POLL: Do you like Classical Music?

[imported_Ziggy]

Richard Wagner wrote Flight of the Valkries.

I guess you could get something like this and just go with what you like from there.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...1_10/104-9811417-6859935?v=glance&s=classical

 

[MithShrike]

Aye, classical is good stuff. I blast it when I do chores... and I play it on low in my sleep. I love Bach. Harpsichord and violin are great.

When I lived with my friend for 6 months he played violin and his mother played piano so that was freakin' awesome.

 

[dethman]

Originally posted by: tweakmm
I enjoy listening to classical music, but I enjoy playing classical music much more.

 

[Cerb]

This is like asking if somebody likes air. Of course the answer is yes, but it depends on what you're dealing with, more specifically than a basic genre. I just re-ripped Dvorak's 9th, BTW...sounds great in MP3 now.

 

[Conky]

Originally posted by: Arkitech
What are some recommendations for a person kind of new to classical? I would like to start working on a collection of classical albums but I have no idea of where to start.

Beethoven is all you need to know.

 

[luvya]

Originally posted by: DrEvilEvil
Yeah! It's a really fun piece to play. I'll be using it for a few concerto competitions coming up. I can email you a recording of me playing it unacompanied, if you'd like. Just pm me.

Maybe if you turn on your PM

 

[oboeguy]

Originally posted by: Cerb
This is like asking if somebody likes air.

Nice.

My answer is "Duh, of course". Look at my handle, "oboeguy".

I just went to two concerts this weekend. Heinz Holliger, Maurice Borgue and Klaus Thunemann all on one stage, for two concerst, WOW. They are (respectively) two oboists and a basoonist -- among the most celebrated in the world on their instruments, no less. The main attractions were the six trio sonatas of Zelenka (little know master, contemporary of Bach).

Shifting gears... if you're starting new to classical music, you can't go wrong with Mozart or Beethoven symphonies. They are pretty much universally liked. I would also recommend (as others have) Beethoven piano sonatas, including: "Moonlight", "Apassionata", and "Waldstein" (the latter being my favorite). I can also recommend a mile-long list of great oboe music, starting with the Zelenka sonatas mentioned above.

BTW, great topic! It's nice to see so many fans of "classical" music (stupid term, but let's not get into that).

Yeah, I know! Some of the best classical music is probably some of the best music ever written.

godspeedx, you're kidding, right? "Probably"... ouch. To say that any "Pop" music comes close to touching the masterpieces of classical music is crazy! Note that I listen to and love a lot of popular music, too, but I don't mistake it for what it's not.

 

[Quixfire]

Originally posted by: kalster
no but i like classical music mixed with metal

symphony x, theiron, royal hunt

Pat Boon?

 

[FritzTheCat]

Originally posted by: Arkitech



And since I'm asking questions who composed the piece "Flight of the Valkries"?

Richard Wagner. (1813 - 1883) The actual name is "The Ride Of The Valkyries"

 

[Goosemaster]

Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Shubert. Fantastic composers.


HOWEVER, I have found many other composers that I like more sometimes. The composers I mentioned seem to be two methodical in their pieces. I mean it not as a criticism, but as advice to broaden your horizons.

My current favorite composers, for QUITE some time now are : Prokofiev and Sibelius


...with Jascha Heifetz on the violin of course

 

[us3rnotfound]

I highly recommend you to listen to Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin, -- whether you like classical music or not.

 

[sash1]

I listen to trance, and only trance. Usually PvD

`K

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Shubert. Fantastic composers.


HOWEVER, I have found many other composers that I like more sometimes. The composers I mentioned seem to be two methodical in their pieces. I mean it not as a criticism, but as advice to broaden your horizons.

My current favorite composers, for QUITE some time now are : Prokofiev and Sibelius


...with Jascha Heifetz on the violin of course

SCHUBERT

 

[StageLeft]

Funny that most of the people who said yes couldn't name more than ode to joy, most likely. I like some of it, but I won't pretend that I'm a fan. The only classical I've actually bought is the soundtrack to movies, and I know with certainty that most others my age are of the same ilk.

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: dethman

Originally posted by: tweakmm
I enjoy listening to classical music, but I enjoy playing classical music much more.

I need to start playing again though....haven't touched a French Horn in months

 

[Calin]

The "classical music" covers many types of music, their common denominator is only their age. This term covers music as varied from Renaissance music to concerts, symphonies and so on.
As listening to classical goes, there are pieces I like, and there are pieces I don't. And surely you will have too. All you have to do is choose.
You might start with some selections, and some of the best I heard were opera music (Verdi mainly) on Luciano Pavarotti CD-s).

Calin

 

[Calin]

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: WinstonSmith
Live performances in particular.

I have found that a live performance actually takes away from the music, for me at least. It's hard to concentrate on the music while you are watching the orchestra. Maybe I'm just crazy.

The feeling at a live performance is absolutely different than a recording can simulate, and so much better (in my opinion)

Calin

 

[thawolfman]

Hell I looked through the whole thread to quote someone saying no, but I couldn't find anything...kinda suprised by the results too!

Anyways...no, no, and NO!

-Ben-

 

[nageov3t]

instrumental: no
opera: yes

the lack of vocals in most classical music makes it boring to me; I feel the same way about a lot of techno.

 

[Konigin]

Yes, listening and playing it.

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

Chamber Music during a late night garage project is the best, for me.

I have maybe 60 classical CDs. For some reason, I'm not sure, Cecelia Bartolli always sounds so awesome I have all her CDs. She is the only vocalist I can listen to repeatedly.