My Interests

Classical Music

I like listening to classical music. I’ve been getting requests from several friends to recommend pieces for beginners to listen to, so here it is:

• Chopin
  • Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brilliante
  • Variations on “Là ci darem la mano”
  • Ballades no. 1 ~ 4
  • Piano Concerto no. 1
• Rachmaninov
  • Piano Concerto no. 3
  • Piano Concerto no. 2
  • Sonata for Cello and Piano
• Ravel
  • La Valse
  • Bolero
  • Piano Concerto
  • String Quartet
• Debussy
  • La plus que lente
  • String Quartet
  • The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
• Tchaikovsky
  • Piano Concerto no. 1
  • Violin Concerto
  • Overture “1812”
  • Nutcracker Suite
• Mozart
  • Piano Concerto no. 21
  • Sonata for Two Pianos
• Beethoven
  • Piano Sonatas no. 8, 14, 23
  • Piano Concerto no. 5 ‘Emperor’
  • Symphony no. 7
• Bach
  • Goldberg Variations (Arranged for String Quartet)
  • Violin Partita no. 3
  • Sheep May Safely Graze
• Fauré
  • Pavane
  • Ballade
• Sibelius
  • Violin Concerto
  • Finlandia
  • En Saga
  • The Swan of Tuonela
• Dvořák
  • Serenade for Strings
  • Symphonies no. 8 & 9
• Grieg
  • Piano Concerto
  • Hall of the Mountain King
• Elgar
  • Cello Concerto
• Piazzolla (his music is more of tango crossover than pure classical)
  • Cuatro Estaciones Portenas (“The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires”)