Foolonthehill Posted February 6, 2008 Report Posted February 6, 2008 I did a search and didn't find a thread dedicated to classical music, but if this is a repeat I'm sorry. I just thought it would be good to have a thread about classical music. So everyone, what are you favourites? Right now I'm really liking Elgar's cello concerto, some Tchaikovsky, and Dvorak.
Viaene Posted February 6, 2008 Report Posted February 6, 2008 I wont listen to it myself but if someone in the house plays it I would listen to it. But I really suck at names of those compositions.. Classical music can be very relaxing or interesting from time to time. Once in a while I even go to a classical concert cause my brother plays the saxophone in an orchestra
Farin Posted February 6, 2008 Report Posted February 6, 2008 I've got the same problem with names... and you can't google for the lyrics either only recently I finally found out the name of one piece I searched quite a bit for: Gymnopédie No. 1 ~ Erik Satie
Levis Posted February 6, 2008 Report Posted February 6, 2008 Same with me, I'm very bad at the names. I know I like Beethoven more than Mozart and I like Strauss and Handel. But not much more detail than that
Viaene Posted February 6, 2008 Report Posted February 6, 2008 (edited) I must say I like the 'Italian opera': Con te partirò - Andrea Bocelli is in my playlist Edited February 6, 2008 by Guest
Farin Posted February 6, 2008 Report Posted February 6, 2008 I must say I like the 'Italian opera': Con te partirò - Andrea Bocelli is in my playlist everybody in Germany knows that song, but titled as "Time To Say Goodbye"... it was used as the entrance music of Henry Maske's ( famous boxer) last fight
Farin Posted February 6, 2008 Report Posted February 6, 2008 I'm not a big fan of opera, but I quite like the Hebrew Slave Chorus from Verdi's Nabucco
Foolonthehill Posted February 6, 2008 Author Report Posted February 6, 2008 I'm listening to Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov right now. I like it.
bluesboy Posted February 6, 2008 Report Posted February 6, 2008 Maybe you'll like the Brandenburg Concertos No.2 and 3 in G Major by J.S. Bach.
TheLizard Posted February 6, 2008 Report Posted February 6, 2008 I still like it quite a bit, but I don't listen to it very much anymore.
bluesboy Posted February 6, 2008 Report Posted February 6, 2008 I also like - Fanfare for the Common Man by Aaron Copland
Farin Posted February 6, 2008 Report Posted February 6, 2008 that reminded me of Also Sprach Zarathustra ~ Richard Strauss (aka "2001 - A Space Odyssey" main theme)
Foolonthehill Posted February 7, 2008 Author Report Posted February 7, 2008 I'm playing Brandenburg 3 and Hoedown from the Rodeo ballet by Copland right now in school actually bluesboy. Both are a lot of fun to play.
Ombre Vivante Posted February 7, 2008 Report Posted February 7, 2008 (edited) I like Albinoni. I have a cd compiling "Adagio in G Minor" as well as some stuff he wrote for the oboe (has some pipe organ thrown in there for good measure). I was also gonna say Erik Satie. Nuttin' beats his minimal compositions. It sits in stark contrast to Baroque (Bach, Vivaldi). I dislike Baroque. I like melodramatic, but I also don't like something that overflows with orchestration. "Adagio In G Minor" http://youtube.com/watch?v=7N5HNMR9elM Edit: This version is played quicker, so it loses its effect, but by the same token it's shorter and more tolerable for those with lesser attention spans. Edited February 7, 2008 by Guest
Ombre Vivante Posted February 7, 2008 Report Posted February 7, 2008 The Doors covered "Adagio In G Minor" http://youtube.com/watch?v=4soaYPTp2A8
TheLizard Posted February 7, 2008 Report Posted February 7, 2008 Wow, I actually hadn't heard that before. That was great.
Foolonthehill Posted February 7, 2008 Author Report Posted February 7, 2008 Wow I really liked the Adagio. I've probably heard it before, but not recently. The Doors version, on the other hand... unecessary effects.
edna Posted February 7, 2008 Report Posted February 7, 2008 In the early seventies, every young music lover had, among their CS&Y, Stones, Led Zepp, Floyd or Airplane Lps, two classic albums: "Adagio" (Albinoni) and "The Four Seasons" (Vivaldi) My parents listened to classic music but I never get to like it very much. Still I love Tchaikovsky, Brahms and Dvorak.
Ombre Vivante Posted February 7, 2008 Report Posted February 7, 2008 I began to like Brahms because of F. Sagan. Bonjour tristesse, aimez-vous Brahms?
c_s_1987 Posted February 7, 2008 Report Posted February 7, 2008 I really like Martin's first and third suggestions! Also, I think The Planets by Gustav Holst is one of the greatest "albums" of all time.
Farin Posted February 7, 2008 Report Posted February 7, 2008 thankyou it's just what springs to my mind though I think almost everybody knows In the Hall of the Mountain King from Edvard Grieg's "Peer Gynt" and from the same suite is one of my typical "great work, never can remember the name" pieces Morning Mood
daslied Posted February 7, 2008 Report Posted February 7, 2008 The ending of the greatest thing ever written, Mahler's 8th Symphony. It starts very quietly and slowly, but please stick with it. It's worth it. Farin, at least, might understand the words... Oh, and Simon Rattle may very well creep you out.
Tybalt Posted February 7, 2008 Report Posted February 7, 2008 Montagues and Capulets from Sergei Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet (1935-36)
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