Any classical music fans here?

MattCameronKicksButt
MattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
edited December 2007 in Other Music
What do you recommend?
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  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    What kind of thing are you looking for? Symphonic? Solo instruments? Chamber music? Vocal? What?

    Narrow it down for me and I'll recommend something. :D
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  • MattCameronKicksButt
    MattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    justam wrote:
    What kind of thing are you looking for? Symphonic? Solo instruments? Chamber music? Vocal? What?

    Narrow it down for me and I'll recommend something. :D

    Symphonic. Big band! :)
  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    Symphonic. Big band! :)

    That's two different things! :p:D
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  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    Symphonies: Beethoven, Mozart, Mahler, and Haydn are lovely.

    Big band: I don't like big bands! :p
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  • MattCameronKicksButt
    MattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    justam wrote:
    Symphonies: Beethoven, Mozart, Mahler, and Haydn are lovely.

    Big band: I don't like big bands! :p

    I guess big bands aren't classical. That's what I was looking for though.

    I am starting to love instrumental music.
    Where do I start with Mozart? From one PJ fan to another?

    *Edit* I REALLY thought more people would be able to shed some light on this for me. :(
  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    Let's see, with Mozart, if you get any piano concerto or symphony you almost can't go wrong.
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  • MattCameronKicksButt
    MattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    justam wrote:
    Let's see, with Mozart, if you get any piano concerto or symphony you almost can't go wrong.

    Okay. Thanks. I guess I was a bit vague. :D

    I want to learn more about classical music in general but how can anyone not like big band? :D
  • pjoasisrule
    pjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    Adagio for strings
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  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    You can't go wrong with Bach's Preludes and Fugues.
  • Azwethinkweiz
    Azwethinkweiz Posts: 547
    I enjoy Ennio Morricone's soundtrack music a lot.
  • metsophorte
    metsophorte Posts: 61
    Wolfang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem Mass in D minor (k 626)
    I love it. I think it was Mozart's last composition? Humm.. It's brilliant! :)

    Ludwig van Beethoven - Missa Solemnis

    Anton Bruckner - Symphony No. 7 in E major

    Ludwig van Beethoven - Violin Sonata No. 5
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    What do you recommend?
    Yay! I really got into classical music in a big way recently. I have some recommendations.
    First and foremost, my favourite classical piece of all time is Tabula Rasa by Arvo Pärt. Here are some others. I know you said symphonic but here is a nice mix of different styles:

    Tabula Rasa - Arvo Pärt (essential)
    Chopin - 24 Preludes
    Gyorgy Ligeti - Etudes pour Piano
    Aus den Sieben Tagen by Karlheinz Stockhausen (RIP)
    La Legende d'Er by Iannis Xenakis
    Madrigali Libri Quatro, Quinto & Sesto by Carlo Gesualdo (Seriously, there is a 5 second section of Merce Grido Piangendo by Gesualdo that may be the most perfect moment in music I have ever heard)
    Requiem by György Ligeti (This is a tad challenging for classical newbies probably but definitely worth a listen :))
    Rothko Chapel/Why Patterns? by Morton Feldman
    Krzysztof Penderecki - Sacred Choral Works (incredible)

    I didn't mention any of the well known stuff like Mozart or Beethoven because you need to hear as much of that as possible anyway.
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  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Jeremy1012 wrote:

    Tabula Rasa - Arvo Pärt (essential)


    Absolute masterpiece.
  • MattCameronKicksButt
    MattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Yay! I really got into classical music in a big way recently. I have some recommendations.
    First and foremost, my favourite classical piece of all time is Tabula Rasa by Arvo Pärt. Here are some others. I know you said symphonic but here is a nice mix of different styles:

    Tabula Rasa - Arvo Pärt (essential)
    Chopin - 24 Preludes
    Gyorgy Ligeti - Etudes pour Piano
    Aus den Sieben Tagen by Karlheinz Stockhausen (RIP)
    La Legende d'Er by Iannis Xenakis
    Madrigali Libri Quatro, Quinto & Sesto by Carlo Gesualdo (Seriously, there is a 5 second section of Merce Grido Piangendo by Gesualdo that may be the most perfect moment in music I have ever heard)
    Requiem by György Ligeti (This is a tad challenging for classical newbies probably but definitely worth a listen :))
    Rothko Chapel/Why Patterns? by Morton Feldman
    Krzysztof Penderecki - Sacred Choral Works (incredible)

    I didn't mention any of the well known stuff like Mozart or Beethoven because you need to hear as much of that as possible anyway.

    Thanks. Now THAT'S helpful!
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Absolute masterpiece.
    I recall my first reaction to hearing it well. It went something like this:

    Friend who introduced me to Tabula Rasa: Well?

    Me: Fuck...

    Friend: I know... I told you

    Me: Seriously, fuck...

    :D
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    Holst - The Planets
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  • JaneNY
    JaneNY Posts: 4,438
    As a dancer, I was always partial to Tchaikovsky(Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker, Swan Lake), and Chopin.
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  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    Yes. Chopin is also a good choice--Nocturnes might appeal to you. :)
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  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    I forgot (god knows how) to mention Virginal Co-Ordinates by Eyvind Kang. This is a pretty obscure album that not a lot of people seem to know about but it it, in my opinion, a masterpiece. Elements of it move away from "classical" towards world music (a term I hate) but it's all beautiful. I defy anyone to not find I am the Dead and Innocent Eye, Crystal See utterly wonderful.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Rock Fossil
    Rock Fossil Posts: 47
    Always liked Beethoven's odd numbered symphonies, plus his piano sonatas.

    Found Bach and me didn't click at first and then one day it all just fell into place and I love much of old JS's stuff.

    Recommend just grabbing bits here and there and see what works for you. I have never been able to get into Mozart and opera always sounded like a domestic dispute set to music, but others love it.

    The other people who have posted on here have also given some excellent and varied selections. Like listening to any music just keep an open mind and pick what you like, because your taste is your taste and is equally as valid as anybody else's.
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