Recommend some good classical music please

Anything by Johannes Brahms. Or, to be even broader, anything from the Romantic era (roughly 1810 - 1910). Look out for names like Gustav Mahler, Robert Schumann, Edvard Grieg, Gabriel Faure, Caesar Franck, Frederic Chopin, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Peter Tchaikovsky, Hector Berlioz, Giuseppe Verdi or Franz Liszt to name a few. And don't dismiss any of them if you don't like the first thing you hear. Any famous cIassical composer wrote a variety of different kinds of music, and most of them wrote for a variety of instruments.

Just Youtube the names and see what you dig up. If you find something you like, dig deeper and look for more works by that composer. Read a bit about him or her on Wikipedia for a little bit of an intro to the composer. If the title is some strange word like 'sonata,' Wiki it and read up on it. Understanding has an enormous impact on cIassical music appreciation. Heck, Wiki "Romantic era" even before you begin!

Get everything Bethoeven, Bach, Mozart, and Chopin. Get Tchaikovsky too (Nutcracker Suite ftw!)

Oooh! And "Flight of the Bumblebee" by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (hope I spelled that right)

Flight of the Valkeries by Richard Wagner

And get some opera too... Carmina Burana (Oh Fortuna), The whole soundtrack to Les Miserables, La Donna e Mobile (Rigolleto), Habanera (Carmen)

I think I am missing some more... but these are good ones to start off on.

Get everything Bethoeven, Bach, Mozart, and Chopin. Get Tchaikovsky too (Nutcracker Suite ftw!)

Oooh! And "Flight of the Bumblebee" by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (hope I spelled that right)

Flight of the Valkeries by Richard Wagner

And get some opera too... Carmina Burana (Oh Fortuna), The whole soundtrack to Les Miserables, La Donna e Mobile (Rigolleto), Habanera (Carmen)

I think I am missing some more... but these are good ones to start off on.

Sajedene

That would be some collection; everything by Bach and Mozart alone adds up to some 23 000 minutes music! Throw Beethoven into the mix and it would probably exceed 30 000. Chopin Tchaikovsky wrote saner amounts of music.

Get everything Bethoeven, Bach, Mozart, and Chopin. Get Tchaikovsky too (Nutcracker Suite ftw!)

Oooh! And "Flight of the Bumblebee" by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (hope I spelled that right)

Flight of the Valkeries by Richard Wagner

And get some opera too... Carmina Burana (Oh Fortuna), The whole soundtrack to Les Miserables, La Donna e Mobile (Rigolleto), Habanera (Carmen)

I think I am missing some more... but these are good ones to start off on.

Sajedene

That would be some collection; everything by Bach and Mozart alone adds up to some 23 000 minutes music! Throw Beethoven into the mix and it would probably exceed 30 000. Chopin and Tchaikovsky wrote saner amounts of music.

Moonlight Sonata. Nuff said. FrostyPhantasm

And get the other 31 Beethoven piano sonatas while you're at it. :P

Anything by Johannes Brahms. Or, to be even broader, anything from the Romantic era (roughly 1810 - 1910). Look out for names like Gustav Mahler, Robert Schumann, Edvard Grieg, Gabriel Faure, Caesar Franck, Frederic Chopin, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Peter Tchaikovsky, Hector Berlioz, Giuseppe Verdi or Franz Liszt to name a few. And don't dismiss any of them if you don't like the first thing you hear. Any famous cIassical composer wrote a variety of different kinds of music, and most of them wrote for a variety of instruments.

Just Youtube the names and see what you dig up. If you find something you like, dig deeper and look for more works by that composer. Read a bit about him or her on Wikipedia for a little bit of an intro to the composer. If the title is some strange word like 'sonata,' Wiki it and read up on it. Understanding has an enormous impact on cIassical music appreciation. Heck, Wiki "Romantic era" even before you begin!

pianist

No point in trying to top this... except... needs moar Beethoven.foxhound_fox

Heh... I knew there'd be plenty more recommendations for Beethoven. Should have included Antonin Dvorak, though. Stupid me.

[QUOTE="Sajedene"]

Get everything Bethoeven, Bach, Mozart, and Chopin. Get Tchaikovsky too (Nutcracker Suite ftw!)

Oooh! And "Flight of the Bumblebee" by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (hope I spelled that right)

Flight of the Valkeries by Richard Wagner

And get some opera too... Carmina Burana (Oh Fortuna), The whole soundtrack to Les Miserables, La Donna e Mobile (Rigolleto), Habanera (Carmen)

I think I am missing some more... but these are good ones to start off on.

pianist

That would be some collection; everything by Bach and Mozart alone adds up to some 23 000 minutes music! Throw Beethoven into the mix and it would probably exceed 30 000. Chopin and Tchaikovsky wrote saner amounts of music.

If it fits! :D I have them on my pc, I have them on cassettes and CD's too. So I guess I had time to build my collection. I'm so bad though since I get the titles confused. Thats why I have multiples of some. Q_Q (I have 2 versions of La Donna e Mobile and Habanera for example - because I cant decide which version is better since its two different people singing).

But they are good and mighty relaxing.

heres a clip from from stravinsky's the rite of spring. its the death metal of classical :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phIRRINOF-M&feature=related

If it fits! :D I have them on my pc, I have them on cassettes and CD's too. So I guess I had time to build my collection. I'm so bad though since I get the titles confused. Thats why I have multiples of some. Q_Q (I have 2 versions of La Donna e Mobile and Habanera for example - because I cant decide which version is better since its two different people singing).

But they are good and mighty relaxing.

Sajedene

I understand completely - differing interpretation is what makes cIassical performance so interesting to me. I usually settle on one that I like more than all the others, but I wouldn't get rid of the others, because they're still interesting and original. I must have a half dozen recording of certain works.

Have you ever studied an instrument?

If it fits! :D I have them on my pc, I have them on cassettes and CD's too. So I guess I had time to build my collection. I'm so bad though since I get the titles confused. Thats why I have multiples of some. Q_Q (I have 2 versions of La Donna e Mobile and Habanera for example - because I cant decide which version is better since its two different people singing).

But they are good and mighty relaxing.

Sajedene

I understand completely - differing interpretation is what makes cIassical performance so interesting to me. I usually settle on one that I like more than all the others, but I wouldn't get rid of the others, because they're still interesting and original. I must have a half dozen recordings of certain works.

Have you ever studied an instrument?

heres a clip from from stravinsky's the rite of spring. its the death metal of classical :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phIRRINOF-M&feature=related

LoG-Sacrament

Have you checked out Stravinsky's other work? He wrote other ballets in a similar vein to Rite of Spring. Firebird immediately comes to mind, and even Petrouchka in places. The piano arrangement of the latter is insane.

heres a clip from from stravinsky's the rite of spring. its the death metal of classical :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phIRRINOF-M&feature=related

LoG-Sacrament

Have you checked out any other Stravinsky works? He wrote other ballets in a similar vein to Rite of Spring. Firebird immediately comes to mind, and even Petrouchka in places. The piano arrangement of the latter is insane.

And I definitely second the Brahms.crucifine

*high fives*

:D

Heh... I knew there'd be plenty more recommendations for Beethoven. Should have included Antonin Dvorak, though. Stupid me.pianist

[QUOTE="LoG-Sacrament"]

heres a clip from from stravinsky's the rite of spring. its the death metal of classical :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phIRRINOF-M&feature=related

pianist

Have you checked out any other Stravinsky works? He wrote other ballets in a similar vein to Rite of Spring. Firebird immediately comes to mind, and even Petrouchka in places. The piano arrangement of the latter is insane.

not that much. i spotted a deal on itunes that includes both for about $10. ill have to buy it.

Have you checked out any other Stravinsky works? He wrote other ballets in a similar vein to Rite of Spring. Firebird immediately comes to mind, and even Petrouchka in places. The piano arrangement of the latter is insane.

pianist

Pianist, making classical music 'insane' since 2003

Pianist, making classical music 'insane' since 2003

blooddemon666

:lol:

By insane, I mean insanely difficult, not crazy...

[QUOTE="Sajedene"]

If it fits! :D I have them on my pc, I have them on cassettes and CD's too. So I guess I had time to build my collection. I'm so bad though since I get the titles confused. Thats why I have multiples of some. Q_Q (I have 2 versions of La Donna e Mobile and Habanera for example - because I cant decide which version is better since its two different people singing).

But they are good and mighty relaxing.

pianist

I understand completely - differing interpretation is what makes cIassical performance so interesting to me. I usually settle on one that I like more than all the others, but I wouldn't get rid of the others, because they're still interesting and original. I must have a half dozen recording of certain works.

Have you ever studied an instrument?

I know how to play the piano (its one of those things my "stereotypical asian mom" covered). I also play the guitar, drums, bass, and a lil bit of the cello and flute.

I also have these cassettes that my dad gave to me that he bought from some flea market in, I want to say Indonesia, but it could have been Burma/Myanmar, but I am sure it was originally made here in the U.S (I am rambling!) where it covers a bunch of the classical music but its played with the "rockband" instruments (electric guitar, electric bass, and drums). I wish I knew who did it so I can get it on CD.

Maybe you're familiar with that?

[QUOTE="crucifine"]And I definitely second the Brahms.pianist

*high fives*

:D

Also if you haven't already (which I'm certain you definitely have :P) you can get the complete Brahms collection from Amazon france at at a steal if you live near france that is. I've alread ordered mine :D(link).

[QUOTE="blooddemon666"]

Pianist, making classical music 'insane' since 2003

pianist

:lol:

By insane, I mean insanely difficult, not crazy...

haha, the way you worded it, it sounded like something a kid now would talk about an "insane guitar solo, dude" or whatever :P

I did pick up a thing of 100 classical compositions from my local fye for a great deal, but the sound quality was absoultely atrocious :(

I know how to play the piano (its one of those things my "stereotypical asian mom" covered). I also play the guitar, drums, bass, and a lil bit of the cello and flute.

I also have these cassettes that my dad gave to me that he bought from some flea market in, I want to say Indonesia, but it could have been Burma/Myanmar, but I am sure it was originally made here in the U.S (I am rambling!) where it covers a bunch of the classical music but its played with the "rockband" instruments (electric guitar, electric bass, and drums). I wish I knew who did it so I can get it on CD.

Maybe you're familiar with that?

Sajedene

No, I'm not. I do know there are quite a few arrangements of cIassical music with popular music instruments, though. It's strange that the cassettes don't give you any indication as to who the artists are...

Glad you can play piano. I think EVERYONE should learn to play piano. But I may be a bit biased. :lol:

I think EVERYONE should learn to play piano. But I may be a bit biased. :lol: pianist

haha, the way you worded it, it sounded like something a kid now would talk about an "insane guitar solo, dude" or whatever :P

I did pick up a thing of 100 classical compositions from my local fye for a great deal, but the sound quality was absoultely atrocious :(

blooddemon666

Yeah, beware of those massive collections. Not only does the sound suck, but most of the time they don't even play entire compositions. Just a bunch of snippets from random pieces. I suppose they're good if you want to quickly expose yourself to a number of famous melodies, but I had outgrown them by age 13, and I didn't even start serious music studies till I was 12.

[QUOTE="pianist"]I think EVERYONE should learn to play piano. But I may be a bit biased. :lol: foxhound_fox

Actually, speaking totally objectively this is very true. And if you ever teach music theory, you'll see what a difference piano training makes to understanding harmony. Totally understandable - pianists play block chords all the time, whereas other instruments tend to focus much more on single lines.

[QUOTE="Sajedene"]

I know how to play the piano (its one of those things my "stereotypical asian mom" covered). I also play the guitar, drums, bass, and a lil bit of the cello and flute.

I also have these cassettes that my dad gave to me that he bought from some flea market in, I want to say Indonesia, but it could have been Burma/Myanmar, but I am sure it was originally made here in the U.S (I am rambling!) where it covers a bunch of the classical music but its played with the "rockband" instruments (electric guitar, electric bass, and drums). I wish I knew who did it so I can get it on CD.

Maybe you're familiar with that?

pianist

No, I'm not. I do know there are quite a few arrangements of cIassical music with popular music instruments, though. It's strange that the cassettes don't give you any indication as to who the artists are...

Glad you can play piano. I think EVERYONE should learn to play piano. But I may be a bit biased. :lol:

Yeah those cassettes were like... pirated :| My dad didnt know any better back then.

The piano is indeed fun ... I have a hard time though because I have small hands and fingers. :( But I'm decent at reading notes - although I do better if I memorize and widow the piece.

Yeah, beware of those massive collections. Not only does the sound suck, but most of the time they don't even play entire compositions. Just a bunch of snippets from random pieces. I suppose they're good if you want to quickly expose yourself to a number of famous melodies, but I had outgrown them by age 13, and I didn't even start serious music studies till I was 12.pianist

Yeah, beware of those massive collections. Not only does the sound suck, but most of the time they don't even play entire compositions. Just a bunch of snippets from random pieces. I suppose they're good if you want to quickly expose yourself to a number of famous melodies, but I had outgrown them by age 13, and I didn't even start serious music studies till I was 12.

pianist

well I'll never make that mistake again >___> I'm not a huge audiophile, but any 92kbps sound is **** :(

Yeah those cassettes were like... pirated :| My dad didnt know any better back then.

The piano is indeed fun ... I have a hard time though because I have small hands and fingers. :( But I'm decent at reading notes - although I do better if I memorize and widow the piece.

Sajedene

Hmm... yes, hand size is often a problem, especially for gals. Most piano music that people want to play was written for big hands (or massive paws, if you're Sergei Rachmaninoff :P). One of my friends from university had to drop piano and become a flautist because of that. She's a very good flautist, though, so no harm there.

I've heard that they're actually making pianos with smaller keys to accomodate small hands in Asia. I've never seen one, though, so I don't know if this is just rumour or reality. It wouldn't do me any good, though, as my hands are relatively big. I can reach a 10th easily with my right hand and an 11th with my left hand. So smaller keyboards would just make my life more difficult.

As for memory, everybody plays better when the music is memorized - though I can't say I like memorizing. It's always been my performance nemesis. That's probably why I like chamber music so much. :P

Yeah those cassettes were like... pirated :| My dad didnt know any better back then.

The piano is indeed fun ... I have a hard time though because I have small hands and fingers. :( But I'm decent at reading notes - although I do better if I memorize and widow the piece.

Sajedene

Hmm... yes, hand size is often a problem, especially for gals. Most piano music that people want to play was written for big hands (or massive paws, if you're Sergei Rachmaninoff). One of my friends from university had to drop piano and become a flautist because of that. She's a very good flautist, though, so no harm there.

I've heard that they're actually making pianos with smaller keys to accomodate small hands in Asia. I've never seen one, though, so I don't know if this is just rumour or reality. It wouldn't do me any good, though, as my hands are relatively big. I can reach a 10th easily with my right hand and an 11th with my left hand. So smaller keyboards would just make my life more difficult.

As for memory, everybody plays better when the music is memorized - though I can't say I like memorizing. It's always been my performance nemesis. That's probably why I like chamber music so much. :P

It would be something everyone should avoid. It would be like reading only part of a book and never finishing it.foxhound_fox

They'd like you to think you're getting a good deal, but it's just like the pyramid scam pitches you see all over the internet - too good to be true.

I'd suggest Carmina Burana by Carl Orff. I just played it in wind ensemble, and it's a ton of fun. bman784

Cool! I played percussion in that several years ago when I was still playing with my university's symphonic wind ensemble.

Frederic Chopin. Raindrops Prelude is lovely to listen to.

Mozart's Reqiuem

Mozart symphony 25

Mozart clarinet concerto

Mozart piano concerto 20

Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata

12 Beethoven 32nd sonata

Beethoven cello sonata

Beethoven Piano concerto 5

link1link 2Beethoven Missa solemnis Sanctus and Benedictus (going to see this three days before my brithday).

Beethoven string quartet 15 3rd movement

Beethoven's symphonies

Chopin Funeral March

Chopin Raindrops prelude

Chopin Piano concert 2

Chopin Ballade 1 (first time I heard this was in the film the pianist)

Brahms symphony 4

1233 Brahms op 119

Brahms piano concerto 2

Brahms clarinett trio

Dvorak 9th symphony

Rachmaninov, rhapsody on a theme from Paganini

Bach cello suite 1

Bach Mass in Bminor

Bach Toccata and Fugue

Albinoni Adagio for string

Samuel Barber adagio for strings

Tchaikovsky 1812 overture

Tchaikovsky piano concerto 1

Tchaikovsky symphony 6

Debussy Claire de lune

These are some of the pieces that are in my favourites playlist in itunes.

Mozart's Reqiuem

Mozart symphony 25

Mozart clarinet concerto

Mozart piano concerto 20

Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata

12 Beethoven 32nd sonata

Beethoven cello sonata

Beethoven Piano concerto 5

link1link 2Beethoven Missa solemnis Sanctus and Benedictus (going to see this three days before my brithday).

Beethoven string quartet 15 3rd movement

Beethoven's symphonies

Chopin Funeral March

Chopin Raindrops prelude

Chopin Piano concert 2

Chopin Ballade 1 (first time I heard this was in the film the pianist)

Brahms symphony 4

1233 Brahms op 119

Brahms piano concerto 2

Brahms clarinett trio

Dvorak 9th symphony

Rachmaninov, rhapsody on a theme from Paganini

Bach cello suite 1

Bach Mass in Bminor

Bach Toccata and Fugue

Albinoni Adagio for string

Samuel Barber adagio for strings

Tchaikovsky 1812 overture

Tchaikovsky piano concerto 1

Tchaikovsky symphony 6

Debussy Claire de lune

These are some of the pieces that are in my favourites playlist in itunes. Enjoy TC.