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mmp
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2130 Posts
November 15 2011 06:01 GMT
#21
My background music for the day:
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mmp
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2130 Posts
November 15 2011 06:06 GMT
#22
I (λ (foo) (and (<3 foo) ( T_T foo) (RAGE foo) )) Starcraft
Suisen
Profile Joined April 2011
256 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-15 06:37:00
November 15 2011 06:10 GMT
#23
Sounds like Mozart is what you want. He has many piano concertos. They are orchestral and Mozart is fairly conservative with both form and melody.
I would recommend No.20 to 24. Just pick one and listen. Then come back and tell me why it's not what you want and I will redirect you to something else.

One coherent melody throughout the piece, if you really mean what I would interpret this to mean, can't be found in a full form classical piece.
Classical music is all about form. development of harmony and transformation of melodies.

Mahler, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff, Bruckner are all dissonant.


Dubpace, he's trying to do exactly that. I could recommend him some of my favorite pieces like Busoni's piano concerto, Sorabji's toccata or even Bach's WTC and tell him to give Giulio Cesare a try. But you need to get into classical music by finding what you like. When I came to classical from the rock-blues-jazz axis instrumental mostly guitar oriented music, what I listened for classical music was very limited. You have to start with what you like, not what you want to like.
Taste is an excuse to not like good music. But even realizing this doesn't change the fact that everyone is going to have taste that you need to break down first.


As for dissonant meaning atonal. Maybe that's what he means but I can only assume he means that his words mean. Dissonance and atonal are completely different terms.

On November 15 2011 13:44 Crais wrote:
This is my All time favorite classical song.


That's neither classical nur a song.
ArvickHero
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
10387 Posts
November 15 2011 06:14 GMT
#24
When he says he dislikes dissonant music, I'm pretty sure he is actually referring to atonal/avant-garde type work. He'd probably still be able to enjoy any of the listed composers (to an extent)
Writerptrk
mmp
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2130 Posts
November 15 2011 06:17 GMT
#25
On November 15 2011 15:14 ArvickHero wrote:
When he says he dislikes dissonant music, I'm pretty sure he is actually referring to atonal/avant-garde type work. He'd probably still be able to enjoy any of the listed composers (to an extent)

Yeah, there is a big difference between Modern and modern "Classical" music.
I (λ (foo) (and (<3 foo) ( T_T foo) (RAGE foo) )) Starcraft
Dalguno
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States2446 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-15 06:24:59
November 15 2011 06:21 GMT
#26
xD I was going to suggest Bach Cello Suite #1, until I read it in the OP.

Digging Liszt lately. Maybe a bit dissonant in part 1, but 2 and 3 you may like.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiElvzlH4jY



It's got dissonance throughout, but not too heavily... I hope. If so, listen to part 2.

Edit 2: It's pretty dissonant. Only listen to #2 haha.
"I'm gonna keep making drones cause I'm a baller, and ballers make drones." -Snute
JFKWT
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Singapore1442 Posts
November 15 2011 06:29 GMT
#27
Semi-minimalist but with strong Romantic-era tonality - Nyman



His string quartets fit the "repetitive" and pleasant sounding genre
The calm before the storm / "loli is not a crime, but meganekko is the way to go!"
]343[
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States10328 Posts
November 15 2011 06:30 GMT
#28
Rachmaninoff piano concerti! I also like Beethoven's 5th/6th symphonies.
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Xenocide_Knight
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Korea (South)2625 Posts
November 15 2011 06:32 GMT
#29
My favorite piece of classical music. And also the piece that inspired me to become a violin major ^^

(this is the abridged version from a movie iirc but it has a charm of it's own)
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mmp
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States2130 Posts
November 15 2011 06:35 GMT
#30
On November 15 2011 15:30 ]343[ wrote:
Rachmaninoff piano concerti! I also like Beethoven's 5th/6th symphonies.

What? You're only allowed to like the odd-numbered symphonies.
I (λ (foo) (and (<3 foo) ( T_T foo) (RAGE foo) )) Starcraft
JesusOurSaviour
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United Arab Emirates1141 Posts
November 15 2011 06:38 GMT
#31
David Oistrakh (Anything, but Sibelius violin concerto / Tchaikovsky violin concertos)

Jacquelin Du Pre Anything (in particular Dvorak)

Kol Nidrei (composed by Max Bruch)

so much. You're going to spend years listening to the most beautiful music written by mankind!
ArvickHero
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
10387 Posts
November 15 2011 06:46 GMT
#32
On November 15 2011 15:38 JesusOurSaviour wrote:
Kol Nidrei (composed by Max Bruch)

christ I hate that piece LOL
Writerptrk
Jaxtyk
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States600 Posts
November 15 2011 07:22 GMT
#33
http://8tracks.com/scoreback/classical-masterpieces
To tell the truth....I could beat anyone in the world.
tkRage
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
225 Posts
November 15 2011 08:40 GMT
#34
The best melodies ever written were by Tchaikovsky. You want coherent melodies, check him out.

Symphony no. 6, Pathetique - the best. soooo good.
meowmeow-
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
Germany291 Posts
November 15 2011 08:49 GMT
#35
Beethoven's 7th Symphony (Op92) is my all time favourite, I can listen to that shit in any situation, again and again and I always find new things that amaze me.

Basically you can listen to anything by Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, Chopin, Grieg and so on.
On a technical level, they are all pretty amazing, but I personally find Bach pretty lackluster.
Life is short, waste it wisely.
Azera
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
3800 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-15 09:54:41
November 15 2011 09:50 GMT
#36
Alright I'm going to list quite a bit, so don't let my efforts go in vain =O

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This is quite a dark piece, but is one of my favourites.


Rather dark piece as well, but still very good. I think this piece has been used many times in movies as 'Epic Music'


Yet again, another dark piece. It's very amazing and really invokes emotion from me. I remember when I first heard I completely froze up when the epic part started.


This piece is rather relaxing and soulful, I think. Definitely can be considered as 'Thinking Music'.


Ah! Marching music is always nice to listen to.


Nothing much to say about this, except AMAZING.


Quite a famous piece, known for it's use in 2001 : A Space Odyssey


From 20001 : A Space Odyssey too. Epic as well!


This piece makes me tear up sometimes =`). Hope you don't mind the singing.


A famous piece, and for a good reason.


When I listen to this, it just makes me want to lay down on some grass in the warm summer day and gaze at the passing clouds.


Listen to this, and you will always remember the tune.


The Tannhauser Overture by Wagner is definitely worth a listen if you have the time.


Of course, the famous 'Carmen' Suite is fantastic as well!





Now, on to my favourite composer of all time, Tchaikovsky!

You CANNOT miss this piece. Listen to it to the very end and just savour the music.


This is only the finale of my favourite overture of all time. It's just SO good.


How do you not know the Nutracker Overture?!



There, if you need anything more modern, like mash-ups of classical pieces just ask.
Check out some great music made by TLers - http://bit.ly/QXYhdb , by intrigue. http://bit.ly/RTjpOR , by ohsea.toc.
rotinegg
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States1719 Posts
November 15 2011 15:41 GMT
#37
Thank you for your recommendations! I'm sorry for my lack of knowledge in music :| I guess by dissonant I meant something that sounds like this: + Show Spoiler +
Also, I guess i'm looking for neither Modern music nor modern music; I have a hard time appreciating any form of art that is categorized as the former, while the latter, I just don't like the addition of instruments such as a drumset or electric guitars.
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Orpheos
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1663 Posts
November 15 2011 15:54 GMT
#38
try ludovico einaudi for some great minimalist piano stuff.

my fav piece from him
OpticalShot
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Canada6330 Posts
November 15 2011 16:11 GMT
#39
I always recommend the following for newcomers (or beginners) to classical-orchestral music:

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Smetana: The Moldau
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Pathetique (Symphony No.6), 1812 Overture

Basically these (well, maybe except Pathetique) you can listen to and just flow along with the background story. You can be actively engaged, maybe with the help of a video-version of these music, or just relax and enjoy the music.

My background is with piano so I would recommend a ton of piano concertos, but maybe for now, you should start with the above =)

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