Classical Convert

Youtube for Classical Music

I feel kind of stupid for only just discovering this, but YouTube is a wildly excellent source of performances of classical pieces. In fact, instead of putting up two minute long samples in my pages about each of the composers I should start linking to the YouTube performances instead, since they are the full versions of the piece. Either that or put up a separate page with links for each composer. Here are some prime cuts I discovered in my initial explorations:

Shostakovich Violin Sonata – Calligopoulos

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaFqfIzKrQ8[/YOUTUBE]

2nd movement, 3rd movement pt. 1, 3rd movement pt. 2

Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 – Lugansky

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3scIbziHJA[/YOUTUBE]

1st movement pt. 2, 2nd movement, 3rd movement, 4th movement pt. 1, 4th movement pt. 2