Classical Music Recommendations

[PCMarine]

I've recently gotten into classic music somewhat and I need some recommendations. For the most part, I just like to listen to the classical radio stations through winamp. However I like the somewhat dark relatively slow variety (exactly like Adagio for Strings from the platoon soundtrack).

Thanks for any input

 

[chuckywang]

Pachelbel - Canon in D

 

[everman]

Anything by Franz Liszt.

 

[kyparrish]

Mahler's 2nd Symphony

end of thread

 

[midwestfisherman]

Anything by Yo Yo Ma is real good.

 

[AntisociaL]

Yngwie Johann Malmsteen: Concerto Suite For Electric Guitar And Orchestra in E Flat Minor Op.1

 

[MartyMcFly3]

Dark, eh?

Beethoven: 7th Symphony, 2nd Movement
Carl Orff: O Fortuna
Mozart: 7th Symphony
Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Chopin: Nocturne Op. 15 No. 3
Wagner: In the Hall of the Mountain King
Concerto de Aranjuez from the Brassed Off soundtrack

 

[UbiSunt]

If you like the dark variety and a modern group the Kronos Quartet is one of the best known. Check out Requiem for a Dream's soundtrack, its performed entirely by the quartet.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obi...42431-7807922?v=glance

 

[DaveSimmons]

Vivaldi has a number of somewhat dark or yearning concertos, the "Four Seasons" is more cheerful than a lot of his other work.

 

[LordMorpheus]

Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

 

[Goosemaster]

Concerto Op47 In D Minor All Played by Jascha Heifetz, compsoed by Jean Sibelius

I know of no better piece.

 

[DainBramaged]

If you want dark, you want Rachmaninoff. Anything by him is excellent, however, his Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3 are at the summit of classical works. Very beautiful and very sad.

 

[nmcglennon]

Max Richter... sort of a modern musician/composer.

Look at November or Last Days from the Memoryhouse album.

 

[nmcglennon]

Look at Wibi Soerjadi, Yo Yo-Ma, or Joshua Bell.

 

[Chaotic42]

Look for Requiems, they tend to be dark.
The Moonlight Sonata from Beethoven is dark (except the second movement).

 

[jjzelinski]

Saint-Saens' Dance Macabre is one of my personal favorites. I'm kicking myself for this but I can't remember who compsed Tocatta in Fugue, I think Bach... anyhow that's the tune you hear played to phantom of the opera all the time or 20,000 leagues under the sea.

Rachmaninoff is... well, you either like him or you don't. I happen to very much. He can go from being sappy flowery to bruding or powerful and morose. His Vesper's is an interesting listen. It's entirely done in choir, kind if remniscent of gregorian chant (to me at least).

Mussorgsky, you definately might want to try him out. Good stuff.

I like Grieg, hall of the mountain king and some other ones you'd probably be familiar with. Nice, interesting, melodic, though maybe a bit sophomoric for some tastes.

Holst' The Planets deserves a listening to, you'd find some of the tunes familiar like Mars; Bringer of War. There are other really nice ones though that shouldn't be overlooked.

Beethoven very easily fits into your dark and moody request, one of my favorites.

Chopin.... meh. I like one of piano concerto's but I can't even remeber the name of it. Other than that, not my cup of tea.

Man there's so much more... I need to start dusting off my classical CD's.

EDIT: for horrible spelling, also another one I really enjoy from saint saens is Bachanelle. Sends shivers down my spine still

 

[mjrpes3]

Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor: 4th movement, Adagietto by Gustav Mahler
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

No piece of music has moved me more.

In fact, just get this disc:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obi...0?v=glance&s=classical

Pavane pour une Infante defunte (Ravel) and Adagio in G minor (Albinoni) are also good pieces.

 

[callmesteve]

Originally posted by: everman
Anything by Franz Liszt.

Lieubestraum 3rd movement is great