Do you enjoy classical music? *POLL*

Because i do and i think it's incredibly underappreciated.

Yes, I'm also a classical guitarist.

To an extent I do.... I don't think its under appreciated.

Yes, I'm also a classical guitarist.

jazznate

I just listened to this fugue for solo guitar by Bach, and i thought i've never heard of bach writing any sort of thing to do with guitar i wonder how this will be and it was quite amazing.

i wont say i dont like it but its not that great either, some neo-classical is alright.

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Yes, I'm also a classical guitarist.

drumbreak1

I just listened to this fugue for solo guitar by Bach, and i thought i've never heard of bach writing any sort of thing to do with guitar i wonder how this will be and it was quite amazing.

There's a massive amount of Bach transcribed for classical guitar. One of my favorites to play is Prelude To Cello Suite No.1.

There's also a lot of lute stuff Bach did which transitions easy to guitar.

I've always liked it.

I like stuff like Globus Preliator.

Yes I do, the Baroque period in particular.

I grew up with it. It also shares plenty of similarities with metal and even most rock music, so yes I enjoy it.

It's not something I listen to often, but I enjoy it when I do. Any type of music that involves talented musicians I can appreciate. Seems too many of the "professional musicians" today aren't better than a kid who just picked up an instrument.

Yes I do, the Baroque period in particular.

freek666

I have to tell you the older I get the more I listen to classical music. I listen to it all the time. Sometimes people think im crazy because I will be driving around in my Jeep with Gleen Gould/Bach French Suits turned up really loud! Or Andras Schiff/Bach -Well Tempered Clavier.

And listen I just posted in another thread about how much I love rap music. I love all kinds of music. But I heard a quote recently that the world is spoiled on the "sweet and salty" notes of music. This has taken the apparition away from music like classical and jazz. You can see that just in the leanth of songs alone.

People want their snickers bar fix of music to be intense, in you face, salty sweet and packed in 3.5 mins. No one has the time or apparition for a full course meal of fine dining that takes an hour or more to savor...

Not really, I find most of it kind of boring. I do like modern orchestral though

Yes. Classical music is amazing. I don't think it's possible for someone who listens to music to hate the genre considering it's so widely used in soundtracks of movies, music videos, television and video games. To hate classical music would be to hate music itself.

Also, classical music must really be seen performed to truly appreciate it.

no not really but it is epic

Yes I love CIassical music, it's my second favorite genre (the first being Metal), and since I want to do a major in Composition, it's all I listen to at school.

I like to see all the replies but people are not being very specific and that's a shame. Like they hear it but don't really know what they are listing to..

How about Right of spring by Igor Stravinsky (Mariss Jansons)? I have listened to that about 1,000 times!

or Alfred Brendel - Beethoven: "Pathétique" and "Moonlight" Piano Sonatas. Sure its bandwagon but its great!

OrYo-Yo Ma - Bach Unaccompanied Cello Suites- This may be the single most bandwagon classical album of all time (right now)!! It's truly the "Lady GaGa" or "Black Eyed Peas" of classical music right now! Its in about a million commercials. But it is still absolutely fantastic! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZn_VBgkPNY

As I like to say to say to my friends "I've got that boom boom Bach"!

I love it, I listen to it all the time and play classical on piano and viola. Baroque is the best though.

I like to see all the replies but people are not being very specific and that's a shame. Like they hear it but don't really know what they are listing to..

How about Right of spring by Igor Stravinsky (Mariss Jansons)? I have listened to that about 1,000 times!

or Alfred Brendel - Beethoven: "Pathétique" and "Moonlight" Piano Sonatas. Sure its bandwagon but its great!

OrYo-Yo Ma - Bach Unaccompanied Cello Suites- This may be the single most bandwagon classical album of all time (right now)!! It's truly the "Lady GaGa" or "Black Eyed Peas" of classical music right now! Its in about a million commercials. But it is still absolutely fantastic! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZn_VBgkPNY

As I like to say to say to my friends "I've got that boom boom Bach"!

Store24

Well, all the TC asked was if OT enjoys CIassical music, he didn't ask for specific pieces.

Anyway, here are some of my favorite cIassical pieces:

Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata

Beethoven - Symphony no. 5

Beethoven - Symphony no. 7

Beethoven - Symphony no. 9

Mahler - Symphony no. 5

Mozart - Symphony no. 41

Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D minor

Chopin - Study no. 3, op. 10

Chopin - Study no. 12, op. 10

There's many others, but that's all I can think of right now.

I love classical music, especially the Baroque period. My favorite is probably Bach's Fugue in G minor (BWV 578.).

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I like to see all the replies but people are not being very specific and that's a shame. Like they hear it but don't really know what they are listing to..

How about Right of spring by Igor Stravinsky (Mariss Jansons)? I have listened to that about 1,000 times!

or Alfred Brendel - Beethoven: "Pathétique" and "Moonlight" Piano Sonatas. Sure its bandwagon but its great!

OrYo-Yo Ma - Bach Unaccompanied Cello Suites- This may be the single most bandwagon classical album of all time (right now)!! It's truly the "Lady GaGa" or "Black Eyed Peas" of classical music right now! Its in about a million commercials. But it is still absolutely fantastic! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZn_VBgkPNY

As I like to say to say to my friends "I've got that boom boom Bach"!

Well, all the TC asked was if OT enjoys CIassical music, he didn't ask for specific pieces.

Anyway, here are some of my favorite cIassical pieces:

Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata

Beethoven - Symphony no. 5

Beethoven - Symphony no. 7

Beethoven - Symphony no. 9

Mahler - Symphony no. 5

Mozart - Symphony no. 41

Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D minor

Chopin - Study no. 3, op. 10

Chopin - Study no. 12, op. 10

There's many others, but that's all I can think of right now.

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[QUOTE="Store24"]

I like to see all the replies but people are not being very specific and that's a shame. Like they hear it but don't really know what they are listing to..

How about Right of spring by Igor Stravinsky (Mariss Jansons)? I have listened to that about 1,000 times!

or Alfred Brendel - Beethoven: "Pathétique" and "Moonlight" Piano Sonatas. Sure its bandwagon but its great!

OrYo-Yo Ma - Bach Unaccompanied Cello Suites- This may be the single most bandwagon classical album of all time (right now)!! It's truly the "Lady GaGa" or "Black Eyed Peas" of classical music right now! Its in about a million commercials. But it is still absolutely fantastic! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZn_VBgkPNY

As I like to say to say to my friends "I've got that boom boom Bach"!

Store24

Well, all the TC asked was if OT enjoys CIassical music, he didn't ask for specific pieces.

Anyway, here are some of my favorite cIassical pieces:

Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata

Beethoven - Symphony no. 5

Beethoven - Symphony no. 7

Beethoven - Symphony no. 9

Mahler - Symphony no. 5

Mozart - Symphony no. 41

Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D minor

Chopin - Study no. 3, op. 10

Chopin - Study no. 12, op. 10

There's many others, but that's all I can think of right now.

Truth be told, there's such an insane amount of interpreters in CIassical music I don't really bother with artists anymore.

You can go to your local music store's CIassical section and easily find 50 different recordings of the same piece, so all I care about is that I'm listening to Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, etc., regardless of who is playing it.

Thats really too bad. Of course there are (at least) 50 interpreters of classical music that doesn't mean they are all the same or good. Just like Jazz you are going to tell me every version of St Thomas is even close to Sonny Rollins version on Saxophone Colossus which redefined the jazz world as it was known? Or John Coltrane's "My Favorite Things" from the album of the same name? Again I understand where you are coming from but you should know when you talk about older and older music there are more and more interpretations / covers of it. That does not AT ALL mean they are all the same or even close to it! You should really try to listen to some Gleen Gould spricificly if you like classical music.Store24

Of course I know not all interpreters are the same, and not all of them are even good, but when you have 50+ different recordings of the same piece, how the heck are you supposed to know which one you should buy?

I think that's the ONLY thing I hate about CIassical music, the fact that I can't go and buy a CIassical CD without second-guessing my choice of interpreters. What if I picked a low-quality recording? The all look the same, so how am I supposed to know? Sometimes I'll end up not buying anything just because I can't figure out which recording I should get. I HATE it! :x

Love it, when I was younger I hated it but now I appreciate it. I enjoy playing classical pieces on the piano as opposed to songs.

[QUOTE="Store24"]Thats really too bad. Of course there are (at least) 50 interpreters of classical music that doesn't mean they are all the same or good. Just like Jazz you are going to tell me every version of St Thomas is even close to Sonny Rollins version on Saxophone Colossus which redefined the jazz world as it was known? Or John Coltrane's "My Favorite Things" from the album of the same name? Again I understand where you are coming from but you should know when you talk about older and older music there are more and more interpretations / covers of it. That does not AT ALL mean they are all the same or even close to it! You should really try to listen to some Gleen Gould spricificly if you like classical music.black_cat19

Of course I know not all interpreters are the same, and not all of them are even good, but when you have 50+ different recordings of the same piece, how the heck are you supposed to know which one you should buy?

I think that's the ONLY thing I hate about CIassical music, the fact that I can't go and buy a CIassical CD without second-guessing my choice of interpreters. What if I picked a low-quality recording? The all look the same, so how am I supposed to know? Sometimes I'll end up not buying anything just because I can't figure out which recording I should get. I HATE it! :x

Its not bad

Indeed I do.

Not my favorite, but I don't mind it. ;)ArmoredCore55

I like it. Especially Chopin

I hate it.

For me it's just like any other types of music, i.e. there is some I like and a lot that I don't.