Anybody listen to classical music?

[prodigy]

So I hear listening to classical music can be beneficial to your studies.
I have some Pachelbel already, but I'm looking for some more to sample so do you have any favorite pieces? Preferably strings, but piano is ok too. Thanks!

 

[Regine]

Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik is probably one of my favorite classical pieces.

 

[yakko]

Beethoven's 9th symphony with full chorus. The version by the Cleveland Orchestra is one of the best ones ever recorded.

 

[Pastfinder]

Yes, Mozart did some great stuff, Samuel Barber rules!!!

 

[prodigy]

Wow, quick responses! Thanks, looking into those now..

 

[EmperorNero]

<< So I hear listening to classical music can be beneficial to your studies >>



if you were talking about that one bogus experiment where a bunch of college students who listened to mozart for 5 mins did better than those who did not, that experiment was ruled down. but if you're actively involved in music (singing, playing an instrument, composing, etc), it works both sides of your brains so that can be beneficial.

 

[Scrapster]

Classical music makes whatever you're doing seem more important.

Though if I was listening to classical music w/o doing anything else, wait, that would never happen.



Scrapster

 

[kduncan5]

I like classical, but I don't listen to alot of it. I do have an album though by a Japanese keyboard synthesizer artist named Tomita, album's called 'Snowflakes Are Dancing'. On this album, he reproduces some good works by Debussy. Sounds really nice. -kd5-

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

What kind of classical music are you talking about? Western or Eastern?

I don't listen to much Western classical, but I do listen to Eastern classical music. I find the rhythm of the tabla beats and sitar soothing and helps me concentrate on my studies..

my 0.02(CDN) cents

 

[Elita1]

I love Vivaldi. Bach's Brandenburg concerto is beautiful too. Try some classical guitar music as well. It's very uplifting

 

[IamDavid]

Beethoven's 9th symphony is the greatest.

 

[Cybordolphin]

Barber - &quot;Adagio for Strings&quot;

 

[Descartes]

Anything Bach is fabulous, as well as Vivaldi, Mozart, etc..

Many of my favorites are:

- Four Seasons w/ Itzhak Perlman on Violin
- Bach Suites w/ Yo-Yo Ma on Cello (FABULOUS!)
- Erbarme Dich (from Bach's St. Matthew's Passion, w/ Christopher Hogwood)
- Mozart's Requiem w/ Emma Kirkby (best soprano for the Requiem, imo)
- Pergolesi's Stabat Mater w/ Christopher Hogwood (THE ABSOLUTE MOST BEAUTIFUL CD I OWN)
- Mozart's 20th Piano Concerto
- Anything w/ Glenn Gould

The list goes on... I love all classical music, but these are some of my favorites that frequent my mp3 player and cd player. If you get anything, get Pergolesi's Stabat Mater. It is absolutely incredible...

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[Sohcan]

I love Stravinsky...The Rite of Spring is pure genious.

 

[Valhalla1]

whatdya mean Limp Bizkit isn't classical??

 

I second Mr. Barber's works, awesome stuff.
The Rome trilogy, forget the composer's name.
Copeland.
Shostakovich.
Holst (my fave)
Gershwin.

Yeah, and sure, all those true classical and baroque period composers are okay, too.

 

[brock]

not really good &quot;studying&quot; music, but Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony is one of the greatest works ever created, IMO.

some others i love...

beethoven 7th, 1st movement especially
mahler 1, the whole damn thing
anything by CPE Bach, one of the most overlooked composers
and definitely check out weber - quintet for clarinet and strings!!

(sorry, music major's gotta post!)

 

[bigben]

Mozart's Requiem is simply AMAZING.

All of the suggestions so far are great. If you want to try some 20th century music, however, I would suggest

John Tavener
Arvo Part
Henry Gorecki
Copeland
John Williams (he does most of the soundtracks from movies you know i.e. et, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, and many others)

And for Renaissance stuff you could try

Dufay
Monteverdi
Josqiun

MY favorite composer fo all of these is Tavener. His &quot;Song for Athene&quot; is the song they sang during the recessional at Princess Diane's funeral. I is simply mazing.

 

[prodigy]

Guess I'll be using some of the University's bandwith tonight. Thanks guys (and gals).

madd indian, I'm not sure of the difference between East and West classical.

 

[DataFly]

Almost anything by Vivaldi

I like his style much more than Mozart's, Bach's, or Tchaikovsky's.

 

[Mytv]

In Internet Explorer 5.0+, everyone has a radio thing to listen to streaming audio. Tell me if you find anything interesting.

All the local stations are on the web now days.

 

[S0me1X]

It is interesting that Bach, Vivaldi, and Mozart are the most common names in this Thread. Anyway, you should also give these composers a try:

Rachmaninoff (2nd and 3rd Concertos are my favorite concertos of all time)
Tchaikovsky (Piano and Violin Concertos)
Beethoven (5th Piano Concerto, Violin Concerto)
Chopin (Nocturnes, Etudes, Mazurkas, Sonatas, Polonaises....)
Sibelius (Finlandia, Violin Concerto)
Mendelssohn (Violin Concerto)
Dvorak (Cello Concerto, 9th Symphony)
Elgar (Cello Concerto, Enigma Variations, Pomp and Circumstance)

 

[iotone]

I would definitely have to say Holst's Planets ( top picks: Mars, Jupiter and Mercury ) is one of my favs... Rachmoninov's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor is great...

 

[S0me1X]

It is too bad recording technology was terrible during Rachmaninoff's time. Though I enjoy Rachmaninoff's own performance of his 2nd, I prefer Richter's recording just because it had better recording technology.

 

[Brahms]

Yay! A thread that I can post in. Okay, here are my recommendations for people who wanna get MORE into classical music, after sampling music from the previous posts (I won't include specific recordings...rule of thumb here is, check the Penguin Guide if you're unsure, or stay away from obscure labels nobody has ever heard of):

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6; Capriccio Italien; Violin Concerto in D Major; Piano Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No.1; Missa Solemnis; Leonore Overture No. 2; &quot;Rasumovsky&quot; String Qrt.
Mendelssohn: Octet for Strings; Violin Concerto in E Minor Op.64; Symphony No. 3 and 4
Sibelius: Violin Concerto; Symphony No. 2
Brahms: Symphony No. 4; Violin Concerto in D Major
Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 3; Cello Concerto in A minor
Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Violin; Goldberg Variations (recommend Gould recording); Mass in B Minor
Wagner: Sigfried Idyll; Ring cycle; Overture to Die Meistersinger
Franck: Violin Sonata in A Major; Symphony No. 1

I'm a violin major, so I obviously favor the violin works, but I suggest checking out the major cello and piano concerti/sonatas as well. As for Opera, just don't listen to it.