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[Classical music] discussion thread.
Matthew
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I'm not sure how popular a thread something like this is going to be, but nevertheless. Just recently, in my quest for something to break the humdrum sameness of life, I have begun listenig to classical music (you know, Symphonic, Orchestral, that sort). I have listened to several numbers by Victor Herbert which I rather like (Natoma, and the Irish Rhapsody among those), and I have a soft spot for this number.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3BuCbTegoU
And, of course, there's this well known number.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5rbfnqlqbA&feature=related
I love the different kind of feelings you get from classical music, though I know its appeal isn't universal. What about you guys?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3BuCbTegoUAnd, of course, there's this well known number.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5rbfnqlqbA&feature=relatedI love the different kind of feelings you get from classical music, though I know its appeal isn't universal. What about you guys?
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Hope so. Chopin 4 lyfe, dawg.
In fact, I prefer classical piano to almost any music (besides math-metal, of course).
BBC did a collaboration between Nero (D'n'B producers) and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra to do a dubstep symphony. The result isn't dubstep in the slightest (doesn't meet any definitions in the slightest really, even though it could have done - it's a marketing thing really). But if you like the sort of very emotional orchestral music that ends up on trailers and soundtracks (which given the previous entries and Classic FM's hit albums and request days, everyone does) then it's probably a decent piece of music to listen to. It's not subtle, but then that was never the point since it's all about capturing the feel of a elemental style of music without copying the actual style perfectly. If you liked Muses' Exogenesis, or felt that that wasn't enough for you, worth a listen.
There's obviously been a lot of collaborations between orchestras and artists of modern styles (Metallica, Cyprus Hill etc), but this is one of the first ones I've heard where this was the intention from the start and is obviously different from what would have been performed normally. It's very much a track for the orchestra in an orchestral style, though with some modern additions.
Don't see why not.
I haven't heard anything I like nearly as much. I don't know how many times I have heard it. I think I listen to it at minimum once a week. It is ugly and it is beautiful and light and visceral at different points. I have heard several renditions but I actually really do like that one posted. It could be faster though.
If anyone has a favorite rendition of The Rite I would love to hear it. I was in fact thinking of making a H&A thread for it. Here is one of my favorite bits ("The Augurs of Spring"):
And here is the piano version, which is its own beast entirely:
This piece of music makes me want to learn piano. So I can start off subdued only to break into frantic pounding. Just like in the movies! Mad piano ma'am.
edit: wrong link.
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I really need to get myself set straight with classical music. I use to laugh at it as a kid, then video games starting using some from time to time, and then I realized how much I do appreciate the real deal.
That Earthworm Jim level with MIDI Moonlight Sonata is forever ingrained into my memory.
Yay I'm not the only one.
Vivaldi, bitches.
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He said, "I like Choppin." Pronounced as though he were cooking.
I hummed agreement for a moment, then realised what he said and did a gigantic double-take. "'Choppin'??"
"I know, I know," said he. "It's Show-pin."
"Still wrong!" I cried.
And now I make fun of him for life.
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just to name a few
Dvorak's "From the New World", Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 is amazing.
Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Rachmaninoff - Rach 3, mov 1
Verdi - Requiem Mass Dies Irae
Tchaikovsky - Marche Slave
I used to play the piano like it was a religion and I was in between learning Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies, Chopin's Op. 53, "Heroic Polonaise", and some Scott Joplin before I stopped. Joplin's Bethena is one of my favorites:
I've been into the 12-tone and minimalist stuff lately.
John Adams
Schoenberg
Berg
Eisler
Okay I'll leave forever now. <.<
His 2nd symphony is great also. Fast forward to around 7:00 minutes.
While I love all of the loud stuff, I think Mahler's best music can be found in his softer moments, like the 3rd movement from the 4th symphony.
I play this kind of stuff for a living, so it makes me happy to see a thread like this. It's unfortunate that classical music has gotten the reputation for being snobbish and exclusive. I was reading the comments on these videos, and one person wrote that Mahler's music is so complex that it would take years of musical training to truly appreciate it, which is complete crap. You don't need to go to school and study to understand and appreciate this kind of music. It can reach people on many different levels, which is one of the reasons I feel that classical music is so powerful and enduring.
If you live close to a symphony orchestra, check out their schedule. If they're playing something like Rite of Spring or Beethoven 9 or a Mahler symphony, do yourself a favor and go. Listening to recordings of this stuff is great, but it's something else entirely to see a great orchestra perform live.
Being a violinist, my tastes in orchestral music are HEAVILY weighted toward violin soloists. I would highly recommend Joshua Bell or Isaac Stern for emotional and brilliant performances of various pieces. I'm particularly fond of Joshua Bell's Kreisler collection and Isaac Stern's Humoresque: Favorite Violin encores. Sarah Chang also regularly sees my playlists, as she is probably the most technically brilliant current violinists out there.
Here's Joshua Bell playing two Kreisler favorites, Liebeslied and Liebesfreud:
Here's Isaac Stern playing "Bess, You Is My Woman Now" from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess:
Of the brilliant violin pieces out there, I cannot imagine a better piece than Sarasate's "Zigeunerweisen". It covers the full dynamic range of the violin, and shows off pretty much every gimmick that violinists can do. It even has left-hand pizzicato. Here's Jascha Heifetz performing it. It starts with a slow ballad for 7 minutes, but then it picks up like a tornado ("Meanwhile, in a completely different violin piece...") at 7 minutes:
It is so good.
It's too classic not to go into a classical music thread.
We can post anything orchestral, right?
No?
Well imma break your lawz.
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Also this.
It's clearly pronounced "Khoo-pine."
Try saying that to the biggest Chopin fan you can find, and laugh as his head explodes.
All Gnossiennes, are 80% certain to make you melancholy or insane.
There's a quote that I don't fully recall from the film Walk The Line, talking about how Johnny Cash's music keeps going steady like a freight train. Satie's Gnossiennes are more like a clock that has you waiting for the next tick, and its never quite when you expect it.
This to me is one of the most amazing performances from a brass player.
http://www.youtube.com/user/musanim
This guy puts up videos like the one below that are amazing visualizations of classical music.
I saw a live performance of the WInnsoboro Cotton Mill Blues by a friend of mine once and it blew me away. Apparently he broke three strings on the schools' pianos while learning it.
I actually really like Canon (also what made My Sassy Girl one of my favorite movies)
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