Any Classical Music Fans Out There?

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Hi everyone,

Just wanted to see if there were any classical music fans out there. I’m a pretty big entuastist of it myself. My favorites are Mozart, Gershwin, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, and Beethoven.

Who do/don’t you like?

-Jeanne
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Total classical music fan! 😃 I don’t know where to begin with who I like. There are just too many composers and compositions to really name them all. I’m going to have to do a few posts.
  1. J.S. Bach - the pure technical genius in his compositions is awe-inspiring. So many textures and complexities - my mind is constantly stimulated whenever I sit and listen to his music. What he did for the composition was such a gift and ahead of his time. As my husband’s composition teacher mentioned once, with the way Bach was heading in composition, the next logical step was Hindemith, but the people of the time were not ready for it. I just attended a chamber concert which performed music from the Baroque and Classical periods. All was beautiful, but when one of Bach’s works was performed, you could literally see people perk up.
One of his more known works:
youtube.com/watch?v=hZ9qWpa2rIg
And another:
youtube.com/watch?v=S6yuR8efotI&feature=related
youtube.com/watch?v=ZXnujMPt30Q&feature=related
I love his Magnificat and especially the Et misericordia and Suscepit Israel:
youtube.com/watch?v=ZPTSha2NIlI
youtube.com/watch?v=lncozv1WQyQ&feature=related

I love music for the lute:
youtube.com/watch?v=ZrnRL5i7CZ0&feature=related
  1. Jeanne-Philippe Rameau - I love the French sound, and his music is just pure pleasure. I also love Charpentier, Couperin, Lully, Delelande, Mouret,
This is of my favorite vocal works by Rameau:
youtube.com/watch?v=joJ37aNBdnE

Another gem from the French Baroque period:
youtube.com/watch?v=Av20FgeJIok

These by Marc-Antoine Charpentier:
Magnificat for three voices
youtube.com/watch?v=GUBlJlbqRqA

His Canticum in honorem Beate Virginis Mariae
youtube.com/watch?v=GG4JCyO5sw4&feature=related

Prelude from his Te Deum
youtube.com/watch?v=vyvWxPVAE8Q
  1. Thomas Tallis - I love his choral works. This is my absolute favorite of his. It’s like hearing what a choir of angels would sound like, except, I’d imagine it would even be more overwhelming.
    Spem in Alium
    youtube.com/watch?v=vq5rXwWp8UM&feature=related
  2. G.F. Handel - Although his Messiah is great, I love him for his other music.
    Lascia ch’io pianga (I like the video that went with this - showing different centuries of women who have lost their loves.)
Zadok the Priest - The very first time I heard this, I was in college attending a concert at the music department. My husband (just a friend at the time) and myself went together. As soon as the choir started to sing, we were almost knocked off our seats. It was just so awesome and weren’t expecting it! It’s much more powerful live.
youtube.com/watch?v=jI0YOPoj4t0

Sarabande in D minor (Someone set it to scenes from the Pride and Prejudice movie with Keira Knightley. I prefer the BBC version with Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth.)
youtube.com/watch?v=UBRp8KDZ7sg
 
  1. Tomaso Albinoni - Oboe Concerto in D-minor - Adagio movement
    youtube.com/watch?v=asZcN8j0sYg
  2. Antonio Vivaldi This is my favorite of his
    youtube.com/watch?v=eItTyiykdiI
    youtube.com/watch?v=7AEDB9cpaRY&feature=related
  3. W.A. Mozart - Practically everything he wrote. His vocal music was sublime. He didn’t fail at anything he composed.
Serenade Gran Partita: Here’s the third movement which is my favorite
youtube.com/watch?v=225b9cCf4gg&feature=related

Clarinet Concerto All three Movements:
youtube.com/watch?v=xr3aB4v8hXI
youtube.com/watch?v=3oknU0842rY&feature=related
youtube.com/watch?v=ecvEBZqOKeA&feature=related

His Vespers, especially the Laudate Dominum
youtube.com/watch?v=HUGyWnZ91Rw&feature=PlayList&p=C06B3A338F974649&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=3

The trio from “Cosi fan tutte” - Soave sia il vento - it is perhaps one of the most simply sublime vocal works ever composed. I love how the mezzo and soprano lines interchange and flow in and out with each other so seemlessly.
youtube.com/watch?v=gMY3Ou9L5xE

Exsultate Jubilate - Arleen Auger, soprano (such a gorgeous voice)
youtube.com/watch?v=J_1_feNFX0Q&feature=related
youtube.com/watch?v=d67jpC5YlA0&feature=related
 
  1. Ludwig van Beethoven - Love his 5th and 6th Symphonies along with his 9th, of course. Love his Violin Concert in D Major. Just parts of the three movements
    youtube.com/watch?v=WVuMbxEON3o&feature=related
    youtube.com/watch?v=nTM8R1IwhQM&feature=related
    youtube.com/watch?v=S9K9b17e4JU&feature=related
His piano sonatas and concertos are beautiful. Just listen to (and watch) these:
youtube.com/watch?v=qCGH5yR4o9I&feature=related
youtube.com/watch?v=WaiL0LL6u8o&feature=related
youtube.com/watch?v=BtbVWDlRReg&feature=related
youtube.com/watch?v=jvaLDtf5JW8&feature=related
  1. G. Rossini - As a lyric coloratura mezzo, how can I not LOVE his music?!?
    Nacqui all’affanno from “La Cenerentola” (Cinderella)
    youtube.com/watch?v=J67vh5DRURY
Una voce poco fa from “Il barbiere di Siviglia” (The Barber of Seville)
youtube.com/watch?v=fuaiLEN7bIM

Assisa a pie d’un salice “Otello”
youtube.com/watch?v=PUC6bLj94rQ
  1. German Lieder - F. Schubert, R. Schumann, J. Brahms, R. Strauss, etc.
    Schubert - An die Musik
    youtube.com/watch?v=Pt19nrxdVb4
Schumann - Die Lotosblume, Mondnacht and Widmung
youtube.com/watch?v=zgR1Sqc6wcY&feature=related
youtube.com/watch?v=yzVVHvxpp_M&feature=related
youtube.com/watch?v=RIvuXrAN8co&feature=related

Strauss - Morgen, Allerseelen and Zueignung
youtube.com/watch?v=DJZeqcdg5iI
youtube.com/watch?v=ICR5uVAx5yg&feature=related
youtube.com/watch?v=G3Vcxa2qSZY
 
  1. Franz Liszt - He’s soooo dramatic!!! 😃
    This is my favorite piano work of his. I would have dreams when I was 13/14 of Liszt being very disappointed in me because I was making a total wreck of the piece.
    Consolation No. 3
    youtube.com/watch?v=ZK6DxupkUPQ
Liebestraum
youtube.com/watch?v=-kKoHqdImYE

Dante Symphony
youtube.com/watch?v=tiElvzlH4jY

O! Quand je dors
youtube.com/watch?v=iVBsTY-LWqY&feature=related
  1. F. Chopin - Gosh… ALL of his piano repertoire.
    youtube.com/watch?v=qa0Z6g1XJkU&feature=related
    youtube.com/watch?v=wNAyKL2GHvA
    youtube.com/watch?v=YGRO05WcNDk&feature=PlayList&p=3650816EE03A5A03&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=3
    youtube.com/watch?v=eGPPDV8wBOQ
  2. Johannes Brahms
    youtube.com/watch?v=Mfq1-0feaCQ&feature=PlayList&p=AB91B4110D6A935A&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=22
  3. Gabriel Faure
    youtube.com/watch?v=mpgyTl8yqbw
    From his Requiem
    youtube.com/watch?v=82L8AaqA-Dc&feature=related
    youtube.com/watch?v=KweXColOsgQ
    youtube.com/watch?v=Oq4iEhRpAcY
    youtube.com/watch?v=YJD3F_hKzI8
  4. Richard Strauss
    I cry every time I hear or see this scene at the end of “Der Rosenkavalier”. The music is overwhelming.
    youtube.com/watch?v=wp94vrI_-oY
youtube.com/watch?v=SLuW-GBaJ8k
  1. Elgar
    youtube.com/watch?v=L5C99JyP2ns
    youtube.com/watch?v=sUgoBb8m1eE
  2. F. Obradors
    Del Cabello mas sutil (the other two songs on the clip are also beautiful, but those are from the 18th century)
    youtube.com/watch?v=zNJ2bO2-RyQ&feature=related
    youtube.com/watch?v=eAKPWxcnDas
    youtube.com/watch?v=hyeL8cUSTPs
  3. Agustin Barios Mangore (He was considered the Chopin of the classical guitar)
    youtube.com/watch?v=StxpWgfhjIg&feature=PlayList&p=7C291CAE35651AE2&index=0&playnext=1
    youtube.com/watch?v=oRXFsYsEmcI&feature=related
    youtube.com/watch?v=b6BB6Ne5HFM&feature=related
  4. Samuel Barber
    youtube.com/watch?v=RRMz8fKkG2g
    Sure on this Shining Night and The Crucifixion
    youtube.com/watch?v=2xWFfNZvpmk&feature=related
  5. Dvorak
    Song to the Moon from “Rusalka”
    youtube.com/watch?v=uSoa-xuFPh4
  6. G. Holst
    Especially love “The Planets”
  7. G. Mahler
    How can you not love his symphonies?
  8. Felix Mendelssohn and Fanny (Mendelssohn) Hensel
    Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (Felix’s sister)
    youtube.com/watch?v=o5Z-a7oIStk
Felix Mendelssohn
youtube.com/watch?v=kYEggRrIH50
youtube.com/watch?v=CCLxso5XDN4
  1. M. Durufle
    From his Requiem
    youtube.com/watch?v=N6ySRRqe1ks
 
Sarabande said:
  1. Franz Liszt - He’s soooo dramatic!!! 😃
    This is my favorite piano work of his. I would have dreams when I was 13/14 of Liszt being very disappointed in me because I was making a total wreck of the piece.
    Consolation No. 3
    youtube.com/watch?v=ZK6DxupkUPQ
Liebestraum
youtube.com/watch?v=-kKoHqdImYE

Dante Symphony
youtube.com/watch?v=tiElvzlH4jY

O! Quand je dors
youtube.com/watch?v=iVBsTY-LWqY&feature=related
  1. F. Chopin - Gosh… ALL of his piano repertoire.
    youtube.com/watch?v=qa0Z6g1XJkU&feature=related
    youtube.com/watch?v=wNAyKL2GHvA
    youtube.com/watch?v=YGRO05WcNDk&feature=PlayList&p=3650816EE03A5A03&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=3
    youtube.com/watch?v=eGPPDV8wBOQ
  2. Johannes Brahms
    youtube.com/watch?v=Mfq1-0feaCQ&feature=PlayList&p=AB91B4110D6A935A&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=22
  3. Gabriel Faure
    youtube.com/watch?v=mpgyTl8yqbw
    From his Requiem
    youtube.com/watch?v=82L8AaqA-Dc&feature=related
    youtube.com/watch?v=KweXColOsgQ
    youtube.com/watch?v=Oq4iEhRpAcY
    youtube.com/watch?v=YJD3F_hKzI8
  4. Richard Strauss
    I cry every time I hear or see this scene at the end of “Der Rosenkavalier”. The music is overwhelming.
    youtube.com/watch?v=wp94vrI_-oY
youtube.com/watch?v=SLuW-GBaJ8k
  1. Elgar
    youtube.com/watch?v=L5C99JyP2ns
    youtube.com/watch?v=sUgoBb8m1eE
  2. F. Obradors
    Del Cabello mas sutil (the other two songs on the clip are also beautiful, but those are from the 18th century)
    youtube.com/watch?v=zNJ2bO2-RyQ&feature=related
    youtube.com/watch?v=eAKPWxcnDas
    youtube.com/watch?v=hyeL8cUSTPs
  3. Agustin Barios Mangore (He was considered the Chopin of the classical guitar)
    youtube.com/watch?v=StxpWgfhjIg&feature=PlayList&p=7C291CAE35651AE2&index=0&playnext=1
    youtube.com/watch?v=oRXFsYsEmcI&feature=related
    youtube.com/watch?v=b6BB6Ne5HFM&feature=related
  4. Samuel Barber
    youtube.com/watch?v=RRMz8fKkG2g
    Sure on this Shining Night and The Crucifixion
    youtube.com/watch?v=2xWFfNZvpmk&feature=related
  5. Dvorak
    Song to the Moon from “Rusalka”
    youtube.com/watch?v=uSoa-xuFPh4
  6. G. Holst
    Especially love “The Planets”
  7. G. Mahler
    How can you not love his symphonies?
  8. Felix Mendelssohn and Fanny (Mendelssohn) Hensel
    Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (Felix’s sister)
    youtube.com/watch?v=o5Z-a7oIStk
Felix Mendelssohn
youtube.com/watch?v=kYEggRrIH50
youtube.com/watch?v=CCLxso5XDN4
  1. M. Durufle
    From his Requiem
    youtube.com/watch?v=N6ySRRqe1ks
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What, no Gluck, Strauss waltzes, or Messiaen 🙂 ? That is a really helpful list (Liszt ?) Thanks 🙂​

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJEUR1XHHD8 - Handel, “Arrival of the Queen of Sheba”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlprozGcs80&feature=related - Pachelbel’s Canon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RQ3KCRxnrI&feature=related - Kyrie from Tomas de Victoria’s Requiem
 
jeanne71350 said:
Hi everyone,

Just wanted to see if there were any classical music fans out there. I’m a pretty big entuastist of it myself. My favorites are Mozart, Gershwin, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, and Beethoven.

Who do/don’t you like?

-Jeanne
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i like Super Tramp… 😃
 
Gottle_of_Geer said:

What, no Gluck, Strauss waltzes, or Messiaen 🙂 ? That is a really helpful list (Liszt ?) Thanks 🙂​

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Haha! 😃 There are only so many posts I can enter with all my favorites. I did it late last night and those three or four posts were all I could handle. 😛 My husband and I own about 600+ cds - most of which are classical music, so yes, definitely Gluck, J. Strauss and Messiaen.

Also Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Bruckner (his sacred motets are awesome!), Tschesnekoff, some of Gorecki, Vaughn-Williams, Britten (did I put him before?), Poulenc, Duparc and Purcell. I’m sure I’ve left some more out. hee! hee!

Poulenc
youtube.com/watch?v=ag929e20BPc

Rachmaninoff (I think Kissin is remarkable.)
youtube.com/watch?v=4Ud_wGMXRnQ&feature=related

And just listen to this song of his!!! I LOVE it! And Galina Vishnevskaya had such a gorgeous Russian sound.
youtube.com/watch?v=EKmcGbUMWVo

Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1 (One of my favorites - all three movements)
youtube.com/watch?v=-M7M4UoqBpA&feature=related
youtube.com/watch?v=H3kZHvVrT-k&feature=related
youtube.com/watch?v=f7MAriotZyE

And how anyone not like the Sleeping Beauty Waltz? 🙂
youtube.com/watch?v=-sU4mgkGtrs

Bruckner
youtube.com/watch?v=iSC5Kjq4aIw

Tschesnokoff (I couldn’t find a good recording of it his music)
youtube.com/watch?v=a4uEFUaZyW8&feature=related

Henryk Gorecki (His Symphony of Sorrowful Songs is so heartwrenching) Here’s the second movement. The words are beautiful.
youtube.com/watch?v=miLV0o4AhE4

Vaughn-Williams
Love his Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

youtube.com/watch?v=5y7nJL1hpUU

Henry Purcell
youtube.com/watch?v=szFo2lqmGaM&feature=related
youtube.com/watch?v=L5-3clJhnTk&feature=related
youtube.com/watch?v=szFo2lqmGaM&feature=related

DuParc
youtube.com/watch?v=JCsIpWh_VCI

Some more Monteverdi
youtube.com/watch?v=nCtACwEnjOo&feature=related
youtube.com/watch?v=bU681o8BlZs&feature=related
 
Sarabande said:
  1. Tomaso Albinoni - Oboe Concerto in D-minor - Adagio movement
    youtube.com/watch?v=asZcN8j0sYg
  2. Antonio Vivaldi This is my favorite of his
    youtube.com/watch?v=eItTyiykdiI
    youtube.com/watch?v=7AEDB9cpaRY&feature=related
  3. W.A. Mozart - Practically everything he wrote. His vocal music was sublime. He didn’t fail at anything he composed.
Serenade Gran Partita: Here’s the third movement which is my favorite
youtube.com/watch?v=225b9cCf4gg&feature=related

Clarinet Concerto All three Movements:
youtube.com/watch?v=xr3aB4v8hXI
youtube.com/watch?v=3oknU0842rY&feature=related
youtube.com/watch?v=ecvEBZqOKeA&feature=related

His Vespers, especially the Laudate Dominum
youtube.com/watch?v=HUGyWnZ91Rw&feature=PlayList&p=C06B3A338F974649&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=3

The trio from “Cosi fan tutte” - Soave sia il vento - it is perhaps one of the most simply sublime vocal works ever composed. I love how the mezzo and soprano lines interchange and flow in and out with each other so seemlessly.
youtube.com/watch?v=gMY3Ou9L5xE

Exsultate Jubilate - Arleen Auger, soprano (such a gorgeous voice)
youtube.com/watch?v=J_1_feNFX0Q&feature=related
youtube.com/watch?v=d67jpC5YlA0&feature=related
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I adore Mozart. Gran Partia is my favorite thing he wrote besides the Requiem.

The Clarinet Concertos are also excllent.

-Jeanne
 
Sarabande said:
  1. Franz Liszt - He’s soooo dramatic!!! 😃
    This is my favorite piano work of his. I would have dreams when I was 13/14 of Liszt being very disappointed in me because I was making a total wreck of the piece.
    Consolation No. 3
    youtube.com/watch?v=ZK6DxupkUPQ
Liebestraum
youtube.com/watch?v=-kKoHqdImYE

Dante Symphony
youtube.com/watch?v=tiElvzlH4jY

O! Quand je dors
youtube.com/watch?v=iVBsTY-LWqY&feature=related
  1. F. Chopin - Gosh… ALL of his piano repertoire.
    youtube.com/watch?v=qa0Z6g1XJkU&feature=related
    youtube.com/watch?v=wNAyKL2GHvA
    youtube.com/watch?v=YGRO05WcNDk&feature=PlayList&p=3650816EE03A5A03&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=3
    youtube.com/watch?v=eGPPDV8wBOQ
  2. Johannes Brahms
    youtube.com/watch?v=Mfq1-0feaCQ&feature=PlayList&p=AB91B4110D6A935A&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=22
  3. Gabriel Faure
    youtube.com/watch?v=mpgyTl8yqbw
    From his Requiem
    youtube.com/watch?v=82L8AaqA-Dc&feature=related
    youtube.com/watch?v=KweXColOsgQ
    youtube.com/watch?v=Oq4iEhRpAcY
    youtube.com/watch?v=YJD3F_hKzI8
  4. Richard Strauss
    I cry every time I hear or see this scene at the end of “Der Rosenkavalier”. The music is overwhelming.
    youtube.com/watch?v=wp94vrI_-oY
youtube.com/watch?v=SLuW-GBaJ8k
  1. Elgar
    youtube.com/watch?v=L5C99JyP2ns
    youtube.com/watch?v=sUgoBb8m1eE
  2. F. Obradors
    Del Cabello mas sutil (the other two songs on the clip are also beautiful, but those are from the 18th century)
    youtube.com/watch?v=zNJ2bO2-RyQ&feature=related
    youtube.com/watch?v=eAKPWxcnDas
    youtube.com/watch?v=hyeL8cUSTPs
  3. Agustin Barios Mangore (He was considered the Chopin of the classical guitar)
    youtube.com/watch?v=StxpWgfhjIg&feature=PlayList&p=7C291CAE35651AE2&index=0&playnext=1
    youtube.com/watch?v=oRXFsYsEmcI&feature=related
    youtube.com/watch?v=b6BB6Ne5HFM&feature=related
  4. Samuel Barber
    youtube.com/watch?v=RRMz8fKkG2g
    Sure on this Shining Night and The Crucifixion
    youtube.com/watch?v=2xWFfNZvpmk&feature=related
  5. Dvorak
    Song to the Moon from “Rusalka”
    youtube.com/watch?v=uSoa-xuFPh4
  6. G. Holst
    Especially love “The Planets”
  7. G. Mahler
    How can you not love his symphonies?
  8. Felix Mendelssohn and Fanny (Mendelssohn) Hensel
    Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (Felix’s sister)
    youtube.com/watch?v=o5Z-a7oIStk
Felix Mendelssohn
youtube.com/watch?v=kYEggRrIH50
youtube.com/watch?v=CCLxso5XDN4
  1. M. Durufle
    From his Requiem
    youtube.com/watch?v=N6ySRRqe1ks
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Lizt is very good. When I was young, I had an electronic keyboard that played various classical pieces. One of them was the Liebestraum. I had no idea who Lizt was, or what the song was, but I loved it. I played it over and over again.

-Jeanne
 
Oh, where to begin?

Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt…

Nah, let’s get to the real good stuff, stuff nobody seems to remember anymore because all we ever hear are the ‘big names.’

Heller, Czerny, Clementi…forgotten masters who’s current reputations rest almost entirely on their pedagogical works, the rest of their music being all but forgotten. Czerny wrote sonatas that can stand up beside all but Beethoven’s finest; Clementi wrote well over a hundred sonatas that leave Mozart in the dust, and Heller wrote music that rivaled Chopin for beauty and artistry. He was also a better pianist than Chopin, by the latter’s own admission.

John Field invented the nocturne that Chopin perfected; Ernst Haberbier wrote beautiful romantic works…I could go on and on and on…

Of course, my focus is piano music, being that I am a piano teacher. I feel that now would be a good time to see the concert repertoire expand beyond the ‘standards’ that we’ve been hearing for the past century and a half. Not that they aren’t beautiful works, but let’s be honest: what we hear is less than 1% of the total music written, and many of these artists are forgotten due to neglect, not lack of musical talent.

I’ll add this, though: my goal is to be able to perform all of Chopin’s works…all 264 individual pieces and movements.
 
Borealis said:
John Field invented the nocturne that Chopin perfected
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It’s so nice to see someone mention and credit John Field. We have Naxos recordings of his Piano concertos 2 and 4 and his nocturnes and sonatas and they are quite beautiful. It is a shame that he isn’t thought of very often. Most people don’t know that Ireland put out a wonderful classical composer. Although you are right that Chopin definitely perfected the nocturne which I practically melt when I listen to them (my favorite recording of them are by Ivan Morevec - which we were so fortunate to see him live a couple years back - incredible pianist), I’m listening to our Field nocturne cd now (due to you reminding me about him) and his music is so beautiful as well.
 
Oh how my tastes have changed over 45 years. I still have the first two classical LPs which were given me on my 13th birthday - Debussy’s “La Mer” and Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture”.

My tastes changed when I was in the Navy in the early 70s and stationed in Chicago. I was introduced to Early Music and Renaissance Music. Then I discovered Mahler via Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Which in turn led me to choral music…sacred and profane.

In the long run I am happiest in the Renaissance and Baroque periods - unless I want to brood, then Mahler and Gorecki fill the bill.

I was also fortunate in that our classical music station here in Baton Rouge had a wonderful lady who “pushed the envelope” and exposed me to other forms of classical music that I probably would not have explored on my own (e.g. Louis Moreau Gottschalk - a 19th century Louisiana composer). Sadly, the station terminated her contract and went to a clown whose idea of classical music was Brahms’ four symphonies played each and every week of the year. They lost my “listenership” and my pledge money.

I also was a member of the Musical Heritage Society for a number of years. I’m not going to “plug” them but it was a fairly inexpensive way for me to sample other types of classical music when my boys were young and times were tight.
 
brotherhrolf said:
Oh how my tastes have changed over 45 years. I still have the first two classical LPs which were given me on my 13th birthday - Debussy’s “La Mer” and Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture”.

My tastes changed when I was in the Navy in the early 70s and stationed in Chicago. I was introduced to Early Music and Renaissance Music. Then I discovered Mahler via Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Which in turn led me to choral music…sacred and profane.

In the long run I am happiest in the Renaissance and Baroque periods - unless I want to brood, then Mahler and Gorecki fill the bill.

I was also fortunate in that our classical music station here in Baton Rouge had a wonderful lady who “pushed the envelope” and exposed me to other forms of classical music that I probably would not have explored on my own (e.g. Louis Moreau Gottschalk - a 19th century Louisiana composer). Sadly, the station terminated her contract and went to a clown whose idea of classical music was Brahms’ four symphonies played each and every week of the year. They lost my “listenership” and my pledge money.

I also was a member of the Musical Heritage Society for a number of years. I’m not going to “plug” them but it was a fairly inexpensive way for me to sample other types of classical music when my boys were young and times were tight.
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“For your listening pleasure”, and in no particular order:​

Zelenka, Missa Votiva in E Minor ZWV18 - Mov. 5&6-20
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Vivaldi
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J.S. Bach
Rossini: Overture to Semiramide" (1 of 2 videos)
André Campra: Confitebor tibi domine
Handel
This last one is beyond words…
 
Most anything with J.S Bach I find sublime.

Other then him I really like Dvorák, Romance op. 11 is just out of this world: (youtube.com/watch?v=wzxwv5iZLx0).

Liszt, Schubert, Mozart, Erik Satie… all genius composers.

And finaly I would like to add the Hatikvah Israels national anthem, it’s brilliant. 🙂
 
It’s hard to compete with the great lists that have been posted here!
In addition to Bach, Handel, Mozart, and the other great ones, I like the so-called “sacred minimalists” of the 20th century a lot, too. Someone mentioned Gorecki, and I also like Part and Tavener. Their work is so pure…

Part’s Magnificat: youtube.com/watch?v=TbxnnC22gwY&feature=related
Part’s Beatitudes: youtube.com/watch?v=dGE5ukUupBY
Part’s Spiegel im Spiegel: youtube.com/watch?v=TadkVzWZT1M
Tavener’s Song for Athene: youtube.com/watch?v=r05EuixmKbI
Tavener’s Funeral Ikos: tominvegas.blogspot.com/2008/03/funeral-ikos_09.html
(The lyrics here are devastatingly beautiful.)
I can’t find Tavener’s Magnificat on Youtube, but it’s also incredible.

The list goes on, of course.
Thanks to the OP for starting this thread, and to everyone for sharing their recommendations. What a treasury, here. My problem is that I listen to music so often that I’ve become addicted to it. I can’t help but put it on as I’m doing my homework, and after a few minutes I just end up daydreaming and listening rather than doing my work!

Peace,
+AMDG+
 
jeanne71350 said:
Who do/don’t you like?
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I’m a huge fan of Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Rachmaninoff, Schubert, even some of Bruckner’s symphonies (2 & 4). Also listen to Mendelssohn, Dvorak, some Mahler, Mozart, Bach organ music (especially played by E. Power Biggs), Haydn, Saint-Saens, Borodin, Schumann, Bruch…

To name a few.

Not a fan of most modern composers; I like Stravinsky’s Symphony in E flat, but that’s about it; Bartok gives me a headache; Richard Strauss I can take on a good day (Ein Heldenleben).

Not a big opera fan, though I enjoy ballet; saw Baryshnikov and Gelsey Kirkland dance Giselle, one of my cultural highlights.

On the other hand, I also love 80’s techno-pop/disco; big Pet Shop Boys fan. Go figure.
 
Ok, this is TOTALLY spamming and I am SO sorry…perhaps some moderator is going to revoke my subscription here…haha…

But for weeks I have been trying to find out what the music is on this website, and I haven’t found an answer:

clonline.us/

It’s only the first few bars, and maybe they’re a bit cliche, but personally I think it’s absolutely lovely – maybe it’s because I associate it with the group whose website it is, a Catholic movement called Communion and Liberation which is dedicated to, among other things, finding God, joyfully, in the experience of art and beauty…

If anyone knows, thank you so much!!

Peace,
+AMDG+
 
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