Classical Music

[neonplanet40]

Hi guys just wondering if people could recommend good classical music? I do have some different ones but your opinions would be appreciated!

I liked this song in strgate atlantis from a while back

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ostmot-zVDs

It is by Joel Goldsmith but unfortunately like a lot of his music, it is unreleased and I cant get it anywhere I do really like it though. Its this kind of music I like

So yea please throw your opinions at me

When I listen to music such as this because it makes me mad that there is music out there which is very good that I dont know about to enjoy it

Hense my post Thanks guys

[Terbinator]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt0UuNpUqK4 ?

Non-film stuff could include:
Schuberts Fantasia
1812 overture (obviously )
Eine klien nacht musik - probably spelt wrong.
Turkish March
Moonlight sonata.

[Consfearacy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JjQGt7WjK0

You could try these guys out if your in to classical string music with a twist.

[Terbinator]

Funnily enough i heard an acoustic cover of this in 8th day (says it all) on Oxford Rd. and this is equally impressive.

[kalniel]

How long have you got?

I don't rate that Joel Goldsmith peice at all, which means either I'm a snob or you've got even more delights ahead of you

If you like stringsy music then you've got everything from the excitment of Vivaldi (four seasons is a popular one), the hauntingness of Barber's Adagio for strings, the lyricalness of Vaughan Williams' Lark Ascending, the resonance of V-W's Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis to the violence of Schubert's Death and the Maiden.

And that's just the tip of the iceberg

Some examples - V-W Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y7nJL1hpUU

Barber's Adagio for strings:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV3SHBFyDZM

Schubert Death and the Maiden (movt. 1):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoZJkkWX8Yw

I'm more of a choral bloke myself and could literally be here all night suggesting pieces I think you'd love, like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDRoL7ziDP4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXQuOQccCWA&NR=1

[neonplanet40]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JjQGt7WjK0

You could try these guys out if your in to classical string music with a twist.

Ive got their album mate. Love it. Nothing else matters is amazing

[mikemikemi]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JjQGt7WjK0

You could try these guys out if your in to classical string music with a twist.

I've got a couple of their albums, Plays Metallica is excellent and on that note (pardon the pun), S&M by Metallica is also fantastic.

[neonplanet40]

By all means mate, take all night Thanks for the suggestions! Ill get listening asap

I really liked J.S. Bach: Toccata & Fugue

and

Beethoven Symphony No.7 in A Major, Op. 92 II. Allegretto which I heard in a film called "The Fall" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460791/

Which I would recommend anyone hasnt seen it to watch! Does this help you any more in regards to what I like listening too?


Really liked Barber's Adagio for strings but wasn't as keen on Schubert Death and the Maiden.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDRoL7ziDP4 - I like this - think it is in the civilization game

[neonplanet40]

Some examples - V-W Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y7nJL1hpUU

Just listened to this - one word - Amazing! CD ordered.

Also mate not sure if your would like it - but you might. Try listening to James Newton Howards soundtrack to "I Am Legend". I really really liked it. You might too

As snippet would be this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiuqQ...eature=related

Its quite an eery song which goes great with the film.

[nibbler]

Vaughan Williams' London Symphony was great fun to play in an orchestra, also Romeo and Juliet by Prokofiev and The planets by Holst.


Thanks kal for reminding me of Fantasia on a theme! Played that in an orchestra too, was great fun although nothing will quite top messaeien (if that's how you spell it).


Incidentally Terb, by a freak occurence that's about the only place in Manchester whose location in could describe to someone!

Edit! How could I forget! Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg!

Also if you listen to London Symphony then you'll understand why this is relevant: HAVE A BANANA!

I reccommend spotify btw!

[Consfearacy]

If you want a more condensed but all round style of classical you should check out Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPpeHIH7HSU

[sammyc]

Thanks kal for reminding me of Fantasia on a theme! Played that in an orchestra too, was great fun although nothing will quite top messaeien (if that's how you spell it).

that reminds me, massenet? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGd4Rs-O3ws

Couple of stalwarts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swO3uLpM-9o Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRXJWUzn240 Mendelssohn Violin Concerto E minor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWPACef2_eY Mahler's 5th

Fancy some piano..? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swO3uLpM-9o

[kalniel]

Thanks kal for reminding me of Fantasia on a theme! Played that in an orchestra too, was great fun although nothing will quite top messaeien (if that's how you spell it).

Messiaen. But I don't that's the kind of thing you should be exposed to early in your musical journey.. or when you're too young an age! (It messes with your head). I'm trying to keep the suggestions simple at the moment

If you want a more condensed but all round style of classical you should check out Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPpeHIH7HSU

Definitely! I have the DVD, great fun.

[nibbler]

Messiaen. But I don't that's the kind of thing you should be exposed to early in your musical journey.. or when you're too young an age! (It messes with your head). I'm trying to keep the suggestions simple at the moment

I was just listing the things I like as well as recommendations, was a hell of a lot of fun playing it that's for sure

[Barakka]

For something bang up to date check out Memory Takes My Hand by Craig Armstrong.. You Tube Vid about it

A project he did a couple of years ago, with a Violin Concerto, then 15 one minute pieces inspired by Glasgow, and then Memory Takes My Hand.

[Saracen]

Hi guys just wondering if people could recommend good classical music?....

Oh wow, you really like a wide open range don't you? That covers everything from a Gregorian chant to Carmina Burana, from Bach to Bruckner, from a Bach church organ solo to a Haydn string quartet to a full symphony orchestra.

Some superb examples :-

- Carmina Burana - Carl Orff
- Messiah - Handel
- Brandenburg - Bach
- Magnificat - Bach
- A Night on the Bare Mountain - Mussorgsky
- Four Seasons - Vivaldi
- Planet Suite - Holst
- Most Bach Cantatas, like Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen (the Emma Kirkby version is a personal favourite)
- most Bach Orgelwerke (Organ works).

The list could go on, and on, and on.

So much depends, though, on what you like, what mood you're in and even what recording you choose.

That last bit can be very important. Everything we hear these days is an interpretation, and interpretations vary considerably, from one recording to another. But, personally, I'm more of a fan of the lighter classics, Bach, Mozart, etc, than Beethoven, or even a Rachmaninoff piano piece, let alone Bruckner.