What does everyone here think of minimalist composers? Guys like Steve Reich and Philip Glass, both have made some incredible music.

[QUOTE]Could anyone recommend a composer that is similar to Igor Stravinsky in really any way?[/QUOTE]

Bela Bartok

I like both quite a bit.

Reich's "The Dessert Music" is a really nice piece.

[QUOTE=Grant]What does everyone here think of minimalist composers? Guys like Steve Reich and Philip Glass, both have made some incredible music.
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I've listened to Glass, it was great music.

Could anyone suggest me some minimalist classical? I dig the likes of Glass and Arvo Pärt.

Unfortunately the only encounter I've had with Philip Glass was his soundtrack to the movie Fog of War, which is about Macnamara (secretary of defence I think during the Vietnam war).

What I came in here for was to say that I listened recently to Beethoven's 9th symphony - it really made me want to drive agressively, especially the fast 3/4 part. Anyone else really dislike the Ode to Joy (4th movement)?

Nonsense; I like the whole thing.

I'm wit bleep bloop. Suggestions pleaze.

How can you dislike Ode to Joy, other than by the simple rationale that it's one of the few pieces of classical music most casual listeners would recognize? :rolleyes:

Anyways, I've been really into Liszt's Symphonic Poems lately. I'm somewhat of a Liszt fanboy to begin with, but it seriously feels like every single thing he did was brilliant.

Liszt is great. I've been digging the Totentanz lately.

[QUOTE=ZEROthirtythree;6606930]EDIT: And as for Studio Era conductors, I would say Robert Smith, who wrote "The Inferno" (Not the guy from The Cure)[/QUOTE]

Wow, what happened to this thread? Anyway, yeah, I love his music. I've been playing in my school band and over the summer for one year, and I've already played 4 of his songs, and I'll be playing one of them again this year.

Ooh, I don't think I've posted in this.

Thanks to Mazeppa I now regularly listen to the piano brilliance that is Beethoven, Prokofiev, Chopin & Liszt.

stravinsky

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I saw the CSO play Mahler's [I]Des Knaben Wunderhorn[/I] and Shostakovich's [I]Symphony no. 10 in E minor[/I]. Matthias Goerne sang the Mahler piece. Mahler's piece was a bit boring, but the Shostakovich more than made up for it. I was a bit dissapointed in the violin section, a couple of them were off rhythm creating a trill effect.

What should be the first classical CD I get? I'm a total n00b to classical.

Just go to your local library and pick up any classical CD you can find. Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Wagner, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Mahler, etc.

[QUOTE=CabbageStabbage;13408451]Just go to your local library and pick up any classical CD you can find. Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Wagner, Rachmaninoff, Shostakovich, Mahler, etc.[/QUOTE]

My local library doesn't have CDs. The college library might have some I haven't looked yet.

[QUOTE=Atman;13404412]stravinsky

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I've tried, but I just don't seem to get Stravinsky :\

Guess it might be time to break out The Rite of Spring and try again sometime.

[QUOTE=Mazeppa;13410102]I've tried, but I just don't seem to get Stravinsky :\

Guess it might be time to break out The Rite of Spring and try again sometime.[/QUOTE]

Try [I]The Firebird.[/I] I found it a bit easier to digest.

I love Stravinski. Agon, Symphony of The Psalms, The Symphony in C, Song Of the Nightingale. . .

Just too much good stuff to listen to.

Hey, I love Stravinsky.
Listen to his Piano Sonata, it is one of my favorite piano pieces. You will not me disappointed.
Symphony in 3 movements is great too.

And if you've never heard Agon, go to the library and find it now.

Anyone heard Stravinsky's Ebony Concerto for big jazz band? It's... different. I heard it a while ago.

Stravinsky's Ebony Concerto is great if you're in the right mood for it.
Sometimes when I listen it doesn't really do anything for me and other times it is very moving.
I find it relaxing sometimes, but I can see how some people might think it's weird.

stravinsky is awesome

[QUOTE=Samuel]
Try [I]The Firebird[/I]. I found it a bit easier to digest.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I've listened to it. I found the suite to be a mix of good and boring.

[QUOTE=Joseph India]Hey, I love Stravinsky.
Listen to his Piano Sonata, it is one of my favorite piano pieces. You will not me disappointed.[/QUOTE]
He composed a piano sonata? I'll track it down and listen to it for sure.

[QUOTE]He composed a piano sonata? I'll track it down and listen to it for sure.[/QUOTE]
I forgot to mention that he composed 2. The one I love is known by different names - Sonata - Sonate - Sonata in C.
I dont mean the Sonata in F sharp minor, though that one is good, its not great by comparison.

stravinskys prety to listen to but tno that good if ur lookin for somethin trulyoriginal and interestin

[QUOTE]stravinskys prety to listen to but tno that good if ur lookin for somethin trulyoriginal and interestin[/QUOTE]
What a confusing statement... is that a joke?
are you refering to his neo-classical stuff?
What is unoriginal about the Rite of Spring?
What is makes the Symphony of Psalms uninteresting?

no its nt a joke

Mozart! Bach! Tchaikovsky!

I've been searching for some good classical music lately, something to inspire me as I write some of my own stuff (Which obviously will pale in comparision, but it's all in good fun).

Any suggestions? I like alot of the darker sounding stuff, music with a really dark energy behind it. I also like alot of Eric Whitacre's stuff, so anything like that would be cool too. Also, if you have anything like this, I'd love it if you could upload it and send it to [email]lightningstrikestwice_13@hotmail.com[/email] as I find it hard at times to find songs on LimeWire.

I'll try and get something sent this evening.

**** i hate cricket

I just listened to Chopin's piano concerto number two. That's some amazing stuff.

I really love Beethoven's symphonies.

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could someone please suggest some minimalist classical? i really enjoy glass' work and i need more.

[QUOTE=bleep_bloop;13715132]could someone please suggest some minimalist classical? i really enjoy glass' work and i need more.[/QUOTE]

Have you heard Phillip Glass' "Peru River" from the soundtrack to "Yes"? I love listening to that.

[QUOTE=bleep_bloop;13715132]could someone please suggest some minimalist classical? i really enjoy glass' work and i need more.[/QUOTE]

Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians

Terry Riley - In C

almost everything Steve Reich did

John Adams is one of my favourites in minimalism