Symphonie.....

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Symphonie Fantastique.....
This is a playlist of the complete Symphonie - its spread out over multiple videos...so you'll have to watch the whole thing. 
Make sure you check out the link under Berlioz on the Unit page!

Chopin Pianoconcerto No. 1 - Movement 3

Frédéric Chopin - Marche Funèbre - Funeral March

Michaelangeli had such incredible technique. Notice how he gets thunderous dynamics with the smallest effort.

yundi li - Chopin Nocturne In B Flat Minor Op.9 No.1

Yundi Li is one of a group of Chinese pianists to take the stage in the last decade - unlike his counterparts, Yundi became known for his interpretations and artistry, rather than his technique (although, its quite flawless)

Arrau plays Chopin Nocturne no.20

Arrau was another legendary Chopin player - he was intensely dedicated to the score....he felt it was of the utmost importance to play what Chopin wrote.

His playing is incredibly passionate.

Brailowsky Chopin Etude op10 no3

Alexander Brailowsky was one of the legendary Chopin players....sadly his career flurished before recordings were common.

His playing is incredibly artistically accurate - notice how rubato is barely used.

Yuja Wang plays Schubert/Liszt Erlkonig

Yuja is one of the biggest new stars in the piano world - she is a power house.

Liszt took many works of lied and turned them into virtuoso piano works....proving that these pieces truly captured the heart of every romantic of the time.

Gerald Moore Talks About the Art of Accompanying - "The Unashamed Accomp...

Accompanying explained by the best accompanist ever.

He was often paid as much, sometimes more, than the soloists he played for.

Barbara Bonney - Nachtlied (Felix Mendelssohn)

Mendelssohn famously wrote the "Songs without Words" - staples of any good pianist's rep.

But he also wrote lied - his intense understanding of the growth of a melody is obvious when the voice is applied to it.

Schumann Lieder

Schubert wasn' the only one who loved Lied....Schumann was an avid lover of poetry and found inspiration for many great lieder works.

Note how she is telling a story.

Schubert's Trout Quintet - 4th Movement

Schubert obviously loved this little tune!
The trout captures all that is celebrant about the romantic world....the lush sounds, the playfulnesss, its exploration of harmonies, and most importantly - the romanticized view it gives on fishing....

Nacht und Traume

At the end of this awesome video, we see Battle sing Schubert's Nacht und Traume.

Alisandro Goligov (famed Brazilian composer) feels that this little lied was the first minimalist piece of music.

Schubert: "Die Forelle" (Fischer-Dieskau, Moore)

scGerald Moore is probably the greatest lieder pianist of all time.

His "Forelle" is better than any one elses....ever accompanist in the world wishes they could have the tone that Moore captures on this epic recording.

Can you hear the tail of the trout flicking in the water?