EPTClassical Music - Page 8
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Alak
Sweden380 Posts
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Isomer
United States186 Posts
Top pick: Bartok String Quartet No. 4 Mvt. 5 + Show Spoiler + Now, Let's go by composer: -Chopin: Piano concertos, nocturnes, and ballades. Particularly, I like ballades 1 and 4, and I love basically every single nocturne except maybe one or two of them. -Beethoven: HIS STRING QUARTETS! ZOMG. If you haven't listened to these, what are you doing with yourself? I know he's a symphony and piano sonata guy, but seriously. Go listen to 132 -Philip Glass: check out his string quartets and his piano works. Really meditative stuff. -Mozart: Go with the operas. He's definitely top 3 opera composer (along with Wagner and Verdi). Also check out his masses, the requiem for sure. -Bach: please, check out the B minor mass. please. also, st john passion. do it. And here's the obscurity pick: Carlo Gesualdo This guy wrote basically the most dissonant music before the 20th century, IN THE 1500s!!!! He wrote madrigals that were just OUT OF THIS WORLD for his time. He also got in a sticky situation because he caught his wife commiting adultery so he killed her and the guy....Guess I would write dissonant music if I was him, too. | ||
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IamBach
United States1059 Posts
Also try Faure's Requiem. Auditory Orgasm IMO | ||
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rabidch
United States20289 Posts
On February 27 2011 15:39 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: Haha, don't worry, this is exactly what I'm looking for. I have a pretty good collection of all the model Beethovens already + a few curiosities, and it's the more "interesting" ones that I'm really setting out to look for now =) And sorry about making you pick one haha xD! Feel free to toss in anything else you want to make a case for, I'll definitely get around to it eventually. if you didnt see my tennstedt recommendation i think his live performances are excellent (1,3,5,7,9 no evens). he is known for his live mahler which are among the best but i think his beethoven is worth hearing if you're looking for outlier recordings. also golovanov for 1st symphony, one of the most little recorded conductors but amazingly intense and powerful recordings + Show Spoiler + also thread turning into what you and everybody else said... youtube videos and most people dont bother to watch them, i know i broke this rule but can people please spoiler their videos so it doesnt take up the whole page | ||
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Yannix
Netherlands6 Posts
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
Sigh... This song, forever and ever. | ||
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Bloodash
Netherlands1384 Posts
I usually play classical music when I bike to work, great way of sharpening the mind and getting ready for a new day, throughout the day I usually listen to some stuff with more of a beat  | ||
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IamBach
United States1059 Posts
On February 28 2011 00:59 Bloodash wrote: goosebumps every time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwHpDOWhkGk I usually play classical music when I bike to work, great way of sharpening the mind and getting ready for a new day, throughout the day I usually listen to some stuff with more of a beat Wow I remember when I played this piece for the first time... one of Bach's best solo instrumental pieces. | ||
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IamBach
United States1059 Posts
On February 28 2011 00:15 Torte de Lini wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtU71VzWMvo Sigh... This song, forever and ever. I would not call this piece classical though it is very nice. Great movie too. | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
On February 28 2011 01:05 etheovermind wrote: I would not call this piece classical though it is very nice. Great movie too. What's classical exactly then? Does it need a specific era? Is this better? | ||
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Vestige
United States303 Posts
marsalis was playing in atlanta this week.....and i missed it  i am very disappoint. sooooooo goood | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
On February 28 2011 02:15 Vestige wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34jnYqxNJNU marsalis was playing in atlanta this week.....and i missed it i am very disappoint. sooooooo goood I love Marsalis take on Vince Guaralardi's music. Truly superb! | ||
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Spinfusor
Australia410 Posts
On February 27 2011 14:40 Mr. Wiggles wrote: Hey, so I'm entirely new to Classical music, but really like it when I hear it, and have decided to get more into it. So my question is, is there anywhere I can go to read more about the different genres? What's a good starting point for classical music? Of what I've heard, I really like piano music. I don't know if it makes any difference what I listen to regularly in terms of taste in Classical music, but if it does I'll share it. Thanks! :p Sounds like this is what you're more or less looking for: http://www.classical.net/music/rep/ Honestly it might be worth considering pirating some 25-50 GB's of music to sort out what your tastes are. Buying classical music can really be quite difficult. | ||
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PartyBiscuit
Canada4525 Posts
On February 27 2011 16:19 Alak wrote: In case anyone has missed this performance, the King's Singers performing Masterpiece is just pure brilliance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXhAz0DOpMU Wow thanks for sharing, that was amazing. | ||
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IamBach
United States1059 Posts
On February 28 2011 02:23 Spinfusor wrote: Sounds like this is what you're more or less looking for: http://www.classical.net/music/rep/ Honestly it might be worth considering pirating some 25-50 GB's of music to sort out what your tastes are. Buying classical music can really be quite difficult. Don't pirate classical music if you actually like it. Classical music has too little fans for people to be pirating it like they do with rap or country. | ||
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pred470r
Bulgaria3265 Posts
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IamBach
United States1059 Posts
On February 28 2011 01:10 Torte de Lini wrote: What's classical exactly then? Does it need a specific era? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlprozGcs80&feature=fvst Is this better? This is bad classical. Over played piece. Maybe it was beautiful when it was first heard but now its just old. And the Spirited Away piece, well I can't exactly describe why I don't feel its classical because now a days "classical music" encompasses so much, but just listen to some of the other pieces posted in this thread and you should be able to hear a difference. Its not the instruments that make music "classical music". | ||
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phosphorylation
United States2935 Posts
On February 28 2011 02:42 etheovermind wrote: Don't pirate classical music if you actually like it. Classical music has too little fans for people to be pirating it like they do with rap or country. I think it is quite acceptable to pirate some just to make extending your horizons easier. I have personally 80 gb of classical music (some pirated, some not), but what's important is that I also own 200+ CDs and often go to concerts to support it. | ||
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phosphorylation
United States2935 Posts
On February 28 2011 02:46 etheovermind wrote: This is bad classical. Over played piece. Maybe it was beautiful when it was first heard but now its just old. And the Spirited Away piece, well I can't exactly describe why I don't feel its classical because now a days "classical music" encompasses so much, but just listen to some of the other pieces posted in this thread and you should be able to hear a difference. Its not the instruments that make music "classical music". A beautiful piece would remain beautiful, no matter how many times it has been played. That said, the canon really is ridiculously overplayed. There are much better things to listen to, but this can serve as the introduction to bigger and better things for noobies. | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
What of this song: This song is probably the best that I can think of... | ||
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