I was huge Handel and Bach fan when I was in junior high. Especially organ music. Fugue in G Minor (the Little) rocks.
The last “classical” CD I bought was Klara Kormendi playing Eric Satie Gymnopedie.
[quote]boyscout wrote:
On classical guitar (because we steal things)
Part 1: Andres Segovia Plays Bach Chaconne (Part 1) - YouTube
Part 2: Andres Segovia Plays Bach Chaconne (Part 2) - YouTube
Again, when I was a kid (15) I had a girl friend who thought she was a witch. She lived in a big white old neo-classical house next door to a church. She and I were fans of Andre Segovia.
I can still remember silence, church bells, oriental rugs, and french kissing her in the living room of her house for 45 minutes at a time. That membrane on the bottom of my tongue (frenulum) would get raw.
love classical music. some of my favorite composers and pieces by them
Antonio Vivaldi: The 4 Seasons - Concerto in G for Basson
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky: A Night on Bare Mountain - Boris Godnov
Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky: Overture to Colas Breugnon
Richard Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen(ring cycle)
and of course Johann Sebastian’s last and least offspring
P.D.Q. Bach: Oedipus Tex - 1712 Overture - Echo Sonata for Two Unfriendly Groups of Instruments - Hansel & Gretel & Ted & Alice(Opera in one unnatural act) - and possibly the greatest opera ever written in this or any other dimension, The Abduction Of Figaro
[quote]silverblood wrote:
love classical music. some of my favorite composers and pieces by them
Antonio Vivaldi: The 4 Seasons - Concerto in G for Basson
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky: A Night on Bare Mountain - Boris Godnov
Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky: Overture to Colas Breugnon
Richard Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen(ring cycle)
and of course Johann Sebastian�??s last and least offspring
P.D.Q. Bach: Oedipus Tex - 1712 Overture - Echo Sonata for Two Unfriendly Groups of Instruments - Hansel & Gretel & Ted & Alice(Opera in one unnatural act) - and possibly the greatest opera ever written in this or any other dimension, The Abduction Of Figaro
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PDQ Bach is hilarious.
Oh Wagner.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
Gustav Holst’s “The Planets” is one of my faves.
Beethoven has some heavy stuff.[/quote]
beethoven just rules…try deadlifting to sonata 23 mvt 3 and you WILL NOT FAIL. (i recommend horowitz)
iv always loved the baroque period, always calms me down while driving, and medieval camber music always seems to make me concentrate better on my college work.
does diggin mylene klass count too?
Dvorak’s Slavic Dances are probably my favorite.
Does opera count? I’m a Turandot nut (Puccini)- I listen to every recording I can get my hands on.
Also every recording of the “Ode to the Moon” piece in Dvorak’s Rusalka. In the right mood, that song can move me to tears.
Just a few weeks back I saw La Traviata at the Kennedy Center in DC. Quite good! The sets and costuming, especially in the third act, were incredibly sumptuous… not sure if it’s still playing but if it is and you live close to DC, I highly recommend it!
Bach’s “The Chacconne” is good. I also like his Organ Fugue in G minor. I guess the Baroque Period isn’t as bad as I previously thought.
From Boyscout’s list, I think Leo Brouwer is good. I also don’t mind Copland. I am still in the process of looking up the other composers.