I'm in the mood for something that's going to make me move - but, before you modernist folks want to take a jab, I'd like to spend this evening in my Classical/Romantic comfort zone, thank you very much.
I was just listening to the first movement from Rachmaninov's Second Suite for Piano, Op. 17, which is a huge bundle of fun, and I'm about to listen to some of Brahms's Hungarian Dances. Can anyone recommend some more pieces down this avenue of not-too-sincere/playful/dance-like.
Norwegian Dances, Op 35
Symphonic Dances, Op 63, which aren't all fun and games, but lots of fun anyhow
The Holberg Suite, Op 40
Several of the Lyric Pieces are dances, like Op 10 nos 2 and 4; Op 38 nos 4, 5 and 7; Op 47 nos 1, 4 and 6; Op 54 no 2; Op 68 nos 2 and 6; Op 71 nos 1 and 6.
Slåtter (Norwegian peasant dances), Op 72
So I'm driving last night and upon getting to the fourth mvt. of the Beethoven sonata 18 in e-flat I think of this thread...I'm not good with dances and know very little about them in classical (when i do dance it's usually salsa and for the reason listed in the 'do you dance' thread) but to me it seemed you meant something like this...or not...i just thought of a big, crazy vampig jumping up and down on the bench like something out of Looney Tunes!
Were Dvorak's slavonic dances mentioned? Also, the solo piano version of the Russian Dance from Stravinsky's Pertrouchka
Also, Balakirev's Islamey is very dance like, I like Berezovsky's recording. And I recommend Balakirev Mazurakas any day, though recordings are hard to find. And I'll post a video of a Lyapunov piece I really like
Perhaps an overly obvious suggestion from Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 11:
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