I'm not dismissing the whole era. What I'm saying is that a lot of the symphonic music from the romantic period doesn't appeal to me, I just don't like the style that was used by many composers. I'm not putting every composer from that time in this category, for example I enjoy Schubert and Tchiakovsky, but most romantic composers I've listened to, the music just doesn't click with me.

[QUOTE=rockinbass17]I'm not dismissing the whole era. What I'm saying is that a lot of the symphonic music from the romantic period doesn't appeal to me, I just don't like the style that was used by many composers. I'm not putting every composer from that time in this category, for example I enjoy Schubert and Tchiakovsky, but most romantic composers I've listened to, the music just doesn't click with me.[/QUOTE]
Well saying you don't enjoy it is ok, but saying it sucks doesn't really go.

I'm kind of a classical noob but I've really started likeing classical music. I'm a fan of Gustav Holst and his whole movement on the Planets. I've also downloaded some music from other classical artists.

[QUOTE=metal guitar]Well saying you don't enjoy it is ok, but saying it sucks doesn't really go.[/QUOTE]

I really just said that Franck sucks. Symphony in D really irritates me. But I never said that one who likes that type of music has a bad opinion or anything. In fact, I could see why someone would like it. I just happen to loathe it. Sorry for the confusion.

Nick Parnell came to my town the other day, do any other aussies know of him? He's a percussionist and played Chopin and Bach pieces on the vibraphone, excellent stuff.

There's a baroque concert in a few days but my Nan won't take me over to Albury to see it, she thinks it's too heavy. Damn!

So yeah, I'm not even a "noob", I don't own any classical. Can anyone reccomend some classic organ or harpsichord pieces?

Bach is great for organ and harpsichord.

You can check out Messiaen for Organ... Haendel too...

[QUOTE=metal guitar]Bach is great for organ and harpsichord.[/QUOTE]

Toccata And Fugue On Organ is one of my favorite Bach pieces.

[QUOTE=IAmTheBlackWizard]Toccata And Fugue On Organ is one of my favorite Bach pieces.[/QUOTE]
Great piece. Last night I heard the 'Dorian' Toccata & Fugue performed which was brilliant, along with some works by more obscure composers whom I hadn't heard of before.

I just listened to Stravinsky's [I]Firebird[/I], it blows me away each time I hear it. What does everybody here think of ol' Igor?

Love Stravinski, and Firebrird is one of my favourites. I really like the later Symphonies, and some of his sacred works, as well as the big three ballets.


What do you guys think of Henryk Gorecki? I'm listening to his 3rd symphony right now, and I quite like it.

Stravinsky is one of my favourite composers. For some reason, the composers which I like most, coincidentally (or not) are all Russian - Stravinsky, Shostakovich and Prokofiev.

I like all of Stravinsky's ballets, from his Russian period - 'Rite of Spring', to his neo-classical 'Apollon Musagete' to the abstract 'Agon'.

I love his late period where he started getting interested in the 12-tone system - his first work the septet is great. Plus his Symphonies, string quartets bah, there's some much good music from him!

[QUOTE=metal guitar]Been listening to plenty of Liszt lately myself.[/QUOTE]

*glances at his own avatar*

Woohoo!!!

Anyone hear the 1812 overture version made for V for Vendetta? Hollllllllly shiiiiiiiiiiittt

Way better than other versions I heard (although it's shorter)

[QUOTE=Det_Nosnip]*glances at his own avatar*

Woohoo!!![/QUOTE]
Haha, good man.

Messiaen
 

I see that Messiaen was mentioned a few times already! I just listened to some of the "catalogue d'oiseaux". I think Messiaen is one of the best in interpreting and using natural sounds in his music. Although he hasn't 'brought' music anywhere (and that being the cause for ppl to dislike him), i like his music. Especially his 'weird' arrangments; eg. 3 flutes, 5 trumpets, 2 violings, 1 piano, 1 organist, etc.

[QUOTE=Werny]Nick Parnell came to my town the other day, do any other aussies know of him? He's a percussionist and played Chopin and Bach pieces on the vibraphone, excellent stuff.

There's a baroque concert in a few days but my Nan won't take me over to Albury to see it, she thinks it's too heavy. Damn!

So yeah, I'm not even a "noob", I don't own any classical. Can anyone reccomend some classic organ or harpsichord pieces?[/QUOTE]

ah yes hes recently finished studying at my school

amazing musician great guy

Does anyone like Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition? Well, I am not a classical music expert but I like symphonies and chorus parts of operas. I’ve also tried to find some of Mussorgsky’s themes transcribed to tablatures but it seems it can’t be seen on the web. Any guitar player who likes Pictures at an Exhibition?

yeuh i play guitar yeuh i like it

Hey man Aria i'm learning a Leo Brouwer Sonata written for Julian Bream, i'm assuming you know it, i'd like to know what you think of it and be able to send you recordings for criticism, do you have msn or an email address?

Do you play it at all? What label is releasing your cd?

lol my cd will not be on a label

i dont play the sonata
but im very familiar with it and would love to hear ur recordings
ive got some good recordings of it one that my good friend alex tsiboulski released which i thinks the best

ive got msn its [email]benb3233@hotmail.com[/email] im pretty sure

yeuh looking forward to hearing u

its sucha beautiful piece probably brouwers best IMO
i have played thru the 2nd movement once but not realy seriously maybe one day ill play it properly

Hi, I was wondering how you classical musicians learn new songs. How many songs do you learn at once? Or how many could I possibly learn at once? I know that in writing music I never really get farther than 2 or 3 songs before, getting to far into one song makes me forget what ive learned about another. But really I am usually concentrating on one song and that makes me lose interest in another and i usually forget about it. Basically i want to learn the most amount of songs at a time, without slowing my progress. Because my reading skills suck pretty bad and it takes me a while to learn a song, its very tedious to learn just one song at a time. By the way the way i usually learn a song is to commit it to memory because my reading sucks, so there might be some extra limitations for me.

You understand a question like that is difficult to answer, because it's almost completely dependant on your ability. Still, I only started piano a few months back so I tend to commit music to memory so that I can focus on playing it. I learn several pieces at a time, remembering different pieces isn't a problem for me and have help from my teacher. Again, it comes down to you really, I wouldn't say there's a hard rule you can follow.

[QUOTE=jazzlife]I see that Messiaen was mentioned a few times already! I just listened to some of the "catalogue d'oiseaux". I think Messiaen is one of the best in interpreting and using natural sounds in his music. Although he hasn't 'brought' music anywhere (and that being the cause for ppl to dislike him), i like his music. Especially his 'weird' arrangments; eg. 3 flutes, 5 trumpets, 2 violings, 1 piano, 1 organist, etc.[/QUOTE]

What you mean he hasn't brought it anywhere? I hope you don't think he just imitated bird song for no reason? 'People' dislike Messiean for the same reason they don't like other contemporary composers - its "boring", "unmelodic" and "dissonant".

[QUOTE=what]What you mean he hasn't brought it anywhere? I hope you don't think he just imitated bird song for no reason? 'People' dislike Messiean for the same reason they don't like other contemporary composers - its "boring", "unmelodic" and "dissonant".[/QUOTE]

Messiaen was definitely innovative and radical.

His discovery of modes of limited transcription is inventive enough. Moreover, he was the teacher of Iannis Xenakis, Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen and the likes. His influence on contemporary classical music is massive.

I've started to really get into classical music, actually. I'm really liking Handel at the moment. Can someone reccomened me some of his greatest works, other than; Water Music, Zadok the Priest, Sarabande and the Hallelujah Chorus?

Also, what are some of Beethovens greatest works - other than his piano concerti and his 5th and 9th symphonies. Thanks.

Well, other than the obvious Fur Elise, the Moonlight Sonata and Grosse Fugue are two of my favorite Beethoven works.

Third Symphony. It's right up there with the Fifth and the Ninth. Nice to see that the Grosse Fugue was recommended too, that's a monumental string quartet.

For Beethoven, I really enjoy his and 6th "Pastorale" Symphony and the 7th. I'd actually put the 6th up there as one of my favorite classical pieces.

Grosse Fugue is extraordinary. One of my favorite pieces of music ever I'd venture to say.