OMG, this channel is as underrated as these composers, thanks for your awesome videos.
@snooze00233 жыл бұрын
In what way is this underrated? 116k subs with 47k views. The evidence suggests its perfectly rated.
@helloworld-ji8wm7 жыл бұрын
I find Edvard Grieg to be quite underrated as well. He wrote such great music - not only the famous Peer Gynt Suites.
@colinhawkinson81646 жыл бұрын
I love his Lyric Pieces and do feel he is underrated as well!
@sergeirachmaninoff8764 жыл бұрын
Nice
@feraudyh2 жыл бұрын
Most composers are underrated. I would not call Grieg underrated, he is one of the best known.
@franzliszt52927 жыл бұрын
Alkan was musically capable, and so was Thalberg. Then I showed up
@liszt86584 жыл бұрын
Ahem Ahem Who are you and why you have me name
@Prod.Protonic3 жыл бұрын
Wasn’t Thalberg your enemy?
@MarsLos107 жыл бұрын
you could also make a video talking about today's composers, who are still active and composing :) I think this is a good idea.
@marcoliszt81087 жыл бұрын
MarsLos10 It is a good idea indeed.
@etranablala98436 жыл бұрын
have my like
@rupe825 жыл бұрын
She hasn't done this still afaik. I would like to see it too.
@agamaz56505 жыл бұрын
there are no good classical composers today except for Phillip Glass
@rupe825 жыл бұрын
@Agamaz Michael Nyman? Arvo Part? Max Richter? there are still great composers living.
@GraceOh7 жыл бұрын
Fanny Mendelssohn is a gem!
@felixmendelssohn9917 жыл бұрын
Of course she is. :)
@shangshi4609 Жыл бұрын
Wow a hidden gem
@katerinasofie68796 жыл бұрын
Dvorak's Slavic Dances (piano version) and Humoresque no.7 are amazing! Im proud to be Czech:)Also listen to Smetana's Slepička and Janáček's In the mists (III. is the best one).
@mjt118607 жыл бұрын
i love to explore little known music. thanx so much for doing this. subscribed!
@yaboibobby77767 жыл бұрын
Interesting video! Thanks for uploading!
@Ian-ky5hf2 жыл бұрын
I always found Dvorak’s symphonies really beautiful and exciting!
@sectionalceiling85182 жыл бұрын
I can't believe I've only just discovered your channel! I'm so happy to see Albeniz getting some appreciation, as he's is not only my favourite composer but also constantly overlooked.
@hyenaskate7 жыл бұрын
Some other interesting romantic composers. Heller, Gade, Smetana Musorgsky Moszkowski Lyadov Pachulski Granados Reger MacDowell Gliere
@felixmendelssohn9917 жыл бұрын
Mussorgsky is not underrated at all.
@lucasm42997 жыл бұрын
Felix Mendelssohn He is the only one I recognized
@remonholubek81237 жыл бұрын
Musorgsky isn't underrated he is freaking famous atm
@hyenaskate7 жыл бұрын
Yeah, my deep apologies. Made a mistake.
@remonholubek81237 жыл бұрын
np np and I like Heller very much. I can play some of his Etudes and I can play his music with very much emotions and I love Smetema's la Vast
@DrEthologist7 жыл бұрын
You are very erudite. Thank you again for all the work and thought and knowledge you put into these videos. Every week I look forward to seeing what you have done. You always tell me something I didn't know or give me something new to think about or struggle with!
@vulkanosaure7 жыл бұрын
what a delightful video subject, thanks ! i really love the scarlatti sonata you chose (which i never heard before)
@albemoro65667 жыл бұрын
Le festin d'esop is one of the best piano pieces ever written, great channel!
@uranrising4 жыл бұрын
Don't know about best, but one of the most entertaining. Greetings from East Anglia in England.
@coleb.t.69057 жыл бұрын
You should do easiest (and hardest!) of Schubert or Tchaikovsky
@heavynov7 жыл бұрын
That would be much appreciated indeed!
@coleb.t.69057 жыл бұрын
Acer Pseudoplantatus first comment I ever got on one of my comments
@TomSistermans7 жыл бұрын
The Piano player Tchaikovsky hasn't written that much for piano solo, if you want his easiest try his children's album, and his hardest would probably be his G major sonata
@yashbspianoandcompositions10423 жыл бұрын
Schuberts hardest pieces are musically demanding like his 4 impromptus but his mostly demanding piece is Wanderer's Fantasy.
@AzureExpanse7 жыл бұрын
I am loving this channel so much! I'd love to see you do something on Rachmaninov :)
@norwalltino7 жыл бұрын
Amusing, refreshing! Good program:-)
@EverydayBassdotcom6 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed it and subbed. Thanks! :)
@Lordran__7 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@xodo17477 жыл бұрын
Albeniz is so underrated and and as a guitarist one of my favorites.
@Quotenwagnerianer7 жыл бұрын
Funny considering that all the famous Albeniz pieces for Guitar were not written for this instrument by him.
@feraudyh2 жыл бұрын
He's not underrated.
@alberto7987 жыл бұрын
Very well editing on this video! Congratulations
@heavynov7 жыл бұрын
Scarlatti is the bomb. And since yu already suggested my favourite of his sonatas so far, I'll recommend his cat-fugue (sonata K30, fugal treatment of a theme that his cat Pulcinella walked over the keyboard one day) !
@cvlen7 жыл бұрын
Glad you mentioned Albéniz! He's also one of my favourites. And not only for his piano music! He has, for instance, some very interesting and beautiful settings of English poems.
@honoratamusica7 жыл бұрын
Good to see Alkan here. But...Dvorak and Scarlatti are famous. There are so many really underrated composers, like Juliusz Zarębski, Antoni Stolpe, Hans Rott, Ernest Chausson, Siegmund von Hausegger, Mikolajous Konstantinas Ciurlionis, Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński, Kurt Atterberg... and many, many others. They wrote brilliant music, which is so rarely performed.
@JimmyTheTurtle8927 жыл бұрын
HonorataMusica ciurlionis' symphonic/tone poems are just beautiful
@honoratamusica7 жыл бұрын
Jordy De Raedt Yes, The Sea is my favorite...
@JimmyTheTurtle8927 жыл бұрын
HonorataMusica also atterberg was a pleasant surprise for me. Thanks for that
@honoratamusica7 жыл бұрын
Jordy De Raedt I'm glad you like it :) His piano concerto, marvellous one
@Quotenwagnerianer7 жыл бұрын
Dvorak is famous for his works NOT written for the piano. His piano music is virtually unknown. And Hans Rott? Excuse me but the only reason why anyone remembers him at all is Mahler. He died before he even had the slightest change to reach musical maturity. His music is a single what could have been.
@wyattwahlgren88837 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love Dvorak! I enjoy his Slavonic dances quite a bit, especially the first 8 of them.
@mikegeeguitarman89917 жыл бұрын
What a great video and great idea too. I had no idea Fanny mendelsohn existed and you made some good points and observations. I loved the excerpt. Wonderful music. Always loved Scarlatti as I play Classical guitar where he is a legend.
@sofia18127 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot for this video 😄 I have learned about Fanny Mendelssohn and Alkan 🙂
@josemadrigal46225 жыл бұрын
Youre amazing! Rare talent to be able to explain classical music. Great things are in your future :)
@Dertraz7 жыл бұрын
helpful video thx
@suukoc7 жыл бұрын
i ve just found you this channel is really interesting and i play the piano too:)
@nihil84717 жыл бұрын
Nice video! Alkan deserves much more love!
@ohsoleohmio7 жыл бұрын
Coma Kid yes alkan did an arrangement of the siciliano by bach for piano I believe lasitsa uses his sheet for her rendition
@emmacandland97557 жыл бұрын
dVOR-zhak
@MatescoCZ7 жыл бұрын
His name includes Czech letter Ř. It's so difficult to pronunce that even some Czechs have problems with that and it's a tremendous challenge for students of Czech language :D
@ruperttmls79857 жыл бұрын
Para los hispanohablantes la pronunciación es: "Voj-rrack" eso lo he escuchado en todos los círculos serios de varias partes del mundo.
@altareggo7 жыл бұрын
THank you!! and also, da faya not da falla
@Hwyadylaw7 жыл бұрын
@MatescoCZ It's easy to pronounce, as long as you look up _how_ it's pronounced
@etranablala98436 жыл бұрын
Thanks god It's the top comment, I was cringing whenever I heard Dvorak :D
@eritain7 жыл бұрын
Alkan! Yes! I just discovered him through his Esquisses. Looked 'em up to try and find out what an esquisse is.
@allindiaamrit14592 жыл бұрын
best of the best information 😌😌😌
@christianjeffress53127 жыл бұрын
Thanks for giving me a new guy to listen to with Alkan :)
@txbooklvr Жыл бұрын
Love listening to Dvorak, definitely underrated. I just started learning how to play the cello last week, and I have a piano and percussion background. One day I hope to try to learn his cello concerto, it has beautiful melodies in it, and I love the way Dvorak writes for the cello.
@WeeGrahamsaccount6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for uploading your chat on these composers. If you decide to do another upload please add the pianist composer William Sterndale Bennett. Schumann was a fan. Its amazing to think that when you ask people about British composers of the 19th century they either draw a blank or just think of Elgar or possibly Sullivan. This might be a golden opportunity for underrated British Composers. Many thanks
@klaus.mp37 жыл бұрын
i love all the people in the list, but Alkan... Oh dear Alkan, i love you
@DarkOakBlogTv6 жыл бұрын
great video thanks :) ba-rock
@MrInterestingthings3 жыл бұрын
Awesome videos . I never think of Scarlatti as underrated .but of course as a pianist I wouldn't . His music gets in the movies but most of all it is a great bet to open a recital with his very entertaining music than the dance like equally entertaining but overtly serious older fashioned J. S .Bach . I'd like to see how many pianists open with Handel or Bach suites as opposed to Scarlatti bi-partite essercizi . Asturias everyone knows but can't name composer or name title : including me ! Fanny I didn't know was serious . She wrote hundreds of pieces ; that was news to me . Love these videos please keep them coming .Alkan is probably every pianist's favorite obscure . Like Sorabji his music is very often too long and very often difficult . I discovered the Barcarolle he wrote in middle school . Raymond Lewenthal like Busoni , Petri and others programmed Alkan . Many more do now .
@Mahlercougar4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this channel. I began my own personal journey of discovering unknown composers because I often thought "there has got to be more out there that are eclipsed by their more famous contemporaries." Ive been at this for the past 15 years. I have my own list that I will have on my page coming soon. I often wonder.... What are people going to say about ME and my music?
@gutadolf7 жыл бұрын
Great list! I would also recommend Joseph Martin Kraus, known as the Swedish Mozart. His contrapuntal skills are first rate
@angr3819 Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@williamfitzgibbon10317 жыл бұрын
Hey I'm working on mozarts 6 viennesse sonatinas and I was wondering if you could post a video on which one to start with and some other tips on playing them.
@mrjaja19997 жыл бұрын
was hoping to see Suk on here. he wrote an amazing serenade for strings
@gerardoruiz49694 жыл бұрын
All I can say is this channel rocks! Finally someone who speak about classical music without arrogance or pompousness
@adrianoseresi35253 жыл бұрын
I love Scarlatti! The most beautiful melodies and the most fun music!
@Quotenwagnerianer7 жыл бұрын
Yay for Albeniz. I'm currently trying to tackle "El Albaicín", probably the only piece I will ever be able to play from Iberia.
@TheShadowPerson.7 жыл бұрын
Salieri should be on this list! But that's just my opnion.
@adamgulley13997 жыл бұрын
The Shadow Person Mozart ruined salieri 😧
@WilliamTanaka7 жыл бұрын
The Shadow Person yep that movie Amadeus made a great disservice spreading rumors even in reality he was nothing like that
@MarsLos107 жыл бұрын
Salieri is only known related to Mozart, lol! his music is forgotten nowadays, I agree, he is kinda underrated.
@TheShadowPerson.7 жыл бұрын
Ajgthecreator Yeah idk why Beethoven didn't ruin Wagner lol. Then we would still have a romantic era...
@TheShadowPerson.7 жыл бұрын
WilliamTanaka It was a good movie, just not true.
@hannahcraig79487 жыл бұрын
"Mainly known for his 555 sonatas" I just about spit out my drink at this casual factoid. Are these 15-30 min sonatas? Holy freeholies. Also I LOVE the alkan piece you showcased! Great video, especially for us sad people who are more classical music listeners than players.
@charlesxii58044 жыл бұрын
I know this is late but they are MUCH shorter than the classical ones
@AnnaKhomichkoPianist3 жыл бұрын
These are like 3-8 min one movement sonatas :)
@pabloostos49763 жыл бұрын
My name is Pablo. I am a 50 year old Spaniard. I play piano and have been familiar with most of the classical piano repertoire for more than 30 years now. I totally agree that all the composers you mention here are somehow underrated. But Iwould like to comment on Albeniz. I love his music because it’s beyond belief. Unfortunately, not so many people listen to it, nor make him a part of a recital programme. Not even in Spain. He is represented in our home country, of course, but not as much as you’d think. But there is a fact about your saying that he isn’t so popular that will surprise you the same way it surprised me, nevertheless what you said about his pieces been very difficult is true, but surprisingly enough, he comes in 8th place...if I remember well, in the score buying demand for piano from Henle Verlag, the probably best of all piano music score publishing companies out there. That is my personal feeling, which is not to wonder once you know that some of the revisions and fingering has been done by people as talented as Murray Perahia. That is, he comes as the 8th choice for Piano score buyers, after of course: Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, Chopin ...and I don’t remenber now about the other 2. By the way, congrats on the series of videos about composers, pieces and so on. You do a perfect job at bringing classical music in an easy to follow, entertaining way, to all those who don’t know what they are missing in the world of classical music, and especially Piano.
@yaelkatz42467 жыл бұрын
I'm currently learning a piece by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel! Great choice!
@Laura-hr7ze7 жыл бұрын
Asturias
@loganpaul11247 жыл бұрын
Hey I was wondering if you could make a video on strengthening the fourth and fifth fingers(especially on the left hand). Im working on Bach Inventions and my weak fourth finger often leads me to falling out of tempo.
@anaghganguly89997 жыл бұрын
hey Allysia, love your "A Brief History" series! can you please do it for Scriabin and Satie as well....
@ignaciohmon6 жыл бұрын
Great video!! But I expected to hear Albeniz's 'Eritaña' as an example of how spectacular his music is :( you got a new subscriber! :D
@robertcadena95337 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed your video. I currently am in the practice of playing Granada and Austurias from Suite Espanola (Provinces of Spain BTW...), but played the ladder at my Senior Recital years ago. I also played Cataluña, another mvt from the same suite, at a recital a few months later as well as K 380 sonata of D. Scarlatti. In Cataluña there's a fast moving 16th notes section in the midst of the piece. I also attempted Enrique Granados' Allegro Di Concierto in C-sharp. Very long and compex with a Jaws-like section in the middle of the piece (wondered if John Williams heard this and borrowed it??). Also check out Edward McDowell, who was an American composer out of New England. Studied with Liszt. His Piece Witches Dance is Grandest. Go to KZbin where a lady in red plays it the best in Carnegie Hall. Very Overlooked. Interestingly enough Albeniz, McDowell and Debussy all attended the Paris Conservatory, and Albeniz and McDowell have the same years of life (1862- 1909).
@trippstewartm4a16 жыл бұрын
Anton Arensky is another overlooked composer! Hear Piano Trio 1, D Minor, I. Also, Dvorak totally needs more cred! Minuet from Serenade for Strings is to die for!
@MysteryCheaterMan7 жыл бұрын
I add Sigismond (or Sigismund) Thalberg to the list of Alkan. He kind of was Liszt's rival for a while and was highly appreciated during that time.
@chompolomiss66595 жыл бұрын
Amy Beach!! Perfect for a piano lover 😍😍
@nazaharin6 жыл бұрын
I love Asturias but never knew the composer was Spanish .. TQ 4 d info.
@Laura-hr7ze7 жыл бұрын
How about Arvo Part? Heard him recently I was impressed!
@trippstewartm4a16 жыл бұрын
Hannah Gilbert Pärt is great! His tintinnabuli style makes his music so textured and emotional! He's also a good example of a modern composer getting records produced.
@thegreenpianist76837 жыл бұрын
wow I have never Dvorak piano quintet, it's beautiful
@flo_filip7 жыл бұрын
I know you won´t see this commentary, but have you heard of a spanish composers named Federico Mompou? I think he´s also really underrated, i like to call him the spanish Debussy because i found his style close to the debussy style of composing.
@angreagachКүн бұрын
Some of my favorites by Dvořák (pronounced "DVOR-zhahk," incidentally): Slavonic Dances, opus 46 and 72 (eight dances each), for piano four hands or orchestra Legends (10), also piano four hands or orchestra Othello Overture, Opus 93 Czech Suite in D major and minor, opus 39 Symphonic Poems: The Water Goblin The Noon Witch The Golden Spinning Wheel The Wild Dove A Hero's Song Concertos for Cello, Violin and Piano (3 works, 1 of each) 23 Moravian Duets Serenades for Strings and Winds (1 each) Bagatelles for 2 violins, cello and harmonium (1 work) Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor (Dumky) Piano Quartet No. 2 in Eb major Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major Four Romantic Pieces for Violin and Piano Piano music: 2 furiants 8 waltzes 6 mazurkas
@03data7 жыл бұрын
Some of my personal favorite less famous composers: - Sergei Lyapunov - Heavily influenced by Balakirev and other contempraries, but tried to write Liszt-like music. Some really interesting pieces, though he seems to use the same type of scales / patterns a bit too often. His Barcarolle or his transcendental etudes are good examples. - Leopold Godowsky - Both his original compositions and transcriptions / pieces based on other pieces are amazing. People will usually have heard of his transcription of Saint Saens' the Swan, or some of his etudes based on Chopin's. - Kurt Atterberg - I love his piano concerto, and his symphonies are usually quite good as well. His 6th Symphony is mostly movie type music, which I love. - Ottorino Respighi - Hit or miss, but has some amazing pieces. Also a lot of movie type music. The biggest problem with most composers is that they only have few pieces that are of that top quality that we're usually looking for. For example, one of my favorite pieces ever, Felix Blumenfeld's Op. 36 etude for the left hand, is one of the sadly very few pieces I like that he composed. When you do find those gems though, it always makes your day.
@felixmendelssohn43017 жыл бұрын
Imo Salieri is one of the most underrated composers . I have read that in his days he was one of the best teachers in europe and probably the most well known composer ,but now he is just known from a few people because of mozart
@Meddenwebsite7 жыл бұрын
I love it when you discover a moving piece by a little known composer. It's like finding gold! My list would be..... Heller, Scriabin, Czerny, for his piano duet concert , not his unending etudes, Hallè and Fanny M. Great vid. Thanks
@annecohen89274 жыл бұрын
How about Clementi?? Why is there no mention of him? Muzio Clementi...... She forgot to mention him as extremely underrated.
@Dickens207 жыл бұрын
Great video! So much interesting new information. I never realized that my most favorite classical guitar piece, Asturias (or Leyenda), by Isaac Albeniz, was originally composed for piano, in the key of G minor. When played on guitar, I know it is always in the key of E minor. Seems G minor doesn’t convert well to guitar. If you want to hear a really beautiful rendition of this piece, listen to classical guitar goddess Ana Vidovic master this music on KZbin. I really enjoy your “history” videos as otherwise I might never get to know so many great composers/pianists. Thank you!
@AJAdkins997 жыл бұрын
Can you tell us the other 9 that were on your list?
@ofirstroh7 жыл бұрын
Pablo de Sarasate is one of my favourite composers and happens to be spanish! He's a virtuoso violinist that wrote some insanely difficult violin pieces (not really underrated though, most violinists know him)
@EddieReischl Жыл бұрын
Even more obscure than Alkan was his second cousin twice removed through intercourse, Hans Wehr-Alkan Seeum, whose was known for a prodigious use of dissonant chords, really too many of them, as he'd learned to play the piano with his elbows. Seriously, Asturias is really wonderful, and an appealing choice for classical guitar players.
@fermatamata50217 жыл бұрын
I disagree that Dvorak's music is forgotten other than his symphonies, because his American quartet is one of the most popular string quartets, his cello concerto is one of the most essential in the cello repertoire, and he also has a very prominent violin concerto. He also has some widely played smaller pieces like Humoresque.
@mrozen1236 жыл бұрын
I absolutely agree. Dvorak is not forgotten at all. His magnificent piano concerto or his serenade for strings are well known.
@PMA655376 жыл бұрын
Slavonic Dances
@Othdren4 жыл бұрын
6:30 Alkan's BACKstory LOL
@feraudyh2 жыл бұрын
My favourite interpreter of Alkan is an Italian called Maltempo.
@Art.20Abs.4GG7 жыл бұрын
Love your eyecolour
@alexmccullough19616 жыл бұрын
The black and white filters on slight stammers are so goddamned funny
@narayana82495 жыл бұрын
I find Dmitry Kabalevsky, Nikolai Myaskovsky, Jón Leifs, Mikhail Glinka, and Wilhelm Stenhammar to be among the greatest underappreciated composers. I am especially enamoured with Kabalevsky's Violin Concerto and 2nd Cello Concerto, as well as Myaskovsky's 13th String Quartet. Moritz Moszkowsky wrote a wonderful Piano Concerto and Henri Veuxtemps wrote a magnificent Cello Concerto.
@alfonsoVA824 жыл бұрын
I think Dvorak is a Huge Composer, and he is well known by classical and no musicians in the US, i think. Yoyo Ma has one of the most Awsome records from Dvorak's cello concerto, an his music is also popular through some hollywood movies, like "The witches of eastwick" with Jack Nicholson
@katinkaszabo65756 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who realised that Albeniz' Suite espanola op.47's guitar arrangement is the beginning of The Doors' track called Spanish Caravan, which, if I remember well, is on Waiting for The Sun.
@foxfoster12 жыл бұрын
My other favorite pieces of these Composers not mentioned in there video: Scarlatti: Sonata K 27, Sonata K 162 Fanny Mendelssohn: Easter Sonata Albeniz: L'autome Valse, Triana, Malagueña op 165 Alkan: Le Preux Dvorak: American Quartet
@PianistStefanBoetel7 жыл бұрын
The beginning of Fanny's trio sounds like Felix' violin concerto's beginning.
@gabrielperezpalacio51067 жыл бұрын
Even though I have only heard his guitar works, I would also include Polish Alexandre Tansman, really great, maybe a bit old-fashioned 20th Century music.
@brendanmcmahon10186 жыл бұрын
I agree with your choices. I would have added Bruch Korngold, Tarrega, Franck, and Sibelius to the list.
@GonzaBuckRP4 жыл бұрын
We need a big list of them
@harelamid56913 жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention the cello concerto by Dvorak (Dvorzhak). Me and lots of classical music lovers consider this concerto as (still) the best cello concerto in the world!
@Advent22mix7 жыл бұрын
In terms of keyboard composers (this being a piano channel and all), some personal favourites I would add would be Francois Couperin, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Henry Purcell, Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, and Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre. I know they are all baroque but I play the harpsichord myself so I have a pretty significant bias. I also might be harbouring a bit of resentment for all those 19th and early 20th century piano chauvinists who burned surviving antique harpsichords for firewood.
@Thiago-px9ev7 жыл бұрын
Villa-Lobos from Brazil? You should listen to "Bachianas Brasileiras Nº4(Prelude)", "Dança do índio branco", "Tristorosa"... Horowitz met him and liked his works. He composed for chords and other instruments too but its quite easy to find piano transcriptions, maybe did by himself.
@Demonsrun7 жыл бұрын
If you like Rachmaninoffs piano concertos you should definitely check out Nikolai Medtner's piano concertos. They are similar in style to Rachmaninoff but critcally underated.
@03data7 жыл бұрын
His music is good, I wouldn't really compare him to Rachmaninoff though. But that's mostly because of different styles. Personally I prefer Rachmaninoff 100x, but I can see why other people would have different opinions.
@SpaghettiToaster6 жыл бұрын
D3monsrun At least medtner is actually underrated though. Or rather underappreciated. Almost nobody knows him. Dvorak on the other hand is one of the very most famous composers and his 9th symphony is probably among the few pieces that even most people who don't have a clue about "classical music" know, especially in america. So I found it really weird to find him on this list. Also, who ever said that dvorak's music is lighter or simpler than brahms's, let alone superficial? I can't think of anyone who ever did, in his or our time. Brahms said himself that "I could write my main themes from his scraps", that should be saying something.
@sjpbrooklyn76996 жыл бұрын
Medtner and Rachmaninoff knew each other well enough to dedicate some of their works to each other. In the grand scheme of Western piano music their styles are unquestionably similar, but even a casual listener will quickly come to appreciate the distinctions. There are plenty of historical sources for those who want to know why Rachmaninoff is the more popular (and "successful") of the two, and why his concertos and solo pieces for piano continue to be programmed. Why Medtner's are played so little is a mystery to me, especially his 38 "Fairy Tales" and various "Forgotten Melodies." He understood the capabilities of the piano and the pianist better than many other composers. Fortunately, there are many outstanding recordings, and not a few on KZbin.
@rorshack236 жыл бұрын
SpaghettiToaster - That Brahms quote is magnificent :) btw I once heard a Marc-Andre Hamelin interview in which he mentioned Medtner as a composer whose pieces feel nice under the hands
@tfpp1 Жыл бұрын
You should definitely check out the piano music of Federico Mompou, who is sometimes referred to as the “Debussy” of Spanish music.
@Resplencemelodi6 жыл бұрын
Scriabin :3
@INDIGOBLUE5554 жыл бұрын
Is Muzio Clementi to be included in the underrated composers' list ? I'd also like to suggest Buxtehude as a great baroque composer,still nearly unknown to most of classic music enthusiasts yet being popular just amongst true classic music connoisseurs.
@scottwilliams68356 жыл бұрын
Johann Friedrich Fasch. He was offered the post of Kapellmeister in Liepzig after Teleman tuned it down. Fasch turned it down also.Distant third choice was JS Bach. JS Bach was a fan of Fasch and performed many of his works.
@krissen987 жыл бұрын
I personally think Dvořák's best work is his Romanca for violin! It is so lovely! :D I dream of my first love's face everytime i listen to it
@TheJerry29122 жыл бұрын
Awesome channel and video! :) another great composer who I think is underrated as well, or at least not as well known, is Smetana. If you don't know him, listen to Ma Vlast, which is a true masterpiece! :)
@fabiopalma44296 жыл бұрын
For baroque music (half "classica"l in France) I would definitely choose Rameau
@kawalucidalilet85947 жыл бұрын
i still want those 14! give them to us please
@jackhammer80613 жыл бұрын
3:40 Maybe I was ignorant with a cartoonishly 2D perception of the world but wow that’s wild that was made during the baroque period. Goes to show everything has probably been going on all along and we narrowly attribute sweeping generalizations based on just whatever happened to be the popular highlight of the moment, to the scene & circumstances as a absolutist whole. I wonder what other types of music people where experimenting with but there was never a demand for or was just too left field for the time
@flicfan4163 жыл бұрын
Puzzling list. Dvorak is a top-10 composer, Albeniz is the most well-known composer of Spanish piano music, and Scarlatti has been a staple of concert pianist repertoire for at least the past century. As for Alkan, he is less-known but considering the quality of music relative to its technical difficulty, he is quite highly-rated.
@bsdml6 жыл бұрын
If you ever make a "Part II" to this video, featuring some more underrated greats, I would STRONGLY suggest adding Jean Philippe Rameau to the list. He is, in my opinion, one of the greatest composers the Baroque era has ever seen (maybe even more brilliant than Handel :-)) His opera, "Hippolyte et aricie" is a tour-de-force of compositional prowess; every measure of music in that thing is powerful stuff.