What is the most romantic piece a boy can play for you? :2hearts:

Debussy comes to mind, but sellecting ONE PIECE? but my all time favorite composer is Greig, hehe I see you are from Norway... I have been to Trondheim and hell. I am a huge fan of his lyric pieces. I auditioned with Notturno just last month. I just get such a rush listening and playing Grieg... especally his slower quiet pieces.

And chopin, for sure! :3hearts: A simple nocturne would do it, if played with musicality and sensitivity. And of course, love!

yea, as soon as i saw romantic i thought of Debussy, Chopin, and maybe Satie

Sure, "Vexations" is a very romantic piece.

I might not be a girl (you tend to notice these things as you get older >_>), but the 2nd mvmt of the Grieg concerto is very romantic.

Max W,

no way I could pick... Chopin and Debussy are good though. Depends on who's playing

I have played Chopin Waltz nr 10 (op. 69. nr 2) and Chopin Waltz nr 3 among Chopins slower pieces. What do you think about them?

Definitely the Larghetto from Chopin's Second Concerto.

Since I have a boyfriend I figure I can join this discussion...

If he could play Rachmaninov's Prelude #4 in D Maj. I'd be blown away. Swoon.

Ah, good. I am going to be playing something for a theatre full of very lovely women on Friday, and I need to decide what I am going to play.

Would it be a good idea to stay away from Shostakovich?

What about Chopin's Raindrop Prelude?
Or the Waltz in A Minor, Op. 34 No. 2?

Not the Raindrop...too predictable, depends what sort of girls they are! I would like Rachmaninov, Debussy and Bartok. I do like Chopin, but that ones a bit too girly for my liking! :-)

Too girly? How about the Revolutionary Etude, then?

The Shostakovich I was thinking of maybe doing are the Preludes, Op. 34 Nos. 1 & 16.

Yes yes yes! Ideal

LOL.

Yes, Bernard, I'd agree, and the other slow Rach preludes.

How about my own composition "Romance No.1" I composed it as a gift to a girl back in High School for Valentines Day. I never saw so many tears....Have a listen for those of you who haven't heard it:

"Romance No.1"
www.streamload.com/chopinlives81

recital or something? good luck. btw, I'm with Katey, Shostakovich preludes are lovely. There's also this one Rachmaninov piece that I LOVE. It's elegy, I think it's op. 2 no, 4, but I can't remember. It sounds very dark and somewhat angst-ridden (not that Rachmaninov wrote things like that very often or anything... lol) but it's SO beautiful.

Eric Satie, Gymnopedie No.1. It will make them sigh with longing and is not difficult. You'll recognize it when you hear it, type it in Amazon and listen to a clip.

Elena
http://www.pianofourhands.com

I hear sighs when I play that Satie stuff, Elena, but I never recognized them as the longing types.

FYI, the last time I typed in "longing" as a search keyword, I got TONS of E-mail ads.

:rolleyes:
Bob

:D Oh, that was a good one!

Elena
http://www.pianofourhands.com

Ah, Quidam, the Elegy.

*sigh*

anyone take a listen at my piece?...lol

*scrambles to find editions of all aforementioned pieces*

What girl wouldn't love to hear a requiem in their honor?

ChopinLives81 - I enjoyed it

O Elena I love the gymnopedie no. 1! But it is a little overplayed... it's wonderful if it's played well. I don't know,if a guy were playing as though he were drunk or retarded just wouldn't work for me :p lol

That is very lovely work, and very good piece of classical work for someone in highschool. Did you take theory lesson then? it abit predictable but who cares, i liked it well enough. Id have teared up on the spot if anyone wrote this for me.
P.S: i still love your french suite, ive been listening to it.

No lessons, every bit of me has been self taught, including my compositional abilities. and i'm glad you like the suite (actually its the an English Suite).

Hi ChopinLives81!

I think your piece Romance No.1 was a nice piece!
Not bad to bee composed by yourself.
But I think you should get a better piano ;-)

Did you say this upon hearing the romantic piece?
If so, i dont think that is his piano playing, but a program. (sounds midi like)

Ok, you are probably right. The sound is not so good and that is maybe because it sounds midi like. I tried to record a piec with WMP and the quality is not that good...

The recording of the Tchaikovsky Fifth Symphony with Bernard Haitink...play it all night and you've got yourself a deal...

You're right, although i did perform it myself, i could only record it in midi format. I then converted it to .wma

I'm not a girl, but I'd say a Chopin Nocturne for sure. Maybe Chopin's Etude No.3 Opus 10. Or possibly his Ballade No.1 in G Minor. Chopin's Waltz in C-Sharp Minor is also quite romantic. I find Rachmaninoff's Prelude No.5, Op.32 in G Major quite enchanting. A pretty girl once played Chopin's Nocturne in E Minor Op.72 No.1 for me, and that had me captivated.

ChopinLives, I took a look at your romance. Very beautiful, if I must say so myself, but I found that you underused the pedal.

If it was me, my foot would be mashing that thing. It sounds very beautiful though, if not a bit complicated in certain parts.

thanks for the comment SIN but again that a midi so the sound is as good...the pedalling is also affected. I'll try and record an mp3 or even video when i get a chance

Oh, was that a midi? I thought so, but I wasn't sure. Still really good.

One thing though: at 2:43 into the piece, when the right hand plays the second grace note of that phrase, the top note should be 1 half-step/1 whole-step lower. It really sticks out like a sore thumb.

lol..that was a performance error on my part....i think i hit two notes by accident.

Ah, I see. I wish someone wrote that for me.

I feel like taking a look at the sheet music. May I?

ummmm well i still don't have a copywrite...let me think for a sec.

Haha.

No, but really?

ok i'll post the first page only...hows that?

Sure, that's fine.

It's not like I'm going to steal it, call it my own, and make thousands of dollars off of it. I have integrity!

!!!

well i don't have a scanner so give me some time ok i may have to scan it somewhere else or use a notation software,.