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  1. 2009-04-05 16:04 #1
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    Quality Piano Music

    Any suggestions for some good piano compositions? I don't know too much about piano music. All I know is the various Final Fantasy Piano Collections that I have now, and I'm looking to experience a different variety of its types.

    Some of my favorites, if it will help the recommendations:
    YouTube - FFX Piano Collection - Assault (#1 favorite)
    YouTube - FFVIII Piano Collection - Silence and Motion
    YouTube - FFX Piano Collection - Besaid Island
    YouTube - Final Fantasy XI - 「The Federation of Windurst」 Solo Piano
    YouTube - Forest of glass - Motoi Sakuraba - Blue swirl
    YouTube - FFX Piano Collections - Via Purifico

    Also, is it common to get headaches after listening to piano after awhile? I like listening to it, but after a couple hours the clash of different sounds starts to frustrate me and it puts me in a bad mood.
  2. 2009-04-05 16:12 #2
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    Youtube Corridors of Time (Time Circuit) Chrono Trigger

    The guy's page also have some other awesome Square game rendition

    If you have nico account Pianoforte has pretty amazing medley of touhou arrangement
  3. 2009-04-05 16:33 #3
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    Hmmm here are some songs that I personally find enjoyable:

    YouTube - Erik Satie - Gymnopédie No.1
    just ignore the video, also for this first one you may need to turn up the volume a bit

    YouTube - Chopin - Fantasie Impromptu Op.66 - Enzo @10 yrs old
    again just ignore the vid, didn't really look too far for a version w/o someone performing their own rendition of the song
    YouTube - Moonlight Sonata
  4. 2009-04-05 19:12 #4
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    You'd probably like composers such as Liszt, Chopin, Beethoven, and Mozart. I'll PM you with some links (don't want too much traffic, sorry)
  5. 2009-04-06 11:58 #5
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    One of my favorites.

    Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.1, 4th Movement Prestisimo
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UioS_K4YA5s
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    one word: Thelonious Monk

    I know it's jazz, not classical. They're close enough.
  7. 2009-04-06 14:53 #7
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    Anything from the Eternal Sonata soundtrack imo.
  8. 2009-04-06 15:09 #8
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    YouTube - Mozart Piano Concerto 17, Dezsö Ránki, Piano - mvt 1, part 1
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    Actually, a good source of classical music I found is in old cartoons. Like Tom and Jerry or Bugs Bunny had great orchestral music. Funny that's how I started listening to this type of music before I found video games.
  10. 2009-04-06 15:25 #10
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    and anything by gonzales
    YouTube - Gogol