Classical Music?????

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What are your favorite pieces? I have been recently really trying to dive into classical music the past few days and have really been enjoying all of the Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi.

I am aware of Beethoven, but any other epic suggestions would be appreciated.
 
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What do you like the most?

Can't go wrong with Beethoven, my favorite being his 3rd symphony and his Emperor Concerto.

I also really like Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique. Holst's "Planets" too

Chopin and Liszt for piano music.

Bernstein and Copland for an American/Western style.

Also, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Mahler... so many to choose from.
 
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King Webbsticles said:
What do you like the most?

Can't go wrong with Beethoven, my favorite being his 3rd symphony and his Emperor Concerto.

I also really like Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique. Holst's "Planets" too

Chopin and Liszt for piano music.

Bernstein and Copland for an American/Western style.

Also, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Mahler... so many to choose from.
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I have no idea what I like most. I am aware of Ode to Joy and various other Beethoven works, but I really can not say what I like the most. I really enjoy pieces that get the blood flowing. That is broad I am sure, but I do not know enough classical music to have a clue when it comes to styles, regions, or time periods. Not much of an opera fan, though. I would rather stay instrumental if it is not in english.

Bottome line is that I know very little to nothing about classical music and want informed suggestions to help me take a musical journey.
 
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King Webbsticles said:
What do you like the most?

Can't go wrong with Beethoven, my favorite being his 3rd symphony and his Emperor Concerto.

I also really like Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique. Holst's "Planets" too

Chopin and Liszt for piano music.

Bernstein and Copland for an American/Western style.

Also, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Mahler... so many to choose from.
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But thanks, I will see what I can find of what you suggested. I am at the mercy of youtube.
 
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I've always really enjoyed Beethoven. Could play a little bit of Fur Elise. I'm not really educated in Classical, however.
 
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NewToVolCountry said:
I've always really enjoyed Beethoven. Could play a little bit of Fur Elise. I'm not really educated in Classical, however.
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I have no such musical talent, but I very much appreciate quality music. I really wish I had the patience to learn a musical instrument. That is a talent I really wish I could master. I have tried several instruments and just leave them angry. I am just not the sort to have the right mentality to learn. I will however force my kids to sit in front of a piano, violin, flute,etc., that much is for sure.
 
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I don't know how to play a piano, or any instrument for that matter. I just watched a teacher play it a few times and memorized the keys.
 
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blupotato said:
Thanks I will check it out, any others.
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Do it as a last resort. First, listen to the hundreds of better singers and voices. Boccelli is nothing more than a "pop opera" star. I'm not saying his voice is unpleasant or it's not nice to listen to. I'm just saying you can do much better if you truly want to explore. Listen to Sherrill Milnes, Ettore Bastianini, Robert Merrill, Enrico Caruso, Luciano Pavoratti, Placido Domingo, Leotyne Price, Maria Callas, Beverly Sills, Renee Fleming, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Carol Vaness.... I could go on and on.

A Choral work you might enjoy would be The Rachmaninoff Vespers. Doesn't get much better than that. Rachnaninoff as a whole would be great to listen to.

Brahms, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Debussy, Strauss, Verdi, Gershwin and Puccini are all worth checking out.

It just depends on what you're looking for. There's a lot out there.
 
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blupotato said:
I really enjoy pieces that get the blood flowing. Not much of an opera fan, though.
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I'm going to try and change this for you. If you like music that gets the blood flowing, but don't like opera. You're doing yourself a great disservice. Don't let the languages scare you away. Go online and read a little about an opera you might be interested in. I know that sounds like a homework assignment, but reading a general synopsis can go a long way. There's a lot of great vocal works that get the blood flowing, believe.

Give this a shot.. Sherrill Milnes singing the Prologue aria from Pagliacci by Leoncavello.

‪Sherrill Milnes - Si Puo‬‏ - YouTube
 
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Bach is my favorite. I'm not knowledgeable enough to rattle off his specific works, but my mom had a bunch of Bach, and it was by far my favorite.

I like Mozart quite a bit as well. "Requiem" is pretty amazing.
 
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Aaron Copeland - Appalachian Spring, Rodeo
Stravinsky - Rite of Spring
Ralph Vaughan Williams - English Folk Song Suite, Tuba Concerto
George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue, An American In Paris
Mussorgsky - Pictures At an Exhibition
Ravel - Bolero
Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet, Peter and the Wolf
 
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MG1968 said:
Aaron Copeland - Appalachian Spring, Rodeo
Stravinsky - Rite of Spring
Ralph Vaughan Williams - English Folk Song Suite, Tuba Concerto
George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue, An American In Paris
Mussorgsky - Pictures At an Exhibition
Ravel - Bolero
Prokofiev - Romeo and Juliet, Peter and the Wolf
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljOMXgfflRI&t=1m25s[/youtube]

Love that heavy Russian influence.
 
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One of my favorites in Antonio Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in A Minor. The performance I have has 2 violin's that echo each other. It's amazing. I can't find a clip of it on you tube.
 
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OWB said:
Do it as a last resort. First, listen to the hundreds of better singers and voices. Boccelli is nothing more than a "pop opera" star. I'm not saying his voice is unpleasant or it's not nice to listen to. I'm just saying you can do much better if you truly want to explore. Listen to Sherrill Milnes, Ettore Bastianini, Robert Merrill, Enrico Caruso, Luciano Pavoratti, Placido Domingo, Leotyne Price, Maria Callas, Beverly Sills, Renee Fleming, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Carol Vaness.... I could go on and on.

A Choral work you might enjoy would be The Rachmaninoff Vespers. Doesn't get much better than that. Rachnaninoff as a whole would be great to listen to.

Brahms, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Debussy, Strauss, Verdi, Gershwin and Puccini are all worth checking out.

It just depends on what you're looking for. There's a lot out there.
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Good choices
 
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Mozart. Some of his best are:

All of the symphonies, especially the later ones (35, 38, 40, 41)
Dissonance string quartet (#19, I think)
All of the piano sonatas
Requiem Mass
The various opera themes (the Figaro theme is amazing)
Many, many more
 
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blupotato said:
What are your favorite pieces? I have been recently really trying to dive into classical music the past few days and have really been enjoying all of the Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi.

I am aware of Beethoven, but any other epic suggestions would be appreciated.
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mozart is my favorite. this is a great CD if you want to listen to exerpts from operas. the vocals are amazing and the cd production is great.

Yahoo! Image Detail for - http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2000/may00/mozartarias.jpg
 
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I don't like vocals. Their voices sound horrible in juxtaposition to the music.
 
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My favorite is Stravinksy's Firebird Suite

Here's the finale - it was used as the intro to Siberian Khatru on Yessongs

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erOEatu5aH8&feature=related[/youtube]
 
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one of my favorites

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJVFKm7nito[/youtube]
 
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