10 Underrated Classical Pieces

[@justary_97]

*Petition* (again) *for Twoset to make a playlist with the best and underrated classical music*

[@lorenacollantes5807]

Plss, make this viral

[@justary_97]

@@lorenacollantes5807 i’ve been asking since forever 😭

[@ivandibiase4553]

Pls yes

[@haxan2565]

That would be great

[@dev3403]

Yeah :)

[@maryblakefletcher3595]

TwoSet I am going to be a performance major in piano because of your inspiration. Thank you so much for all you do to inspire your audience!!

[@rover3399]

Good luck!

[@cake1672]

omg yesss congrats!!

[@yeehuai3270]

Congrats! Would love to know more about this inspiring part of your story if u could elaborate a bit more about how twoset influences you to do this?

[@dev3403]

Best wishes 🎉

[@mahatmaniggandhi2898]

they inspire me to play viola

[@ShredmasterScott]

Debussy is such a boss

[@kouroshnaderyofficial]

Debussy really is, I love it when I get a notification saying that I got a new subscriber, it really makes my day, even my whole week ❤️

[@pianoman0459]

@@kouroshnaderyofficial shut up

[@kouroshnaderyofficial]

@@custardappl thxxx !!

[@BB-BA8]

my favorite composer is Debussy too!

[@ZapphireWulff]

He is indeed DaBossY

[@funguy183]

More underrated pieces (composers) that I like (IMO): Anatoly Alexandrov: Echoes of the theatre Kurt Atterberg: Piano Concerto, Symphony No.1 Ludwig van Beethoven: Polonaise Op.89, Eroica-Variations, Variations on a Theme in C Minor Sergei Bortkiewicz: Preludes Op.33, Piano Sonata 2 Georgy Catoire: 4 Pieces Op.12 Alfredo Cassella: Symphony No.2 Oleg Eiges: Piano Sonata No.4 “Sonata-Toccata” Guido Alberto Fano: Piano Sonata in E Gabriel Fauré: Nocturne No.6 Samuil Feinberg: Piano Sonata No.3 and No.12 John Field: Nocturnes John Foulds: World Requiem, Essays on the modes César Franck: Violin Sonata, “Prelude, Fugue and Variations” Alberto Ginastera: Suite de danzas criollas Louis Glass: Symphony No.3 & 4 Alexander Glazunov: Piano Concerto No.2 Reinhold Glière: Symphonies (He wrote 3, really good), Harp Concerto Leopold Godowsky: Java Suite, Passacaglia Friedrich Gulda: Play Piano Play, Prelude and Fugue, Für Rico Joe Hisaishi: Quartet g-Moll Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Piano Concerto No.2 and 3 John Ireland: Decorations Vasily Kalinnikov: Symphony No.1 and 2 Zoltán Kodály: Sonata for unaccompanied Cello Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Piano Quintet Rued Langgaard: Sfærernes Musik and Symphony No.1 Franz Liszt: Sancta Dorothea, Csárdas, Dante Symphony Sergei Lyapunov: Transcendental Etudes, Barcarolle, Piano Sonata, Symphony No.1 and 2, Piano Concerto No.2, Piano Sextet Albéric Magnard: Symphony No.4 Nikolai Medtner: Piano Concerti (He wrote 3, all are amazing), Piano Sonata No.1, Sonata-Ballade, Sonata-Tragica, Fairy Tales Op.51 Erkki Melartin: Symphony No.3, “Der traurige Garten” Op.52 Darius Milhaud: String Quartet No.1, Saudades do Brasil Nikolai Myaskovsky: Symphony No.25, Piano Sonata No.9 Walter Niemann: Piano Sonata No.1, Masken, Alt-China, Japan, “Der Orchideegarten” Op.76 Vítězslav Novák: Pan, a tone poem for piano Leo Ornstein: Piano Sonata No.4 and Cello Sonata No.2 Selim Palmgren: Piano Sonata, Piano Concerto No.2, Op.54, Op.57 no.2 „Raindrops“ Wilhelm Peterson-Berger: Symphony No.3, Frösöblomster (piano) Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No.9 Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus Maurice Ravel: Introduction and Allegro for flute, clarinet, harp and string quartet, Menuet in C-Sharp Minor, Prelude in A minor, Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn, Piano Concerto for the left hand, Piano Concerto in G Max Reger: Träume am Kamin, Variations and Fugue on Bach Ottorino Respighi: Concerto in Modo Misolidio, 6 Pieces for piano, 3 Preludes on gregorian melodies Xaver Scharwenka: Piano Concerti (All 4 are really good) Robert Schumann: Requiem in D-Flat Alexander Scriabin: Valse Op.38, Fantasy Op.28, Piano Sonata No.3,4,5,8; Symphonies (All 3 + Op.54 and Op.60 are amazing), Andante for String Orchestra, Piano Concerto Valentin Silvestrov: Bagatelles for piano Alexei Stanchinsky: Piano Sonata No.1 & 2, Prelude in Lydian Mode, “Tears” Wilhelm Stenhammar: 3 Fantasies Josef Suk: Asrael Symphony, Lullabies Evgeny Svetlanov: Piano Concerto Karol Szymanowski: Preludes Op.1, Métopes Op.28, Masques Op.34, 20 Mazurkas Op.50 Piotr Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.2 and 3 Pancho Vladgierov: Piano Concerto No.3 Emil von Sauer: Piano Concerto No.1 Mieczysław Weinberg: Piano Sonata No.4 Felix Weingartner: Cello Concerto Adolf Wiklund: Piano Concerto No.1 Takashi Yoshimatsu: And the birds are still…, Pleiades dances Alexander von Zemlinsky: String Quartet No.1 and 2 I think this was a bit too much lol. Enjoy! All the pieces are on KZbin :)

[@funguy183]

@Schuyler Bacn Tbh i should have mentioned you too

[@dish6]

Took me ages to read, but listening to all of them rn, and not regretting it...

[@funguy183]

@@dish6 I'm very happy that you enjoy these pieces:)

[@firzaakbarpanjaitan]

Saving this for later. Thx!

[@potatoman8763]

I'm learning Ginastera Danzas Criollas now!

[@COOL_GEEK_]

Petition for TSV for making a Spotify playlist of excellent classical music. We really need that playlist to educate ourselves.

[@analiciamalmstrom7855]

Good idea, I'm all for it.

[@reki76]

Yes! That would be awesome

[@kouroshnaderyofficial]

I love it when I get a notification saying that I got a new subscriber, it really makes my day, even my whole week ❤️

[@alexhb12333]

There are many fan-made twoset playlists including pieces they've mentioned or pieces that are twoset-ish

[@aliyasabira632]

Yes pleasee. Especially for people like me who aren't actually play an instrument but wanted to learn more about classical music

[@MusicalBasics]

As a pianist who rarely listens to classical music, I definitely needed some good pieces to flex on my audience.

[@MasoHQlC5GW5btFZ]

Kapustin!!!!!!!

[@HariGardner]

Piano gang 😎

[@handsomejustin]

@@HariGardner Piano is like Justin Bieber, there's nothing special about playing the piano and there shouldn't be a gang for such a common instrument.

[@MrHunter83]

@@handsomejustin The piano gang wants to know your address

[@MrGong55]

Hello there

[@Casutama]

I'm not a violist (yet), but you have to appreciate that Britten took the time to write a decently interesting viola part in his quartet. Like Eddy said in that recent interview, the viola is so essential in string quartets as long as the composer knows what they're doing!

[@E_FoxSnowspirit]

I can’t believe viola gang got such good representation here!

[@moss_forests]

im so late to this but yeah!! britten was a violist himself so he knew how integral we are 💪💪

[@robinj.p.354]

It's rare that I comment or like a video in general, but guys, you really gave an opportunity to an ex classical musician to turn back, and have bittersweet memories of past loves and struggles You have given me a spark of nostalgia of what playing/singing this kind of pieces did and what deep down still does to me. The moment of pure bliss that a good piece of music gives you is something I haven't felt in years, and you shared these with me and countless others. A part from the comedic pleasure you guys give, after many, many videos, this is my absolute favourite. As it gave me the shivers, and more than one moment of musical enlightenment, just listening to classical masterpieces that otherwise I would never have heard. So thanks guys, thanks for sharing your passion and appreciation. Love yah, and hope you keep doing what ya've been doing, with my absolute support.

[@kokkiro]

prokofiev starts with a relaxing, the most beautiful and serene music you've ever heard and later would switch to berserk, headbang-worthy dissonance, but still sounds beautiful

[@COOL_GEEK_]

Absolutely right. The beginning of every Prokofiev piece is calm and beautiful like Tchaikovsky and the ending is epic, like Shostakovich, just like a slap on your face.

[@shreyakghosh1724]

Yes yes you exactly said what I think about Prokofiev

[@kouroshnaderyofficial]

I know right? I love it when I get a notification saying that I got a new subscriber, it really makes my day, even my whole week ❤️

[@pianoman0459]

@@kouroshnaderyofficial shut up no one cares

[@simplytwosetter]

Harp piece: 1:17 and 2:33 Debussy - Danse sacrée et danse profane, for harp and strings (so Debussy!) Piano concerto: 3:43 Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 3 (has a special music TASTE, and it’s HARD) Chamber music: 5:33 and 6:41 Britten - String Quartet No. 3 (please play this piece together on YT then!!) Symphony: 7:52 Mahler - Symphony No. 4 (not a typical last movement from Mahler, BTW you need to know who Mahler is lol) Piano: 9:58 Sibelius - Le Sapin (a simple/playable piano piece lol) 11:20 Schumann - Piano Quartet, Op. 47 (THIS is the piece to impress your lover, not Canon in D.....ivorce lol) From LingLing composer Jordon! 12:36 Kapustin - Sonata-Fantasia (wooo~ KapUStiN lol and a part of it sound like an anime) Song: 14:08 Hubert Parry - Lord, Let Me Know Mine End (14:58 Eddy's expression is GOLD here!) Song: 15:38 Debussy - Nuit d'étoiles (Debussy is SUPERIOR! We need a TSA with this sentence on it lol) I really want to say, Twoset and their team really did a good job at covering lots of classical music types (not sure whether type is the right word here but), since they didn't just include violin concertos, or string quartets, of which they may be the most familiar with, but also include music with different instrumentation (including voice)! Again, thank you Twoset and Twoset's team, I learned so much from you guys, like always!

[@m31tokiomelody69]

Round of applause!!!

[@simplytwosetter]

@@m31tokiomelody69 Thanks😊

[@manmeetsingh4719]

Thanks a lot!

[@simplytwosetter]

@@manmeetsingh4719 Sure~ I enjoy the process of making these time stamps and writing my own little memo lol

[@wakingtheworld]

Another great time stamp list with your delightful insights and humour. I'm here early for once (though it is midnight here) and may well have missed many of your others but I simply couldn't scroll down to the earliest comments... Well I could... but practice is more important!

[@crystallizedsyrup7594]

Can we appreciate how beautiful Schumann pieces are and how underrated he is? For me the pieces that I loved the most are Schumann piano sonata no.2 and also kinderscenen. I think Schumann's pieces are really hard to get into because unlike Chopin or Liszt where the pieces directly "attacks" and impress the listeners, Schumann's requires more imagination. But if you take your time listening to Schumann pieces, you'll understand how beautiful his pieces are. P.S. There are some pieces where Schumann incorporates his wife, Clara, composition, such as the Davidsbundlertanze. Its really romantic

[@atrampabroad8318]

Schumann's Op 17 Fantasy in C is one of the greatest works in the piano repertoire, yet not that often programmed. The last movement is truly sublime.

[@sjbass26]

kinderszenen is one of my favorites

[@cageynerd]

Mahler 4 is amazing -- it sounds like Christmas AND the last movement is sooooo beautiful, you feel like you're in heaven.

[@justary_97]

The most relatable thing tho is when you can’t pronounce half of the classical music repertoire but still vibing to it, I feel ya Eddy 🥲

[@bensmith8086]

Enjoy? Are you joking? This is the absolute greatest. I have added so much more dimension to my classical playlists because of your recs (e.g., Mahler... talk about dimensions, how about an alt universe). More, PLEASE.

[@verak6058]

Agree wholeheartedly. Please recommend more pieces of classical music. I also love the videos when you explain more about the music, theory and composers.

[@kouroshnaderyofficial]

It really is great! I love it when I get a notification saying that I got a new subscriber, it really makes my day, even my whole week ❤️

[@03data]

Some more underrated/lesser known pieces: Piano: - Glazunov - Blumenfeld: Op. 47 No. 1 - Concert Waltz - Blumenfeld - Op. 36 - Etude for the left hand - Bortkiewicz - Op. 8 No. 1 - Lyapunov - Op. 46 - Barcarolle - Lyapunov - Op. 3 - Rêverie du soir - Rebikov - Op. 3 No. 3 - Valse Mélancolique Other: - Atterberg - Op. 31 - Symphony No. 6 - Poulenc - Op. 164 - Sonata for flute and piano - Mompou - Combat del somni - Rachmaninoff - Op. 37 - Vespers There are so many amazing pieces by composers most people haven't even heard of. These are just a few from the top of my head.

[@candiedblue3507]

I can't seem to find Bortkiewicz video :((

[@03data]

@@candiedblue3507 There are multiple videos if you search "bortkiewicz op 8", then just the first piece in those videos :) Very film-like music, be sure to listen to the end, because the entire piece is one big buildup with a nice climax!

[@candiedblue3507]

@@03data ooh, thank you!! I appreciate it :]

[@03data]

@@candiedblue3507 Np! Always love sharing good music!

[@jonathanweir585]

Mind if I add? Gorecki - Symphony No. 3 Bruch - Piano Concerto for Two Pianos Karlowicz - Eternal Songs Still - Afro American Symphony Franck - Symphony in Dm Reger - Romantic Suite Cassado - Cello Suite Menotti - Piano Concerto Lekeu - Violin Sonata It's really just endless

[@kaystrel]

Dear Brett and Eddy, you'll probably never see this but - I want to thank you for bringing classical music into so many young people's lives. On Wednesday, I saw the great Hilary Hahn perform in Cologne, Germany (which has been one of my biggest dreams ever) and I saw a young man wearing your merch. It made me realize how many young people you are giving the opportunity to experience the beauty of classical music. Thank you.

[@Kim-vc3mv]

0:57 : Debussy - Danse sacrée et danse profane, for harp and strings 3:20 : Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26 5:33 : Britten - String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94 7:47 : Mahler - Symphony No. 4 9:57 : Sibelius - Le Sapin Op. 75 No. 5 11:21 : Shumann - Piano Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 47 12:36 : Kapustin - Piano Sonata No. 1 Op. 39 "Sonata-Fantasia" 14:07 : Hubert Parry - Songs of Farewell : Lord, Let Me Know Mine End 15:39 : Debussy - Nuit d'Etoiles

[@shivampant1660]

THANK YOU

[@bananayogurt8002]

~uuU Kapustin 🖤

[@deadinmagazines_x]

Thank you so much!!

[@propername4830]

It's literally 9. Unsubbed

[@pleasedyes]

@@propername4830 to be fair danse sacree et profane are two separate dances, one “sacred” and one “profane” so it’s technically 2 pieces

[@user-gx6bf5yn2t]

Debussy he is special, he studied the Oriental pentatonic scale and put in his music... And he really love Oriental art that why his music can be so different and beautiful.

[@Wiijimmy]

Eyyy shout-out to Pagodes and the gamelan!

[@Fafner888]

Something similar to Debussy's dances but much less known is William Alwyn's harp concerto "Lyra Angelica", and it deserves more recognition.

[@ramcams]

@@Wiijimmy edexcel a level music be like

[@Wiijimmy]

@@ramcams gang gang

[@pseunition6038]

where did you get this from? i couldn't find anything about Debussy being influenced by Oriental music online. he used unordinary scales for the time like whole-tone and pentatonic scales, but that doesn't mean he got them from outside nations. pentatonic scales for example are found across disconnected cultures that discovered it separately, such as the Babylonians, ancient China, and ancient Greece.

[@sabrinai]

If Twoset's channel would be just them listening to music, I'd be sold! It's just a joy seeing them enjoying great pieces.

[@alanli2605]

My teacher said that Prokofiev had two distinct sides to him, he would be super lyrical in one section and in the very next section he would be absolutely crazy with dissonances. He was a neoclassical composer so that’s also a large part of his style

[@luthien_tinuviel6781]

Being a young musician and having only recently realised that music is my passion and that I want to pursue a musical career, this kind of thing is so useful for people like me!! It's honestly so inspiring and just encouraging. Next year I'll be moving from high school to uni to study a bachelor of music! Thankyou Brett and Eddy and all the TwoSet Violin community ☺️😄🙏

[@wreckoo]

Me too!!!!

[@littlemrtort4790]

I would love to pursue a musical career too! It’s just that I know it would be super difficult to make a living out of it and my family wants me to be more invested into real estate. Music will still be important to me though!

[@wreckoo]

@@littlemrtort4790 you guys are so inspiring! I considered music fun but never considered a career...

[@kouroshnaderyofficial]

I love it when I get a notification saying that I got a new subscriber, it really makes my day, even my whole week ❤️

[@vegetable12020]

Same! But I still think of having a job just in case it doesn't work.

[@skong7613]

Hoping Brett does learn Sibelius’ Le Sapin and shares his performance with us!

[@xandraxandra1437]

That would be great! He can play, only lacking practice and confidence.

[@xdgirl8886]

I hope so too!!

[@sabrinab4193]

Same

[@kouroshnaderyofficial]

Hopefully, I love it when I get a notification saying that I got a new subscriber, it really makes my day, even my whole week ❤️

[@jaceyking5015]

I'm a member of Visual Arts Gang (non-musician unfortunately), and my favorite piece (besides Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto ;) ) is Rachmaninoff's Isle of the Dead. I don't know if that's "underrated" or not, but I don't hear people talk about it often and I absolutely adore it- probably because I absolutely adore the painting it was inspired by.

[@wakingtheworld]

Visual Arts Gang indeed! I like it! Am compiling a list of pieces to listen to in my non-existent spare time and their original 9(!) is getting rather long thanks to TwoSetter input!

[@jeffwu78]

I’m also a fan of the Isle of the Dead

[@dpainter1526]

That's funny, I was just listening to Isle of the Dead the other day, as it seemed to fit with the book I was reading. It's magnificent. I would love to know which painting it was that inspired him?

[@danballe]

And the painting you are leaving out is??...

[@christender3614]

The painting is called … Isle of the Dead (Böcklin).

[@zbhayani6998]

I love these types of videos :) Eddy: "Without making this a theory lesson..." Please don't stop ! I love learning from you guys - the analysis and context behind the repetoire makes it even more interesting

[@user-xn8by2iv2x]

Kapustin!!! Now he's gone, but his music will always shine with our life.

[@kouroshnaderyofficial]

I love it when I get a notification saying that I got a new subscriber, it really makes my day, even my whole week ❤️

[@reasondro]

@@kouroshnaderyofficial shut up

[@kouroshnaderyofficial]

@@reasondro ok, I’ll go practice by myself in the corner, while crying 😢🤣

[@reasondro]

@@kouroshnaderyofficial nice that's much better!

[@kouroshnaderyofficial]

@@reasondro haha 😂😂😂 also, if you want, you can check my video of 10 THINS Classical Soloist’s do first time on stage. You’ll laugh, hahaha 🤣

[@deschua]

We must thank the TwoSet Team for introducing the boys to choral and vocal music! As a chorister, that makes me very happy! 😃

[@bobhall1515]

I agree, although Eddy mentioned the Britten War Requiem so they must be somewhat introduced but also not knowing Parry who wrote Jerusalem. Every one of the composers that they mentioned wrote choral works and most are not over performed. I love the Mahler Eighth. Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky has some really cool moments. The only one i thought I hadn’t performed was Sibelius and googling it i remembered that he arranged Finlandia for voice as well so that the hymns are sung.

[@Mare416]

@@bobhall1515 What I love about singing Parry is that you can just let it rip. Hold nothing back. Especially with I Was Glad. I was always a little lightheaded after singing that! Another piece I love: Holst’s 8-part a capella Ave Maria is absolutely baller. Highly recommend. One of my favorite pieces to sing, ever. And if you need to process heartbreak: When David Heard by Tomkins. You can feel the grief in it.

[@Casutama]

This is the content I'm subscribed for! (Love your other stuff too, but nothing beats your classical music focused videos)

[@Buzzcook]

There is hundreds of years worth of music. So much that no one could listen to all of it in a life time. Even the most popular composers wrote prolifically and you'd be hard pressed to listen to all their compositions. These picks are great and I don't think I've heard any of them. So thanks.

[@paulwagner688]

So happy you used Abbado's Mahler. SO sensitive. SO immersive. His Mahler 9 with that group was sublime. He had the lights dim during the last 5 minutes of the end, and then held the silence at the end for like two minutes.

[@Bluehoshiflower]

I am a big fan of Abaddo's interpretation as well! Once there recordings were my New Year's Eve program lol

[@andrewkohler3707]

The only appropriate thing to do at the end of that piece.

[@oscillia528]

Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:52 Debussy - Danse sacree et danse profane (for harp and strings) 1:18 2:33 3:18 Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26 3:43 5:30 Britten - String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94 5:33 6:41 7:38 Mahler - Symphony No. 4 8:47 9:55 Sibelius - Le Sapin Op. 75 No. 5 10:07 11:11 Schumann - Piano Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 47 11:21 12:27 Kapustin - Piano Sonata No. 1 Op. 39 "Sonata-Fantasia" (from Jordon He) 13:05 14:05 Hubert Parry - Songs of Farewell: Lord, Let Me Know Mine End 14:13 15:36 Debussy - Nuit d'Etoiles 15:36 16:33 Outro 16:52

[@JamieSmith-fz2mz]

At the very end, they tell us to practice. Please mark that, too. I never tire of hearing that.

[@oscillia528]

@@JamieSmith-fz2mz added!

[@kylieeesiow9015]

i love the smiles you guys get when you listen to a piece you really like. Its such a subtle expression and its so clear that the music resonates in you, and and idk, its so wholesome. quality content

[@practicingpotato]

Yay! Choir gang representin' on the TwoSet team! Such a nice surprise to hear choral work showcased!

[@pelmer3948]

One of my favourite composers is Vaughan Williams, he has lots of underrated gems like Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 and his Oboe Concerto. Of course there are lots of pieces by women and POC that don't get the love they deserve, some of my favourites are Ethel Smyth's "The Wreckers Overture", Florence Price's Symphony No. 1 and her Mississippi Suite, and Amy Beach's Piano Concerto. Some other pieces I really like are Ligeti's Concert Romanesc, and Debussy's Saxophone Concerto.

[@pelmer3948]

Not to mention Holst has lots of other great pieces other than the Planets, including The Lure, Egdon Heath, St. Paul's Suite, and more.

[@kevingc537]

Amy Beach’s piano concerto 2nd movement and her romance for violin and piano especially are amazing

[@kevingc537]

And I remember playing Vaughn Williams’ 2nd symphony 2nd movement and it was so nice to listen to

[@winwinnie4905]

I've played Vaughan Williams's theme of thomas tallis and it was one of the most ethereal experiences, definitely recommend that one as well!!

[@bobhall1515]

How about Songs of Travel?

[@barborasolanska3997]

I’ll put this comment out again, you could make a video about ballet scores! Of course you’ve got the classic Tchaikovsky scores, which are so engraved in our society as well as Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, then Stravinsky’s Petrushka and Rite of Spring. But also new works, there are so many gorgeous scores and I would really love to hear your opinion on how well you think they fit the story (and choreography perhaps) but also a bit of your vast knowledge- the characteristics of the composer and the era. I would gladly supervise the list of ballets!

[@anniejoy7811]

Yay for ballets! Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet is epic. I particularly love the balcony scene (Kenneth MacMillan's choreography and music). Also Prokofiev's Cinderella, Minkus' Don Quixote, La Bayadere, Adam's Giselle and Le Corsaire, Tchaikovsky Pas De Deux (one of my favourites) and loads of others. Discussion of music + choreography would be amazing!

[@barborasolanska3997]

@@anniejoy7811 Yess!! Romeo and Juliet is a masterpiece. In all its forms.Two set have so much to give!! I think it would be a fascinating video

[@COOL_GEEK_]

Don Quixote by Ludwig Minkus, Cinderella by Sergei Prokofiev and Giselle by Adolphe Adam should be included in that video.

[@Miriam-ob8tz]

Yes I agree! Particularly Joby Talbot's music, who's very like Prokofiev. He did the recent ballet of Alice in Wonderland

[@kingchubbythe1541]

I’ve been ADDICTED to classical guitar recently. One of the best instruments IMO. Some of the notes that get used a lot in classical pieces pop with the sound. And the tremolo mixed in with a base melody is soo good. In some pieces it sounds like modern rock and I throw my head up and down to the beat. It’s just too good!

[@billingsleypiano394]

I discovered Kapustin through this video, and now I’m hooked on his music! He’s so good! Thanks TwoSet!

[@mitodrumisra8972]

Glad to see Nikolai Kapustin featured over here! You should definitely check out his works more!

[@knallfroosch]

Yuja Wang´s interpretation on one of his concert studies is just awesome

[@laurafercass]

✨Video idea✨ you guys should make a video about 10 underrated classical pieces by female composers!! (Reminder: there are more composers than Fanny Mendelssohn and Clara Schumann)

[@chloecrawford5426]

Yes!! Would love this!!

[@paunitka7]

Bump! Such a great idea!

[@griffinhaltom8144]

@Zeren Grove Lillian Fuchs, Rebecca Clarke, Viola Kinney, Mel Bonis, Sophie Menter, Maria Symanowska, Ludmila Melnikova...

[@Zimzamzoom95]

@@paunitka7 this isnt 4chan 🤢

[@paunitka7]

@@Zimzamzoom95 Never heard of 4chan. Doesn't sound particularly interesting, though.

[@unnamed_boi]

i'm so glad you guys included kapustin in there. he's one of my favorite composers just from the groove he has

[@floraf3426]

As a member of choir gang, I was so happy to see a choral piece make this list! There's so much epic stuff in choir repertoire, it'd be really cool to see a video about it someday

[@johan_esteve]

I'm playing Inverno, by Antonio Vivaldi in school and its one of my fav peices so far

[@helenwong4230]

I heard Danse sacrée et danse profane from one of Twoset's Tiktok before and I really liked it! I guess there's something good come up with Tiktok after all. Edit: Since they said 10 but got 9, I think we should contribute to the last one. For me that one would be Ketelbey's In a Persian Market (don't know if it is underrated but definitely not famous judging by the views on KZbin). It has captured the scenery of the busy Persian Market, but and at the same time has got a very nostalgic melody later in the piece. Piccolo really shines in this piece in my opinion.

[@wakingtheworld]

Interesting - shall now add this one to my copy/pasted list as No:10.... Tbh it does sound vaguely familiar.

[@aquamarine9568]

I really enjoyed this episode. I downloaded quite a few of them. Thanks❤

[@t3nd3rm1lk8]

In my opinion Rachmaninov’s transcription of liebesleid is very underrated, because it brings out the most out of music. The counter points in the song is super well done and everything flows so well in the song it always keeps you wondering what’s going to happen next. But it is pretty sad because it often gets over shadowed because of your lie in April, it’s not a bad thing but it should get more recognition.

[@raahimkamaal5363]

I avidly listened to classical music even before ylia, but didn’t know of this transcription until watching the show. Despite it not being the most emphasized of the pieces in the show it still stuck with me the most and I think it’s because of the reasons you displayed here. Really an amazing piece, and one of the few times that the transcription was better than the original.

[@SCRIABINIST]

It's not underrated at all, it's appreciated to it's worth. YLIA made it explode in popularity and it has been popular ever since

[@sheilaleslie1323]

Is that Kreisler’s Liebesleid? I know they were good friends

[@t3nd3rm1lk8]

@@sheilaleslie1323 yes

[@ezras7997]

Every composer has ten underrated pieces of their own though.

[@shivankmenon4722]

I’d say a really underrated set of compositions is Ravel’s Trois Poemes de Stéphane Mallarmé.

[@mischacarlberg6631]

Incredible piece

[@cloudkap]

I was bummed not to hear a Ravel piece in this list!

[@broundothisrightneow]

yes !!!!!!!!

[@kouroshnaderyofficial]

Yeah Ravel! I love it when I get a notification saying that I got a new subscriber, it really makes my day, even my whole week ❤️

[@Hailey_Paige_1937]

An even more underrated Ravel piece is “Frontispice” for solo piano (orchestrated later by Boulez). Ravel wrote it in 1918, right after his service in WWI and after his mother died. It sounds sooooooo unlike him. Just... Bleached of Ravel’s “normal” splashes of color. It’s disturbing, and I love it.

[@juliannaversola]

As a classical pianist, Prokofiev and Debussy wrote some of the most challenging music I’ve ever played, but they’re on opposite spectrums of difficulty. I could talk for hourrss about those two composers

[@pfannekuchen-heinz5428]

I think Britten and Rutter are very underrated composers, they have such beautiful compositions and some lovely choir pieces. Always enjoyed singing their work. Listening to Rutters Magnificat always puts me in a good mood :)

[@ladidadidaladi7168]

Noice!! The team included a choral piece, and acapella too!!

[@helenbirch9877]

Yes! It's about time!

[@catw4729]

It was great to have something’s choral. I have the impression that prehospital play instruments overlook the voice as an instrument.

[@fidelia2271]

You found the right channel ofc we did this channel is amazing

[@classa7312]

I love their nerdy side so much! More of these types of videos please. They are insightful and lovely to watch. ❤

[@sarahkaroline1550]

My knowlege of classical pieces is mostly limited to the popular/well-known pieces that everyone who learns an instrument and/or who plays in an orchestra plays a million times (I love these pieces still), so I'm really happy to see today's video is another of Twoset's "10 most..." series featuring music theory (I love music theory). Kapustin's, Mahler's and Parry's pieces were my favourites on first-hearing, so I'm now finding the full versions on youtube. Thank you for the recommendations, TwoSet and Team!

[@reaganb6013]

I just wrote my National Honor Society essay on Debussy's influence on music and how he broke the rules. So this is a very interesting coincidence haha

Mooore of this!! Please feature more unrated pieces in lists like this, your platform can get them the attention tvey deserve! 😄

[@rebecaramos1688]

Mahler 4 4th movement is actually my favorite movement in all symphonic work. As a singer I get goosebumps listening to it, it’s the most beautiful thing

[@Elibel77]

Not only enjoyed, I want more! I love when I get the expertise from the real pros…. You could even go farther, telling us what to pay attention to in a certain piece. What would be interesting is a selection per instrument or per period. And it makes me realize how some pieces are not mainstream in the wider public, but probably mainstream to the professional musicians.

[@katam6471]

YES, I really enjoy this kind of content. I fell in love with classical music about 40 years ago, but there are still so much to discover. Kapustin I've never even heard of. Pleas give us more of this!

[@tedricksak6766]

Other than the 10 most overplayed pieces All others are underrated classical music lol 😂😂 Classical music itself is already kinda underrated

[@Mster_J]

Yep

[@kouroshnaderyofficial]

Yea 😂, I love it when I get a notification saying that I got a new subscriber, it really makes my day, even my whole week ❤️

[@tedricksak6766]

@@kouroshnaderyofficial Are you just asking for subscribe like that? Bruh.

[@kouroshnaderyofficial]

@@tedricksak6766 No, I'm saying if you want to check out my stuff, it would mean a lot to me.

[@lil_ydraws33]

@@kouroshnaderyofficial I love it when I get a notification saying that someone sent me 1,000 dollars, it really makes my day, even my whole week ❤️

[@ghintz2156]

Eddy and his love for French impressionist composers.

[@lauradasilvaribeiro773]

I really enjoyed this video and would love to see more. I enjoyed the way the music was discussed and broken down - it changed my perspective on some of these pieces. I liked the Danse sacree et danse profane the most, it was a really lovely piece. More videos like this would be amazing, not just because of the music, but because of the discourse. Thank you!

[@tashadurfee1860]

If you liked the Parry piece you will love Eric whitacre! Plus as he’s still alive you can watch recordings of him conducting his own pieces and keep getting new ones!

[@helenbirch9877]

Yes! I've performed some of his music when he visited rehearsals and was in the audience. Beautiful, expressive, not easy but wonderful fun to sing.

[@bloosy1771]

Yes Whitacre - and also Finzi! ❤️

[@tori_nd_piano]

I second the Eric Whitacre rec! I also adore Ola Gjeilo and Dan Forrest. Like Whitacre, they're both living composers predominantly writing choral music. I have had some truly emotional, ethereal listening experiences with them. And though I'm not as familiar with his whole body of work, I've also loved the little I've heard from Ēriks Ešenvalds. My first introduction to him was his "Long Road" (Polyphony and Voces8 both have exquisite recordings of it). I was absolutely blown away.

[@andychiu714]

Lux Aurumque is my fav

[@bethbilynskyj162]

@@tori_nd_piano Yes! Yes! Gjeilo and Forrest!! Gjeilo is fantastic. I love everything on his Northern Lights album, but especially "Pulchra es, amica mea." The way it ends, with the altos sustaining that final D...Haunting!

[@ex867gahyunhan6]

That Sibelius piece is one of my favorites... I want to learn it. Who also like Lyatoshinsky? For me, his third symphony, quintet and second trio, intermezzo from second quartet is best but his other more dissonant pieces are also super excellent.

[@makotonishino5967]

I love that Sibelius's piece too! I discovered it 2 month ago and tried to play it, but I couldn't. 2set and your comment just inspired me to try again! thank you😃

[@mustikkabm]

As a Finn, I'm surprised this Sibelius piece is not known to people. Because I've grown up listening to it since I can't even remember! It is beautiful!

[@bryanpark8098]

So glad you featured Parry. The whole set of the 'Songs of Farewell' is epic. So satisfying to sing in choir. Choir Gang thanks you for the shout out. My personal favorite of the Songs of Farewell is 'At the round earth's imagined corners'.

[@latecraft]

I really like Shostakovich's Cello Sonata, it's so identifiably his but it has so much sensitivity also in an enduring way. It's hard to explain but it's a great listen!

[@TheLidiachis1999]

This is one of my favorite kinds of video from you guys, thanks for all these awesome recommendations!! 🥰

[@cyrissiryc5126]

Oooh!!! Non-musician here so this video is EXACTLY what I need 😁 Twoset videos are my source of classical music knowledge

[@r.i.p.volodya]

I think it's great how you're helping young people to explore the infinite world of Classical Music.

[@lyss5244]

Eddy mentioning obscure music reminds me of the time I had to choose a musical example for an essay last semester and when I told my lecturer my example he chuckled… I chose Der Doppelgänger by Schubert.

[@andreviana1369]

More, please, more videos like this!!!

[@TwoSetPlaylists]

Thank you for sharing the links of your favorite performances, Brett & Eddy! The example playlist with the links from the description is now live on top of the playlist channel. I'll search another video to replace Yuja Wang's Prokofiev which is unavailable (after watching the episode). Priorities ...

[@benana_3]

Martha Argerich's Prok 3 is spectacular!

[@nnoo528]

They are so sweet to share links ❤️

[@TwoSetPlaylists]

I found another recording of the same concert with Yuja Wang and Claudio Abbado and added it to the playlist. The conductor in the description is wrong, it's Abbado conducting.

[@ethanperreault7470]

The best Prokofiev 3 (Personally) is Ashkenazy's.

[@allenmpace]

Parry is amazing glad you liked it! “I was Glad” is one of his most known, but it is so glorious.

[@dzuschin]

Please do more of these!!! Love the selections, and love your comments and reactions.

[@Finn-McCool]

Just last night I was thinking..."I wish they would drop the 'shorts' and get back to recommending some music"! Honestly, thank you for staying true to the channel ethos.

[@ajchandra7735]

the shorts are just extra. They are still sticking tp their usual upload schedule

[@MrStarchild3001]

This maybe the best two set violin video so far.

[@kayleeson509]

I used to listen to the CBC Classical channel, and it was always the same few Bach/Mozart/Beethoven pieces. I would loooove to hear you do a podcast where you play a recording, and once the recording is done, you completely nerd out about it, with colour commentary on the chording, the performance, the tempo, etc. etc.

[@alkischrysanthopoulos5712]

Absolutely love the video, would greatly appreciate many more parts to this. Especially when you, as now, recommend more modern pieces - I couldn't imagine a better team to guide me into this field of classical music than twoset.

[@anchihall8852]

YES MAHLER 4 IS THE MOST UNDERRATED ONE. 2, 3, and 6 are my favorites with 4 right up there with them. I'm quite the mahler fan tbh and was expecting to see 2, 3, or 6 mentioned or even das lied. It still feels like mahler, even without the iconic marchy bits found in 2-6. Absolutely love it.

[@unnamed_boi]

i think mahler 7 is the most underrated one, since mahler 4 was used to be the most performed since it's short. good pick nontheless, mahler 4 is still quite underrated

[@joshjams1978]

Mahler 5 is personally my favorite, once played a whole silent theater piece that was set to it

[@bobhall1515]

How about das Klagende Lied?

[@storyphilepremium1724]

I played Symphony No. 1 in all-state orchestra back in high school and it was the greatest experience of my life. Mahler is GOAT

[@moritzs.9045]

I love mahler 3 as well and was so shocked as they both didn't mention it when they talked about all other mahlers. But tbh i have a thing for overlong symphonies like mahler 3 or shosta 7

[@MulekSolt0]

I don't know if it's underrated but I recently discovered Faure - Cantique de Jean Racine, one of the most beautiful pieces I've ever listened to

[@wakingtheworld]

Adding it to my getting 'far too long' list. The extra hour of living tonight (the nonsense of Daylight Saving(!) Time) will help a little!

[@covellin_]

lol we are doing that with our choir this year

[@Goldstorm1]

So happy that you found Le Sapin by Sibelius! Here in Finland piano students play that very often and it’s so beautiful piece ❤️🇫🇮

[@saynotzai]

Always a pleasure to get music recommendations from people who love music

[@carolinaroveroni8101]

Honestly, I don't know if it's underrated, but I never see anyone here talking about Tartini's Devil's Trill Sonata. It's one of my favorite pieces.

[@katharinafk]

Yeees I love that one!

[@mauku2011]

Love it too! Especially played by Ray!

[@lu0844]

Played by Ray Chen hmmmmmm absolutely luv!!!

[@carolinaroveroni8101]

@@mauku2011 I sort of like Sophie Anne-Mutter version better 😅

[@mynameis3ama]

I don't think it's underrated, it's actually really popular considering not much people listen to classical pieces from composers like Tartini.

[@user-pm6gv2mb9n]

Definitely the best episode in last few weeks.

[@maira672]

Thanks 2Set team! I'm always learning with you guys!

[@ascanbe3321]

Two quick comments: 1) Mad props for including choral music (I'm a choral conductor). Please share more cool vocal and choral music on this channel (and if you want some pointers, get in touch 😃). Parry is considered to have had an impact on Elgar's music, and he also taught Holst and Vaughan Williams! He has a lot of really great vocal and church music. 2) Sibelius' Sapin is part of a collection (op.75) of five short piano pieces. Sibelius did indeed write stuff like this basically to make money, and didn't care too much for the piano. The piece is really nice though, and the other ones in the opus are interesting too! Please keep making more videos like this Twoset!

[@jihanabelleslavin6386]

I was pleasantly surprised to have seen Parry on this list. I'm also surprised that not many people have heard of him, considering how famous 'I Was Glad' is. When there are choral composers on this channel it makes me very happy.

[@Bevsworld04]

Rachmaninoff's 1st and 4th piano concertos (concerti?), to me, are the MOST underrated pieces of all time. They're not the absolute titans that the 2nd and 3rd are (neither breaking 30mins). But theyre both BEAUTIFUL. especially the ending of the 2nd movement in the 1st concerto.

[@Sathrandur]

Concerti is correct. And I agree Rachmaninov's 1st is excellent; despite being a lover of his music, I just have never been overly drawn to his fourth. But if you want some fantastic lesser-known Rachmaninov, I offer the following: both of his piano trios (I especially love his first short one), Russian Rhapsody for two pianos (in fact both his suites for two pianos are great), his Symphony No. 1, and the Élégie Op. 2 No. 1 (from which collection there is the much-more famous Prélude). And his Op. 11 No. 6 'Slava' his just majestic.

[@Galaxzier]

@@Sathrandur absolutely agree! His second trio élégiaque is just fantastic. I can't stop listening to it since this summer, when I heard it for the first time

[@alkanista]

Rachmaninoff messed up the 4th, in my opinion, by cutting out some stuff because some folks thought it was too long. But I like the original better than the revision, and wonder if it might not be more popular if the original were performed more often.

[@tatrankaska2305]

My most beloved underrated and practically forgotten classical piece is William Herschel's 8th symphony. The melody of the first movement is so breathtaking and stunning i cannot understand why Herschel fell into oblivion as a composer.

[@julietsexton3556]

Thank you so much for posting this comment. After reading it, I listened to Herschel’s 8th symphony and am so pleased I did. You’re 100% correct when you say it’s beautiful - definitely going to listen to it regularly!

[@bloosy1771]

Ooh, I've not heard of that - going to look it up!

[@CeltyKol]

I just listened to this now…. It’s amazing!!!

[@ronh3935]

thank you ! - did not know this piece at all.

[@artemkravchuk1005]

Wow, it's is marvelous. Thank you so much

[@yitingyin2147]

Love twoset classical pieces recommendation videos so so much

[@JoshLeveille]

I’d suggest “Sous Bois” by Lili Boulanger. It’s a small choral piece with piano accompaniment. It has a French Impressionistic style, and there’s so many beautiful chords and sounds. Check it out!

[@maximereny5449]

To add to that, Fauré’s Aprés un rêve is also excellent.

[@nias3202]

Yes, she is great😍 Something by Arnold Schönberg or Alban Berg might be underrated, too: I like Op.19 "six little piano pieces" by Schönberg.

[@f52_yeevy]

Lili Boulanger is SO amazing!

[@tonyanderton3521]

Nice suggestion, Josh. Also, Lili Boulanger's Vieille Prière Bouddhique. The recording by John Elliot Gardener is amazingly beautiful.

[@caleptra5778]

I couldn’t agree more about Prokofiev having a completely unique feeling to his music. It’s truly fantastic!

[@maramandme]

for me the best most underrated classical piece is rachmaninov’s 4th piano concerto, IT IS EPICCCCC

[@cake1672]

omgggg yessssss agreeddd

[@user-xn8by2iv2x]

Agreeeedd lol

[@Galaxzier]

And his second Trio élégiaque!

[@Magnet12]

It is terrible 😑

[@maramandme]

@@Magnet12 everyone has their own opinion, which one do you like the most from his 4 piano concertos? aside from the second one i feel like everyone love it, unless you have another opinion ofc.

[@danielacarrera2492]

Debussy is my favorite composer ever, next to Ravel and Saint-Saens. There’s is something about French impressionism that is incredibly magical and makes it so ethereal and light. In love with that musical era

[@qquisitte]

ok i've been listening to that mahler movement on repeat, it is so beautiful. thank you for sharing these with us, i really enjoy this type of video :)

[@TwoSetPlaylists]

Of course I enjoy this kind of video! Your music recommendations have opened so many doors to new pieces for me ...

[@r0mmm]

I personally want to state the MOST underrated piece (in my opinion) Kurt Atterberg - Pianoconcerto Op. 37 in Bflat-Minor Listen to it. I bet you, that you'll agree.

[@MedtnerLin]

Absolutely agree, his 9 symphonies are also some of the most underrated symphonies of all time, easily rivalling those of Sibelius. As for piano concertos I would also add Scriabin's and Medtner's on the list.

[@MedtnerLin]

BTW the pieces Twoset reacting to in this episode are still within the mainstream repertoire nowadays IMO. Hope they can dig into more non-violin and underrated pieces in the future.

[@unnamed_boi]

oh hell yes, atterberg is severely underrated. he's really great at slow music in particular (his slow movements are extraordinarily beautiful..)

[@r0mmm]

@@MedtnerLin Yeah I absolutly agree. Atterberg in general is a wonderful composer whose pieces could easily compete with composers like Medtner, Rachmaninoff, your mentionend Sibelius or in general nearly every Composer of the 20th century. I agree with Medtner, but Not really with Scriabin. Don't understand me wrong, the Scriabin concerto is Epic, beautiful and often very perfect...but it's not really high in quality. I studied it in university and a big Part is basically taken from Chopin, Hummel and Mendelssohn but with newer harmony. The melodies are beautiful and could easily with Chopins melodies, but there are too not very high in quality. I read a few Letters from Scriabin where he stated, that he only wrote it for his conservatory in a time of 2 weeks. Further he even wrote that this concerto doesn't Count to the pieces he likes to hear. But nethertheless its a wonderful piece!

[@username-ur6dq]

Yeah, that piano concerto is a beautifull monster especially the first movement for me

[@ReignSovereign]

I greatly enjoyed this type of video! I've watched so many of your videos and classical is always a background theme, as you do challenges and games and other things of this nature... but to watch and have the content be purely classical music as you listen to a piece and do commentary to describe the history of the composer, reviewing the complexities of each piece and the story behind the music, its beautiful. as someone who isnt a musician or into classical hardcore... this makes me want to buy and instrument and join the classical community in appreciating these pieces of art. thanks boys. we may be on to something here.

[@ehmmm1]

THAT WAS SO POGCHAMP It was the most pleasant trip I've been on lately 😭 Definitely need more videos like that

[@alex_squeezebox]

Shout out to Kapustin! Been promoting him for years! Such an underrated composer! Super difficult to play though. Also he's Ukrainian not Russian!

[@knitted_sweater_near_fireplace]

Oh wow, I am from Ukraine and it's really important for us to celebrate our musicians, thank you very much for pointing out his nationality

[@S0larus]

Basically all his life he lived and worked in Moscow and had never had the Ukrainian citizenship. It's very strange to call him an Ukrainian

[@mirriyastia7041]

@@S0larus it's okay for undernations to expropriate history and art due to lack of their own, so God be with them.

[@cooldebt]

Yes! A friend put me on to him and I like his stuff because I love jazz and he's kind of a bridge between the two genres.

[@musicalifornia49]

Best thing to wake up to on a Saturday morning is TwoSet Violin

[@helusjanuc8186]

Yeah im eating dinner

[@gabrielcutrone7606]

So happy to see Kapustin recognized!!! Wonderful job, guys, this is an awesone video

[@ChristianCareerJoy]

As a recent return to listening to mostly classical music when Hilary Hahn released her Paris recording of Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No.1 earlier this year I became obsessed with this composer! You’re right that it’s almost a more joyful dissonance type of composer. Love his works! And now, I feel compelled to listen to all of Mahler’s Symphonies so that I can decide which one is my favourite, although I do regularly listen to No. 5 and love it. So many great pieces to discover. Thank you TwoSet for this type of video!