces are 'La Mer' and 'Jeux'.

For piano try 'L'isle Joyeuse'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xNf...annel=CBCMusic

[Sorrano]

Hello Peter, Chris, Sorrano, Michael and Philip (Don Quijote). Impressive indeed it is! Break yourself a leg, Chris. Listening to Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (do not think for a moment I typed this name; I just copied and pasted). Debussy was 32 when he compose it, that is when, according to Pierre Boulez, he initiated modern music.

I wonder: assume someone is new to Debussy or to impressionism in general and I want to introduce him to his piano music. What would some pieces be that you could recommend him? That could appeal to his imagination?

I don't have much to offer in suggestions. The local classical station here seems to have a fetish for Debussy and Ravel and that has turned me off to them because I tend to hear the same pieces over and over.

[Enrique]

After having listened to the Prelude, youtube presented me with Dafnis and Cloe. I, mistakenly taking it for one of Debussy's works (lapsus mentis) began to l isten until I, realizing my error, said: well, let it be La mer. And it was La mer I was listening to when I read your post, Peter. What a coincidence! By the way, La mer is enormous!

I listened to L'isle Joyeuse and it did not say much to me. It's frustrating. I just seem not to be able to enjoy chamber music.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=548lsDbhxWw[/YOUTUBE]

If you want to listen to the whole work, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWhlAYkRuzA&t=1303s. It's exactly the LP only it has been converted to CD.