Weekly Instrumental Music

After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. (Aldous Huxley) So I got this idea to start a project posting instrumental music that I like and have been inspired by. I was going to make it musicdaily, but someone beat me to it. But I guess it is more sustainable to have a post every week than having one every day :D

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Evgeny Kissin - Bach Siciliana

Siciliano from the Flute Sonata No 2 in E flat by Johann Sebastian Bach

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Sviatoslav Richter plays Debussy - Estampes

Debussy: Estampes 1. Pagodes

Performed by Sviatoslav Richter

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Piano Concerto No. 2 (Movement III: Rondo. Molto allegro) by Ludwig van Beethoven

Performed by Martha Argerich (piano), Gábor Takács-Nagy (conductor), Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra

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Stravinsky Three Movements from Petrushka Part 2 - YouTube

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As pianists, we spend an inordinate, almost unhealthy amount of time alone with our instrument, with only dead composers for companions, while other musicians belong to ensembles and orchestras, and have the opportunity to strike ideas off one another and have a laugh together. The life of the pianist has always been rather rarefied: even the way we perform is different. While other instrumentalists face the audience, the pianist does not, thus adding to the mystique. Pianists are also the only ones who are expected to memorise the music, and the amount of notes one is required to process is far, far greater than, say, a ‘cellist, or a clarinet player. The pressure is on, before we have even  sat down and played a single note!

From The Cross-eyed Pianist (July 11 2011)

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Miroirs by Maurice Ravel 

Performed by Sviatoslav Richter

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Jeux d'eau by Maurice Ravel

Performed by Sviatoslav Richter

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Trois Novelettes by Francis Poulenc I. No. 1 in C major II. No. 2 in B flat minor III. No. 3 in E minor Performed by Gabriel Tacchino

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Cinq Bagatelles (1926) [from La Femme Silencieuse and Le Dompteur] by Georges Auric (1899-1983)

I - Ouverture

II - Petite Marche

III - Valse

IV - Rêverie

V - Retraite 5:27

Performed by Patrick Crommelynck & Taeko Kuwata

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Csardas by Vittorio Monti

Performed by Clara Cernat (violin) and Thierry Huillet (piano)

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Sevilla from Suite Espanola Op. 47 by Isaac Albéniz

Performed by Annarita Santagada

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Sevilla from Suite Espanola Op. 47 by Isaac Albéniz

Performed by John Williams

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Notturno No. 3 "Love Dream" by Franz Liszt

Performed by Katalin Zsubrits

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Payphone by Maroon Five

Performed by Sungha Jung

To be honest, the first time i heard this song was this jayesslee cover. then the next time was the sungha jung cover. it wasn't until much later that i watched the maroon five MV. ^^