Classical music!

[zuperxtreme]

Who's your favorite performer?

I've been listening to Wilhelm Kempff recently. He's amazing.

Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata mvt. 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqSulR9Fymg

Beethoven's Tempest Sonata mvt. 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfjD-DQ5REk

Fucking incredible.

Post some good classical pieces.

[Σnigma]

Overture to the Barber of Seville - Gioachino Rossini
Habanera (from the opera Carmen) - George Bizet
In the Hall of the Mountain King - Edvard Grieg
The Spinning Song - Albert Ellmenreich
Tarantella - Sergei Prokofiev

Seven years of piano certainly does help one explore classical music. Canon in D is still my favorite.

[Monkmaster]

Mainly Beethoven and a little bit of Rossini.

I like a lot of neo-classical too, such as Elend (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EveaIwQVlsk&feature=related) and Chaostar (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAgfMb8NkzA&feature=related).

[The Jitterskull]

Theres so much good classical yet no place I can find that catalogs it all :mad:

Anyone know any sites for classical thats like www.metal-archives.com?

[Dionysus]

I am Partial to Tchycofsky (Probably misspelt that) Beethoven and Philip Glass

[Yggdrasil]

If by classical you mean the kind of music composed by Mozart and his contemporaries, then sort of. I'm much more into Baroque, though I will take music from Mozart's time any day over Wanger's.

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^ I love that one in particular. Every time I hear it, I imagine a flurry of richly dressed Europeans dancing in some royal court.

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Again, Bach doesn't disappoint.

[hooloovoo]

For any of you guys that want to be exposed to a broader range of classical music, KUSC is one of the best classical radio stations I've ever heard. After moving from the LA area I've checked out the other requisite classical stations and they just don't hold up.

It's free to stream online, and they don't have commercials, although they occasionally hold pledge drives: http://www.kusc.org/new/Programming/listen.php

[Lao Tzu]

I'd say my favourite composer is Beethoven, but I've been enjoying some Vivaldi recently.
Holst's The Planets is really good too.

[Sopio]

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[Yggdrasil]

Tchaikovsky is also one of my favorites, though I will have to stick to Baroque as my favorite style. What do you guys think about Baroque?

[Sopio]

Baroque music is generally good. Bach is certainly one of the greatest composers of all time. His cello suites are a lot of fun to play. My only problem with it is that if I hear a lot of it, it all starts sounding the same. Works often seem more derivative to me especially with lesser composers. Baroque music is a lot of fun to play though because, I suppose, it's kind of a constant thing, if you know what I mean.

The greatest Baroque composer is certainly J.S. Bach in my opinion. Everyone else is a great way below him. If I had to pick a second, maybe Handel. He wrote some good stuff and he seemed pretty prolific.

[blue_monday]

Paganini, and mark o'conner. What can i say, i'm a violinist...

[THIS IS IMPORTANT GODDAMNIT]

As of recently, my taste in classical music has been characterised by whether or not it could be played to armageddon.

I'm very new to it all, though.

[hooloovoo]

I love pretty much all the most well-known classical composers- mozart, "the three b's" (bach, beethoven and brahms) and russian composers like Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, and Prokofiev.

I've always loved impressionistic music like Debussy, Ravel and Satie. (Those were my favorites when I was studying piano.)

I like some minimalist composers like Steve Reich and Philip Glass.

I like the jazz influenced classical compositions of American composers like Gershwin and Bernstein.

There's really so much different wonderful music out there that falls under the umbrella of "classical." My parents are professional classical musicians, so I had the good fortune to be exposed to and educated in a lot of this music growing up, although I know I have the least musical knowledge out of my immediate my family.

[Dread_Lord]

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=1FA69F4E0F7C5F4A

My play list. Take a listen a lot of songs on it are well known.

[hooloovoo]

^^Some good stuff on there. Although Bocelli's "Nessun Dorma" doesn't really hold a candle to Pavarotti's. It's Pavarotti's song, he makes you cry.

[ArmsMerchant]

I tend to go for Baroque. Anything by Mozart.

[Dread_Lord]

^^Some good stuff on there. Although Bocelli's "Nessun Dorma" doesn't really hold a candle to Pavarotti's. It's Pavarotti's song, he makes you cry.

I agree it's kind of bland but I can't find any copies of Pavarotti's that I like on youtube.

[PirateJoe]

What do you guys think about Baroque?

If it ain't Baroque, don't fix it.

[Agent 008]

The ones that have been posted are great.

Vivaldi's "Four Seasons": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY2Ugpst9VY&feature=related, and links on the right.

Sarasate's "Gypsy Airs": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk2kfD5ZKls

Pachebel's "Canon in D": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Af372EQLck (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuaOq1HL5oQ guitar cover)

Used to play violin for over 10 years, people said I was very good. Haven't played for years now.

[blue_monday]

Every time pachabel's canon is mentioned as a favorite classical piece, a classical player cries:mad:

[SUP4L337]

I have an obsession for romantic era Russian composers/pianists, such as Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky etc.

Rachmaninov's Concerto No 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ud_wGMXRnQ&fmt=18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42aMCKX0k9Y&feature=related&fmt=18 (first movement)

Prokofiev's sonata no. 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HAV8-CxhoE&fmt=18 (final part, most impressive part of the sonata IMO).

[Lao Tzu]

Every time pachabel's canon is mentioned as a favorite classical piece, a classical play cries:mad:

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[I Still Needmoney]

Daniel Barenboim plays Moonlight Sonata third movement: (best interpretation I've ever heard)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSZMYMP8FbU

And also, Glenn Gould's playing of the Tempest Sonata, third movement is brilliant, if you're willing to adjust to his philosophy of playing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY58Bfjy3kg

Beethoven is by far my favourite composer, and in my eyes, the best there ever was.

[ObsidianZ]

Didn't think there would be so many Baroque fans here.

I took piano lessons for 10 years and competed regularly for a while. Baroque was always fun to play. It's very technically demanding, almost to the point where it sounds dry. There's not much room for expression or variation. But definitely a crowd pleaser. Bach is definitely one of my favourite composers.

On the polar opposite, you have pieces from the Romantic period. Nothing beats a moody Schumann :D.

To be honest, I don't listen to much classical. When I'm in the mood, I just play it myself.


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[SUP4L337]

Daniel Barenboim plays Moonlight Sonata third movement: (best interpretation I've ever heard)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSZMYMP8FbU

And also, Glenn Gould's playing of the Tempest Sonata, third movement is brilliant, if you're willing to adjust to his philosophy of playing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY58Bfjy3kg

Beethoven is by far my favourite composer, and in my eyes, the best there ever was.

Personally I prefer kempff's interpretation of monnlight sonata, but Daniel Barenboim's is still no doubt very good.

[ComradeAsh]

The problem with classical music (especially stringy pieces) and the internet is you need to have it in 320kb/s minimum (FLAC preferred) otherwise it sounds so utterly flat.

[I Still Needmoney]

The problem with classical music (especially stringy pieces) and the internet is you need to have it in 320kb/s minimum (FLAC preferred) otherwise it sounds so utterly flat.

That's because good music deserves true quality.

[Truppelhutje]

Habanera (from the opera Carmen) - George Bizet
In the Hall of the Mountain King - Edvard Grieg



This. And Habanera from Carmen always gives me that weird feeling. I don't know why.
Also
-Beethoven's 'Kreutzer Sonata'
-Prokofiev
-Paganini
-'Ave verum corpus' (Mozart)
...

[ComradeAsh]

That's because good music deserves true quality.

Yes, but that makes it dreadfully difficult to find sometimes.

Can anyone recommend anything as a primer?

[Cadaveric]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Antonio Vivaldi

Schubert

Joseph Haydn

Ludwig van Beethoven

Johann Sebastian Bach

Bedrich Smetana

Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski

[Equinox]

Well, I'm not sure if it's been mentioned yet, but any of Mozart's pieces are amazing. I also like Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Ballet. A lot of Beethoven's are decent. Andrew Lloyd Webber; I don't know if he'll count, but a few of his pieces are great. Oh, and Vivaldi's The Four Seasons are amazing.

Also, have a look at Andrea Bocelli's 'Por Ti Volare'.

[Dread_Lord]

Well, I'm not sure if it's been mentioned yet, but any of Mozart's pieces are amazing. I also like Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Ballet. A lot of Beethoven's are decent. Andrew Lloyd Webber; I don't know if he'll count, but a few of his pieces are great. Oh, and Vivaldi's The Four Seasons are amazing.

Also, have a look at Andrea Bocelli's 'Por Ti Volare'.

Thanks I forgot all about the nutcracker.

[Marijuanasaurus]

Bolero by Maurice Ravel is a beautiful piece.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddJ3TC7ETd0&feature=related