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Title: Harpsichords..
Post by: TheProph on 10 Jul 2005, 05:41: Hey kids. I've got a sudden craving for music involving cellos, violins and possibly harpsichords, and I figured here might be a good place to seek it out. Anybody got any suggestions?
Title: Harpsichords..
Post by: Robbo on 10 Jul 2005, 05:56: Sure you know about Apocalyptica already. There are a load of Goth/Doom bands that have violins and cellos...but I have no idea if you want to hear that sort of thing.
Title: Harpsichords..
Post by: TheProph on 10 Jul 2005, 05:58: I'm thinking more stuff like Rasputina.
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Post by: Inlander on 10 Jul 2005, 06:00: Bah! Vile harpsichord! I once played a piano which was in a horrible state of disrepair: it sounded remarkably similar to a harpsichord. THIS IS NOT A COINCIDENCE!!!

EDIT: Okay, now I've got that out of my system I'll say something useful: are you after classical music? If you are, it sounds like you're going for a Baroque kind of sound. In that case - and hell, even if that's not the case - do yourself a favour, pick up a copy of Bach's B Minor Mass. The version conducted by John Eliot Gardiner and played by the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists is jaw-dropping. This is one of the greatest works of classical music ever written, and everyone should own a copy.
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Post by: KharBevNor on 10 Jul 2005, 08:15: SOPOR AETERNUS AND THE ENSEMBLE OF SHADOWS

That is all.

Well no. For albums, I recommend 'Ich Töte Mich Jedesmal Aufs Neue...' and 'Dead Lovers' Sarabande'. For songs 'Va(r)nitas, Vanitas... (...Omnia Vanitas)', 'Hades Pluton', 'The Sleeper', 'Saltatio Crudelitatis', 'The Inexperienced Spiral Traveller', 'Holy Water Moonlight', 'Beautiful Thorn', 'There Was A Country By The Sea' and 'The Feast of Blood'.

Hell, just get it all. Anna/Varney rules.
Title: Re: Harpsichords..
Post by: Merkava on 10 Jul 2005, 12:04: Quote from: TheProph
Hey kids. I've got a sudden craving for music involving cellos, violins and possibly harpsichords, and I figured here might be a good place to seek it out. Anybody got any suggestions?

If you're not a metal fan, Cursive uses a cello, at least on their album The Ugly Organ.
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Post by: KharBevNor on 10 Jul 2005, 12:12: Umm, Sopor Aeternus is Neo-classical/darkwave. In fact, they're probably lighter than Cursive a lot of the time.

Making stupid assumptions makes you seem, well, stupid.
Title: Harpsichords..
Post by: Merkava on 10 Jul 2005, 12:18: Don't take it personally, I was only making a joke. It wasn't a serious statement.
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Post by: KharBevNor on 10 Jul 2005, 12:21: It was an unfunny and somewhat ignorant joke.
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Post by: Merkava on 10 Jul 2005, 12:52: Wow. I'm only making fun of the fact that I once confused you for a one-sided metal head. If you can't laugh at yourself, well, then I feel sorry for you. It was more of a jab towards me, anyhow.
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Post by: KharBevNor on 10 Jul 2005, 13:02: It doesn't come off to me anywhere near how you're seeing it.

I just don't want him dissuaded from listening to Sopor Aeternus!
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Post by: La Creme on 10 Jul 2005, 13:08: Harpsichords generally suck, but the Eels song "Last Stop, This Town" uses one wonderfully. If you want some good violin, check out "The Inner Mounting Flame" by the Mahavishnu Orchestra. The album has some truly excellent and beautiful but also hard-fiddle-tastic violin skills, provided by the virtuoso Jerry Goodman.
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Post by: Garcin on 10 Jul 2005, 13:42: Sir Thomas Beecham compared the harpsichord to "Two skeletons copulating on a corrugated tin roof." And, since I've never heard of anything to suggest that Beecham was into skeletons, I'm guessing that this was an unfavorable comparison.

That being said, if you really, really need to hear a harpsichord, then I recommend J.S.Bach - Harpsichord Concerto No. 2 in E major; or in fact any of Bach's Harpsichord Concerto's. IMHO as good as the instrument is going to get.

--Moiche
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Post by: zekterellium on 10 Jul 2005, 14:04: just backing up bach
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Post by: Catculus on 10 Jul 2005, 14:26: Tori Amos's "Boys for Pele" has harpsichords.
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Post by: Merkava on 10 Jul 2005, 16:59: Quote from: KharBevNor
It doesn't come off to me anywhere near how you're seeing it.

I just don't want him dissuaded from listening to Sopor Aeternus!

Yeah, I'm sorry. It came out pretty stupid. No one should ignore your bands. ;D

And yeah; Bach. His music actually taught me what a harpsichord was. And I most likely still can't spell it correctly. XP
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Post by: Borondir on 10 Jul 2005, 20:42: I'll also back up Bach. Always a good choice.

Sir Thomas Beecham has some really funny quotes along the lines of the skeleton copulating.
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Post by: Jimbles! on 11 Jul 2005, 01:57: Haggard is a neat bad to check out. It's a mix of classical and metal.
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Post by: KharBevNor on 11 Jul 2005, 02:08: Actually, Borondir, from what I remember of your musical taste, you'd probably quite like Sopor Aeternus, if you haven't heard them/him/her/it*. The only thing to dislike really is the vocals, but they grow on you. I find them quite effective nowadays.

*Solo band of a transgendered guy who credits the voices in his head on sleeve notes.