Fun Stuff > BAND
Classical Music?
Inlander:
--- Quote from: KimJongSick ---Give me a good brass and reed band and a brilliant string melody and bass line, and you've got me covered.
--- End quote ---
You need to listen to Beethoven's 7th Symphony, and fast. The Deutsche Gramophon "Eloquence" imprint has a very good recording, dirt cheap.
*Sights*:
I really like classical music. In fact, classical music was the first kind of music that i was really into, even before "indie rock". That said, i'm no expert and admit my disdain of all the musical jargon.
Some composers:
Holst
Liszt
Satie (Gymnopedie (Gymnopedies?) is genius)
Grieg
Sibelius (can't believe no one has mentioned him, i thought he was pretty known. He's really powerful, if you like the epic stuff at least.)
I haven't heard much of Brahms, but i have his Hungarian Dance on repeat rather often.
And some random pieces here and there, (Debussy's Claire de Lune is godlike) but meh...
This is getting pretentious but has anyone heard of Leos Janacek?
mberan42:
I really enjoy classical / symphonic / orchestral / etc. music. I don't know much about it, about the eras and composers and all that; I just like it.
Favourites include:
Mozart's Requiem
Grieg - Piano Concerto in A-Minor
Holst - Mars (and Jupiter, to a lesser extent)
Ravel - Bolero
Mussorgsky - The Hut on Fowl's Legs
Orff - Carmina Burana (although it's lost its original luster, due to overuse)
Rachmaninoff - Prelude in C# Minor
I also love the opera, but again, I know next to nothing about it. I've seen Der Rosenkavalier at the Civic Opera here in Chicago.
I really want some dark, stormy opera music, I just don't know where to look.
Inlander:
--- Quote from: mberan42 ---I really want some dark, stormy opera music, I just don't know where to look.
--- End quote ---
Try Elektra by Strauss.
Garcin:
Or you know, Wagner's Götterdämmerung has a few dark and stormy moments. Like when the land of the Gods gets burned to the ground.
Seriously, my best musical experience ever: seeing the Ring Cycle, specifically Götterdämmerung, at the Metropolitan Opera in orchestra seats. (Second best: Sufjan Steven's "Feel the Illinoise" tour.)
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version