Lorenz's Piano Blog: Videos

My Music Recommendations

Barber Violin Concerto
Samuel Barber was an excellent composer. This is the second movement of his violin concerto.

Scriabin Piano Concerto
It's Scriabin and it's a piano concerto.

Medtner Night Wind Sonata
Played by Australia's very own Geoffrey Tozer.

Medtner Violin Sonata 3
I'm a big fan of the Medtner violin sonatas.

Medtner Piano Concerto 1
If you love Rachmaninoff and are looking for other composers like him, Medtner is about as close as you can get.

Medtner Piano Concerto 2
The theme from the first movement of Medtner's second piano concerto shows that Medtner was a match for Rachmaninoff's melodic talent.

The Nutcracker (Pletnev Transcription)
The Pletnev piano transcription of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker suite.

Scriabin Preludes/Etudes
Played by Yuja Wang. Particularly worth listening to is the Etude Op.8 No.9.

Scriabin Sonata 3
Sonatas 2&3 are the pre-modern Chopin-esque sonatas and most accessible to a broad audience.

Beethoven Cavatina
The Cavatina from Beethoven's 13th string quartet (don't hesitate to listen to all 7 movements from the string quartet).

Beethoven Grosse Fugue
The Grosse Fugue from Beethoven's 13th string quartet (you might guess that I prefer Beethoven's late works to his early ones).

Scriabin Black Mass Sonata
The second to last piano sonata of Scriabin. An example of the modern end of his compositional output.