Classical music.

[Guest]

No - not classical rock, not classical jazz - I mean Bach, Beethoven and the boys.

Do you like?

What do you like?


Why?

 

[curious2c]

Hmmmm...well, I like Vivaldi: 'The Four Seasons' mainly because I love stringed orchestra music. I have liked others too, but I actually heard Vivaldi live by the Moscow Chamber Orchestra just a while back.

 

[Problem Child]

Anything written during a war or inspired by a war.

Loud clashing cymbals and kettle drums do it for me.

 

[Monazwx]

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

Does this count?

 

[Guest]

Mozart, of course.

 

[Bent]

Mozart, because he was a bitch to play but when you get the hang of the music, it's fun as hell.

 

[ma_guy]

Dvorak and/or Shostakovich


The highs, the lows.. The violin, the woodwinds...

 

[JazzManJim]

I like.

I like Holst, Handel (his oratorios are the definition of uplifting), Bach (his precision is still unmatched), Beethoven (though very overplayed ot the point of being nearly commonplace. I still think the final movement of his 5th Symphony is the most joyfully exuberant moments music has ever known), Elgar (The Brits owe this man much), Debussy (his piano works are exquisite), and Mahler (any man who reorchestrated Beethoven because he felt the music needed a bigger orchestra is my kid of guy!). I haven't even begun to touch classical choral music (John Rutter, John Tavener, Morten Lauridsen, etc).

Why? I honestly can't say. I love the music. I love the intricacies of even the simplest piece of classical music (Like Britten's "A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra"). I love that the mood conveyed by classical music exceeds its mere tonality and rhythm by a thousandfold. I love that you can lose yourself in a piece of music and find yourself enriched again when it is complete.

 

[miles]

Rachmaninoff

 

[Guest]

Hmmmm...well, I like Vivaldi: 'The Four Seasons' mainly because I love stringed orchestra music. I have liked others too, but I actually heard Vivaldi live by the Moscow Chamber Orchestra just a while back.

That's settled then. Two tickets for an all Vivaldi programme.

 

[Guest]

Anything written during a war or inspired by a war.

Loud clashing cymbals and kettle drums do it for me.

Benjamin Britten? His War Requiem is amazing.

 

[Guest]

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

Does this count?

*laughing*

Original instruments?

 

[Guest]

Mozart, of course.

Oh don't stop there.........

 

[Guest]

Mozart, because he was a bitch to play but when you get the hang of the music, it's fun as hell.

What instrument do you play, Bent?


I agree, BTW.

 

[Guest]

Dvorak and/or Shostakovich


The highs, the lows.. The violin, the woodwinds...

Lyrical and erotic.

 

[Guest]

Oh don't stop there.........

_____

A child prodigy. Prolific. Master of all that he touched.

The person, his life, and his music are inspirational.

 

[Guest]

I like.

I like Holst, Handel (his oratorios are the definition of uplifting), Bach (his precision is still unmatched), Beethoven (though very overplayed ot the point of being nearly commonplace. I still think the final movement of his 5th Symphony is the most joyfully exuberant moments music has ever known), Elgar (The Brits owe this man much), Debussy (his piano works are exquisite), and Mahler (any man who reorchestrated Beethoven because he felt the music needed a bigger orchestra is my kid of guy!). I haven't even begun to touch classical choral music (John Rutter, John Tavener, Morten Lauridsen, etc).

Why? I honestly can't say. I love the music. I love the intricacies of even the simplest piece of classical music (Like Britten's "A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra"). I love that the mood conveyed by classical music exceeds its mere tonality and rhythm by a thousandfold. I love that you can lose yourself in a piece of music and find yourself enriched again when it is complete.

Have to go for a few - I'll get back to you James, K?

 

[Monazwx]

*laughing*

Original instruments?

My stradivarius is in the shop.
Edit - (When I get some cash, it's the first thing I'm buying.)

 

[Guest]

Rachmaninoff

I knew it! Passionate, right?

 

[Bent]

What do ya think? The flute of course

Originally posted by Tristesse
What instrument do you play, Bent?


I agree, BTW.

 

[TulaneCowboy]

There's no way I can list everyone I love, but these are in my Winamp right now....

Zoltan Kodaly ... his work can be very chaotic
--Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8, all over the place, dischordant, raw

Paganini ... floating, dreamy but with a slight edge
--Caprice 24 (solo cello) is a fave for "wake me up dammit!"

Haydn ... regal, but not overly fussy, sharp
--Trumpet Concerto in EbM, especially the third mv, excellent toilet cleaning music
--Cello Concerto in D (allegro), I kick ASS on this piece

Bach ... back to regal, but very intricate and layered
--Unaccompanied Cello Suite 6 DM, flows up and up until it soars
--Little Fugue in Gm, love it on organ but it works as orch. too
--I love most of Bach's work

Mozart ... ok, who doesn't know him? Totally love him!
--Eine Kleine Nacht Musik and Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major are roaming wild in Winamp

Jon Anderson ... contemporary/classical, dinner music
--Midnight Cello, stunning work, smooth....like butta

Angelo Badalamenti ... contemporary/classical, does movie work too
--Mysteries of Love, beautiful french horn work, smooth and easy

Though it's mostly reworked pieces, I love Bond. 4 seriously sexy musicians. Yeah. Their "Kasimir" will sound familiar to anyone who likes 70s music.

I've always loved Andres Segovia too. Classical guitar, truly a magician.


I could go on for days, but I'll break it up into smaller posts!

 

[Bent]

Tulane, how 'bout we all just come over and stare at you dreamily while you talk about it all?

 

[Angeline]

Hiya Tess!

lots of it, though i'm partial to classical guitar. I love Segovia's Bach transcriptions and the compositions by Spanish composers (like Sor) that Segovia and Christopher Parkening have recorded. Why? Causes it's intricately delicate but warm and peaceful.

Also love Roderigo's Concerto for guitar--beauiful piece of music.


Then there's all those other B-boys and Mozart. And Gershwin--cause my family's from NYC and it sounds like home. And Aaron Copeland's Appalachian Spring because it's lovely and Debussey's Afternoon of a Faun for the same reason, oh and his Golliwog's Cakewalk which is odd and just on the verge of atonal.

Really too much to mention--eastern (e.g., Indian, Japanese)classical/traditional music can be beautiful. And Elizabethan period pieces played on original instruments.

And a few last ones--

When I Need Motivation--Beethoven's "Emporer" Piano Concerto

When I'm Down--Bach's Brandenburg Concertos; an aria from Mozart's Zaide that I find hauntingly gorgeous.

and then there's jazz...

 

[JazzManJim]

Re: Hiya Tess!

and then there's jazz...

Someone call me?

 

[Angeline]

Someone call me?

lol. well uh not specifically, no, but hi jazz person. i write jazz poetry. (see links below)