Recommend me a song....

[corno]

"Phantom"? is that Andrew Lloyd Webber's Musical "Phantom of the Opera" you're talking about?

The Toccata in the Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Johan Sebastian Bach shares a resemblance with the "phantom sequence" in the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, but nothing more than a resemblance.

 

[Cristy]

Yes! Thats the one. I do like it though. I guess that I didn't see that it was Japanese. I just like it better when played on the organ.

 

[Cristy]

Then again, it's hard to tell. I really like the deep and middle voices in the piece. (Especially the Horn )

 

[winkin]

My favorite piece is Franz Biebl's arrangement of Ave Maria. The arrangement is simple but complex, and always moves me, even if I'm in the choir singing it.

Claire

 

[corno]

Well... this transcription of the Toccata and Fugue is actually very nicely done - it's not always a succes when somethings arranged for another ensemble than what it's intended for.

 

[corno]

Hi Claire,

Which Ave Maria are we talking about here? the Schubert or the Bach/Gounod? or something else?

Edit: Well, I did a search for it on Google and it seems it's an original composition by him - not an arrangement as such.

Here's a link for anyone else who want's to know more about this piece: http://www.cantusquercus.com/ave.htm and about Bliebl himself: http://www.cantusquercus.com/features.htm and http://www.cantusquercus.com/biebl.htm - and there's probably a lot more, but this is where I found the information about the Ave Maria.

 

[crazybeaker]

I would recommend Ray Lynch's: "The Oh of Pleasure," From the album named "Deep Breakfast." Trust me when I say it's a good track from that album. I also recommend "Tiny Geometries" from that same album.


Peace out,
CB.

 

[regerton]

Try Elizabeth Schwarzkopf's Four Last Songs on 566908-2, written incredibly when the composer was in his eighties. Beim Schlafengehen is particularly beautiful.

If you are not trying to encapsulate a single emotion then certainly the Bach. If you like baroque then try Albinoni's Adagio recorded by Karajan with the BPO on DG 413309-2: solemly suitable for a wedding or a funeral (!) It is the best baroque sampler available in my opinion; it also has Bach's Air. I've just put it on to check and I was right!

Also try Wagner's Siegfried Idyll or Mahler's Adagietto (Fifth Symphony)


Regards

 

[David_Sercel]

A few that I like.

Beethoven Violin Concerto Op. 61

Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 3

Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2

Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 21

Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 3

Franck - Prelude Fugue and Variation in b minor Op. 18 (organ version)

Handel – Largo from Xerces

David

 

[Jonathan]

Beethoven's 13th String Quartet (Bb) Mvt 5 "Cavatina"