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#1
28-09-2006, 07:03 PM
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| Most Overplayed What do you think the most overplayed piece is of all time? Things such as: Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata, Pachbel:Canon in D come to mind what do you think?  |
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#2
28-09-2006, 09:48 PM
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| Bach's Toccata and fugue in d minor. You know the one I'm talking about... I have a beautiful CD of E. Power Biggs playing organ, it has some of my favorite traditional organ music, but it opens with that piece and I always have to just press the skip button. |
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#3
29-09-2006, 12:05 AM
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| Van Beethoven's symph. 5&9 Mendelsohn's midsummer night's dream Mozart's 40th symph, Clarinet concerto second part Katchaturian's sabredance Ravel's bolero Tchaikovsky's Romeo & juliette, swan lake, nutcracker suite, blumenwaltz Prokofiev Peter and the wolf Carnival des Animaux Last part from the ouverture of Orfče en Enfer (Offenbach) you know the French can-can... Strauss' Also Sprach Zarachustra, am den blauen donau, Radetzkymars... Sousa's Stars and stripes Stravinsky's Sacre du printemps, Second waltz ... Last edited by Gryvix : 29-09-2006 at 12:26 AM. |
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#4
29-09-2006, 01:30 AM
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| Rondo alla turca, 1st movemont of the moonlight sonata, Canon in D I never want to hear those pieces again as long as I live!!! |
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#5
29-09-2006, 11:09 AM
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| We all forgot Wagner's the ride of the valkyries. No one can listen to that piece seriously any more. I think whats worse than an overused piece, is an overused piece used and played badly. I've heard Canon in D a million times but I like it as long as its played right i like it. Played wrong and its awful and I want to kill the violinist's. (just kidding) |
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#6
29-09-2006, 11:29 AM
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 I never tire of good music, if I like the work and the performance is good. What makes it unbearable, is that people often uses such pieces as showcases for themselves, and not the piece… Unfortunately, regarding e. g. Toccata and Fugue in d minor by Bach, almost nobody plays the opening with a cool timing, understanding the balance between the heavy phrase endings and the flow: Most people overdo the heaviness, forgetting the impatience that makes music flow… In general, classical musicians experiment far too little with timing, and when they do, they tend to overdo everything. Regards |
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#7
30-09-2006, 05:45 AM
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| For me, these pieces seem a bit overplayed... Dies Irae - Verdi Requiem Mozart Requiem Hallelujah Chorus - Handel Messiah |
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#8
30-09-2006, 08:20 AM
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| Mozart Clarinet Concerto - Adagio Vivaldi Seasons Beethoven 5th Symphony Elgar Nimrod Beethoven 5th Piano Conc Adagio having said that, maybe there's a reason these Classic FM diehards are so hard to escape. They are still brilliant pieces and if they are popular to so many people, why should any one complain about them being played? Memorable pieces help people feel more at ease with classical music than if it's treated as an elitist world. having said that, I can't stand Classic FM. I'm a Radio 3 girl myself... |
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#9
01-10-2006, 11:14 PM
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| Pachbel's Canon in D, I used to love that piece, but grew to hate simply because it was SO overplayed |
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#10
02-10-2006, 08:52 AM
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