Popular classical piano pieces. A collection of masterful performances by Japanese pianists.
Unless you’ve learned an instrument or had family who listened to it a lot, you might not have many chances to hear classical music.
For those of you who listen to rock and pop but not so much classical, we’ve put together a selection of must-hear piano masterpieces.
Classical piano includes many works that laid the foundations of modern music and are frequently quoted across different genres, so you might find yourself thinking, “Huh? I’ve heard this before.”
From among the many great performances, this time we’ve gathered recordings by Japanese artists!
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Popular Classical Piano Pieces: Masterful Performances by Japanese Pianists (21–30)
Song of Springmaeda katsunori
Comprising a total of 48 pieces, the Songs Without Words were composed by Mendelssohn and are among the best-known piano works in German Romantic music of the time.
Among them, Op.
62, No.
6, “Spring Song,” is a piece I believe everyone knows.
It conveys a delightfully charming sense of joy at the long-awaited arrival of spring.
Arabesque No. 1Morimoto Mai
It’s one of Debussy’s most frequently performed pieces.
It employs many broken chords and expresses “Arabesque” through a combination of right- and left-hand polyrhythms.
Mai Morimoto is a pianist known for valuing communication with her audience.
You can really feel the performer’s emotion in the sheer beauty of the sound and its vivid ornamentation.
Sonata in C majorAkamatsu Rintaro
Sonata in D major, K.63 (L.84), was composed by Domenico Scarlatti, who was born in Italy in the same year as J.
S.
Bach and Handel.
It may be less well known than piano works by Chopin or Beethoven, and understandably so: Scarlatti’s sonatas were written primarily for the harpsichord, and rendering them on the modern piano calls for a translator’s touch and a sensitive approach to arrangement.
Because the pieces are short, they are also sometimes performed by pianists as encore pieces.
raindropsSorita Kyohei
Chopin’s Prelude No.
15 in D-flat major, Op.
28-15, “Raindrop,” is also a very famous piano piece.
While spending time on the island of Mallorca in Spain in his late twenties with a woman writer believed to be his lover, Chopin fell ill with pneumonia, and during his convalescence he completed all 24 pieces, including the “Raindrop.” It’s a piece that somehow conveys an uneasy feeling, as if the future is uncertain.
Popular classical piano pieces. A collection of masterful performances by Japanese pianists.
8 Concert Etudes, Op. 40 No. 1: PreludeNikolay Kapustin
8 Concert Etudes, Op. 40 No. 3: ToccatinaNikolay Kapustin
Popular Classical Piano Pieces: Masterful Performances by Japanese Pianists (21–30)
Wedding MarchTabataba
It’s no exaggeration to say this is the song that comes to mind for weddings.
Among the pieces composed for Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream, it is by far the most famous.
The repeated strikes of the same note in the fanfare-like opening are said to heighten the listener’s sense of anticipation.
And since the story itself has a happy ending, it’s a perfect choice for a wedding.
