Id suggest, a year later, "ave maria" and "night on bald mountain" both on the fantasia soundtrack. In fact id say that soundtrack is the quintessential classical collection.
I'm starting to get into Classical proper and I have to say my favourite composer is definitely Bach. Beethoven and Mozart are excellent as well. Here's my current favourites:
Bach: Cello Suites, Goldberg Variations, Toccata & Fugue, Cantata 147, Mass in B Minor, French Suities, Magnificat - honestly I don't get all the fuss over St. Matthews Passion or St. John for that matter. Everyone seems to adore those..
Beethoven: Symphony 9, 7 & 5, Grosse Fugue strings, and pretty much any piano sonata (21 especially).
Wagner is amazing. a bit overwhelming at times! definitely exhilarating. I think I would include him in my top all time composers along with the big 3 (Mozart, Beethoven, Bach). My favourite from him is Parsifal.
Oh and as for Mozart, who is probably my favourite (or is Beethoven? lol) I would have to go with Symphony 41 for the win! One of the absolute peaks of music. 40 & 39 are great as well, clarinet and orchestra concerto, a bunch of other concertos. I could listen to him endlessly. That's one thing about Classical I find, the music is more consistently great than with say Rock music.
i'm no expert on classical, though i've learnt a few 'masterpieces' on the piano.. most of which washed over me
debussy, on the other hand, is something different altogether.. a bit of a maverick in the sense that he disregarded traditional concepts of harmonics, which led to some really evocative, dreamlike and even disconcerting compositions
this is a beautiful orchestral arrangment for clair de lune:
..and one of his best known orchestral works, prelude to the afternoon of a faun (apparently michael jacksons favourite piece of music!) Link _________________ no fat chicks
I have the greatest difficulties listening to classical music, I generally find it demands too much attention from me, and for too long. However, for a short format-educated popster like me, I find Satie is really easy and enjoyable to listen to - easy but not simplistic. I would suggest starting by him to anyone who, like me, has only been listening to shorter tunes and would like to have a go at something else.
I used to dabble in "classical music". I seem to be drawn to tone-poems, symphonic poems, they call them. Beethoven's 6th, Holst's The Planets, Sibelius #2, Dvorak's New World Symphony. A few others but along those veins. Some of this ilk really rock so I relate to them. So many are so impressive but like someone said previously, they require more effort to listen to and I'm guilty of getting bored quickly so I don't dabble anymore. That's my 2 cents, can I get change back? _________________ Oh, my hair is getting good in the back!
on the subject of classical music requiring more of a conscious effort in order to appreciate it, i would completely agree, but add that once it's under your belt so to speak, it can be extremely rewarding.. exactly the same mechanism employed when listening to 'challenging' prog rock albums for example _________________ no fat chicks
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