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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2009 11:35:43 GMT
Have been pondering introducing this thread for awhile. Seems we must surely have some classical music listeners on board. Please feel free to indulge in sharing and or discussing your favorite composers,compositions and performers (or least favorite for that matter). I am very much a lover of Chopin,his Ballades and Nocturnes in particular. Arthur Rubenstein performing probably my favorite (perhaps his Polish blood,born in Lodz,lends to the overall melancholia of Chopin,also Polish). Also love Shumann and for that matter many others,but it's a start.
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Post by auntieannie on Sept 27, 2009 10:11:48 GMT
Moussorgsky is one of my favourites, with "pictures at an exhibition" a wonderfully intelligent work of art, in my opinion.
I tend to like russian musicians a lot.
Although Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is the only one who makes my brain feel more apt after a session listening to him, as mentioned in an earlier thread. His requiem brings me to tears.
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Post by imec on Sept 27, 2009 15:06:09 GMT
As well as the "old masters" I enjoy some of the "modern" composers such as Stravinsky, Copland and Ralph Vaughan Williams.
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Post by komsomol on Sept 27, 2009 15:52:44 GMT
Erik Satie
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Post by imec on Sept 27, 2009 16:56:01 GMT
Oh, I love that piece of music and never knew what it was or who wrote it - thanks komsomol!
Is it used in the soundtrack to Man on Wire?
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 27, 2009 20:31:53 GMT
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Post by lola on Sept 28, 2009 14:08:18 GMT
My favorites are hidebound predictable: Mozart -- pretty far out in front. I'd like to sing in a chorus that did his Mass in C Minor. Having all those notes echoing around in your head for a month or so would be great. Beethoven Bach Vivaldi
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2009 15:45:04 GMT
I'm not a huge fan of Tchaikovsky but his Violin Concerto in D(,usually just referred to as his Violin Concerto because it's the only one he wrote ) is one of my favorite pieces of music ever. I have had several different recordings of it over the years with different violinists. The Isaac Stern is probably my favorite. I missed an opportunity two years ago to hear it performed live here. Someday.
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Post by hwinpp on Oct 13, 2009 4:33:36 GMT
Beethoven, Brahms and Schumann for symphonic stuff mainly. Lots of others though too. I love Carmen, La Traviata, Nabucco, Night on Bare Mountain, the more modern Russians, Mussorgsky and Khatchatourian. I like Strauss, Dvorak, Chopin, the list could go on and on. I don't want to think about it now. I had to leave my CD collection in Germany, at least it's in good hands with my mother. But I'm going to do a you tube search now I agree with Cas re Chopin. The Rubinstein versions were the first I heard on cassette. They've been the standard for me since then. The Satie stuff is good but unfortunately he didn't write much other stuff that is still being played.
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Post by hwinpp on Oct 13, 2009 5:14:07 GMT
Just got this What I listened to a lot when I made the decision to pack up. Bombastic and optimistic!
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Post by hwinpp on Oct 13, 2009 7:59:29 GMT
Here the conductor has a laugh. You've got to admire the musicians!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2009 10:26:32 GMT
Just got this What I listened to a lot when I made the decision to pack up. Bombastic and optimistic! I have this great image of you hw packing up your bags with this in the background ;D
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2009 0:47:19 GMT
One of the saddest pieces of music ever written: Chopin; Nocturne No.1 in F Minor Op.55
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Post by cristina on Jan 5, 2010 3:42:42 GMT
I love many of the composers mentioned already here. But tonight, after my PC restored itself after a minor crash, iTunes jumped to the following piece, which reminded me how much I really love Camille Saint-Saëns...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2010 3:49:42 GMT
Fabulous, I haven't heard this in a very long time, "moans are heard in the linden trees..."Ah...
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Post by hwinpp on Jan 14, 2010 6:57:03 GMT
Just found that. Will have to look for Richard Tauber sing it. German or English.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 14, 2010 7:27:49 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2010 9:22:17 GMT
Although, I listen to his Requiem every Easter,I thought it a bit much to post.Instead,this very lovely Pavane,accompanied by some Monet in the video. Happy Easter!
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 4, 2020 7:36:51 GMT
The strange thing in these miserable times is when I’m in the car I’m tuning to Classic FM rather than the pop music stations.
Finding it more satisfying.
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Post by patricklondon on Apr 5, 2020 5:12:56 GMT
I'm a Radio 3 person - frequently something unexpected. I was brought up on classical music, or at least the more conventional traditional sort. Hard to pick a favourite, since different things appeal at different times. But I find more of a bond with Schubert, Brahms and Sibelius. My blog | My photos | My video clips | My Librivox recordings"too literate to be spam"
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