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NRaleighLiberal

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Bach's "Brandenburg concertos" Itchinjim Dec 2011 #1
Oh, that's BEAUTIFUL music! housewolf Dec 2011 #19
A surprisingly hard question REP Dec 2011 #2
It is very hard! NRaleighLiberal Dec 2011 #6
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring SecularMotion Dec 2011 #3
:) I'm going to see it performed live in May! sibelian Feb 2012 #42
I've never seen a live performance SecularMotion Feb 2012 #43
Do you mean never an orchestra sibelian Feb 2012 #44
Never live Stravinsky - Rite of Spring SecularMotion Feb 2012 #45
Me neither! sibelian Feb 2012 #46
"The Moldau" - Smetana Old and In the Way Dec 2011 #4
Ditto! elleng Dec 2011 #33
I am, of course, jealous as hell. What an incredible experience that must have been! Old and In the Way Dec 2011 #34
It really was, and quite a surprise. elleng Dec 2011 #35
A true favorite of mine. I sing it when I get Mira Jan 2012 #38
Either D# or Eflat, I just can't decide. Scuba Dec 2011 #5
I find Maurice Duruflé, Toccata (from Suite Op.5) absolutely amazing. Gregorian Dec 2011 #7
The Mendelssohn Violin Concerto canetoad Dec 2011 #8
Yes elleng Dec 2011 #32
The Mendelssohn / I love it with my core. And did you know Mira Jan 2012 #39
5 years after your post but, Mendelssohn wrote 2 violin concerti pangaia May 2016 #71
Johann Pachelbel Canon in D Major 1monster Dec 2011 #9
a great Fiddle Tune entitled Koeller's Hornpipe appropriates the general theme.. 2banon Dec 2011 #14
I just don't know of anything as beautiful as this piece of music housewolf Dec 2011 #18
I have a Pakistani friend who was trained in Sitar and closeupready Dec 2011 #21
I can understand that housewolf Dec 2011 #23
An interesting story about that piece... regnaD kciN Dec 2011 #25
Winton Marsalis's version Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2012 #51
It shifts from one to another. Buzz cook Dec 2011 #10
Mahler 7 gets me every time. laconicsax Dec 2011 #11
That was my first purchase of a Mahler 7 performance. Great stuff.... NRaleighLiberal Dec 2011 #12
James Horner also ripped off the 2nd movement for Wrath of Khan. laconicsax Dec 2011 #13
tough choice....but gotta be Mahler....... dhill926 Dec 2011 #36
Wow..a single piece is too tough! Sancho Dec 2011 #15
I lve Tchai's 4th - also 6th - NRaleighLiberal Dec 2011 #16
Pachelbel's Canon in D Major housewolf Dec 2011 #17
Pachelbel's Canon in D always brings a special memory..... northoftheborder Dec 2011 #29
Oh, that's so sweet housewolf Dec 2011 #30
Dvorak's always been my favorite. If I had to pick one, I would say 'Slavonic Dances' RZM Dec 2011 #20
...and I'd have to go with the "New World" regnaD kciN Dec 2011 #24
This message was self-deleted by its author rdharma Feb 2013 #59
Dvorak's New world rdharma Feb 2013 #61
I also like Dvorak's New World Symphony Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2013 #66
I really have to say I think it's Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker - and anything closeupready Dec 2011 #22
Lately I'm enthralled by anything Le Taz Hot Dec 2011 #26
Such a beautiful thread -- thanks to all melonkali Dec 2011 #27
I know it's months later... FredStembottom Apr 2012 #47
Boy tough one. Guess I keep coming back to Alkan's minor key Preludes, op. 39. nt dmallind Dec 2011 #28
Moldau, Smetana, among others. elleng Dec 2011 #31
River Torridge - Fantasia on a Theme freshwest Jan 2012 #37
I was going to post Vaughn-Williams myself. FredStembottom Jan 2012 #40
Second movement of Beethoven's 5th piano concerto BeyondGeography Jan 2012 #41
Beethoven's 5th piano concerto is my fave nickinSTL Jun 2013 #62
No one has mentioned Mozart? Fortinbras Armstrong Apr 2012 #48
erik satie's Gnossienne La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2012 #49
Cecile Chaminade's Automne, 2nd etude, opus 35 aint_no_life_nowhere May 2012 #50
We've got a few Mahler fans...so one more... SwissTony Jul 2012 #52
My classical IceScar Dec 2012 #53
Welcome to DU and I hope you enjoy the site. hrmjustin Dec 2012 #54
Anything Benjamin Britten defacto7 Dec 2012 #55
Peter Schickele tried to parody Phillip Glass Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2012 #56
It's too bad you don't share my enthusiasm for Britten defacto7 Jan 2013 #57
Britten is just not to my taste Fortinbras Armstrong Jan 2013 #58
Rimsky Korsakov: Scheherezade op. 35 rdharma Feb 2013 #60
Cencored endesano Aug 2013 #63
If asked today, I'd say Beethoven's Cavatina Rstrstx Aug 2013 #64
I came across a nice adaptation of Mozart's Magic Flute in three parts Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2013 #65
Another Mozart piece, Concerto for Flute and Harp K. 299 - 2nd Movement Fortinbras Armstrong Oct 2013 #67
Of course it always changes, but right now Toccata and Fugue in Dm "Dorian" sir pball Oct 2013 #68
I'm so torn. Requiem or the Ninth. sir pball Oct 2013 #69
I was just reminded of the second movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto #20, K 466 Fortinbras Armstrong Oct 2013 #70
Not sure I can reduce it to one favorite, but Mozart is most of my top five. ManiacJoe May 2016 #72

Itchinjim

(3,083 posts)
1. Bach's "Brandenburg concertos"
Wed Dec 7, 2011, 06:00 PM
Dec 2011

I am amazed by their complexity and simplicity. Bach was a true genius.

housewolf

(7,252 posts)
19. Oh, that's BEAUTIFUL music!
Fri Dec 16, 2011, 03:05 AM
Dec 2011

It's been too long since I heard it.

REP

(21,691 posts)
2. A surprisingly hard question
Wed Dec 7, 2011, 06:11 PM
Dec 2011

I think I can narrow it down to Saint-Saens at the moment, but can't be a lot more specific, though "Le Rouet d'Omphale" is up there.

I think I have too many favorites.

NRaleighLiberal

(59,940 posts)
6. It is very hard!
Wed Dec 7, 2011, 06:20 PM
Dec 2011

I could have said Shostakovich Symphony 4....or (in this season) The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky..or....or.....

 

SecularMotion

(7,981 posts)
3. Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
Wed Dec 7, 2011, 06:12 PM
Dec 2011

sibelian

(7,804 posts)
42. :) I'm going to see it performed live in May!
Wed Feb 15, 2012, 08:51 PM
Feb 2012

I'm really excited!
 

SecularMotion

(7,981 posts)
43. I've never seen a live performance
Thu Feb 16, 2012, 02:55 PM
Feb 2012

I may go next weekend. This is within range.

http://fishercenter.bard.edu/aso/

I'm looking forward to the Bard Music Festival in 2013 - Stravinsky and His World

http://fishercenter.bard.edu/bmf/2012/

sibelian

(7,804 posts)
44. Do you mean never an orchestra
Fri Feb 17, 2012, 01:33 AM
Feb 2012

or never live Stravinsky?
 

SecularMotion

(7,981 posts)
45. Never live Stravinsky - Rite of Spring
Fri Feb 17, 2012, 11:08 AM
Feb 2012

sibelian

(7,804 posts)
46. Me neither!
Fri Feb 17, 2012, 04:03 PM
Feb 2012

I don't actually go to live performances very often anyway, can count on one hand, but am so going to this. I live in a very arty city and have only recently started taking advantage of it...

Old and In the Way

(37,540 posts)
4. "The Moldau" - Smetana
Wed Dec 7, 2011, 06:13 PM
Dec 2011

One of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard. A symphonic audio journey of a river from the beginning trickles to the raging finale as it reaches the ocean.

elleng

(130,126 posts)
33. Ditto!
Thu Dec 22, 2011, 01:39 AM
Dec 2011

Posted later in this thread!


P.S., actually heard it at symphony in Prague, by Czech or Prague Symphony Orchestra, a few years ago.

Old and In the Way

(37,540 posts)
34. I am, of course, jealous as hell. What an incredible experience that must have been!
Thu Dec 22, 2011, 02:00 AM
Dec 2011
backatcha

elleng

(130,126 posts)
35. It really was, and quite a surprise.
Thu Dec 22, 2011, 02:05 AM
Dec 2011

There with family, rainy evening, arguments happening, I discovered concert and walked over; sat beside gentleman from India, and tried to explain, 'Its a river, hear it?' Not sure that he understood!

Mira

(22,378 posts)
38. A true favorite of mine. I sing it when I get
Mon Jan 16, 2012, 11:28 AM
Jan 2012

the Wanderlust for being near a river.

 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
5. Either D# or Eflat, I just can't decide.
Wed Dec 7, 2011, 06:13 PM
Dec 2011

Gregorian

(23,867 posts)
7. I find Maurice Duruflé, Toccata (from Suite Op.5) absolutely amazing.
Wed Dec 7, 2011, 07:28 PM
Dec 2011

canetoad

(17,088 posts)
8. The Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Thu Dec 8, 2011, 05:33 PM
Dec 2011

He wrote only one violin concerto, as did Beethoven. I've heard Mendelssohn's described as the Yin and Beethoven's the Yang.

Second movement is haunting in its plaintive beauty. All cats love the third. Try it!

elleng

(130,126 posts)
32. Yes
Thu Dec 22, 2011, 01:37 AM
Dec 2011

Also Bruch

Mira

(22,378 posts)
39. The Mendelssohn / I love it with my core. And did you know
Mon Jan 16, 2012, 11:34 AM
Jan 2012

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
71. 5 years after your post but, Mendelssohn wrote 2 violin concerti
Wed May 25, 2016, 11:01 PM
May 2016

1monster

(11,012 posts)
9. Johann Pachelbel Canon in D Major
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 12:49 PM
Dec 2011


As one commenter explained: This music is as beautiful as heaven.
 

2banon

(7,321 posts)
14. a great Fiddle Tune entitled Koeller's Hornpipe appropriates the general theme..
Tue Dec 13, 2011, 12:22 AM
Dec 2011

Irish American fiddler Eileen Ivers recorded a fabulous and rollicking version of both Pachelbel's and Koeller's on her Wild Blue cd recorded sometime in the 90's. I always loved this piece until it was used in tv commercials. But now that time has passed, i think I can enjoy this piece as much as I had in my earlier life..

housewolf

(7,252 posts)
18. I just don't know of anything as beautiful as this piece of music
Fri Dec 16, 2011, 03:03 AM
Dec 2011

It just washes out anything unlike beauty, surrounds me and fills me with beauty. it's as though though there is nothing but beauty when I listen to it.


You might like to hear the glass harp rendition I posted.

 

closeupready

(29,503 posts)
21. I have a Pakistani friend who was trained in Sitar and
Fri Dec 16, 2011, 06:12 PM
Dec 2011

other traditional forms of South Asian music. He knows next to nothing about Western classical music, though I do know a bit and have a collection of classical CD's.

One day, I caught him in the middle of listening to my Pachelbel recording - he was actually so moved that he was crying.

That was very interesting to me, on a lot of levels.

housewolf

(7,252 posts)
23. I can understand that
Sat Dec 17, 2011, 04:13 AM
Dec 2011

It moves me to tears more often than I care to say!

regnaD kciN

(26,035 posts)
25. An interesting story about that piece...
Sat Dec 17, 2011, 06:23 AM
Dec 2011

Back when I was in college, I was a member of the Musical Heritage Society. One month, they offered as their featured selection a recording of Pachelbel and Fasch pieces performed by the Paillard Chamber Orchestra. At this point, practically nobody had heard of Pachelbel, but I knew his choral work from having performed it in choir, so bought a copy. The record arrived the day before Thanksgiving, and the Canon in D was the first track on side one. I played it...then played it again, and again...then I played it for my girlfriend, and we listened to it several times over the long weekend. On Sunday, when most people I know were returning from visiting their families, I wound up going from room to room with the record, telling them "you've got to listen to this!"

I later found out that, when that same record was played on New York radio station WQXR, their switchboard was deluged with hundreds of calls from listeners wanting to know where they could buy that record...and that was the point when the Canon went from being unknown to one of the most famous Baroque pieces of all time.

Fortinbras Armstrong

(4,473 posts)
51. Winton Marsalis's version
Fri Jul 6, 2012, 08:27 AM
Jul 2012

It's for three solo trumpets (all played by Marsalis, through overdubbing) and a small group of strings. Absolutely beautiful.

Buzz cook

(2,470 posts)
10. It shifts from one to another.
Mon Dec 12, 2011, 09:03 PM
Dec 2011

Right now it's Barber's adagio for strings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=OIUxwEJ-GXI

I remember it from a commercial back in the seventies, then heard a youth symphony play it. Latter of course it was in "Platoon".

Carmina Burana, Orff is occasionally in first place. Of course Beethoven's 9th.

 

laconicsax

(14,860 posts)
11. Mahler 7 gets me every time.
Mon Dec 12, 2011, 09:05 PM
Dec 2011

Especially the Abbado/CSO recording from the 80s

I guess I should add that of the five movements, the 2nd is my favorite.

NRaleighLiberal

(59,940 posts)
12. That was my first purchase of a Mahler 7 performance. Great stuff....
Mon Dec 12, 2011, 09:08 PM
Dec 2011

So do you catch the snippet of the "Star Trek" theme song in the slower, central part of the first movement? (played on trumpet)?

The ones that put the lump in my throat (well, all Mahler does that to me) are the slow mvt of the 6th, the finale of the Bernstein Mahler 2 on DG (the DVD is incredible), and the last 5 minutes of the 8th.....

Oh yes - then there is the final movement of Rattle's first 10th by Cooke.

 

laconicsax

(14,860 posts)
13. James Horner also ripped off the 2nd movement for Wrath of Khan.
Mon Dec 12, 2011, 09:10 PM
Dec 2011

dhill926

(16,234 posts)
36. tough choice....but gotta be Mahler.......
Thu Dec 22, 2011, 09:13 PM
Dec 2011

Yep. 7th......sometimes 2nd, then there's the 5th and 6th....9th is overwhelming......gotta love the 1st. Have I forgotten the 3rd, 4th and 8th? Oh....first movement of the 10th.....devastating. And can't leave out Das Lied......

Sancho

(9,065 posts)
15. Wow..a single piece is too tough!
Tue Dec 13, 2011, 04:02 AM
Dec 2011

Rachmaninoff 2 (piano)
Tchaikovsky 4th (symphony)
Tristan und Isolde (opera)

I think this is too hard because if you asked me at different times I'd give a different answer too.

btw...I didn't like the movie Black Swan...ruined the music for me.

NRaleighLiberal

(59,940 posts)
16. I lve Tchai's 4th - also 6th -
Tue Dec 13, 2011, 09:50 AM
Dec 2011

The youth orchestra that my daughter played in featured the 4th for their first season - listening in on the rehearsals gave me an appreciation for the complexity of the music - esp. the string parts.

housewolf

(7,252 posts)
17. Pachelbel's Canon in D Major
Fri Dec 16, 2011, 02:55 AM
Dec 2011

Last edited Fri Dec 16, 2011, 04:23 AM - Edit history (1)

I melt every time I hear it, it just takes me somewhere else.



Here's a lovely rendition I found tonight performed by the London Symphony Orchestra











northoftheborder

(7,566 posts)
29. Pachelbel's Canon in D always brings a special memory.....
Wed Dec 21, 2011, 08:19 PM
Dec 2011

....of Paris. We attended a chamber music concert in one of the many, many churches which regularly hold classical music events. This auditorium was small, packed, even on a week-night, and I realized it must have experienced centuries of history, as it showed many styles and repairs in it's architectural details. As they played the Pachelbel, the young woman with the cello played with particularly heart-felt emotion, completely submerged in the music and the interpretation; I couldn't help but notice, immediately behind her, one of the violinists, a handsome young man, never taking his eyes off of her during the entire piece, gazing at her with the most loving, adoring eyes I have seen a man give a woman!

Hearing that music brings it back, the emotion, the love, the quaint little church, the audience of classical music lovers.

housewolf

(7,252 posts)
30. Oh, that's so sweet
Wed Dec 21, 2011, 11:33 PM
Dec 2011

It brings tears to my eyes.

What a wonderful memory to carry with you, truly a special gift.

Thanks for sharing it with me, now it lives a bit more as I carry a little of it in my memory too.


Happy Holidays to you!

 

RZM

(8,556 posts)
20. Dvorak's always been my favorite. If I had to pick one, I would say 'Slavonic Dances'
Fri Dec 16, 2011, 03:55 PM
Dec 2011

Can't remember which ones were the best. I think the second, which is in D or E minor.

regnaD kciN

(26,035 posts)
24. ...and I'd have to go with the "New World"
Sat Dec 17, 2011, 06:08 AM
Dec 2011

(The Kertesz/Vienna recording, in particular.) But, to be honest, naming one single work as "favorite" is an almost-impossible task.

Response to RZM (Reply #20)

 

rdharma

(6,057 posts)
61. Dvorak's New world
Sun Feb 17, 2013, 10:51 PM
Feb 2013

I deleted my post immediately above because the video quality isn't very good. But the sound quality is not bad so I'll re-post it.

#!

Fortinbras Armstrong

(4,473 posts)
66. I also like Dvorak's New World Symphony
Fri Sep 27, 2013, 09:33 AM
Sep 2013

But for me, it's the second movement rather than the fourth.

 

closeupready

(29,503 posts)
22. I really have to say I think it's Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker - and anything
Fri Dec 16, 2011, 06:14 PM
Dec 2011

by Tchaikovsky - I just love all his music.

Le Taz Hot

(22,271 posts)
26. Lately I'm enthralled by anything
Sat Dec 17, 2011, 02:18 PM
Dec 2011

Vaughn Williams. I briefly studied him in college (along with 24,386 other composers) and remember thinking, "When I have time, I need to explore him more." Well, 20(+) years later I'm finally getting around to it.

I'll also always be fascinated with the last 4 Beethoven String Quartets (13-16). Could easily plop 'em down in the 20th century they were that forward-thinking.

 

melonkali

(114 posts)
27. Such a beautiful thread -- thanks to all
Mon Dec 19, 2011, 02:32 PM
Dec 2011

My offering will be the 2nd Movement (the Adagio) from Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez for guitar and orchestra --

This music caused me to weep:
a) The first time I ever heard it
b) When I learned the story behind its composition
c) When I read the Youtube comment board under an earlier uploaded video (same performance but time constraints forced the video to cut off at the critical ending of the Adagio and continue on Part 3) -- people from so many different, often conflicting, cultures sharing the deep universal human sorrow and beauty this piece evokes

SPOILER FOR PURISTS: THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE COMPOSITION: Rodrigo, blind since age 3, and a deeply religious man, did not speak about this Adagio for years. Many speculated it might have been inspired by the Guernica tragedy in the Spanish Civil War. Rodrigo's beloved wife Victoria finally revealed that Rodrigo wrote this Adagio hurriedly, in 1939, in Paris, after their eagerly awaited first child was stillborn, and the doctors told Rodrigo that Victoria's life was still in danger. Rodrigo offered no further interpretation except for later revealing to friend and classical guitarist Pepe Romero that the tiny harmonics at the end of the movement are his child's soul ascending to heaven.

Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranguez, 2nd Movement, Guitarist Paco de Lucia:

FredStembottom

(2,928 posts)
47. I know it's months later...
Mon Apr 2, 2012, 11:58 AM
Apr 2012

But thanks for adding this! I listen regularly to Rodrigo. As well as De Falla and Turina. Can't ever hear this too many times.

dmallind

(10,437 posts)
28. Boy tough one. Guess I keep coming back to Alkan's minor key Preludes, op. 39. nt
Tue Dec 20, 2011, 01:39 PM
Dec 2011

elleng

(130,126 posts)
31. Moldau, Smetana, among others.
Thu Dec 22, 2011, 01:27 AM
Dec 2011

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
37. River Torridge - Fantasia on a Theme
Sat Jan 7, 2012, 11:14 PM
Jan 2012

Ralph Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis



That is my vision of heaven.

FredStembottom

(2,928 posts)
40. I was going to post Vaughn-Williams myself.
Tue Jan 24, 2012, 01:46 PM
Jan 2012

When I hear the 1st movement of his third symph (pastoral), I am overcome with a feeling that I am hearing the greatest movement of music ever written. Not a decision on my part so much as a composer finding a route to the emotions very nearly too direct.

It effects me so strongly I can only listen to this movement a couple times each year - it just disolves me into bliss.

I could only find 2 versions on YouTube. One is in mono. The other is in stereo but played waaaaay too fast. Here's the mono one - which is also about 2 BPM too fast

Seek out better recordings.

BeyondGeography

(39,278 posts)
41. Second movement of Beethoven's 5th piano concerto
Mon Jan 30, 2012, 08:21 PM
Jan 2012

I want it playing on my nightstand when I die:



Love the French....Daphnis et Chloe a close second in the dying-on-my-terms department. Love a thousand pieces and counting (don't miss Franck's piano quintet in F Minor...), but Beethoven keeps me going.

nickinSTL

(4,833 posts)
62. Beethoven's 5th piano concerto is my fave
Mon Jun 17, 2013, 09:20 PM
Jun 2013

no question.

There are others I like a lot, Tchaikovsky's 1st piano concerto, Rachmaninov's 2nd piano concerto, Dvorak's New World Symphony...I could go on and on.

But Beethoven's 5th piano concerto is top of the list, definitely.

Fortinbras Armstrong

(4,473 posts)
48. No one has mentioned Mozart?
Thu Apr 12, 2012, 11:22 AM
Apr 2012

Last edited Sun Aug 11, 2013, 06:18 AM - Edit history (2)

My favorite piece of music is Mozart's Serenade for 13 Winds, K. 361, especially the 3rd movement:

 

La Lioness Priyanka

(53,866 posts)
49. erik satie's Gnossienne
Thu Apr 12, 2012, 11:56 AM
Apr 2012

i am not sure which i like more in those pieces.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
50. Cecile Chaminade's Automne, 2nd etude, opus 35
Tue May 8, 2012, 06:18 PM
May 2012

My parents had a recording of Ms. Chaminade's beautiful composition when I was a little kid back in the 1950s and it led to my becoming a musician and my lifetime love of music. When I hear this piece, I can almost see haystacks of the harvest, leaves of trees turning brown, flocking geese in the sky, sudden wind and rainstorms, and all the glorious melancholy of autumn.

SwissTony

(2,560 posts)
52. We've got a few Mahler fans...so one more...
Fri Jul 6, 2012, 12:43 PM
Jul 2012

Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen ('Songs of a Wayfarer'). I love all 4 pieces but my favourite is "Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz" (The Two Blue Eyes of my Beloved). It just melts me.

IceScar

(2 posts)
53. My classical
Thu Dec 13, 2012, 02:22 PM
Dec 2012

For me, this music is already a classic for everybody

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
54. Welcome to DU and I hope you enjoy the site.
Thu Dec 13, 2012, 03:31 PM
Dec 2012

defacto7

(13,485 posts)
55. Anything Benjamin Britten
Wed Dec 19, 2012, 04:04 AM
Dec 2012

But especially, the Opera Peter Grimes.

Now the Great Bear and Pleiades where earth moves are drawing up the clouds of human grief,
Breathing solemnity in the deep night.
Who can tell in storm or starlight the written character of a friendly fate,
As the sky turns the world for us to change.
But if the horoscopes bewildering, like the flashing turmoil of a shoal of Herring,
Who, who... who can turn the skys back and begin again?

... all the interludes of this opera are masterpieces.

Also, Britten's Noye's Fludde.

Oh, why not a third....

Phillip Glass - Violin Concerto.

Fortinbras Armstrong

(4,473 posts)
56. Peter Schickele tried to parody Phillip Glass
Mon Dec 24, 2012, 09:54 AM
Dec 2012

And demonstrated that Glass cannot be parodied.

Personally, the only thing of Britten's that I like -- apart from The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, which is fun -- is his War Requiem.

defacto7

(13,485 posts)
57. It's too bad you don't share my enthusiasm for Britten
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 04:18 AM
Jan 2013

I have performed many of his works and after digging deeply I am amazed at the unexpected symbolism hidden within. I guess when you study and perform any work, it takes on a different meaning. I sang one of the solos the War Requiem once and it is a tremendous work.

As far as parody, someone should try to parody John Cage.

Fortinbras Armstrong

(4,473 posts)
58. Britten is just not to my taste
Fri Jan 18, 2013, 11:58 AM
Jan 2013

Last edited Fri Apr 19, 2013, 10:19 AM - Edit history (1)

Actually, my real hatred is directed to the Second Vienna School. On Schoenberg's 100th birthday, one of the local classical radio stations played a great deal of his music. I particularly recall Perriot Lunaire, which comes close to being my all time least favorite piece, especially the section "Der kranke Mond". I thought that if Schoenberg is trying to enduce feelings of mild nausea in the listener, he is succeeding brilliantly.

The host of the program remarked that "Schoenberg has always been highly regarded among the musical cognoscenti, but has never achieved any sort of popular following" with an unspoken, but obvious, "and I've always wondered why." Well, I could have told him exactly why. The music was butt-ugly. During one piece (I forget which one) of serial music, I suddenly thought "He must have made a mistake, I could almost detect a tune there for a few moments."

I once was roped into seeing Wozzeck, and I walked out during the intermission. I had to make my own way home, but it was a cheap price to pay to avoid the rest of that horrible opera. If anyone tells me it is a great opera and they love it, I shall say that some people love sadomaschoism, a love which is far more understandable. I have also avoided Lulu, which I am told by Alban Berg fans is not as good as Wozzeck.

 

rdharma

(6,057 posts)
60. Rimsky Korsakov: Scheherezade op. 35
Sun Feb 17, 2013, 09:53 PM
Feb 2013

endesano

(3 posts)
63. Cencored
Fri Aug 16, 2013, 05:38 AM
Aug 2013

Rock ‘n’ roll has always been about breaking rules and pushing boundaries. see here a great list of top 10 great rock songs but censored

Top 10 Censored Rock Songs

Rstrstx

(1,393 posts)
64. If asked today, I'd say Beethoven's Cavatina
Thu Aug 22, 2013, 04:17 AM
Aug 2013

The master himself considered it the most beautiful piece he had ever written and it's easy to understand why. It was originally to be followed by the amazing Grosse Fuge, which was so far ahead of its time it took decades to truly be appreciated.

This really is a tough question - ask me again in a few months. There are SO many candidates really.

Fortinbras Armstrong

(4,473 posts)
65. I came across a nice adaptation of Mozart's Magic Flute in three parts
Fri Sep 20, 2013, 08:56 AM
Sep 2013




Fortinbras Armstrong

(4,473 posts)
67. Another Mozart piece, Concerto for Flute and Harp K. 299 - 2nd Movement
Sat Oct 5, 2013, 06:32 PM
Oct 2013

sir pball

(4,726 posts)
68. Of course it always changes, but right now Toccata and Fugue in Dm "Dorian"
Sat Oct 26, 2013, 02:55 AM
Oct 2013

An intensely archaic organ piece that nonetheless utterly exemplifies counterpoint and that I also just plain adore.

sir pball

(4,726 posts)
69. I'm so torn. Requiem or the Ninth.
Sat Oct 26, 2013, 03:01 AM
Oct 2013

The man thought he was writing it for himself. That alone wins it. But I just, as in this performance cycle, witnessed the New York Philharmonic perform the Ninth.

Requiem haunts my dreams, the Ninth just obliterates them.

If there is a God he lives in all this music. That's all I say and all I choose.

Fortinbras Armstrong

(4,473 posts)
70. I was just reminded of the second movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto #20, K 466
Thu Oct 31, 2013, 08:06 AM
Oct 2013

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ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)
72. Not sure I can reduce it to one favorite, but Mozart is most of my top five.
Thu May 26, 2016, 02:24 AM
May 2016

Three of my top five:
Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik KV 525
Mozart's Clarinet Concerto KV 622
Mozart's Horn Concerto KV 412

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