\
  The most prestigious law school admissions discussion board in the world.
BackRefresh Options Favorite

"Chopin is the greatest piano composer" Y/N?

...
know-it-all internet-worthy base
  06/20/12
I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively...
Opaque public bath
  06/20/12
what are your favorite compositions by Satie?
know-it-all internet-worthy base
  06/21/12
Satie is way more limited. Most people who like Satie just l...
Crimson Free-loading Nowag
  12/19/12
idk but Chopin is 180
Chrome parlour boiling water
  06/20/12
i believe this was before To be fair
Razzle deranged range
  06/20/12
that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH
sick stead
  12/19/12
lol
Twisted chartreuse keepsake machete
  12/19/12
(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)
sick stead
  01/10/13
TBF, my favorite piano music is mostly Bach, but he did not ...
Crimson Free-loading Nowag
  12/19/12
Bach, actually. Wrote more complicated shit than m...
bearded translucent degenerate police squad
  12/19/12
bach didnt write for piano
sick stead
  01/10/13
bach was also not the father of baroque music at all - he wa...
Crimson Free-loading Nowag
  01/10/13
I guess you need to skim wikipedia for longer than 45 second...
Swashbuckling cream pozpig office
  01/10/13
...
bateful ivory hall multi-billionaire
  01/10/13
Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.
Carnelian dilemma
  01/10/13
Not trying to be a dick here, but are there really more than...
Crimson Free-loading Nowag
  01/10/13
He's got some tasty nuggets, but I don't think it makes sens...
Swashbuckling cream pozpig office
  01/10/13
I also don't get the impression that he's much of a pianist'...
Crimson Free-loading Nowag
  01/10/13
(pianist here) his music is very simple to play. minimalist ...
sick stead
  01/10/13
I think of his stuff as a really interesting curiosity. His ...
Swashbuckling cream pozpig office
  01/10/13
music for people who don't really like music now this is ...
cyan point
  01/10/13
Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to pian...
sick stead
  01/10/13
Highly credited. We're probably still catching up to what he...
racy outnumbered roast beef
  01/10/13
...
pussy smell
  03/05/26
Cr I love playing and listening to Chopin.... But the obj...
hairraiser grizzly stage
  01/10/13
Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living
vigorous heaven stain
  01/10/13
favorite chopin interpreters?
Crimson Free-loading Nowag
  01/10/13
I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.
sick stead
  01/10/13
not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious
unhinged crystalline temple pistol
  01/10/13
lipatti is the obvious, FUCK THE HATERS http://www.youtub...
cyan point
  01/10/13
obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji...
cyan point
  01/10/13
EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name
Crimson Free-loading Nowag
  01/10/13
edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano compositi...
cyan point
  01/10/13
spotifying the dude right now
Crimson Free-loading Nowag
  01/10/13
lol no joke: I just put "Two Piano Pieces" on Spot...
Crimson Free-loading Nowag
  01/10/13
if you want an interesting listen, you should check out rzew...
cyan point
  01/10/13
To be fair, (Conlon Nancarrow)
Seedy greedy nursing home
  02/18/14
lol
Swashbuckling cream pozpig office
  01/10/13
Bach's BWV 639 sends shivers down my spine every time I hear...
French stimulating casino
  01/10/13
excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY
cyan point
  01/10/13
One of my favorite pieces of music. But it's Busoni you have...
Crimson Free-loading Nowag
  01/10/13
W.W.Rina.S.?
Mind-boggling crackhouse ratface
  01/10/13
I'm taking over this thread. It's now about random cool reco...
cyan point
  01/10/13
ernie looks like doobs
vigorous heaven stain
  01/10/13
heifetz plays the slow movement of the respighi violin sonat...
cyan point
  01/10/13
the saint-saens oboe sonata is not nearly as well known as i...
cyan point
  01/10/13
ligeti's "artikulation" with visual score: http://...
cyan point
  01/10/13
racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3q...
cyan point
  01/10/13
oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live: ht...
cyan point
  01/10/13
messiaen has an unusual take on christmas music: http://www....
cyan point
  01/10/13
nancarrow has an expanded view of the possibilities offered ...
cyan point
  01/10/13
ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
cyan point
  01/10/13
To be fair, Use your ears like goddamn men
Seedy greedy nursing home
  02/18/14
diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTH...
cyan point
  01/10/13
a counter-tenor sings the tchaikovsky "lullaby" ...
cyan point
  01/10/13
i'll bet you didn't know that tchaikovsky wrote string quart...
cyan point
  01/10/13
No
Chocolate corner
  03/21/16


Poast new message in this thread



Reply Favorite

Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: know-it-all internet-worthy base



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#20925745)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: Opaque public bath

I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively better.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#20925749)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 21st, 2012 12:48 AM
Author: know-it-all internet-worthy base

what are your favorite compositions by Satie?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#20926140)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: Crimson Free-loading Nowag

Satie is way more limited. Most people who like Satie just like the same few pieces by him, which tbf are great.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22282076)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: Chrome parlour boiling water

idk but Chopin is 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#20925752)



Reply Favorite

Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: Razzle deranged range

i believe this was before To be fair

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#20925754)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 19th, 2012 5:43 PM
Author: sick stead

that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22282040)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 19th, 2012 6:43 PM
Author: Twisted chartreuse keepsake machete

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22282350)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 9:38 AM
Author: sick stead

(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22405787)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: Crimson Free-loading Nowag

TBF, my favorite piano music is mostly Bach, but he did not compose it for the piano obv

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22282079)



Reply Favorite

Date: December 19th, 2012 6:45 PM
Author: bearded translucent degenerate police squad

Bach, actually.

Wrote more complicated shit than most of the other composers people generally speak of when they're talking about goat composers and was considered the father of baroque music.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22282358)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 9:39 AM
Author: sick stead

bach didnt write for piano

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22405788)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 9:55 AM
Author: Crimson Free-loading Nowag

bach was also not the father of baroque music at all - he was a late baroque composer. He was more like the pinnacle of it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22405820)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: Swashbuckling cream pozpig office

I guess you need to skim wikipedia for longer than 45 seconds before expounding on xo next time, huh breh?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22405841)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 10:20 AM
Author: bateful ivory hall multi-billionaire



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22405886)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: Carnelian dilemma

Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22405842)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: Crimson Free-loading Nowag

Not trying to be a dick here, but are there really more than three or four piano pieces by Satie that you know?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22405847)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: Swashbuckling cream pozpig office

He's got some tasty nuggets, but I don't think it makes sense to compare him to Chopin.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22405848)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 10:09 AM
Author: Crimson Free-loading Nowag

I also don't get the impression that he's much of a pianist's piano composer, if you know what I mean. Not that that's all that matters.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22405854)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 10:10 AM
Author: sick stead

(pianist here) his music is very simple to play. minimalist and easy. fun little pieces to play for girls, but it gets boring

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22405859)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 10:16 AM
Author: Swashbuckling cream pozpig office

I think of his stuff as a really interesting curiosity. His compositions are intentionally very limited. Nothing else quite gives me the same feeling as listening to the Gymnopedies, but it's a static kind of sensation, at least for me.

I like him, but it's almost as if he's not a "composer" in the same sense as someone like Chopin.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22405875)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 12:02 PM
Author: cyan point

music for people who don't really like music

now this is piano music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDY2E8LGpDI

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22406366)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 10:15 AM
Author: sick stead

Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to piano literature

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22405871)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 10:30 AM
Author: racy outnumbered roast beef

Highly credited. We're probably still catching up to what he was doing in the Hammerklavier.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22405925)



Reply Favorite

Date: March 5th, 2026 9:13 PM
Author: pussy smell



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#49719634)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: hairraiser grizzly stage

Cr

I love playing and listening to Chopin.... But the objective brilliance of beethoven is off the charts

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22405938)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: vigorous heaven stain

Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22405936)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 10:43 AM
Author: Crimson Free-loading Nowag

favorite chopin interpreters?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22405969)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 10:47 AM
Author: sick stead

I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22405997)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 11:52 AM
Author: unhinged crystalline temple pistol

not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22406325)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 11:59 AM
Author: cyan point

lipatti is the obvious, FUCK THE HATERS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwdllqgXqyA >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiwmOJPGMjs

argerich too, you sexist shit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Pyf4sr6HDo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22406349)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 10:55 AM
Author: cyan point

obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji sorabji

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22406040)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 11:01 AM
Author: Crimson Free-loading Nowag

EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22406065)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 11:02 AM
Author: cyan point

edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano composition

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22406073)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 11:19 AM
Author: Crimson Free-loading Nowag

spotifying the dude right now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22406143)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 11:22 AM
Author: Crimson Free-loading Nowag

lol no joke: I just put "Two Piano Pieces" on Spotify, not realizing I had a Busoni thing running in the background on youtube and I was like "Holy shit this is the craziest thing I've ever heard, arhythmic, microtonal music written for two pianos out-of-tune with each other"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22406148)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 11:28 AM
Author: cyan point

if you want an interesting listen, you should check out rzewski's variations on "the people united will never be defeated"

it's pretty long (50 min) so if that's too much here's something cool from a little-known composer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-K0sFpJRyA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22406168)



Reply Favorite

Date: February 18th, 2014 12:43 AM
Author: Seedy greedy nursing home

To be fair,

(Conlon Nancarrow)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#25039633)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 11:04 AM
Author: Swashbuckling cream pozpig office

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22406082)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 12:07 PM
Author: French stimulating casino

Bach's BWV 639 sends shivers down my spine every time I hear it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22406388)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: cyan point

excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22406407)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: Crimson Free-loading Nowag

One of my favorite pieces of music. But it's Busoni you have to thank for it being played on piano.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22406409)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 12:14 PM
Author: Mind-boggling crackhouse ratface

W.W.Rina.S.?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22406415)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 12:15 PM
Author: cyan point

I'm taking over this thread. It's now about random cool recordings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp81bUoH3u4 -- heifetz plays the slow mvmt from dohnanyi's "ruralia hungarica"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22406418)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: vigorous heaven stain

ernie looks like doobs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22406436)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: cyan point

heifetz plays the slow movement of the respighi violin sonata - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxtgKDLzlLw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22406429)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: cyan point

the saint-saens oboe sonata is not nearly as well known as it should be: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Buh6lu3eU

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22406431)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: cyan point

ligeti's "artikulation" with visual score: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71hNl_skTZQ

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22406437)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 12:19 PM
Author: cyan point

racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3qrv3Yv0

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22406440)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 12:20 PM
Author: cyan point

oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibVt9aYL3hs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22406442)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 12:23 PM
Author: cyan point

messiaen has an unusual take on christmas music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEKU2A_B6tA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22406450)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 12:25 PM
Author: cyan point

nancarrow has an expanded view of the possibilities offered by the piano: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFXpcZoQPFw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22406454)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 12:26 PM
Author: cyan point

ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6soFlEZAMYw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22406457)



Reply Favorite

Date: February 18th, 2014 12:44 AM
Author: Seedy greedy nursing home

To be fair,

Use your ears like goddamn men

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#25039642)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 12:28 PM
Author: cyan point

diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTHXYd4c

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22406462)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 12:30 PM
Author: cyan point

a counter-tenor sings the tchaikovsky "lullaby"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYgZbSbEvO8

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22406468)



Reply Favorite

Date: January 10th, 2013 12:33 PM
Author: cyan point

i'll bet you didn't know that tchaikovsky wrote string quartets:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx0_Pb-kVTM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl3ckjAgxqI

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#22406473)



Reply Favorite

Date: March 21st, 2016 6:27 PM
Author: Chocolate corner

No

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2betting#30107508)