[villalobos]

Ok I don't wanna hear it from those punks who think classical music is passé. This is a tribute to the Mother of it all.

My all time favorite is the Eroica. Most important piece of music. Evah.

[besson3c]

Originally Posted by villalobos

Ok I don't wanna hear it from those punks who think classical music is passé. This is a tribute to the Mother of it all.

My all time favorite is the Eroica. Most important piece of music. Evah.

Also known as Beethoven's 3rd, for those wondering...

[loki74]

I LOVE Canon in D.

But who the hell doesnt????

[UNTeMac]

Go. Listen. Now:

Respighi - Pines of Rome
Bernstein - Jeremiah Symphony
Beethoven 3, 5, 6, 9
Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition, Ravel orchestration
Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
Elgar - Enigma Variations
Copland - Third Symphony & Clarinet Concerto
Dvorak 9
Bach Cello 1
Stravinsky - Rite of Spring, Firebird
Hindemith - Symphonic Metamorphosis
Tchaik - 1812
Mozart - Requiem
Verdi - Requiem
Ralph Vaughn Williams - Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

and I'm spent...

[Eriamjh]

Go pick up the Complete Recordings of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" for something new, but destined to become a classic.



It is 3 hours on 3 cds. Finally, the entire soundtrack heard on the extended DVD can be yours! (I sound like spam, don't I?).

Hopefuly, the other two will be out within the next year.

[besson3c]

Originally Posted by UNTeMac

Go. Listen. Now:

Respighi - Pines of Rome
Bernstein - Jeremiah Symphony
Beethoven 3, 5, 6, 9
Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition, Ravel orchestration
Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue
Elgar - Enigma Variations
Copland - Third Symphony & Clarinet Concerto
Dvorak 9
Bach Cello 1
Stravinsky - Rite of Spring, Firebird
Hindemith - Symphonic Metamorphosis
Tchaik - 1812
Mozart - Requiem
Verdi - Requiem
Ralph Vaughn Williams - Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

and I'm spent...

Can't forget about Mahler!

I also like Alexander Nevsky, and Benjamin Brittan's War Requiem

[dav]

arvo part - tabula rasa

[spatterson]

Motzart's Requiem
Vivaldi's Four Seasons
Sergei Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3

[Stradlater]

the russians:
Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky...

others:
Mendelssohn is nice, esp. Midsummer Night's...
Ravel has romantic moments. See: Bolero...

[G Barnett]

My iPod has on it Beethoven's 4th & 5th Symphonies plus a whole slew of JS Bach Organ pieces, including the Toccata & Fugue in D Minor (though actually I tend to slightly prefer the Prelude & Fugue in C Minor -- it's a wee bit more ominous).

G Barnett

[euphras]

Great idea for a thread

Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt suites, From Holberg´s time

Camille Saint Saens - Organ Symphony

Franz Schubert - Symphony No 8 "Unfinished" *shivers*

[anthonyvthc]

Leos Janacek - House of Dead
Stravinsky - Everything
John Cage - Sonatas and Interludes
Gyorgy Ligeti - Piano Etudes, Atmospheres
Paul Hindemith - Mathis
Claude Debussy - Prelude to the afternoon of the faun
Maurice Ravel - Daphnis et Chloe
Krzystof Penderecki - St. Luke's Passion
Eric Satie - Gnossienes, Gymnopedies
Weill - 3 Penny Opera
Milhaud - Creation of the World
Messiaen - Quartet for the end of time

Yeah, I like the twentieth century stuff.

[f1000]

Roughly a third of my iTunes library is classical, and it's all ripped as ALE. No compression artifacts for me!

I am annoyed that iTunes inserts a pause between tracks, which can mar playback of some symphonies.

[dav]

Originally Posted by f1000

I am annoyed that iTunes inserts a pause between tracks, which can mar playback of some symphonies.

i join tracks when i rip them, that's more preferrable to me than the gap.

[alligator]

Nope, try this: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/M...3441&i=5347871

[CharlesS]

Originally Posted by Stradlater

the russians:
Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky...

I second this!

[Stradlater]

Originally Posted by f1000

Roughly a third of my iTunes library is classical, and it's all ripped as ALE. No compression artifacts for me!

I am annoyed that iTunes inserts a pause between tracks, which can mar playback of some symphonies.

Those are best joined, as previously mentioned. If you have the patience, you can even add "chapters" to these files with Apple's Chapter Tool.

[f1000]

Originally Posted by Stradlater

Those are best joined, as previously mentioned. If you have the patience, you can even add "chapters" to these files with Apple's Chapter Tool.

I may have to do that, but I'm hoping that Jobs will read Wildstrom's BusinessWeek review of the Olive Symphony first and order some changes to iTunes:

[parallax]

Just 4 random selections of the stuff I listen to over and over.

Bach's Goldberg Variations
Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1
Mahler's Symphony No. 2 in C Minor
Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8

[gumby5647]

Gumby's Favorites:


Alfred Reed: Russian Christmas Music
Samuel Barber: Medea's Dance of Vengeance
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
Berlioz: Roman Carnaval Overture
Debussy: La Mer
Debussy: Clair de Lune
Holst: The Planets
Korsakov: Scheherazade
Korsakov: Capricco Espanol
Respighi: Pines of Rome/Fountains of Rome/Roman Festivals
Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No.2
Wagner: Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral
Walton: Belzhazzar's Feast

[Briareus]

Originally Posted by loki74

I LOVE Canon in D.

But who the hell doesnt????

The Canon in D isn't on most cello players' top 10 list

... and technically it's more of a passacaglia

Last week my favorite was Verdi's Aida, this week it's Beethoven's Emperor Concerto. Not sure what it'll be next week (have to check my calendar) - yes, I do love being in the music biz!

[besson3c]

Originally Posted by Briareus

The Canon in D isn't on most cello players' top 10 list

... and technically it's more of a passacaglia

Last week my favorite was Verdi's Aida, this week it's Beethoven's Emperor Concerto. Not sure what it'll be next week (have to check my calendar) - yes, I do love being in the music biz!

You're working the scene in S. Florida? Cello player? What groups do you play in?

[KeriVit]

Thanks for the thread. I love all kinds of music, but never really had recs on this genre!

[Briareus]

Originally Posted by besson3c

You're working the scene in S. Florida? Cello player? What groups do you play in?

Main Gig is the Palm Beach Opera, but also do Boca Symphonia, Las Olas Studio Orchestra, Palm Beach Symphony, Naples Philharmonic, Southwest Florida Symphony, broadway shows that need strings, a lot of recording sessions, and anything else that fits in the calendar. It's a living

[osiris]

'Dôme épais le jasmin' from Delibes' Lakmé.
This is one of the most beautiful peices of music I've ever heard, and after reading the translated lyrics, it is also one of the most erotic.

Also:

Beethhoven's 9th, particularly 'Molto Vivace' from the second movement (I think)
Ride of the Valkyries - Hojotoho! - Wagner
Paganini - Caprice No.10
Rossini - Thieving Magpie

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by f1000

I may have to do that, but I'm hoping that Jobs will read Wildstrom's BusinessWeek review of the Olive Symphony first and order some changes to iTunes:

Olive will only deliver products within the United States and Canada.

[Kevin]

I like all kinds of classical music. Esp the violin!

I am not too picky about the composers.

That stuff was like metal is today if you listen to the time signatures and gallop.

[Pendergast]

Bach's Cantatas, and the choral works, especially with Tom Koopman as a director.

[Rewes]

Jean Sibelius - Finlandia op 26, The Swan of Tuomela op 22 no 3, Valse Triste...

[wdlove]

I have a large classical CD music collection. So yes, I'm a fan of classical music.

[BigBadWolf]

Being a professional trumpet player, I would be remiss not to mention Mussourgsky, Bruckner, Mahler, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Tchaik, Copland, Zemlinky, Neilsen, Sibelius, or Respighi.

[CharlesS]

Originally Posted by Kevin

That stuff was like metal is today

[anthonyvthc]

Originally Posted by CharlesS

He does have a point. For example, the way Stravinsky fragments and juxtaposes his motives in constantly varying time signatures is similar to way that metal bands like the dillinger escape plan put their pieces together. I'm not saying Dillinger are geniuses like Stravinsky was, but there are parallels (tactful use of dissonance, bitonality, etc...).
Anyway....
one more recomendation: Penderecki 'Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima'

[MrForgetable]

Antonín Dvořák- Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor (Rostropovich has my favorite recording)
J.S. Bach Suites for Unaccompanied Cello 1-6
Mozart Horn Concertos I-IV

This probably doesn't count as classical , but there is a solo cello piece (I believe he made it into a duet now too) called Julie-O by Mark Summer. Wow, the best. Absolutely insane pizz. part in the middle. I think for fun, I will make that my audition piece next year to show cellos can rock too!

[voyageur]

Originally Posted by Briareus

Last week my favorite was Verdi's Aida, this week it's Beethoven's Emperor Concerto.

Beethoven's Emperor Concerto is on my lifetime favorite list. Absolutely beautiful. The middle movement is so exquisitely pensive, and the final movement is easily as triumphant as the Eroica's opening movement.

Another favorite is Schubert's Trout Quintet. I can listen to it again and again.

[f1000]

Originally Posted by Kevin

That stuff was like metal is today if you listen to the time signatures and gallop.

Paganini has been likened to a rock star of his day. Women would go into hysterics for him!

Check out Vanessa-Mae's The Violin Player.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by CharlesS

Seriously.. musically it is alot alike.

Originally Posted by f1000

Paganini has been likened to a rock star of his day. Women would go into hysterics for him!

Yup, and one of my fav violin player.

Yngwie isn't a bad contemporary classical player.

[CharlesS]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Seriously.. musically it is alot alike.

In what way?

[anthonyvthc]

Originally Posted by CharlesS

In what way?

Read my previous response.

[Stogieman]

Originally Posted by CharlesS

In what way?

This way.

Canon in D with Electric Guitar

or

Nothing Else Matters by Apocalyptica

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Yngwie isn't a bad contemporary classical player.

http://yngwie.org/gallery/images/Uli1.jpg

A friend of mine had Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters" played at his wedding. On a harp. Very pleasant. Very classical.

[fhoubi]

My modest classical collection is overseeable, vinyl and LSC only:



Some crackers in front.

[Shaddim]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Yngwie isn't a bad contemporary classical player.

He's excellent, when he isn't strung out on blow.

[Sage]

Originally Posted by spatterson

Sergei Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3

Yes! Wonderful composition – I could play that five times over and still not be bored of it.

[CollinG3G4]

Originally Posted by CharlesS

I second this!

The russians, though excellent composers, cannot compete with the austrians or germans. The above might give you some insight into my favorite 200 years or so of music.

By the way, this site has some excellent internet broadcasts of european stations that play a diverse body of rarely heard classical music. http://www.multilingualbooks.com/onl...io-german.html

[undotwa]

Organ music - love it to death.

[SeSawaya]

Originally Posted by gumby5647

Gumby's Favorites:


Alfred Reed: Russian Christmas Music
Samuel Barber: Medea's Dance of Vengeance
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
Berlioz: Roman Carnaval Overture
Debussy: La Mer
Debussy: Clair de Lune
Holst: The Planets
Korsakov: Scheherazade
Korsakov: Capricco Espanol
Respighi: Pines of Rome/Fountains of Rome/Roman Festivals
Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No.2
Wagner: Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral
Walton: Belzhazzar's Feast

Gumby has some great taste!!

I also see many drum corps shows in that list. A fan perhaps?