Recommended Listening and Viewing
I've added this page to encourage my students to listen to recordings of exceptional ensembles and performers. Part of being a music student is to not only perform music, but to listen to different interpretations of the music, and to expand our musical horizons. These recordings can be found on YouTube. The video link will be on the word "VIDEO" and the composer and / or performer name will also be linked to a Wiki article. In the coming weeks, I will be adding more videos or performers and ensembles. These videos will be the subject of multiple assignments.
Piano Class Listening
CLASSICAL PIANIST AND PERFORMANCES
VIDEO Fugue 22 from Book 2 of the Well Tempered Clavier by Johann Sebastian Bach performed by Glenn Gould
VIDEO Piano Concerto N.º 2 Op. 21 in F minor, second movement, by Frederic Chopin performed by Arthur Rubenstein
VIDEO Traumerei by Robert Schumann performed by Vladamir Horowitz
VIDEO Piano Concerto No. 2 first movement by Sergei Rachmaninoff performed by Helene Grimaud
VIDEO Arthur Rubenstein performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra
VIDEO Nobuyuki Tsujii performs Liszt's piano arrangement of Paganini's La Campanella
VIDEO Khatia Buniatishvili performs Franz Schubert's Impromtu No. 3 in g-Flat Major, Op. 90 D. 899
VIDEO brothers Lucas and Arthur Jussen perform Franz Schubert's Fantasie in f minor, D. 940
VIDEO The Art of the Piano - The greatest Pianists of the 20th Century. (full film, about 1hr 45min)
JAZZ PIANISTS
VIDEO Thelonious Monk plays Don't Blame Me (listen carefully and you can hear him humming along while he plays)
VIDEO Herbie Hancock performs Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue (known more as a Jazz Pianist)
VIDEO Herbie Hancock improvising at the piano (improvisation is composing and performing as you go)
VIDEO Jazz pianist Oscar Peterson plays C Jam Blues
VIDEO Michael Petrucciani and his band play Take the A Train and On top of the Roof
VIDEO Hiromi Uehara plays Dancando no Paraiso
CONTEMPORARY PIANISTS
VIDEO John Schmidt from the Piano Guys plays All of Me
VIDEO Jordan Rudess, keyboardist for Progressive Rock band Dream Theater, plays a tribute for Italy
GENERAL MUSIC VIDEOS AND LISTENING
VIDEO The Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra Flash mobs the people riding a train on their morning commute.
VIDEO Flash Mob classical style playing Beethoven's 9th Symphony.
VIDEO World renown concert violinist Joshua Bell participates in an experiment conducted by the Washington Post. He volunteers to play in a busy subway station in Washington D.C. . Read the details of the experiment here.
AUDIO RECORDINGS
Aside from downloading music from LEGAL sites like Amazon and iTunes, many decent classical recordings can be found on the Piano Society's website . To find a particular piece of music, you'll need the composer's name and the name of the piece. The more information that you have, the better. If you have the Opus number, the key of the piece, or the collection the piece is from, the easier it will be to find the music you're looking for. Good Listening!!!
VIDEO The Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra Flash mobs the people riding a train on their morning commute.
VIDEO Flash Mob classical style playing Beethoven's 9th Symphony.
VIDEO World renown concert violinist Joshua Bell participates in an experiment conducted by the Washington Post. He volunteers to play in a busy subway station in Washington D.C. . Read the details of the experiment here.
AUDIO RECORDINGS
Aside from downloading music from LEGAL sites like Amazon and iTunes, many decent classical recordings can be found on the Piano Society's website . To find a particular piece of music, you'll need the composer's name and the name of the piece. The more information that you have, the better. If you have the Opus number, the key of the piece, or the collection the piece is from, the easier it will be to find the music you're looking for. Good Listening!!!